The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-03 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANdliThaElt, Dec. 2,—The market continues to oscillate
in a manner quite as remarkable as at any time during the
last few months. On Tuesday we had a fall it she value of
yarn, as compared with the previous Tuesday, of ld to 2d
per lb, To-day the balance is in the opposite direction ; in
shipping yarns there has been a considerable improvement,
and some rather large orders have been giver. out at id to
ld per lb advance on what buyers were disposed to give on
Tuesday. For home-trade yarns we have had rather less
activity than in shipping yarns, but there has been a rather
better feeling manifested. A slight advance has been asked
on Tuesday's prices, but only a moderate business has been
done. In the cloth market also there hes been a more
cheerful feeling, which is no doubt due to sore extent, like
that in yarn, to the improvement which has taken place
yesterday and to-day in cotton at Liverpool. A telegram
in anticipation of the India mail has also probably had
some effect on the market to-day. It is dated Nov. 12, and
reports that the European houses had to a great extent with-
drawn their stocks from the market, and that a better feel-
ing was manifesting itself. At Manchester to-day we have
more inquiry for cloth, and a little increase of business.
There is no actual advance in prices to report, nor has
there been by any means an extensive business. Manufac-
turers are exceedingly firm, resale lots being either disposed
of or withdrawn, and a better demand seems to be anticie
pated. In the present state of the market not many orders
have been given out for cloth to make.
LEEDS, 2d.—The following is the trade report of the
Leeds Chamber of Commerce for the month of November :
—" Business during the past month has been very quiet in
nearly all departments of the woollen trade. In both the
warehouses and halls the inquiry has been almost alto-
gether for assorting stock. The manufecturers are not so
well employed as usual, and many are working short time.
This, however, appears to bo to a great degree attri-
butable to the indisposition of merchants to enter into
the usual engagements for spring goods, on account of
the still uncertain prospects of the money-market. Stocks
aro very moderate, and there is nothing to show that the
production of woollen goods has been in excess of the legi-
timate demand of the country. Prices are, under the cir-
cumstances, remarkably firm. The woollen cap trade is also
less active. The last series of public sales for this season
commenced on the 17th inst., and comprises about 70,000
bales. Nearly one half of this is Cape wool, and that chiefly
from the eastern provinces. So far prices have generally
ruled about 5 per cent. below those of the August sales, the
greatest reduction being in Cape and the lower and more
faulty descriptions of Australian wools, and the smallest
has been on good stapled wools. The Continental buyers
are taking only a moderate proportion. English wools have
been more in demand, and prices are firmer, All descrip-
tions of flax and tow have been very dull in this market.
But little business has been done, and prices have been no-
minal. During the last week there has been rather more in-
quiry, and things look more cheerful. The spinners are all
in full work, and-orders are rather more plentiful. Prices
are decidedly firmer, and higher rates than would have been
accepted a month ago are now asked, and in some cases have
been obtained. Some of the makers of merchant iron are not
so busy, the state of the money-market causing an indispo-
sition in some quarters to give orders at present. For the
better sorts, which form the heaviest portion of the Leeds
iron trade, the demand still continues good, and the works
are in full operation, There is no change to note in the ma-
chine and engineer tool trades, both continuing good. Loco-
motive and railway plant makers are well supplied with con-
tracts. The demand for cut nails is not so good. We have to
report a good demand for rape and linseed oils during the
month, and prices are very firm, notwithstanding the state
of the mote) -market. Seeds are decidedly firmer, especi-
ally rape, which is dearer than last month. Linseed cakes
are in good consumptive demand in this district, at full
rates. Olive oils aro much the same as before, with little
alteration in the prices required by importers. In leather
the bu6iness during the past month has been of a very quiet
character, purchases being confined to present wants. The
principal demand has been for prime heavy butts and bends
light common and shaved hides, the better description of
East India kips, and offal. Prices generally have been well
sustained, and stocks have not increased. There is no ma-
terial change in the position of the tanners. The shoe trade
is decidedly quieter than last month. There is little change
to no'e in the paper trade ; the demand is steady, and prices
are without change. Itags are offered freely and can be bought
on better terms. The supply of cattle has been equal to that
equal at this season, and both beasts and sheep have met
with a brisk demand at very full rates. A considerable num-
ber of foreign cattle have been shown. Number (five mar
kets), cattle, 2,162; sheep, 14,470. The supply of wheat
has been good, the demand quiet, prices being without any
material change. There has been a large supply of barley,
and prices have given way is per qr. Oats and beans un-
altered."

