The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-17 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, OCT. 13.
The Queen went out in the morning, accompanied by
Princess Louise.

In the afternoon her Majesty drove out with Princess
Beatrice, attended by the Marchioness of Ely.
Prince Leopold went out walking.
The Duke of Argyll arrived at the Castle. _

OCT. 14.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked
out, and drove out in the afternoon with Prince Leopold.
The Marquis of Lorne arrived at Balmoral.
The Duke of Argyll and the Marquis of Lorne had the
honour of dining with the Queen.

The Princess of Wales attended Divine service yester.
day at the Chapel Royal, St. James's.

OUT-DOOR RELIEF.

It may be hoped that we' are at length waking up to a
perception of some of the evils of the out-door relief ad-
ministered by English boards of guardians. In various
ways and from various quarters complaints of the system
and its results meet us. Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., a tenant
farmer, practically familiar with poor law matters, stated
in reference to out-door relief, before the recent Com-
mittee of the House of Commons on Local Taxation,
" that it has an immense influence upon the habits
of the poor, and that if they could not so frequently run
to the board of guardians on the most trivial occasions,
and know that they would get out-door relief, they would
be more provident than they are." Be'ore the same com-
mittee .Captain Dashwood, a tenant farmer in Oxford-
shire, a poor-law guardian, and a magistrate of the county,
replied, in answer to the question, " With regard to out-
door relief as administered now by the occupiers
chiefly, do you think there is a tendency
to administer the poor-law in the direction of
relief in aid of wages, and is that tendency
growing ?" " Not directly, but indirectly; a great
deal of out-door relief must lower wages." The
witne,s added--and they are words not to be forgotten—
"A year ago only I heard the vice-chairman of a board of
guardians say that he would rather have high rates than
high wages." That means, when farm work is plentiful
give the labourer pay just sufficient to keep body and
soul together ; when farm work is slack or stopped,
leave that function to the doles of the re-
lieving officer. The English farmer, represented by
this estimable vice chairman, wants no bold peasantry to
till his land. The low-waged helot of the parish pay-table
better suits his purpose. At Hackney recent disclosures
of pauper frands have stirred the hoard of guardians to in-
vestigate the issue of their proceedings. Among other
things they have dispovered in that district a " numerous
class of able-bodied paupers of both sexes, who
attempt to make the poor fund a permanent source
of income. There are large families, who in all their
generations and degrees of consanguinity, old and young,
married and single, all claim all hereditary and prescrip-
tive right to a share of their neighbours' earnings." These
cases, the guardians repeat, "are very numerous, and well
deserve strict inquiry, with the view to the offer of indoor
relief." The fear of the workhouse test having " been
wholly removed for a long time past, has beyond any doubt
had the most direct tendency to swell the numbers of
applicants for relief." Taking all England, we are now
spending about £3,700,000 a year in outdoor relief, mostly
14 money. This is 28 per cent. higher than it wag eight or
nine years ago. How far is the picture drawn by the
Hackney guardians of " a numerous class of able-bodied
paupers of both sexes who attempt to make the poor fund
a permanent source of income " true of the country gene-
rally ?—Pall Mall Gazette.

Ciruncn Music.—A correspondent of the Musical
Standard thinks thgt " the suggestions thrown out in
its pages a few weeks since, on the important subject of a
general raising of the musical services of cathedrals and
other places of Divine worship, should not be allowed to
remain unfructified. Cannot (he asks) some practical
commencement be made to remedy shortcomings, by the
formation of a committee of, say, Mr. Macfarren, Dr.
Wesley, and Dr. Sterndale Bennett, who might report
their views to the puhlic in due fnrm ?" We cordially
second his suggestion.—Musical Standard.

GALLANT RESOUR.—During a recent passage of
H.M.S. Rapid from Tarragona to Gibraltar, a man fell
overboard in the evening, when it was quite dark and a
fresh breeze was blowing. The poor fellow, who was on
the main yard arm, struck his head in falling, and was
senseless on reaphing the water. The officer of watch
—Sub-Lieutenant Forbes—without a moment's hesitation
plunged from 'the bridge, and both disappeared in the
gloom as the ship forged rapidly ahead. The engines
were speedily stopped, a life-buoy was cut away, and a
boat lowered. After a delay, which was nearly proving
fatal—for Lieutenant Forbes was already sinking with
his burden—the boat rescued the drowning men. The
sailor was found to have received a fearful . gash in the
head, but has since gone on well.
LABOUR REPRESENTATION LEAGUE. —At the
annual meeting of the Labour Representation League,
the report which was presented stated that the council
had exerted themselves to promote the object of the Bir-
minghaM gagg4tiP-4 Lleague, and WaS /low engaged in
securing the return of efficient working class representa-
tives on the London School Board. They had also taken
an active part in the efforts to bring about a cessation of
hostilities on the Continent, and had taken the initiative
in getting up the late deputation of working men to Mr.
Gladstone. It was now engaged in getting together a con-
ference for the purpose of agreeing upon a scheme of
united action between the London and provincial
workmen in relation to the next general election.
The chairman, without remark, moved the adoption
of the report, which was seconded by Mr. Allan,
secretary of the Amalgamated Engineers' and adopted
after some opposition from -Mr. Cremer. The executive
council of thirty-five members for the ensuing year was
then elected, including. Messrs. G. Potter, Allan, Apple-
garth, Howell, Dunning, Guile, Holyoake, Druitt, Hair*
mat, and other leaders of the working-classes. Mr. R.
Latham was re-elected as president, Mr. Allan as treasurer,
and Mr. Lloyd Jones as secretary.
CACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil fall
nto powder, and this powder is cacioine. Cacdolue contains
neither sugar nor any other. ad mixtnre whatever. Cacdoine makes
one of the lthtest, thinnest of warm drinks, and is the most de
sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacdoine, by
reason of the ingenious method IT which the oil is removed, pre-
serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared only
by James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, 112. Great Rus-
sell-street ; 170, Piccadilly ; and 48, Threadneedle-street ; at their
works for Dietetic Preparations, Euston-mad.—AnvT.