The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-26 00:00:00

THE LATE LORD BROUGHAM'.

"An English Traveller" writes to the Times in
praise of the "severely magnificent" monument
which the present Lord Brougham has placed over
the grave of his illustrious brother. It is a gigantic
cross of granite between twenty and thirty feet high,
with no ornament or inscription save the following
(in Latin) :—" Henry Brougham ; born 1778, died
1868." The " Traveller " wishes to know if there is
to be no memorial of the omniscient man in West-
minster Abbey ? The " Traveller" should not be
impatient. We aro generally from a decade to a
century behindhand. Perhaps the next generation
will begin to remember that there was such a man
Henry Prougham,,the Beformer,-the Anti-Slave-
Trade agitator, the Chancellor, the Sayan, and the
Socklogist.

VAGADONrAITI IN rnANcr.

Mr. Llanehard Jerrold, who is now travelling
through Europe on a commisiion from our Govern-
ment, m order to inquire into the provisions
for dealing with pauperism on the Vontinent,
has sent a letter to the Morning Star, in which
he describes the present law of France with regard
to vagaboi:clage. lte says that a convicted
vagabond may be imprisoned for pericyls vary-
ing from three to six months. On liberation,
he is placed under the surveillance of the police for
apc riod varying between five and ten ye::rs. Vaga-
bonds under 16 years of age cannot be imprisoned ;
but tiny are put under police surveillance until they
are 21, or until they enlist in the military or naval
services. The police have authority to put
convicted foreign vagrants beyond the frontier.
The commune to - which a convicted vaga,
bond belongs, can, through its municipal
,council, claim him, or a solvent friend or
relative may become security for him. The autho-
rities, being satisfied, direct him to the commune or
place which is assigned to him for residence. Every
person found begging in a locality in which there is
a public establishment 'organised to obviate the
necessity for mendicity, is punishable by impri-
sonment for a term of not less than three, nor more
than six, months, and is afterwards conducted
to the depot de mendicity. The regular beggar
incurs a term of imprisonment of from one to three
months. Beggars acting in concert, or using threats,
or trespassing within an enclosure, a yard, or habita-
tion, incur a prison penalty, the extreme limit being
two years. Beggars who mimic distress, or sickness,
or infirmities, or who ply their trade in companies
(except they be husband and wife, or parent and
child, or blind with a leader), come under the penal-
ties of this article. Any beggar or vagrant found in
any description of disguise, or carrying weapons
(even when ho has not tried to use them) or carry-
ing files, keys, or any instruments usable for a burg-
lary or other illegal act, may be imprisoned for a
term varying between two and five years. The
beggar or vagrant on whom more than 100 f. are
found must justify how he came by the money, or
he is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding two
years. Any beggar or vagrant who commits an
assault is punished by reclusion if the offence is
light, but with severe imprisonment when his vio-
lence has been serious.

THE CAM.
It was recently stated in a letter by Mr. Hawk-
shaw to the Times that for £2,700 the Cam might
be relieved of its selvage, and made really suitable
for boating ; without that outlay all expense on other
improvements would be comparatively useless. It
now appears that instead of £2,700, Mr. Hawkshaw
meant £27,000, a very different figure. While we
expressed our surprise that the inhabitants or Uam-
bridge were opposed to the smaller outlay, we can
hardly wonder that they are rather shy of taxing
themselves to the amount of a sovereign per head.
Perhaps the University might unite with. the Cor-
poration in redeeming the Cam from being an
open sewer, and in,making it a really good rowing
river.