The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-29 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1863.

Yesterday—upon the very morning of the day
upon which the Parliamentary Session of 1863 came
to an end—expired, in the 66:h year of his age,
CONSTANTINE, Marquis of Normanby. Scarcely is
the breath out of his body, when a sneering, super-
cilious, almost spiteful, certainly a most depreciatory
notice of the noble dead, appears in the columns of
the chief of our contemporaries. For what it is
worth, we transcribe it, in its entirety, in another
part of our own impression of this evening : com-
mending to its perusal those who list—convinced
that it can in no way prove injurious to the
reputation of the departed peer in the esti-
mation at least of those who come to a perusal
of so supercilious an epitome of his career in any
way d;spessionately: When it is borne in recollec•
tion, as is here distinctly acknowledged, indeed, in
the very outset of this scornful memoir, that the
deceased had won for himself so many high honours,
during a not very protracted lifetime, it must
assuredly appear, to the judgment of any rational
observer somewhat of an extravagance to attribute
the acquisition of these high honours, one end
all, to the influence of a nameless something,
a le ne eels, quoi, a simple charm of manner, the
glamour of the witcheey of a smile. Suavely, by the
side of his inanimate remains, it is remarked some-
what under breath " Everybody liked him "—but
then acidly, in a whisper, in a sort of confidential
" aside" to the whole world—" nobody knew why."
Yet, immediately upon this, come those very incon-
gruous acknowledgments already referred to,
acknowledgments in no way harmonising with the
writer's vague and eccentric hypothesis as to the
secret of the late Lord NORMANBY'S success in life
—as a patrician, as a politician, as a diplomatist, as
an administrator, as a viceroy, and as an ambassa-
dor. The late Lord NORMANBY, heir to an earldom,
Won for himself a Marquisate. He became a Knight
of the Garter. Twice he was Secretary of State—
now over the Colonial Department, now over the
Home Department. He was British Ambassador
at Paris during several years, all of them important,
some of them very momentous; the noble marquis
continuing there as ambassador during the whole
of the various stages of the French Revolution
of 1848, in effect up to the coup d'etat of the
PRINCE PRESIDENT. He was British Ambassador
at Florence also at a very notable epoch until
the stormy waves of the Italian Revolution had
rolled over the whole of the Roman peninsula.
He was for about a year Governor of the most
important among our West Indian Colonies
—Jamaica. But, above all, during very
nearly one whole lustre, he was not only
uninterruptedly Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
but from first to last, from 1831 to the turn
of the year 1838-9, he was, without any excep-
tien whatever, the most popular Lord Lieutenant of
whom 1
•
'reland has, even now, any recollection. An
Englishman and
a Protestant, he was nevertheless
pronounced, at the time, by °
O'C NNk.1.1., the best
Englishman Ireland had ever seen! " His reception
in the si
mentionsetee island'" the Times of this morning
as having been
departure from Ireland, enthusiastic." Hts
at the close of his
reign, we well remember
as having been marked
not according to the
:ordinary sense of the phrase
by enthusiasm—but by
agretnujue Irish enthusiasm !
Lard NORMANBY'S
dep
Dublin, and his final farewell from the Castle at
to Ireland when he
embarked on board the steamer in
harbour:of Kingstown, being, in point
the beautiful
t
quite literally, an ovation! letPnallultthis, of fact and
asked to regard as simply and are
solely h
pease accorded by his countrymen to him
for hie
e recom-
pense
of a handsome form and features,
setto the admiration of all, by the fascinations of off,
to
winning deportment. This demand upon our
credulity is in itself, to our thinking, utterly and
flagrantly ridiculous.
Another version we have to give of Lord NOR-
.7,IANBY'S character, and we believe it to be the true
one. It certainly appears to us, far more readily to
explain his many successes in life, the love and re.
pect of the Irish people, the manly and dispas-
pronounced upon him by
sionate PsaegYric
the Liberator, and the cordial confidence
reposed in Lord NORMANBY by two Liberal Prime
Ministers, as shrewd in their estimate of adminis-
trative and diplomatic worth, as most men of their
time, to wit, Lord MELBOURNE and Lord JoHN
RUSSELL. Born of an old Tory family, Lord
NORMANBY, of his own free will and choice, entered
upon ?übiic life, not an a Tory, but as a thoroughly
independent and liberal-minded politician—as a
Whig, almost as a Radical ! To his honour be it
slid—his maiden speech was in favour of Catholic
Emancipation. it was because he remained true

to those principles or his youth—consistently ap-
plying to Italy those doctrines of genuine civil and
religious liberty that years ago rallied together all
sections of the great Liberal party, for the working
out in the United Kingdom of the great and sacred
cause of Catholic Emancipation—it was because of
this consistency in his opinions as to the evil of
coercion, whether in political or in religious belief,
whether in England or in Italy, that Lord NOR-
MANBY has had to endure so much derision and so
many revilings, now, daring these last few years of
his life, with his health prematurely broken, with
his physical energies lamentably failing him, but
with his moral energies never once failing him in
the least. Hence, probably he is stil the recipient
of those sneers and contumelies posthumously whey
he has passed away from the midst of US cer-
tainly (even the most cynical among his depre-
ciators must alio,/ this) with his noble name un-
sullied, and without having one blot upon his
escutcheon.

