The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-23 00:00:00

A RACING lAT.TDENT.

an action, creating considerable interest in sporting
circles, was commenced in the Bail Court yesterday. Mr.
Henry James, in opening the case, said the plaintiff (Bray)
resided at Newmarket, and his occupation was that
of a watcher of race-horses, and he was known in the
vernacular as a " tout." The plaintiff (Jennings) bad to
complain of an unprovoked, wanton, and brutal assault
committed by the defendant, who was a trainer of race-
horses at Newmarket. He trained amongst others for Count
Lagrange, and he trained for him Gladiateur, the winner
of the Derby. As a trainer, the plaintiff was in the
habit of exercising his horses on Newmarket Heath, at a
part near the London and Bury road, and between
the heath and the road there was a footpath. On
the Ist of October the plaintiff, with others, was
standing on the footpath for the purpose of watching the
horses that were being exercised on the heath, so as to
form a judgment on their qualities and probabilities of
success in any race in which they might take part.
Baron Rothschild's horses appeared on the heath first,
followed by those in the defendant's stables. The
defendant first commenced a conversation with
the plaintiff, which might be described as chaff,
but it soon grew warmer, and at last degenerated
into impure Saxon of the strongest character. The
plaintiff replied to the defendant, and in the course of the
conversation he called the defendant a fool, and upon
that the defendant, who was riding a very high horse,
rode down upon the plaintiff, and with his riding whip
struck the plaintiff violently about the head with the
butt end of it. The plaintiff had suffered severely from
the injuries he had received, and he now asked the jury
to give him exemplary damages for the sufferings he had
endured. Evidence was taken, and a verdict was entered
for the plaintiff ; damages, £2OO.

BISHOP WALDEGRAYE ON THE RITUAL

JUDGMENT.

The Carlisle Journal of yesterday morning publishes
a letter addressed by the Bishop of Carlisle (Dr. Walde-
grave) to the Venerable Archdeacon of 'Westmore-
land respecting the course to be followed by the
clergy in consequence of the recent judgment. His
lordship points out, in the first place, how important it is
that the clergy should remember that they are members
of a corporate body, and that therefore " it is not morally
competent for every man independently and of his own
mere motion to do that which is right in his own eyes.' "
They should also recollect that " the instructions of the
Prayerßook ex plicitlyprescribe consultation with the bishop
in cases of perplexity wiih regard to ritual." In the second
place, Dr. Waldegrave reminds his brethren that " all the
points upon which their axieties may be roused are within
the scope of the Ritual Commission." " Surely," remarks
his lordship, "if all these questions were now as open as
some would seem to think, it is a matter of wisdom to wait
till the Ritual Commission has so spoken, and authoritative
action has been taken thereon. " And there is the more
reason for this," continues the Bishop, "because, though
it is boldly assumed and eagerly urged that the recent judg-
ment renders the wearing of the mediaeval vestments
obligatory, it is by no means clear that such is the
case. The opinion originally given by Sir Hugh Cairns
(the late Lord Chancellor), Sir Roundell Palmer, and the
present Mr. Justice Hannen, is as distinctly adverse to the
use of the vestments,as it is to that of the other ceremonies,
or ornaments now condemned. That opinion has not,
it is true, as yet been tested in this particular
by a legal suit. This, however, is, I hear, now to be
done. Meanwhile, it is as well to act upon the
presumption that in this respect also it will stand, and
quieta non movere. Nor should it be forgotten that the
Ritual Commission, in its first report, pronounced un-
favourably to the use of the sacrificial vestments.

MR. JACOB BRIGHT, M. P., ON EDUCATION

On Thursday, Mr. Jacob Bright took the chair at the
Miles Platting School, on the occasion of the annual
public examination. The report stated that the schools
were flourishing, and that the Government Inspector had
reported favourably of them. After delivering the
prizes to the most successful boys, the Chairman
addressed the assembly, and congratulated them
upon the results of the examination through which
the boys and girls had just passed. He did
not wish to see better schools than this, and if more
schools existed on the same principle there would be no
need to spend time in speaking of education. Mr. Salter,
the inspector, had declared that the training those boys
had received would " follow them through life," and he
'Mr. Bright) would wish to find the same training carried
on in other places. In too many parts of the
country it did not even follow them up to the time when
they were married. According to the locality, there were
30 or 50 per cent. of the people who could not sign their
names. The children they examined had belonged to the
bwo first classes of the school, and it was to be feared that
some proportion of the school would leave before they
reached that position. Night schools were a great
advantage to those who had been compelled to leave
school early, and it would be well if parents encouraged
them more. Besides this the children ought to be allowed
to read at home to improve their minds. If the reading
were of an amusing character, they would enjoy what they
read and speedily acquire facility in the practice. Persons
could not read and write with pleasure, unless they were
accustomed to read and write, but by per-
severance they would learn enough to become
an intelligent people. On the Continent and across the
Atlantic the other countries were far in advance of Eng-
land, and yet we might observe that they had experienced
many of our difficulties in dealing with the question of
education. Mr. Bright believed that the cause of our

failure was attribuable to the fact that in England the
people had been left to themselves, whereas in
other lands the attention of Parliaments and statesmen
had been directed to the subject. The educated
people of this country were so careless that they did
not render the assistance they might in forwarding the
work of education. It was an accidental thing to have a
good school in England ; and that of Miles Platting was
the exception and not the rule in this respect. He con-
sidered, however, that the presence of a good school
ought to be as certain a law as that which regulated the
planetary system. Referring to the reiteration of the sub-
ject of education, Mr. Bright declared that it must be talked

of until our legislators took it up in earnest. The law must
be made by the people in their discussions before it was
legislated upon by the House of Commons. He concluded
by expressing his regret at the intimation given by Mr.
Bruce to the effect that the Government was not likely
to deal this year with the question of education for
England.

We noted yesterday the mysterious disappearance
of Mr. John Tatham, of Liverpool. We are glad to learn
that he has presented h'inself at his office, having just re-
turned from Buxton. His accounts appear to be perfeedy in
order.

According to the Weekly Register a letter from
Rome states, on good authority, that the Archbishop of
Westminster (Dr. Manning), will be made a Cardinal before
his return to England. The Archbishop of Paris is also to
be raised to the same dignity.

On Thursday Sir S. Northcote and Mr. Mowbray
attended a large Conservative meeting at Exeter, the object
of which was the formation of a working men's union.
In the course of some remarks which he addressed to
the meeting, Sir S. Northcote said that he anticipated
good results from the action of such unions. As to the
Conservative party, he added, although they had suffered
great reverses at the close of last year, the prospects before
them were now bright, not only in Exeter but in various
Dther parts of the country.

Her Majesty's Government has consented to
an important scheme iu referrenco to the ecclesiastical
organisation of India. The late Bishop Cotton proposed
that several fresh secs shou'cl be founded as funds per
milted, one of which, at Lahore, should be established at
once by the Government on the same for,t'ng as Madras
and Bombay, the others as soon as an amount equal to the
salary of a senior chaplain should be subscribed for any new
see, in which the Government was to undertake to double
the salary from the public revenue. Failing the adoption of
this plan, he proposed that parts of his own enormous dio-
cese should be banded over to his suffragans, and extra
archdeacons provided to assist the Indian Episcopate in go-
verning their vast dioceses. It is the latter plan whiclitias
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