NOTTINGHAM, 23.—The attendance on 'Change to.•day
was not numerous, and the business done in lace yarns was
only moderate, and recent rates Were fully maintained. The
demand for hosisry yarns was rather better, at recent cur-
rencies. Silks were steady and unaltered in price. Brow❑
nets were not quotably altered, but there was very little
doing.

Fivell oolartlep.—Supposed
Lives,
Singular AccLiodsesntoaft

On Thursday morning a melancholy accident took placo at
Hartlepool. A little before six o'clock one of the boats at
the Commissioner's Ferry was laden with passenger-work-
men belonging to the Middleton Foundry and tue shipyards,
and the ferryman had just started the boat from the land-
ing, when the brig Zenith, of Sunderland, which was being
moved by the Thomas and Mary steamboat,
was observed
coming stem on towards the boat. The morning was dark
and the tido was high, with a strong current running from
the " Slake" down the channel into the sea, and as the
Zenith approached the boat, the ferrymen endeavoured to
back the boat into a siding out of the way of the vessel, but
but some of the passengers caught hold of the chain against
the battery which protects the steps, and kept the boat in
such a position that the vessel was sure to come in contact
with it. The danger was inevitable, and fearing that the
boat would be crushed to pieces and its living freight killed
or drowned, a cry was raised to jump overboard, and no
sooner was it uttered than the whole of the people in the
boat were struggling into the sea. The scene that presented
itself at this period was the most heartrending. Upwards
of 30 men and boys were struggling with a strong tide to
keep themselves from being washed into the channel. Those
that could not swim were clinging to the garments of others
more fortunate, and parties who were on the steps of the
landing succeeded in pulling three or four poor fellows out
of the water. Lines were got, and others were hauled on
shore. Some parties who could swim were instrumental in
saving the lives of several who would otherwise have
perished, In about five minutes all who were afloat had
landed, and great consternation prevailed as to who were
saved or missing. At first it was conjectured that there
were at least nine persona drowned, but about 10 o'clock it
was ascertained that such was not the case. However, one
man named Long, living
in North Wells-street, was recog-
nised in the boat by ono of the passengers, and he was mis-
sing. A tin can belonging to a person named Wm. Bowser,
is found, and its owner is not forthcoming, and fears are
entertained that ho also is gone. There are tin cans belong-
ing to other three individuals which have not been claimed
—also three caps,
The Vicinity of the ferry landing has been
crowded with people since the accident, and the wives and
children of the workmen belonging to the factories have been
in a state of the greatest excitement, One of the ferrymen
named Ashcroft was nearly drowned, and was in such a
state of exhaustion that he had to be assisted home. Others
also had some narrow escapes. Under the superintendence
of Mr Horsley, the pilot master, the channel has been
dragged, but as the tido was ebbing, and there always is a
strong current, tho bodies would no doubt be carried to sea.
Up to ono o'clock yesterday afternoon the parties who were
grappling had nut been successful in discovering any of the
bodies. The latest rumour was that only two persons aro
missing—but it is impossible at present to arrive at the
actual loss of lite.

