The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-13 00:00:00

A LEADER OF THE PEOPLE.

was

ENGLISH CRIME AND CRIMINALS.

The Church Association Lite/it:mar states that
the Bennett case will, in all probability, come before the
Arches Court for hearing soon after Michaelmas term.
On Thursday intelligence was received of the
sinking of the Weethin brig, belonging to Whitby. She was
bound from Hartlepool to London, and off Yarmouth came
into collision wi.,h the John Bowes. The crew bad only
just time to get cn the latter vessel when she sank. They
have been landed at Yarmouth.
THE SHEDDEN CASE —A petition has been pre-
sented to the House of Lords on behalf of "Shedden and
Another," praying their lordships on a future day to hear
and consider their evidence, and to adopt such measures
as shall lead to the judgment of the 30th of July last,
including the order for payment of costs, being annulled
or reversed.

A new claimant fur the Breadalbane peerage
has appeared, in tho person of M tjor- General Frasor, late
Colonel of the Royal Marines. General Fraser claims to
be descended from the Royal houses of Erne° and Stuart.
Sir Roderick Murchison, who is now in the High-
lands, has received through the Italian Minister the an-
nouncement that the King of Italy has conferred on him
the distinction of Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown
of Italy.

The name of the Dean of Canteibury appears in
the list of vice-presidents of the newly-organised Protestant
Dissenters' school at Mill-hill. The prospectus states that
the school is to be conducted henceforth on "broad and
liberal principles."
Mr. Richard Young, of Osborne House, Wisbeach.
has been appointed a del-lily-lieutenant of the county of
Camtridge. Re was also recently made a justice of the
pc ace kr the county of Norfolk Ly the Earl of Leicester, the
lord-lieutenant. Mr. Yeurg was the Liberal member for
Cambridgeshire in the late Parliament, but was thrown out
by the Right Ron. B. Brand at the last general election.
The betting disasters are developing on every
side. A son of a London leading banker, a youth not more
than twenty years of ege, has absconded. lie had abstracted
ten thousand pounds from the Bank, the whole of which
VIM was lost on the turf. The wretched victim fled to New
Yolk, where he has been captured. lie returns to England
to penal servitude.
The Conference of the Delegates of the Wesleyan
Reform Union was resumed on Wednesday at the Bethesda
Chapel, Bradford, under tho presidency of Mr. Chamberlain,
the Mayor of Windsor. Several questions in reference to
the Church organisation were discussed, and resolutions
passed in favour of the Temperance movement, and ex-
pressing the thankfulness of the meeting at the passing of
the Irish Church Bill. The business terminated about four
o'clock.

TLIE TWELFTH OF AUGUST ON TUE YORKSHIRE
MOORS. —The eventful "twelfth" is passed. The reports
from the moors in the neighbourhood of Bingley,
Keighley, and Haworth, and in the districts of Craven,
in the West Riding, are extremely satisfactory. The birds
are stated to be both plentiful and strcng on the wing,
and good sport is anticipated.
CONVOCATION.—Sir Travers Twiss, the Vicar-
General of the Province of Canterbury, and Mr. F. Hart
Dyke attended at the Jerusalem Chamber, 'Westminster,
on Thursday morning, for the purpose of proroguing
the Provincial Convocation, which stood adjourned till
that day. At the request of the Vicar-General, Mr.
Dyke read the schedule signed by the Archbishop, declar.
in.; the Convocation adjourned until Friday, the 20th of
October.

AUTUMN SESSION OF THE CONGREGATIONAL
UNION.—We hear with pleasure that the Rector of
Wolverhampton, the Rev. J. 11. Iles, has expressed his
desire to reciprocate the hospitality which Dissenters
of that town shewed when the Church Congress recently
assembled there. He will himself accommodate a
couple of visitors, and recommends his friends to do
likewise. Without such help from friends of other denomi•
nations the Congregationalists of,Wolverharepton couldnot
bestow the numerous guests whom they hope to welcome
next October, but this kindness on the part of the rector
will help to set their anxieties at rest.—English Inde-
pendent.

