The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAI , MAY. 19, 1870.

be rendered liable by any unpleasant contretemps to
actual imprisonment with hard labour for just doing
what everybody else does—why, that is altogether
preposterous and intolerable !
Nevertheless we have advanced somewhat in the
path of progress, for the malcontents, however hear-
tily they mutter anathemas on indiscreet reformers,
are compelled to hold their peace. England has at
last lost patience with the vices of her electoral system,
and the new " Bill to amend the law relating to pro-
cedure at Parliamentary elections, and for other pur-
poses," is the sign of a vigorous determination to put
them down. The principal features of the bill are
already familiar to the public. It provides that the
returning officer of every county or borough shall at
every contested election provide a sufficient number
of ballot papers for the use of voters, each paper having
a number, letter, or other distinguishing mark, with a
counterfoil having the same mark. Each paper is to
contain the names and addresses of all the candidates
with the figure of a square printed opposite to each.
Every voter shall receive a ballot paper on applica-
tion and the presiding officer shall enter the number
of the voter on the register, and mark the copy of the
register with a cross, showing that the voter has
received a paper. The voter meanwhile proceeds into
the secret compartment and places a cross in the
square opposite the name of the chosen candidate. At
the close of the poll the presiding officer
shall in the presence of the agents of the candi-
dates seal up the counterfoils of the ballot papers
and send them to the Clerk of the Crown in Chan-
cery. Any ballot paper on which a cross is put oppo-
site to more than tin right number of names, or
which is in any other way improperly marked, will
be void. There are sundry provisions as to polling
places, and the rules and regulations to be observed
respecting them. Afterwards come the penalties,
which are formidable enough, ranking as a misde-
meanour, punishable by two years' imprisonment,
even the minor offence of receiving a voting
paper, and not using it! On this and some other
points the bill is susceptible of modification, since
suzh au offence is certainly very different in degree
to forging a ballot paper, or taking a ballot paper out
of the booth, or voting under the name of another
person.

Still, whatever its capacities for improvement
the Bill is, in principle, a sound one, since it
deals resolutely with au evil so great that
half-hearted, temporising measures are perfectly
futile in regard to it. How wide-spread the corrup-
tion is who can say ? Who can point to any one
particular borough and feel convinced that there
neither influence, nor intimidation, nor' money, nor
any other external agency is really represented by
the gentleman who sits in Parliament ? If we could
go into St. Stephen's itself on some great field night,
when the electoral system is the order of the day, and
in the midst of all the sturdy denunciations of bri-
bery, the just indignation at oppression, the dignified
uprightness of the experienced senator, and the vir-
tuous enthusiasm of the youth fresh from the
hustings, could, by the wand of an en-
chanter, Convert Sir CHARLES BARRY'S structure
into Madame DE GENUS'S Palace of Truth, what
very awkward revelations We should get ! It is
betta for our national credit that we have
no such mischievous power, but that we
are forced to content ourselves with Lord HARTING-
TON'S Bill,J OHN BULL, being this time—as our
friend Punch reminds us-:—very thoroughly in earnest
in the matter !

THE report upon the Education Bill presented by
the Committee whom the Lower House of the Con-
vocation of Canterbury appointed deserves
consideration. The committee consisted of
thirteen deans, archdeacons, canons, and
beneficed clergy, and though the fact that the
Archdeacon of Taunton was chairman might lead to
the expectation of a thoroughly partisan report, his col-
leagues were chosen from each of the three schools
in the Church, and constituted a fairly represen-
tative body. The report sets out with certain pre-
liminary resolutions to the effect that the State-
aided schools should be denominational rather than
secular; that while a conscience clause is not to be
approved, it may, under existing circumstances be
accepted ; that the compulsory attendance clause is
open to grave objections ; that a schodl-rate is to be
deprecated and the denominational inspection by her
Majesty's inspectors should be maintained. The main
body of the Report consists of inquiries with regard
to six special points : the amount of educational des-
titution; the duty of providing for it; the mainte-
nance and extension of the present denominational
education; the nature of the secular, or so-called un-
sectarian system; the rights of conscience of all
parties concerned; and the Government Bill of 1870
with respect to the above points.

