The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-28 00:00:00

THE UN, LONDON, SATURDAY EN ENING, MAY 28, 1870.

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EVENING EDITION.

community, and thus the ignominous tale will be
perpetuated. Could those miserable beings,
who passed from this world in as sad a con-
dition as our fallen nature, can sink to
have looked beyond their wretched death-
bed, they would have seen that their wrongs
would be chronicled, and their oppressors called to
account, when they had passed fr.om the scenes of
their sufferings. It has been truly said that the
altars of NEMESIS are beneath every outraged roof,
and so it has proved in the St. Pancras Workhouse.
In the hurry-skurry of existence, the ceaseless whirl
of events seemed to push the matter out of sight,
when, lo and behold, the scene shifts, and we find
ourselves called upon to witness another act in the
supposed completed tragedy of St. Pancras. It has
been said—

"All fame is foreign, save that part,
Plays round the head, but touches not the heart."
And so disgrace does not consist in the things that
most readily catch the eye; but in those that lie too
deep for casual observation. The true cautc of
shame for the late Guardians was the state of the
workhouse in which they presided, and not in the
outcry and clamour which was raised about it.
However, as some minds cannot be affected by any-
thing that is not directly put before their eyes in the
shape of immediate loss, let us trust that those who
have carelessly turned away from the records of the sick
untended,the dying neglected, and the poverty -stricken
ground down to the lowest point, will think it a dis-
grace on the parish that this sale should come off, and
visit their wrath and indignation on those who brought
about such a fiasco. For the sake of the public may
this affair be the last scene of all in this strange,
eventful history, and way other and better fashions
prevail. Let those whom it most immediately con-
cerns—the other guardians of parishes--take heed by
the lesson, and reflect that, if weighed in the balance,
they too may be found wanting, and that a far
stricter test will henceforth be applied to
all who are placed in authority over the poor. The
game has been played out with a vengeance,
and no other metropolitan parish can be permitted
to emulate St. Pancras in its strife and discord, its
sad di3closures and harrowing stories, and to crown
the edifice, in the scandal of the seizure and sale of
its parochial goods and chattels.

THE news from Canada, although not altogether
satisfactory, gives no ground for uneasiness. The move-
ment of the Fenians, so far from producing the effect
which its designers hoped and expected, has met
with a prompt and vigorous resistance. There has
been little fighting, the losses and injuries being
reckoned by units, so that the Hibernian heroes can-
not even take consolation in the recollection of a
spirited encounter. They have been baffled and re-
pulsed in the most ignominious fashion, their
leader has been arrested and imprisoned,
their force demoralised, and, according to
some accounts, entirely dispersed. Even O'Neill's
imprisonment is deprived of the faintest
Prestige of martyrdom by its being occasioned for
want of the necessary bail to answer a charge of in-
fringing the neutrality laws. It would be
difficult for an elaborate scheme to break
down in a more complete and ignoble
manner. and the disowning of all know-
ledge of the affair on the part of the President
of the Fenian Council gives evidence of the popular
estimate of it's ill-success in the States. The United
States Government has acted with com-
mendable promptitude and decision in the
matter. For some time past the columns
of the New York press have been filled with
quiet little satires on what they termed "The
Fenian scare," plainly intimating that the apprehen-
sions of the Canadians had overturned their
judgment. When, however, the recent events chewed
those apprehensions to have been only too well
founded, the Government at Washington did all that
could possibly be expected. A proclamation from
President Grant, warning all persons to keep aloof
from illegal expeditions, and directing United States
officers to arrest their progress, if possible,
was immediately followed by the movement of
American troops to the border, which they still
guard. The arrest of O'Neill, which is said to have
completely demoralised and disorganised the Fenian
force, was accomplished by the United States
Marshal, General Foster, and latest accounts report
that both sides of the border are efficiently guarded
by the Canadian troops on the one hand, and by the
American troops on the other.

