The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-07 00:00:00

THE EWE LAMB.

There exist many great personages in this country
who seem to delight in advancing the cause of de •
mocraq by systematic and unjustifiable encroach-
ments upon the Jew rights remaining to the poor. ,
Let a village possess a bit of common land,
and how often does it happen that some
landowner of great wealth struggles to cheat the vil-
lagers out of it. A case 'of the kind has occurred at
the little village of Flimbey, in Cumberhnd. Here
the inhabitants have held possession of a green from
time immemorial. A titled landowner corn- ,
menced the work of aggression in 1807 by
purchasing a piece of laud close to the green, and
afterwards forbi:ding the inhabitants to play croquet
upon their possession. Another landowner has sold
a portion of the green across which are two paths,
and which has bee.i one of the most frequented parts,
for the purpose of enclosing it, and building a house,
with iron furnaces, their. accompanying chimneys,
Sze. Part of the green having been
railed off for this purpose, the villagers, indignant at
what they believed t • be an infringement of their
rights, broke down the railing.- For this they are to
be prosecuted, but the vicar of the parish is raising a

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, FEBRUARY 6

The Queen went out this morning, accompanied by
Princess Beatrice.
Prince Leopold also walked out.

MIL GLADSTONE AND BISHOP HAMPDEN-
The " Memorials of the late Dr. Hampden, Bishop of
Hereford," just published, contains a letter written to the.
Bishop by Mr. Gladstone on November 9, 1866, express-
ing the regret with Winch he (Mr. Gladstone) looked
back on his concurrence hi a vote of the University
of Oxford in the year 1836, condemnatory. of some
of the Bishop's publications. " I did not," Mr. Glad- .
stone writes, " take actual part in the vote ;
`,it upon reference to a journal kept at the time,.
find that my absence was owing to an accident. I have
_t (the right hon, gentleman continues) twat many
.ig.s which in the forward precipitancy of my youth I
should have condemned, are either in reality sound, or
lie within the just limits of such discussion as especially
refits a university. But that which (after a delay due,
think, to the cares and pressing occupations of political
'e) brought back to my mind the injustice of
t had unconsciously • been guilty in 1836,
was my being called upon, as a member of the Council off
King's College, in London, to concur in a measure:
similar in principle with respect to Mr. Maurice ; that
is
to say, in a ccmdemration, couched in general terms,
which did not really declare the point of imputed guilt,
and against which perfect innocence could have no de-
fence. I resisted to the best of my power, though
ineffectually, • the grievous wrong done to Mr.
Maurice, and urged that the charges should be
made distinct, that all the best means of in-
vestigation should be brought to bear on them,
ample opportunity given foe defence, and a refe-
rence then made, if needful, to the Bishop in his proper
capacity. But the Majority of laymen in the Council were
inexorable. It was only, as I have said, after mature re-
flection that I came to perceive the bearing of the case on
that of 1836, and to find that by my resistance had con-
lemned myself. I then lamented N-ery sincerely that I had
of on that occasion, now so remote, :felt and acted in 5
ifferent manner."

MAGAZINES FOR FEBRUARY.
London Society is excellent in illustration, as is usual-
Amongst the sweet things in pictures is " The Winter
Rose," one of the loveliest of faces, and amongst the comical)
things is 0, caricature of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
The articles contain nothing specially noticeable, though.
they are readable. The paper connected with the war,
are the best, though one gets so much of this kind of
thing in the daily press that some sort of relief is expecte&

in the monthlies.
Good Words.—The new story of " The Sylvestres " is,
continued, and will be especially interesting at this season.
when so many French emigrants are in our midst. Pro-
fessor Huxley contributes a paper on the congenial
subject of coral reefs, which he treats, as a matter of
course, with great ability. The author of " Ginx's Baby"
has his second article on the rights and wrongs of the
Coolie in British Guiana ; and the second instalment of
Nathaniel Hawthorne's impressions on the France and
Italy of some years since, forms part of the contents.
Another of Alfred Tennyson's new songs 'with Mr.
Sullivan's music is among the attractions of the number.
Good Words for the Young is a suitable hook for little
readers, and contains a great variety of sketches, grave
and gay, instructive and entertaining. "Watched from
a Window" is a tale of melancholy interest that tells of A
little girl who had early experience of the troublesof life.
" Beruna" is a romantic story of a young gipsy girl, whose
brief experience of a home life influenced the whole of her
future career. "The Village School Lesson," contains
some pleasing verses ; that entitled " A Fancy" is original
in its idea, and well carried out in description. " The
Princess and the Goblin" is continued.
The Sunday Magazine.—There is the usual collection of
religious and social papers, of fiction, of poetry, and of
general articles, in the Sunday Magazine. The stories int
it have generally the merit of being life-like and natural,.
not compounded of the extraordinary crimes and impos-
sible misfortunes which beset heroes and heroines of the
sensation school. The two stories in the current number,
' The Dead Sin," and " Tom Joiner's Good Angel," are
both founded on incidents which daily occur, and which,
though in a certain sense dramatic, are in no way start-
ling. Hugh Miller's Letters and William Cowper's
Hymns are two pleasant subjects pleasantly treated ;
while Dr. Blaikie contributes a sketch of Philadelphian
charities, and theßev. J. B. Paton a paper on " Women's
Work in the Church," sheaving our strong-minded ladies
low they may best bestow their superfluous energies in
elping the needy.

