The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-27 00:00:00

THE CRISIS IN AUSTRIA,

On Saturday Count Potocki, the l'resident of the
Vienna Ministry, presented a report to the Emperor,
proposing the dissolution of the R4lobsrath, and of all the
Diets except that of Bohemia, This document has not
been published. The Ministry states that some of the
demands which have been made for a reform
of the ConstitutioA, are not without foundation,
and it, remains to consider the best means,
of effecting a change. They then proceed to say that the
" idea of a dissolutioU of the legislative assemblies of the
empire, in order to give more weight to their opinions and
demands by new elections, has been one of the principal
subleots under the consideration of the Ministry." It
appears to the Ministry that the reorganisation of the
constitutional rights of the countries represented in the
Reichsrath so as to preserve the general interests, and at
the same time to satisfy all just individual claims, can
only be effected if the population of those countries is
directly given an opportunity of giving expression and
due weight to its opinions and political tendencies by
new elections. The Minister believes, however,
that an exception to the general dissolution of the
Diets should be made in the case of Bohemia.
The Ministry has not been able to convince itself
that the Bohemian Diet would send deputies to the
Reichsrath , and the difficulties of a solution would only
perhaps have been increased by new elections and the
hostile attitude of the Diet towards the Constitution." In
consequence of this report, a decree, signed by the Em-
peror and all the members of the Ministry, has been
issued, dissolving the Reiohsrath and all the Diets of,
Western Austria except that of Bohemia.

The parochial authorities of most of the Metro-
politan parishes have this morning, akeording to custom
on Ascension-day, gone through tho ceremony of marking
their parochial boundaries—ealied, in parochial language,
"Beating the Bounds,"

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HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Sill:Wit, Barwise's Book.
And A Kiss in the Dark.
PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. Dearest

Mamma.
ißr;eziekrAt 7.30, fig Own liival, Breaking the Spell. At 8 3C,,

Little Faust.
eOLYMPIC -At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner,
I'he 'Varsity Pop,t Race.
Gairyy—At Seven, The Man of Quality. The Princess of Tre
bizonde,

quEEN's—At Seven, My Wife% Pemtipf. 'Twist Axe and Crown.
STRAND—At Seven. Loving Hearts. Sir Grp.9pge and a Dragon.
VAUDEVILLE—FoX 140Yde hp 7 Money. Lou Carlos.
Sz Ltaiss's—At Seveu, Fxou pron. La Belle Sauvage.
ICTOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SiETel BpOK. Egyptian Hall, Pic-
cadilly, °feu Evening (except Satni•df.o, at 8; Saturday Morn-
gs at 3. Adraissien is, 28,35.
CltgasTT MaNsTams. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at t); Wed-
nesdays aad Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.
MADAME TESSAUP'S EXRustmN, Bakpr-street, from 11 a.m. till
5.30 p.m., and from 7 till 0 p.p. Admission, Is.; extra
rooms, ed,
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dOOLOGIcAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open eaaii except Sur-
dW). Admission, Is. ; on aioutiap, 64. p kld,ren under
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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 187 a

