The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-09 00:00:00

MR. GOLDWIN SMITH.

The Standard says that Mr. Goldwin Smith, from his
safe retreat in the Cornell University, seeing in a work of
fictionby Mr. Disraeli the character of an Oxford pro-
fessor, of overflowing vanity, of intense bumptiousness,
11 restless arrogance—shallow, conceited, and a
social parasite," makes haste to put on the cap,
Vying out lustily, " That's me !" Not content with
rendering this tribute to the keenness and truth of
'lt Disraeli's portraiture, Mr. Goldwin Smith
resorts to foul language, and in the opprobrious terms
roper to the angry victim of satire, retorts that Mr.
„ israeli is a " coward," and avers that his aspersions are
Stingless insults." This is not the first time that we
have seen the man most prone to venomousness and
currility horribly sensitive to any attack upon his own
character. No man ever abused another with so
much recklessness,
bitterness, with so much pertinacity, with so
recklessness, as Mr. Goldwin Smith has abused
rr• Disraeli. He has exhausted every resource and
cvice of vituperation in the personal objurgation of
a inan who could be known to Mr. Goldwin Smith
°IIIY as a political adversary. We shall not venture to
_eProduce the shameful and insulting epithets which Mr.
Goldwin Smith, out of his prolific vocobulary, has at
al'ious times applied to Mr. Disraeli. There is scarcely
any Crime of which a politician could be guilty, scarcely
VA' baseness with which a gentleman could be charged,
'lOl Mr. Goldwin Smith has not imputed
tither directly or indirectly to Mr. Disraeli—either
speech or in writing. Mr. Disraeli's sole reply
t" au this long course of vituperation—of vituperation
unparalleled in modern political history—was in a con-
silence, broken only once, when he alluded to
'146 ex-professor as " that wild man."

THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE IRISH LAND BILL.
The Rouse of Landowners, says the Telegraph, has on
reassembling, to discuss a bill which in several respects
i7olutionises the rules for the tenure and use of land
,„4,l'erte accepted everywhere in the United Kingdom ;
the bill is presented to it by statesmen with
110111 an actual majority of that patrician as-
Benablage has no political sympathy. Yet nothing is
more certain than that the Lords will pass the great
'measure of the session, the Irish Land Bill, substantially
as it has left the Commons. In a political no less than in
a social sense, its urgency has been admitted by them all;
&I if one or two members, representing honest but eccen-
""e individualism of opinion and conduct, should be dis-
tosed to carry their prejudices against certain provisions
i° the length of endangering the bill as a whole, it
the Opp osi Certain,tion thabut the t not
thouonlghtful statesmen the resonsi e leaders of
,
• the noble order and the true judgment of the times,
would shrink from so grave a defiance of public
lie,litinient—from so arrogant a denial of the wish de-
b nerately expressed by the nation. It may, then,
-a. anticipated that the course adopted by the Upper
'Louse will be, in the highest sense of the words, patriotic
t1,(1 tbrudent. Possibly a natural leaning to well-estab-
t 84eCL principles in social and political economy may die-
thea• te introduction of certain amendments, practically
ifil favour of the ladlord. though nominally designed to
iirther freedom of contract and to discourage litigation.
v lit it is very unlikely that such alterations will be extra-
agent in their scope—or that, if opposed by the Govern-
ent and the Commons, and deprecated by. the avowed
of the sister country, they will be maintained with
heedless obstinacy.

SUGAR DEALERS.
u The Daily News says that Mr. Crawford has resolved
the appealing to the House of Commons to treat
large dealers in sugar with equity. A con-
cession has already been made. The sugar-refiners
have been allowed a partial drawback, while those
r„ho, like our correspondents, have large quantities of
",,gat in the premises of these refiners are refused all
tTori9ensation. It is urged. moreover, that many firms
of large stocks because they relied upon the assurances
wo Chancellor of the Exchequer that they
be d be fairly dealt with in the event of th? duty
1,1,11 g reduced. They affirm that their grievance is thir
bL'ensified. We cannot but think that the whole case is
Oei(sl oil some misunderstanding. The Chancellor of the
"euequer may often say some harsh things, but he is too
astute
bly • a man to persist in doing unwise ones. He proba-
,,_ ;will not require much pressure to induce him to re-
the dissatisfaction which he has occasioned. The
PrettrlicY is that which gives no person any reasonable
for alleging that he suffers unduly in order that
ethermay be satisfied.

