The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,. SATURDAY EVENING; MAY = 25, 1861.

labourers," and are under such " careful religious
instruction," what hinders them in a country of
universal suffrage from being, not only emancipated
but entrusted with full civil rights ? Could more,,
if so much, be said for Northern labourers, and es-
pecially for a large part of the emigrant labourers
from Europe ? Surely, the combination of "intel-
ligence and docility" under the "supervision of the
Superior Race" must be as good political, as well
as social and industrial, material as could be de-
sired ? Or, under all this declamation, does the
plain fact lurk that all this boasted improvement of
the negro has left him in the condition that his
master cannot rely on his industry except as stimu-
lated by the lash, and that he deems him incom-
petent to take care of himself?
Probably, to reflecting men, the worst feature of
the Southern case is just this blind belief in the
innocence of negro slavery, and this cool reasoning
about slaves as property. For, singularly enough,
in immediate connection with these grand
descriptions of the intellectual and moral
blessings bestowed by the whites on the
negro, Mr. DAVIS passes with the utmost ease to
speaking of him as property ! That is, the good
the men of the South have done their slaves is
summed up in this—" They are actually so far im-
proved that they are equal to well-trained dogs and
horses—so improved that they really are fit to be
bought and sold, and at a somewhat higher price
in consequence of the improvement. They are
now valuable property, which the wicked North is
madly jeopardising. What can possess the North
that they should do it. They do not endanger our
other property. Our horses and oxen, our pigs
and sheep, they take no steps to prevent our takiHg
them into the territories; they do not denounce
stables, and sheepfolds, and sties as sinful institu-
tions,'—what craze can possess those Abolitionists
and free-soilers that they shake the value thus of
our vast, ' docile, intelligent, and civilised' pro-
perty." Sueh,'without caricature, is the tone of this
remarkable document in regard to slavery. It does
not offer any apology to the Christian world for its
existence; it has not a word to say on its behalf,
because apparently there is no perception that it is
needed. Indeed, the quarrel is represented as
being chiefly one for State independence, although
that independence is desired merely that it may be
used to extend and strengthen the dominion of
slaveholding. On the face of this long and very
able document the strange fact is obvious, that not-
withstanding the universal verdict of the Christian
world, notwithstanding all the circumstances of
the dispute itself—Mr. DAVIS can write of slavery
as an innocent thing and a blessing, and not seem
aware that he is labouring under moral insanity.

THE COUN T-OUT.—ThI
the 34 members present when
o'clock yesterday :

Edward Ball
W. H. Barrow
Thomas Bazley
G. A. F. C. Bentinck
W. B. Brand
A. D. W. B. Cochrane
Sir W. Dunbar
E. C. Egerton
John Ennis
William Ewart
Charles Forster
Colonel French
Samuel Gregson
Colonel Greville
P. S. Humberston
Wilfred Lawson

e following were among
i the house was counted at 4

John Harvey Lewis
W. N. Massey
William Mundy
J. H. Phillips
Sergeant Pigott'
David Pugh
F. W. Russell
Vincent Scully
Captain Stacpoole
Colonel Taylor
It. Torrens
W. Vansittart
C. Villiers
S. H. Walpole
Sir Henry Willoughby

WESTMINSTER JEW'S FREE SCHOOL, GREEK-
STREET, Souo.—The anniversary of this progressing in-
stitution, conducted on similar principles to that of Bell-
lane, Spitalfields, was held on Wednesday evening, at
Willis's-rooms, St. James's, presided over by Mr. Alder-
man Salomons, M.P., president of the school, supported
by the Rev. Dr. Adler ; Mr. William Roupell, M.P.,
Professor Hart, R.A., Mr. Jacob Waley, M.A., Mr. Thos.
Burt, M.A., Mr. N. Montefiore, Mr. D. Mocatta, Mr. L.
Cohen, Mr. P. J. Salomons, Mr. Faudel, Mr. H. L. Keeling,
vice president, and a numerous body of gentlemen both of
Christian and Jewish creed. Some eloquent speeches were
made by the chairman, and others, and led to a pecuniary
response of upwards of E6OO ; and the introduction of 200
children, girls and boys, who sang sweetly in chorus, and
the charming simplicity, in the recital by two of them, of
Hebrew and English odes, coupled with their neat,
healthy, and happy appearances, elicited the warmest
sympathies of the company.