THE ROBBERIES AT PRESTON.—At Blackburn,
yesterday James Singleton, commission agent, and Michael
Kearns, carter, were remanded to Preston, on the charge of
being concerned in the robbery of yarn, weavers' beams, oil
tallow, &c. from the mill of Mr Newton, of Preston. the
property of Messrs Seed and Calvert, his assignees. The
Chief Constable said it could be proved that they assisted
in the removal of the goods.
[ADvEhrrisEMENT ]—Scaled Heads' Sore Breasts, In-
flamed Nipples.—There is no medical preparation in the
world which may be so thoroughly depended on in the
treatment of the above ailments as Holloway's invaluable
ointment, and scarcely a day passes in which authentic
testimonials to its efficacy are not received from all parts of
the globe. Nothing can be simpler or more safe than the
manner in which they were applied, or its action on the
body both locally and constitutionally. The ointment
rubbed on the part affected enters the pores just as salt en-
ters moat, and not only gets rid of the local evil, but pene-
trates to the source of it and drives it fr©m the system.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 2.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Sittings at Nisi Prius, in Middlesex, before Mr Justice
Willes and a Special Jury.)

CARR V. THE AGRICULTURAL HALL COMPANY (LIMITED).

A FEROCIOUS DOG.

This was an action to recover:damages, in consequence of
the plaintiff having been bitten at the dog-show at the
Agricultural Hall, last summer.
The Solicitor-General and Mr Prentice appeared for the
plaintiff; and Mr Lush, Q.C., Mr Garth, and Mr Marshall
Griffiths for the defendant. .

The plaintiff, a young man, was the son of Mr Carr, a
licensed victualler, and the proprietor of Carr's Dining-
rooms, in the Strand, and about eight o'clock on the even-
ing of the Ist of June he was with his uncle at the Islington
dog-show ; and when passing the dog No. 380, a Russian
bloodhound, and the largest dog in the show, he said to his
uncle, " That is a remarkably large dog," and indicated the
one he meant by a wave of his right hand. Tho dog, which
was lying down with his head upon his paws, instantly
sprang forward and seized his hand, tearing it in a terrible
manner. Ho suffered very much from the injury, his hand
was in a sling for six woks, and he has lost the power of
feeling from one of his fingers and from the palm of the
hand. On the morning of the 3d of June Mr Carr went to
the office of the defendants' company, and having asked
for the manager, ho saw two gentlemen, and complained of
what had happened. One of the gentlemen said, "He is
a terribly savage beast; he fought two other dogs when
they were taking him away."
Mr Carr, in cross-examination, said that he could not
swear that it was Mr Sidney, tho company's manager, or
Mr Douglas, the superintendent of the show who made this
statement as to the character of the dog ; but he believed
that he had spoken to both gentlemen upon the matter.
Of course, in order to render the company liable in this
action it was necessary to show that they knew that the
dog was accustomed to bite mankind, and some discussion
took place as to how the company could be fixed with this
knowledge.
Mr Lush admitted that it would be sufficient to show
that Mr Sidney knew the dog was ferocious.
The Solicitor-General contended that it would be enough
if Mr Douglas had this knowledge, bocauso the catalogue
said, " All communications on the subject of the show to
be made either to Mr John Douglas, the superintendent, or
to S. Sidney, Esq., the secretary and manager."
Mr Fencham, a bookbinder, said that on May 30 he was
at the show with his wife, when the dog in question seized
his hand, which was swinging at his side as ho was walk-
ing, and so hurt him that ho was still under the doctor's
hands. On the afternoon of June 1 he saw Mr Douglas,
described the dog, and complained of his hurt. He said that
witness had better see Mr Sidney; and two or three days
after witness saw Mr Sidney, and applied for compensation.
He got none, but was told it was his own fault.
Mr Warren, packing• case maker, said that he was at the
show on May 31. He patted this dog and it bit him. Ho
complained to a keeper, who said the dog was a sav_age
fellow.