and he undertakes various other duties alike im. '
portant and separate. The old rule touching
jacks of all trades applies to him. Some
of his occupations are neglected alto-
gether, some he does badly, and some
he does spasmodically, though he performs great
feats upon them now and then. How, for instance,
does he deal with gamblers ? Everybody knows
that pitch and toss flourishes triumphantly
in most low districts, and that Sunday
is the day specially devoted to the noble
sport. Now and then, however, a great raid is
got up; " the force" stops up all the avenues with
disguised representatives, whilst a detachment of
open and above-board blues seize a number of
offenders and walk them off. The prisoners are
made uncomfortable for the time being. But the
captures are not nearly numerous enough to
act as scarecrows to the general body of
Sunday gamblers, and accordingly the few victims
might as well be allowed to roam in peace. How
does the policeman deal with night-houses ? He is
endowed with the serious privilege of entering
them whenever he likes. As a rule he does not
think it worth his while to trouble himself
on the score of these institutions. At times, how-
ever, conscience pricks him, and he indulges in
various mad freaks, such as did an inspector and a
sergeant some time ago, when they took a
(for a time) innocent house by storm, in-
sisted upon entering the landlady's bath
room, though they had no reason to think that
any prey was inside, and finally remained on the
stairs all night, departing with the dawn as wise as
they had come. How does the policeman deal with
public-houses ? He may be above corruption ;
but he has not read Austin or Bentham,
and his appreciation of the theory of Utility is
not so nice -that he sees the exact need for
closing public houses at precisely the legal time,
especially if he gets a glass of beer as the reward of
indulgence. As a matter of fact, he often does come
in for a little spiritual support by stretching a point
in the way of time. The thing is frequently done ;
nor is it at all likely that the average policeman sees
the evil of it.

It is probable that much might be done to improve
the efficiency of the police by giving these special
duties to special men, and withdrawing the
policeman proper to his rightful function, the
guardianship of property. It is likely, for instance,
that night-houses would be kept in much better order
if there was a body of men whose sole business it
was to attend to them. There is no reason, too, why
public-houses should not have their special inspec-
tors, and the same may be said of other
branches of police work. Such a division
of labour exists in all other businesses; why not
in the great business of tracking crime? Its advan-
tages are obvious. At present every policeman has,
in addition to what may be called his pri-
mary duty, to attend to various details, which
distract his attention, and which, after all,
are not properly managed. The number of men
required to watch all the night-houses in London
could not be large, and their employment would
set all the rest of the force free from that
particular task. When a policeman was
wanted to apprehend a burglar, he would not be
found waiting on the stairs of a Haymarket house,
nor would he be found lounging about the door of a
public-house, if it happened to be closing time, as he
often is now. Moreover, it is undeniable that
the work of these separate departments would
be performed much better than it is now. The men
engaged would give their sole attention to the one
duty with which they were entrusted. They would
be less liable to corruption in perambulating a
considerable extent of ground, and pouncing
down unexpectedly here and there, than is the
policeman whose beat is confined within a limited
space. Their failure in one department like-
wise, would •be more conspicuous. How far
or in what way this subdivision should
be carried out is a matter of detail which cannot be
advantageously discussed here; but that som ethic;
of the kind is needed in large towns is clear.

;nand for medical assistance and the bene-

fits of nursing for sick children have increased
in far greater proportion than the supply that has
been afforded to them, and those who would wish
to benefit the needy must see that their charitable
donations cannot he more worthily bestowed than in
the support of this hospital. It is one of the most
painful, and at the same time most perplexing sug-
gestions in connection with the relief of the poor
that too much is done for them, and that heavy sums
are spent on undeserving objects. Surely these
strictures cannot apply to the recipients of the
bounty of the institution in Great Ormond-street.
It comes to this if strangers do not help them, who
can, their parents are quite precluded from the
office, and as to the complaint of the money being
wasted, which figures to so great an extent in the
diatribes on other charities that is equally inapplic-
able. In the first place there can be no pretence ;
a child cannot feign suffering ; and there is no
greater service to render to society than to improve
the health of the weakly, and eradicate disease from
the sick and afflicted. There is nothing more sad,
amid the many calamities which are entailed by the
thousand ills that flesh is heir to, than to see young
children pining away for want of care and common
comfort, neglected and ill-used by those who do not
comprehend their sufferin gs, or treated wrongfully
by well-meaning but ignorant attendants. Those
who study the short and simple annals of
the poor know that the sins of the fathers
arc visited upon the children to a greater extent than
in the higher ranks of life. A drunken father, or
careless mother, will cause fearful suffering to the
able-bodied, but for the sick one of the family it is
difficult to estimate the misery that is thus endured.
The recipients of this charity cannot plead for them-
selves, but that should be an additional claim on
those who have the means to aid them. The
list of subscriptions on Wednesday was a very
considerable one, and those who were prevented
from joining the entertainment should perform
their part in aiding the good work, for they may
rest assured that the money thus spent will not be
regretted in after times, since abundant proof hus
been furnished that it is put to a worthy use.