The first of these points is clear. There is con-
siderable educational destitution. It is a lamentable
fact that in England and Wales more than one-third
of the children above 10 years of age fail to pass
completely in Standards 4,5, and 6. Moreover,
62 out of every 100 children, even in inspected
schools, are not at the same school for two
whole years. The second fact, no doubt,
largely explains the first. Either the children are
moved rapidly from one school to another,
or, which too often happens, they have less than two
years' schooling of any kind. The result is
such imperfect training that it, to a large
extent, destroys the value of the seemingly
satisfactory figures which the committee supply
with respect to the increase of education. It
sounds well to say that while there were in
18540n1y 3,147 inspected schools, and 410,904 child-
ren present at inspection ; in 1868 the figures were
8,051 and 1,332,533; or to say that in 1831 there was.
one scholar in national and parochial church schools
out of every 36.7 of the population, and in 1867 one
out of every 13; but the failure under the test ex-
amination shews that the education is very im-
perfect. It is manifest that this considera-
tion will have to be taken into account
so soon as the school census proposed by Mr. Forster's
bill is taken. There must be not merely the school
building, the teachers, and the scholars, but also
adequate teaching, before it can be said that the
educational needs of a locality are supplied.
The liberality of the clergy in supplying
funds cannot be too highly praised. During the
year 1868, for instance, the income for the support of
Church of England schools in England and Wales
was £604,270, of which no less a sum than £308,311
was contributed by voluntary subscriptions. The
proportion contributed by the clergy may be
gathered from the statistics of the Duke of
Newcastle's commission in 1861, which shewed
that the clergy were contributing £lO 10s.
each, while the landowners were ghring only £5 65.,
and ordinary householders £1 15s. 6d. The clergy,
therefore, ought to be the first to wish for a tho-
roughly efficient education, for a good return on
their outlay. It must be confessed that if this report
is any fair representation of their views, complete-
ness of teaching.' is less in their minds than
the keeping of the teaching in their own hands. They
admit that there is a class of the community

too poor to pay for the education of their children,
and yet they condemn compulsory education and its
inevitable accompaniment, school-rates. The school-
rate means a school board elected by a parish, and
therefore, having a voice in the religious teach-
ing of the children. That voice the clergy suspect
will not always be given for them ; so they are willing
to apply compulsion to the children of paupers,
vagrants, and criminals, for in these cases the
State would teach the children, and the State
religious teaching would, of course, be in accordance
with the doctrine of the State Church. But when it
comes to the children of the poor labourers who, so
far from being able to pay the school pence, need the
pence which their children can earn, the Committee
of Convocation plead for consideration in their behalf.
The appeal is somewhat vague, but if it means
anything it means hat because the parents
are very poor, they shall be treated ironl4
gently, and indulgence shall take the form of
permissive ignorance for the children; in other
words, the committee would condemn the children
to the same low social and intellectual status as the
parents occupy, condemn them to the same life-long
poverty without a chance of bettering themselves.
In dealing with the religious difficulty the com-
mittee have been more reasonable. The conscience
clause is conceded, and very wisely conceded. As a
matter of fact we do not believe that the religious
difficulty exists at all except in certain newspapers
and .in the brains of certain Secularist or
strongly anti-Church M.P's., like Mr. Winterbotham.
The parents unfortunately do not care
enough about religion • to take exception
to any particular form of religious teaching.
The same story is told over and over again by
teachers and by school inspectors; and the Com-
mittee, in quoting the evidence of a master who had
taught 20,000 children, and who had bad only four
cases of objection, skew that the clergy in making
the concessions with regard to the conscience clause
are really surrendering -very little in fact though a
great deal in principle. For that very reason
the secularists and the political dissenters are
anxious to make religious teaching more diffi-
cult. Knowing well that unless they put obstacles
in the way of such teaching, the clergy will, as a
matter of course, have the instructing of the great
majority of children on the week days, the anti-
clericals would make religion an extra, hoping that
the natural wish of all children to learn as
little as possible will induce them to avoid
the religious lesson. The clergy, thoroughly
understanding the tactics of their opponents, wish to
defeat them by retaining denominational inspection
by the Government inspectors. This Mr. Forster's
bill abolishes. We do not see how it could do
otherwise. .Henceforth school-boards are to
decide if religion shall or shall not be taught
in the schools which they establish. It is con-
ceivable that in many cases the decision
will be in the negative. This being so, how is it
possible that proficiency in religious knowledge can
be made a preliminary condition of receiving the
Government grant ? And if it is not to be so, to
what purpose is the inspector to inquire into this
branch of education ? Except as a matter of tactique
there is really no necessity for discussing this matter.
It will be easy enough for each religious body to
secure inspection by its own officers. In fact, diocesan
inspectors already exist.

