The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-06 00:00:00

NATIONAL EDUCATION.

The National Education League, recently formed
in Birmingham, seems to be making its influence
felt, ana-to be gathering "more power to its elbow"
by enrolling eminent members. Twelve hundred
M.P.'s, clergymen, Nonconformist ministers, and
others have joined it, and pledge themselves to seek a
widely-extended system of education. Amongst recent
additions to the number is the Rev. Charles Kingsley,
who writes, "I join your League with heartygoodwill
MAXIMA', flefidEß /114V_PY4clf PX4etticalY useful

to it. I have been longing for such a movement f 4
twenty years past. Now the time seems come." ,
subscription list is stated to be in a very satisfactor)
condition; and the educational agitation is to code
mence in October. If it goes on as it has begun/ t'jt
League must hasten very considerably the settle
of a question so long delayed. _

VOLUNTARYISM.
One of the most wonderful triumphs of faith Alio
demonstrations of the power of voluntaryism in thesi
modern times is Mr. George Muller's Orphanage
Bristol. He has erected in something over 30 Yin'
no less than five buildings accommodating 2,,'51
children. In his " Brief Narrative of Facts " 3
issued, he says
The almost universal complaint of religious insult
Coos and societies is the want of funds ; but, as t° (tit
selves, we state joyfully, to the praise of the Lord, tub,
through Him, our patron, we not only have had enongeo
but have abounded, though' the expenses of the last tbeirto
years amounted altogether to 2113,522. With reg3r er,
pecuniary supplies, I have, simply in answer to 103/0
and without application to anyone, obtained for teo
work £430,000. With this money nearly 17,000 chikiriel
from all parts of England, Scotland, and I",';',,f
haVe been taught in the various schools ; U 5,000 col"tiler
the Bible and New Testament, and about :30,000
portions of the Holy Scriptaires, in various lan'"''"
have been circulated ; as have also 33,000,000 of tracts.
Mr. Muller never asks for a penny, and yet lie
ija
received as much as 8,000 guineas in one gift• if
utilises everything sent to him ; sometimes it is °'lii
a pair of stockings ; and the name of the dolo
seldom given.

THE JEVESS ABDUCTION CASE.
The congregation of which the Rev.
Thomas, one of the defendants in the Cardiff 81-'6O
tion case, is the pastor, do not think that eithercej
or his wife have done anything of which they litiog
be ashamed. The members have held a xneebiell
to consider Mr. Thomas's resignation,
he tendered on the ground that
flock concurred in the verdict they must believe of
guilty of perjury. But the flock passed a v°"by
confidence in its shepherd, expressed its disapPr°,oi
tion of the result of the trial, and refused to ac,'lol
the resignation. Are we to understand by this "
the whole proceeding finds favour in the eSeStbel
this congregation I' Even supposing to
believe that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas did not eilte(l
the girl away—the point on which the verdict re
Natbanieet,
—what do they think of the long concealment ofiL3o
girl from her parents, her transference from P„,11
to place, &c. A subscription is being got up Op
Mr. Thomas's expensts. Esther Lyons will re
to Germany.

S.
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The first published AMERICAN
teIeSEC gram URITIE
Did the _,V,11111
Atlantic Cable informs us that the New Yorle,ll6o
strongly approves of the proposition to tal
which are held abroad. The holders of till',,e;o°
securities need not be alarmed at this statement'
Americans are not so blind to their own interes
to adopt a suicidal policy. To tax foreign , b°o
would simply be to raise the terms upon will -,00
Americans can borrow money, and these
would be raised in a far greater degree thl;!„fe
Value of the tax, as such a proceeding would v1:1
garded as a breach of good faith, and it w°11,014
once destroy the confidence which is now were`
in American securities.

RAILWAY PASSENGERS AND GUARDS.
eCe'
A correspondent of the Times thinks that th,c,.tioo
trio apparatus is the only means of commul"caeli,
between railway passengers and guards which iP"ito'
to answer. The plan of a cord outside on ptilleYs,ol,
under the eaves of the carriages, will probablYle3J'
this writer thinks, because express trains on the be
ing railways are usually very long, so that it V°'l -
othe
difficult to exert sufficient force to operate 110,,,,p1'
clockwork bells in the guard-vans. A delicate n."
would almost certainly be unable to raise 110:10‘1,e0'
Moreover, in cold weather the cord would be Jr

STORY OF A MILLIONAIRE PAUFEU• estid
The Paddington Guardians have been 1,'1;101'1;
gating the case of Mr. Wood the million3l,l-,re
was brought to the workhouse by the
Overend, Gurney, and Co. Ile was origin,?*tiii
Manchester manufacturer, and, after 11,.c:,; le,
lat.ing. a large fortune, retired into privg,,t,
Dissatisfied with the monotony of retireole;iiiel'i
came up to London. Here he became a Pl'°l: tb
director of the 111 arylebone Bank ; and wile-fit i,
affair collapsed he was served -with a the;
£160,000, and thus became beggared. P,:ere A"
went to the Southern States of America, w'"eti •l
again succeeded in acquiring a large fortovAo cicelj
duringpenny of which he lost the Ainerloiloisi,4
war. Returning to London, success again Wi't
his efforts, but his spirit of enterprise died °'-gge`
his last failure, which was caused by the storroeo
Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.'s concern
is no doubt of the accuracy of this narratis'e-

