The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-24 00:00:00

'THE SUN, LON t!k)

Indian Minister ? Warnings to be of service should
be given six years before the event to allow time to
convince the officials.

The decision of Baron BRAMWELL iu the case of
the journeymen tailors will probably give general
satisfaction. The men themselves have great reason
to be thankful for it, as, after the verdict of the
jury, they might have been treated very differently.
Baron BRAMWELL, however, after due considera-
tion, has decided upon putting them on their good
behaviour, and trusting to their promises not to
offend again in a similar manner. With one
exception the defendants were allowed to enter
into their own recognisances in the sum of £lOO to
appear and receive judgment if called upon to do so.
The solitary exception was in the case of KNOT,
who had been proved guilty of personal violence
and intimidation, and who was therefore deservedly
sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard
labour. Any attempt at resorting to forcible
measures to make men leave their work or enter
the Union cannot be too promptly or too effectually
checked. We have seen what that leads to, and
although it would be doing great injustice to the
journeymen tailors of London to class them for a
moment with the saw-grinders of Sheffield, we can-
not help perceiving the dangers of such a course.
Public justice demands that some protest should be
made against the whole system of persecution, which
even the most respectable and best conducted of
trades unions seem to think they have a right to
adopt. At the same time it was by no means
necessary to pass a severe sentence upon men who
pleaded ignorance of the law, and who had not
gone beyond annoyance and troublesome inter-
ference. They will have, we hope, learned their
lesson, and for the future try less questionable
methods of securing coadjutors.
Baron BRAMWELL before declaring his decision
addressed the defendants in a kind and friendly
manner as a perfectly impartial observer of the
dispute. He pointed out to them the folly and in-
justice of their proceedings, and asked what
they thought would be the result if every trade
combined to enforce the particular views of some
members. Would such a result be for the benefit
thatthe
ofm st
eminent society
in general?
men
labour-
ing for the last forty years to remove restrictions
in the lie
countryah ow
he ad dt hbeeme n
from every branch of trade and commerce.
Class legislation was completely done away
with, and no men, however engaged, had
any exclusive right over their fellows, yet
these unionists were trying to legislate for them-
selve in a totally contrary direction. They must
be aware, added the learned judge, that they had
failed in obtaining any sympathy even among the
best friends of the working classes. It is in fact
not a little strange that in the midst of the general

progress and enlightenment so many intelligent
men should be found ready and eager to go back
to the fetters and restraints of old and prejudiced
It has been invariably proved that the
less trade of any kind is hampered and restricted
the better it thrives. Half the secret of our ex-
tended mercantile prosperity lies in our Free-trade
principles, adopted as they now are in almost every
branch of trade and commerce. But our working
men would.undo all this, and destroy that principle
of free competition which is so powerful a stimulus
to industry and excellence. The tailors of London
have not as yet gone too far to be amenable to rea-
son ; and we must therefore hope that we have heard
the last for the present of strikes and lock-outs, of
picketing and persecution.

times.

CORRESPO.UDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.

To believe the announcement of the Spanish Go-
vernment would be to imagine that the insurrection
in Spain is suppressed. It is difficult to obtain in-
formation upon the subject, as for two or three
days no Spanish papers have been allowed to pene-
trate to Paris, and letters are opened. However,
it is a significant fact that official accounts describe
the movement as " serious." There have been seve-

ral conflicts, all of which, of course, according to
Ministerial authority, have turned to the advan-

tage of the royal troops. The plain fact is, as I
gather from authentic sources, that the insur-
rection is not confined to Catalonia, but has
spread to Arragon and Andalusia. In the pro-
vince of Castellon, formerly belonging to Va-
lencia, important insurrectional movements have
taken place. Tarragona is in the power of Escoda,
a very influential General of Catalonia. General
Pierrad has been joined by a numerous revolu-
tionary force in Upper Arraigon. Gen. Contreras,
with a numerous body of revolutionists, is marching
in the direction of Lerida. Already some' very san-
guinary encounters have taken place at Reus, in
Catalonia ; at Villanueva, a small port between
Barcelona and Tarragona ; and in the mountains
and woods of Catalonia. There is great confidence
in General Contreras, whose appeals rally the vil-
lagers in his support, so that important movements
may l‘e anticipated. It seems certain that General
Prim has passed the frontier, near Somport on the
Lower Pyrenees, and is advancing without diffi-
culty in Arragou at the head of a numerous body of
insurgents. In short, in spite of the comphcent
announcements of the Government, the revolution
assumes formidable proportions.
Auother case of poisoning has occurred, which
has occasioned great excitement in the locality,
Beaulicu-sous-Parthenay, M. T., Oaprieter of
the Chateau de la Meillevai, died a few days ago in
great agony. In consequence of the rumours in the
neighbourhood the magistrate of the town ordered
a post-mortem examination, the result of which was
that Madame T., the slster4n-law of the deceased,
and M. C., the father of Madame T., have been
arrested, and committed to the prison of Parthenay.
A few years ago, M. Auguste T., the brother of the
gentleman just deceased, died under similar circum-
stances, and his body will,be exhumed to aid the in-
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A man named Boulanger, condemned to death
for murder, has been executed. at Moulins. The
prisoner did not utter a word on his way to the
scaffold.

There are now at the Invalides about 1,000 pen-
sioned soldiers, the majority of whom served under
the First Empire. The number of companions in
arms of the First Napoleon is 960. Of this number
more than 150 have had a limb or limbs amputated.
One has lost both his arms, but he has a mechani-
cal apparatus by means of which be scarcely misses
his hands. A thousand soldiers have the St. Helena
Cross, sixty are decorated with the military medal
' of the present Emperor, and nearly 200 have the
Legion of Honour; many of them obtained this re-
ward under the Second Empire for services ren-
dered to the -first. Among the old soldiers at the
Invalides there are 30 whose services date from the
first Republic. Among others is one who, in 1793,
was a sailor on board the Scipion. Ile was blown
out of his ship, and both legs were amputated. lie
is now about 92. Another, a volunteer in 1792,
when twelve years of age, remained in service till the
end of the wars of the Empire. When he entered
the Invalides he had seen 33 years service and had
been in 16 campaigns. Forty invalils were soldiers
under the Empire, several of whom were at the
battle of Marengo. More than 100 made the cam-
paigns of Ulm and Austerlitz. Only 20 were in
Prussia and Poland (1806-7). The survivors of
Waterloo are comparatively rather numerous.
Th-ere are but six. or seen soldiers who were at the
campaigns of Russia (1812), having escaped from
the horrors of that most disastrous retreat.
The woman Tigard, who throughout the trial