A middle course between the Convocation Com-
, mittee and tLe League, has been taken by the
Government. Denominational schools are not for-
bidden; existing Denominational schools, where suf-
ficient to supply the educational needs of the country,
will be accepted on tin, condition of the conscience
clause being introduced. Where the voluntary system
fails to supply such schools, schools supported by
rates will be established, and the ratepayers will be
allowed to decide for themselves what religious
teaching shall be given. Convocation would have
religious teaching compulsory—the League would
have it forbidden. The first course would open the
door to endless disputes; the second would be tyran-
nical. The righteous, as well as the politic, plan,
is to leave those who pay for the schools to decide
upon the mode of instruction. Judging from past
experience there seems to be no reason why the
religious party need fear the result of a race run on
equal terms. Those who value religious teaching
have an incentive to providing instruction for the
ignorant, which the non-religious do not possess. It will
be strange, indeed, and contrary to all experience, if
the first of these should allow themselves to be beaten
by the last.

SOME very foolish things are now and then done
in the name of the law ; but rarely have we heard of
anything more foolish than the prosecution of a
Bayswater tobacconist for selling tobacco on a Sun-
day. He was fined five shillings and costs. Selling
smoking materials on Sunday is certainly not a
proceeding to be encouraged. Tobacco and cigars
are not perishable; they can be kept over from
one day to another. But what is the use of assailing
a single tradesman, when hundreds and thousands
of such shops are kept open all over the country, and
the vast majority are never interfered with P More-
over, these prosecutions are raised under an old and
obsolete Act, passed in the reign of Charles 11. ; and
it is not consistent with the spirit of jurisprudence
to inflict penalties by means of measures which exist
as it were by accident, and which are
rarely enforced. Further, the administration of
that Act is unequal, for whereas the Bayswater
tradesman had to pay altogether seven shillings,
another offender was let off with one penny. Some-
times it is a necessary and wise procedure to punish
one culprit in order to terrify the rest. But this
resource is only adopted when the bulk of
the law-breakers are not to be discovered.
One briber, for instance, may be imprisoned,
though many others go scot-free. But every tobacco-
nist, or nearly so, who keeps his shop open on a
Sunday may be made answerable ; and it would
certainly appear desirable that the law, if it
be enforced at all, should be carried out
with equity and fairness. The system of
dropping down upon one tradesman with a
seven shillings fine, and upon another with a penny
is not tolerated generally. If many murders were
committed in open day, and the capture of
all the criminals were assured, what would
be thought of the administration of justice if
one murderer were hanged, another imprisoned,
and the rest permitted to escape ? This, however, is
our style of dealing with the Sunday-trading ques-
tion. The whole system is in a disgraceful condition,
and, until it is satisfactorily remedied, we may as
well confess our inferiority. Isolated prosecutions,
without method of any kind, look more like
explosions of spite than vindications of justice.
When the time arrives for a settlement of the law
respecting Sunday-trading, the cigar shops will be in
serious jeopardy. It is now generally recognised
that Sunday legislation on matters involv-
ing conscience is inadvisable hence the
failure of the attempt to prohibit the
" Sunday evenings for the people ;" but where un-
necessary labour is incurred, the State has a right to
insist that the principle of resting one day out of
seven shall be respected. Such a general rule will
dispose of the cigar shops, together with other places
of trade that are so well known as to need no
enumeration,

ST. GILES AND THE GREEN FIELDS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SUN."