An official statement was made in the House of
Commons yesterday, by Mr., Monsell, in reference
to the Fenian raid in Canada, but it did not add to
the information which had been published by the
press. The statement that the President of the
United States had issued a proclamation warn-
ing the American subjects against a violation
of the neutrality laws was received with
loud demonstrations of approVal. The Irish Land
Bill again occupied the attention of the House for
many hours. There were many amendments on the
paper, and they were rapidly disposed of. The Bill
will probably be read a third time on Monday. The
remaining business which was transacted was un-
important.

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, May 25.

Yesterday being the anniversary of her Majesty's birth-
day, the chofr from Crathie z ttended at the Castle at three
o'clock. and had the honour of performing a selection of
music before her Majesty.
The Queen went out in the morning, accompanied by
Princess Louise.

In the afternoon the Queen drove out with Princess
Louise and Princess eatrico.

The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at a meeting in
aid of the funds of St. George's Hospital, held at Hanover-
sqrare Rooms. The Princess of Wales accompanied the
Prince. In attendance were the Countess of Mort n and
General Sir W. Knollys.
The King of the Belgians visited the Prince and Princess
of Wales at Marlborough House, and remained to luncheon.

The Prince of WALES had a gracious task to per-
form on Wednesday evening, in presiding over the
anniversary festival in aid of the Hospital for Sick
Children. Of all the charities which abound in
London, there is none which appeals more power-
fully to the sympathies of the kindly disposed and
benevolent than this one The children of the poor,
when attacked by sickness, are among the most help-
less and unfortunate of sufferers, and it seems only
surprising that a work of this sort was not contem-
plated at an earlier period, During the eighteen
years the -Hospital in Great Ormond-street has
been in existence, it has amply justified the wis-
dom of those who proposed its establishment, and ren-
dered the greatest:services to the young members nf the
community for whom it was designed. In proposing
the toast of " Success to the Institution," the Prince
of WALES briefly put the chief facts of the case be-
fore his auditory, and pointed out the duty and pri-
vilege which laid before them of rendering assistance
to so valuable a Society. He took for granted that
they occasionally passed through some of the narrow
alleys and unhealthy streets with which the metropo-
lis abounds. In these wretched places many sick and
suffering children may be met with struggling into
maturity or pining away from neglect, in either case
a burden to themselves and others. It is an encou-
raging sign in the history of this Hospital that, after
eighteen years have passed away a new building is
required to carry out its purposes. The present
structure is nearly two hundred years old, and
many parts are in a most dilapidated condition.
Those who may be inclined to aid in consolidating so
excellent a charity will feel some interest in dwelling
en some of the details connected with its history. It
was established in 1852 by Dr. WEST and Dr. BENCE
JONES, who felt the urgent necessity that existed for
some such provision for the helpless and suffering
children of the poor. Until this charity was opened
there had been no similar institution in England, al-
though many of the continental cities enjoyed the
advantages of such an institution. however, this
was an illustration of the proverb, " better late than
never," for the example thus tardily set by London
has been followed by other cities in the kingdom.
Edinburgh, Birmingham, Liverpool, and other large
towns having established kindred societies for the relief
of the sick children of the destitute classes.

REPORTING OF THE IRISH LAND BILL.
Last night, as will be seen from our Parliamentary Report,
the Irish Land Rill was duly, and finally passed through
committee amid considerable cheering. The Secretary for
Ireland immediately afterwards fixed the third reading for
Monday.

GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS ON EDUCA.

TION BILL.

