New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-29
BRITISH TOPICS.
NOTES FROM LONDON ABOUT MEN AND
THINGS

MINGHAM-CoBDEN AND THE CORN LAWS
HEBREW NEW YEARS DAY-sR ROUNDEIb
PALMER SUCCEEDS TO THE w0oLsACk-
SUICIDE OF MIR. JUSTICE wILLES-BAKEhS
AND MINERS STRIKES. 81 t..A.-"
[PROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THB TRIBUSsl
LONDON, Oct 5.-The great political event
OF the week has been the great conference In Brnms
ham TO discuss the dlsestabshmeDt OF the Enghsh
Church. Mr.. Mall who made powerful spceoN,
thought that the question sufficiently adyanced
to mako IL test question at the next election l"o
meeting, which high-sprited and resoiute was
quite prepared to act at The Nonconformss nave
abated none OF their fury or courage. The meeting
cheerod tho ayowal that thoy would go no more to
Mr.. Forster" No speaker was listened 20 who binteu
that they should condone the outrage the Government
had put upon them In the Educational BILL Ihey "oulu
vote for no candidate who not In favor of the
absolute separation OF secular and religious insruc
ton" tumuts OF applause greeted the declaration
that Nonconformiss were tired Of being ridden over
We havo mostly small or sad things occurring In Lon
don this time Mr. Thorold Rogers writes to The Day
Heos to prove that Mr. Golden and Mr.. Bright did not
advocate repeal Of the Corn Laws means OF re-
duoing the wages OF abOrers 1t surely was not worth
while to this ancient Stiffness OF the most igno-
rant adversaries was reading only this morning
grave magazine published when Bright ana Copden
were boys It's special profession TO breathe peace
and good will to all the world yet tho very frat article
against the Corn with view to decrease the wages
Of their workmen-not being able that cheap food
and increase Of orders was infable way to raise
them Perhaps this not peroeptble but the points
that this was the Bright and Cobden con
tention that 1t could be seen, and that
they meant this and sought to bring TINS result to pass
The Jews begin their 6633d year of the world to-day
1t is the custom OF those who come to metropolitan syh
gogues for the purpose Of celebrating it, to breakfast at
adjacent coieehouses III a stranger stumbes into one
of Pamphion's pleasant retreats for breakfast he Is
astOnshed at finding on this Hebrew New-fear morn
ing an immensely cbattering and very hungry assem-
Dlage II they had the world to manage they need
not make noise. The solemnity OF the occasion
does not overpower the vvacity of Israel but on this
day they pay money. nor they did would they take
change. To insure the means of eating on that dag,
some OF the Elders send up the day before sum or
money 10 the oofTee-hOuse sufficient to regao the
tribes on rolls butter eggs, and anehoves, but the
ruling passion is still strong in their deVouons III theS
take no change on the sacred day they look well after 1t
the day following il they think that any remains que 10
them Lord Hatherley, formerly Sir John Page WOOD
whose father was famous champion OF queen
Caroline has finally resigned his high situation
n cataract daily impeding his vision. Nevertheless,
law ia In no danger in England because the Lord Chnn-
ceor is dim OF sight. Lawyers are never bllnd mere
They can always their way TO their ices or
Rounded Palmer at length succeeds him. and OF his ut
ness occupy the wOOsack Win dstncllOh heIo a'c
not two opinions in legal political quarters We have
lost one of our Judges in melancholy way Mr.. Jus
tice Wies has died by his hand at Oterspoo near
Watford only hftyelsht years old, he has persisted In
the prime OF life for a Judge. Woodworking lawyer,
and master his profession. he wanted-as has been
Justly said OF hm-what the French call distraction
forced change of ideas His leisure was never recrea-
ton and his fine mind gave way.
We have had another robbery at Earl RusselPs at
u~ia al HON NflN tnU at
whist at the time. Like the former robbery it appears
10 have been effected by some scoundre workman. 1t
appears that Earl Russell and his party sat in adoin
ing apartment to that plundered OF his Jewels-3lOOO
worth were taken-withOut hearing the operation OF
breaking open the The thief wedged the door so
that he might be easily mOested He entered by the
window using ladder left in the park IL there are any
unoccupied Americans in London at this time anxious
to study magiseral ways. they will find that MARI
borough.st police Office is really worth visit. Mr..
Knox. Who distinguished himself in the days OF the
Hyde Park riots has still novelty left In him. He
-, os those days a little, dminutiye, feeble man,
foo ,i % taped being hurt in the crowd through being
,h 1. DC crushed. to three months hard labor, on
ud park pulling down 600 yards OF the ratings OF
the Reform league to th6pfIRfuh, Mr Knox, had he
been man with any Of science in him would have
sent him to tLe Royal College of Surgeons physo-
logical curiosity. On Thursday last Mr.. Merri-
PENDANTS in the Hyde Park case, had occasion
to represent the Of client before
Mr. Knox, who began by inviting young solicitor en-
gagged on the other sde but years Mr.. Merrmans
Junior in the profession to leave the solicitors table aud
take his seat In that part OF the court specially set aside
for counsel This small outrage upon Mr.. Merri-
man. too small to be complained of, and which he
noticed with adrotness by addressing the rival solicitor
at his friend the learned counsel" This did not i'm
prove the equanimity of the Knox mind who walked
about the court addressing Mr.. Merriman in many
forms OF ofensveness and observing young Chancery
clerk taking notes, he actually went up 10 him, and
leaning over the table, said TO him, "Young man, you
are here taking down for Interior pupose
take this down" and then he delivered the speech bccu
rately summarized in the daily papers, which he in
formed the defendant that for the decision he mr.
Knox was about to give he had entirely to thank Mr.
Merriman. The newspaper reports Of the case give
this fact, adding, with more particularly. that, Mr.
Knox said he would tell the defendant he would have
benefited his had he given Mr.. Merriman ten
guineas TO stop away, for 1t to Mr.. Merriman he
owed the way which he should decide" This is Ger.
tanly new caprice OF London justice. magistrate
avowedly Furnishes man, not because he Is IN the
the magistrate is at feud and fixes the price which
solicitor might fairly charge client for keeping away
from Mr.. KnOx's court. The Reform League published
report upon the Hyde Park Judgments of Mr.. Knox
which stated that he found men guilty whom jury
wond be sure 10 have aodfted and that his fines bore
the character OF yindctiyeness rather than OF Justice
AS this report bore marks OF legal hand, Mr. Knox LAS
not forgotten or forgiven It,
We continue 10 obtain bread In the metropolis but the
bakrmen and the masters have not yet come to an I'M
derstanding. In Pumstead and Woolwch they have OBJ
tanned the advance OF wages and tho limitation OF their
OF work H. with the understanding that the
masters and arrange the tlme when the II hours
shall begin. The great difficulty really appears TO
hinge here The business OF masters cannot they
contend be conducted unless the first baking Is begun
before four O'Clock in the morning But for this difficult
IT, the probability IL that the strike In London would
have been adjusted before this. Miners Conference
has been held ut Walsal. Mr. Halliday, the Chairman,
stated that the value OF coal produce this year
had increased e66yOO0,OoO. The price OF coal had
gone up In some instances 100 per cent,
while the miners scarcely obtained &c 0000O In all for
their labor. The Mines Regulation bill, they consider,
contains many clauses Of advantage TO them but they
still claim 10 be paid weekly The masters resisted this