From the division list of the House of Commons
for the session 1868-69, which has just been issued, we
gather that there were during the session in all 160 divi-
sions. Of these, 29 wore taken on the Irish Church Bill, 9
on the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, 11 or
the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill, 4 on the Sunday ane.
Ragged Schools Bill, and 4 on the University Tests Bill.
There were also 5 divisicns on the Dublin Freemen Com-
mission Bill, and 4 on the Bankruptcy Bill,
A DISCOVERY AT POMPEIL—A discovery of
much interest has just been made in Pompeii, which, be-
sides being quite novel of its kind, will lead, perhaps, to a
fuller knowledge of the plan of the old city. In one of
the rooms of a house lately excavated a fresco painting
has been found representing the Circus as it was before
the great eruption. Close to it is a large building, no
traces of which have been ever recognised, but which the
Commandatore Fiorelli is now engaged in seeking.
Vesuvius has renewed
,its menaces, shocks of earthquake
having been registered last Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Lords of the Admiralty have, says the Pall
Mall Gazette, determined on appropriating some of the largest
vessels of war attached to the reserve in the Medway to a
better use than rotting out a useless existence in what is
aptly termed "Rotten-row," several of the largest of the
wooden steamers and other vessels of war having been se-
lected from the reserve and fitted up as training ships for
outcast boys at the several out-ports. The Mars, a fine en-
amoured two-decker, of 2,570 tons, and of 400 horse-power,
has had her engines taken out and the necessary alterations
made, and has just been despatched to the Clyde, where she
will in future be employed as a receiving and training ship
for outcast boys wishing to enter the Loyal Navy or the
Mercantile Marine.

THREATENED STRIKE OF DOCK LABOURERS.--
A great deal of discontent exists among the permanent
labourers employed by the London and St. Katherine
Dock Company. The directors lately issued an order
which the men consider very harsh. It has been the
practice at these docks to grant to the permanent men
three days' leave of absence annually, and this boon has
now been withdrawn. During the past week a number of
meetings of the men have been held, at which the conduct
of the directors-has been condemned. A deputation from
the Dock and Wharf Labourers' Association will wait
upon the directors of the company this morning, praying
them to rescind the orders complained of. The men do
not hesitate to speak of extreme measures in the event of
their request being refused.
111 R. GLADSTONE.—The Premier's late illness
arose, it appears, from an attack of mucous diarrhcea,
which was severe, and at one time, through the pressure of
anxious and unavoidable work, threatened to be obstinate.
On the 2nd inst. the disease was subdued, aid Dr. Andrew
Clark, under whose professional care Mr. Gladstone has
been, gave a reluctant assent to his resumption of official
duties. On the 6th there was a slight relapse, which was
completely overcome by the Bth. On Tuesday, suffering
only from the weakness incident to such an illness, Mr.
Gladstone proceeded on a short visit to Walmer Castle,
where we trust he will speedily recover his accustomee
health and strength.—Medical Times and Gazette.
TELEGRAPHIC EXTENSION IN AUSTRALIA.—The
telegraph is being gradually but surely extended along
our eastern seaboard in the direction of the head of the
Gulf of Carpentaria, and so towards Java, Singapore,
and the Indo-European line, to put us in direct communi-
cation with Europe. Already our wires nearly reach to
Cardwell, Rockingham Bay, from which there is a sur-
veyed line across the peninsula to Norman Town and
Burke Town, at the head of the Gulf, a distance of some
500 miles, A resolution was passed in the Legislative
Council on Wednesday last, affirming the desirability of
carrying the line to these towns. The resolution has been
sent down to the Legislative Assembly, and will no doubt
be adopted.—Brisbane Courier, June 12.
A COLLIERY DEPUTY ENDANGERING THE LIVES
OF 400 MINERS.—At the Barnsley County Court, a case
has been heard in which a serious neglect on the part of a
deputy was shewn to have placed the lives of 400 miners
in jeopardy. The action was brought by John Crughty,
formerly an overseer at the Dartield Main Colliery, near
Barnsley, to recover £3 Bs. Gd., one month's wages,
from the company for alleged illegal dismissal. It
appeared that the plaintiff was a deputy, and as
such he had a right to see that the brattice work
which regulates the ventilation was within twelve feet
of the face of the coal. It was one morning dis-
covered. that the bratticing was eleven yards from the
face. On this becoming known to the manager, another
man was put in his place, and hence the action. In
cross-examination the plaintiff adinitted that the brattice
was not kept to the face, and as his reasan for not keep-
ing it up, he said that he overslept himself on the morn-
ing of the 28th June. It was stated that the plaintiff's
neglect placed the men's lives in jeopardy.—His Honour,
in giving judgment, referred to the recent colliery disasters,
and pointed out the consequences which might have fol.
lowed the plaintiff's conduct. He gave a verdict for the
defendants, with all costs and advocate's fees. The com•
pang, however, declined to take any costs save travellipg
tanning,.

