The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-26 00:00:00

ARCHBISHOP WIIATELY'S SUCCESSOR.

The Dublin correspondent of the Times, under
date the 24th, has the following edifying observa-
tions as to the probable successor of the late vener-
able and gifted Archbishop Whately
" A tremendous excitement has been produced
among the Evangelical clergy here by the announce-
ment that Canon Stanley has been offered the mitre
of the Archbishop of Dublin. The fact that he is
an Englishman is one objeation, but this is merged
in the dreadful charge of heterodoxy. He is be-
lieved to be the author of an article in the Edin-
burgh Review, in which, it is said, he defended the
authors of Essays and Reviews. He is accused of
being a rank neologist, who does not go the length
of Calenso only because he wants the moral courage
to avow his convictions. Ho has written a letter to
the Bishop of London recommending the abolition
of clerical subscriptions. When referring in his
works to the errors of other writers, he studiously
avoids expressing what his own opinions are on the
disputed points. From this his Dublin censors
infer that he is decidedly unsound in his faith.
There is a long indictment against him copied in
some of the Protestant journals from the Church
and State Gazette : and the Daily Express is flooded
with letters from the clergy containing sweeping
censures, and earnestly protesting against his ap-
pointment. But no language of his own has been
quoted against him. Hitherto the evidence is all
secondhand. They admit his learning, his eloquence,
the fascination of his style, the excellence of his
character; but they deprecate his appointment the
more vehemently on account of these dangerous
snares which would render the attractions of hereby
irresistible. Como what will the clergy have re-
solved not to allow Lord Palmerston to taint the
fountain of orthodoxy which has flowed so purely
from Trinity College, Dublin. In vain they are re-
minded that Canon Stanley is the Cnaplain of the
Queen and of the Prince of Wales and of the Bishop
of London, and that ho is the Professsr of Ecclesi-
astical History in the University of Oxford. So
much the worse, they would say, for the Queen, the
clergy of London. They pro-
test that tanthdeythwe
iyoullnnogt have Canon Stanley to rule
over them, even if their resistance involved the
separation of the Church from the State. Any other
Canon would be accepted, even an English one.
They will give the Premier half a dozen to choose
from,—Qanon M'Neile, dignissimus ; Canon Boyd,
of Paddington ; Canon Miller, of Birmingham.
" Any one, English or Irish, rather than the neolo-
gical Canon Stanley."
There is not, perhaps, a bishop in Ireland who
hoped to step up to the vacant throne ; there is not
a dignitary who hoped to wear that bishop's mitre;
there is not a clergyman who expected to, get that
dignitary's place; there is not a friend in the
respective circles of those numerous expectant
parties who would not be likely to swell the
cry of neology and heresy against the New
Archbishop of Dublin if Canon Stanley should
accept the post, and submit to have his cha-
racter in the ecclesiastical pillory for several years
to come. One clergyman has only ventured to
write to a neutral journal, in defence of the ap-
pointment, and he asks some very pertinent ques-
tions :

