The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-03

always of a sufficiently marked ana deci-
sive character to warrant confinement i'm
an insane asylum. And there is hardly
any subject on which there exists a livclier
jealousy in the public mind than about
compulsOrily committing To mad houses
persons whose arrangement is doubtful.
Although it cannot be made retroactive,
so ms 10 apply TO this case of DuLoN. let
us have the new law. No one knows how
soon other like cases will occur.
jim BENEFITS erudite and enterprising
London telegraphic correspondent sent long
and weighty despatch describing the celebration
Of New Years Day nj the English metropolis.
The following extract gives the most valuable
portion Of this intensely interesting despatch:
The usual 70, al donations Of beef and Goals was ds
trtu ed TO the poor OF windsor by order Of her Ma
Queen VICTORIA cntertains a family party Vt os.
"cr Royal Hghness the Princess Of wales is at the
Her husband, tie Prince Of wMcs. Nelcomcs the
new Ycar among the duskJ skinned Eastern sun cts
Prince hHrnrs among the troops at Gibraltar.
win me- wife, are enjoying The season at their estate
"rhc dol show at the Alex .udra Palace {. gr nd
tngc inetr az DE- se.n " als,na ao Ill.,, takins
In and auiomaton doli.. nh lgnung the crowds Of
thltFcu VINO witness tie scene.
Tue London court Jotanal publishes the daily
movements Of the royal famiv-when the
Queen drives out. the Princess BcArWcE takes
AN airing with her dog and her maids, the
Prince LEOPOLD goes forth to see his doctor. or
the Duke Of Edinburgh JOURNEYS to windsor
Clstle-but these important state events are
thore reported at small expense. or actually
fIro he'd free Of expense 10y tho Lord Chamber
lain underugs to the Court uauer. JIM BES-
NETT lerefore deserves great credit for paving
large sum Of money Tor having them trans
mitted through the cable e. nis ihrdd by
eentemln whom he keeps on tive pot in L1n-
don for the purpose. suppose al that he had
not had d report Of the doll exhibition clbled.
America would have known nothing about II
uutil the arrival OF tue steamer w.th u G Lon
don newspapers. and no Que wishes to Wit I'M
III then for news Of such international moment.
MIR. Bennett is a liberal, enterprising. f4rsee-
ite editor to thus relieve our anxiety about the
movements OF the royal family OF England AMI
the London doll exhibition, and save va the
suspense OF awaiting The arrival Of the mails for
the valuable Information.
Mr.. BEEcnER received nearly twelve
hundred calls on New Years day. about two
huadred more than the year before. u ~ will
1t be next New Year'sf II he should tikc orr
advice and confess his sins, would 50 many
Ieoile rush To shake hands with him and par
tlse OF u.s good cheer; Perhaps nov but what
real comfort can he get from these hundreds u
callers so long as he knows that they either
believe him an adultercr and a pcrinror and
come TO his house out II curiosity. or are crei-
ulous people whom he has deceived by his per-
jury and painfully assumed attitude Of inno-
cence2 Those people whose respect Is most
worth having he does not gather At his reccp-
lions, and the ya.t majority OF his fellow citi-
zcns believe him TO be overloaded with wi 'ked-
ness. Whatever his jointly Of manner Il uld
not have been happy New Year Tor HENWY
WARD BEECHrH. II no one else saw IL, he az
least saw the handwriting Ola the wall.
The Omaha Heriid l. surprised that
BAucocK, on a salary Of sLpol wear. should
have been atle TO accumulate a handsome for.
tune. The H,riM forget- tnat the St,OIo year
was only the army salary and did not include
the emolumeuts Of Washington Ring Measuror.
partner Of Boss SHEPHERD, and White House
advocate for the 81. Louis aud Cnicaso Rings.
We have received private letter find
Ing faut with us for opposing the grant by Con-
gress to the Centennial Exhibition Of Sl.50O,OOJ
our correspondent says that the Government
having invited foreign nations TO tlke TART in
the exhibition, which the Centennial Commits
sion could not do, the latter now find them
selves nible to provide sufic mt room for the
contributions OF those nations without getting
the money to pay for II from Congress. The to-
tai expenses Of the Exhibition VIII not be far
from $s,50J,O0, and the Commissioners, in our
spondsnts estimation, ask for "A very small
proportion # this sum In asking for only : jOo-
900 He says they have paid every bill as fast As
IL became due, have never exceeded their estl-
mates, and that # they get the money from
| Washington. they viii four months from now
| open the Exhibition free from debt. We are
glad to be Informed from a source that Ia trust
worthy that the Commissioners have m anly per
formed their duty with such caution. This,
| however, does not afford Justification for any
grant 10y Congress to enable them To exceed
their present means. In the act Of 1871, author
izing the Exhibition, IL was expressly stipulated
| that "the United States shall not be liable for
any expense attending such an exhibition, or By
| reason OF the same" The Commissioners start
ed out with their proparations under this law,
aud they should have so regulated their expen-
ditures as to keep them within the sum pro-
yided 10y the States, municipalities, aud private
| citizens, TO whom the law required them to look
for pecuniary backing. II they have undertaken
more than they can get money from these
sources to pay fOr,they have so far shown lack Of
| prudence. Moreover, thore is no reason for con-
| GLIDING that they have exhausted the attainable
| contributions from outside sources, and are
| forced to apply for AID to the Government. We
hope the Exhibition Will be a great success, but
we hope stil more that the Constitution Will
not be violated by Congress In order to make
| any grant to the Commission.
To prevent the accidents to which rail
road trains are liable from one car jumping the
! track, the plan has been devised Of applying 10
cars kind Of shoe, consisting 81 a clamp-like
| arrangement which is placed between the
wheels Of each truck. This runs about two inches
from the rall, and # anything happens tending
to throw the wheels from the track, the CLAMP
| AZ once grMsns the rAlls, hnlds tho CIR ON thn