The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-02 00:00:00

DIFFICULTIES IN JERSEY.

The promoters of the railway between St. Helier's and
St. Aubin, in the island of Jersey (an English company)
have been brought into unpleasant contact with the States
(the island Parliament). It appears that under certain
conditions and restrictions the States had ceded to the
company the ground occupied by theslaughter-house at St.
Helier (at the head of the harbour) as a site for the railway
station. The contractor for the railway proceeded to de-
molish the slaughter-houses, and had made certain pro-
gress, when he was ordered to desist at the instance of
the chairman of the harbours committee, who claimed
control over the slaughter-houses. The work was stopped,
and a promise given that nothing more should be
done till a proper understanding was come to. Acting
under advice, however, the contractor resolved to con-
tinue the work of destruction, and on Saturday
morning, at the early hour of four o'clock, a triple gang
of labourers was taken to the spot and proceeded in all
haste to finish the work of pulling down the remaining
portion of the building. Jurot de Quetteville,
who happened to be in the neighbourhood about
six o'clock, on being informed of the occur-
rence, hastened to the spot and raised the well-
known " Clameur de Haro," which consists of the person
raising it falling upon his knees, and crying out, " Haro,
Haro, l'aide, mon prince !on me fait tort" The
astonished workmen immediately threw down their imple-
ments and desisted, agreeably to the law, which makes it
a punishable offence for anyone to proceed with a work
against which the " clameur ' has been raised. A special
meeting of the States was held on Monday for the consi-
deration of the subject, when, after a stormy discussion,
it was resolved to prevent all further proceedings by
armed force, if necessary, until a proper arrangement has
been agreed to between the States and the railway com-
pany for the construction of new slaughter-houses.

FEMALE INGRATITUDE.
We have already announced the overwhelming defeat
of the suffrage women in Vermont, but here is a .
incident of the campaign to which we fear the attentveit
of the sisterhood has not been carefully enough invitie
Just for the fun of the thing, a special canvass of f
woman population was made in one district (that °
Royalton), and the following was the result :
2, Number of women in the district
14 Wanted the suffrage
Didn't want it •
Didn't care
Not at home
The fact that only one woman out of 82 was not at hole
indicates, we behevethe Royalton district is one
the best and most virtuous in the State. The Royalii;t
women must be accepted as representatives of the noLlif
and wisest of their sex. If they don't want suffrag,,e,t;
can't our fair friends here let their sisters alone?---"'
York Tribune.

THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN VIRGINS'
We do not suppose that such a contrast was everos
hibited between two rival parties in this country as the
shewu in the contest for power last year between not
Conservatives and Radicals. In numbers they were far apart. In sentiment, in character and intellige ce
n ee
they were as distant as to the antipodes. On the ?,
hand, the great mass of the white population of VirOn!tli
comprising an accession of moderate Republicans,,Wde.
their coloured allies; on the other, a set mainly °I pe
luded negroes, led on by designing adventurers. ,
result was a triumphant victory for the Conservatiff of
of
the election of a Governor acceptable to the penlnethe
Virginia and the Administration the admission of d 5,
State, and a rapid advance in the value of her b°ll
Not satisfied with letting well enough al°5 et,4
and endeavouring to harmonise the contlictinc, elernen
as much as possible upon measures of State pOlicy,
spective of parties, some of our journals have made a Pell,
sistent attempt to force the issue of Federal politics entic
at an unreasonable time, and to revive the old Deltwerlbe
Party. The result has been that it has played int°
It 11
se
hands of the Radical Party most effectively.
the
driven off the moderate members of that party frcan
el
Conservatives, healed its dissensions, and made it a 'i•4'e
different organisation from what it was last year. he
hope that the Conservatives, in the election soon to toe
place, will repair these evils as much as possible, by the
enlightened policy of conciliation and kindness. The WOnij
injury that we could inflict upon the coloured race v7°o,,
be to give them power, which they are incapable of usitois
and which would soon pass from their grasp. Belt 0
course of the late Senator Bland shews that some of the.
may be intrusted with office without injury or loss of dig.
nity to the Commonwealth.—Richmond Whig.

THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE
LEVEES.