A great improvement wars made lakt summer by
the Council of the Institution in opening a conva-
lescent home at Highgate which can accommodate
56 children. This is a most useful adjunct to the
original institution, and its utility has been clearly
demonTrated. If we take a glance at the progress
which the ho§p4al has made we shall feel surprise as
well as gratification. In 1862 the number of in-
patients was 143, and of out-patients 15,7 e0—
(cheers)--showing an increase of 566 in-patients,
and of no less than 14,530 out-patients. (Renewed
cheers.) The increase in the income of the charity
has been proportionately satisfactory. In 1852 the
reCeii-ts were only 18505 last year they were
£2,750, or an increase 'of £2,410. The de-

The amendments at last decided upon by her Majesty's
Government, by way of moCAfication in the Education Bill
as originally submitted to the House of Commons by Mr.
Forster, include among them, it will be seen, a time-table
conscience clause for all schools, but no limitation of the
character:of the religious teaching.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND ST. GEORGE'S

HOSPITAL.

Nora.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is winning
golden opinions from all sorts of men by the earnest way in
which he is acquitting himself of the responsibilities of his
high position—presiding- within these last few days as he has
done in rapid succession over the annual dinners given in
aid, now of the Theatrical Fund, now of the Hospital
for Sick Children, now as recently as only yesterday at the
public meeting holden at the Hanover-square R,,oms in fur-
therance of the noble charity of St. George's Hospital.

ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FROM INDIA.
Her Majesty's Indian screw relief troopship Jumna,
whose arrival at Portsmouth, from Bombay, via the Suez
Canal, we announced yesterday, disembarked the troops
and other passengers she brought to Eagland, as per sub-
joined list, in the afternoon at the dockyard transport jetty;
—From Bombay.-77th Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Kent
and Mrs Kent, Surgeon Holton, Major Orpon ; Captains
Leggatt, Harvey, Skeene, Waters, and Mrs W. Ben-
laugh, Lyon, and Moseley ; Assistant-Surgeons Haus-
man and Bennett ; Paymaster Longden, Mrs. Longden, and
three children ; Lieutenants Henderson, Topp, Forte
Byrne, Spence, Hollingworth, Beadwell, and Hornby ; Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant White ; Ensigns Fisher, Thornton,
Dawson, Graham, Fenton, Brown, and Wastmacott ; 550
non-commissioned officers and privates ; 30 soldiers
wives, and 73 children, Captain Hale, 26th Regi-
ment ; Captain Eastman, R.E., Mrs. Eastman, and
three children ; Captain Macoamara, 93d Regiment ;
Mrs Macnamara, and four children ; Captain Noble,
41st Regiment, and Mrs Noble ; Lieut. Ramsay, 21st Hus-
sars ' • Lieut. French, 12th Regiment ;- Lieut. Beazley, 102 d,
and Mrs Beazley and child; Lieut. Garcias, Staff Corps;
Lieut. Sparkes, Staff Corps;" and Mrs. Sparkes and child;
Ensign Tarleton, Bengal Army, Mrs Tarleton, and six
children ; Lieut. rantley, 38th Regiment ; Lieutenant
Douglas, 7th Fusiliers; 42 time-expired and invalided
soldiers ; 11 soldiers' wives, and 29 children. Captain
Rich, R.N., Lieutenant Woodruffe, R.N., and Dr Clan,
i R.N. from her Majesty's Indian relief troopship Malabar;
Dr S. A. Willes, and Messrs Turner and Page, from
the Euphrates ; Assistant Engineer King, trom the steam-
tug Prompt; and 80 seamen and marines, invalids, and
time-expi:ed men from her Majesty's ships in the Indian
and Rod Seas. From Malta.—Lieutenant Ramsbotham, 64th
Regiment;, 64 invalided and time-expired soldiers Loin
vario a corps, accompanied by 20 women and 18 children.
The naval passengers from Malta comprised :—Lieut. Byles
and Assist-Engineer Gregory, with 11 invalided seamen
from her Majesty's ship Hibernia. The 77th Regiment on
disembarking were marched into quarters in the Cambridge
Barracks, Portsmouth, where the regiment remains in quar-
ters lately occupied by the 46th Regi cent, removed to
Winchester. The invalided soldiers were transferred from
the Jumna to the Iloyal Victoria Military Hospital at
Netley, and the time-expired men were sent on to their
regimental depots.

