The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-14 00:00:00

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EARL RUSSELL AT ABERDEEN,

[A summary_of the following appeared in our impression
of Saturday :—]

JOURNAL S.

"he would rob his own father," but few sorts of thenes, just as it would be to doubt about the (111.1,,r0
robbery are more common by the medium of a cre- for connoisseurship of the friend of " Ileraca,asuppOSl
ditor backed by a jury with fellow feeling that makes bound, in lack of evidence to the contrary, t'
steleee) 4
them wondrous kind to claimants. The jury may the easy familiarity with tho Demosthenle
etaiaie;
be looked upon in the light of the accomplice after merely assumed, and to admit that our own rend
the fact. And for how much have they to answer. of the Greek orator must be quite erroneous.
23100 r‘Pi
How many a case of ruin had its commencement in Spurgeon is really like Demosthenes, Wetsc
the habits of extravagance encouraged by credit sympathise with Mr Clay's objectie ne imia
recklessly given with a view to the parents' liabi- being set up in the public schools fel' generate Zs
lity. In the case before us the mother, who has to
syjo
pay for her infant's silk racing-jackets, caps, and Lord Brougham, in his well-known
Macaulay on the best training for lacaellnY
breeches, is described as in easy circumstances—but the constant study of the Greek orators. l'"@6,3feoi}
how uneasy may her circumstances become before torian, it is to be feared, did not take this advic,,°;eeed
her hopeful son comes of age, after this edifying to heart, or else he might perhaps have ac",„"t,iredry,
lesson that there is nothing for which he can obtain than that wich he really' ac'iolepolo
higher reputation
credit for which his mother will not be held liable, even rivalled the fame and glory of the Deresosal
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as for necessaries. But as tradesmen thus prey Elephant and Castle. ....T1023;1
upon parents, they are preyed upon in turn by THE " LAW TIMES" ON M. ',n to j
sharpers, the biters getting bitten, and small the England, in the cordial reception it has given w,l
pity. A rule for a new trial has been obtained for ryer, has welcomed the Bar of France, of wh'
letter
the Oxford case, and we hope the Bench will take most distimeuished member. It was not the stathee
the opportunity of drawing the broad distinction t to feo
Legitimist, the politician, whore) we rue
between necessaries and extravagant superfluities, the Middle Temple to honour, but the eloquent are tlO,
and of reprehending the spirit of fellowship that advocate—the who has maintained for o°,',
man Wang A
must have prompted a preposterous verdict against years, through difficulties and even dangers o";
common sense, and the jurors' oath. country we cannot conceive, amid revolutions r rs,e9it
THE "LONDON REVIEW" ON THE THEFT OF THE us, defiant alike of the power of kings and er,'Pei;bt
FLORIDA.—" Honest" Abets Government has contrived so more terrible despotism of democracy, the irieieS Wyr
to distinguish itself that we have long ceased to be surprised speech, which is the advocate's privileget
at any rascality it commits. Therefore, if we aro told that liberty can never quits perish,without which it,"-eDifilb
it carries fire and sword into unoffending homesteads, if its It has been the proud fortune of M. Berryer
generals and captains plunder women and old men, and exercise this right on behalf of men of all Parilereitl,fre
burn their roofs over their heads, if it lays waste fertile opinions ; himself maintaining the while lineL ye;
regions for no stragetic purpose, but solely to inflict suffer- glance to a fallen dynasty, to whose fortunes ;a ape',
ing, if it commit atrocities which put to shame the compa- the more closely the more hopeless they "re
ratively feeble crimes of the late King Bombe of Naples, But his personal sympathies or antipathies Woeivocete,,
we say only that it acts in harmony with its nature, and a moment permitted to affect his duties as an
.t'oe
pursues to a logical conclusion the vulgar tyranny on which great legal knowledge, his unrivalled eloquellerte'eeil
it is based, and from which it derives its inspiration. When berant zeal for the cause of his client, were wet 1511;
it stole the Southein Commissioners from the deck of an for Montalembert, his ally, and for Louis Nallia
unarmed British steamship, it made a manifestation of its It is for this that the old hall rang againeaprei
lawlessness. When, in the fear of drawing upon itself the Tuesday, with the cheers of the British Bar,
rate
hostility of England, it gave them up, it made a manifes- our rough but cordial British fashion, our adrat;ior,i
tion of its cowardice. When, while giving them up, it forensic career of the greatest man among enoefig:
said that if its interests required it would have violated the bar of France. Listening to his speeches, delis sotoo
law of nations and kept them, it confessed that it would circumstances not favourable to an orator,
Ird
d
bite if it dared. This was the first notable sample of the catch a glimpse of the power that has captivateataorio;‘
morality of "Honest" Abe's Government which imme- and controlled senates. Of necessity, roe° cri,eoflle
diately concerned us. Wo have had since then other and subdued ;so was M, Berryer ; but manifest ',.iott oi,