---
We see the question of reclaiming the fertile flats Of tll
lower valley of the Mississippi is attracting the attent!°l4
of Congress. It seems that the State of Louisiana, actila.
on the recommendation of the Louisville Commercial Co
ea
vention, has chartered a joint-stock company, clirgoe
with the duty of reconstructing the embankments o
river, in order to secure this prolific region from overflo"ta
The law incorporating this company gives it an will%
revenue for twenty-one years, derived from taxation cb),
the protected lands and their productions, which is to
to
collected like State taxes and placed in the treasury
the credit of the company. The main idea in the 3,
is to bring to bear on this matter of the levee
of. Louisiana the energy, thrift, and economy of private
enterprie. In its connection with the cotton supplY,tp4.
work of protecting the rich savannahs of the lower Sjo
sissippi becomes a matter of absorbing interest. Iv Pie,
we consider the immense effort which England has mad'
especially during the last ten years, to grow COtt.oo
throughout the world, we may well regard with favon,_r.di
enterprises to preserve that monopoly in the plant vv°lol
our Transatlantic friends are trying so hard to wrest fr°,s
us. It is computed that an efficient system of leveo"f
would reclaim and protect from inundation in the Statei
Louisiana about twelve million acres of land, one-in,
of which is suitable for sugar growing and the °tl'-t
half adopted to cotton. All the developoteid
that this fertile territory needs is to be guard
ea
rom the floods of the river. With such protection assail,
this region is capable of producing one million five file
dred thousand hogsheads of sugar, and three million 1)3'40
of cotton. Protect this country from overflow and 1",01
labour question will settle itself. In a few years it .%0.
become the most densely populated portion of Anierifp
We hope Congress will lend a helping hand in tot
matter. For now over eight years this magnifi,.ctehe
empire—for it is one in its resources—has been a' to
mercy of the Mississippi floods, and all who cultiva,,
there have have had to do so at their peril. It is not oit
the duty of Congress, but it is the interest a the
Government and of the people at large, that eye
aid should be extended to accomplish the great work.'
New York Herald.

ACQUITTALS ON THE GROUND OF
INSANITY.

The citizens of New York are petitioning Governor
Hoffman, to place M'Farland under the restraints of
Insane Hospital, on account of the evidence of his in;
sanity given in defence at his trial. They seem to argiii,
that when a man charged with murder pleads uns°llll,
ness of mind, to free him from accountability to then'
for the killing of his victim, that he should be taken
his word, and be placed in such custody as will prate.'
others against the repetition of such insane acts. This 3
logical enough ; but why not provide by law for such
cases ? Here, iu Pennsylvania, we have made s°#
wholesome progress in this direction. The insanity
yors' 131,,e°
was rather overdone here as well as in New
the
but, at the instance of the Medical Faculty, ;le
Superintendents of our Insane Hospitals, and s°.
other citizens who had studied the subject, our Legl',
ture, in 1869, reformed the law applicable to such cases
The act then passed provides that whenever any personio
acquitted of homicide or attempted homicide, on ,teit
ground of insanity, the jury shall declare that fact in 4`lo.
verdict, and the Court shall order the prisoner to be r
mitted to and detained in some place of confinement 11
treatment and safe keeping, from which he or she S'
not be discharged for at least three months, and not the j
unless in the unanimous opinion of the superintendent 01,1 e
managers of the hospital, and the Court which tried n
case, the prisoner has recovered and may be safely seb,4o
large. In cases of acquittal on charges for inferior gra-t.
of crime, the prisoners are to be confined, under tre;,
went, for at least three months, and not then to be 61,
charged unless entirely recovered.—Philadelphia Ledge"

L There are complaints of drought from all parts.°l
the country. In several counties the hay crop is 10111'
burnt up.
A child, ten weeks old, has been poisoned e
Brampton, near Chesterfield, by an over-dose of paregori
cautiously administered to it by its mother.
A. man who had been fined several times ill
succession for getting drunk, coolly proposed to tile
at
magistrate that he should take him by the year
reduced rate.
THE REVENUE.—From 'pril Ist to May 28th tile
national revenue amounted to 29,270,428, or more tb.d
£2,000,000 short of the sum received in the corresponclo3'r
period of last year. The expenditure was 210,087,861'1,01
£1,000,000, short of the issues from the Exchequer twe,li
months ago. The interest on the National Debt alrev,;e
amounts to more than 26,000,000, The balance in
Bank of England on Saturday last was £6,999,878. „e
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