It is said that Mr. Shirley Brooks will probably
succeed the late Mark Lemon in the editorship of Punch.
The hearing of the Tipperary election petition
commences at Nenagh to-morrow. • ' ' •

It is stated in the Scotsman that Mr. Disraeli con-
tinues very unwell, although there Is nothing in the state
of his health to excite apprehension

The Dublin Evening Standard, a Conservative
journal, announces incorporation with the Dublin Evening
Mail.

A former member of the Dean of Exeter's con-
gregation at Paddington has left him her plate, furniture,
and £lO,OOO.

LITERATUhE

By Lady Emily PonsOnby, author of " The Discip-

line of Life." -3
Vols. Hurst and Blackett

Lady Emily Ponsonby in al/ her works endeavours to
enforce a noble lesson—the lesson so happily el itomised by
the American Poet— •

" Not enjoyment and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way,
But to act that each to-morrow
Find us further than to-day."

" The Discipline of Life " wt s the theme of
one of the earliest works of the author of " Nora.''

It consisted of two or three very beautifully written
tales, and achieved a considerable success. The object of
the present work is to exhibit the ill effects of prejudi.ces
and personal antipathy, but the manner in which this very
desirable object is enforced, is to say the least of it somewhat
exaggerated. In the opening of the took, we make the
acquaintance of an eccentric and wealthy old bachelor
of the name of Smythe, who, to his indignation
and amazement, is appointed guardian to a youth-
ful damsel. "A little girl, good Heavens!' he ex-
claims, in horror. He accepts the responsibility, however,
and does his best, and when the fair heiress is persem.ted by
a fortune-hunting visitor, the poor guardian declares that
'his ward must marry, and if she will marry
no one else, be will marry her himself. The
young lady, who is one of the most inane, nay-yea
characters, or no-characters, that ever novelist described,
readily agrees, and some time later the unfortunate Mr.
Smyth e again exclaims, with new dismay, "A little girl,
good Heavens !" but this time the unwelcome little girl is
no other than his daughter, Miss Annora Smythe. This
young lady, whe, on becoming her own mistress, simplifies
her name into Nora Smith, is the heroine of the tale. Her
birth disappoints a family of cousins who had been count-
ing on the old bachelor's wealth, and she isin con& quencethe
object of very unjust abhorrence. Her young cousin Herbert,
the hero of the tale, is taught from childhood to regard her with
hatred, and his senseless and extravagant animosity is near
akin to madness. The tale is altoget her very improbable
in its incidents, and malignant hatred, such as that displayed
by this very perverse family, is not an every-day subject for
the discipline of life. The stor y itself is well written, and
the mystery of the denouemen tis preserved to the very end.
"Nora" well sustains, but does not increase, the literary
reputation of its author.

