The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING: DECEMBER 4, 1860.

I rate, playgrounds for the use of toys in them—to
I the moping urchins of the metropolis, who are
restricted for the most to the manufacture of dirt-
pies in the gutters—having in their eyes a
becoming fear of the policeman. But for
the Relief of Distress, as projected by
W. D. 8., and as advocated by his sympa-
thisers, Lord EBURY can indulge only in words of
scorn and objurgation. It seems almost incompre-
hensible that Lord EBURY could write as he has
written upon the subject of this proposed associa-
tion, that he could have written thus upon such a
subject at any time—but it is most of all matter of
amazement that he could so inaugurate the month
of December, the month of Christmas ! But that
we have all long since learnt to recognise in Lord
EBURY a man of genuine though (as the case in
point indicates) of occasionally eccentric benevo-
lence, we should certainly have come to the con-
clusion that his temperament bore an affinity, rather
to the old stage-type of the unmitigated hunt
or curmudgeon. And throughout these extraor-
dinary strictures of his, Lord EBURY is
above all, as we have intimated at the
very outset of these remarks, so illogical !
He directs the particular attention of those who
are most interested in this warm-hearted enterprise
of Mr. BROMLEY'S, to the eminent success
already attendant upon the operation of
kindred societies now for years past in
existence societies like the Mendicity
Society, or again like the Metropolitan District
Visiting and Relief Association. Of the latter
body he writes—" It is now extending itself south
of the Thames, and with an increase of funds is
capable of coping, as far as with safety it can be
attempted, with all the occasional destitution of
the capital." Yet in the same breath almost he
inveighs against the distribution of relief in this
way among the more destitute part of the metro-
politan population. He instances, with appa-
rently a glow of satisfaction while so doing, the
remarkable fact that one among the many " Re-
fuges" in London has, within the last year, pro-
vided 50,000 lodgings and 116,000 rations to
the destitute multitude yet he has scarcely
done so when he is prophesying all sorts of dreadful
disasters from the distribution of aid by such a
scheme as the one proposed by lir. D. B. In order
to impress the force of which lugubrious and almost
malignant predictions upon the public mind, Lord
EBURY, with an astonishing obliquity of judgment,
recalls to mind thus garrulously " What took place
thirty years ago, when, from a continuance of a lax
and what was intended to be a benevolent admini-
stration of the Poor Laws, paying wages not accord-
ing to work done but according to the size of the
labourer's family, &c., the peasantry of half our
southern counties rose in insurrection ; the late
Duke of RICHMOND was compelled to repel an
attack of armed men by force; and so dangerous
was the state of affairs at that time considered to
be, that the Duke of WELLINGTON himself left his
country house, and established himself at Winches-
ter, that he might from the most central position of
that county of which he was Lord-Lieutenant
direct the movements of the regular troops and
Volunteers V' As though any such preposterous
project as that the acme of the folly of which we
have above italicised, had the smallest atom in the
world to do with the relief of the most abject
poverty in this metropolis, through the agency of
this now most generously projected association ! It
is susprising to us that a man of common sense, and
a man of known benevolence like Lord EBURY should
have pledged himself thus petulantly to oppose the
establishment and organisation of a society designed
to carry aid so humanely to the most hidden and
forlorn sufferers, fainting, and occasionally even
dying from absolute starvation, in the back slums
of this vast metropolis. Lord EBURY, we cannot
but think, might better have employed the first
day of this present month of December than in
penning these strictures against the Relief of Dis-
tress in the Capital—strictures chiefly remarkable
for their most inappropriate ascerbity, for their
most perverse and indeed utterly incomprehensible
misrepresentation.

His Excellency the Count de Persigny will leave
London this day for Paris, to enter on his official duties
there as Minister of the Interior.

The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and family left
Buxton on Saturday for Roseneatli Castle, N.B.