The second report from the Select Committee
ap-
pointed to control the arrangements of the kitchen and re-
freshment rooms in the House of Commons, states that during
• the present session, up to the 4th August, 12,795 members
• dined in the refreshment rooms. Tho Committee believe
• that the management of the rooms by Mr. Nicholas continues
to give satisfaction; for, although they have received a few
complaints from members during the present session, Mr.
Nicholas has very promptly rectified any fault so which his
attention has been at my time called. The committee re-
peat their complaint of the very insufficient accommodation
which is afforded to members for dining, and state that they
have received numerous protests to that effect. Tho com-
mittee, in accordance with those complaints, desire earnestly
to impress upon the house the extreme desirability of this
defect being remedied with as little delay as possible.
A SUGGESTION.—I have often thought that it
would be a great advantage—not merely to literary men, but
to all who had much writing to do in the way of business—
if short-hand were regularly taught in schools. I find, on
inquiry, that the art is practised by comparatively few,
except the regular reporters for the newspapers, and the
short-hand clerks employed by solicitors of large practice.
The time lost in writing the ordinary long hand is enormous;
and, as few men can acquire dexterity in any art after
twenty, I would suggest that short-hand classes be formed
in all public and private schools ; and then, in the course
of a few years, we should have a regular corps of
stenographers. Writers for the press might send in their
copy to the printers in short-hand, and educated corn-
p sitors would, by an easy mental process, translate and
transform such copy into the ordinary long-hand of letter-
press. In fact, a good acquaintance with short-hand
might be an indispensable qualification to the admission o;
every lad into the printing business. Some defined
system of short-hand would, however, have to be adopted ;
and I know of none better than Pitman's. Perhaps some
one may adopt this suggestion, and organise it into
svatem.-rOnCe a IRO.

Mr. W. IT, Sylvia, President of the Labour Union of
the United States, died on the 27th of July at Philadel-
phia. He was an indefatigable champion of the
lower classes. It was at his instigation chiefly that
the General Labour Congress of 186 G was brought about,
which agreed to a distinct social and political labour
platform, and resulted in the establishment of the
National Labour Union, a confederacy for political
purposes of all the trade societies of America, the
working women's associations included. "lie was an
ardent opponent of strikes, and used to say on every
occasion that the money spent by the ironmoulders
'on strikes would have been sufficient, if applied
to co-operation, to acquire all the ironmouldina
of the country for the operatives. By his exer-
tions upwards of a dozen co-operative foundries have
been established in various parts of America, all of
which are in a highly-flourishing condition. Such was the
man, a veritable son of toil, whose loss, at the premature
age of 41, is mourned by hundreds of thousands—from
Maine to California; from Florida to the Western boun-
daries of civilisation—and as the progress of the labour
movement in America must inevitably react upon the old
world, their loss is ours."

VOYSEY AND THE ARCHBISHOP 0111
YORK.