Pa&nor's History of the Parish of St. Pancras. One Vol.
Pp. 322. Samuel Palmer.
A thousand years having nearly rolled by since the origi-
nal formation of the Parish of St. Pancras, that important
and ancient portion of the great metropolis has at length
found its historian. Until now the task has not been at-
tempted, or at any rate, for certain, until now, it has never
been performed. The work of compilation, therefore, under-
taken by Mr. Palmer has been very laborious and compli-
cated. And it is not merely that the writer of this
book has accumulated an immense store of hitherto
scattered, and many of them half-forgotten, data,
for the first time in these pages—he has invested them with
a new interest by reason of the. entertaining manner in
which they are recounted, and the orderly and sequential
lucidity with which they aro arranged. The parish of St.
Pan, ras, it should be remembered, is one of the very largest
in the kingdom—the largest, by the way, being the parish of
Eling, in the midst of the New Forest, down in Hampshire.
Answering the sylvan character still pursued in a great
measure by the parish of Eling, the parish of St. Pancras
originally formed part of that great forest of Middlesex,
whi h, at one time, extended far into Reef/ rdshire, and the
last remnants of which are still to be seen in the ancient
elms, and oaks, and beech, and holly, trees, constituting the
chief glory, even now, of the loveliest of all our Parks,
Kensington Gardens. The mere area of St. Pancras is re-
markable, containing as it does, 27,000 acres of land, the
circuit of it embracing no less than one and twenty miles—
the population numbering a quarter of a million. St.
Pancras having at last found its historian in Mr.
Palmer, it if wonderful to he ar from him in rapid suc-
cession the right reasons there are— anew and to spare—
why its history, as a parish, should long before now have
been written and treasured up. Here, in St. Pancras, King
John had a royal palace in Tottenham-court-road—hence
its designation, Here, too, in Kentish-town, Queen Eliza-
beth had a hunting palace, whence she used to gaily forth
a-hawking, and upon other sylvan sports and recreations.
Here, again, Nell Gwynne, the lowliest born, and the
most beloved of all the mistresses of King Charles
the Second had, for rs while, a ; rivate residence.
Here, previously, red-nosed Noll (strange contrast to pretty
Nell !), the Lord Protector Cromwell, had a palatial dwell-
ing-house in Flornsey-lane, at Highgate. About the only
unsatisfactory part of Mr. Palmer's whole elaborate per for m-
ance is the account given by him, at pp. 18-22, of the life and
death, just before the close of tke third century, of the
Patron Saint of the Parish, the handsome boy Of
fifteen, St. Pancratius. Had it occured to the author, he
might have found more authentic materials for this
little biography "ready to hand" iu the la a Cardinal
Wiseman's beautiful tale of the Catacombs, Fabiola.
It is peculiarly interesting to note, in regard to the
old Parish Church of St. Pancras, that, as Mr. Palmer
himself tells us (p. 23), not only is it' said to be the
first Christian place of worship erected in the County of,
Middlesex, in the eighth or ninth century, but it was "the
last parish church in England in which the rites and
ceremonies of the Roman Catholic religion were performed,
and the last, also, whose bell tolled for Mass after the Re-
formation." The date of this historical building is stated
to be A.D. 1350. Singularly interesting and varied are the
memorabilia here brought together by the researches
of the is defatigable archeologist who has here labo-
riously gathered together all that is most worthy
of note in regard 'to the Parish of St. Pancras.
The result of his labours he has respectfully dedicated to a
former rector of the parish whose annals they celebrate
—the very reverend gentleman recently deceased (upon
the very morrow, as it were, of the be k's publication),
meaning the late Roy. Thomas Dale, Canon of St.
Paul's, and Dean of Rochester. Mr. Palmer gives us
a list of the Vicars of St Pancras from Fulcherius,
the priest, made perpetual Vicar, with an annual pension.
of : 2s A.D. 1183, to the present Vicar, Anthony Wilson
There'd, Prebendary of York, appointed (with a slightly
better annual income than 25.) in August, 1869. The
list of churchwardens has a gap of merely six
years unmarked, but is otherwise complete from 1660 to
1868-1869. Much interesting anecdotal matter may
here also be found in regard to many well-known inhabi-
tants, at different times, of the Parish of St. Pancras, in-
cluding among these the Abbe Carron, Samuel Cole-
ridge, the poet, Ned Ward, the poetaster; George
Whitfield and Major Cartwright ; the Rev. William
Harnessand the Rev. Edward Irving; Charles Mathews the
comedian, and Charles Dickens the novelist, with a number
of other very miscellaneous celebrities.