The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

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The Times declares that " Simple even to baldnessi'
must be the verdict pronounced on the Message delivery'
on Wednesday afternoon by the Lords Commissienerl3.
We have entered upon an age of plainness and sobria
Who that has read of it does not remember the conger'
nation of the noble master of the ceremonies-31:cl.:
8r,:,z6 was, we believe, his name—who was charged '4l,',
the duty of introducing M. le Ministre Roland to t."'
royal presence at Versailles ? No buckles adorned the
shoes of Roland, mere strings appearing where Sillef
should have shewn, and the ho rror-stricken Chanaberlaig
saw in their absence a forecast of the end of his rag'
We reject the untoward omen, but we cannot shut ees
eyes to the logic of facts. The time may vet arts
.ben the two Houses will be dismissed at the en
of the session with a reminder that the Acts they
passed will be found in due course in the Statute
Mr. Gladstone himself, it is to be hoped, will enjoy tu;
invigorating breezes of IValmer without fighting et
again the battles of the session, and, if he could possibl
obey the injunction, might be exhorted to abstain W;
time from thinking about the future. His college'
will, we trust, in due course enjoy a similar relaxatieuna
it has been announced that Dr. Disraeli is spending the
first fruits of his leisure in a country-house upon
_tt
express stipulation that he is not to be expected to aPrq,
at any gathering in the neighbourhood ; and irresponsi%,
private members are by this time flying from Londoe'"
all directions, anxious only to forget their labours oh °B
a few weeks of perfect holiday.
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The Standard says that during the Derby and D.e),h
Administrations the Royal Speeches were all that sy
compositions can be ; but during Lord Palinerste;
Government and throughout the Whig tenure of Y.l/
they sinned far more against grammar, and were infiro"
weaker as compositions, than the speeches which Cebi):4
took as his examples of false grammar and awkW, to
writing. And now, the Liberals having returned be
office, we have a Prorogation Speech which may fairlitho
described as the weakest and the worst ever put inte;of
mouth of an English Sovereign. The Lora. Chance
might have prefaced his communication of the SPeeio
to the two Houses with Cobbett's wordg
his " Dear Little James," "You shall now see, °i
d;
what pretty stuff is put together and delivered te.L.
Parliament under the name of King's (Queen's) speeeh7o
The badness, the baldness, the awkward phraseologl,eb,
preserved so equally and steadily throughout the SPe
1)1,
that one must reject the assumption that each Para' 11.00
is the work of a different hand, Internal evidence I°oo
to one, or, at most, two authors. Suppose we Olt
Home Secretary and the Postmaster-General. Selfood
perhaps, has a fairer opportunity been given for 3 .or
Queen's Speech. But there is not a deeeilif
written paragraph. It begins awkwardly, end oot
culminates hi probably the most ridiculous sentence et
put into the mouth of a Sovereign of England' to
Majesty says, "During the recess you will contilitlieo
gather that practical knowledge and experience /chef
form the solid basis of legislative aptitude." Whey' ttP
and where ? On the moors, by the seaside, across counid
or at public meetings ? That practical knowledge iso
experience ! Why they are to be gathered in the get
the
itself, and not picked up in the streets or found liPe-frihje
waters. It has been the wont of her Majesty to clis';,e,
her counsellors with a reminder of the important de'tlive
social and administrative, devolving upon their resPecor
neighbourhoods, and the reminder was a just and en the
propriate one. To send them wool-gathering in
ro of
chase after legislative aptitude is certainly a new fo

'arewell. tli
The Star observes that whatever we may think °fa)
character of the House of Lords, in declining to 93.0
day longer in order to consider the question of echluee bill
in Scotland, it would appear that the rejection of
as it came up from the Commons is not regarded with
!oh
regret by the Liberals of that country. The SOtsfeoei
generally a staunch supporter of Government, e°°.bea
that in this instance it views the act, as distingtll-,ed
from the motive, of the Peers, with wonder, leve'olef
praise. The bill had, in fact, grown objecti°l3ooll'
because, in the effort to make it palatable to the he
servatives and obstructional Whigs, it had cease(' tlOlll
national. It is hard to trace the precise modi6e-014
whlcli converted a fairly good measure into one 014'1;0
no satisfaction at all to the true Liberals, but the
circumstance is to be found in the roar;le,oll'
which the existing parish schools were dealt reetill:
It seems better to let the question drop, till the Cerllrstsio
as well as the Lords, shall have bad time to nude Oct'
the real feeling of the people of Scotland in the Ilet
rola
An appeal to the constituencies would give no lit: fel'
sound. Only the ecclesiastical bodies, and in s°:eeeolfr
instances the county boards, composed of landownejole.r
and guided by a duke or earl, have expressed any pet'.