A telegram from New York, May 27, repeats the
statement that a large body of Fenians, variously
estimated at from eighteen hundred to four thousand,
had crossed from Malone, and entrenched on the
Trout River, a mile from the border, a spot distant
some eleven miles from the station of the
British troops at Huntingdon. There had, however,
been no fighting, and so thoroughly are the Canadians
on their guard that should the invaders be rash
eno ugh to renew the attempt of Monday, there
can be no question whatever as to the
result. . The events of the last few days have at all
events shewn us that one long-standing and general
apprehension has been hitherto exaggerated. There
is no insuperable difficulty in guarding the Canadian
frontier, at all events from such a foe as the Fenians.
The vigorous co-operation of the American Govern-
ment has, no doubt, greatly facilitated the
task; but the energy and patriotism of the
Canadians have proved fully equal on their
side of the border to the exigencies of the case.
We have seen enough of the Fenians on both sides
of the Atlantic to know that if not thus firmly met they
would have been unscrupulous, if not actually formid-
able foes. Even now, though having failed in disabling
a single Canadian or in keeping possession of a rood
of ground, they have done some mischief by cutting
the telegraph wires and impeding communication with
the States. We have, too, yet to hear the
particulars of the disastrous fire at Quebec, the origin
of which has not been accounted for. The loss and
annoyance occasioned by an enemy is no t
always to be measured by his dignity or
his importance. A guerilla warfare has
been known to harass and perplex the most brilliant
and successful general, and these miserable Fenians,
whose efforts against Great Britain scarcely rise
above the level of absurdity, once contrived by
their Clerkenwell exploit to startle the Eng-
lish metropolis. Out of the midst of all the evil
they have caused, there arises, however, some good.
The Canadians have shewn that they are fully
capable of their own defence, and whatever their
future, truly and thoroughly English in their courage,
their patriotism and their discipline. The Fenians
have accomplished oth& ends which they certainly
did not include in their programme. They have
strengthened the slackening ties between the colony
and the mother country by the keen interest
excited by the hour of danger, and they have promo-
ted a good understanding between the Governments
of London and Washington through the ready and effi-
cient enforcement of the neutrality laws by President
Grant.

It. reply to the Earl of Carnarvon, in the House of
Lorus last evening, Earl Granville declared that there
was no change in the Government policy in refer-

ence to Canada, but added that orders had been
given to suspend the movements of the troops
during the continuance of the Fenian ex-
citement. The noble for 1 also stated during
the evening that he should bring up the Irish Land
Bib at the beginning of next week, and on Tues-
day propose an adjournment until Monday, the 13th
June, when, unless such a course were objected to, he
should move the second reading of the measure. Their
lordships were engaged for several hours discus-
sing the Ecclesiastical Titles Act Repeal Bill.
Much opposition was offered to the second reading,
but ultimately the bill was read without a division.
The Beverley and Bridgwater Disfranchisement Bill
was also read a second time. In the House of Com-
mons Mr. Monsell made a statement with reference
to the Fenian attack upon Canada, which was well
calculated to reassure those who might have
entertained any apprehension of very serious
results from the inroad of the Fenians.
Lord E. Cecil brought forward a motion, de7
claring that in the opinion of the House the present
state of the law with regard to the use of false weights
and measures, and the preventing and punishing the
adulteration of food, drink, and drugs, was most un-
satisfactory. The evidence which the noble lord
adduced in support of his motion was indis-
putable, and he withdrew his proposition after
receiving an assurance from the Home Secre-
tary that the subject should have his best attention.
An unusual scene occurred, when the House at 12
o'clock went into Committee on the Burials Bill.
The forms of the House were frequently resorted to,
in order to postpone the further consideration of the
measure, and an hour and a half was wasted in fruit-
less efforts to accomplish that effort. The House
adjourned at five minutes past two.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY.
The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack at
five o'clock.

THE FENIAN RAID:

The Earl of CARNARVON called attention to the state
of affairs in Canada, and asked if the Government were
prepared to carry out the orders given some time ago as
to the troops in Canada, or whether they would suspend
the recall of the troops.

Earl GRANVILLE protested against the course adopted
by the Earl of Carnarvon, and remarked that the whole
of the circumstances connected with the Fenian raid into
Canada were well known to the public. He regretted
that even the lives of those miserable dupes who had been
led into such a wanton and senseless and unjusti-
fiable an attack had been sacrificed: The noble lord
praised the conduct of the Canadians, and said that
with retard to the movement of troops there was no
change of policy, but on the previous day he had sent out
orders for the suspension of any movement so long as the
excitement lasted.
THE IRISH LAND BILL.

In reply to the Duke of RICHMOND,
Earl GRANVILLE said that he proposed to bring up the
Irish Land Bill at the commencement of next week. It
was his intention to propose an adjournment on. Tuesday
next until Monday, the 13th of June, when he should,
unless their lordships objected, move the second reading
of the measure,