The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TI4, l'utd.44o 401MINAL8,

Notwithstanding its recent proposal respecting compul-
sory emigration, the Times is apprehensive that there
may be difficulties in the way of a wholesale transporta-
tion of paupers. The class which we are most ready to
send out are not the class which the colonists are most
anxious to secure, they write for farm labourers, shep-
herds, clever mechanics, good domestic servants, and so
forth, and what they receive are sometimes as
little like these things as Falstaff's recruits were
like [real soldiers. The people whom they want are
not, however, to be had for the asking, and the Times finds
some consolation in the fact that a great many of our
destitute classes are only temporarily reduced to pauperism.
Among the men and women, and whole families, receiving
out-door relief in the metropolis, there must be a good
many thousand who have descended rather rapidly and
by pure force of circumstances to their unhappy posi-
tion. It is a fact well known to all conversant with
the poor that a person may fall out of working con-
dition to indolence and dependence very fast, yet
by no means irretrievably. The power and the
wish for work depend very much on the physical strength
and the state of the animal spirits. Bad air, trouble, a
little excess in drink, or want of regular sleep, may utterly
indispose a man for work in a short time. Of course, it
must be admitted that the chief cause of such temporary
and curable indisposition is drink. Food is always a
difficulty; drink never, so long as there remains six-
pence in a man's pocket. But from the hour that drink
is substituted for wholesome food, the body sinks, and
the spirit follows. Though far short of actual drunken-
ness, a man finds it impossible to apply and to exert
himself as he used to do. That will be found a fair
account of a very large proportion of the pauperism
which Mr. Goschen is very wisely resolved we
shall be weekly reminded of. Well, there are thousands
of such persons who might be arrested in their down-
ward career, put on shipboard, and landed, after a plea-
sant voyage, in full mental and physical condition for
work. They may not be in all respects what the people
out there want ; but, as our correspondent wrote from the
Melbourne racecourse, a London artisan very soon puts on
a new skin and something like a new physical frame alto-
gether when he is set to healthy work in a fine climate
and on good wages. Even in our Lancashire cotton
famine works it was observed how soon mill operatives
became adepts at the spade, the pick, and the wheel•
barrow, and might have passed for farm labourers.
The Post comments upon the success of Scotchmen in
every part of the world, and attributes it in a great mea-
sure to the system of national education which obtains in
Scotland. Mr. Bruce at Paisley referred to this topic, and
pointed out the advantages of a superior education. It
will be observed that not only are the means of education
so widely spread in Scotland that no child need be reared
in ignorance, but that the character of the instruction is
even more thorough, comprehensive, and sound than might
be expected. The fact of boys actually passing directly
from the ordinary national school to the university is more
eloquent in praise of the constitution and practical excel-
lence of those schools than anything we could write.
The next striking feature of the system is, as described
by Mr. Bruce, that its success is due "to the rigid
economy practised and the extraordinary self-denial both
of the parents in making exertions to send their children
to the schools and colleges, and to instruct them in the
higher branches of literature, as well as the spirit of
endurance and sacrifice among the students themselves."
And here we have the key to the success of the system.
Scotch parents value education as it should be valued, and
prize it as people who have felt its power. The earnest.
ness of the parents, too, as is generally the case where it is
marked and genuine, is infectious, and hence it is that the
students are credited with the "spirits of endurance and
sacrifice" in pursuing their studies. Is it a matter of any
surprise, then, that with such a such a start the Scotch-
man, go where you will, is to be found usefully, honour.
ably and profitably employed?
The Standard declares that the order promulgated in
the Gazette of Friday is as binding upon the clergy as any
Act in the statute-book, and that therefore it is lamentable
to find the extreme Ritualists intend to set it at naught.
We see nothing very heroic or magnanimous in this deci-
sion. The courage which inspires it stops considerably
short of martyrdom. These gentlemen simply say that
they will hold out against the law until they find it per-
sonally inconvenient to do so any longer, and then they
will succumb. They will not comply with the law as it
stands, but the moment it is pressed against themselves
individually they will yield. They will not risk the
chances of a suit, but they will burn their candles up to the
latest possible moment. They are determined to give the
authorities as much trouble as possible, but they allow us
to gather that they are quite ready to cease from their
disobedience the moment they hear the crack of the whip,
It seems to us that conduct of this sort is unworthy and
paltry, not to say childish. We can understand the cere-
monialist clergy resolving rather to give up their livings
than comply with the judgment, and avowing their deter-
mination to take that step the moment the attempt is made
to enforce their submission. We can also understand them
coming to the conclusion that it is their duty, as law.
abiding Churchmen, to render to it a frank and honest
acquiescence, while at the same time they may intend to
take every means in their power to procure a reversal of
the decision. But we confess that the alternative course
of defying the law as long as it is safe to do so does not
appear to be a very high-minded policy. The people who
traditionally act upon this principle are known as " the
dangerous classes "--we mean nothing offensive by the
comparison—and the public are compelled to maintain a
police force to hold them in check. They habitually
violate the law until they find it is too strong for them.
Does not the ritualist policy square very closely with
theirs ?

