The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-27 00:00:00

TUB LAMBETH BATHS MEMING.

The Lambeth Baths meeting, held in the evening, was
presidid over by Sir George Grey. To it Mr. Mr. Carlyle
wrote—" With great readiness I send ysu my signature to
your petition about the colonies; competely agreeing (for
the last forty years or so) with everything set forth
therein."—The Poet Laureate said :—"Your tables do but
confirm my own very strong convictionregarding the value
of the colonies to Great Britain, eves in the matter of
national wealth. I cannot believe thatMinistors entertain
for a moment the suioidal policy attributed to them.
Rather would I think that they ire occupied, even
amongst other weighty affairs now especially pressing, with
the vital question how to snake Englsnd and her colonies
one, body and soul. After that I nee( not say that I shall
sign your petition not only with hard, but heart."—Mr.
Froude's epistle ran Your figures add demonstration
to what is already as clear as mathematics. lam pleased
to hear that you think my poor artieb [the article on the
Colonies, in Eraser's Magartne] has benn of service, But I
greatly fear that anything that any ol us can do will not
arrest the course upon which the so-culled Liberal party
in this country have so determinedly entered. If they
carry it out, 'Return est de Anglia' But wo are governed
just now by the great moneyed classes, whose first idea is
cheap labour, and they dread ant shrink from any-
thing which threatens to pr.omote emigration. They are
blind as Elymas, for no emigration coild be carried so far
as to decrease the price of labour to adegree which would
not be compensated by the increase d trade. Hundreds
of thousands of children who now di, of want of proper
nourishment would live to take the place of those who
go if the pressing poverty was oar a little relieved ;
but they cannot go beyond the position of their
noses, and their happiest notior I,s to go to the
devil, that their bustnpss may n.t be in danger by
being curtailed. The history of England can produce no
parallel to such preposterous conduct. You are welcome
to put my name to your petitionif you think I can be
called with propriety a working man Perhaps, however,
I may be more useful standing aline and fighting the
battle in reason and prudently as losg as there is anything
loft to fight for." The DO° of Manchester
also agreed with the objects of the meeting
Mr. J. S. Mill was of opinion tint it would be a great
mistake to do anything which would have the effect of
destroying the existing connection between England and
her colonies. lice oonsidered that inch a separation would
be to the disadvantage of the world in general, and to
England in particular. He, at the same time, was not
suPrised at the people of England objecting to the main-
tenance of colonitits who ought to be well able to support
themselves, and to object to the oast of wars with the
origin of which they had nothing to do. He agreed with
the prayer, of the emigration petitien.--Soveral speakers--
Mr. Auberon Herbert, gr. Beales, and Mr, M'Clullarh
Torrens—addressed the meetinz.

The Dublin Evening Mail says it was reported in
the Hall of the Four Courts that Dr. Battersby, Q.C., had
received a threatening letter for having appeared in a land-
lord and tenant case as counsel for the landlord.

The Austrian authorities-at Cracow have called
upon the abbess of the Carmelite Convent to pay the ex-
pense of the treatment of Barbara Übryk in the Lunatic
Asylum, where she is now confined.
The Pall Mall Gazette states that Admiral Sir H.
J. Codrington, the Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth (who
is now on a tour cf inspection), is to relieve Vice-Admiral
Sir Alexander Milne, the Commander-in-Chief of the Medi-
terranean squadron.

Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High-
nesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold,
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, is ex-
pected to leave Osborne about the 13th of February, and
return to Windsor Castle.

What appears likely to turn out a case of murder
has occurred near Coventry. On Monday night the body of
A mrin, name unknown, was found in the Coventry canal,
,waring marks of foul play. Wounds and bruises were
kind on the neck, and the medical men who examined the
body aro of opinion that death must have taken place before
immcrs!cn.

The third annual conference of the Yorkshire
Church Association was opened at Wakefield yesterday.
There was a large attendarcc, of clergy and laity. Lord
Teignmouth took the chair, and, in an opening address,
pointed out that the mission of the association is to oppose
superstition and infldolity, as caused by the efforts of
119manism on the ono hand, and the influence of heretical
works on the other. The noble lord regarded the ritua
movement as the result of the sensational tendencies of
the age, and (lid not think it was liitoly to last long. fie
also vindicated the course pursued by the association In
Drotiecuting Mr. Voy. Boy.