ing after denominationalism in any shape. All thee wets
tions that express the true feeling of the peoPle
h support of the clauses of the late bill, which see
national system, and have objected only that tilestiofoe,
not go far enough. Any new bill that shall give °)ftp eti
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tion to the enlightened people of Scotland most 1e
ocer
on broader principles, and less tinged with sect eof
tions, than that which the Commons offered as
promise, and which the Lords have rejected. 0,11e3
The Post says that both the juries who have beetnirelf
upon to investigate the riot at Mold have been erglercediro
agreement. Both tribunals have approved un'.e ffieer
and without qualification, the conduct of the °
command and of his men ; and both have Oririoter°o
without extenuation the lawlessness Of ti.,11,e,d, °0
The public, it can scarcely be &Wu"- 'eolifci
at once endorse the view which these t/r0 Atleo
of law have taken of the entire ca's„ili 1301
will he of opinion that Chief Justice 13°'e$01/
not visited the offence too heavily in sentencing is tote.,
the men found guilty of participation in the rwselitealid
years' penal servitude. Chief Justice 80611'5133 ifri,rcji
must be regarded as eminently satisfactory, and it .;
be expected to diminish the reckless readiness
crtoelifod
working men, especially colliers, have attemPte.
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their ideas and carry their policy by their /1" that 17,
outrage. It is absolutely necessary, therefore' eujcl lot
populations in all parts of the country t
thoroughly impressed with au absolute con/,1;0 0401
whatever their real grievances may be, they pets° jo
permitted to seek for redress by riot, violence. vr thei_rj
intimidation, and that, whenever and where/he
tit recto
so, the law will be vindicated and enforced wit; Le
to any allegations of extenuating circumstanjetiougbeeo
hope that the lesson which has been conveYe,"o yovireiti
the country by the mode in which the law .11 bethe°a
administered in this most lamentable affair ore a j t‘,l,
full influence, and that we shall hear no 1,140, afital
attempts to deprive industry of its /rout 01400
terrorise men from accepting emplornencivif°
terms and in such places as they may deem A eec
nrofitable. to
desire beige i
The Telegraph confesses to a sneaking gin 1)•' tot'
into a Grouse's diary. It would probablY,"tiebt 114
perfectly innocent and unsuspicious. No "ber of_a de 0
are aware that every autumn a large nulp par ''''''4ll4
beings with guns in their hands suddenly arl3"whf ;ice
considerable havoc ; but is that any res•B°,"oo, Peons'ep
should be on their guard? Englishmen "",.00111.0fesil
well that a given percentage of their fellotber 1,0 , 6
dies every year of typhus fever and rnanY (11...toinVort",;
iEbnleglidstsmeaesnes,,wwhhenilethleiuynidleraerdssupcheraish in c7••arsB.oB
just as grouse are when they hear a ‘:erpeol'i;l":"btahrerell.:olllt,•l3o;
a momentary flutter, and forget the seconou,,p,
do
we can imagine our philosophic old bird n vi!