samples, and we know for a truth that the Wash- trolling his emotions, and repressing
ington Government is to be ranked amongst the the impulses of excited feeling. We could ir3:000:
"dangerous class of the civilised world, not to bo judged torrent of words, whatutterance, what action 0005
by any code of law or honour. That it has stolen the did occasion call for them. As it was, his 'Pilo
Florida is, therefore, a fact which not all surprises us. Its marked by the characteristics that have made gee'
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captains have tciled after the Confederate vessel long and in His voice is full, and clear, and inely tonetlicest, 0;;
vain. That it has stolen her while under the protection of a every feeling. His language is the very eb'ceader f
Power which could be easily defied, is the explanation of makes most excellent use of those delicate 0:13,0.
the theft. It would not have been committed if the Florida expression of thought, in which his native t 'lnort,,,
had lain under the protection of a British or a French in- out a rival. Ho has measured precisely the spec
clic
stead of a Brazilian battery. On a large scale, the transac- the perfect, though not powerful, instrumen: „set
tion is similar to one which we sometimes see amongst our and he puts it to the best uses in the instruct sr'ooo:4
are inclieot_io
dangerous classes at home. The gentleman in difficulties polished and telling turns of thought that irel)°_,,do,`;
who posts himself upon a country road with a view to sti- vellous grace and spirit into the conversation 05'4
mutate the charity of the passers-by, whines before the positions of our accomplished neighbour& Paice,o94
able-bodied passenger, but growls and exhibits his bludgeon singularly subdued, assimilating much to eUr
to the uprotected female. With similar courage did the this respect unlike that of his countrymen, wciTteel;ei
captain of the Federal Wachusetts steal the Florida out of the platform, in the Senate, in the pulpit, or
st'oste,olJl,i
the harbour of Bahia. The Florida arrived at Bahia on dulge in gesticulations which, to our severer 01,40
Oct. 4. She put in for a supply of stores and coals, and to extravagant. But such action as he eniplor' ve3")
make some repairs in her machinery. Soon after she an- that we are accustomed to see among the 1%7/ tjectil
chored in the outer harbour a boat came alongside of her and own country, with whom it is the rarest of t a yeaSPp
demanded the name of the vessel. The answer was honestly plishments of the orator. M. Berryer has 'le, rese
given—" The Confederate States' steamer Florida." That like most of us. He uses both his arms, muiedtteit
ore
was true. A person in the boat replied, "This boat is from lishman rarely employs more than one; 'trees til.„ 1
her Britannic Majesty's steamer Curlew." That was un- Bouts are various, and always graceful, vin'oifor9
true. Neither the Curlew nor any of the Queen's ships was English orators are, with rare exceptions,
tyor
at the port at the time. But Federal chicanery had gained graceful, and angular. In person Bit
earletell
a point. It had at last discovered the Florida. It gained somewhat stout, with a projecting brow, 50
another great point when the American consul, Mr Wilson, sivo eye, and with nothing in his aspect that
refer
gave his word of honour to the governor of the province Frenchman. In features he bears a striking
that the Wachusetts would not violate the laws of neutrality to the late Baron Platt.
within tho Brazilian waters. The Federal word of honour
had, it appears in this instance, two advantages. It assured
the governor, and was not binding on the Wachusetts.
Upon this,and after pledging himself that he too would re-
spect the neutrality of the Brazilian waters, Capt, Morris
obtained from the governor permission to move the Florida
from the outer to the inner roads, so as to be out of danger,
and to facilitate coaling operations. By way of emphasising
this permission an admiral of the Brazilian navy, who was
present at the interview between the Governor and Captain
Morris when the latter made this request, said to him, " Oh
yes ; move her in, and come inside of me, and you will be
out of all danger." So the Florida was removed to the berth
appointed her, where there were two Brazilian ships of war
between her and the Federal Wachusetts, close under the
guns of a steamer of war and a Brazilian fort. It was then
found that the repairs to her machinery could not be com-
pleted under four days. Capt. Morris hearing this sent part
of his crew ashore. On the morning of the 6th the Federal
consul, who had pledged his honour to respect the neutra-
lity of the Brazilian waters, sent Capt. Morris a messenger
with an offer to urge the Brazilian Government to complete
the repairs of the Florida, if Captain Morris would accept a
challenge to come out and fight the Wachusette. This chal-
lenge was declined, and in the afternoon the first batch of
liberty men having returned to the Florida, the starboard
watch was released, and Capt, Morris and some of his offi-
cers went ashore at the same time, not doubting the Federal
word of honour. On the following morning, about 3 15 a.m.,
while it was dark, theWachusetts left her anchorage, steered
for the Florida, and struck her on the starboard quarter, cut-
ting her rail down to the deck, carrying away her inizenmast,
and at the same time pouring a volley of musketry and a
