The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-23 00:00:00

THE NOMINATION DAY.

The Daily News returns to the question of the
inutility of the hustings and the proceedings con.:
netted therewith. It speaks of the nomination, &a.,
as a " pantomimic performance, trying the temper
of all sides in turn, and giving rowdyism
and violence an opportunity." The whole thing
is out of date. " The nomination of par-
liamentary candidates might be effected in the
same way as that of municipal candidates—by
written notice to the returning officer, and might be
announced by him in the same manner—by public
advertisement. The announcement of the polling
place is even now made by advertisement, arid
nothing more is necessary to be done than to aboliih
the farce of nomination in a riot, and provide that it
shall be made in writing, and communicated to the
people by legible advertisement, rather than by half-
incomprehensible pantomime."
THE FAREWELL SPEECH OF MB. ROEBUCK.

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There has been something very pathetic about
Mr. Roebuck's struggle at Sheffield. It was a fight
between sentiment and argument. Where a man
throws himself on you, and claims considera-
tion for past faithful services—even though
in the future he will promise nothing,
and there is every indication that he will go
wrong—it is very difficult to dispute his claims. It
took very many indiscreet speeches, a large number
of political blunders, and no end of offensive declara-
tions of independence, to alienate the people
,of
Sheffield from the man who represented them so long.
But the great question put to Liberals from every
side was, " Will you help Mr. Gladstone
to carry a no-confidence vote ?" Mr. Roebuck
could not answer in the affirmative, and thus added
the last straw which broke the back of the ass.
His farewell speech is worth reading. Even the
Star, one of his bitterest enemies, says it is "not
without dignity "—one way of saying that it
is dignified. He accepts the decision of
the elect Ors, though not acquiescing in its wisdom
and justice : " Whether time is to reverse this
decree time must shew ; for me it is a final one.. I
am too old to wait for the decision of time—though
I am confident that when calm reflection takes the
place of excitement and prejudice, it will be
acknowledged that I have been always a faithful
servant, and that my services deserved a different
return. I make no complaint, I make no accusa-
tions. The future must decide between me and the
newly-made constituency of Sheffield."

FINLEN AND ANOTHER HYDE-EUIK DEMONSTRA-

TION.

The mighty. Finlen will not be put down. His
soul rises above the vulgar crew who think that
charity and reform should begin at home. His
active intellect must be at work. He must
keep himself before the world, whether through
the agency of the police-office, by brawling,
or by demonstrations. His latest "move" to
" get his name up " is certainly very original.
Now, some twelve months after the death by execu-
tion of the " Manchester martyrs," he puts forth a
placard announcing a " funeral procession." We
had imagined that a " funeral " procession was
a procession following the dead. But here
again the redoubtable Millen is above all
all
such carping criticism. Ile will deliver an oration
in honour of the martyrs—in his old haunt of Hyde Park. Even the Holborn branch of the Reform
League find this too much for them, and write
denying any connection with the grandiloquent orator.
Can nobody shut Mr. Finlen up ? -
MEDICAL OFFICERS OF UNIONS.

The local secretary to the Poor-law Medical
Officers' Association has written to the Right Hon.
H. Brand upon the subject of the salaries of medical
officers of unions. Mr. Brand, in his reply,
promises to give the subject his beat consideration,
and adds that, as a magistrate and a guardian, "he
has often been struck with the inadequate remunera-
tion extended to them. If returned to Parliament,
it is to be hoped that the right hon. gentleman
may find other members as willing to give the
matter their attention. The medical treatment
of the workhouse poor is notoriously wanting, and
the medical profession knows it. If it were not for
the sake of the interesting cases brought under the
notice of young general practitioners--cases much
better worth study than the ailments of private
patients—no ono would be found to undertake the
task. As it is, unfortunately, there are too many
men who accept such appointments and thpp grossly
neglect the duties.

EDUCATION FOR THE POOR.' ._•••
An interesting letter appears in the Tini frOin-
the Rev. Henry Moule, on the education of poor
children. He declares that boarding-schools for the
poor might be made self-supporting with very little
effort. First claiming that boarding-schools are
necessary to give good education, he goes on to con-
tend that boys properly trained, by giving so much of
their leisure time to the cultivation of land marked
out for the purpose, might produce enough, to
keep them. Thus they might be "schooled" at
no cost to their parents. But what educa-
tional effect would such a plan have ? Would it
necessitate that the children should have no hours of
real liberty for sport and play P How much of the
time (to produce such a result) would be taken
up in manual labour ? Such questione. as
these are naturally suggested by -Ilf.r. Moule'a
scheme, and until they are answered satis-
factorily it is hardly likely to be put in practice.
But at the same time there is hardly a doubt that
'boys at school might be made to support themselves
in a great measure. The "half-tune boys" of the
manufacturing districts are not very far behind their
whole-time schoolmates, and are noted as being
sharper. •

LITERATTTRE &C.
Mr. Gladstone, according to the Athehetuni;:hia
prepared for publication by Mr. Murray, " A Chapter
of Autobiography," containing an explanation of his
opinions on Church and State. The essay makes its
appearance to-day, price half a crown.—Mr. Cooper,
who is at the head of the expedition for the survey
of the Yellow River, was refused by the Chinese
authorities permission to cross over into Thibet, and
fell back on the Bhama route.—The Society of Arts
will meet on the 23rd November, Lord Henry Lennox
giving the opening address.—Dr. Mosenthal has
written a drama for Miss Bateman, with the title of
Pietra." It will be produced at the gapp,aFlict.
next month.