, 1881-11-06
TIE BRITISH.
ENGLISH LAND REFORM.

LONDON, Nov. 5.-Slnailey's special says:
Tie movement for English land reform Is
deficient thus far as L movement in c0nspic-
HONS leadership and we'll defined purpose.
Nobody supposes that the program Of the
Farmers: Alliance will be taken up by either
political party. Lord harrington. speak
ing last night, extinguishes the hopes,
foolis,ly expressed i'll some quarters,
that he might put himself at the head Of an
English agitation based on tile principles of
the Irish Land act. He considered that the
present distress of the English farmers is
due to the weather rather titan to The lanu-
lords, but repeated his former declaration,
that the farmer is entitled to relief BY esis-
luton from
THE PJ:ESEST SYSTEM,
so far rs it Is artificial and u,lsuund, declar-
ing that he favored Legislative security for
the tenants capital; labor, and resulting im-
proyements, but that he was opposed
to the notion that, the tenant was
entitled in consequence to improve
nlcilts effected under a coproprietary
right in the soil. lie urged that the
bad times be fought through by the co5per;l-
ton of all classes Interested in agriculture.
Elsewhere it has been remarked tllattlle Ell
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tenants reduction equal to the amount that
will probably be enforced OIL the Irish. Mr..
Fuwcett's dsapproval of the English agra
rian Anus. which preceded Lord lIartiugton's
discouraEcs the Ceilings school Of k;dicals
even more.
THE TRIAL OF I.EFKoY.
Intense Interest is taken i'll the trial OF Le-
troy, which is HOW going Oil ut Maidstone,
for the murder of Mr.. Gold on the brighton
halfway train. In opening for the
Crown yesterday, Sir Henry James
presented a case that WAS pitiles-
ly complete. Tie prisoner kept
UP wonderfully we'll IFS the Acknowledgement
spun the rope, anu when the Crown Witness
rs were be1n. exa'uilcd, and Mr.. Pc
land, the l1cencst Of Treasury lawyers,
hardcd up the victims watcil-chain, fund
in Lefroy's boot and Lcfroy's pocket
book, found in a hedge along
the railway, the prisoner took notes and
whispered to his counsel, Mr.. Montague
Williams and Mr.. Forrest Fulton. These
sharp gentlemen felt the strength Ut the
Crowns cast, and it was evident that they
did not share their clients composure. .
TIE DEFENSE
will be twofold-tirst, that the murder was
committed by Il third passenger. who. rs
Le1oy saitl when the train stopped, Jumped
from the train and escaped: and, secondly,
the prisoners insanity. Tile latter plea,
/ imagine. will not be seriously
pressed: There will be some hard
swearing as to the speed of the train, forif,
as tile train officials say, rate Of FROM thirty
FIVE to forty-tive miles all hour WAS n.ai,l-
1aincu, the defense will have tn show how
their passenger escaped death when he
jumped. Tile evidence of the woman and
girl who saw only
TWO PASSENGERS STRUGGLING
as tue train flew past their ilolse must also
be explained away. Tlleu there are the ugly
facts about the prisoners flight from Wall
lington on the day ut the murder, when nntler
thesurveillanceo of the police, aud OF his hiding
III tlt Stepney lodg dginy-house when lie must
lave known that he was wanted to clear up
the mystery. The answer Of the defense to
this is, that, prior to the Gold occurrence, it
had, et,lne to Lefruy's knowledge that
Two warrants Which had been granted
against him about: eighteen months
previously ut Bow street were still
i'll force In order to evade the execution Ut
these warrants, Maplcton went to Australia,
and, shortly after his return to England,
changed Ills name to LEROY. 1t is con
tended that he feared this fact would have