The Marquis Camden and family, the Earl of
Romney and the Ladies Marsham, the Earl and Countess
of Orkney, Count and Lady Cecil de la Field, and Lord
and Lady Huntingtower are amongst the visitors who are
passing the season at St. Leonards-on-Sea.
The Earl and Countess of Craven have arrived
in town from visiting the Earl and Countess of Verulam at
Gorhambury Park. The countess and the Ladies Craven
will leave town to-day on a visit to Lady Marian Alford, at
Ashbrid ge. _ _ .

The Earl and, Countess of Hardwicke passed
through town on Saturday from visiting her Majesty at
Windsor Castle. The noble earl and her ladyship are gone
to Wimpole Hall.

The Countess Delawarr was sufficiently recovered
from her late indisposition to enable the noble earl and her
ladyship to leave Buckhurst Park yesterday for Paris, on
their way to Nice and Genoa for the winter.
The Earl of Wilton has arrived at Melton
Mowbray, from Heaton Hall, Lancashire.

Viscount and Lady Blanche Duppliti have
returned to town from a tour of visits. Her ladyship is
quite recovered from her late indisposition, and will shortly
join the family circle about to assemble at Badminton.

Lady Marian Alford will receivo a distinguished
circle at Ashbridge Park during the present week. Her
ladyship will leave Ashbridge early next weekifor Rome for
the winter.

Lady Margaret Beaumont was safely delivered
of a son and heir on Sunday last at Bywell Hall, in
Northumberland.

Lord Dunkellin arrived in town yesterday from
visiting the Earl and Countess of Cork at Marston House.
His lordship will shortly leave town to join the Marquis
and Marchioness of Clanricarde in Ireland.
The Hon. Flora Macdonald has returned to
Farrance's Hotel from attending on her Majesty at Wind-
sor Castle.

The Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley has left Far.
ranco's Hotel.

A letter from Calcutta says that the train which
conveyed the Governor-General and his court from Calcutta
to Rajmehal, on the occasion of the opening of the East
Indian Railway, could have been traced for miles by the
softening savour of Manilla cheroots, the smoke of which
proceeded equally from the viceregal car and the every-day
first-class cariage, forming an Oriental expression of disre-
gard of Sir Benjamin Brodie's counterblast.

DEATH OF SIR HENRY MARSH, BART,—This
eminent physician died on Saturday at his residence in
Merrion-square, Dublin. Sir Henry rose apparently in his
usual health, aid when about to leave his house, his car-
riage being in waiting at the door, he was seized with an
apoplectic fit, and expired at a few minutes past 12 o'cleck.
This sad event has thrown a gloom over the city, and
caused the deepest sorrow to the profession of which Sir
Henry Marsh was so eminent a member. Sir Henry was
not conscious after the moment of the attack.

The Scotsman announces with regret the death of
the Rev. Dr. James Robertson, Professor of Church History
in Edinburgh University, and long a leader in the General
Assembly, which took place at his house in Ainslie-place,
Edinburgh, on Sunday afternoon. On Friday week Dr.
Robertson had an attack of constipation, which was followed
by jaundice and gastric fever, under which he sank. Dr.
Robertson was only in his 53th year, but though apparently
robust, had long worn the aspect of a more advanced age.
The chief work of Dr. Robertson's latter years has been
the promotion of what is known as the Endowment Scheme
of the Church of Scotland, in which he laboured with un-
tiring zeal and with the most splendid success.

MR. BRIGHT, M.P.—A meeting is to be held
in the Town-hall, Leeds, on Tuesday evening next, the 11th
inst., to inaugurate a society called the Leeds Working
Men's Parliamentary Reform Association, and among the
gentlemen who are announced to take part in the proceed-
ings are—Mr. John Bright, M.P., Mr. E. Baines, M.P.,
and Mr. E. A. Leatharn, M.P. The chair will be occupied
by Mr. Middleton, barrister, one of the aldermen of the
borough,

THE LATE EARL OF DUNDONALD.—The Ayr-
shire Advertiser understands that the mortgagee of Dun-
donald Castle has made over the property and grounds to
the present Earl, in token of his admiration for the
deceased.

The Salut Public of Lyons announces the death
of the Archbishop of Auch.

