The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-03 00:00:00

A GENUINE IVLLBERFORCE.

The Bishop of Oxford is faithful to the memory of
his father and the cause which made his name
famons. On All Saints. Pay he preachal at two
Derby churches in aid of the funds of the Universities'
Mission to Central Africa. The Bishop has ever
spoken plainly upon slavery, and on this occasion he
said : " The accursed trade in slaves was the great
demoraliser of Africa. Livingstone tells us he
could trace this demoralisation in its deadening
shadow reaching principally to the uttermost limit
which the slave trade reached, inducing war and
dissension, misery, distress, and utter degradatina
)f every kind. And that was our doing, upon this
world of God's—our doing, more than that of any
other people on the earth—our doing, to whom God
had given so much. Well, then, I say, we are bound
to cut off the entail of the curse, which no amount of
sitting down and weeping for what our forefathers
did not achieve can wipe away. As men we must
undo the coil, and we c-ai undo it only by bringing
the Gospel of Christ to the races we have injured."
The Bishop found a sympathetic audience in the good
people of Derby, for when he preached at the Holy
Innocents' Church in the evening, they flocked in.
such numbers to hear the silver-tongued orator, that
there was a tremendous rush for seats, and only about,
one-third of the crowd could be admitted.

THE DISPUTE BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOUR.
Happily just now we are free from great strikes.
But they again threaten to make the winter a time
of misery for the men and trouble to the
masters. The first motion towards a strike
has been made in the South Yorkshire colliery
districts. The men who submitted to a
reduction of five per cent. in their wages in April
last now demand a restoration. The masters object,
and " certain steps " are about to be taken by the
Miners' Association. It is to be hoped that these will
be in the direction of peace. The men of Darlington
have formed an iron company on the co-operative
principle, in which strikes would be against them-
selves. It is satisfactory to see that this solution of
the problem is likely to be worked out. As to the
government of trades unions, it is said that the bill
supported by Professor BeeslY and agreed to at the
recent conference has• received over 300 sup-
porters from among the candidates now before
the constituencies. The Professor himself writes
in support of it to the Daily News. From
his explanation it appears that there is no attempt to
I alter the law concerning intimidation, or to overrule
the judgment of Mr. Baron Bramwell on picketing.
The third clause, however, omits the word " intimi-
dation." It seeks to enact that "if any person shall,
by violence to the person or property, or by the
threat of such violence, or by the threat of the com-
mission of any offence punishable by statute, force
or endeavour to force any man to pursue any course
of action in trade matters, he shall be liable to
imprisonment for three months, with or without
bard labour."

FEMALE S u 'RAGEE IN SCOTLAND.

We have bad news for Miss Becker and her
friends. Seven Scotch ladies were confident enough
to appeal to the Edinburgh Registration Co-art to
put their names on the register of voters. Lord
Ardmillan heard the appeal on Friday last. But
Lord Ardinillan's hard heart was not touched by it,
and he quashed their claims unceremoniously.
Within now a few hours the claims of the English
dames will be decided. It must be au anxious time
for them.

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