ga firmlygaguite a
stranger
" Alas, sir, what is all the splutter in the news-
papers about? Do the Dublin clergy remember
what a howl was raised at the advent of Dr.
Whately 32 years ago? Wore those frantic pre-
dictions verified ? Do not many of the clergymen
and laymen who opposed
whoh
Churchman,i m mc bitterly
ho.sutrch
hang their heads, and blush for shame, when theY
think of that intensely prejudicial opposition. 11
anything been said against Canon Stanley
escsohoicrh.
was not virtually said against his predecessor
to be
There is one class, I admit, which has a.
right
of
profoundly dissatisfied with the apPeiin
-d the case
Canon Stanley, such as formerly it
luibich long to
of Dr. Whately. I mean the class which
in this
see the Established Church
woroualdt:ro-t
annihilatedlan db--e-lipervoefothuantd,
country.
E Established
trae biTa iii
and judicious thinkers too,
eaedset over the see a
had a narrow-minded High
row-minded Evangelical, be.sh
Dublin in 1831, the nd what are
now be existing in
s much about hiin as
the Dublin
faults?
Canon Stanley's
as
in any
to him, I perhaps know
Will any of his accusers
of those who
take the trouble
papers. AV a r Judgment for 48
of suspending heir
some of his . hours till they
schfoelealrinslgdp(,fodreetphisis they
i ol ef
chastenedelegantso-
works e Ido not say
have
ill Be
eru-
dition, and a glow
all sides), but I
admitted on say they will find all
the looked over
essentials of the Christian faith in their purity
forcibly and attractively stated. Girton Stanley is
mach more a man of
the world—much better
acquainted with the delicate shades of human cha-
racter—much less liable to be duped by assentation
-ciety,
—much better qualified to maintain his exalted posi-
tion in elegant s 3 and to leaven the magnates
of the land with earnest religious feeling, than the
admirable and singl,-minded Whately was."
'hare is much truth in this. Whately, who may
ho said, in the phraseology of the Church of Rome,
'tO have died "in the odour of sanclity," was de-
nounced as a Socinian—as one who denied the in-
epiration of the Scriptures—who was an enemy of
the Bible, and an underminor of the faith. 11is
assailants lived to see and to deplore their error re-
garding that great and good prelate ; and so, no
doubt, they would in the case of his successor.

A 'CUTE YANKEE BULL.—An American is re-
ported to have said that, if he knew that it was predestinated
that he should be drowned in a particular lake, nobody would
ever catch him going within a mile of it.

H EFORITR M
GI A
tAjNDE PERFORMANCES OF orERA.
TY'S T ATR E. the late General Sir WILLIAM FRANCIS '
PATRICK NAPIER—the Greatest Soldier of modem
4LYIESDID4,INT-Iga'Sridays, Oct. 26, will be performed times, perhaps of any time (HANNIBAL bei
Gounod's celebrated Opera,
FAUST. the only Great Captain who is aerie-
Titiens, Trebelli, T,ccani Bossi, Santley, Sims Reeves.
brought into comparison with him) NAPOLE
To-morrow (Tuesday). et
°AUAT.
These Representations must be necessarily thus limited to performed miracles in the field, particularly in his
four, on account ot the final departure of the great Artistes
for the Continent.
'is, ; Dress Circle, 7s. ; Orchestra Stalls, .retcampaign and in his last campaign by
.t one, in
121.'1 Pit,
655.. ;G. Boxes,
Private Boxes from Hall-a-Guinea first Italian campaign in 1797, and in his won-
ulTZ-ii.enee at Eight o'clock. Restrictions to Evening Dress derful campaign upon the soil of Franc
not enforced,.
paign of 1814, by what was called " par lUiplying his
Theatree
(under the
Box office ot the ofsuperintendencer. the cam-
Commence
open daily from Ten till Five.
forces" by the marvellous rapidity of l'.is movements.
,
If by the late achievements of L'iIiGSTREET still
greater wonders in that way 1.1%,7Q been accom-
