The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1854.

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THE COALITION.

( From the Press of this day.)
Four months of feebleness, accompanied by some
humiliating circumstances, have been followed by a
reconstruction of the cabinet, which has not added
either to its strength or its dignity. Lord John Russell,
whose self-respect we were told, was sustained
by his filling no post under Lord Aberdeen, now
avowedly holds a subordinate office under that
energetic chief. This pointless result has not even
been accomplished without cost, and the price
of an undesirable incident is the degradation of a
young and able Minister, and one of the few members
of the Coalition to whom the country looks with some
degree of confidence and hope. Had the seals relin-
quished by the Duke of Newcastle been entrusted to the
late President of the Council, they would certainly have
been used with not less vigour and discretion than by
Sir George Grey, who will find in the office, to which he
returns with exhausted energies, no traditions of his
past success.
During the last two months the decline of the Cabi-
net in public estimation has been rapid and continuous.
This is the snore remarkable, as there is a great absence
of party feeling in the country, and the Opposition
throughout the session, with the exception of the im-
portant motion of Mr. Baring, has discreetly confined
itself to consolidating its strength, and acting on the de-
fensive.

There is no doubt that a considerable and irfiuential
portion of the community, on the formation of the pre-
sent Ministry, were prepared to accord to it their sup-
port from the belief that it consisted of men eminent foi
their skill in the management of affairs. The country,
in it great measure, was willing to find compensation for
the absence of distinct principles in official dexterity.
A series of failures, perhaps without parallel in Parlia-
mentary history, has taught us that no degree of mere
administrative habitude can supply the energy which a
compact and confiding party can alone afford, or
remedy the internal dissensions of those who are
bound together neither by political nor personal sym-
pathy. The country has seen with amazement
during the last four months enormous propositions
brought forward without due deliberation and
precipitately withdrawn. The Ministers have intro-
duced schemes for the refOrm of Parliament, for the re-
demption of the public debt, for national education, for
the abolition of the law of settlement, for the remodel-
ling of oaths, of universities, and of the whole civil ser-
vice of the country, and for the abolition of constitu-
tional securities, with the carelessness of children blow-
ing bubbles. Their campaign has been an alternation of
overwhelming discomfitures or precipitate retreats. It
is this readiness to meddle with all things, and inability
to settle any, that has alienated from them that valuable
public confidence which was not originally prompted by
party feeling. The impartial world naturally observes
that if these great measures were necessary for the
public welfare they ought not to have been abandoned,
and, if unnecessary, ought not to have been introduced.
But while the country is perplexed at the incapacity
of those from whom so much was expected, and who
themselves announced that so much should be accom-
plished, it finds itself suddenly in a condition which it
had almost brought itself to believe was incompatible
with the civilisation of the age ; and that it is absolutely
involved in a war which may be prolonged and costly,
and of which the cause and the object are equally obscure.
It seems now pretty well agreed that no Power in Europe
wished to go to war ; and that, if Lord Aberdeen had not
been Minister of this country, no war could possibly have
occurred. A want of frankness and of firmness
on the part of the English Ministry has tempted
the Emperor of Russia to occupy a position from
which he finds it almost impossible to extricate himself
with honour. Counting on the avowed prejudices of
Lord Aberdeen against the Sovereign of France, and
his long-cherished sympathy with the Sovereign of Rus-
sia, Nicholas, feeling his way at every step, ventured on
a eburse which may involve Europe in a struggle of
years. His assumption was that England and France
could not act together : he consequently complimented
Lord Aberdeen on the English fleet not accompanying
the French squadron to Salamis ; the compliment was
accepted without a remonstrance, and the Russians passed
the Pruth !
Whether we consider our external or domestic rela-
tions, one is almost tempted to admire the ingenuity
which in the space of eighteen months has contrived to
accomplish so much disappointment, and to achieve so
much disaster.

