The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-24 00:00:00

BRIRICT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The' Post says, that provoked :by the movement for
" reciprocity " in Free Trade which has for some.'"•-iiMo been
attracting attention, the Free-traders of Manchester halo
thought it necessary to make a public professien'of faith
in the principles for which they fought so stoutly five-and-
twenty years ago. It ought not to have been necessary
for them to do this. Tho benefits which have been derived
from Free Trade are so great and so notorious that they
shoUld be able to speak for themselves. If there is 9111
part of England in which it would seem almost an impertl"
nence to defend them, it is Manchester. But the
quarters of the old Anti-Corn-Law League is the industrial
centre of the district in which, under a new narne'
protection is raising its head once more. It was well?
therefore, that the " reciprocity " doctrine should h°
discussed, and nothing could be more approptil3°
than that the discussion should take place at a meeting
under the presidency of Mr. George Wilson, who was chair"
man of the Anti-Corn-Law League while the great contest
of Free Trade v. Protection was as yet undecided. It 13
not possible to resist facts. Upon this resource Mr. Wil-
son wisely rested his case. What has Free Trade done for
us ? In what has it failed ? Who has been hurt by It .
In what respect should we be the better for not having
adopted it ? These are the tests by which it should be,
tried. If it can be shewn that it has upon the whole P"
us in a better position than that in which it found us, lta
justification is complete, and the fact that this or that
branch of industry has been suffering, or is suffering,
will not detract from it. If those persons 1/1
are agitating for a revival of Protection under the mask °
" reciprocity " of Free Trade would candidly face this issue
the discussion they have raised would be of short dull'
tion.

The herald thinks that the collapse of the Albert Lif°,
Mike threatens to bo only the Lbeginning of life assurer°
sorrows. True, the European has not lasted so long 115 th°
Albert, but the number of its amalgamations is mile;;
later, the amount of its liabilities is much greater, al"
we regret to add, the chances of a favourable liquidation
are much slighter, than those which, only a few days ago'
were treated as so distressingly unsatisfactory at the lue'
nags of Albert policy-holders. Upon the cognoscenti-4
the few who can read external signs with the aid of oaciv
sional glances behind the scenes—it cannot be said that au/
of these revelations come by surprise. For years the European
has been pointed at and whispered about. Its name 2
been mentioned with a shrug of the shoulders, and
phets of evil long ago declared that its failure was 004
question of time, But the outside public were uninformed
upon these matters. In truth, however, the fall of til°
European does but teach anew the moral of the Anert:6
history. Pending further inquiries we do not atteruP!,
apportion the blame among those responsible for havit
actively or negligently contributed to bring about 06
lamentable state of things. But we trust that in the cl°
of the European, no less than in that of the Albert, the rat
will be an investigation so thorough and so searching ,
no individual by whom the company has been wronged°
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bo allowed to escape without making the fullest satisfaction
for the mischief he has occasioned,

The Star disputes Lord Carnarvon's assertion that Wllatt;
ever principle is applied to the solution of the Irisia lan
question, must necessarily be applicable to all parts of
kingdom. Difference of social state prescribes differcue"
of political treatment. Every rearrangement of your
tutions must be considered on its merits. A method or
principle that would be most excellent for Ireland or Ccit
Canada, or for India, might be most inexpedient for Prf
land and Scotland. There are no principles or methods °‘
universal obligation or invariable fitness in the polition
art. It may appear after duo discussion that compulsil
leases may be the best solution of the Irish land difficn
What objection to the adoption of such a method 5v01`..,1
it be, that compulsory leases are not applicable to 0"1
English land difficulty ? As for Lord Carnal-I°,l:h
assurance that all property is justly liable to be dealt Wi
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on the same principles as you apply to property ,
can only say that no competent text-writer on econono.Th
jurisprudence shares his theory. It is to be hoped.a
everybody who is using his mind on the Irish land
culty, and trying to form an opinion worth having' of
exactly reverse Lord Carnarvon's dictum. It is the 05'1
Ireland that we have to consider, and not the case of EDP
land, We aro not to stay our hand from doing 4 justic°,
the Irish people because the same method might, if it 1,,-0
applied here, be unjust to the English landlords. It I
Pitt, a Conservative statesman, in days when the 109310
statesman was not won by well-meaning piginies',o
warned his followers never to be afraid of doing right l' ‘,11;6
given principle, merely because they did not know vg.'"bl
the same principle under some possible circumstances 133'

