The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-22 00:00:00

JUVENILE CRIMINALS.

The Archbishop of York has been speaking in his
cathedral city at a reformatory meeting, on the sub-
ject of juvenile criminals. his Grace said he wished
that the public generally would subject such matters
greater surveillance and criticism. The matter
was of the deepest importance. They possessed an
engine able to save no less than 80 percent. of the boys
committed to it, who were hitherto given up to crime.
The clergy.ought to "recognize it as a part of their
duty to strive not only with the sin within, but the
sin without." There was but one way of instilling
pure and right opinions into the juvenile mind, and
that was by educating, and conveying to them sound
principles. It was because of our nen.-
lect of education in the past that we had
so much to regret in the present. "We have been
taught," said the Archbishop, "and taught only
recently, by practical results, that social evils are
removable things; that these hundred criminals, who
fifty years ago would have been left untouched, are,
so far as eighty per cent. of them are concerned, per-
fectly reclaimable. And when we find that these
things are removable, it is our duty to make efforts
to remove them. •If we sit down and sleep—l don't
speak of the clergymen alone, I mean the laity too—
it our magistrates, tradesmen, merchants, and farmers
sit down and sleep, then sin lies at their door."

THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE LAND QUESTION.

The agitation on the Irish Land Question has
brought out many incidents which may be set off
against the charges of oppression and the declara-
tions of discontent so loudly made. In the
county of Londonderry there was a tenant-
right meeting, at which speeches were
made, and resolutions passed, expressing dissa-
tisfaction with the landlord system. It has been
followed by a demonstration of a different kind at
Newtown Limavady, where the Kennaught Farming
Society held its annual ploughing matches and
dinner. The healths of Mr. Ogilvy, the
lord of the soil, of the Marquis of Water-
ford and the Fishmongers' Company, and
of the county members and resident land-
lords, were proposed in terms of high eulogium,
and enthusiastically received. The latter toast was
acknowledged by Sir F. W. Hey-gate, Bart., M.P.
for Londonderry. He had been, he said, for
many years a resident landlord, and his first
duty and chief pleasure was to watch and contribute
to the progress of the county. Ho deprecated the
condition of being obliged to relinquish improve-
ments, and expressed his belief that great amend-
ments might be made in the present state of the
law. He said that the greater number of landlords
were as anxious as lie was that all irritation
should be removed. He admitted that there
had been some bard cases of eviction, and that it
wu aid be right for the Legislature to apply a remedy
to prevent injustice and wrong. A vote of thanks
wa3 accorded to Sir Frederick for his " manly utter-
ances on the land question."

BISHOP ELLICOTT ON INTEMPEIIANCE.

Bishop Ellicott has addressed a meeting of work-
ing men, held on behalf of the Bristol Church Aid
Fund, on the Church and the People. He spoke of
the influences which had conduced to the
Church of England losing her hold in a
great measure on the masses. He would
not say that the blame rested altogether with the
working classes. The Church had not been sufficiently
energetic in endeavouring to stay the evils which
had brought about so lamentable a result. Chief
among these was the prevailing habit of
intemperance. He believed that this was
the cause of causes in regard to the neglect of
reliaion_ ot_ which the 44d heard 19 witch.