The Telegraph asks if we shall abandon Gibraltar, and,
if the sacrifice be made, shall the act take the form of
a renunciation or of a keen bargain in the world's market?
After looking at both sides of the question, the Telegraph
thus sums up the advantages of retaining the fortress :
The value of Gibraltar has been proved by long experience,
and to surrender it would be to exchange an immediate
and actual benefit for one that is only possible and remote.
Further, if we once parted with the stronghold, we should
never be secure against its falling into the hands of a
powerful and unscrupulous rival. At the very least, the
temptation of so brilliant a prize awaiting the boldest
assailant would be an apple of discord amongst the
Continental Powers, and would tend to multiply
rather than diminish the occasions of international
strife. Nor must we forget the serious risk that an act of
surrender on our part would be utterly misunderstood.
Sufficient is already whispered and suspected abroad
respecting the inclination for peace at any price which is
assumed to have taken hold of us as a people. It is
generally believed that a claim against the English
Government has only to be pressed with constant im-
portunity to obtain a more or less reluctant assent ; and
that even the jealous instinct of self-preservation loses its
force when the point threatened is remote from the
heart of the empire. Would not a voluntary sur-
render of Gibraltar tempt to a series of fresh claims
equally plausible, and would not a refusal become
all the more difficult when each concession had
materially reduced our power of resistance ? We
entertain no doubt whatever that English sentiment will
be nearly unanimous on the subject. When, indeed, the
millenium has commenced, and when the " battle flag is
furled in the Parliament of man, the federation of the
world," then we may abandon the fortified posts which
assist to maintain our supremacy, and to protect our vast
commerce and possessions ; but, until that day arrives,
England must, for the world's sake as well as her own,
hold the vantage-ground which, with all her giant might,
she has rarely employed otherwise than in the interests of
humanity and the cause of freedom.

The Star is considerably alarmed at the growing mode-
ration of all parties respecting the Irish Church. The
only persons who deserve credit which is not generally
accorded to them are the Roman Catholic clergy.
There is a generally received belief among Irish
Tories, and among the more politic and unscru-
pulous of their English allies, that much of what
has been lost in open fight may be won back by stra-
tagem. The question of compromise in the matter of
endowment has, indeed, been put forward so speciously
and with so much urgency by many organs of
semi-Liberal and pseudo-Liberal opinion, that it is
no longer possible to disregard it. It cannot be
doubted that from many quarters the leaders of
the Liberal party are being pressed to entertain the
idea of a compromise which, while it may lower the
political status of the Irish Establishment, would leave to
the Protestant clergy of Ireland the substantial benefits
of endowment—little, if at all, diminished. The Roman
Catholic clergy of Ireland deserve more than they have
yet received for the energy with which they fought the
Liberal battle at the general election against tremen-
dous odds in social and territorial influence. They
have also taken the lead boldly and opportunely in
denouncing the specious mischief of compromise.
Mr. Gladstone, ten months ago, propounded a policy
which was received with approval by the Legislature and
endorsed by the deliberate judgment of the nation. All
that the Catholic prelates have done is to ask that the
policy so proposed shall be carried out in honourable
accordance with the terms of its original and
fundamental compact. They ask, in the words
of Mr. Gladstone himself, for the total disesta-
blishment and disendowment of the Irish Church.
Any compromise must fall short of that ; must be a pal-
liation and a makeshift fertile in new evils. The Roman
Catholic prelates speak in the name of the Irish people
when they protest against such compromises ; and we
no anxiety as to the manner in which Mr.. Glad-
st,o-ie would answer the expectations of the nation which
he has aroused from the depths of despondency to hope
aild energy,