charge of canister from forecastle pivot gun upon the Flo-
rida's decks. Then she backed off and demanded a sure
render, which was refused. More firing from the Wachu-
setts, returned by the officers and crew of the Florida ; but
the struggle was unequal and vain, and the lieutenant in
command surrendered conditionally, When he did so,
many of his crew jumped overboard, and more than half
were shot in the water by men in the forecastle of the Wa-
chusetts, and in her boats. Thus master of the position,
the Wachusetts towed the Florida out of harbour—stole
her as a garotter plunders the man whom he has knocked
on the head or half-strangled. Se much for Federal
" honour." We are not in the least surprised. We have
watched the brutal contest waged on the part of the North
by mercenaries against men who are fighting for the in-
alienable right of freemen, the choice of their own Govern-
ment, and have looked for some redeeming trait, for a token
of that chivalry which soldiers and seamen even in an unjus
cause will show if only for the honour of their cloth. But
in the abyss of depravity into which the Northern States
have sunk we have looked for such a token in vain. The
spirit of the filibuster and the border ruffian has obiterated
from the armies and navies of the North the
commonest virtues of humanity. Honest" Abe and ; his
officers, on sea and on land, illustrate the " good old plan."
They take what they can get, no matter how they get it,
and they keep it as long as they can, or dare. If the Florida
had lain within British waters, their neutrality would have
been respected, not out of deference to law, but to fear,
She lay in a Brazilian harbour, and the Federate stole her,
because they had nothing to restrain them ; not the dread
of the Brazilian Government, which is weak; nor law and
honour, because they respect neither.
THE "SATURDAY REVIEW" ON Mn. CLAY AND THE
CLASSICS.—The defiant recklessness with which a the.
roughly vulgar person of a certain stamp will avow his vul-
garity and pride himself upon it, is often so amusing as to
compensate for the infliction of his company. His rude
imitation of geniality and good-fellowship, as he pretends
to dispense with social ceremonies which he knows to be
usual, but whose precise details he also knows himself to be
quite incompetent to carry out, is so exceedingly funny that
his guests may pardon him for the awkwardness and con-
fusion which probably ensues. He tells them, in loud tones,
that they must not come to his house for kickshaws and
fancy wines, Honest fish and joint, with sound port, aro
his fare, and if people are not content with that, why they
can stay away. If Thackeray's Philip had had a spark of
humour in him, the Sunday dinners at Mugford's must
have been a source of the keenest enjoyment to him. To be
ill tempered with such people, or to call .them names, is
simply ungrateful. Seen in a proper light, the vehemence,
not unmingled with nervousness, with which they declaim
against line manners, their readiness to catch at any hint
as to the ways of grand houses and the uncomfortable blus-
ter which destroys their meritorious efforts to look jovial and
hospitable, are as exquisitely amusing as an equally good
comedy on the stage. The exhibition of himself which Mr
Clay has recently been making before his constituents at
Hull is an entertainment of the same kind, though in a
rather different line. Mr Clay does not sneer at the ameni
ties of the (dinner table, but he denounces the study of
Latin and Greek with exactly the sort of uneasy rashness
and nervous defiance displayed by hospitable ruffians like
Mugford, It would be just as foolish, in one case as in the
other, to be seriously angry with our entertainer. Most
members of the House of Commons, when compelled by the
approach of an election to talk at the educational institu-
tions of their borough, choose some pretty safe and easy
subject, which, if not likely to contribute largely to useful
knowledge, is at all events easily crammed from a Cycle-
etelia or the back numbers of the Quarterlies, and is
not open to much criticism. But Mr Clay scorns such de-
vices, and, like B Atom, he resolved to " rehearse more ob-
scenely and courageously," His theme was the too exclu-
sive use of the Greek and Latin classics in English educa-
tion. In itself the subject is sufficiently well-worn, but the
member for Hull is not the less amusing on that account.
Mr Clay's nice appreciation of the spirit of the ancient
authors who, as he thinks, have done so much harm to
modern education, may be inferred from a parallel which
he draws between the greatest orators of ancient and of
modern times, "I confess, ho says, "though lam no fol-
lcwersif Mr Spurgeon, that there is something about him,
in the rapid and natural movements of his thoughts, and
the practical ftrvour of his address, which reminds me of
Demosthenes." There was a spirited drawing in Putsch,
during the Exhibition of 1862, representing two squab-
faced " servant-galls," in poor Leech's best style, gazing
with fervent admiration on the tinted Venus, and one of
them exclaiming to her companion, "Ow like our Hem-
mer l" Mr Clay, as he appears when reminded of Demos-
thence, strikingly reminds us of Mr Leech's picture. It
would be impertinent to wonder how long ago Mr Clay
formed an opinion about the oratorical excellenvea of Demos