Mr Wilcox said that he was at the show between six and
seven on the evening of Juno 1, when a friend drew his
attention to the dog. Witness said he was an ugly brute,
and, pointing to the next animal, said, " There is a better
specimen of a dog." The bloodhound immediately seized
his hand, but witness had the presence of mind to let his
hand remain in the mouth of the dog until the animal volun-
tarily let it go.

Mr Forshaw, the medical man who attended the plaintiff,
said that he himself first saw the hand on June 2, and that
at that time it was much swollen and irritated. It was torn
in half a dozen directions. A portion of the palm of the
hand was torn up, exposing the blood vessels and tendons.
The nerves of the midlle finger were so much destroyed
that they had to be removed, and there =aid consequently
be deficient sensation in that finger for the remainder of
life. Mr Carr suffered a good deal from constitutional dis-
turbance in consequence of the accident, and his general
health continued deteriorated down to the present time.
For the defence it was said there had been no negli-
gence on the part of the company. The platform upon which
the dogs were exhibited was sft Bin in width and they
were so chained that they could not reach further than
2ft Gin from the barrier, a thin iron rope, at the edge of the
platform. The way in which this was known was that the
dogs were Gft apart, and when they were chained up their
heads were drawn towards each other, so as to see that they
could not bite ono another.

Mr Sidney and Mr Douglas denied that they had ever
heard at the time of the plaintiff's accident that the dog
had bitten anybody. Mr Douglas said that ho had fre-
quently handled the dog, and never saw him exhibit any
bad temper.

Mr Fryer, a gentleman who bought the dog for £25, said
that before ho bought it he tried every means to see if it
was quiet, because he wished to have it in the house. Ho
pointed at the dog to try to irritate it, and put bread into
its mouth and took it out again. He continued his expe-
riments upon the dog for half an hour without effect. After
he bought it children frequently played with the dog, wit-
ness for several weeks took it out walking in the streets,
and he never saw a large dog that wan so completely quiet.
lie sold it for 100 guineas.
Tho koopor liben described the dog as quiet. though ho
admitted that Warren had complained of being bitten ; but
ho denied that he had admitted that the dog was savage.
On the contrary, ho said that it was Warren's own fault for
getting too near the dog.
Mr Justice Willes said that to entitle the plaintiff to re-

cover the jury must b 3 satisfied that the dog had a peculiar
propensity to bite people, and that the company, through
their agents having the control and management of the

place, knew beforehand that the dog had bitten some other

person. Further, that having this knowledge, they did not
take proper care to prevent similar accidents; and, lastly,
that the plaintiff himself did not contribute by his own ne-
gligence to the accident.
A juryman asked if a company exhibiting animals that
might injure mankind, without knowing that any particular
animal was vicious, were not bound to afford sufficient pro-
tection against injury.
Mr Justice Willes explained that at all events the plaintiff
did not put his case upon that ground, for the declaration
alleged that the defendants know that this particular animal
was "accustomed to bite mankind."
The jury, after considering the matter for an hour,
found for the plaintiff, damages £lOO.
Mr Justice Willes observed that this was exactly the
verdict and the amount which had passed through his own

mind as the right one.
A juryman said that ho had often seen this exhibition,
and he thought that it was very desirable that the dogs

should be placed further away from the visitors.
Mr Justice Willes replied that that was very much a
matter of individual feeling, turning upon whether the

persons wore timid of dogs. He had himself been to the
exhibition, and it seemed to be most admirably conducted.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DEC. 2.

;Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr Baron
Martin and a Common Jury.)
TUCKER V. BAYLEY.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a betting
man, against the defendant, a gentleman who was repre-
sented to be possessed of considerable property in the vici-
nity of Cavendish-square, to recover the sum of £lO2 ls.
for money lent, money paid, and money found to be due
upon an account stated.
'rho defendant paid a sum of 17 is. into court, and
pleaded that that was suii•'icient to satisfy the plaintiff's
claim.
Mr Digby Seymour, Q.C., and Mr Butler Rigby were
counsel for the plaintiff; Mr Huddleston, Q.C,, and Mr
Prentice were for the defendant.