The Bordeaux journals state that upwards of 80
dogs were destroyed in the course of last month by the.poliee
for wandering unmuzzled about the streets of that city ;
not fewer than 47 persons were prosecuted for having
allowed such animals to go astray.
THE CASE OF MISS AYLWARD.—The friends of
Miss Aylward, foiled in their attempts to secure her libe-
ration, through a legal quibble, now talk of bringing an
action against the Governor of Grangegorman Prison for
her illegal detention by him. The News, which claims
to be the organ of Roman Catholic proselytism in Dublin,
scouts the suggestion thrown out in the judgment of Chief
Justice Monahan, that the matter might be brought before
a Court of Error, seeing that before such a step could be
taken the greater part of the lady's captivity would have
expired.

The Gazetta di Torino contains the programme of
a national subscription for Garibaldi. The committee say
—lt is not to confer honour on Giuseppe Garibaldi that we
address ourselves to the Italians, but that history may not
one day accuse his contemporaries of ingratitude.

Some months ago Sir Bartle Frere sent to this
country a magnificent collection of casts from Hindu archi-
tecture and antiquities. These are in the custody of the
committee of the Architectural Museum, and, pending the
settlement of the points at issue between that body and the
Government, are at present invisible to the public.
The sum awarded to Herr Molique by the com-
mittee of the Norwich Festival, as a remuneration for hi
successful oratorio of " Abraham" has been returned to the
hon. secretary, Mr. Roger Kerrison, with a request on the
part of the composer that it may be presented to the cha-
ritable fund in behalf of which the festival was instituted.7l

After an investigation extending over several
days, the Royal Dockyard Commissioners terminated their
labours at Chatham Dockyard on Saturday afternoon.
THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND KIS LATE CONSTI-
TT) ENTS.—His Grace the Duke of Richmond has issued the
following address to the electors of West Sussex :—" Gentle-
men,—lt is with feelings of no ordinary pain that I address
you on the present occasion. The sad event which we all
deplore compels me to resign that trust which you have so
generously confided to me for a period of 19 years. I shall
never cease to look back with pride and satisfaction on the
connexion which has so long subsisted between us. In
offering you my best thanks for the many marks of confi-
dence at your hands, I beg leave to assure you that I shall
always continue to take the deepest interest in all that per-
tains to the welfare of the county of Sussex.—l am, gentle-
men, your obedient servant—RICHMOND."
THE REPRESENTATION OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-
TINE.—Mr. P. A. Taylor, the radical candidate, in an
address issued on Saturday night, retires from the contest.
He gives as his reason that he has been twice chosen by a
show of hands on previous elections, and, as his going to
the poll on this occasion would not secure his return, he
vacates the field, and leaves it to be contested by Mr. Beau-
mont and Mr. Carstairs, promising to come forward on
some other occasion, if called upon to do so. As a number
of Mr. Taylor's friends will support Mr. Carstairs, the con-
test will be a pretty smart one. If a Tory had come for-
ward and fought for the seat along with the two Liberals,
Mr. Carstairs might have been elected, but under present
circumstances Mr. Beaumont's return is considered pretty
certain. The. nomination may be expected on Thursday.
SOCIETY OF ARTS.—The subject of electro-block

