The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1.863.

TEE SCANDINAVIAN ALLIANCE.

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 25.
The following Note has been addressed by Baron
Manderstrom, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs,
to Baron N. Adelsvard, Swedish Ambassador in
Paris :
The important political affairs which, during the last few
weeks, have agitated the European Cabinets, and engaged
their whole attention, have caused facts which would not
have failed to excite general attention at a less animated
time to pass by almost unobserved.
Among these is one to whichwe thinkit our duty to direct
the serious consideration of the Government of his Majesty
the Emperor of the French. It concerns, as may be easily
unders'ood, the new phase upon which the Danish question
has entered through the resolutions taken by the German
Federal Diet. In consequence of these resolutions Denmark
will soon receive a demand—if, indeed, it has not already
been made—to withdraw within six weeks time the patent
of March 30, 1863, under threat of a Federal execution in
Holstein. We do not yet know the resolution which Den-
mark will take, but it appears to us that it cannot be doubted.
Things have arrived at a point at which foreign intervention
in the internal affairs of Denmark becomes really unendur-
able. The most extreme measures would be preferable to an
unjustifiable submission, in which the Danish people will
not acquiesce. We may, therefore, suppose that the Danish
Government will reply that by the patent of March 30, 1863,
Denmark had conceded to Holstein all the rights which the
Federal Diet has demanded for that duchy. Denmark there-
fore fulfilled all her duties as a Federal member, since by
this patent the mutual relations of the different parts of the
I monarchy are established in such a manner that the legis-
lation and taxation in other parts of the kingdom become
independent of that which will be adopted in Holstein and
Lauenberg.
The Danish Government will ever be ready to carry into
execution the resolution passed in Frankfort relative to
the internal administration of these duchies. Every cause
as well as every pretext for a Federal execution being, how-
ever, removed by this declaration, as also by the patent of
the 30th March, the Danish Government can only regard
such proceeding as having an object entirely apart from the
competency of the German Diet, and must therefore con-
sider it a hostile attack, which it is her duty to oppose by
all the means at her disposal.

In case this should be the reply of the Danish Govern-
ment, which, as I have already said, appears most probable,
it will not be denied that it is based upon facts.
The demand of the Federal Dibt for a common eonstitu-

tion for the whole monarchy is untenable, because it is the
German Diet itself, and the Holstein Estates, which have
rendered such an arrangement impossible. As regards the
Duchy of Schleswig, it is a fact that the Danish Govern-
ment, after Schleswig's administrative separation from
Holstein, decided to extend the liberties of this province,
and that it never took any steps to incorporate it with the
kingdom. In any case, this is a question with reference to
which the Federal Diet is entirely incompetent, as regards
the claims which, in common with Austria and Prussia it
considers itself entitled to make relative to the negotiations
of 1851 and 1852.

In the meanwhile, the Diet's ill-concealed desire to mix

itself up in this question causes the danger of the situation,
which we can only regard as highly critical, and approach-
ing a crisis which would unavoidably endanger the peace
of the North, and very likely the whole of Europe.
The Government of the King has long avoided a return
to this question, but, believing itself to be unable any longer
to remain silent, it considers it to be its duty to submit the
state of affairs for examination to the Cabinets of Paris and
London,
It appears to us that it can scarcely be the wish of those
Cabinets, particularly in the present state of the negotia-
tions relative to Poland, that a war should break ouc in the
North during the present year. Such an event, however,
might happen within a few weeks, should Denmark
not meet with such support from those Cabinets as would
protect her against the aggressive measures of Germany.
We will not take upon ourselves to propose the means by
which such a contingency might be averted. We believe,
however, that we have a right to express our opinion upon
this question. We have this right, first, on account of the
sincere feelings of friendship which bind us to the two Go-
vernments to whom we address ourselves ; and, secondly,
because of the serious consequences which might result
from a contest from which the force of circumstances could
alone prevent us from holding aloof, since our dearest inte-
rests would not allow us calmly to see our neighbours op-
pressed under pretexts which, at a late period, might en-
danger our own independence.
I request you to read this despatch to M. Drouyn de
Lhuys, and should he desire a copy of it I authorise you to
leave one with him.

(Signed) MANDERSTROM.

A Good Word for Cricketting.

Parallel with the quickened intellectual life in our
public schools has run the conscious, systematic cul-
ture of the physical powers by means of games, and
above all of cricket. We have muscular pmdagogy,
as well as " muscular Christianity ;" and the model
schoolmaster of the present day is expected to take
a deep interest in the games of his scholars, and it is
well if he is a good "bat" as well as a good scholar.
In this direction, also, the Arnold school has taken
a decided lead. Dr. Arnold himself recognised the
groat importance of a game which establishes more
perfectly than any other the mutual correspondence
and simultaneous action of eye and hand; which
calls upon the player for the exercise, in rapid suc-
cession, of the most varied physical and moral quali-
ties—of courage and prudence, of skill in avoiding
and hardiness in enduring pain—of ever ready,
watchful patience in activity, and the power of
passing in a moment to the intensest and most rapid
action—of hopeful energy in the midst of discou-
ragement, and moderation in the prospect of victory.
It is no slight honour and no small blessing to us
as a nation that such a game should be traditional
in our schools. It is not on the surface an attrac-

tive game. Beginners get little from it that can
well be called amusement. It is an earnest, serious
game, which suits neither the powers nor the taste
of the weakling or the tiller—a game of which
none but English boys can ever feel the charms. It
is no injustice, we think, to say that the majority
even of English boys require to be "kept up" to
their cricket by a certain amount of compulsion on
the part of their seniors, and that many a now de-
voted cricketer has been forced through the rudi-
ments of the game by a pressure almost as strong
as that under which he learned his Latin syntax.