plished, it is attributable, of course, to the fact
that now there is, in ai d of the strategist, what
NAPOLEON had not in 1 .is time—the railway sys-
tem ! None the less adaa arable is the daring of the
designs of LEE as a etrs ate gist , in transferring to
and fro, along a distance of four hundred miles, the
whole corps of troops uric ler the command of LONG-
STREET. To and fro, over a distance in all of not,
much less than a thousan d miles, LONGSTREET'S corps
has been whirled like a tremendous shuttle. And,
with so perfect aconceal cc ent of the design meditated,
and with such a ready swiftness in the execution of
it, that in this moving to and fro of a whole corps of
troops, between LEE'S retain army on the banks of
the Rapidan and BRAGG'S army four hundred miles
away on the southern frontier of Tennessee, it has
been like the passing hither and thither, quietly at
LEE'S bidding, of a solitary messenger. The oppo-
nent of the two Confederate armies has in each
instance been surprised. ROSENCRANZ has been
driven back, his army routed in part, the rest of it
being fairly "trapped" at Chattanooga. MEADE four
hundred miles away heti: Chattanooga (himself con-
fronting the main army under LEE) has scarcely
realized to his dismaythe predicament into which his
brother Federal ROSENCRANZ has been outmance-
uvred—when BRAGG'S auxi iary having accom-
plished his purpose at Chattanooga is back
again with his chief, corps and all—and
the Federal Commander awakes suddenly to the
knowledge that what LEE had contrived by
the aid of his lieutenant LONGSTREET,
in regard r 0 ROSENCRANZ, LEE has again cont rived
no less effectually and by the very same agency in
regard to MEADE himself. Insomuch does this now
actually turn out to be the case that upon the re-
turn of LONGSTREET'S corps—that is to say upon
the forward movement at last, in a body, by order
of LEE, of the whole Confederate army on
the banks of the Rapidan, upon the forward
movement of LEE'S whole army from the Rapi-
dan northwards (LEE doing this directly his
lieutenant LONGSTREET has returned from the
borders of Tennessee), the unfortunate Feder&
Commander-in-Chief finds himself outmanceuvred
still more completely and unmistakeably than
by LEE'S designs had even been ROSENCRANZ.
MEADE, in effect, we now learn, had found
no alternative but to escape from a disas-
trous discomfiture by an instant retreat. The
Federal army had withdrawn bodily and with
such precipitation that all that could not
be carried away with them had to be burnt. They
have recrossed the Rappahannock. They have
withdrawn, en masse, northwards. LEE resuming
his old position upon that field already twice fatal
to the Federals, as the scene, for them, of two dis-
astrous Yankee Battles of the Spurs—the now
world-famous field of Bull Run. Such is the latest
" situation," in respect to the relative position of
the main armies of the American belligerents. Such
is the latest result of the warlike designs of that
great master of strategy, General LEE. His an-
tagonists have had to beat a hasty retreat. He him-
self takes new ground upon old ground—at Bull
Run. The Confederates will fight there with the
prestige of victory—the Federals with a damning
recollection o ['defeat. LetMEADE turn out to be beaten
there at Bull Run—as is probable.—and the capital
of Washington will be open to the Confederates.
Like the Centurion in the Gospel, LEE has but to say
to any among these lieutenants of his, " Go there
and he geeth, do this and he doeth it." And certainly
the one who has been of late the most conspicuous
of them all in the faithful fulfilment of his great
leader's designs, the most conspicuous amongst
them, at least, since the lamented death of glorious
" Old STONEWALL," is that LONGSTREET, who
(certainly as yet) knows no turning !