D EADMAN'S POINT."

Mr. F. C. Burnand seems to be a block of wisdom, and
it gives his admirers much gratification to find that, although
a frequent writer of burlesques, he has determined not to
ruin himself, or write himself out, as the popular phrase
is, by offering comedy after comedy within a year to
London managers. Mr. Burnand, in short, is content -
with periodical successes, where his fellow dramatists seek
triumphs of a continuous order. On Satur-
day evening, for the first time for many
months, a new drama from Mr. Burnand's pen
a romance we might call it, abounding in interest, and fresh
in its every aspect, was offered to the judgment of an
Adelphi audience. The story of the play is appropriately
laid at the time of Crimean war, and the authorhas naturally
taken every oppdrtunity of rousing the patriotic feelings
of the spectators in the theatre, by frequent allusions to
the conduct of our soldiers under fire at Sebastopol, and
by introducing significant incidents on their part of
gallantry and honourable conduct. The most picturesque
scene in " Deadman's Point," is a representation, worthy
perhaps of any stage in the world, of the plain at Inkerman.
Among those lying seriously wounded amid broken waggons
and shells which are strewed about in all directions, are
two men, an officer and a private soldier, who have been
rivals for the hand of an English girl. The subordinate
soldier has every reason to hope that the officer maY
succumb to the trials of the war, yet his Saxon sense of
honour and heroism does not leave him, even under the
influence of a desire for revenge. A Russian steals on the
scene, and is about to murder the officer, when the almost
dying private rears himself on his hands, and crying out
that his officer shall at least not die the death of a deg,
shoots the Russian through the heart. This is one of the
most pleasing of the small episodes of the piece. Tile,
whole narrative of " Deadman's Point " is one "'"'
sustained interest. A girl named Janet (Miss Furtacl°)
the daughter of a miserly lighthouse-keeper, saves the life
of a young officer, Sir Philip Courtenay, who afterward°,
secretly marries her. Scarcely have the pair been unite°
when the Russian War breaks out, and in Act 2 we have
the picture of the battle-field, which is exquisitely pour
trayed, and for which Mr. Lloyds, the painter, deservedly
received a call before the footlights. In this spectacle
Courtenay is discovered in a dying condition by tn
heroine, who has gone out to the Crimea to tend the sie
and wounded. The girl is assisted in her labours by
most philosophical companion, Mary Polden
Billiugton, whose impersonation of a Cornish fisher
let it be said here, was most charming and natural,'
This girl, curious to state, also finds her lover on the
field. The sudden illness of Janet's father brings her
home to England, and on arrival she discovers that he
husband's mother is so indignant at her son's
propriety in marrying a mere lighthouse -
snryu
daughter, that spite of his dangerous illnehl
she threatens to disown him, and deprive him of 0,1(
property. Janet, half frantic, summons up courage, her
ever, to see her unjust mother-in-law, and through
soft persuasion obtains from her forgiveness for Sir l'ln`l%,
In the last act an attack is made by some smugglers ex
a lighthouse where Janet's father has some money st°reA
the girl being in the old watch tower at the tune' e 4
rescue, which causes the unity of all the 1°° tog
of the play is accomplished by the 3700
officer, Sir Philip Courtenay, accompanied by „00
,li
soldier-lover (Mr. Billington). The drama is placeakihe
the stage by Messrs. Webster and Chatterton, with ,1'3,, to
accessories that can make it welcome for many 3 If 01
come, and the ease with which every act passed ° fee
Saturday evening bore testimony to the care the 5110
manager has taken in preparing for the success fr°011;, ot
commencement of " Deadman's Point." The cone NO
the Adelphi Theatre has been very much enlarged, n:)e,r-
than four different actors having made their first %cot
maces on Saturday night, while the scenery is magi:looJ
and thoroughly new throughout the drama. Air. 151 e .bye,
was called for at the end of the piece (which, bY-tcpotri
we may add, is to receive some slight rieb-ocis),
curtailment in the last act from his 13igire
but lie was not to be found, and Mr.
ton had to address the audience on his behalf.

Sir Charles Dilko has returned to London A. -
Versailles. aeli a 1
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We are informed on good authority thao,
Beauregard has requested a large number
federate officers to hold themselves in reatlifles)lo
come to France for the purpose of serving ide'. 01/
should hostilities recommence. Many of them are 3/I°'
London, awaiting the order of departure.—Stand6r'',. to
At a meeting of commercial travellers at nril'ecos
on the 3rd instant, it was resolved that a siaaltae,,
collection should be made in all the commercial fietet'reo
the country in aid of the fund for the relief of the ells TV
in Paris, and Thursday next was decided ten,' Lori
amount collected is to be handed over to
the
Mansion House Committee.

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