In the meantime, there are some symptoms in our in-
ternal condition which ought to attract the attention,
and perhaps excite the anxiety, of all reflecting men. It
is impossible any longer to deny, or to conceal, that the
Protestant feeling of this country has assumed a power
which, if not appreciated and guided with sincerity and
discretion, may effect in these kingdoms even startling
changes. The desertion to Rome of a large body of the
Oxford clergy some years ago was the first event which,
awakening the High Church party from their bewilder-
ing trance, largely reinforced the Protestant ranks ;
the Wiseman aggression—above all, the solemn announce-
ment in Parliament, at the time, of the Prime Minister of
England, that there was without doubt a vast Papal con-
spiracy against the liberties of Europe—confirmed, and
even inflamed, the fears of the followers of the Reformation.
Since that period there has been, on the part not only of
the middle classes, but of the great majority of the upper
classes of this country, a growing conviction that a stand
must be made against the aggressive spirit of Rome.
The influential presence in the existing Cabinet of those
very statesmen who uncompromisingly and successfully
opposed Lord John Russell in his attempts to resist the
Jesuit influence has been viewed from the first with die.
trust and alarm by the mass of the community, who
rarely interest themselves iu the struggles of political
parties. But this spirit has already made itself felt even
in the present House of Commons. The Parliament is
more Protestant than the Ministry, but the country is
more Protestant than the Parliament.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

BRASENOSE COLLEGE.

OXFORD, June IG.—David Binning Monro, from Glas-
gow College; Walter Morehead, commoner of Trinity,
and educated at Marlborough College ; and Edwin Stowe,
from Rugby School, were this day elected to three open
scholarships at this college.

THE CLAREMONT TRAGEDY.