-nOYAL ENGLISH. OPERA,
JUI) COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the .Management Of Miss Louisa Pyrae and
Mr. W. Harrison.

THIS EVENI'G, IVALice's Romantic Opera, THE
DT:sr:fa FLOWER: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ;
Nessrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri A. Cook, and W. Harrison.
Coaductor. Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven.
utunrueuce at Eight.

11 HEAT RE ROYAL D RUR Y-L AN E.
Managers, Messrs, Edmond Falconer and

F. B. Chatterton.

Great and continued success of the production of Lord
Byron's MANFRED, generally acknowledged by the press
and the public to he one of the most complete and legitimate
triumphs of a combination of artistic capabilities presented
on the stage for many years.
THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), October the 20th. and
during the weer, the uertormances will commence with the
Comedietts, byJohn Oxenford.l4:sq., of GONE TO TE
principal characters by Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Neville, Mr.
spencer, and Miss Murray.
Atter which, commencing at a Quarter before Eight o'clock,
Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy ot MANFRED. Mortals :
Manfred, Mr. Phelps; Abbot of St. Mauric , Mr. Ryder; a
Chamois Hunter, Mr. A. .Rayner ; Manuel (an aced e Retainer),of
31r. Neville; Herman la young Domestic in the Cast
ds• Immortals
Manfred), Mr. G. Weston ; Retainers, Messrs. Bedford,
Weaver, Kirk, Wilson, Smith, and Edwa_r
r. •
Arimanes (Ruler of the Evil A gencies),
od ;
(Spirit of the Ether), Miss Emma Hey Warde • Ariel
of the Stars), Miss Louisa Hitter; Heywood
n e 1:1(
s epsi Pr ietr 'of (Spiritthe
Water Miss Poole ; 3leserima (SP!ilrit9f 331r.mssJitk 'Miss
Cicely Nott; Auster (Spirit of the storm),rs;
übes (Spirit of
tarocn (spirit of the Earth), Mr. Meag the
the shadow of Night), Mr. Ryesde:Tiotanoe:(oSfivderintg
Mountains), Mr. G. Spencer ;eotnce),
Mrs. Edmund Falconer ; ClomNthaewandmis
bliss
Atropos-c. Nweseaten,
Three Destinies—Miss Em
Miss heath—her Sth appear-
°Tn'L
Atkinson, ache i
and Miss Murray ; the Phantom of s, Miss Rose Le-
clerc; ; the Witch of the Alp ,
Norris, J. ante at at this Theatre ; EvilAsgencies and Spirit Spectres of
the Weird World, 3lessrl: T.H3alratirtehuerws, J. ,
our, 5 'ss blrs 331Ioelvale Mrs.
mac"liss 'CY
ni
8 and Gent em 1 en of the Choir and the
Warlow, and the Lad
Bal let. Order an,dtchliiicaroacatlelerryofith3eisacneinreeryd,,,.
CAasettlel..—SScceennee
Studio and Go
inel • The the
Chalet ofSummit the
the Chamois
2: a Precipice and, Glaciers near of Jung-
frau. Act 11. cene
Peas.
Beene 2: The Steinbach, a
Hunter and Alp
one of toe Lower Valleys among the Alp.
Wst e rfall,
and
hin t oin cliff's, the haunt of the Witch of the
°N"-T---hi:nnli3ow's rays still arcn the torrent with the
many hues of e
Alps. heaven, and roll the sheeted silver's waving
column o'er the crits's perpendicular." Scene 3 : The snow-
rs a Summit of the Junsfrau, by Moonlight. Scene 4:
The 1I all
and of Arimanes in the Nether World, painted by 311,
Danson
on. Act IlL—Scene 1: Terrace and Exterior
of Ca stle.
Scene 2 : The Turret Studio, the Magian's Mid-
ht Ilaun" shook d Illumined by a Thunderstorm, and
t
dually
Destroyed by 14Ias ling Bolt and CrashingAvalanehe.
Last S cene : A Snowy Alpine Waste or Wilderness. Pro-
pra—
m, me of the Souls and Choruses—Act I.—Scene 1 : Mys-
tical Responses of Viewless Spirits to the Magian's Invoca-
tion. list Solo, "Mortal to thy bidding bow'd," Miss Emma
jeseyw ; 2nd Solo, "In the blue nepth of the waters"
Miss Poole ; 3rd Solo, " I am the rider of the
wind, " Mr. Swift ; Septette, Misses Poole, Hey-
wood , Cicely Nott, Mr. Swift, and short's; The Impre-
catio n—Solo, "When the Moon is on tie Wave," Miss
Cicel y Nott ; Solo, "Th ugh thy Slumber may be deep,"
Miss Poole ; Chorus, by the whole Choir. Act. 11.— cene 3 ;
Solo and Chorus, " The Captive Usurper," Miss Cicely Nott
and Chorus ; Song, " The Ship sailed on, the Ship sailed
fast ," Miss Emma Heywood. S ene 4—Grand Choral Hymn
of t he Evil Agencies, " Hail to our Master, Prince of Earth
and Air," solo verses by Mr. Swift, chorus by full Choir ; Ju-
bilant Chorus and accompanying Dance, by full Choir and
the Ballet. Act llL—Last Scene : Grand Dual Chorus ot
Goo d and Evil Spirits, by the Principal Singers and Full
Choir. The general action of the tragedy arranged by Mr.
Phe ips. The incidental dances designed and directed by Mr.
Cor mask. Costumes from designs by R. W. Keene, Esq., and
from Flaxman's Illustrations t Cisssical and lilythological
Conceptions. Machinery by Mr. J. Tucker and Assistants.
Gas Illuminations by Mr. J. Hinckley. Spectral illusions
by Mr. Cox, under the direction of Mr. Telbin. The wholes
oft he entirely new scenery designed and principally painted
by Mr. W. Telbin, assisted by his son, Mr. 11. Telbin. 's he
Hall of Arimanes painted by Mr. Danson and Sons. The
increased orchestra and present arraneement ot the music,
orininaliy composed by Sir Henry Bishop, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Barnard. The choir under the direction of Mr.
Charles Beale.- To conclude with the Musical Farce of A
ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Characters by Messrs.
Walter Lacy, Addison, Spencer, and G. Belmorc, Miss Heath,
Miss fi. Leclerq, and Miss Murray. —Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.,
215., £1 his. 6d., £2 2s , £3 35., and .£4 4s. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress
Circle, 4s. ; First Circle, 35. ' • Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 25.; Lower
Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 65. No half-price. Bsx office
open from Ten to Five daily. Doors open at half-past Six,
commence at Seven o'clock. Stage Manager, Mr. Phelps.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVE SING, OUB. 151A.RY ANNE.
After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles
Mathews.
Followed by T FIE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles
Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, ; Mesdames C. MAthews,
L, Keeley. Griffith, &c.
And MY HUSBAND'S G [I OST.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.

