The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-05 00:00:00

violent att.ack. of. illness is often carried offiby a
HOUSES. —Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS,
profuse perspiration. A hot, or vapour bath, has
have numerous furnished and unturnished f
,üburban, aid Country RESIDENCES to LLT o-
Stl'aLcl
Particulars forwarded for three stamps, upon stating
t tegent- been known to produce most beneficial results, on
requirements and rental. Offi acing onduit-ssetureme ,
the same principle that copious draughts of cold
street, and South Kensington,the Mu .
water have sometimes turned the crisis of a fever
which defied all the drugs of the pharmacopeia.
There can be no certainty that the plan would be
successful, but it deserves at least a fair trial, being
based upon reasonable principles, and recommended.
by those who have seen it tried. The experiment.
could scarcely be more fatal than the pole-
axe, nor could it be more likely to dis-
seminate infection than suffering the disease to.
take its course. The returns referred to above
show us that out of 73,549 attacked from the com-
mencement of the disease, 41,491 have died, besides
13,931 having been killed, leaving only the slender
balance of 7,045 recovered, and 11,082 remaining.
It is therefore quite time that any one who has a
remedy which he believes to be efficacious should
come forward with it, and if he can show
sufficient evidence in support of his theory, the
experiment should be fairly tried on a large enough
number of cases to arrive at a fair conclusion.
Plans that may succeed in individual cases may
fail in the aggregate, but if nothing is tried the
loss is certain. It would be well if some sana-
toriums were immediately erected in different
parts of the country where the disease is raging with
most severity, so that none need fear that they
would increase the danger ; and the best recom-
mended systems, more especially the radiating heat
system, which Mr. URQUHART has already offered
to try on a large scale at his own expense,
should be applied and tested. It is quite evident
that the ordinary routine of veterinary, or, indeed,
of general, science, is totally incapable of grappling
with the evil, and, therefore, we must look beyond
the usual remedies to some more exceptional and
peculiar mode of treatment. Let us, at all events,
do what we canto check the onslaught of the enemy;
and we cannot pretend that, in spite of all our care,
the issue has as yet been satisfactory.
With regard to the heavy losses incurred by the
owners, the suggestion of a national insurance
against losses from the cattle plague has been re-
newed by Sir J. KAY SHUTTLEWORTH, who
argues very sensibly on its behalf. In
carrying out the measure he recommends it
would only be necessary for the agricultural body
to receive a form of aid similar to that extended
during the cotton famine to the manufacturing dis-
tricts under the Public Works Act. Some measure
of this kind is undoubtedly advisable, since, in dis-
tricts where the plague has raged with ex-
treme violence, no local association would be
able to stand the strain upon its resources,
for the outgoings would greatly exceed the income.
The Magistrates of Middlesex held a meeting
yesterday to consider the recent orders in Council,
and to discuss the present aspects of the cattle
plague. There was a full attendance, and it was
generally agreed that the position was a serious one,
and that it was neeessary some vigorous measures
should be taken to deal with the growing evil.
Unfortunately it was difficult to decide what mea-
sures were really the most efficacious ; but the meet-
ing concluded by appointing a committee, with
power to confer with the Lord Mayor and the Cor-
poration. It is quite evident that it is time to treat
the matter as a national question, by a temporary
interference with the freedom of trade, in closing
the fairs and markets, by the establishment of some
national system of insurance and compensation, and
by giving a fair and unprejudiced trial to methods
of cure which are confidently asserted to be effica
cious, and should not be condemned untried.

SOUTH KENSIN GT ON, HYDE-PARK,
Queen's. and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters-
ham Terraces, Queen's-gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens,
Elvaston- place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares,
Boltons. &c. Messrs TOPLI4 and ItOIIEKTS have ItEI-
DENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding
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Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and
South litnaington, lacing the Museum.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms
of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by
its i ifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin: of
;o persons from tlifierent wrecks on our coasts. The Insti-
tution also expended .£ 1,374 in the same peri.4 on its life-
boat ettablishmeas, in addition to gr,tutiiig £1,050 for re-
wards for saving life and exeraising the lifeboats.
The Committee of the Institution eArticstly A ?PEAL to
the public fur ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands en the Institution's 150 lifeboat
tititi ions.
Contributions arc received by the London and country
bankers; and by the Secretary. Richard Lewis, Esq., at the
Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lonoon.

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Tins EVENING (FRIDAY), Mr. Charles fftlli's
new opera, in one act, CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame F.
Lancia, Madame E. Heywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D.
Miranda.

Mr. Bo v ILL, Q.C., M.P., has been entertained
by his constituents at Guildford, and the hon. and
learned gentleman was presented with a piece of
plate as a testimony to the respect felt for his
anti public services. air. tSoViLL,

in returning thanks, made an interesting speech, in
which he dwelt upon some topics of public impor-

tance, beginning by expressing his conviction that
it must always be a source of gratification to every
Englishman to find that after he has honestly and
fearlessly endeavoured to do his duty in that position
in -which it has pleased GOD to place him he receives
for his labours the approval of his fellow-
countrymen. Mr. BovILL adverted to the attempt
made by the Whig Government to deprive
Guildford of one of its representatives, and stated
that he had raised his voice on behalf of its
ancient privileges, while he showed that the Go-1
vernment adopted a very different course with
respect to the stronghold of their own party,
leaving Tamworth, Tiverton, and Tavistock un-
touched. Certainly this was a species of reform

quite in keeping with the tactics of the Whigs;

on the principle of the man who condemned
those sins he cared not for committing, and made
no denunciation against his favourite vices. An
achievement of Mr. BovlLL's, to which he was
able to point with satisfaction, was having brought in
a bill to ameliorate the position of contractors with

the Crown and the Government. Theperiod of the
Crimean war testified to the hardships and injustice
to which that class were subjected; but innumerable

delays and obstacles, as usual, have interposed in
the way of effecting an improvement. In 1860,
however, the measure was passed which has attained

the desirable end of " placing the subjectupon equal
terms with the Sovereign, and enabling him to ob-
tain substantial justice from the ordinary tribunals
of the country." The public in general do not fully
appreciate the advantages of such a step being
taken, but those immediately interested in the
working of such a measure know and feel its vast
advantages and substantial benefits.
Mr. Bo vim. belongs to the ranks of Liberal
Conservatives ; he desires to remove the liabilities
of the income tax, and to adjust the difficulties
of the Church rates, although he protests against
the extreme notions of the Liberation Society,
which aim at the total separation of Church and
State, and the suppression of all religious educa-
tion in the schools of the country. Mr. BovILL
is a zealous advocate for religious instruction
being maintained in our national schools, and
very properly explains some of the chief evils that
would arise if the principle were once given up.
The children of the working classes are not likely
to gain much- religious instruction at home, and,
besides, the State has no right to depart from
the Divine precept of training up a child in
the way he should go, and this can never be
by a mere secular education. Mr. BovILL alluded
to the remarks made by Mr. BRIGHT and others in
favour of the American system, but he declared that
many citizens of the United States have expressed
their regret at not possessing a system of religious
education like that enjoyed by the working classes
in this country. While duly advocating the main-
tenance of the present system, Mr. BovILL sets an
example to intolerant politicians by desiring that
reasonable support be given to the institutions of
the Dissenters. 1

Referring to some of the most notable passages
in Mr. BRIGHT'S recent speeches, the honourable
and learned gentleman pointed out the discrepan-
cies and inconsistencies that appeared in his state-
ment. He declared that the Conservatives were
very obnoxious to the working classes. How is it,
then, asks Mr. Bollix, that two Conservatives have