The Archbishop's reply to the Ilev. C. Voysey's letter
of July 31, is published. The Archbishop (who addresses
Mr. Voysey as "My dear sir") says he is inclined to
think that on consideration Mr. Voysey will regret the
tone of his letter. But in any case Dr. Thomson can-
not, by replying to it, open a public correspondence in
The annual volume of "Judicial Statistics" states that I connection with a pending trial. The Archbishop denies,
through each division of the statistics, police, criminal however, that he is " not acting in this matter on his own
proceedings, and prisons, and under almost every heading conviction of what is best, but from external pressure."
an increase appears in the numbers for 1868 as He has not yielded to external pressure, but to a sense of
compared with the preceding year ; in the what he thinks is due to the Church. "For several
numbers of the police, and consequently in their cost ; years," Dr. Thomson proceeds, "you have been provoking
in the number of the criminal classes ; in the number of I this prosecution; and your language and arguments have
offences reported by the police, and in the number of per.
grown more and more distinct and emphatic
sons apprehended ;in the number proceeded against as time went on. As long ago as January 1867 you
summarily, and in the number summarily convicted; challenged legal proceedings as affording the only measure
in the number for trial, and the number con-
of your moral obligations, and as the only means of
victed at assizes and sessions; in the number
`silencing the outcry' raised against you. You have
b
committed to the prisons and reformatories ; and in borne witness more than once to my forbearance; and
the expenses of the prisons. There are altogether in You have expressed regret for the obloquy that
England and Wales, according. to the police returns, it has brought on me. Every consideration has
24,009 known thieves and depredators, 3,001 receivers of been shewn you, I trust. But at last such a course as you
stolen goods, 25,627 prostitutes, 29,574 suspected persons, Ihave followed must succeed, even with the most
36,179 vagrants and tramps. Of the "thieves and depre-
forbearing treatment. You have sought and
dators," 2,740 are found in the metropolitan police district challenged a prosecution, and it has come. With regard
including the City. In the same area there are 257 to the inhibition, as to all other steps in the suit,
receivers, 5,678 prostitutes, 2,807 suspected persons, and the case has passed from my hands into those of my
4,571 vagrants and tramps. There are in the metropolitan legal advisers. To use your own apology in this very
'
district 2,157 houses of bad character, and in the whole case, I placed myself entirely in their hands.' The
of England and Wales 20,080. The bad houses in the marrow of this case is, not that you have discovered new
il-
metropolis and suburbs are thus classified :—Houses kept forms of error, or enforced them with very original arg
by receivers of stolen goods, 171; public-houses, meats, but that you have preached certain doctrines in
109; beershops, 96; coffee shops, 109; other suspected the Church at Healaugh which, if not new, have never
houses, 102; houses of ill fame, 1,032; tramps' lodging- been preached before in a pulpit of the Church of England.
houses, 482. The murders reported are in the proportion It is the place where they are preached which has
of Ito 167,824 of the estimated population. In the pre- given to this case its unhappy notoriety. Great scandal
ceding year the proportion was Ito 158,737. In 1865-6, has been caused by this on every side ; your letters shew
t
Ito 161,t308. The cases of attempts to murder were in that you have long been aware of it. My legal advisers
the proportion of Ito 354,607 of the estimated population probably consider that to suffer this scandal to con-
in 1867.8, against Ito 476,211, and Ito 471,333 for the tinue unabated for perhaps a year longer, when the law
years 1866 7 and 1865-6 respectively. The number of ver- has put into their hands a means of preventing it, devised
diets of murder in the cases of infants of one year old and iby the Legislature expressly for such a purpose, would
under was 166, against 149 in 1867, 166 in 1866, 175 in 1865, be to trifle with a grave case, in which the
203 in 1864, and 16G in 1863. Of the 166 cases in 1368, Church at large has a deep interest. As to the question
72, or 43.3 per cent., were in the county of Middlesex, of precedents, I believe there has only been one other
including the cities of London and Westminster, against case of a prosecution for sermons. I cannot in.
83, or 557 per cent. in 1868, and 94, or 56.6 per cent. of terfere with their discretion. To arguments of com-
the whole number in 1866. In 1868 20 cases, or 12'3 per passion and sympathy I was keenly alive, so long as
cent. of the whole number, occurred in the borough of there was room for them ; I am sure you will admit
Liverpool, against 12, or B'o per cent. of the whole num-
that it is not my fault that we have passed into the sphere
ber in 1867. of law. I would point out that I think you could arrange
the matter so that in the event of your gaining the suit
the cost of providing a curate during the inhibition would
tall upon me."