Mr. FECIITER begs respectfully to inform the Nobility
and Public that the above Theatre will OPEN on SATUR-
DA.Y next, with a new Drama, entitled BEL DEMt)NIA,
a Love Story, in Four Acts, in which Mr. Fechter will ap-
pear, supported by Me.srs. Brou;rh,,m, S. Emery, G. Jordan,
and F. Charles ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss Lavenue, Mrs. Lee,
and Miss Elsworthy.

The 13,x-office will be opened on Monday, Oct. 20, from
eleven till five.

ArISS BATE MAN.—LE A FL—The celebrated
young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN, having
an her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH ob-
tained the most triumphan r and enthusiastic success that has
been wi,nessed for many years, and the profound impression
created by her impersonation of the character of LEAII upon
a crowded audience hivino• been completely ratified by the
unanimous verdict and critical approval of the entire Daily
Press, the Nlanager of the NEW ADEL THEATRE has
the honour to announce that Mss BAT EMAN will appear
in the New Drama of LEAH EVERY EVENING till further
notice.

NEW THE ATRE-R0 VAL, ADELPHI.-
Sots Fronriator and nanazer. M 7. ft Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TLIAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs.

&t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported
by Messrs. Arthur R. Phillips, Billinfton, Stuart,
A Wood, Eburne, Miss 11. Simms and Mrs. Billington.

To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss
Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood.

HER R ANN.-PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Immense Success.—" The Tricks and Feats of Herr
Herrmann are nearly all of the most astonishing and incpm-
prehensible kind. His aleignt-of -hand feats are really mar-
vellous, and the ease, finish, and accuracy of his tricks are
Such:, as have never before been witnessed in this country."—
nud4rd, Sept. 29. Herrmann in his MONEY TRICK,
EitY EVLNING. "A New System of Making Ple,ty of
alone,

The memory of a great man must be ranked
among the noblest possessions of his country, and
it is a possession common to all his countrymen.
The more numerous and distinguished the names
in her annals, the higher rank a country holds
in the story of the past, and the prouder the
position she occupies in the present. England is
rich in great men in arms, in arts, in science, in
literature, in statecraft, in philosophy, in philan-
thropy, and the names recorded on the memorial
tablets in her great cathedrals may bear com-
parison with those of any nation in the civilised
world. Sometimes she has not know❑ or acknow-
ledged their merits until the recognition was too
late to do them service ; often the panegyrics on
their tombstones were the first words of public