The report of the Committee of the House of
Lords en Metropolitan Railway communication is
worthy of attention. It seems from the compre-
hensive nature of the statements that the greatest
care has been taken in the whole working of the
Committee, and the conclusions arrived at
appear likely to conduce to general benefit if the
advice be attended to. The Committee examined a
great number of persons in the course of their deli-
berations (including officers of the Board of Trade,
the managers of the principal railway companies,
several engineers, etc ) In the first place Ma Com-
missioners advise that the limits of the Metropolis
be extended from tlr.se prescribed to the Royal

Commissioners.
The new limits laid down are far more extended,
and hence far greater scope will be afforded to the
railway companies in the exercise of their ordinary
undertakings. The second recommendation is a most
desirable one, and it is to be hoped that due regard
will be paid to it. That squares and open spaces in
the metropolis should.not be unnecessarily taken for
the purposes of a railway. This is an essential
point to be considered, as it must exercise injurious
effects on the public health to have all the spaces
that have hitherto been open closed up with houses
and otherwise impeded with stations and railway
appurtenances. The third provision states
that it would be objectionable to allow the construc-
tion of a great central station in the metropolis
the reason for this being that it would occupy too
much space and be therefore prejudicial in its
effects. It is also recommended that "in the
construction of any new lines of railway within the
Metropolitan Railway district, subways, covered
ways, or tunnels appear preferable where circum-
stances admit of them." Of course the adoption of
this plan would obviate the necessity of numerous
alterations, and the great inconvenience that often
results from extensive clearance, besides the step-
page to business during the progress of the works.
The convenience of the labouring classes is taken
into consideration, and it is suggested that wher-
ever compulsory power is given to take many of the
houses inhabited by them, due notice shall be given
to those concerned. This is a very admirable ar-
rangement, and one which it is to be hoped will be
agreed to, since the comfort and convenience of the
working population ought always to be one of the
chief objects of the Legislature, and no improve-
ments should ever interfere materially with
their wellbeing. The only station that it
is proposed to establish in a more central part
is the Great Eastern, but it is suggested that
arrangements should be made to construct
one or more lines of railway to facilitate the pro-
gress of passengers to the main stations of the long
lines, and such new lines " not to be in the
hacds of any one of the present great companies,
but placed under such management as to ensure
equal advantage to all." It would, doubtless, be a
vast convenience to those proceeding on long jour-
neys to escape the irritating obstruction, and some-
times insurmountable hindrances, that now so often
impede the way, and the plan of making this line
general, and not exclusive, will tend to prevent
serious consequences and angry disputes that would
result in great inconvenience to the public. A sug-
gestion is made that will greatly relieve the crowded
state of the streets at present, that an inner line of
railway should be completed to join or abut upon
the principal railway stations ; also that au outer
circle be formed within the Metropolitan Railway
district, and at certain points to bring the
two into communication. It is proposed that al.
internal communication be under one management-
and that, in the notices for constructing railways,,
it should be stated that the line might be so altered
as to unite a part or the whole of such railway with
one or more existing railways or works. In
order to make future legislation conformable with
these views, it is suggested that a select committee
before the second reading of the bills, report their
opinion upon such schemes. Finally it is advised
that the two Houses of Porliament should agree
that all bills connected with the construction of rail-
ways should originate in one house,be grouped toge-
ther, and referred to the same select committee.
Lord STRATHEDEN made a great mistake in
endeavouring to obtain the appointment
of a commission. As Lord DERBY said, the
report of the commission might differ from that
of the committee, and thus greet embarrass.
ment would result. The noble E.rl also truly said,
that after the report of the committee it was quite
unnecessary to appoint a commission. Lord
STANLEY of ALDERLEY said the question of
a commission had been very carefully considered by
the committee, but it had been disapproved of for
various reasons. It would interpose great delay
and be very injurious to the progress of the works.
It is satisfactory to notice that Lord STRATHEDEN
withdrew his motion, so that nothing prevents
the carrying out of the wise and comprehensive
schemes of the committee. Their trouble must
have been very great, but their zeal and assi-
duity have not been unattended with satisfactory
results, and they have the qualification of knowing
that their advice will be of essential service to the
inhabitants of this crowded metropolis.