It appeared from the evids.,nce for the plaintiff that he and
a person named Powell were in the habit of taking commis-
sions from gentlemen for the purpose of betting on horses
at the different races—the former using the name of "Wood,
and the latter that of Johnson, for private reasons of their
own. Tho defendant was a gentleman, who it was repre-
sented was very fond of speculating upon horse races, and
was introduced to the plaintiff as a" principal,' who wished
to give him a commission, by the man Powell, at the Saracen's
Head Hotel, Snowhill, when, according to the plaintiff's
account, he was instructed by the defendant to back the fol-
lowing horses for him at the annexed prices—Carisbrook, at
£lO to £37s—Morocco, at £lO to £soo—Baldwin, at £lO
to £soo—Mail Train, at £lO to £2so—Summerside, at £lO
to £soo—Battaglia, at £lO to £soo—Retainer, at £lO to
£loo—Calista colt, at £lO to £37s—Suspicion, at £lO to
£lso—and Canzonette. at £5 to £5OO. The plaintiff alleged
that three lists were made out of the horses and the amounts
one of which was supplied to the defendant, one he kept
himself, and one Powell had. That ono was now produced
by Powell, and on the part of defendant it was contended
that it was a forgery. However, the plaintiff backed the
horses, and all of them lost ; and subsequently defendant
refused to refund the sum he (plaintiff) had paid for him,
viz., £95. The rest of the amount claimed was made up by
the sum of £7 is which the plaintiff lent the defendant, and
which the defendant uow paid into court.
The plaintiff was called, and in cross-examination said
that he merely used the name of Wood in the betting-ring,
because it was usual amongst betting men to do so. The
Prince of Wales did the same. (Laughter.)
The defence was that the whole of the transaction on the
part of the plaintiff and Powell was a fraud and a juggle for
the purpose of doing the defendant out of the sum in ques-
tion, besides the sum of £2OO which it was alleged plaintiff
owed him, instead of his owing the latter anything. Ac-
cording to the defendant's account. the plaintiff was intro-
duced to him as an honest man by Powell, who afterwards
turned out to be a colleague of his, and ho induced defendant
to be.* ten horses at the prices above noted for the Cesare-
witch Stakes; but instead of one of them being the horse
mentioned in the list produced to-day, viz., Calista colt, it
was Thalestris, which won the stakes ; and therefore the
defendant on the balance was entitled to the sum of £2OO
from the plaintiff. The defendant alleged that the list
which was made out at the time was not the one now pro-
duced, the one now produced being a forgery by the plain-
tiff and Powell, for the purpose of not only doing defendant
out of the sum of £2OO upon the horse Thalestris, but also
for the purpose of getting a verdict for the sum of £95 over
and above the sum paid into court.
The ceee occupied the Court a considerable time, and
eventually
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, which was
received with great applause in court,