praise that reached them. Envy and prejudice,
poverty and misfortune have tuo often stood in
the way of those born to rule or influence their
kind ; but some, more fortunate, if not more gifted,
have won the applause of their fellows while still
living to hear it, and have been placed among the
seats of honour while yet the position was of
, value. They have received the meed of well-
earned confidence and distinction during their lives,
and over their graves men of all ranks, creeds,
and parties have united in tributes of approval
and expressions of regret. Such sentiments are
never more appropriate, or more impressive than
when uttered at the birth-place of the one who
has gone to his grave full of honours. The fact
thatirlthe career which has filled a marked place
the history of th 3 time opened unpretendingly
among themselves, gives to the speakers a per-
-83u41 interest in its meridian and its close. The
remembrance
politics, tnoYk
played a bast'
[ their his
the great man who has since
part in the broad arena of war, or
e first faltering steps along
They feel with
an individual shßare to each of the citizens
satisfu his subsequent achievements.
;tion that when his fortunes
are traced in coming
in-
terest on the unattractievars men
will look with in-
, known as his birthplace aneditya,roir the
quiet village.
proud of the reflected honour ,---Y home. They are
hasten to adorn
strangers
Perhaps was b
aninog them• With some such feelings th orn
pal inhabitants of the county of L,,,,aux assembled
8 Princi-
pal
week in the Merchant's Hall, at Glasgow, wi
h
a view to do honour to the memory of Lord CLYDE.
The monument which they proposed to erect to him
was not intended to be especially costly in its
nature, but wits meant to include a large number of
subscribers, with the view of g
the widespread respect and admiration iv i nexpression to
g for the brave
Scottish chieftain now laid to his rest. The meet-
ing was large and unanimous, as befitted such an
assembly in Sir COLIN CAMPBELL' 0 native city. A
fitting oration for such an occasion was delivered
by one who was no unworthy chronicler of Lord
CLYDE'S fame and achievements. Sir ARCIIIBALD
AlasoN, in an eloquent address, alluded to his °W4

personal friendship for the departed soldier, and
paid due honour to his memory. Not at such a
time or place, he said, could he give a summary of
the deeds of the late Fie d Marshal, or even men-
tion the chief events in a career which extended
" from the time when ho joined the British army in
180 S, amidst the wooded cliffs of Portugal, on the
eve of the battle of Vimiera, to when he trampled
under foot the last embers of the Sepoy insurrec-
tion beneath the shadow of the mountains of Ne-
paul." But although Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON did
not attempt such a task as this, he could dwell on
the personal characteristics and substantial virtues
of his friend ; he could testify to the simplicity, the
generosity, the absence of all those mean and en-
vious feelings which sometimes shadow the nobility
of men who have achieved eminence. He could
dilate upon the high sense of duty which animated
Lord CLYDE, his promptness and willingness to
act in his country's service ; his modesty, which
was so great as to lead to misapprehension and pre-

vent him from doing himself justice. Sir ARCUI

BALD could also dojustice to the merits of the Gene-
ral who, ever ready to hazard his own life, was
always sparing of his soldiers. The young officer
who led the forlorn hope at St. Sebastian was the
same leader, it is true, whose " thin red line" ex-
cited the wonder of friends and foes at Balakiava,
but he was also the commander who exhausted
every combixation in his endeavour to accomplish
a necessary end with the least possible sacrifice of
men. His capacities as Commander-in-Chief can
only bq estimated by the last act in his long mili-

tary career--the final subjugation of the Sepoy
mutiny. Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON cited several in-
stances to prove that, however influence or preju-
dice might succeed in putting others before him
when times were fair, in the moment of emergency
and peril, when real efficiency was needed, he was at
once turned to. The most remarkable occasion of

this sort is fresh in all our recollections, and we ail
remember, too, the characteristic reply to the ques-
tion, when he could be ready to start for India—
" To-morrow morning." Arrived there, there was
no sign of haste or rashness to be found in the im-
petuous soldier. Some, indeed, blamed him for
dilatoriness and over-caution, but he heeded them
not, but went on his way steadily till the end was
won. It was an officeof no small responsibility and
danger, for, in the wards of his eulogist at the
Glasgow meeting, when marching from Cawnporc
to Lucknow, " He bore the fate of India on his
sword's point, for he was marching with 6,000 men
—our last reserve—to assail 60,000, intrenched to
the teeth, in the capital of Oude, with 15,000 vic-
torious rebels threatening his rear and communica-
tions." Such recollections may well animate his
countrymen to do honour to his fame, and in no
more fitting spot could they raise his memorial than
in the streets of his native city.

