The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-30 00:00:00

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SURGEON TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE
FORCE.
Viscount ENFIELD asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, whether it was true that, on the rc tire-
ment of the late Surgeon-in-Chief to the Metropolitan
police force the candidates for that office were informed that
fho restrictions debarring the holder of that appointment
from pursuing any private or hospital practice would con-
tinue in force ; that within a few months of the present
surgeon, Mr. Holmes, being nominated such restrictions
were suddenly removed; and whether ho was aware that
such a rule, though afterwards relaxed, prevented n any
distinguished men in the medical profession from offering
themselves as candidates for that appointment.
Sir G. GREY said.the subject to which the hen. 1113111...
bor referred was to SO:115 arrangement which bid b
made by him, awl he stated the conditions under which
the pres.nt t ens arose.
Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that on Thuri,lay he would
rn,ve tte v.,to of t: auks to the forces employed in the
Al :3-s;•iniau Espec'i:ii a. The M. t -opoli!an Foruigu Cattle
Market Bill was fixed for a two;o'cit..c7i sitting en ;
and Mr. Disraeli expres.scd a hope thut the house wouid
then come to a (I• cision on it.

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The-expediency of giving employm-mt to retired non-
commissioned efli.,ers and privates in the Government
offices as messen,;ers, third-ct!ss clerks, and the like was
brought before the In_rise 1 y Sir C. IZu,s 11, and SU pport d
warmly by Lord Dello, Captain Vivian, Colonel B ,rttelot,
Lord llotham, and uthers„chielly on the groan I that th ►
prospect of obtaining tiles., appointmentstroubl encourage
recruiting, and attract a better chits of men int ) the army.
Mr. 11. Baillie advocated the proposal as the first step to-
wards breaking up the "aboxu7nable system" of vesting all
these little appointments in the Secretary of the Treasury,
to be distributed among the members of the house.
Mr. GLADSTONE agreed in the principle of the re-
commendation, but pointed out that there were larger
considerations connected with the Civil Service, particu-
larly in regard to examinations, involved in it; and
Sir J. PAKINCITON
,(confirmed by Colonel Percy

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both to the naval and military services, and hiS experi-
ence of the War-office where there are 33 old soldiers
employed—enabled him to speak highly, of the success of
the experiments. As far as his power and opportunities
went he promised to act on the recommendation.
In answer to Sir J. GRAY,
Mr. CLIVE announced that the Report of the Irish,
Church Commission would probably be presented in a
fortnight. The inquiry was concluded, and the delay had
been caused entirely by the necessity of carefully revising
the voluminous and complicated sehelules to the Report.
The battle of the new Law Courts was revived for the
twentieth time by Mr. GO LDSUID, who moved fora Se-
lect Committee to inquire into the recent appointment cf
architects for the new public buildings. Without espous-
ing the cause of any one competitor, and guarding -him-
self carefully against giving any opinion on the merits of
the case, Mr. Goldsmid narrated clearly and concisely the
somewhat tangled history of the competition, maintaining
that the result was so much confusion that further inquiry
was indispensable.
Mr. GLADSTONE oppose] the motion, thinking that,
whether the arrangement of the Government were the best
or not, it was not open to any such imputation as justified
theinterference of a select committee.
Mr. LOWE, who bade motion on the paper to refer to
a select committee--a petition presented by Mr. Barry—
argued that the Government had first gone wrong in treat-
ing the failure of the judges to make an award as voiding
the competition. His theory was that the instructions to
the architects constituted a contract between them aad the
judges. They acted, not as arbitrators, but as the agents
of the executive in choosing an architect, and the execu-
tive, therefore, was bound to carry out that contract. Ex- •
amifiing closely these instructions, and relying chiefly on
Messrs Shaw and Pownall's report, Mr. Lowe maintained
that in all their essential points, particularly in internal
arrangements, Mr. Barry was much superior to Mr. Street.
Tho building, therefore, ought to have been given to
him.
Sir R. PALMER, as one of the judges, protested against
Mr. Lowe's assumption that their chief duty was to at-
tend to the internal arrangements and to place little stress
on the external elevation. He denied, too, that Mr. Barry's
interior was so superior as to give him a right to the prize,
for Messrs. Shaw and Pownall's report bad no official
authority, and the sub-committee of barristers and soli-
citors preferred both Mr. Scott's an I Mr. Waterhouse's
designs.
Mr. WINTERBOTHAM, speaking avowedly as the
partisan of Mr. Waterhouse, complained that the condi-
tions of the competition had not been adhered to, and espe-
cially that ho had been required to compete not with one,
but two architects. He attributed the failure of the award
to the appointment of Messrs. Shaw and Pownall, who, he
hinted, had been added to the commission id a trades
union spirit, especially adverse to Mr. Waterhouse. •
mie claims of Mr. Waterhouse were also supported by
Mr. Pease, while Mr. Bentinek agreed with Mr. Lowe that
the award should have been in
.Mr. Barry's favour. Mr.
Childers, Mr. B. Hope, and Mee Powell joined in depee-
eating a committee which must unsettle 'everything; and
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had not been appoiatei4 joint-architeerq,"itrolrehted by way
of compromise that Mr. Street should build Eprity Courts
on the Lincoln's-inn site, and that Mr. Barry should I e
employed to build Common Law Courts on the Embank-
ment. Mr. M. Chambers deprecated unnecessary haste:
Lord J. MANNEIIS objected to the appointmout of a
committee that it would throw everything into confusion,
and that at thin period of the session such an inquiry was
impracticable. To Mr. Lowe's complaint he replied 17 de-
nying that the award of the judges or Messrs. Shaw and
Pownall was binding on the Government. They were
justified in treating the competition as at an end, and ire
the arrangement they had made they had endeavoured to
do that which would be fairest to the chief competitors.
To show that Mr. Barry's interior plans were not so con-
venient as had been represented, Lord John referred to the
report of the legal sub-committee and the protest Of the
Probate Court officials against it.
On a division the motion was rejected by 90 to 45.
Mr. HARDY moved the second reading of the Metro-
politan Police Funds Bill, the chief object of which is to
add .41d. to the present Gd. rate levied In the metropolitan
district for police purposes, with the object of raising the
force by 1,000 men and 120 officers. This would be sup-
plemented by a contribution of a Id. rate from the Conso-
lidated Fund, and the sum thus furnished would amount
to £72,000 a year. In support of the bill Mr. Herdy ex-
plained that it would only raise the police force to the
same proportion to the population which it bore when it
sirs first formed, and dwelt on the recent increase in Ur)
duties of the police, which had made it absolutely neces-
sary to raise the pay to secure an adequate number of
men.