~.ouAprrAL PuNisilmENT GERMANY.—Dr. F. von
lzendorff, Professor of Law in the University of Ber-
.itr ,in a letter to Mr. William Tallackt the secretary of
to ethri °ward Association, London, writes, in reference
the e
I\7
oruniform imposition of the new pe
il code
.on ll
th Gernian States :—" I consider tna impossible to
an,3711-he,. any man in the states of Saxony, Oldenburg,
Prior—el:nen, where capital punishment was obolished
thee- to the. promulgation of the new dode. De acto
a d-: countries will maintain their present custom, under
that guise
of commuting all capital sentences." He adds
although by a bare majority, the North German
from rescinded its vote for abolition under pressure
nli":"4 Count ]Bismarck, yet "up to the last moment the
YierireitY was against capital punishment," and only
code d to prevent the total postponement of the
.new
, and front a consideration that under its provisions,
tw'o capital penalty will be restricted in future to
viouselryillies in Prussia, instead of extent to 14 as pre-

TRR
OP PRUSSIA AS EMPEROR OF GFR-
-44-• tThe Eastern End get bears the report that the
babla"
ofTaption by the King of Prussia of the title of Emperor
him enlianY will form the subject of negotiations between
the Emperor Alexander at Ems is very impro-
• e, as it is Only a short time ago that Her von Thite,
in▪ the
1-iord L -
absence of Count Bismarck, positively declared to
Ahe oftus that his Majesty had no such intention, and
to himself subsequently confirmed this declaration
"AO LOrditip.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL C U RT.— (THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
THE CHARGES AGAINST PARK AND
BOULTON.
This day Frederick William Park, 22, clerk, and Ernest
Boulton, 23, clerk, were arraigned on several indictments,
which alleged conspiracy with others to commit a certain
offence with each other, conspiring to induce others to do
the same, and for that, they being men, unlawfully did
conspire and agree together to disguise themselves as
women, and to frequent divers places of public resort so
disguised, and thereby openly and scandalously outrage
public decency and corrupt the public morals.
The Attorney-General and Mr. Poland, instructed by
the Treasury, prosecuted, and Mr. Sergeant Parry, with
Mr. Besley and Mn Straight, for the prisoners. Mr.
Montagu Williams watched the case for Mr. Haxell, the
proprietor of the Exeter Hotel, Strand.
The Grand Jury found a true bill on the previous after-
noon against Lord Arthur Clinton, William Summerville,
Fisk, Cummings, Louis Hurt, Thomas, and Park and
Boulton, and on the application of the prosecuting counsel,
Mr. Poland, warrants were ordered by the learned judge
to be issued against those on whom warrants had not been
previously granted.
Both prisoners, who looked very pale and weak, pleaded
in a firm but low voice Not Guilty to all the indictments.
Mr. Sergeant Parry said he had an application to make
for the postponement of the trial till next sessions. With
reference to the indictments, several charges of a serious
nature were made against the prisoners, which had been
very indistinctly made before, and of which the defence had
not had clear notice, and in fact was in a state of ignorance un-
til the indictments were read. As to the charge for misde-
meanour, he for the first time had heard of its nature,
and as the indictments had been but cursorily read, he
apprehended that that would be a sufficient reason to
show that the counsel for the defence were embarrassed in
their own minds as to what the precise nature or quality
of the indictment was, of which they had never heard
before.
The Attorney-General, in reply to his lordship, said that
he had well considered the case, and thought no other
persons were indicted, that in the interest of public jus-
tice the trial should be postponed. He had looked over
the additional evidence which had been adduced, and he
considered it then to be his duty to direct indictments to
be preferred against other persons already named, and
under all the circumstances surrounding the serious
charges against the prisoners, and in the interests of the
public, he should not object to the postponement of the
trial, understandig it to be on the application of both pri-
soners.
Mr. Besley then applied on behalf of Louis Hurt that
he should be admitted to bail without surrendering.
Mr. Justice Blackburn—That must be the result of
another application. He should surrender first, as a war-
rant is already out against him. The amount of bail
could not be entertained then, as both sides would have
to beard in that respect.
Mr. Besley—But Mr. Hurt is not keeping out of the
way at all. He is seen from day to day by Superintendent
Thompson, who has charge of the case, and there was only
one indictment against him.
Mr. Justice Blackburn—The Attorney-General states
that if bail is allowed it must be to such an amount as to
secure the attendance of the parties, and that question
could not well be discussed in an open Court. The appli-
cation can be made to the judge, when counsel would be
heard on both sides, That is the general principle.
His Lordship then ordered the postponement of the
trial till the next sessions.