Among social improvers there ere few who rank
higher, or whose rank exercise a more beneficial
influence on the community, than those who address
themselves to the wants and privations of the in-
mates of workhouses. There is no class of institu-
tion at present existing in the metropolis or through-
out the country that stands in greater need of care
and attention than these receptacles for the desti-
tute. It may be said of them, lasciente agni
speranza vir cleentrale. While hospitals are price-
less boons to the poor and suffering, and while even
prisons and gaols are often rendered positive places
of relief, as regards physical comforts, it has been
proved by close investigation and attested by not-
able witnesses that the werkhouse is per 8e; as it
were, among those establishments that receive a
large share of our population. This inferiority is
especially to be regretted, because for the most part
those who become denizens within its walls are com-
pelled so to do in consequence of great misfortunes
having befallen them, or of sickness depriving them
of the means of supporting themselves. The paper
read by Miss TWINING at the Social Science Con-
gress at Edinburgh goes far to show the great neces-
sity that prevails for some remedial measures to be
adopted. It seems a strange and a sad thing that
in this wealthy and benevolent land, so many
charities should abound, and yet that by
some unaccountable mischance no provision
should be made for a class that particu-
larly deserves our commiseration. There are
many painful ordeals to be gone through in the
treatment of disease, many anxious moments of sus-
pense to be endured during its fluctuations, but
nothing else can so afflict the sufferer as to be told
that hope is past. The human mind naturally
shrinks from the contemplation of such a dreary
and dismal prospect. It seems hard, then, to reflect
that there is no alleviation whatever afforded to
those unhappy beings who are dismissed from the
hospital as incurable. They are compelled, almost
without exception, to proceed to the workhouse,
where their condition is truly deplorable. There is
great truth in the remark of Miss TWINING that it
"certainly seems strange that, thoughtful and
liberal as we have been in these countries about the
temporarily sick, we have bestowed so little thought
in inquiring what becomes of all those incurably
sick persons who are annually dismissed from hos-
pitals." It is of no use to question the records of
the past, but it will be of the most service if we avoid
the recurrence of this unfortunate neglect for the
future. It stands to reason that one of the first
evils to be rectified is that
glaring error mentioned
in this paper referred to, namely, the practice of em-
ployinguntrained pauper nurses, and these, too, with.
out a superintendent to watch their proceedings.
Hapless is the lot of the unhappy victims to lingering
maladies, to be subjected to so many of those minor
aillictions which, in the time of sickness and de-
pression, assume a form of magnitude, and are a
grievous burthen. The Workhouse Visiting &clay
has endeavoured to relieve same of the sufferings
alluded to by timely snggestions, and the introduc-
tion of sympathising visitors. Also an admirable
proposal was made, which, in some instances, has
been found to be most efficacious—namely, to place
the incurable in a separate ward, where they might
obtain more attention and voluntary relief, without
creating jealousy among the other inmates. The
plan suggested by Miss TWINING bids fair to miti-
gate the worst part of the evils now so prevalent.
It is that a ward should be set apart for those who
are able to pay a small sum, or whose friends can
pay for them. Here they would have nearly all the
advantages of an hospital, and with the continued
care that cannot be afforded in those institutions

many of the poor sufferers, whose recovery is now
deemed hopeless, would very likely be restored to
comparative health, or be enabled to gain their
own livelihood. At present there are many
in this position, and if they contribute

their small stipend to their support, they
receive no " distinction whatever" from those who
Pay nothing. The 5 ncurable wards, betore ret ell ed
afflicted
to, will Partially supply the wants of the destitute
claw, and thus these numerous and grievously
fair Way of seeing better days. Surely if one class
members of the community will be in a
morn than another claims our pity, merits our con-
sieration, and deserves our exertions, it is the in-
curable in workhouses.
situated, in too As at present they are
many cases they seem enduring a
y, eo far as regards the core-
"
state as monstrous, and a position as forlorn, as any
that can effitct humanity. "
has shut them froni day' A night everlasting