carry them.
The Daily .21'eics remarks that the Duke of St. Al ve o 1
was in many quarters criticised very severely for the ;
precedent ho had introduced in allowing, or
requesting, the congregation of Redbourno to selec,:pse
clergyman for the vacant living. It was difficult for t'io
who took a rational and practical view of the "otter
understand the ground and meaning of these adverse etlil;
tures. To them the Duke simply appeared to hey°
covered more clearly than other noble patrons the sign' jog
the times—the necessity of introducing into the Nor' re
and organisation of the National Church 3 IP
et,
ICpopular and responsible clement, by bringing it, 1 co%
into moro direct contact and sympathy with the peor
whose benefit it is established. Nothing, perhaPeo the
directly tends to alienate the minds of the laity froinage.
Church than the harsh and capricious exercise of patr° to
This abuse, more than anything else, has from tiulieol,
time vexed and torn the Established Church in Se °,!„,411
The same causes operate in the same direction, t's" the
with less force, in the Church of England. 111-13$ sod
Church most needs at present is the active synWetbrikely
co-operation of the laity, and few things are more
to secure this than giving them a "ice ol
consulting voice, at all events—in the selectiorloo
their ministers. The Duke of St. Albans felt thiBll'
sLet
boldly entered on the course of action necessary for the
this salutary result. It appears from his letter tm- 5,114
experiment has been attended with complete success' 0,
congregation has unanimously agreed that the elerg1:101
in every respect, was qualified for the post; and the
toole,
has the satisfaction of knowing that the course be sod
from the laudable desire "of promoting the welfare
harmony of the parish," has produced that result. owl
The Standard declares that Mr. Saxby has alre°Bifootig
a storm before the sth of October. When his pr"Deivelf
for that date first appeared in our columns conWel. sche
little attention was excited. Mr. Annatt, howeversettif
watches the clouds with so much patience and Pertin,, tksi
has had his eye upon the augury, and has taken eta;joti
the public should not forget it. In tune last 311.• riflaci
referred to the prediction, and suggested that " .Ye essoir
by results, it would prove a curious instance of a prierlrvo
ing." Laying aside all special theories, everybody I'll° tog'
storms are apt to prevail about the time of tilely
An equinoctial gale backing up these tides in the 7.0 so"
of October may send a flood of water on to our c°:atiefses
up the Thames such as to afford Mr. Saxby all the :404i
tion which may be derivable from seeing a disraal_usP—
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verified. The weather may prove provokingly c'—orcr4
the period is an exceedingly likely ono for a gele'ii`c:esed
to the usual course of things. If the equinocth" t 01'1
before their time this year so much the better; '',..4009
Saxby says they are yet to come. The subject aPP;OO4
admits of a good deal of ingenious discussion; hilt Lae tilt
and tide wait for no man, another fortnight willdee ed.o4
question for us, so far as relates to Mr. SaxbY'e
prognostications.

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PETER THE GREAT'S JESTER, Al•tD 1115
the d~
ip—ilteAroscitrofouerseitnfritoah:eStamlarkeirreeffr,
whohappened
delivered
and was just about teot:er(alftalihfliyl:3lthilt:cli:telitiletcr4b
when Balakireff, hearing of it, made his apPo3°ll;efe
b°ll
13- r:.!
a very doleful face, and approached his master 01:1
to speak. Peter, guessing his errand, tu
the officers who were standing mound
hl
said, in a loud voice, "I know what P- q. or
this fellow is bringing me; but give you ~,T/A; o°ll
ho
of honour, gentlemen, that I will not grant it.° "fe
hearing this, instantly threw himself at the Retool° est..
Czar, and said, with the utmost apPareritt par4/1
ness, " I beieech you, Peter Alexeevitch, do 00',001°-,
that rascal of a cousin of mine Ab, you 00'4010'
Peter, " you're too sharp for me yet, I see !" snd "-ecdoteg
day the culprit received his arden• —Baristor
of Balakireff the Jester. P
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COUNT BISMARCK ON SUNDAY LADOIT bad
Tihane paper gives the following anecdote of C'urit 1315t13511°
habit of working on Sundays.
wrote to his bailiff, " There must be an end of th3„t:, cia,4(
bailiff answered, " The people are not to blame• rion thi
from morning to evening, they have to work polo
estate, and yet they have their own bit of lan.cl t°t
a°
es
The
choaudntgehtcairnatoof (4,tib,
after, and so they have only Sunday loft
__loooso
it in." But the count will not listen to sued o 004
and writes back :—" From this time forwttrd o!
order is to be introduced. When my people have land,:sArst.
their corn is ripe, they are to begin with their ovlloo,loo
The bailiff informs the peasants of the count's a:
and adds, "But now no more work on Sun'
Ole
~tog
Ole P— to
result is that the peasants say to each ether,
Ict
shall not lose a farthing by caring for us first 7
01
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work with a will," and they do it and .1) Nevera 0
an the lu*: ototl
work done so well and so rapidly, oOm 0
write to the count a few days aftorwaruP, O)
iron
nAvanti
0 41;
capitt4,.fiit, and nobody lap 11:4 Oif
than W 6, n%k gai94,la.tii=4J‘ 4