TEE NAILERS' STRIKE.
eefntJl
The end of the milers' strike wllO
announced, but it is still goinc, on in the loe'y
ham district. Meetings of the' men have, 11-10:e9'
Pose says, been held during the weeli
lIRt
Heath, Old Hill, Rowley, Darby Hand, 311'.cel0
cc
Owen. The proceedings throughout pro
enthusiastic, and the usual resolution Itavivlace`
put, it was declared to be unanimous at eaell i
favour of "playing on."

t
YACIITING. j id
Some excellent racing hag been lvinesse :csle
Ner :1131)4,
Royal Yacht Squadron's Regatta.
Cup was gained by the Egeria, 152.t0n5, wlij 're 've
in third., but won by time from the Guiuev%
tons, and the Aline, 215, The squadron Priiftepa tt
on the second 'clay, carried off by the Arro'l t`-arrtlle
Volante. The yachting men at Cowes do 0- of
to be greatly impressed by the perforwancesq
Dauntless, the American vessel brought ovef,t c°,o,
Bennett. That gentleman, however, will.,111; P')
tend with the Cambria in a short race. -`,jjo3ll
pared to sail the Dauntless round the evilly
or across the Atlantic.

ENGINEERING. gill 111
The annual Conference of Mechanical fv-1,01(110
which (as we yesterday mentioned) is lilt° it‘if.
its sittings at Newcastle, has had deliver.e, by sitoe
address on " The Progress of Engineering, if
Armstrong. Sir William discoursed at Ar/5,",70
the steam engine, our coal beds, gtunleri'lle `.lO
plates, iron-clad vessels, et hoc genus °nine. sr
l
not—we are glad to see—believe that the ea)tiP e,i3o
fires will be extinguished for a few litincbesei.ii,
at least by the failures of our coal beds. gir "pd
thinks, are practically inexhaustible. gtkrill6
ham is one of a commission appointed by 11,0 i 0
to inquire into the subject, and as lib, giol,
second Royal Commissioner who .7,15,
testimony to this effect, we I "'"ittef
set our minds greatly at rest upon thene::otilittii,qt
burn our fuel without any parsimony. fortli ,g 0
the inventor of. the well-known gun g3.`i% tlir.lof"4
he had not altered his opinion; he o'l' it
steel should be used sparingly in cannoist nroS
adapted than wrought iron to resist coleus!, eS
On the same ground he recommended ICri really SIC
armour for our war ships, claiming that al` 131" t
periments had shewn that it was bettra. rie° t
tlifi
William seems to have an idea that joecl, ,ties!
useless. There was no hope, "cc sg`
armour would be invented Pr°°,pout bort
gulls ; and the stronger the er the ,°„
invulnerable, the greater would be ic
and damage to a ship from the try cel;tio Jiler°
an explosive shell. So we should nOW sI4
tate the passage of a shot through 11, vceb-otlf.itioS
is a problem for the engineers. A g -,orf°l:
is wanted which shall allow ,1
from shot, and not .be materiali3;titobel D:10
Can nobody board "the tail 00
which, accordinr, to the old sail°,rs andietfeo
the property Sir W. Armstrong regrurt'it
from the captain the secret by wbic'
broadside ? e
4, Phil
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AMERICAN NEWS. cosi, -oil p.O
The papers of Wednesday contain th It
1(6
of Arnerica,n news rid the French cable'
ens, tr, .0
fortunate if, by this or any other 01 wlie,s
furnished with reliable information :Is ft o"
spires in the United States. iiither; ;1007.1311 It
service has been of the most lioitec'thel'°ho fe
Throughout the month of May, wbererest tea Mr. Johnson caused a good deal of in' 11`
in American politics, Mr. Reuter P"u servilishc°ool
seven telegrams. In June the that Neeteto
stimulated by the circumstance Ivo ° efic‘lt
ber of newspaper proprietors, get
to
to being. left in the dark, agreed to ier 0t1,,e
news, but this competition was nn °llO fel' 01
than the supply of American news eg 1,00,1 00
its former limits. With CompetitioLowe AAP
cable companies it is to be hoped. t__
have a continuous supply of intellgthe
encv•
BIRTHS.
tiVarw'elc-61rt:`'lj:po
PEMBERTON—On the 4th inst., at 5, gi.ig'irt -
wife of E. Leigh Pemberton,,:niiata
STRABBRORE—On the 3d inst., at "
Countess of Stradbroke, of a daughter. 01;
411 A Rllll4 G ES. rc4es,„ttr.;
f, 6e`
GloLvLe—r-NsgAlPlalrEell: uTt.l4GoilttlEsq n- ()-'1
0f Tr tho 1/°l3. ,
to Anti:l6,lla Jane, daughter of AloPr Pl`"4111
Napier, Woodlands, Taunton. clfOrd,',l,ol"
UNWIN—SPICER— On the .sth inst., at vv(4), Fue"O'
son of the late Jacob Unwin, ESq., of
E C., to Elizabeth, daughter of
James
50, Upper Thames-street, E 0.
coP
GRAVES—On the 3d inst., at T7ll,
square, John Grarel.3, Esq., aged 80. 0015P/33'
MEnwlN—On the 2d inst., in the CarfaS,
Medwin, aged 82.
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