The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1869.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

IdIU. me revenue for the same period is estimated
at £lOB,OOO.

TIIE ST, PANCRAS GUARDIANS AND THE POOR-.

LAW BOARD.

The Guardians of St. Pancras are beaten at last.
From their first election they have set themselves
against the Poor-law Board. The dispute began in
the matter of the non-elected, the " appointed"
guardians. The elected guardians thought that
they, and they only, should have control. They
met at times when the appointed guardians
could not attend, and when ordered by the
Central Board to meet at a seasonable hour,
they refused to grant relief. They did not
dare, happily, to repeat this impropriety, but
tried to take vengeance on the Poor-law Board
and the official guardians by suspending the master
of the workhouse, because—as was manifest—he had
been civil to the Poor-law Board's nominees. An
investigation was immediately ordered by the Govern-
ment. The master was reinstated and the guardians
rebuked for removing him. This " tyranny of cen-
tralisation " made the local Ifampdens furious,
and they assembled in high wrath swearing
vengeance against Mr. Goschen and " all his
minions." They ordered the master's sus-
pension to be continued, and dared the Poor-law
Board to take any steps. They have received in
reply a letter, quiet, complete, and dignified. By it
they are virtually disestablished. In this billet deux
the Board express their surprise, after the impartial
inquiry held into the allegations against the
master, and the report chewing that they
were not substantiated, at the conduct of
the guardians in again suspending the master
without assigning any reason or without any
fresh charge against him. "In order, however, to
prevent a recurrence of such proceedings on the
part of the guardians, the Poor-law Board have felt
it their duty to exercise the powers vested in them,
and prohibit the board of guardians of St Pancras
from suspending any officer between the present
time and the 17th April, 1870." The date fixed upon
is the day on which, under the provisions of the
Metropolis Poor Act, the new board of guardians to
be elected by the ratepayers will take their seats.

STORY OF A PEER'S RELATIVE.

There is now in the Paddington Infirmary a pan.,
per inmate who is a blood relation to a peer of the
realm, and was lately possessed of property worth
from R 50,000 to £OO,OOO. This man rapidly sank
from the highest to the lowest rank of the State.
It does not appear that he was a plunger or gambler,
but, unfortunately, he was involved in the firm of
Overcnd, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), which amounts
to pretty much the same thing. The great
crash which brought so many families to poverty,
left so many widows without sustenance,
and so many daughters without portion, dissipated
his £50,000, and he is now a pauper. That a man
of fortune should be brought to beggary by City
doings is nothing extraordinary ; the guardians
could readily understand that. What puzzled them
was, that a relation of a peer should be left in
a workhouse, and be dependent for little luxurie,
on the charity of the master and matron, whc
compassionated his " gentlemanly behaviour." It
was, therefore,, determined to write to his lordship—
it is to be regretted that his name is not given—
informing him of his relative's circumstances. It is
to be hoped that the peer of the realm knows nothing
•about the matter at present. No doubt he will be
glad to send a little tea and sugar, and probably a
few broken victuals. Would it be advisable to send
the hat round to City men ?

however, could know nothing of the "alarming intelli-
gence," whatever it may amount to, which has reached the
Spanish Embassy at Madrid. But he mentions the fact that
public feeling in Spain is arising on all sides against the
Pretender, and that numerous address from citizens
offering aid have been sent in to the Government.
The behaviour of Olozaga, the Ambassador at Paris, is
much complained of at Madrid. This diplomatist has not
sent his Government any information whatever touching
the Carlist doings, though the conspiracy has been hatch-
ing in the French capital for some time past. Ile tele-
graphed to Madrid that Don Carlos was at Fontainebleau
when the Pretender had really departed for the Spanish
frontier. Is this remissness or worse? ask the Spaniards.