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan.',l6.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
and the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn, drove
out yesterday afternoon.

Her Majesty walked in the grounds this morn-
ing, attended by Lady Churchill.
Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went
out.

Jan. 17.

Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Leopold/
Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended
Divine service this morning.
The Earl of Kimberley arrived at Osborne yes-
terday, and had the honour of dining with the
Queen and the Royal Family.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— His Royal Highness
Prince Arthur, attended by his suite, honoured the per-
formances at the above theatre by his presence on Satur-

day evening,

711 E LONDON, CHA7 HAM; AND DOVER
RAILWAY.

While the impression made by the recent reve-
lations of the extraordinary course of American
railway directors is fresh, it will be well for
the British public to bear in mind that a ease
equally gross and far more injurious in its
results is to be found in England. The
position of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Company defies analysis. It is now the third
year since the stoppage of the company, and
not a gleam of real information, much less of prac-
tical satisfaction, has been or can be obtained either
by creditors, shareholders, or the public at large
In this way from 15 to 20 millions of capital is
treated without the slightest gain being obtained 131
anyone, since even the legal profession, whatever in'
dividual sums,-may be squandered in such a business
from year to year,are scandalised and injured byits re-
sults, and contrary to a vulgar impression lawyers al-
ways thrive best in the midst of commercial confi-
dence. At the height of the difficulty the Board
obtained exceptional Parliamentary powers, intended
to enable it to surmount many embarrassments
that might otherwise prove unconquerable, but the
only use made of these powers has apparently been
to keep the concern dormant, through the creditors
being deprived of the right to move. No settle-
ment has been attempted of the unsecured claims,
the litigation with the finance companies is COn:
tinned, and the priority of the various classes el
creditors is as undefined at this moment as when
the break up of the company occurred, the comma'
nity meanwhile suffering all the inconvenience that
must necessarily be consequent upon such a condi-
tion of one of their most important channels Of
metropolitan and coast communication. In the
American proceedings lately reported there is 11°
evidence of actual public pecuniary loss. The lines
are efficiently worked, money is laid out upon them
when required, and the evil of the whole move-
ments is almost limited to the fact that ter"
taiu sets of gamblers are alternately enriched
or impoverished. In the Chatham case there is
no suspicion of dishonesty on the part of the
Directors or of corruption in the law courts, but
the immediate ruin effected is nevertheless much
more complete. It seems purely a case of in-
capacity, and if creditors and shareholders, 1)4
keeping up a mutual conflict, choose to permit
it to continue, instead of appealing to Parliamell
immediately on its reassembling to put a stop
to the misuse of the powers granted, they must
no longer ask sympathy, but leave the matter to
the public, who will demand for the conlmria
u
interest that the entire question should be handled
without further tenderness. It is useless for thos
parties to protest helplessness. By common ac-
tion they could not only get rid of the present 1335.4
nagement, but contrive to place the decision
every point for the entire settlement of the under;
taking into the hands of a commission constitute',
of three or more men of unquestioned commercial
standing and experience, with unlimited power l 0
to
decide and compromise everything according
their views of equity, from which there should
be
no appeal. The prospect is that unless some suc 0
decision be arrived at the whole matter will in see,
years be precisely where it now is, with the exli
tion of the tens of thousands of pounds that viie
have been annually disbursed in preventing all 011
from getting his own.