printing, applied to the enlarging or reducing from any
printing surface, or original drawing, will be brought before
the Society of Arts on Wednesday (to-morrow) evening,
the sth instant, by Mr. H. G. Collins. Mr. George Cruik-
shank will preside.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The council,
at their session on Saturday last, received notice that a
fund of about £l5O had been raised by pupils, former and
present, of the junior school, for instituting a perpetual
annual book prize to be awarded to the best mathematician
in the school, and to be called the Cook prize, in commemo-
ration of the respect and gratitude entertained by the
subscribers for the late Rev. William Cook, deceased,
who for 21 years had been the head mathematical master
in the school. The council directed that the offer of Mr.
Martin Tucker Smith, M.P., to confer a nomination to an
appointment in the Madras Army on a student of the col-
lege to be recommended by the council, should be commu-
nicated to all the students of the college, and their parents
and guardians. On the recommendation of examiners,
Professor Jenner, Professor Sharpey, M.D., and
Professor Walshe, M.D., the Filliter exhibition of £3O, for
proficiency in pathological anatomy, was awarded to Mr.
H. C. Bastian, of Falmouth.
THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER TASMANIANASHORE.
—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Evening.—The Royal Mail
steamship Tasmanian, Captain Sawyer, which sailed this
afternoon with mails and passengers to the West Indies,
has gone ashore in Totterill Bay, just inside the
Needles. The South Western Company's steamer Cou-
rier, Captain Harvey, from Jersey, reports having ob •
served a large steamer showing blue lights and sending
up rockets. The Courier stopped her engines and
dropped anchor. At 4.45 p.m. Captain Sawyer sent a
boat to the Courier, when Captain Harvey went on board
the Tasmanian, but found he could render no assistance.
She had apparently sustained no damage. It is sup-
posed that the Tasmanian must have gone inside of the
Warden ledge buoy, and the weather being very thick, went
ashore. She was lying in three fathoms depth of water,
but draws, however, nearly four fathoms. The chief officer
of the Tasmanian came up in the Courier for assistance, and
Captain Vincent, with steam tugs and a great number of
men and appliances, has proceeded this evening to render
assistance. It is hoped she will come off with flood tide.
It is not known whether the pilot had left her when the
accident occurred.
A HOME THRUST.—A devout slaveholder in
Louisville, Kentucky, was exhorting a poor, pious old
female slave to be very humble—reminding her that the
Saviour Jesus had neither house nor home. "Yes," she
replied with emphasis, " blessed be God; he had no house,
no home, and no 'Jiggers !"
A QUIET NIGHT IN AN AUSTRALIAN INN.—And
then we went to bed. But not to sleep—oh, dear no I I
was in bed at a quarter before eleven. At eleven two dogs
had a difference of opinion under my window; they walked
up and down, growling, till, as near as I can guess, a quar-
ter past eleven ; when they departed without fighting, at
which I was sorry. At half-past eleven (I merely give you
approximation as to time : I did not look at my watch), a
drunken man fell into the gutter, and, when helped out by

another man, pitched into him savagely. They fought three
rounds, and exeunt. At twelve, the bar was cleared and a
gentleman, of the name of Bob, was found to be unequal to
the occasion, and lay down in the mud, pulling a wheelbarrow
over him, under the impression that it was the bed-clothes.

Bob's mates fell out as to a score at the blacksmith's for
sharpening gads. Fight, and grand tableaw—exeunt. At
half-past twelve, a drunken Irishwoman was conducted home
by two policemen; on reaching my window she declined to
proceed on any terms whatever, and committed a series of
savage assaults on the constabulary. At ono, a gentleman
from over the way came out of his house, and, without notice
or apparent reason, discharged a six larrelled revolver, which
reminded another neighbour that he might as well let off a
two-barrelled fowling-piece; which caused a third neigh-
bour to come out and swear at the other two like a trooper.
Macmillan's Magazine.

" POISON PROOF."—On Friday, an inquest was
held at Aldershot, touching the death of Samiel Wells
Hillier, paymaster sergeant in the 9th Lancers, who had
committed suicide by shooting himself the previous morn-
ing. It appears that Hillier was a defaulter to the extent
of seven pounds, and the following letter, addressed to a
comrade, was read :—Dear Cliff,—l suppose I'm the last
man in the world you would imagine to commit such a
deed ; but under my assumed gaiety I have been fright-
fully miserable for the last six months. . . Besides,
what have Ito live for 1 My poor mother, the only person
on earth I cared for, is dead. As to death, I look it as
calmly in the face as I would a number I report. It is a
most remarkable thing, but I really believe I'm poison

proof. About ten days ago I took an ounce of laudanum,
enough to poison a horse. It had ao effect on me. After
that I took eight grains of opium ; again no effect, except
a slight drowsiness. Then four grains of morphia ; no

