The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-07 00:00:00

THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE

AGAINST A SOLICITOR,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,---In attempting to further the ends of jus

Lice, I have laid myself open to the charge reported
in your paper of Wednesday. lam thankful to
say that those who best know me have suspended
their judgment until they have heard the whole
case, and I ask your readers to do the same.—l am,
sir, your obedient servant,
EDWARD C. WHITEHURST:

THE EXHIBITION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—If not too late, would it not be an act of
kindness on the part of the Commissioners of the
International Exhibition, before they dismiss their
staff of officials, to reopen the Exhibition for one
week, the prices of admission to be decided by the
Commissioners, the profits accruing to be given in
aid of the Lancashire distressed operatives, and to
any institution the Commissioners may feel disposed
to select.

The exhibitors would doubtless readily unite in
such a cause, and the railway companies, with their
accustomed liberality, might be relied upon to give
their assistance by running trains at reduced fares.
—I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

R. R. POND.

LONDON BANDI7TL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—AII readers of felonious literature know
something of the sensation scenes enacted by the
late Mr. Turpin, Jack Shepherd, and other foot-
pads of bygone days ; but, after all, they were
lambs compared with the highwaymen of the pre-
sent time, for they met their prey face to face, and
demanded their money or their lives, and violence
was not resorted to excepting in cases of non-
compliance with the demand. Ido not mean to
say that that was, by any means, a pleasant state of
things; but I do say that it.was an age otinnocence
compared with the present, when three or four
cowardly rascals rush on an unarmed man, strangle
him first and rob him afterwards, and this
constantly occurring by day and by night in the
heart of the metropolis. So much for the
progress of civilisation in the 19th century, and
the much vaunted efficiency of the laws, when
people cannot, with ,safety, walk abroad after sun-
set. As far as personal security is concerned, we
should be quite as safe on the wretched territory of
his most horrible Majesty, King of Dahomey.
The maudlin and mock humanity of the age has
fostered the growth of violence at the roots, till it
has sprung to its present height; the mild punish-
ment, mere imprisonment, instead of lessening the
number of flagrant offences, has a contrary effect,
and no wonder, for an attempt to suppress such
ruffianism, by gentle means, is like trying to destroy
a stone fortress with cork bullets.

Then, how to stop " Putting the mug on " (the
professional term for garotting) is the ques-
tion. I think flogging will stop it. "Oh ! dear
me, how'shocking it is to flog the poor, dear, mis-
guided people," say the blessed, meek, sleek-minded
philanthropists. So it is; but it is more shocking
for innocent people to be knocked on the head than
for guilty ones to be whipped for the outrage; so
that point is settled.
Some years ago the Portland vase was wantonly
destroyed in the British Museum, when, if I remem-
ber rightly, a law was expressly made to punish
such offences by flogging, and it seems to have had
a salutary effect, as there has been no repetition of
anything of the sort. Now, I may be wrong, but
I cannot help thinking that cracking a person's
skull is quite as serious a crime as cracking a stone
jar, and that the punishment for the one should be at
least as severe as for the other.—l have the honour
to be, sir, your most obedient servant,

GEORGE ELLIS.

Nov., 1862.

211 E CAMBRIDGE CART.

In class 6, No. 1,409, at the Great Exhibition, a vehicle
is there exhibited by Mr. Parker, of Cambridge, which bids
fair to totally eclipse the famous dogcart. All the objections
which have been urged against that vehicle have been re-
moved, and Mr. Parker's "latest notion" counteracts the
jolting caused by uneven roads, the shaking of the carriage
from the same cause, which impedes the horse, and
last, and most important of all, the entire re-
moval of what is generally called "knee motion,"

While all these improvements have been most successfully
carried out, not the slightest additional weight has been
thrown on the horses ; on the contrary, the pull is lightened.
The new carriage, or, as the designer has called it, " The
Cambridge Cart," is also remarkable for the neat and ele-
gant design of the "body," the comfort afforded by
the seats, and the protection afforded to the preservation of
the dress, a most important consideration with the fair sex.
Another feature about the " cart" is that the body rests directly
on the springs, and is totally unconnected with the shafts.
This of itself is a vast improvement, but added to the
others it makes the" Cambridge" one of the most comfort-
able, safe, and stylish two wheel carriage ever submitted
to the public.

The London agent is Mr. S. Peake, 6, Leicester -street,
Leicester-square,

THE LORD ADVOCATE ON AMERICA.—The Lord
Advocate, on Monday evening, delivered the inaugural ad-
dress of the winter course of lectures of the Dunfermline
Literary Society. The subject of the address was " Home,
or Domesticity and Nationality." After dealing with this
subject in au able and interesting speech, he made the fol-
lowing allusion to the American war :—" There are some of
our cousins whose homes now are anything but happy. I
allude to the unfortunate state of our American cousins,
whose affairs none of us can look at without the deepest in-
terest. This is not a place to discuss the questions that
have arisen in that unfortunate country. For my own
part, I can understand well the sympathy on both sides. I
can well understand the feelings of the North on finding
the idol they so fondly worshipped shattered before them.
I can well understand those deep convulsive feelings that
shake the Northern States, and the rancour deep and bitter
of its citizens. I can understand the South. No doubt
there is the blot and stain of slavery—the stigma which no
tongue can fully express—resting upon that nation, but still
ono cannot withhold a certain amount of sympathy for a
nation struggling gallantly in the minority, with an ability
and a courage never surpassed before—for their homes and
liberties as they think. I can understand the sympathy on
either side, but my sympathy goes out to the desolated
homes—to those houseless and homeless who have lost
fathers and brothers on either side—in one of the bloodiest
warfares the world has ever seen. It is impossible not to
feel one's heart weep for the misery that during the bygone
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