THE GALWAY PACKET CONTRACT.—ItI reply to
a deputation from Galway, which waited on the Lord
Lieutenant on Thursday in Dublin, to make representations
against the abrogation of the Post-office contract with the
Atlantic Mail Packet Company, his Excellency said :—I
beg to assure you that I have not waited until now to ex-
press my sympathy with the views and wishes which you
have laid before me. I should most sincerely regret the
final disappointment of the hopes which gave birth to the
contract of the Government with the Atlantic Royal Mail
Steam Packet Company. It is only fair, however, while I
perceive the force of many of the considerations set forth in
your memorial, that I should mention that I have not been
made acquainted accurately or in detail with the arguments
that are alleged on the other side of the question. I shall
not fail to transmit your views for the earnest consideration
of her Majesty's Government, and to entreat for them the
most favourable reception which they can find it consistent
with their duty to bestow.

NEW NIGHT SERVICE TO PARIS, &C.—The South
Eaastern and the Northern of France Railway Companies
have organised a new second or nightly service, to begin on
the 31st inst., between London and Paris, via Folkestone
and Boulogne by the regular trains, in addition to the ex-
isting special ten-hour tidal service. This night service,
occupying during the greater part of the month about 16i
hours on the journey, and being first and second class, will
be convenient for these who prefer the Folkestone and
Boulogne route to the longer and more expensive route of
the same companies by the night mail train via Calais,
which is restricted to first-class passengers. An extension
of the through ticket system of the South-Eastern Railway
has just been brought into operation. In consequence of the
opening of the Saltzburg Railway between Munich and
Vienna, passengers can be booked through, via Paris o
Vienna, and also as heretofore, via Cologne. Through
tickets are now for the first time issued to Mannheim,
Carlsruhe, Saltzburg, Munich, Kustendje, and Constant!.
nople via Paris ; and to Baden-Baden and Heidelberg via
Paris, as well as by the Cologne route, as formerly. The
route to Constantinople, for which these tickets are avail-
able via the Danube and the Black Sea Railway, offers a re-
duced sea voyage of 24 hours. The through ticket system
of the South-Eastern Railway and the continental rail-
ways in connection now embraces nearly every European
capital.
MILITARY RIOTING AT GREAT YARMOUTH.—
GREAT YARMOUTH, May 24.—This town has this week
been the scene of some rather alarming disturbances be-
tween parties of the East Norfolk Militia and a detachment
of Royal Artillery at present stationed in the suburb of
Southtown. The squabbling commenced on Saturday even-
ing, and increased in intensity every day till Tuesday
evening, when for a short space a serious riot took place on
the wide open space fronting the river, and between the
bridge and the Town-hall. The artillerymen were over-
powered by numbers, and, after a sharp encounter, in which
the militiamen resorted freely to the use of their belts—which
weigh l lb., and are formidable weapons in the hands of
excited men—were compelled to retreat across the bridge,
two of them being so seriously wounded that they had to
be placed in hospital. The dispute seems to have arisen
from a very trumpery and discreditable cause. One of the
militiamen had wooed a girl, but instead of favouring him
with her company she transferred it to an artilleryman,
in whose society the militiaman afterwards found her.
Fired with jealousy, the militiaman struck the 'girl,
and her companion espoused her cause, and told the
jealous assailant that ho ought to be ashamed of himself
for attacking a woman in such a manner. The quarrel
was soon made public and joined in by other men on
both sides, and, as the drinking facilities with which
the town abounds increased the exasperation, it soon as•
sumed formidable proportions. After the disturbance on
Tuesday evening, which only lasted about a quarter of an
hour, and was not attended with any destruction of property,
energetic measures were adopted for preserving the peace.
The bridge over the river by which the combatants commu-
nicated with each other was guarded on Wednesday and
Thursday with pickets of artillerymen on one side, and
militiamen with fixed bayonets on the other, and no artil-
lerymen were allowed to enter Yarmouth, while all the
militamen were kept out of Southdown. These salutary
measures proved completely successful, and on 'Wed-
nesday evening and Thursday evening the peace of the
town was fully restored. The rioting on Tuesday night
took place shortly after 6, that comparatively early hoer
having been selected as the artillerymen were ordered to be
in barracks by 8. The magistrates met to consider the best
means of checking the disturbances, and a request was made
to the militia authorities that their men should be deprived
of their belts, but this could not be done without the sane- '
tion of the Horse Guards, The girl, the original cause of
the outbreak, was on Thursday brought before the magis-
trates, and committed for two months in default of her be-
ing 010 to find gureties to keep the peace.