The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-24 00:00:00

THE LATE EARL ST. mAun.

the unhappy family dispute between the Duchess
of Somerset and Dr. 'Williams seems not yet to have
been shorn of its publicity. Messrs. Longman, Green,
and Co. have published a pamphlet entitled " The
ease of the late Earl St. Maur, by C. B. Williams,
M.D." Messrs. Beachcroft and Thompson, solicitors
to the Duke of Somerset, write to the Times to the
effect that as the family of the'deceased cannot permit
a publication of that nature, addressed to the general
public and containing numerous errors, to pass without
corrections, they have the authority of the Duchess
of Somerset to state that she does not recognise any
of the incidents as related ; that she never made use
of any of the phrases attributed to her ; and that the
letter without signature supposed to come from Dover-
street was never written by her. Surely it is now
time to seal the controversy with Bequiescat in
puce,
1. PAUPER EMIGRATION.
At Poplar the guardians of the union have resolvea
to authorise the relief committees to assist emigrants
to the extent of £2 for each adult. As a
matter of form, it was necessary to
apply to the Poor-law Board for their
sanction to this step. The Poor-law Board has dbl..
appointed, to a slight extent, the friends of emigra-
tion, by saying that, much as it desires to afford
facilities for assisting emigration, it will be necessary
for the entire board of guardians to ratify the
proceedings of the relief committees in these cases.
Now, it may happen, not improbably, that in some
instances one or two members of the board may ob-
ject to such relief, and then it seems as if this little
bit of red-tape regulation would act as a drawback
to the movement which, in the interest of the poor,
will be all the more effectual for not being delayed
in its operation.

A PLEASANT BOARD OF GIJAUDIANS.
The St. Pancras guardians must have uneasy days
and restless nights. Many a worthy paterfamilias
among them must heartily wish that he had never
been elected to his position of unpleasant
prominence in the eyes of the world.
Their last split is in this wise. A. minority has
desired to abandon certain school
ld be annexed
which were being
erected, and that their district su to
the Central London School District. In fact, tired
out with rows of all sorts, they wanted something to
be taken off their hands. The proposed abandonment
of the schools was, however, opposed by other
guardians, who forwarded a memorial to the Poor
Law Board' on the subject. The result was that the
Poor Law Board has shattered the hopes of those
who wished to get the schools off their hands, and
the reading of the letter containing this decision was
unfortunately made the occasion of a scene disgraceful
to any board in a civilised country. The vilest epi-
thets were applied to the spirit of the letter, and one
gentleman, referring to the memorial which was the
cause of the precious disturbance, asked who had
signed the memorial. " Who werethe
fellows who went slyly stabbing 'their
neighbours dastardly
in the back P Where werethey the
were l ker s ?
Let them come forth ifhonest
men and have a fairstand s"
This must have been pleasant foit he persons
al-
luded to, who .were all the time sitting opposite the
speaker. u fi gh t .