SIN —Mindful of your kind courtesy in the past, I ven-
ture to beg permission to occupy a small space in your
columns to plead the claims of some 500 poor children
attending our schools in King-street, St. Giles. These
neglected little ones have, for the most part, just passed
through a season of unusual wretchedness and misery.
The past winter, although, perhaps, not quite so severe
in temperature as in some former years, has been both
long and trying. I cannot remember a season in which the
poor of St. Giles's have suffered so much. This is to be
accounted for partly from the long-continued stagnation in
trade, the failure of the hop harvest in the autumn, and the
consequent ravages of " famine fever" and sickness of all
kinds, brought on through evident lack of nourishing food.
Now that the spring time is upon us, we are most anxious to
take these poor children from their fever dens for a few
hours' relaxation in the green fields outside our smoky city.
Few of your readers can imagine with what unbounded joy
this annual treat is looked forward to by those gutter child-
ren of St. Giles, many of whom only enjoy the luxury of
fresh air and sweet smelling flowers once a year on this
their festive day. Perm:t me to beg a helping hand from
your numerous kind-hearted readers in assisting to raise
the necessary £4O, or thereabouts, that will be required to
meet the necessary expenses of the day. Subscriptions
may be sent to me as under, or to the bankers, Messrs.
Tw inings, 215, Strand.—l am, Sir, yours sincerely,

GEO. HATTO7,
Minister of King-street Baptist Church,
St. Giles's.
12, Ampton-p7ace, Regent-square, W.C.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT BARKING.—AII in-
quest was opened yesterday, by Mr. Lewis, the coroner
for East Berks, into the circumstances attending the
death of the five men, John Brook, Daniel Mansfield,
John Phillips, Richard Williams, and John Wailing,
who lost their lives on Monday, through descending
into a well connected with the gasworks at Barking.
John Layton, the man who escaped, was the prin-
cipal witness. He stated that he and Phillips
were descending the well together to see how high.
the water had risen while the engines were stopped.
When half way down the ladder Phillips fell into the
water below, and witness, who thought he had taken a fit,
ran for assistance. The witness said they had never en-
countered foul air before in the wells. Dr. John Vance,
of Plaistow, stated that he was called to the men who had'
been brought up from the well, Two of them recovered.
The other five died from inhaling carbonic acid gas. The
inquiry was adjourned to enable the jury to pay a visit to
the wells.

RAILWAYS IN THE EAST.—Negotiations are now
taking place for the establishment of a communication
between the Hungarian and Roumanian railways. The
Roumanian Government has expressed its willingness to
accept Count Beust's proposal for making the pass of
Ojtoza one of the points of connection, provided the
Austrian Government will consent to the formation of
other connecting lines through Orsova and the Vulcan
pass. The latter line, being the shortest road from the
Hungarian coal mines to the Danube, will probably be
accepted; but the former has met with much opposition, as
it offers no advantage for Hungarian interests. As for
the long-pending question of the connection of the rail-
ways of Turkey and Servia, it has at last been settled in
conformity with the desire of the Servian regency. A
line is to be constructed from Belgrade to Salonica, in
communication with another from Pesth to Belgrade, via
Kikinda. This will ultimately be the shortest road for goods
conveyed from Western Europe to India via Suez, and
Pesth and Belgrade are to be made the central depots for
such goods. A convention has been concluded between
Austria, Russia, and Roumania, in reference to the river
Pruth. Under this convention the navigation of the river
is to be perfectly free along its whole course, and no flag
is to be allowed special advantages from a commercial
point of view. A toll is tube levied on all vessels enteenter-
ing the river ; the produce of this toll will be applied in
making improvements, so as to facilitate the traffic as
much as possible. A permanent commission, consisting
of representatives of Austria, Russia, and Roumania, will
be appointed for this purpose.—Eastern Budget.

FRACAS OUTSIDE THE REFORM CLUB.
A fracas, in connection with which the-names of Sir
Patrick O'Brien, M.P., and Mr. O'Dwyer are prominentlY
mentioned, is stated to have taken place outside the
Reform Club last night. The cause of quarrel is at Pre"
sent unknown, but the disputants both received personel
injuries, and were with some difficulty induced to retire
inside the building by the officials of the club.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