THE CLAIMS OF WOMEN.-MlB6 Emily Faitu.-ill! f
on the sth instant, delivered her lecture on the claicle
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enthusiastic applause, and at its close the 'eau; g
was wellnigh overwhelmed with compliments. O'irA.l3-f
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lectures at Reading on March 1, and Clifton, ger°-
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LATE FIRE AT CAMDEN TOWN.--B'''" fn •
CONCERT.—The late fire at Messrs. Brockbanks, the P-o°o
forte manufacturers, has fallen with double weight °Po
their unfortunate employes, who have not only been thrf, it
out of work by the calamity, but have been deprived V.g.
of the whole of their valuable tools. With a view 'of
sisting a large number of deserving workmen a bocligor
gentlemen have formed themselves into a committee !it
the purpose of organising a concert, the proceeds of Obtflico,
will be devoted to replacing the men's tools. The ° of
rities of St. Pancras have granted the gratuitous ceecog
their vestry-hall, King's-road, and from the secs ths
that has up to the present attended the exertions °;ot
committee a very brilliant concert is to be expected of
Monday evening, the 25th inst. Miss Poole, Miss
Al,o'.
Haldane, Madlle. R. Cherer, Madame Harrison, en", Doe
Theodore Distin have already volunteered their assist
for the vocal portion ; the instrumentalists who Pt to
come forward include Mr. Balsir Chatterton (bar Pis, (0
the Queen), Mr. Wells (flute), Miss Isabella Colecieos
pupil of Benedict), and Mr. Harrison (pianoforte)• fthe
committee are desirous that the concert shall be one °no,
best that has yet been given in that part of the Inett°rod
and the laudible object for which it has been orgovor
will doubtless be more than sufficient to ensure an °

flowing attendance.
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S FAR''„c 5a 0
—Dr. Tait, now. Archbishop of Canterbury, pregeb°olll
farewell sermon yesterday mot ning at Fulham 00
the parish in which his principal episcopal resideo"
Bishop of London, was situate. His text was 1 retyriioP
7, " The end of all things is at hand." The arobbi,'res?
will probably leave Fulham to-day to take IV 133'6

dence for the present at Lambeth Palace.
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DEATH OF A GAROTTER IN NEIVGATE.----.`"n witg
quest respecting the death of George Kemp, aged
resumed in the Chaplain's room, at Nevigate,
died Paine, on Saturday afternoon. The deceased die° frog
tetanus, on Thursday week last, while awaiting blO
eVY
for robbery with violence. Dr. Gibson having gisre{ ti°
dence that he had made a post-mortem examination 0- tbe
body, and that death had arisen from natural cause 616001
jury returned a verdict in accordance with the m 0
testimony.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A SOLDIER. An incllle,l
just been held by Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner for Wes'',-
as to the death of Gunner Murphy, of the A batte'.7 tbo
brigade, Royal Artillery, who had been 16 years
.451100,
service. The evidence proved that the deceased W 7 hi:
gaged in scrubbing the room in which he reside7,lo'
wife being at the time ill in bed—when he excialete'itoc.
he feared he should faint, and almost immediately of the
The deceased had been suffering from disease °
heart. Verdict—" Died from natural causes." sat FIRST MARCH OUT FOR THE SEASON. 11 ore
day afternoon the 3d London (or Working-gell'' pf°:
assembled at their rendezvous, Farringdon-street, e-0010";
ceeded, 300 strong, along Holborn and Tottenhe° d Pif
road, to Camden Town. The regiment was hes aeol °,l
brass and drum and fife bands, under the ceret6 04
Major Palmer, and presented its usual fine, °et',-
soldier-like appearance. „f 1.
THE COST OF A METROPOLITAN ELE,A- ottr,
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account of the expenses incurred on behalf of Mr*
.a,
Lewis, M.P. for Marylobone, at the recent eleetol-ortor
published in pursuance of the provisions of the vi Os
Practices Prevention Act (1863), shows that the t°
penses amount to the large sum of £3,276 ls. 4d.
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