The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-12 00:00:00

LORD GRANVILLL'S GOUT.

No such bad case of gout ce Lord Granville is at presen'
suffering from has ever been seen in the flesh in either
House of Parliament. Lord Palmerston used to come down
to the House of Commons sometimes with a gouty arm
In a sling, and for several of the latter years of his life
ho was obliged to wear largo and soft boots. During
ihe Commons debate on this very Church Bill, Mr. Disraeli
appeared for a whole week with a large cloth shoe; but
since Tuesday night Lord Granville has not been able to
wear a shoe of any kind on his right foot. On Tues-
day he entered the House on crutches, his right foot
being encased in a cloth shoe of Brobdignag proportions.
Ile was obliged to stand on one leg while addressing
the House, and, when sitting, the aching limb was supported
on a large cushion. By Thursday he had become so much
worse that his foot was wrapped round in bandages with
an outer covering of a silk handkerchief. Once seated
he could not rise without crutches, and when the House ad-
journed his valet entered the House with a sort of little Bath
chair, on the seat of which the noble earl placed his knee, and
in this position rolled himself out of the ante-room. On
Friday night the wheeling chair, the crutches, and the
cushion were again in requisition, and his foot was still
much swollen. At times he seemed in great pain ; but even
physical suffering could not ruffle his fine temper, and he
conducted the business with that courtier-like grace and
conciliatory ability in which he has no equal in either House
of Parliament.

Rightly fathered or not, this child has been
affiliated to the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, &c., &c.:—
At a dinner party the other day the conversation turned
on Mr. Gladstone. " Gladstone," said Dizzy--" Glad-
stone has not a single redeeming—vice."
THE LANDING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—The
New York papers state that the French Atlantic Cable
is to be landed in America about the Ist of August, at
Duxbury, a town of four or five thousand inhabitants,
thirty-six miles south-east of Boston. It is described as
a very retired place, hitherto but little known, but likely
now to grow in importince.
A challenge from the London Canoe Club has
been made to Harvard University to send a canoeist to
row in an international race between England, France, and
America, soon after the University four-oared race between
Oxford and Harvard. The Harvard Boat Club fear that
they will not be able to comply. If, however, they can,
without serious inconvenience, do so, they will.

Ax ART BLUNDER.—Lord de l'lsle and Dudley
has given notice in the House of Lords of his intention,
on the 26th inst., to ask the Secretary for the Colonies
upon whose judgment and responsibility a picture in the
National Gallery, representing Christ blessing Little
Children, ascribed to Rembrandt, but by many persons
supposed to be a spurious work of little or no value, was
purchased at the price of £7,000.
THE ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE.—
We are unable to record any improvement in the Bishop's
health, and there has been little or no change in his condi-
tion for some weeks past. His lordship suffers much at
times, and is very weak, being quite unable to attend to
business. Nevertheless, his mind continues perfectly
clear ; and it is hoped that, according to his own wish, he
may return for a time to Rose Castle towards the end of
the present month.—Carlisle Journal.

TALKING SHOP. —A neighbouring farmer in a
remote district of the Yorkshire wolds recently met a
country rector who had been two years absent on travel.
"Mr. Rector," said the farmer, "you've been to the Holy
Land, I hear." " I have, John, and got safe back, you
see." "Well, I often thou't I'd like to hear about that
spot. It's a fine country, I lay." "Well," said the
rector, " I saw Lebanon and Jerusalem, and the twelve
palm trees, and the wells of water in the great desert, and
we went across the Jordan, and we went up Mount —"
" Excuse me interruptin' you, Mr. Rector, noo. But if it
be a fair question, boo was turmets (turnips) looking out
yonder ?"
Mr. Villiers, M.P., writes denying that the Civil
Pensions Bill is intended to benefit him. Ho thinks the
present system, however, most unjust. The right hon. gentle-
;Han says—" Mr. Fawcett's amendment would not in any
way have prejudiced any claim I might have thought it right
to make, since when I took office under Lord'Aberdeen I
unfortunately surrendered a life appointment of far greater
value than any pension that would accrue to me now.
When I accepted the office of President of the Poor Law
Board, with a seat in the Cabinet of Lord Palmerston, I did
not consider whether a pension was attached to that office
or not, and it was only upon resigning, after seven years'
service, that I learnt the unjust and capricious manner in
which Ministerial pensions were then provided. Of this,
however. I have never made any complaint."