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIME B.—Since the great Duke of Marlborough
turned his back upon the Dutch, and plunged heroi-
cally into Germany to fight the famous battle of
Blenheim, military history has recorded no stranger
muvel than the mysterious expedition of General
Sherman on an unknown route against an undis-
coverable enemy. It is six months since the Federal
commander broke up his quarters at Chattanooga
and marched against the Confederate army in his
front which barred the road to Georgia. This army,
by dint rather of manoeuvring than fighting he drove
continuously before him for three months together,
until he found himself in August before the defences
of Atlanta. He completed this remarkable success
by compelling the Confederate garrison to evacuate
the city, which he occupied in triumph ; but here his
real embarrassments began. He had captured
Atlanta, to the infinite delight of the Federal and
the great advantage of Mr Lincoln's electioneering
prospects, but it soon appeared that the victory was
useless, and that it would be necessary either to do
something more or undowhat had been done already.
The Northern General was nearly 150 miles from !
his base of operations ; he was in the heart of an
enemy's country; hostile armies still kept the field
in undiminished strength, and the same strategy
which he had employed against the Southern com-
mander could be turned by that commander against
him. It was obvious, indeed, that if Sherman, by
intercepting supplies and interrupting communica■
tions, could make Atlanta untenable to Hood, Hood
could, with at least equal facility, make Atlanta un-
tenable to Sherman. This was what quickly oc-
curred. Gen. Hood, reinforced by Gen. Beauregard,
soon drew the Federal commander out of the city,
and for a week or two the contending armies were
engaged in manceuvres of which the details and ob-
jects have been but obscurely reported. Suddenly,
however, we hear that Sherman has changed his
game, and taken a new and momentous decision.
He has absolutely evacuated Atlanta, and left it to
be re-occupied by the Confederates. He has turned
his back upon the Confederate armies and marched
off in another direction ; but whither ho is marching,
or what he designs, neither Federals nor Confede-
rates can tell. We must presume that the Govern-
mentsof Washington and Richmond are in the secret.
Sherman, whatever may be his plan, can hardly
have adopted it without concert with other Federal
commanders, while it is obvious that the Confede-
rate authorities might expect intelligence from the
population on the track as soon as the direction of
the march had been disclosed. But never, even in
Russia, was secret better kept. Neither Northern
nor Southern journals can do more than conjecture
what has happened. New York papers speak of the
expedition as " The Great Mystery," and ejaculate
" What :has become of Sherman's army ?" Some
think that he has left Atlanta foi Montgomery,
which is about 175 miles to the south-west, on the
road to Mobile, which would be above 100 miles
further ; some that he is gone to Macon, about
100 miles to the south-east, intending to march from
that town to Savannah, which is nearly 200 miles
beyond. Others think that Charleston is his object,
while there are those who maintain that, instead
of marching either south-east or south-west, he has
pushed straight away north, there to co-operate
with General Grant in Virginia by seizing Lynch.
burg, and thus blockading Richmond on the west.
Conjectures so wide and inconsistent sufficiently
demonstrate the entire ignorance which prevails,
but that an army of 50,000 men should in a civilised
country be so utterly lost to sight for days together
is one of the most incredible incidents of this extra-
dinary war. It is believed that General Sherman
started upon this mysterious expedition on the 11th
of November, and it is stated, though we know not
with what authority, that his first march from At.
lanta was certainly southwards. This might be in
the direction either of Montgomery or Macon, and
might take him, according as he diverged to the west
or to the east, into the heart of Alabama or the heart
of Georgia, and enable him to advance, if unopposed
and unembarrassed,upon either Mobile or Savannah,
The:New York papers repeat with apparent satis-
faction, but with an evident ground of misgiving,
that Sherman in thus advancing towards the sea is
marching to a base, and not from ono, since on his
arrival at the coast he could be supported by the
naval forces of the North. But if his object is only
to reach the coast he could have reached it more
surely by sea, and if a land force was wanted to co-
operate in an attack upon Savannah or Wilmington
it need not have been sent by way of Chattanooga
and Atlanta. It appears almost certain that this
expedition, whatever may be its object, has been
attempted not as part of any original scheme, but
as the sequel of an enterprise to which no other end
could be discerned. General Sherman took Atlanta,
but when he had taken it he knew not what to do

with either his prize or himself. The enemy, who

had been rather circumvented than defeated-, made
the place untenable for him, the capture itself pro-

duced no results, the blockading armies could not
be disposed of, and, though pursued, could not be