is peo•
naiAsedveursy dsuurbisntgantthieal
courseand porfactiisc6a4l re
Tfohrem
to be abolished ! The long standing nuisance
metro-
politan turnpikes are positively and unreserwvhedielyn
has confronted the citizen whether he turned
east or west, north or south is at length to be
removed. It has met him alike in a visit to C.mden
Town or Ball's Pond, and an expedition to Ham
inersmith or Teddiegton ; nay, which stood in the
suburbs
way nearer borne, barring him from the quaint old
of Kensington, the less aristocratic high-
ways of Kennington and Camberwell, the precincts
of the City-road, and
yards past the famous Ang even forbade him to go many
having his conveyance stoel, of Islington, without
Aped by a resistless and
merciless exactor. The annoyance has really been
very great, and, as it interfered
with the conve-
nience of all classes of the population, it is really
surprising that even English patience has tolerated
it so long. The country has no reason to complain
that metropolitan grievances monopolise the atten-

tion of the members of the Legislature, since this
lag called for suppression of the obnoxious turn-
pike system has been deferred for E 0 many years.

Certainly the authorities cannot be. accused, as
Lord PALMERSTON would say of the German Con-
federation, of having acted too hastily, for even
now the boon is to be delayed for
another twelvemonths. It " shames our eyes and
grieves our heart" at present, and although the bill
is fairly through both Houses of Parliament, it will
not come into force until the July of next year. So
the sturdy toll-keepers may count the intervening
months, and treasure the sums gathered in the
interval from reluctant passengers, with a sense
that the days of their glory are numbered, and that
the curious little houses barring the QUEEN'S
highway, the man in ambush, who springs out like
a jack-in-the-box upon defenceless wayfarers—the
white aprons and formidable pockets, are numbered
with the things of the past. Some years ego a
formidable but unruly band of opponents to turn-
pikes made strong resistance to the erection of toll-
gates in Wales. These unlucky and detested in-
stitutions became the origin of riot and even
bloodshed, until, we believe, some modification of
the original infliction was obtained. No such
frantic efforts have been made on behalf of the
Londoners, who have, in accordance with the na-
tional custom, gone on grumbling at the infliction
until the hope of its removal was almost forgotten.
Turnpikes have certainly given us something to
grumble at, which is said to be one of the necessi-
ties of life to an Englishman, but it is almost to be
questioned whether they are not too much a matter
of coarse fully to answer that purpose. It is sur-
prising that the bill has not been earlier introduced ;
that no representative of some metropolitan bo-
rough has earned the lasting gratitude of his con-
stituents by introducing it nine years ago. It is
manifestly an unjust as well as inconve-
nient arrangement, seeing that the rate-
payer, who contributes his share to keep
the road in order, is free to use the other high-
ways without tax or imposition, but if he enter on
the domain of a turnpike trust, he has to contribute
towards the expenses of his neighbour's road as
well as his own. In the same way the resident in
one of these hapless vicinities, if he goes perhaps
a mile or two from his house, has to pay another
turnpike in addition to his old enemy. This is
merely a sample of the injustice of the system under
its best aspects, and in fact it taxes heavily any
person whose business calls him frequently to some
particular locality where a toll-gate bars the way,
while those who have time or opportunity of eyed
ing it do not scruple to do so. It is well known
that the system of evasion is carried on to a very
great extent. Omnibuses turn out of the highway
suddenly and then drop in again, while the ditoura
and contrivances of carters are endless. Cabs are
happily indifferent, but the fare is not, when a
blockaded turnpike gate loses him a precious five
minutes, which to London men of business is often
invaluable. The same aggravation is experienced
by those who ride in carriages, who suffer from the
inconveniences and delay, if not from the expense.
All these annoyances, and the numerous evils and
impositions connected with the abuses of the system,
are now happily coming to an end, and we shall
soon see the last of a troublesome, unequal, and
officious impost, which is entirely contrary to the
whole spirit of oar social regulations.

AN AUSTRALIAN ROBINSON CRUSOE !—ln Davis's
"History of Alblitulay's Tracks across Australia,"
a work not long since issued from the press by Samsons
Low and Co„ appears the following curious narrative of an

