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

VAGRANTS IN FRANCE.

In France, as Mr. Blanchard Jerrold has already I.
us in the columns of the Star, there is an organised systeo,
for the education, feeding, clothing, and repression °
vagrants. Mr. Jerrold now describes one of the instill!'
tions to which beggars are removed, and where they 0e
taught a trade, and made to understand somethilf
of cleanliness. Mr. Jerrold visited the Maison
Repression of St. Denis, Paris. The house is ancient al,
ruinous, its general internal appearance is clean and
businesslike, its officials humane, its inmates of both
sexes, and unmistakeably of the beggar class. The variotli,
departments of the institution Mr. Jerrold describes ll'
length. The orderly kitchen comes under his espe°
admiration. The fare, he remarked, was chiefly vegetable'
soups, and stews. No wine or beer is allowed, except to t°
sick. Both men and women work, and the several worksboci
are most interesting. Ihe dormitoriesare models of tidine°
and the bedridden are looked after with much care. The
women are all dressed in a gray gown of stout materwl
with white aprons. The men's department is less ere!
and more ruinous than the female wards. The men 51°'
in large dormitories holding eighty beds, kept scruPtiol
lously sweet and clean, and they work in shops 4
various sizes. The range of trades in the "3,
Denis depot includes ropemaking, sack and ball
weaving, brushmaking, tailoring, brass-working, 011°e‘ii
making,hemp-spinning, boxmaking, that disruption of
material which prepax es it for an appearance as snodiu;
cloth, and lint-making for the hospitals.
beggar - workers are all in a grey suit, cobs
tint. In each workshop the contractor's derl
presides, watches and directs the work, 13;101
sees that his master has his proper proportion
labour. The work begins at seven in the moral,
and lasts in the summer till seven, and in win?
till dark. The average labour is ten hours a c°";
The internal economy of the St. Denis '36,4,
appeared to be excellently administered througb°;o
All the labour that can be used is used. The old w°l3/-,..
clean the pans and pots, and carry the light cloose'rey'
offices through. A strong beggar is put to chop the
wood. All are taught to work, are made to work;
aYe
their work is turned to the utmost advantage to toi`
their cost to the State as light as possible.

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A F.REATII WRITER OA THE ELECTO';

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-The Parisian correspondent of the Times wiites a ler!
remarkable letter on the Red vote of the largo French to'';
Ho says :—" The Government itself, wonderfully bliuticiii
short-sighted by self-interest, likes the mad strain of raci:',l
socialism much better than constitutional opposition; alp
there is no doubt that it would gladly accept ten RasP3l/5„,,1
the house rather than one Thiers. In fact, wherever it e-',l"e'
not succeed in pushing on the official candidate the vat
vernment wished and exerted itself to procure the victol
Red RepubleLnisin or Socialism over Parliamentary,
they call it in France, Orleanist opposition. In Faris'
example, where it is impossible for the Government to 11"0
for the success of M. Devinck at the second ballot, it ie
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known that the Socialist candidate, M. D'Alton t;a
have the underhand support of the Government. A fOt'b
fast, coming future will prove that the absurdity of sucd
policy is equal to its wickedness, and that a great 1311'.;‘if
cannot be safely pent in between two scourges, and
ordered to choose between personal government and afro
gogy. With a Rochefort, a Bancel, and a dozen others
them in the House, difficult to bear with, impossible to tcet'ili
and backed in all their attempts by the popular syror3ol
of an immense capital, not to speak of the support of
e9l
working classes throughout the empire, the Goverl3°oi
will be able, after a short time, to know the fa,lselle6',t
its calculation and the hollowness of its present jet
But it is not the dubious fate of a Government, which
the enlightened and moderate part of the nation thetigb:fii,
and sadly apprehensive for the future. It is the real d4l
culty of getting any good Government out of our elect:4,
system, and of maintaining along with it the tieo3
sary conditions, not only of national order 11,0
prosperity, but even of national existence. SS?t
we look at the result of this very trial, when 013
after the failure of MM. Thiers, Perier, Baze, Foie, of
lour, Prevost- Parade], Decazes, Remusat, Broglie, And Del
others of the same shade, and the inauguration of 14 ;41,!,
house where the chamberlain will elbow the demeet
how can we avoid being anxious for the future of a CO
where universal suffrage, which reigns and governSl ise
dently averse to moderation ? And what kind of 6°`",:e3
ment is in store for us if this ono is not rniraculouslY
fi
in spite of its many and ugly sins against the public oei
and against its own good ? Tho Republic which vreiti/f1
looming in the distance, and which, after all, is the 13g'0
associate and logical consequence of universal suffoge,'
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nothing in itself irreconcileablo with our democratic ee't:io
a nor repugnant to our manners ; but the Republicn PArt Ia
France is tainted with the fault of Socialism, and sat'i`c
hopeless dissensions amongst its members."

A meeting, called by the Yorkshire Church .15 :1
tution, and attended by about two thousand opponel':lcvl
the Irish Church Bill, admission being gained by
only, vas held on Saturday in the Town lit'`,;oo
Leeds. Mr. W. S. Stanhope presided. ItesoW
declaring the Government Bill to be wrong in princie°oo
in policy, and adopting a petition to the House of Lord° op'
reject the bill, and thereby protect the religion of the c°o,o
try and the rights of property, and defend the Queen
being asked to violate her coronation oath," were ed°P

almost unanimously.
The arrangements for the forthcoming Hort'e-
ral Exhibition at Hamburg aro making rapid progreEs•
notice in the programme that many prizes will be gisre.-P
objects of garden architecture, such as bridges, fcrrio6 ibe
One of the chief attractions of the Exhibition will be el
quantity of fruit exhibited by the various cow: o°o
EuroFe. An Agricultural Exhibition will be bi/
in Altona about the same time, end, (11I'll
will afford the manufacturers increased 14.'4
for disposing of their goods. On tho 2d of May fOnet.lef
was held at Cologee, when a great number of frfeciv'te
horticulture from the Rhino were present in order to r
Ifit
mote the Exhibition at Hamburg, and a committee ,f:if
pointed to carry out their views. The Governor of
York has promised his support.

111ARKE7 S-7 Ills DAY.

LIVERPOOL COTTON "MARKET. ovi
Juno I.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. The ra'
quiet.

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Mendeksohn's Elijah will be performed to-131; t.tev
at Exeter Ifall by the National Choral Society, cen
by Mr. G. W. Martin. This will ho the last oP:°111.-'
of hearing this great work this season.
A C 5
THE TEA TRADE, March 31.—The delivers oc-
London estimated for the week were 1,447,68111' Ivoos
i 3 a decrease of 116,5621 b., as compared with tho Prß
statement.
A MONSTER SALMON.—The village of oiabil
on-Severn is proverbially noted for the size and oce°l4,lejvvi
of its salmon, but for this season at present, and for,-0
century past, the palm must certainly be awarded 'note'
George Ilighnam, who caught on Friday last a
salmon of the following extraordinary
Length, 4 feet 8 inches; girth, 2 feet inches ; d caPil
481 b. The fish was very bright in appearance,
tally fir9l4ll.—Eriitoi rose.