The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-03 00:00:00

THE CRISIS IN CHINA

In reply to an inquiry by Mr. Mgn aiac, as I's'
whether there was any truth in the report contained io
telegram said to have been received from Bombay th,ly.
troops were about to be sent to China from Madras, ke
Hammond writes from the Foieign-otlice that neither 04
India-office nor the Foreign-office has any kncwlexlia'o,l
such a movement, but adds :—The report may,bide`
have originated in a native regiment being about to :e
sent to Hong-kong, in the ordinary course of service,,,,,
relieve the native -regiment which has been there for tme
last two years. There can be no doubt that Sir flelTif
Relict will take all such measures as Pl''
be found necessary and practicable for the pr.,;,,r
tection of • British subjects in China, if 91
special measures are required for the purpose. s
battalion of Marines will shortly be sent to China to
the disposal of the Admiral, and if he and Mr. Nv.3„,,e
should be of opinion that British interests at Shanghai
in danger, they are instructed to draw from Hong E:ongoor,
Japan a detachment of infantry, which, in case of ail-
gency, might be landed for purposes of protection, 511
which could remain on shore until the danger was Past.

THE IRISH CHURCH CONVENTION.
It seems that Lord Egmont's munificent donation t,°s
the Irish Church Fund is, according to his lordslxig,
wishes, to be applied as follows :—One-balf, 210,0, '9,1
intended for the diocese of Cork, the-other for the 3'01'114
purposes of the Church. At Tuesday's meeting ati he
Convention, the subject of collections in England wr'Sei
ferred to. A party in the Convention have been •P:•
enough to treat "English money" heretofore
contempt, under an idea that to accept it would r,l
to bring in a ritualistic influence. Their absuue
' notion, however has no longer any influence, on t','„
body, and when Mr. Charley, M.P., proposed the estsvo
lishment of a central committee in London, to organlse
systematic effort to raise funds throughout the countli
he was loudly applauded. Master Brooke nomina,,,
his committee for the revision of the Prayer-book, but tvof
debate on each name has yet to take place. His choiceu
clerical names is—the Dean of Cashel, Dean of Lime
,
Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh, Archdeacon of Cork, V-011.
and Rev. W. C. Plunket, the Provost of Trinity College '
the Rev. Dr. Salmon, the Rev. Dr. Reichel, the. Rev. I)_eit.
T.-sixn the Rev. J. H. Jellett, the Rev. Pakenlo,';
Walsh, the Rev. Achilles Daunt, and the Rev. "Lobe',
Hannay. For lay members he wishes to name Lord
corn, the Earls of Meath and Clancarty, Sir J. Napless
Right Hon. J. T. Ball, Messrs. Arthur, Kavanagh, 113, r;,t:
,
Smythe, Ffolliott, Macartney, Pilkin:;ton, and SPaelgli,
Those revisionists may be said to represent Low, 11-Igije
and Broad Church. • A discussion ensued on the
proposal to appoint a committee to visit and 0rg533,,1.4
parishes for the purposes of the Sustentation Fund, 1-Tie
it was finally resolved to leave this botween t,,
representative body and the diocesan coulle'
Nothin occurred to break the harmony of the cl&'
cr
proceedings. Tim subjects of comnautation to
compounding still remain to be disposed of. t4l
sittings of the Convention will probably close ike
week. The Whig absentee landlords have /jot
yet responded to the invitation of the represent':
tive body by subscribing to the Sustentation ru
Captain Cooper, late of the 93rd Regiment, brother.
Mr. ( 'oopere of Markree, county Sligo, has declared
intention to re-endow the churches on his propert3!
that they may be in the same circumstances
they are now. He has, .moreover, expressed a bot
ether landlords will follow his example.

EARL RUSSELL ON THE WAR,--We ( Daily
understand that Earl Russell is preparing a panWic
which will shortly be published, on the present W 5.
tween Germany and France.
A MISTAKE.—" W. B." writes to the Times
follows :—" In your report of the proceedings regardit,
successor to the late Mr. Martin, M.P. for Newport.
of Wight, you state that it is probable that Mr. R. be
Kennard (a former member for Newport) will 0.
brought forward. I regret to inform you that Mr.
nard died about three months since."
apt
GOLD IN MADAGASCAR..—AustraIian papers r-
to news of the discovery of gold in Madagascar. it
pears that several ounces of gold ore have been presellvhe
to the Prime Minister by some one connected with. t'ej
English mission in the island, but the present was recot
in a very ungracious manner, the Government fearing"
if gold were discovered in quantity there would )211
" rush " of Europeans to the spot, who would quic:4,
overrun and make themselves masters of the cotlo,7o'
It is stated that further search for gold has been
hibited. •

;Y• ~

THE TRUCK SYSTEM IN THE BLACK COUNTE
The Birmingham, Daily Gazette has sent a special conlo.'
sioner into the Black Country to inquire into the
of the "Truck" or " Tommy " system. The fist of.
letters, which appeared on the 31st ult., brings to l*io
an : amount of misery among the nailmaking trade ..eo
Dudley perfectly astounding. lie says :—" The 1101.7.44
of nailers are generally to be found in the lowest P.
6,
of a town or hamlet, in filthy courts and back ShOw
Take, for instance, those in budley. We find theol At
13adge1.7's-square, in a disgusting court in Tower-street,
the Bepers, and the Barracks. So.pinched with Povelvot
are the tenants of the dens and holes here situated tue,
the small rent demanded cannot regularly be paid. Co,
quently, landlords can ill afford to lay out money in repeilie
or in sanitary operations. Tenants thus become
victims of disease. Upon a recent visit to the Barraci.'eci
in Dudley, we found the houses in a miserably dilapitWitt
condition, and some of them not fit for °cc:lip:l,6°n•
close proximity to these places are the a .'l,c
nailers. It will not be surprising, then, that fevershet-L.loi:
raging in the locality. There was one case of fever At,' a
house which had seine. part of the roof off. In anott'.4
hovel was a nailer, his wife, and six children, all sugellije
from severe attacks of fever. At some of the houses:,ce
shutters were closed in consequen.oe cif the Llinost en tl}ia
absence of glass to the windows, and in one of these ,e 0
only furniture was a bench, where lay four fever-stmt"' b'
'children, and a stool, upon which sat the mother, suife,r;g%i
from the same terrible scourge, and leaning her tlio"--
head near to her mourning little ones,