The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-01 00:00:00

and such payments only relieve the wealthy odcaz
piers of offices and warehouses. The church has no
regular congregation, so that the expenditure on its
services is not much more profitable. No more
flagrant instances of the waste or misapplication of
charity funds are to be found than those which lie
at the gates of Parliament in the cities of London
and Westminster.

ACTION AGAINST THE " TIMES."

During the panic which prevailed a short time
since about the Irish agrarian outrages much doubt
was expressed as to whether any considerable pro-
portion of the said outrages was traceable to land
grievances. Among others the murder of Mr.
Bradshaw in Tipperary was rather freely spoken of,
and common rumours—which spoke of unhappy
family relations—were publ:slied in several of the
newspapers. The Times Dublin correspondent was
very precise in his statement. For this the 7 ivies
is to be called to account. We are informed by
telegram that a conditional order has been granted
by Mr. Justice Lawson for leave to serve a writ on
Messrs. Smith and Son, as agents of the Times, in ; n
action by Mrs. Bradshaw, widow of Mr. Bradshaw,
for libel in a letter alleged to affect her character.
The damages are laid at '2,000.

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

According to the Owl, strong representations are
being made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
induce him to consent to propose to Parliament that
the Prince of 'Wales's expenses in the. East should bo
defrayed out of the public purse, on the ground that
the visit to Egypt and Constantinople had more of a
State than a private character. Our contemporary
hopes that the attempt will succeed, at least so far as
that the Prince's personal expenses should not fall
upon his " narrow " income. At the same time,
even the courtly bird would not have the State pay
the travelling expenses of the Prince's suite, Dr.
Russell and the rest, which partook very little of a
State character; for when the country undertakes
the expenses, it ought, through its. Government, to
have a voice in the selection of those who
are to represent it abroad. Perhaps if that
condition had been observed the Prince him-
self might not have been selected. At all events the
country should have been consulted before, not after,
the journey. To consult it at all is, however, an im-
provement upon the recent inclusion of the Duke of
Edinburgh's gratuities and presents in Australia in
the annual estimates. As to the " narrowness " of the
Prince's income, different persons will perhaps
form different ideas. Over £53,000 a year from.
the Duchy of Cornwall, £40,000 a year from Parlia-
ment, the interest upon the £4500,000 saved during his
minority, and, if report be true, the additional pay-
ment of £40,000 a year recently made by.the Queen
for State purposes, may be thought narrow by the
Prince's entourage. It will scarcely be so deemed by
the nation, especially at a time like this when every-
body is suffering from the depression of trade, and
the Government is cutting down expenses with a ruth-
less but necessary disregard of the unhappiness inflicted
upon unhappy clerks, who thought that they had
a post for life, and now find themselves cast upon the
world without employment.