The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-25 00:00:00

THE AMERICANS ON GENERAL LEE.

The New York papers contain interesting com-
ments on the late General Lee. The Herald ob-
serves that the reunited Union cannot withhold
its tribute from the departed• General, who
possessed the true instincts of soldierly honour.
He also deserves high praise for the course he pur-
sued atter his surrender. The Tribune thinks he will
live in the history of his country as the most promi-
nent and least odious of the sons who sought her
overthrow. He made a great and pathetic figure in
American annals; and after his overthrow-he bore
himself manfully and modestly. The Times says
that he proved efficient in every service which was
intrusted to his hands; and his personal integrity
was well known. He believed that his first allegi-
ance was due to the State of his birth; but it cost
him a severe struggle to throw up his commission in
the Federal army. The Times also renders its tribute
to the moderation which General Lee displayed after
the war had terminated, and declares that by his
unobtrusive modesty and purity of life, he won the
respect of those who most bitterly deplored and
reprobated his course in the rebellion. The greatest
distress prevailed at Richmond on the announcement
of General Lee's death. The effect was most crush-
nig, and a deep feeling of gloom pervaded the whole

community. The bells of the city were tolled from
sunrise to sunset. The people of Lexington were
anxious that General Lee should be laid with Stone-
wall Jackson, whose last words were, "Bury me at
Lexington in the valley of Virginia." General Lee
was much admired in social lite. He was beloved
by his servants for his kindness and consideration to
them. He was noted for his piety, and was believed
to come nearer to the ideal of the sollier and Chris-
tian Geneial than any man in the country.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, OCT. 22.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove
out in the morning, and in the afternoon her Majesty
again drove out with Prince Leopold, attended by the
Marchioness of Ely.

Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived at the Castle, and had
the honour of dining with the Queen. The Right Hon.
W. E. Forster had also the honour of dining with her
Majesty.
The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended
by Viscountess Walden.
Prince Arthur, attended by Lieutenant Pick rd
arrived at Frogmore on Saturday, on a visit to Prince
and Princess Christian. His Royal Highness r urned
to the Ranger's Lodge, Greenwich, on Sunday eve in
Prince Christian left Frogmore yesterday morni
visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Cheveley Park New
market.

WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION.

The award of prizes in connection with this exhibition
was fixed to take place yesterday at the Agricultural Hall,
Islington, by the Lord Mayor of London. The proceed-
ings did not commence until half-past four o'clock, when
his lordship arrived, accompanied by the sheriffs
and other City dignitaries. By this time
th' Hall presented a most animated appearance.
The secretary (Mr. Patterson) stated that the exhibition
had been, on the whole, a most successful one, the com-
petitors running through almost every class of art.
Through the unhappy war, however, now prevailing, the
amount of prizes at the disposal of the committee was not
that which they would otherwise have had. Yet several
of the honourable guilds of the city had contributed to the
fund. The number of prize-takers amounted to 1,100,
and it would be impossible to go through the list on the
present occasion. It would, however, be ready for publi-
cation on Friday, which he hoped would meet with the
wishes of those present. The Lord Mayor said he re-
gretted, as stated by the Secretary, that the exhibition
had fallen in bad times; but the minds of the people had
been so absorbed in the war that hardly a thought had
been given to anything else. He thought, however, that
these exhibitions were the commencement of technical
education, for here the English labourer would be put
against the Italian, for instance ; and the British
workman would be the better able to distinguish his
shortcomings. But it should be remembered that working
men could be successful in these exhibitions without help.
We must elevate every class if we wish them to take
that position in the world of competition which this
institution had the object of bringing about. In going
through the various classes it would be evident
that the requirement of the exhibitor was only
that of taste, and that was only to be obtained
by education. He believed the people of England were
equal to any amount of art exhibitions, but there must be
night schools, and schools of various kinds, so that the
working man who had genius should have an opportunity
of developing it by education.

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