It would be sad indeed if the general esteem in
which this incomparable game is held should be
forfeited, or even lessened, by the extravagance of
those who indulge in it to excess. There is a dan-
ger of this. Instead of the noblest of pastimes, many
a boy is seduced, by the rapid and brilliant reputa-

tion to be gained by eminence in the cricket-field,
into making it his sole pursuit. And the conse-
quence is that not boys only, but men, once capable
of better things, may be seen wandering from match
to match throughout the country, whose whole dis-
course is of "legs" and "byes," of "smacking,"
" leather-hunting," and " collaring of balls"—who
are only in their Proper place at "Lords" or the
Kennington Oval. The fashionable world of Lon-
don have much to answer for under this head. We
need only pass from a " speech-day" at Eton and
Harrow to the annual cricket match between these
two schools at Lord's—and compare the apathetic,
listless commendations bestowed on the prizemen at
the former with the rapturous applause and de•

lightful shouts of " Well hit," or'; well bowled"
With which rank and beauty greet the foremost
players at the latter----to understand the force with
which the ambitious youth is dragged from the path
of knowledge and led to spend ttle whole force of
mind and body on a game.
Professional players may be necessary as well
as dancing-masters, and these must make cricket
the main businee of their lives; but when this is
done by those who have, or might have, the advan-
tages of school and College education, they are only
so roach superior to dancing masters as cricket is
better than dancing.

OUR FARMERS AND SMALL BIRDS.—The farmers'
case is infinitely Worse than the gardeners', because
they had so much more extensive an interest in the life of
the birds which have been destroyed. The best course for
the farmers now seems to be, first to look across to the Anti-
podes, and see what sums English colonists are paying there
tor pairs and dozms of those very birds which are got rid of
here by bribing people to kill them. The appearance of cater-
pillars there has raised a cry for birds, to be carefully and
extensively conveyed over sea, and liberally paid for. While
1 write an Australian newspaper arrives, bringing an ac-
count of eager purchases of small birds imported from
England. A couple of blackbirds sold for £3 Bs.; and a
single sparrow—the survivor of a lot of 100—actually fetched
lie. If the members of our sparrow clubs stare and laugh
at the news, it does not follow that they have the best of the
argument. The colonial farmers have, in fact, a keener
faculty for recognising their best friends than those they
have left behind.—Onee a IT leek (published to •daY).
THE GREAT EASTERN.—A meeting of the share-
holders in the Manchester district was held yesterday,
when it was resolved to recommend that the leading share-
holders form among themselves a new company for the
purchase of the shiP, and that all the existing proprietors
who may desire to join the new company be invited to
lb 80.

LAW INTELLIGENCE---This Day.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Gibbons,)

THE ALGERIAN COTTON COMPANY.-EXTRAORDINARY

CASE,-WHITE AND ANOTHER V. MELHADE.
This was an action to recover £5 Is. 4d. for two dozen
of wine and bottles supplied to the defendant, who was
described as of 46, Princes-square, Bayswater.
Mr. Beard, for the plaintiffs, stated that his clients were
wine merchants of Mark-lane, and they sought to recover
the present claim for wine supplied.
Mr. Green, counsel for defendant—The wine was not
supplied to my client but to the Algerian Cotton Company.
Mr. Beard—l am willing to admit that in the order
forwarded to my clients, the words "Algerian Cotton Com-
pany" are on the top, but the order is higned by defendant
in his individual capacity and not as agent for any com-
pany.

Ills honour—ls this a limited liability ccmpany ?
Mr. Green—lt is.

Air. Beard called Mr. Shepherd, one of the clerks
employed by plaintiffs, who statsd that the wine was sent
in to the defendant's order to the offices of the Algerian
Cotton Company, 77, Gresham-street.
Mr. Green here produced the invoice made out to the
company.

Witness—That was a mistake of the clerks.
His Honour (to Mr. Green)—are you prepared to show
that this is a limited liability company, duly incorporated ?
Mr. Green—Unfortunately, I am not.
Mr. Beard—l am instructed that the company is not yet
formed.

His Honour—lf the defendant had been in a position to
show that this company was duly incorporated there would
have been very strong evidence in his favour, but I am in-
clined to believe that defendant is the Algerian Cotton
Company. A man may trade under any name, but he is
liable for the debts contracted. It was very unwise of de-
fendant to let the case come into court. Plaintiff will have
a verdict with cost.

THE SCIENTIFIC BALLOON ASCENT.