ESIISR, Friday evening.—At 11 o'clock this morning the
mortal remains of the unfortunate little victims of this tra-
gedy were conveyed to their final resting place, in the old
churchyard of Esher. The ceremony was both imposing and
sad, and one which those who witnessed it will never forget.
From au early hour the vicinity of the deceased's residence
and the roads leading to the place of interment were thronged
by persons of both sexes and all grades, who by their lamen-
tations and wailings evidenced their sorrow on the occasion.
All the residents of the locality were present, and it was com-
puted that there were between 2,000 and 3,000 persons as-
sembled, a large number having come from Kingston, Guild-
ford, Weybridge, and the surrounding country. On the pre-
vious day the concourse of persons was much greater than to-
day, as
whicha s it
hadwa u fullyeseu
conductedexpec t d
quitethat privately,t he fuu eal
would, ai-
then. Precisely at 11 o'clock this morning the funeral cortege, '
which consisted of six coffins containing the deceased remains
and seven mourners, left the residence, and proceeded at a
slow walking- pace up the Ersham-road, towards the place of
sepulture, escorted by a body of the constabulary, under In-
spector Murtell. The road which had to be traversed was
full half a mile from the churchyard, and along the whole
line crowds were in waiting to witness the last sad scene,
As the funeral procession approached its destination, the feel-
ing amongst the people appeared to burst all bounds, and,
no longer able to contain their emotions, they burst into one
discordant moan. Several elderly females were so com-
pletely overcome that they fainted, and bad to be con-
veyed into the adjoining houses. Upon arriving at the burial
ground the procession was met by the Rev. Mr. Williams, the
curate, who, the reverend and aged rector, Mr. Harton, being
too much ancted to attend, had to officiate in his stead. The
church, churchyard, and its vicinity were completely crowded.
I'pou entering the sacred building the coffins were each depo-
sited iu tile aisle across the pews, and immediately facing the
reading desk, from whence the rev, gentleman read the burial
service, during which there was one coutiuued sobbing through-
out the whole of the congregation, all being deeply moved,
especially those who, from being servants on the Claremont
domain, knew the deceased children well. They, indeed,
showed their grief as much as the mourners themselves, who,
as might be supposed, continued weeping during the whole
service. The unfortunate father never once lifted his head
from the beginning to the ending of the service. He buried
his face in his hands, and was literally convulsed with grief.
The usual funeral service having been concluded in the church,
the melancholy procession, headed by the reverend clergyman,
proceeded to the place of interment, where, under a drooping
cypress, a deep grave had been prepared for the little murdered
innocents. As the mournful procession passed all present un-
covered, as a mark of respect for the dead. This was the most
touching scene of all, and every one noticed that the poor
father's feelings grew more acute as he approached that spot
which, in a short time, would inclose all that was dear to him.
Arrived at the grave, the coffins were severally lowered in the
following order :—first, Georgiana, the eldest, then Caroline,
then William, then Henry, and lastly the twins Harriet and
George, the bodies being placed upon one another accord-
ing to the respective ages of the deceased, thereby allowing
the coffins to form two tiers in the grave. At the lowering
of the last coffin the father had to be held up to prevent his
falling forward, so great was his affliction. The service hav-
ing been concluded, the clergyman moved away from the dis-
tressing scene, which appeared to deeply affect him. Then
followed the mourners, after which they took a last farewell
look into the silent:sepulchre. The wretched father had to be
assisted from the awful scene, and Mr. Storey, of the Wheat-
sheaf Tavern, adjoining the churchyard, perceiving his sad
condition, kindly sent his carriage to convey the mourner
home. Such a mournful scene as the village presented during
the brief space of time the funeral occupied was never wit-
nessed by the oldest inhabitant. But while commiserating
the fate of the unfortunate children, and their much more un-
fortuate father, the people in strong words upbraided the
murderess and the man whom they charged with the whole
cause of the awful drama, Amongst the mourners who fol-
lowed the poor little creatures to their grave were their sister;
Mr. Limerick, brewer, of Meet-end; Mr. Hunter, page at
Claremont Palace, and two of the wretched murderess's sis-
ters. The arrangements, which were conducted by Messrs.
Allwright and Forster, undertakers, of Esher, were simple,
and quite in bearing with the melancholy occasion, the coffins
being made of plain deal, and covered with grey cloth, sur-
mounted with breastplates, on which were merely inscribed
the names, ages, dec., of the deceased. It was stated that all
the funeral expenses would be defrayed by the ex. Queen of the
French, who throughout, together with the Prince de Join-
ville and the other royal residents of Claremont, has evince&
the greatest commiseration for the afflicted father. The un-
fortunate woman who has caused all this misery appears now
to show the utmost indifference to the whole appalling transac-
tion. She was well aware of the funeral taking place this
day, and in speaking of it ordered that the mourners should
on their return from their painful duty dine in the kitchen,
and to live green peas for their dinner, and not on any ac-
count be permitted to enter her room, to prevent which she
threatened to barricade her door. The police who are in
charge of the miserable woman deny that she requested to see
her husband and was reused by the latter, and say that, on
the contrary, she begs of them not to allow her husband to
enter her room, Her disposition is very perverse ; at oue time
she wishes to see this person, and the next moment refuses to
speak to any one. The Rev. Mr. Harbin paid a visit to her
yesterday. She refused to see the reverend gentleman at first,
but after some consideration she consented, on the condition
that he would not broach the subject of her conduct, which
promise being complied with, the reverend pastor entered her
room, and read to her for upwards of an hour. She listened
to her pious instructor attentively, but it did not appear to
make much impression upon her. Subsequently, as on pre-
vious occasions, she requested Collett, the constable in atten-
dance upon her, to read out of the Bible to her, which request
was, of course, granted. The ill-fated woman bears not the
character of being at all religiously inclined, being given more
to novel-reading than the Scriptures. This coldness preyed
so much on the reverend rector's mind as to prevent his at-
tending the funeral this day. Her indifference at her awful
condition excites the horror of all who hear of it. Yesterday
among other things, she told her attendants to give notice to
the tradespeople, to whom she owed a few petty debts, to
send in their accounts, that she might settle with them before
she left, remarking that she had always been hpuuurable in
her dealings. She further says that she knows that she will
be removed, but they will not be able to remove her for a
week. The man who is mixed up in the tragical occurrence
has entirely left the village, and has taken up his residence at
five miles distance; his wretched wife remains dangerously
ill. His house was surrounded by several of the villagers
yesterday evening, and respect for his wife prevented its cu-
tiro demolition.

BETTING ON lIORSE-RACING
PUBLIC-lIOUSES.

Charles ➢iorbey, the landlord of the Sun public-house, in
Long-acre, was summoned before Mr. Jardine, at Bow-street,
yesterday, to answer the charge of unlawfully and knowingly
permitting his house to be used by divers other persons for
the purpose of betting on horse-racing with persons resorting
thereto.

Mr. Huddleston appeared for the defendant.
As this and the sueceeding are the first complaints made
under the Act 16th and 17th Vict., c. 119, for the suppression
of betting-houses, a considerable crowd of persons interested
in the subject attended the hearing.
John Stanrord, police-constable F 145, stated that he
visited defendant's house on the 30th of May last, at about
half-past 8, and- remained there till 11 o'clock in the evening.
There were from 40 to 50 persons in the front room on the
first floor, and during the time he was present they were en-
gaged in betting with one another upon different horses.
They had betting-books in their hands. The landlord was
present also with a book, and he betted with the others.
Mr. Jardine —What kind of language was used ?
Witness—They said to one another, " I will bet 24 to 2"
on such and such a horse ; " I will back" so and so ; and
then the bets were entered in their books. Witness was
about to refer to a private memorandum which he stated he
wrote the same evening, having copied it from his pocket-
book, when
Mr. Huddleston insisted on looking both at the memoran-
dum and the pocket-book, and cross-examined the witness
with some warmth as to his mode of preparing it. He elicited
from the constable that some writing on the back of the docu
ment was written by his superior officer, who instructed him
how to act.

