The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-01 00:00:00

VAGRANTS IN FRANCE.

In France, as Mr. Blanchard Jerrold has already told
us in the columns of the Star, there is an organised system
for the education, feeding, clothing, and repression of
vagrants. Mr. Jerrold now describes one of the institn•
tions to which beggars are removed, and where they nre
taught a trade, and made to understand something
of cleanliness. Mr. Jerrold visited the llfaison
Repression of St. Denis, Paris. The house is ancient and
i
ruinous, its general internal appearance is clean
businesslike, its officials humane, its inmates of both
sexes, and unmistakeably of the beggar class. The varions
departments of the institution Mr. Jerrold describes at
length. The orderly kitchen comes under his espeeisl
admiration. The fare, he remarked, was chiefly vegetable,
soups, and stews. No wine or beer is allowed, except to the
sick. Both men and women work, and the several workshoPs
are most interesting. 'the dormitories are models of tidine°'
and the bedridden are looked after with much care. 111 e
women are all dressed in a gray gown of stout material,
with white aprons. The men's department is less open
and more ruinous than the female wards. The men sleep
in large dormitories holding eighty beds, kept scrurl°i
lously sweet and clean, and they work in shops ,
various sizes. The range of trades in the $I"
Denis depot includes ropemaking, sack and band
weaving, brushmaking, tailoring, brass-working, 011°,ra
making,hemp-spinning, boxmaking, that disruption of °'
material which prepares it for an appearance as shod";
cloth, and lint-making for the hospitals.
beggar • workers are all in a grey suit, cobweb
tint. In each workshop the contractor's dePatia
presides, watches and directs the work, an
sees that his master has his proper propution °
labour. The work begins at seven in the inoraia't
and lasts in the summer till seven, and in 'dote:
till dark. , The average labour is ten hours a (IN
The internal economy of the St. Denis der
appeared to be excellently administered througb°l3
All the labour that can be used is used. The old Woke-.
.
clean the pans and pots, and carry the light doraestie
offices through. A strong beggar is put to chop the 61
wood. All are taught to work, are made to work ; 9'lllo
their work is turned to the utmost advantage to 111$
their cost to the State as light as possible.

A FRENCH WRITER O!' THE ELECTIO

The Parisian correspondent of the Times writes a 44,
remarkable letter on the Red vote of the large French to
He says :—" The Government itself, wonderfully blindea
short-sighted by self-interest, likes the mad strain of 0111'1
socialism much better than constitutional opposition ; aDo
there is no doubt that it would gladly accept ten Respell° a
the house rather than one Thiers. In fact, wherever it e°n.
not succeed in pushing on the official candidate tbo 60:f
vernment wished and exerted itself to procure the victorY
Red Republicanism or Socialism over Parliamentary,°r'fgr
they call it in France, Orleanist opposition. In Paris', -0°
example, where it is impossible for the Government to o°'s
for the success of M. Devinck at the second ballot, it i° 11:01
known that the Socialist candidate, M. D'Alton Shee' o
have the underhand support of the Government. A faBtlhtc.
fast, coming future will prove that the absurdity of e11c.".0
policy is equal to its wickedness, and that a great 0.1. if
cannot be safely pent in between two scourges, aecldiol'is,
ordered to choose between personal government an a "'to
Bogy. With a Rochefort, a Bence], and a dozen other°
them in the House, difficult to bear with, impossible to toctell
and backed in all their attempts by the popular slorthe
of an immense capital, not to speak of the support °`ot
working classes throughout the empire, the Gore° et
will be able, after a short time, to know the falseoeog.e
its calculation and the hollowness of its present:o
But it is not the dubious fate of a Government, which"; tftll
the enlightened and moderate part of the nation thongllol,
and sadly apprehensive for the future. It is the real cl'ol
culty of getting any good Government out of our electo°r
system, and of maintaining along with it the °cod
sary conditions, not only of national order Ilea
prosperity, but even of national existence. '°
gee,
we look at the result of this very trial, when °) fol•
after the failure of MM. Thiers, Perier, Daze, For';' ,00
loos,Prevost- Parade], Decazes, Remusat, Broglie, and -04
others of the same shade, and the inauguration of
house where the chamberlain will elbow the dein4‘-tri
how can we avoid being anxious for the future of c°-
where universal suffrage, which reigns and governs, "ere.
dently averse to moderation ? And what kind of G°loo.l
ment is in store for us if this ono is not miraculously 6,04
in spite of its many and ugly sins against the publiC e 00
and against its own good ? The Republic which „Ivittlol
looming in the distance, and which, after all, is the l,O
associate and logical consequence of universal suffr".",l'B
nothing in itself irreconcileablo with our democratic B°-0,10
nor repugnant to our manners ; but the Republican e g 0
France is tainted with the fault of Socialism, and subjeC
hopeless dissensions amongst its members."

1056'
A meeting, called by the Yorkshire Church —0 of
tution, and attended by about two thousand oPP°uel3ti- 10/,
the Irish Church Bill, admission being gained DI::
Only, was held on Saturday in the Town 11;,-,
Leeds. Mr. W. S. Stanhope presided. ites°7„ii
Dd
declaring the Government Bill to be wrong in priocir s‘4,l
in policy, and adopting a petition to the House of L°rd° 011'
rej,,ct the bill, and thereby protect the religion of lllt'troil
try and the rights of property, and defend the agee—dc;eo
being asked to violate her coronation oath," 'Or°
almost unanimously.
rt•
The arrangements for the forthcoming .1-0-1,
sal Exhibition at Hamburg are making rapid progre' fOr
notice in the programme that many prizes will be ige: tc.
objects of garden architecture, such as bridges, ferrib% tll.,
Ono of the chief attractions of the Exhibition will
quantity of fruit exhibited by the various coliotr")ela
Europe. An Agricultural Exhibition will 1)8, 13110
in Altona about the anuf
will afford the manufacturerssae increasedtime'
for disposing of their goods. On the 2d of 31a5 s' °f
was held at Cologne, to Prp,
horticulture from the Rhine we
re present
when a great numb or of
order
mote the Exhibition at Hamburg, anda committeevrE'tissf%f
pointed to carry out their views. The Governor 01
York has promised his support.

IiIARKE7 S-2 HIS DAY•

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LIVERPOOL COTON M
June I.—Sales probablyT 15,000 baAlesß .
Tea °ltlr
uiet.

rralf
a Mendelssohn's Elijah will be performed to-nl° ate
t Exeter Hall by the National Choral Society, ednic"°
by Mr. G. W. Martin. This will bo the last opPortua"
of hearing this great work this season.
TE lEA RADE, March 31.—The "e; fri
Ti " T
I.4ondon estimated for the week were 1,447,6811 b, I °jog
a decrease of 116,5621b.,compared with
the Pr°
as 1
statement. . Oldbury'
A
MONSTER SALMON.—The village of ti, ca
I_ -_Severn is ‘1
for
on-Severn
proverbially noted for the size an"'d°for . I's
salmon, but for this season at preselit, a° d d to gr.
cent
_ century past,dcliverr
v.
jell
the palm caught'y be swar €1 or,srel:
George Highnatn, who on Friday
salmon of the following extraordinary (," voier,
Length, 4 feet 8 inches; girth. 2 feet 1 es' ;d Or
481 b. The fish was veiy bri ht in appearance,. an
tally grown. _Bristol Poet. g 113.st:13:10o
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