effect. I then took five grains of Lig. Opida, Lidatirus,
with the same result. My last mode of exit is a sure ono.
I know the exact position of the heart, and if a ball doesn't
penetrate the centre it is strange to me. I am sure you
will say, " What a fool to do such a thing," but my life is
truly miserable. When I went to London and heard for
certainty of Josephine's marriage with a man I hate above
all men, I was nearly driven mad; for, although parted
from her for more than six years, I love her more than
ever; tut yet I accuse her for marrying the man I hate.
Good-bye, good-bye, Cliff. God bless you.—Yours, not
perfectly sane. SAM HILLIER. The jury returned a ver-
dict of fclo de se.
A MAN STABBED BY A VOLUNTEER AT DON-
CASTER.—On Saturday night last, at a late hour, a work-
man employed at the Great Northern Railway Plant, at
Doncaster, named Thomas Smith, was stabbed by a volunteer
named Charles Christopher Watson, also employed by the
company. Watson had been attending drill on Saturday
afternoon, and afterwards it would appear he went to the
" Sir Charles Napier" beerhouse, in St. Sepulchre Gate,
and there met with Smith, whom he knew, and to whom he
offered te toss for a shilling ; Smith acquiesced. Watson
lost the toss, and then refused to pay it. Smith demanded
paynient and put out his hand to receive it, bat Watson
still refused, and the quarrel that ensued caused the land-
lord to eject him from the house. Smith left in a few
minutes, and on his way home he met Watson, who said
—" Now you do you want your shilling." Smith said
" Yes I do." He again put out his hand to receive it, when
Watson, who had on his rifle dress, took out his bayonet

and stabbed Smith in the arm, inflicting a serious wound.
Watson then made his escape and has not since been heard
of. It is thought he left the town after going to his h use
and changing his clothes.

LYIEF NE \V tS.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
PARIS, DEC. 4.

The Moniteur contains the following :—M.
Baroche, President of the Council of State, having
the rank of Minister, takes the title of Minister
without portfolio.

TURIN, DFC. 3.
King Victor Emmanuel has issued a proclama-
tion to the Sicilians, in which his Majesty recalls
that one of his ancestors has reigned over Sicily.
He likewise mentions the election of the Duke of
Genoa as King of Sicily in 1848, and the vote of
Sicily in favour of annexation recently given.
The King promises to establish institutions for
promoting public morality, and to respect the
privileges of the Sicilian Church. Ho concludes
by requesting unity and concord among the
people.

NAPLES, DEC. 1 (via Marseilles).

The English fleet saluted King Victor Emmanuel
on his departure for Sicily, This act created a sen-
sation. The fleet has left Naples, in order, it is
believed, to follow the King to Palermo. The
National Guard has dispersed the last riotous
assemblages of the mob, and the city is now
tranquil. The Marquis of Villamarina has been
entrusted with the direction of foreign affairs.

GAETA, DEC. 1.

General Bosco, in a report to the King, states
that he reconnoitred the valley of Astralina on the
29th ult., and did not find any siege works in
course of construction there. It is denied that the
King has ruptured a blood vessel.

ROME, DEC. 1.

Seven hundred pontifical gendarmes are traver-
sing the province of Viterbo.

VIENNA, DEC. 4.

The official Weiner Zeitung says :—" We are
authorised to declare that the rumours concerning
negotiations on the cession of Venetia for a pecu-
niary indemnity are unfounded, and that, as a
matter of course, there can be no question of selling
a crown land,

TRIESTE, Dec. 3.

The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian has
assumed the command of a squadron of evolution.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, 10.45 A.M.

The Tasmanian appears to have suffered no
damage beyond the fouling of her screw, which it
is expected will be cleared so as to admit of the
vessel resuming her voyage in a few hours.

MADRID, DEC. 3.

In to-day's sitting of the Cortes Senor Revero
proposed that any acts of the authorities which
might obstruct the lawful action of the political
parties should be considered as a violation of the
representative system. The Cortes rejected this
proposition, and the Minister of the Interior then
declared that democracy had no legal existence in
Spain.