COUNTRY MARETO'

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NORWICH—SATuuDO• the Pi;
Wo had a fair supply of wheat on offer fr?l3/0. tileiltof
this morning, and a tolerably good trade d°111;;to °I.B,
of last week being fully supported. Iler° to otCV
show of barley, and the demand was rilOdgra- All
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rates for best kinds ; other sorts were dull. 01;
50 t
articles inactive. it a 44. 0 ,
White wheat. 448 to 45s 1 Red wheat '''' p''', 't
Malting barley ...31s to 33s 1 Chevalier 0r1e1'...4t
Distilling d 0..... 27s to 288 I Oats.. ....... ~,°0 Olje '
Flour, 26s Od to 28s Od per sack fro:at'
qi,

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GRANTHAM--SATultnO• 410 rev'
Old white wheat, 42s to 45s ; red, 39° to
slog w::,
now white, 408 to 448; red, 38s to 40s• 4„0, 0,,„1j'3'
32s to :3Gs per qr ; grinding, 26s to 233; ()''i4e''''
275; new, 228 to24s; beans, 36s to 435; I)c3°'

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NOTTINGIIAM—SAraII';,,t, 1:
Whito wheat, from 42s to 50s ; red `c,77- i;013
Barley—malting, 28s to 35s ; grinding, m1.30.1v
old, at 25s to 30s Od ; new, 22s to 2os. ""
to
flour,rfinqre., new, 3370:s
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To-day there was a tolerable show of valet. 3 i:I
of the year, but the quality
There was not much life in the deraand,,L',3 3"
Barley an rverage supply at late rates. v 5.
in fair demand. of the grain was •rt OAi
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Barley ........... 27s to 32s Peas ......... ....10
Malt, 5Ss to GOs per qr. ; rye, 30s per qr.;
to 32s per. sack.

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268 to 28s; new oats, 22s to 25s per 24 stonemp
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Oats in good supply and demand at 6d to
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advance on the week. Barley also in dorsal
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CORK—FRIDAY.
The following were the quotations this 1316va
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wheat, 7s 6d to Ss 41- white, Ss Od toBB 10,,
2d: to 7s 6d ; oats, 5s Sd to 7s ; block
Gs 11; bore, —s Od.

Foreign Mail Packet

MAILS DUE.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southainpto".,..ip
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via Marseilles • "*„.•
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British padcet"kielool'l4
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. vItoP'S
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Soutl'ilep.'
via

Falkland Islands •
Gibraltar, via Southampton .....
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via So,
via
India (Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles...

Portugal .•..
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via South,
via Mare)

Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by 13)
by 13
by CI
All parts of "West Indies, including
California, and British Columbia

Telegraphic intelligence ape'
in Tuscany from the rains, The
away at Empoli, Sienna, Pracch,
broken down its banks and done zt
parts of Florence are under water.

Births.
BROWN.—On the 10th inst., at T
Caundlo, Dorset, the wife of Capl
sth Lancers, of a daughter.
BENTINCK.—On the sth inst., al
Walter Bentinck, Esq., late 0'
son.

HorsonD.--On the 11th inst., iv
Piccadilly) tho wifo of W. T. 11
ter.
KEMPSTER.—On the sth ult., at M.
Col, F, G. Kempster, Madras St

Marriages. Stye,
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AGNEW—BuneEss.--On the 10th info-, t'
on-Seat Alfred Michael Agnew.cille,,tg':l3tl-
- of the late
CorlssliP
ge--I\vVilEiLimiEßirreeAdyt Lawhitton• toori
Hartle, eldest daughter .of U, W. NY `'.-1)
worthy, Cornwall.

Buwrooir.—On the llthDienastt.h, t LO.,uallis°l"l:lit't3''ff'
ohfutrhset,
. Brookes. late Town Islajor of -v"- r"
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all to
P 5 0
7.:etlhvel.dteegretn the 9th inst., at Vr ,
BROADHURST 0.
House.
CAMPBELL.—On the Gth inst ,at the CiLl9tie Cll.l
the lion. Mrs. Campbell. '
Lee,'
FLlNT,,—,Ondt_he 10th inst., at CoulPt° ifrtVii
FREEEur.a.fOnisthe 11th inst. at Gralt:ft°°44l
Edward Barker Frecro, 111'.A.•, aVd '17,--.sloll°
M'Csumocir,—On the 11th ins; Jobilt; 01,'"
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