The mammoth balloon remained safely moored
n the ground attached to the Stafford-road Works
of the Wolverhampton Company all Monday night,
watched by Mr. Colwell and his assistants. The
night was peacefully calm, and the morning broke
without a breeze having risen. At five o'clock
yesterday morning operations were resumed pre-
paratory to an ascent at seven if possible. To
supply the deficiency occasioned by the leakage
during the night and day about 12,000 feet of gas
was turned in, and by seven o'clock Lord Wrot-
tesley arrived on the ground from Wrottesley
Hall. Mr. Glaisher had passed the night at the
residence of Mr. Proud, the engineer to the gas
company, who lives on the spot; and so soon as
his lordship arrived the instruments were attached
to the customary board and affixed to the car. Io
addition to the instruments which have been taken
up at previous ascents, Mr. Glaisher had provided
himself with a Herschel's actinometer, to test the
force of the sun's rays; and a spectroscope to ob-
serve the lines of the spectrum. This last was the
same instrument that was taken by Piozzi Smyth
to the Peak of Teneriffe. By a quarter to eight
o'clock everything being ready for the departure,
the cable was slipped, and under the guidance
of Mr. Coxswell the balloon rose steadily and
gracefully from the ground. The adieus cheerfully
waved and uttered from the car by Mr. Glaisher
and his aeronaut were warmly responded to
by Lord Wrottesley and the few other spec-
tatcrs who had reassembled at that early hour.
The rise was not rapid, nor was the course fleet.
The machine moved off in a north-easterly direc-
tion, and after remaining in sight about half an
hour was seen rising fast, and moving in a some-
what southerly direction. A great deal of ballast
was taken up, that the balloon might be kept for
some time from rising too high, so that the cordage,
which during the night had become saturated with
moisture of the weight, perhaps of 3 cwt., might be
dried in the sun before the machine attained an
altitude at which, by freezing, the lines and cord-
age would become like so much rod iron. When
the incumbrance of this moisture had been removed
by the sun, and some of the ballast had been thrown
out, it was hoped that a height of five miles might
be attained, for the engineer of the gas works had
supplied as light gas as was furnished when seven
miles was reached. The direction taken was sup-
posed to be towards The Wash.
Mr. Glaisher hopes to go up with Mr. Colwell in
the same balloon at a public ascent, which is fixed
to come off in tha city of York to-day (Wednesday),
and we hear that he contemplates going up pro-
bably from the Crystal Palace grounds during No.
vember and December next.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Tuesday Evening.
A very rough descent. At half past 10, six miles
from Sleaford ; height, three and a half miles; tem-
perature, zero. Balloon torn.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

GUILDHALL.

ROBBERY BY A WAREHOUSEMAN'S PORTER.—Charles
Allen, porter to Messrs. Sinclair, wholesale shirt and collar
makers, was placed at the bar charged with robbing his
employers.

Mrs. Cotton, of the Lower-road, Islington, said she was
informed by a costermonger that the prisoner could get her
some shirts cheap. She saw him at a beershop close to her
shop, and asked him to bring her half a dozen at the price
mentioned. He brought her the articles, for which she
paid him 95., and in a few days after she asked him if he
could bring another half dozen of striped shirts and some
fancy regattas. He said he would, but that he had some
very nice white ones with him. She looked at them and
finally bought three, for which she paid Os.

A gentleman from the firm in Wood-street said the
selling price to the trade was 2s. 4d. each for the striped
shirts, and the white ones, 6s. 6d.
Witness said she paid Is. 9d. each for the regatta shirts.
Alderman Hale told the witness she must have known
she was doing wrong in purchasing articles from a person
like the prisoner without making the slightest inquiry.
It was, in fact, aiding a thief in the disposal of stolen
property.

Another witness produced a box of shirt collars which
the prisoner had left at her home, which the prosecutor
identified as his property.
Mr. W. B. Newland said he was a partner in the firm of
Sinclair and Co., Wood-street, Cheapside. The prisoner
was in their employ as porter, and had been so ever since
he was taken from a ragged school some years ago. The
property produced belonged to the firm. It had never been
sold.

The prisoner said he had purchased shirts of the firm on
his own account, and therefore there was no certainty that
he had not paid for the articles now in court.
Alderman Hale—ls the prisoner allowed to purchase
articles out of the warehouse ?

Mr. Newland—To a very limited extent, and only for his
personal use. He has occasionally bought a damaged
shirt or two and received an invoice in the usual way, but
nothing more.

Alderman Hale—l consider it the high road to ruin for
warehousemen to allow their servants to purchase articles
of them on their own account.

Mr. Newland—l believe there is nothing unusual in such
a case. It would, he thought, be extremely hard for an
employer to refuse to serve one of his servants with a shirt
or two at the wholesale price when they required it. Of
course it was bad if allowed to any extent, but there was a
limit to every thing.

Alderman Hale—Except to robbery, there is no limit to
that. I know personally a very large house in Watling-
street that was entirely ruined through the practice of sell-
ing to their servants.

The constable, who took the prisoner into custody asked
for a remand, to afford time to trace some other property.
Pr'soner—l plead guilty to the charge.
Alderman Hale—You can do so if you please, but I shall
remand you for a week.