By Mr. Jardine—The whole of the memorandum is not
copied from my pocket-book, as some of it was put down
from memory. I had directions, after visiting the house, to
make a report to the inspector as to what was going on. I
was asked if the landlord was present and joined in the betting,
and having replied that he was, the inspector wrote a memo-
randum on the back of my report, telling me to state that fact
in evidence.

Mr. Huddleston then replied for the defendant, stating that
he could not place implicit reliance upon the avowal of the
witness that the landlord was himself present and taking part
in the betting, because, in his original report to the inspector,
he had omitted to say anything about it. That a number of
persons had assembled in the defendant's room, and were
betting with each other, he did not mean to dispute ; but
that his client " kept" the house for the purpose of betting
with persons who resorted thereto, he begged on his behalf
most emphatically to deny. He could not help looking with
suspicion upon the manner in which the officer had revised his
report, after the interview with his superior officer. But even
the fact of the landlord being present, and making a casual
bet with one of his customers, would not, he contended,
render /aim liable to the penalties imposed by the new act,
which contemplated a very different kind of offence. For
the purpose of his argument, he would suppose Mr. Morbey
"to be present in the room and hearing the betting going on
—that is, the taking or giving the odds of the day, by per-
sons resorting to his house - and what did it amount to ?
It was precisely similar to what occured every day in the
week, except Sunday, he believed, at Tattersall's, and at half
the clubs in London. The third section of the act makes
it au offence for the owner or occupier of any house, place,
or office, knowingly, and wilfully permitting the same
to be opened, kept, or used for certain purposes which are
defined in the first section, which enacts that " no house,
office, room, or other place shall be opened, kept, or used by
any person, &c, for the purpose of betting with persons re-
sorting thereto, or receiving money, security, or otherwise,
upon any event or contingency in relation to horse-racing,
dm." The word " using" could not be construed to apply to
any person simply frequenting the room, but it referred to
any owner, occupier, or manager, who kept a purse there,
and said " I am ready to take or give the odds of the day."
Au act of Parliament must be tested by the intentions of the
framers, and the nature of the evil which it proposed to re-
medy. Now, what was this evil I A nuisance of an abomin-
able character had sprung up in the metropolis, where bet-
ting-shops were opened in all parts, and persons were asked
to bet with the person who kept them, upon the mere faith
of his assurance. This was the kind of betting sought to
be suppressed by the Legislature ; not betting as it existed
before, and exists still in higher circles. The present Attor-
ney-General, when introducing the measure, clearly pointed
out this distinction. He said (the learned counsel here read
from the Racing Times)—" The course now is for the bet-
ting-office keeper to hold himself forth to bet with all
comers, contrary to the usage of Tattersall's, where persons
bet with each other, and where no one keeps a table, or holds
a bag against all corners." The intention of the act is here
clearly defined. If any other construction is put upon it,
the late Primo Minister, the Earl of Derby, would be liable,
any day, as a frequenter of Tattersall's, to be proceeded
against as an offender against the law of the land. In the
preamble of the act the word " using" was not inserted,
but the employment of that word subsequently, in con-
junction with "frequenting or resorting," showed that it had
a distinct meaning, which, he submitted, must be interpreted
by reference to the practice of common betting-offices as it
existed before the passing of the bill in question.
Mr. Jardine—No doubt the chief difficulty turns upon the
three or four words " or any person using the same ?" and it
is also reasonable enough that the intention of ten act should
be considered; but I shall reserve my judgt upon the
point for more careful consideration.
The second case, against John smith, the landlord of the
Duke's Head, Mercer-street, Long-acre, was then proceeded
with.
Similar evidence having been given by the police,
Inspector Dodd produced a written announcement which
he founded posted on defendant's mantel-piece on Sunday
morning, the 4th inst., to the effect that " All bets on the
Derby and Oaks will be paid ou Monday lint." Witness
said to the leucUowd, "Po you kw* what that is 17 lie re.
_