The Times thinks the Red River expedition is an extrs-
- affair, for in carrying out the 1,1111)?„„se
of the enterprise. We go back to the days of antiquilb!
in the character of the place we are to :,
ee
The difficulties of the route appear to be alnic'
insurmountable, and yet if we examine the map the
cannot easily be discovered. A British expedition
however, well calculated to triumph over all obstacles of
defined and au undefined nature, and it may yet turn ou,
that more than enough has been said of the dangersa°
perils of the road, nor does it follow that all thbe
Indian tribes we may come in contact svi,t
will be unfriendly. It is an interesting feature a tue.
affair to dwell upon the condition of these countries
and to reflect upon the grand work that lies before us of
future improvement and adaptation. The forthcoming
exploration will shed new light on an intricate subject,
and much interest and excitement may spring from this
affair.
The Daily News observes that the Sappho has beaten
the Cambria for the third time, but that the victory d°e
not increase our knowledge of yacht sailing. The contest
between the Sappho and Cambria may be compaked t°:
Balaklava charge. At any rate the Cambria can
never eclipse the Sappho in the Atlantic whatever
she
may accomplish in America at a future period. It!
satisfactory to find that this race has been carried out in
an energetic and enterprising manner, and that both the
great nations concerned have been worthily represented.
The Post considers that Mr. Graves's proposal with re"
gard to the Indian Council may have beneficial one e;
quences in the long-run, although his immediate object
was not attained. The attention of the public has 11°
been sufficiently awakened with respect to our Indian
possessions, for the subject is one of vast interest and in;
portance. The objections which Mr. Graves encounteredini,
were not calculated to interfere with his principle. d
Mr. Gladstone went so far as to promise that the matter
should be carefully considered.
The Telegraph thinks it would be difficult for a Welt.
meaning man to frame a more vicious scheme than
f
Mr. Raikes's bill for protecting the property' °
married women. It would make the law ten tinie°
worse than it is, and in order to relieve a small miii°llll
would lay an embarrassing burden on the vast majority
of the poor. The wife's property is now at the mercy°
the husband ; Mr. Raikes would put it at the mercy of the
county court. Such a change would be intolerable alike to
husband and wife. Women wish to be permitted to pr°'
tect themselves, and not to be treated as imbeciles °I.
children. The expedient for protecting their weekly earn:
ings is as bad as the rest, and from first to last the hill 1"
absurd. The House shewed its sense of its absurdity Yes.
terday afternoon by refusing even to discuss it.
The Standard says that the Irish Land Bill in all P'
bability may hold its last sitting this evening. Sit
John Grey's Clause remains for consideration'
and the House is told to accept it because
it is voluntary in its nature. It is
argument in favour of the bill to say that the lanci°9's
should accept the clause in order to escape the evils °'
the measure. Such a permission is only a mockery,
as
that which is given in the provisions of the clause.
succesors of limited owners will be hardly pressed by these
arrangements. Even if amended the evils must still be
apparent, and it would be a mistake on the part of the
Government to accept the clause in any shape.

THE INNER TEMPLE HALL.
(From a privileged Report of the Times.)

The Treasurer and Ranchers of the Inner Temple yast°r.
day entertained with much magnificence his Royal H'
tress the Prince of Wales, his Royal Highness the POI
Christian, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Granville, 14°rf
Derby, Lord Westbury, Lord Chelmsford, the speaker °,
the house of Commons, tho Lord Chief Justice of Englaeo,
the Judges in Equity and at Common Law, the Queens
Counsel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr cabin'
Mr Goschen, Mr Corry, Dr Lushington, Sir 1-04-„
Dundas, and a very distinguished company, to celebrate t''"
inauguration of the new Hall, which had been fort
orened by her Royal Highness the Princess Louise 0°
Saturday last.
Tho guests began to assemble at about half-past 5 o'clecic)
but it was nearly 7 before the company sat down, the Or
Royal visitors sitting at the right and left hand of the
Treasurer, Mr. Percival Pickering. Grace was said by tl'6
Master of the Temple, Dr. Vaughan. After due justioe
had been done to the dinner, which formed, both in its° f
and in the wines which were served with it, a most gr3t:3;
ful contrast 'to ordinary public dinners, the Treasurer, L"
a speech in which he humorously described the straag:
scenes which had been enacted in the old Hall,
had been removed to make room for the present magnil-
cent structure, proposed "The Health of the Queen," will')
was received with loyal enthusiasm.
That of " The Prince of Wales and the other members I
the Royal Family " followed, and was felicitously acknoss;
lodged by the Prince of Wales. The Archbishop of Yel
returned thanks for the Church, Sir William Codringt',
for the Army, and the Colonel of the "Devil's Owh" fort
Volunteers.

