The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-14 00:00:00

INCONVENIENCE OF INSURRECTIO.N:

The insurrection in Cuba appears to have been the means
A getting two of our fellow-countrymen in that island
Into trouble. Mr. William Kynoch has addressed us from
talanzanilla, in a letter which we have received by a vessel
lust arrived, stating that he had been working Is administra-
tor and engineer on a sugar estate in a district held by the
Insurgents, and that ho was put in prison forhavingbrought
to some Spanish officers, under a pass from the in-
•urgents, and when visiting his own relations, news
A their wives who were detained in the in-
+orlon Mr. Kynoch, after being kept in prison a
'ortnight, was released at the intervention of
'riends, but a fellow-countsyman of his, an elderly
ran, named Macneil, was still detained in a dungeon
at Manzanilla, being falsely charged, on the evidence
)t a negro thief, with having been concerned in making
arms and ammunition for the insurgents. It is not
for the first time that the Cuban authorities have thus
acted towards British residents, a young English artist
laving been imprisoned at Santiago some years ago on
'auspicion, for which there was not the slightest foun-
lation, of having taken sketches of a fortress. It is
o be hoped that the British representatives in Cuba are on
:he alert to prevent such outrages being carried to excess,
and that they do all they can to obtain remedy for the
victims of Cuban officialism.—Yorkshire Post.

BOYS IN TRAINING SHIPS.

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Mr. Hall has again written to the Times on the subject of
establishing training-ships for the cm' ',yment of homeless
tad destitute boys. Many persons connected with the poor
tow are anxious to find an outlet for boys with seafaring
macs, and in many places a desire is expressed for a corn-
'heed movement on the subject. Mr. Pall proposes
bat a National Training-ship Institution should be
►stablished in London on the principle of the National Life-
>oat Institution. The effect of this would be to encourage
end promote the establishment of such institutions at
eur numerous outports. Thera is room round the
:oast of England and Scotland for 15 training ships,
tad each of these could turn out annually 100
mys, or together 1,500 well trained boys for
he Royal and mercantile marines. The yearly cost of each
)oy on an average will not be more than £4O in education
Ind training, and we must remember the value of their
uture services to the ration and the advantage to
ho country of their pursuing an honest and indus-
rious calling instead of drifting into the criminal ranks.
the question of education is clearly connected with
hat of crime, and the benefits that will accrue from
he careful tra'niug of these boys will bo very great.
point worthy of notice is that steamers require men who
lave a knowledge of their duties and carry few or no boys,
tad hence the value of these institutions is greatly enhanced.
Kr. Hall concludes by expressing the hope that if Govern-
neat cannot provide the training-ships, rigged and fitted
tp, private benevolence will undertake the task, and if the
astitution be once established, advantage can be taken of
he Industrial Schools Act.