caught at a disadvantage Teothere lay the Federal
General with his army unable to stay, and yet find-
ing no good in taking the field. It was necessary
to strike out a new lino of operations, and that has
certainly been done, though in what direction or
with what intent nobody can tell. If Sherman has
gone northwards to co-operate with Grant, the
movemi nt may produce important consequences, for
he could materially help to invest the Confederate
capital. This would, perhaps, be the moat reason-
able and natural enterprise, though even in this
case it would follow that the whole campaign in
Georgia had been a mistake_, and that Sherman had
better have marched upon Lynchburg in May last,
instead of wasting six months in an expedition
producing no results whatever. But the anticipa.
tione of the Americans themselves point for the
most part in an opposite direction. It is commonly
believed that Sherman has plunged either into
Alabama or Georgia, and that he will appear on
the coast of one of those States in due time. In
this case, however, how will it fare with him ?
His army is undoubtedly good and in efficient
condition. It carries thirty or, as some say, sixty
days' rations with it, and, besides, the country
is untouched by the war and the Southern
granaries at this season of the year would be
well stored with provisions. It is also possible that
no considerable force of the enemy would be encoun•
tered in the way, for Hood and Beauregard have
been left behind is Tennessee, and though they, or
even Early, might be despatched on the track of the
Federals, Sherman would have got a good start,
and he is fully capable of improving that or any
other advantage by his professional resources and
skill. On the other hand, he would be throwing
himself headlong into a hostile country of immense
extent, without any line of communications. He has
cut himself off from his base so completely and deli-
berately that he cannot even send intelligence of his
movements. He has converted hie entire army into
a flying column for an expedition involving most
formidable distances. The State of Georgia is up-
wards of 300 miles long and 200 miles broad, and
contains 58,000 square miles. Alabama is nearly
as large. The roads in these countries may be broken
up, bridges destroyed, and provisions carried away,
while it is certain that, even if the Federal corn•
mander should ultimately appear before either
Charleston or Mobile, a bard siege would still await
him at the end of his unparalleled march. Never.
theless, he is beyond a doubt both an able and a
resolute soldier, and he may know better than any
of his countrymen what are the real chances of his
enterprises. That it is a momentous enterprise can-
not be denied, but it is exactly one of those enter.
prises which are judged by the event. It may either
make Sherman the most famous General of the
North, or it may prove the ruin of his reputation,
his army, and even his cause together.
POST.—The ceremony which took place on Wed-
' nesday last at the little town of Now Radnor, far
away from the busy scenes of commerce, and in the
bosom of the Welsh hills, was no mere complimen-
tary tribute to departed obscurity. It was true
that it was, as far as possible, the commemoration
of a private bereavement and not of a public loss.
But it is equally so that the public and private life
of the great and good man whom hie friends and
neighbours were met together to commemorate
were so indissolubly blended together that it was
practically impossible to dissociate the one from
the other. Sir George Cornewall Lewis was,
by the consent of all parties, one of those
bright instances, which can happily be hardly
said to be rare in this country, of an ardent and
earnest politician who had never made a personal
enemy or wounded tho feelings of a single individ.
ual. He was one who held indeed his own opinions,
and had proved himself well able to maintain them,
bat who held them in such a manner as to provoke
no needless antagonism, and to win the confidence)
and respect even of his strongest political oppo-
nents. And thus it comes about that, at the foot
of the Eleanor Cross which is to mark the sense of
his own county neighbours of the irreparable lose
which they have sustained, were to be found men
differing widely as the poles in opinions, in senti-
ments, and in predilections, but all eager to pay a
willing tribute to the memory of one well de.
scribed by a competent judge as
" Justissimus unus
Qui fuit in Teucris, et servantissimus aaqui."
It was not, however, in this light alone that Sir
George Lewis has left his fellow-countrymen a
noble example for them to follow. Mr Vernon
Harcourt pointed out that he was one who was
calculated to shine in other fields than that which
he had selected as the special theatre for his great,
although perhaps not brilliant, abilities. On Wed-
nesday last he received the testimony of a political
adversary to his power of inspiring general confi.
dence---of a statesman of European reputation to
his worth in private life—and of one of the most