encounter with one who, quite naked, and of a reddish
yellow hue, was seen at once to be no aboriginal native !
Ou the shepherds seizing their fire-arms, under a sense of
possible danger, he called out ia English, although speak-
ing with difficulty, that he was their countryman. He then
informed them that he had lived for 17 years with the
Aborigines in the neighbourhood, being the sole survivor of
the crew and passengers of a ship that had been wrecked,
so tar back as the year 1846, upon a reef off the adjacent
coast, He had been wandering over the country about
Mount Elliot, a lofty hill, above 4,000 feet in height, near
the mouth of the Burdekin, and he must have been but a
short way to the east of M•Kinlay's party, as they passed
down the river. His name was James Morrill, and he was
burn near Maldon, in Essex, England, and had been a sea-
man of the wrecked vessel ins Peruvian. He was supplied
with clothes by his new friends, and after a &,ort interval
taken to Port Denison, where a subscription was made on
his behalf, and where both himself and his narrative were
the subject of very general interest.
SOUTH-TALLEYRA •D OR GOLDSMITH.—A corre-
spondent of the Guardian traces to Robert south
Talleyrand's celebrated mot, " La parole a et 6 donne°
I'homme pour l'aider a cacher sa pensee," in a sermon
preached in Westminster Abbey on the 30th of April, 1676,
on "The Wisdom of the World." In his clear logical
English the preacher says —"Men speak with designs of
mischief; and therefore they speak in the dark. In short,
this seems to be the true inward judgment of all our politic
sages, that speech was given to the ordinary sort of men
whereby to communicate their mind, but to wise whereby to
conceal it."— [Midway between South and Talleyrand—the
same identical thought occurs in "The Citizen of the
World," by guileless Oliver Goldsthith.—En. SUN.]
A WHITECHAPEL TRAGEDY—recently witnessed

in the larger of the two theatres "down east"—is thus
described by a writer in the AS'peetator of last Saturday
The piece, he says, was entitled the " Fatal Shadow ; or.
the Man with the Iron Heart." The character may be
gathered from its title. The principal character is certainly
a villain of the deepest dye. Strange to say, he is not an
aristocrat, but an attorney. Of course, the surprising dis-
closures and comings to life again are so frequent as to ren-
der all description of the plot utterly impracticable. This
lawyer—whose "make up" is certainly the ne plus ultra
of villany —cuts the throat of a baronet who had years be-
tore supplanted him in love, and obtains the conviction for
the crime of an innocent but mysterious being, who appears
to be either a great nobleman or a harlequin, I could not
quite tell which. To make sure, he pours poison down his
throat in prison, and swears he saw him commit suicide.
He ruins both son and nephew of his first victim by for-
gery and fraud, and drives his mother by like means to
suicide by suffocation with charcoal—a magic lantern view '
of the scene delighting the audience beyond measure.
Whenever he is thwarted he comes to the front of the stage
and exclaims, with diabolical grimaces and corresponding
gestures, "How soon it would be done—with a twist—of
my wrist; and ends by drawing a razor across his throat
with a guttural "c-click." He loves, but is hated by, a
mysterious being, " the woman with the golden hair," to
whom he offers twice, under peculiar circumstances. The
first time, on her refusal, he chains her down by a barrel of
powder, her favoured lover close by her side, and then
places a slow match in the powder. The next limo forms
the "sensation" of the piece. He throws her over a bridge
in Venice, and then flints her a rope, which, in her death
agony, she seises. He then exclaims three times, "Wilt
thou be mine ?" At the third time of asking the golden-
haired one spurns him in a series of articulate screeches,
which bring the house down. He then abandons the
rope, and she sinks , but her lover and the mysterious har-
lequin appear, and the former saves her by a sensation
header a la Myles Coppaleen.
A CONFESSION !—Thaekeray, in the new number
of the Cornhill ?or August, says :—" But that my
age is mature and my habits formed, I should really just
passing
like to try a little criminality. Fancy a
forged
bill to your banker ; calling on a friend
and sweeping his
sideboard of plate, his hall of umbrellas and coats : d
then
going home to dress for dinner, say—and to meet a bishop,
a judge, and a police magistrate or so, and talk
more
morally than any man at table I How I should chuckle (as
my host's spoons clinked softly in my pocket) whilst I was
uttering some noble speech about virtue, duty, charity I"
VEMPEREUR !—The only question which men
put to themselves in Paris, in France, and even out of
France, is, 4, What is he doing or thinking in Vichy ?"
There, the face of every one who approaches the gloomy
Druid is anxiously scanned, and an influential foreign
paper even went the length of proclaiming that there was
hope for peace, because a gentleman who is at the same
time a friend of Poland and a friend of Napoleon looked
downcast after an interview with which he was favoured
in the Delphian Chalet.
Of Shakespeare's complete works, translated by
Francois Victor Hugo, the eleventh volume has appeared
already.
The Invalide publishes a letter from Warsaw,
dated the 12th instant, stating that the police had
arrested three men, on one of whom was found an
order from the National Government to assassinate
the officer by whom, as it happened, the arrest was
made. " Such incidents," the letter says, " are not
uncommon at Warsaw." It also states that the col-
lection of taxes, by the Russian authorities, is being
successfully enforced. Even the arrears of former , years are being paid up.