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

TUE ARCHIEPISCOPAL RESIDENCE.

Suggestions are being freely made as to the resi-
dence of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, and the
rival claims of Canterbury and London are discussed..
Addington is forty miles nearer London than Canter-
bury. So say those who advocate the claims of the
metropolis. Those who think Canterbury has the
first claim have no difficulty in proving that Canter-
bury is 40 miles off Addington. Lambeth Palace has
hitherto been little used for a residence, though public
Xtertain,ments to the Whom and enn..frailastiewl

Mr. Dolllton's friends—the shareholders of the
Belgian Public Works—are determined that their
affection for him shall not be overlooked. They are
full of gratitude to him for having induced them to
become shareholders in the enterprise which, accord-
ing to him, is likely to make their fortunes. When,
therefore, he complained that he had not at Brussels
the "crucial test of cross-examination and the laws of
English jurisprudence," they determined to remove all
such cause of complaint; and he is to have the full benefit
of British law. In announcing this the shareholders
hint at another pot de yin. Meanwhile Mr. Doulton
sends another explanation of his transactions to the
papers. He says that he has commenced an action
against Mr. Clench, and on his part also the matter
is to come before the English court. With regard
to the contract, he declares that all that part
of the business fell upon him, and had
nothing really to do with the company. It
has been asserted that there were two contracts
made with Messrs. Mention and Sons, and for dif-
ferent amounts. " This," Mr. Doulton writes, "is
not so ; there never has been but one contract With
Messrs. Mention, and that for the sum of £598,000.
Previously to entering into this contract, the con-
tractors had, necessarily for their own guidance as
well as mine, ascertained what the cost of the works
alone would be ; but, as I have said, no contract for
other than this amount was ever entered into. The
board knew but of this one contract, which was for a,
price in harmony with all the representations made
to them—viz., that the price of the works would be
.-.C600,000."

THE DUKE OF MARLBOHOUGIE ON SCIENCE SCHOOLS.

The Duke of Marlborough seems to be very much
afraid that the Government will do too much in the
matter of education. In a speech at Oxford, recently,
he deprecated very earnestly the panic produced by
the Paris Exhibition. An impression, he said,
seemed to prevail that it was necessary for the
Government to step in and take some decisive step
which would so far place our technical education on
a footing which would render us able to compete
with other countries. He thought they should look
very carefully, however, on a point of this kind.
If they looked to all the great successes that had
occurred in the country in art manufacture, produc-
tion, and inven+ion, they would find it had not been
by the action of Government, but by that of enter-
prising individuals. He wished to impress upon the
public the necessity of looking to themselves in this
matter. Doubtless,his grace would likei as a member
of the Government, to shirk responsibility on this
question, and to thrown it on that vague committee,
the public. But the public will wake up to the
importance of the question sooner than the President
of the Council would wish.