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eminent scholars of the day to his classical learnk
ing and knowledge. Lord Derby and Mr Ularl"
stone have latterly familiarised us with the
ide4
that leading statesmen may employ their leisure
*
moments in pursuits which would be deemedf ar
proes.!
duous were they attempted by a university
But it
sor as a part of his ordinary curriculunz.
is not every one, as Dean Milman has well put !t,
who, had he lived, would have been first favourite
.
for thei vacant Premiership, and might have occupi.ed
with honour the chair of the Greek professor in tne
most learned university in Europe. His country wes
well aware when he was taken from amongst us OIL!!
she had lost one whom she could ill spare. 111!
neighbours, and still more those who were connected.
with him by the ties of relationship, mourned nOl
only a dear friend, but one whose temper was never_
ruffled, whose patience was never wearied, and whu
missed no opportunity of doing a kindness to others.
It is late in the day now to recapitulate seriatio
all the offices which he held, and all the serviced
which he rendered in each of them to his Sovereign'
But it is not too late to point the moral which le
suggested by every stage of such a career. Sir Geo.
Lewis was emphatically not of the number of thus!
born geniuses who wake some morning .4 to fie':
themselves famous." His was a career of unwearied
industry, of patience, of self-denial, and of grade i
development. Ho was known, indeed, from thie
time of his university career as a deep and profounu.
scholar, well versed in foreign as well as in 4136°,1
literature. Still, it was not till ho had attaihe,."'
something very like middle life that what might udee
called a fair opportunity of distinction present%
itself, and office, when it came, came in its driest
and least attractive form. It was as a Poor-101
Commissioner that Sir George Lewis first won hie
spurs, and displayed those faculties of research, on:
centration, and general aptitude for business which
made him afterwards successively Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Secretary of the Home Department,
and Secretary for War. To the end of his dayseecs
he
could never be called an orator, and his sphe
invariably read far better than they were delivered.
But he brought to every subject which he !P,l
proached a thorough honesty of purpose, a roinl
wonderfully devoid of prejudice, and powers 0'
work and of investigation which may occasionally
have been equalled, but which can rarely have been
excelled. There was a thorough conviction in the
minds of all who came in contact with him not only
that he meant well, but that he was capable 0i
doing well. He was never over elated by successf
and he took failures when, as in the case of the
Herefordshire election, they overtook him int!!
manner which endeared him even to those Win
were responsible for his disappointment. -041d°
love of truth, as his brotherein-law, 1-49 r
Clarendon, pointed out, was the prominent fee:
Lure of his character, and the knowledge of this
won for him the respect of all parties. Had DV;
misfortune befallen Lord Palmerston during We
earlier period of the present session, he was the °id
of all his lieutenants to whom the publio eye Wou
have turned instinctively as his probable and nicss..
fitting successor. And this because he was knoW':
to be not only a man of no extreme views, but ee:
who would flatly refuse even to appear to advoest°
them in order to curry favour with their supportee;
There were those among his colleagues who W
ier
more brilliant in conception, more eloquent in
Bat
and far more effective in debate. Pls
there were none who inspired the confidence wh'eA
he did, and none accordingly who could have foul)"
it an easier task to lead the House of Comlnone;
The grave closed over him without his leavielf 0 ;
single enemy behind him, and without his 10,1
ever lost a friend. Such a character as this i 011:,
only rare, but it is well worthy of study and ilnit.6
tion. We are not all gifted with the same poWe'e
of analysis, the same grasp of mind, or the 00
kindly temperament as Sir George Lewis. Bat /la
can all imitate his patience, his perseverance, alit,
his determination not to be turned aside by di auto
ties or to be daunted by delays. The same que.,s
ties which won him success in the political areyf
would have won their possessor success in tisi,34l
other field of action. Most of them are quite wit,
the attainment of far humbler capacities than 0'
and all them are pre-eminently the attributes of the
best type of English character. It is well that lija.
memory of such a man should have been honoureet
It is especially eo that it should have been o°o
honoured in the place where the man himself T 1
best known.