The TREASURER then gave "The Judges," for whom ti`'
LORD CHANCELLOR responded; and then followed "del
Majesty's Ministers," with whom the Treasurer coupled
name of M Gladstone. It was most warmly receive,,,
t
and, in returning thanks, the PREMIER explained ""
indefinite was the distinction by which the members of tije
Cabinet were separated frum the ordinary members of 1116,,
Privy Council, and yet how greatly the burden cast ur,
them differed. For himself and his colleagues ho
credit, at least, for the assiduity with which their datic-a''
were performed and for the profusion with which they 11'/,a
loaded the table of the House of Commons with material'
for legislation.
The Duke of RICHMOND, who represented the House yi
Peers, regr tted that Mr. Gladstone had not been equallY
liberal in his provision for the Upper House, but loulce`i
forward with interest to the groat measure it might $O
expect to have presented to it He took credit to the peer-
age for the ready welcome that House had always extend° i
to the great lawyers who had increased its numbers sali
adorned its deliberations, and promised that it would evt‘r
discharge the duty it owed to Parliament and to the countrii
amending when necessary the faulty logis!atiou °
the Lower House, but never opposing itaelf to the Well-
considered opinion of the nation.

The SPEAKER returned thanks for the House of Cc'gi
mons ; and Lord DERBY, who remarked that lato in the
evening if brevity were not the soul of wit, it was at lo's
equally acceptable, represented "The Guests."
Mr GLADSTON then proposed " The H, alth of the Tre'v.
surer," who replied in very felicitous terms.
"The Health of the Architect," Mr. Smirke, eonclll-A eLI
the proceedings; and the principal portion of the comP0):
then adjourned to the drawing-room, where not only Fyn'"
coffee served but—strange novelty in such an assemblage's
cigars were introduced. We are bound to add that the W-
novation did not seem unwelcome.

]t was past 11 o'clock before the party broke up,

THE FEMALE FRANCHISE.—Next week the el ei
Lions of vestrymen will take place in the metropolis, An,:
St. Pancras has been informed that male and female " "la;
join or vote," provided the parties are qualified as to roe"-
deuce and payment of taxes.
TRINITY TERM.—Ou Thursday next, the 20
inst., Trinity Term, the last term before the long vacation;
commences. The Lord Chancellor will not receivo
"
judges on the occasion, and the courts will be opened at ti.`
usual hour.
METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.—The annive,7,
sary festival of this excellent institution took place at 0,1
London Tavern last night, under the presidency of 1-)°rbe
G. Hamilton. This institution is peculiarly valuable to t
east end of London, it being stated that at least four ati li,
of those relieved belong to that locality. There were e-
large number of gentlemen of the Jewish community Pro
sent, and to their exertions it is owing that the hospital evir 0
its high position. Among the visitors present were th.?,,,Pqa,
sons of the Prince Nawab of Nazim—Prince Ali -b-unf
and Prince Soloman Kudr. Among other supporterlir,
the hospital present were :—Lord W. P. Lennox,
R. N. Fowler, M.P. ; Mr. Alderman Dakin, M. de 131
Consul-General of Russia ; Mr. J. Gurney Fry, gr.,,of
Chapman Mr. J. Fry, Mr. R. Burley, &c. As apr -tie
of the utility of the institution, the report states that t
attendance of patients during the past year had amoulite..o
to 80,433. In the course of the evening, subscriptiv
were announced to the amount of £3,700.
cd
KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—The anniver—
a
festival of the friends of King's College Hospital was
last night at Willis's Rooms, under the presidency of H. I
the Duke of Cambridge, the patron of the institar
Upwards of 200 gentlemen were present ; among wllofl,
were the Marquis of Downshire, Sir W. Fergusson,
Mr. Birley, M.P., General Daubeney, C.B. Colonel itt
donald, 0.13., Captain Salt, M.P. Mr. W, H. Sl3,llviil
M.P., Mr. R. Cheere (treasurer), Rev. Dr. Barry (1-1.;,;r:
cipal of King's College), Mr. E. F. Moon, Mr. IL Pr,3,;r,
Colonel Johnson, Mr. J. G. Stillwall, Captain \Arta"'
Mr. R. Twining. In response to the appeal of the c'7.11;
man,. upwards of £3,000 were subscribed. During "er
evening a selection of music was played by the Grentr.
band, under the leadership of Mr. D. Godfrey.
Goodchild was the toastmaster.