Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-06

ton, and the judgment, in which Mr. Jus tice Butt ingeniously explained that though an unsworn confession of guilt by Mrs Crawford convicted the respondent, it left the correspondent unsullied, brought sen l satioGal morning to an abrupt termination. MT. Chamberlain shook hands with Sir Charles Dilke and all the parties left the court apparently satisfied with the outcome of an otherwise commonplace drama. Many people think and have openly expressed their opinion that it would have been much more satisfactory if Sir Charles Dilke had been afforded opportunity in the witness-box of denying upon oath the truth of Mrs. Crawford's very circumstantial allegations.
 The rumor is already going about that Sir Charles will resign his seat for the borough of Chelsea; but as he gained the seat by very small majority, considering the indu- ence of his name, his constituents will prob ably refuse to accept his resignation for fear of his being replaced in Parliament by Conservative. If on account of this scan- dal Sir Charles has not seat in the present Liberal Cabinet, the government will be de- pflved of the services of the ablest and best fitted man among them for the foreign office Some papers call for Sir Charles Dilke's immediate retirement from public life. They allege that the young lady bears all the sin, the in jured husband bears all the cost and the acquitted baronet gets scot free. There
 are rumors afoat to-day which, if they turn out to be correct, will to certain degree ex- onerate Sir Charles Dilke. It is said that MT. Crawford, who represents Lana1k in Parliament, and 8 canny and somewhat rug ged Scot all over, was by no means to the taste of an accomplished and beautiful south of England young lady fresh from school, and some thirty years O. so younger than he was. Her married life had become hateful to her and she was resolved to escape from it.; there are even very clear hints that she may soon compensate for unsuitable mar
 4- This young lady, who is Sir Charles Dilkes brothers sister -in-law, probably for long time the friend of the statesman, and intimacy may have existed between them from frequent intercourse and familiar sym pathy. Whatever may be said in defence of the case, this remains undeniable. Do what you like in Englsnd, but for goodness sake don't let it be known. Here peche cache est peche pardonne.
 In the course of lecture I gave three days ago in Dublin mentioned that London did not possess a ''Milton street," but that to | make up for it Paris could boast of doing honor to genius wherever it was found hay i ing Rue Milton." This allusion to Milton 1 reminded a Dublin paper-the "Dublin Evening Telegraph''-of the most curious l bit of self-compliment to British vanity 1 which it ever remembered to have noticed. 1 Although there is Milton street in Lon l don, there is small white marble bust of | the author of Paradise Lost" in Westmins- 1 ter Abbey, and about this bust the paper i'll l question makes a most interesting observa- | tion. The inscription on the pedestal is ab- solutely unique. It is a very long inscrip- 1 ton and there is just one line devoted to the immortal poet. This bust, it says, was l erected to the Poet Milton x x (we don't know the name) But then follow the name, address, qualifications and pedigree of the magnificent CT .ctor of the bust; the position which he held in the household of his most
 gracious many adjectiyed majesty, the posi- ton which his father held, and his mother and his uncles for many generations-not one word more of the poet on whose bust he has crawled up to immortal ridicule. But why talk of all this? There are Britons who would cut their names, addresses and qualifi- cations on the forehead of Shakespeare's statue. There are Britons who would perch cress-legged in sulky self-coE1placency on the high altar of 8 cathedral, and believe that the prospect was improved by the responsibility of their appearance. Trafalgar Square pos sesses four pedestals. Three of them are or namented with statues; the fourth has been waiting for one for over thirty years. The statue of General Gordon was suggested a short while ago as a suitable one, but poor Gordon is entirely forgotten by this time, 1 and you will see that in the end an equestri- an statue of John Bull will be erected. For 1 the sake of symmetry I shall not regret it. l This fourth empty pedestal, in the most important square the immense n0CFOpO- | lis, has ever been an eye-sore to me.
 Piety and fifteen per cent. Some nine | teen centuries ago 8 divine teacher in Je rusalem, who was ''heard gladly" by the | people, though the Scribes and Pharisees | had a low opinion of him, made scourge of cords, and going with it into the Temple drove out of it the money changers and those who sol1 doves, saying: s'It is written, my 1 house shali be called the house of prayer, | but ye have made it den of thieves" From what read in the ''Liverpool Review of 1 last Monday it will be seen that considerable | progress has been made since then in practi- l cal Christianity, to which we owe our many
 ameliorations of social life. There are still 1 cases occasionally in which places protesting | to be temples of religion stand ill sore need l of purifcation in the style adopted the 1 occasion just referred to. This will be abun- l dantly proven by the following tale, 'the l over true tale" which l find in the "Re- view" There is, in certain district of Liv- l erpool, chapel which has for it's pastor and 1 officers a set of gentlemen who have appa- rently determined to make the best of both ! worlds by running loan office and combin- l ing the cultivation of piety with that of a | snug rate of interest at fifteen per cent The i secretary and deacon of this place of wor | ship is also the manager of the loan society, | a combination of duties from which it would appear that in some cases It IS possible to
 serve both Mammon and Jehovah. Another | of the deacons is shareholder in the loan | company as also is a tradesman, the treasur- l CT of the chapel. To this novel specimen of 1 a pastor came on one occasion a member of 1 his congregation in great grief The mans | father had died and he wanted some money l to bury him. The pastor sympathized with l his ''brother ill the Lord," but could not | help him; but he referred him to his deacon, l who was kind enough to oblige him with the l money at fifteen per cent. and a surety. The | above referred to ''brother in the Lord, " hay 1 ing found it impossible to meet his engage
 ment, has just been sold up by the pious
 loan society. If the story is not contradict | ed it will suggest many reflections upon cer- l tain religious communities.
 | A story comes from Germany which shows | that the Crown Prince of Prussia is very
 sensible man in the management of his
 l household and the bringing up of his chill
 l dren. On one occasion the governor of his
 children came to him and said: "Your
 Royal Highness, l must complain of the
 | young prince; he sternly refuses to have
 his face washed in the morning." "Does
 hel' answered the Crown Prince. "We
 | will remedy that. Henceforward let him | go unwashed" ''It shall be done accord
 ing to your Highness' desire," said the
 governor, and he withdrew. Now the sen
 l tries have to salute every member of the
 | Royal family, children and all, when and
 l wherever they pass. The day after the
 | above conversation took place the little
 | four-y year-old prince went out for walk
 with his governor. As they passed a sen
 | try-box where a grim soldier stood the
 man remained rigid without presenting
 ! arms. The little prince, accustomed to
 l universal respect, looked displeased, but
 1 said nothing. Presently another sentry was
 passed Neither did this one give sign
 1 of recognition. The little prince angrily