Mr. AYRTON moved the rejection of the bill, which he
held not to be referable to any real necessity, but to the
absurd panic arising out of the Clerkenwell outrage. The
police force was sufficient in numbers but deficient in intel-
ligence and capacity. Such al addition to the police rate
ought to be preceded by a searching inquiry into its orga-
nisation, and on that account he suggested th at the bill
should be limited to one year.
The bill was also opposed by Mr. H. Lewis, Mr. Locke,
Aldermen Lusk and Lawrence, and Mr. batouchere, who
recommended a select committee. On the other hand L )rd
Enfield, Sir J. Fergusson, and Sir G. Grey spoke in favour
of the bill, and, on a division, the second reading was car-
ried by a majority of 170-192 to 2'.
There wore 40 other bills on the paper, and the first
three or four of these were forwarded a stage, the re-
mainder being postponed.
The house then adjourned.

Thaddeus Stevens has asserted that the man who
denies the franchise to another denies his God, and W.
Samson, writing to the editors of the Revolution, declares
that professing Christians may oppose universal suffrage,
but real Christians never, thus arriving at the same con-
clusion. Not content with so summarily excommunicating
all who differ from him, W. Samson comes out as a prophet
with the following :—" General Grant is the last Presi-
dent for the United States who will be voted for exclu-
sively by man alone. "Not so fast," says the Revolution,
"as we have our doubts about Grant being President.
The working mon are awake, and labour is about to sum-
mon purse-proud imbecility, crafty politicians, and high
art swindlers befOre the bar of common sense and justice."
The Revolution is wheeling round into Conservatism, and
we hear nothing more about "glorious Ben. Wade." We
had written so far, when, on turning over the pages, we
saw two articles, headed " Going over to the Copperheads"
and " The Revolution too Democratic ;" and the latter
opened with a point so good and true that we give it here.
" You are getting coppery," said a sturdy but intelligent
New Englander the other day, when asked to subscribe
for the Revolution. "You are getting to be a real Copper-
head," he said, "and Ido not like you at all." " Only
copper-bottomed," we nnswered, " the better to secure our
timbers, but the head is right, and the heart all right."
" But I am told you have gone over to the Democrats."
have the omecratsD been in favour of
c"oßlouutreir swuffloranle ?" we asked. .'No time at all," said he,
" though they are taking to it now, but it i 3 only to save
t"And why,"
we dernandel " do you
Isuffrage, if not for the same
pirty ?" It is the Democrats who
tlal''evPieur reason—tobgploai enratn' .ossi‘r-v over to tc yAoto tulri colourede
Revolution, not the reverse.
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The Chicago 7'ribttne has a special dispatch from
Napierville, Illinois, givin2; an account of the poisoning of
a whole church congregation at that placo ou a late Sun-
day. The church was celebrating a love-feast. The to-:at
had.been prepared in a copper kettle, and allowed to re-
main in it alt day, till the liquid had become exydised.
All who partook of it were poisoned, and all suffered the
most excruciating. pains. - Medical assistance was at once
summoned, but it was a long time before the entire num-
ber (about 130) could be attended. to. About 20 of the
number were regarded as in a dang.rous condition, bat it
is hoped that all will recover.
The newspapers,are teeming with references to econo-
my in tea by co-operation. Ilorni ace and Co. have for 30
years co-operated through Agents to supply tea on mere
advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; their tea
reaches the consumer in the sane pure state as it Maras the
grown as it is secured in packets.