the trains from the south were full, withottet. P,lO-00
precise inference from that rather ominonsilletito,'o%tt,
well, thinks the feathery Deloltne, the. cf
historic grouse, to wait for further informatiol',•,,, vtoieatil';o
on Thursday morning the Grotesqueoq th?1,,t,,4
less very liberally given. as some 4, 0110/411%,
of the annual migration to the North maY, "se of
irofeAl'e
the whole, an exceedingly satisfactory Pb for oerttbe
life. There are thousands who find no with o,ife
brain so sure as that which still.supplies oonclefto;f
kind of active interest in life; who cwerr
charm of a chair among two thousand oto_ierion° f soo.ss,
of a German hotel, whilst even the most
_g;clo,sheiiitercrif
band fills the air with a bright and doe ot
but who feel the vigour, long lost, returnaic7ose Jana
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long dead, rekindled—as they trainyve,.., fold °use of
moorland at dawn, and watch the sit " ol
the -rue the
slowly passing from the hills. Grano? 0.0 o
victim ; but the world requires_ all ure%olital to hike
another, to be victims. No sensible rep, pile,' 010,0
bipeds with feathers could the case.beeiraib
bctial isstechuoeiseal Dr: a
.I.od dep, faie_rei!
would deny that a "jaded and infuriatoa_eocaslu
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bipeds without feathers has a right t
'll°lo
at the birds which he has mainly fed. w!rigv'te
ob rs ev
eDs a
ti Ihya t Nne tor s ewt pxssnii iosu cdrtebis,is
ifiotc
010
invites suspicion in the
the last degree cf nervous irritabilitY_!ok an o 0 deasoci
times wandering and excited. or r_w_earest „iviageo
scarcely to be able to recognise tnrer 1,1, of rr,,, 011,0111
around her bed, but who has inte.. Tod ino,s_lietichle ot
rallying energy in which she recaT;piejotisoilistanc,iree.
purpose formed before her illness. b°
the eireu el",lare
find a pretext for suspicion
in
oundecl to
the dying lady's bedside being surr devoted
..„'„,.Tbetticiiii; •
connections, or advisers, whose I,,urabb, fet'
mitting watch fulness can be
u(Ferflieert 0 d teirg
st 1 ciet tat
d, the s‘ers I).7ber'
pre
In a
tvoe t Protestantilom an
Catholic,
tjheiaeloaibissyen,
t.to n tcearsees tw, 01
erret t Cel..etsfitrji,C;: beeigna,tirilp,
th
tl
first marriage has become a con
l'ie;
mother!_atio
otbe
faith to the great sorrow of
ont, it is " bet 511etliet:,
has be e
nnxdo twicene
other daughter remains a r"''eB uP°ll the 10
the constant attendance of the one c orntt life
nneasm Ilie ine ilf
should be regarded with soul _f 0 _,:br
made sacred by grief and death diff
In
enterto ;f a m
stillil y (1
lessilfetr,e) ywe sell tutiln not ece:cos.:,:#l;
disclosed in a court of justice. 11„"lar.70, 'iop
•ersions Lao .Aeil
sioned by religions " con, Judg? consl".fica'red
frequent to call for notice.
Irish jut Ate
„ode for an once° .0 DIVe
and firmly ramyleyasreta
gans,i dbeefa(;lrle those eerclajoe tfurrebilingTou°l4lee
had begun, made it lam°.
aeltY 0111
them of te-
ulY at
muls upon one single poi. took °
make and execute awd d Estnom.° cote- of' to
minutes to conclude that
upon a verdict, and ci
,tll,iheec
]try
iod
no.
to
cuted her w whole; the a„peatil,e
we must say that, on the.ona. videneeiceiE :elf. t!
and aar.YprOVing ittal9,llCe_. tO
nut C ee
Alla ' Puttl44 P--
are always delicate and difficult,„t judiol‘b
t of the in
the nicest sliticr44l,4- - - -
medical andillo,tkline°rwpinrgo!essl
_.tte
adequate to support their verdio • , • d,