The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-10 00:00:00

THE SUGAR QUESTION.

The Daily News says that Mr. Crawford's plea on
behalf of those who manipulate sugar on a large scale
has had the effect which we anticipated. The Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer easily found many reasons
to justify his conduct; but he could not deny the
reality of some of the grievances he was called
upon to redress. One of Mr. Lowe's qualifications
for the office he fills is the vigour with which he
can resist the importunities of those who beg, nomi-
nally, on behalf of the public, but really for
themselves and their friends. In addition to
saying " No" with emphasis, he makes it under-
stood that any further application is worse than useless-
The sugar trade, however, have refused to take " No" for
an answer. Happily the Chancellor of the Exchequer and
Mr. Gladstone admitted their disposition to be governed
by the cogent and temperate arguments of Mr. Crawford.

THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.
Wednesday was a more favourable day for the specta-
tors of the race of the Thames Yacht Club than for the
vessels themselves. A succession of light, baffling winds,
attenuated with vexatious calms, compelling the frequent
abbreviation of the match. The following yachts were
the competitors for the honours of the day :

FIRST CLASS.
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Cambria
Pleiad
Egeria
Gloriana
Gwendolin
First prize, value £lOO ; second prize, £3O ; third prize,
£2O.

SECOND CLASS.
Astarte
Flying Cloud
Prize value, £5O.
The start at Gravesend was watched by the Prince of
Wales, Prince Teck, and others, from the Prince's screw
yacht, Alexandra. The president of the club, Mr. A.
Duncan, was on board the Eagle. The signal to stall
was given at eight minutes past eleven, the wind ligl,"'
from the north-east and the tide at half flood. T 1
Gloriana took the lead, and after a time they went round
the steamer, which anchored as mark vessel, in order fai
lowing :

H. H. S. I H. 3f. S.
Flying Cloud ... 2 10 0 Cambria
veo
Gloriana
Egeria
The most exciting part of the match was the struggle
between the Egeria and Gloriana to round the Eagle first.
They rounded it almost, if not quite, together, and the race
finished as follows : ,

Ti. M. S.
Gloriana 4 56 45 Cambria
Egeria
Flying Cloud
The prizes were consequen
to the Gloriana, Egeria, and
taking the prize of her class.

H. DL 8
5
5 13 4 n -'T

fitly awarded in the first elas!
Cambria, the Flying Clog
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MILL HILL SCHOOL.
" mill Hill " is taking its place among the national
public schools. " New foundation day" was observed of
Wednesday with the most brilliant success. The weatri
was good ; the boys did their game of cricket well ;
°
the managers had to report most cheeringly of the grad
progress of the Institution. The afternoon was spent 11,i,
watching the cricket match played between the .°l‘l,l
boys and " present " boys. Towards 3 o'clock, lunch
was served in the dining-hall of the school, and aba'"
120 ladies and gentlemen sat down, under the presidenaf
of Mr. Benjamin Scott, Chamberlain of the CitY as.
London. After the usual toasts, in giving the toast ra
perity to Mill-hill School," the Chairman referred to for
circumstance that the institution had been carried on I_,l
only eight months, under its new constitution ; and assiiM
his hearers that its progress had been so rapidt,a2:o
there was every reason to trust that in a short tlaw,t
its prosperity would exceed that which it had enjoye,.clio
any period of the previous sixty or seventy years 01,eir
existence. He announced that letters regretting,tu $.
inability to be present had been received from I‘„J r,.•
Morley, M.P., Sir J. Rolt, Mr. Justice Lush, Mr• Well
castle, M.P., and Dean Alford, vice-presidents_ , as an
...
as from Serjeant Cox, Dr. Angus, the Rev. New.
Hall, the Rev. Mr. Brock, Mr. J. Gurney, the Rev. or
Landells, and others. The toast, which was most r.
dially received, was responded to by Mr. Miall,
who spoke hopefully of the prospect of the immediate
and
complete opening of the Universities to Dissenters,
the formation of a link of connection between Mill ead
and those national institutions. The health of the it
master most warmly received, and in responding tort
Dr. Weymouth dwelt at much length upon the pasteis no
and present condition of the school. As a proof of th Votes
scholarship which its alumni had displayed in Past ;not
he mentioned that it had given to science an ern to
astronomer, to the Church of England a bishop, and a
poetry and the bench one who was at once a poetevi,
judge—Challis, Jacobson, and Talfourd ; and as
dente of its present prosperity he mentionedthat alt s ,
the terms had been raised, the number of sehelaro_D°3'4
within the eight months of the new regime risen from
to 71.

Mr. Doyle, M.A, Fellow of All Souls, will be the
President of the Oxford Union next term.
Barker, who was injured by being throw";
5
the horse show on Monday afternoon, died on Wednes'
night.
The inhabitants of Cashel are preparing a Illenli,a
;fi.
rial against the proposed disfranchisement of t'''
borough. it"
The two men charged at Manchester vinno,
attempting to defraud a Hartlepool shipowner of g-4v-
have been again examined and remanded.
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Another death, the thirteenth, took place on 6el)
day, through the Kidsgrove boiler explosion.
Dudley Jones is the name of the last victim.