, 1892-09-17

Mr. GladsiOne's task is now completed, and
Yhe Peers and Members Of the House Of
Commons who are to form his Government
have. with very few expectations, received
the formal notices Of their appointment to
different Offices. For some few days to come
their merits and their claims, viewed in con-
nection with the special duties which have
been assigned to them, will form the staple OF
ordinary political conversation, both in the
official world and in the larger aud more Inn
partial spheres tenantsd by The general pub
lie. There will be the usual amount Of ques-
tioning Is to whether a politician appointed
to one post would not have been much better
fitted for another, and whether some of the
individuals on whom Fortune and the Liberal
leader have smiled are really deserving OF
promotion to any post at all. When a short
period has elapsed, however, there will como
for both the included and the excluded
a much-needed holidays. In all our erl-
ticisms Of Ministers and Members it IS
as we'll to temper Justice with mercy,
and it i. only ordinary charity Mt this j%uncture
to remember how badly many politicians
must be wanting a season Of repose. 1t Is
not every Member Of Parliament who can
reasonably expect to be offered q portfolio,
but the very humblcst representative OF the
people W no honours st. stephens with his
presence may and as q matter OF tact does,
anticipate autumnal rest. Even those Mem
bers who are most bitterly opposed to an
eighthours day for Others are strenuous supper
ters of asix month'0 year for themselves;and con-
sidering the labours they have gone through
they Will all be able to appreciate the advan-
tagos Of a vacation lasting until next Febru-
any. The new Ministers will forget for q
time the cares Of office, which are not likely
to be small with a small majority behind
them and Il resolutc minority IN front.
Dir. Danford Thomas, coroner for the Central
Division Of the County OF London, VIII hold
an enquiry to- mo rrow afternoon, at the Court
Ncwend, Hampstead. concerning certain
treasure trovc, consisting Of two pilgrims
water bottles one drinking cup, oud two
portions of caudIesticks, all manufactured OF
silver and of ancient design and date, recent
" found beneath the mound ON Parllament-hlll
nov under the control Of the London Coun-
ty Council. Any person claiming possession
Of the articles will then and there be heard;
and in the event Of no such claim being les
gally established the treasure-troye' will be-
come the property Of the Grown, and will be
delivered into the care and custody Of her
Maiesty's Lords of the Treasury" Mr.. Hay
mes, tho father OF the lad, who found the sill
Yer treasure, mas ltau cOl1lclluS Claims Ilt'lt
upon him for the custody Of the articles. The
coroner sent him one communication telling
him to retain possession of them for the pres
ent, and tho police, acting on instructions
from the Solicitor to the Treasury, requested
him to give the treaslre-t rove up to them.
Mr. Haynes accedod to the latter demand, but
insisted upon having a full and detailed re-
ceipt from the officer who took charge OF the
property, generating him from all liability.
1t is now said chat the articles are worth very
much moro than the @l00 at which they
were first appraised, and that their value is at
least 81, 900, if not more.
Mr.. Reed, assistant curator of the British
Museum, has examined them, and says that
the larger vessels are not pilgrims bottles
but spirit or scent TASKS, of French manufac-
turc, made between 1872 and 1850. One of
these silver "bottles" or 'fasks'-each of
which has a ring at one corner-is about half
full of water, which on being analysed at
South Kensiugton Museum, was found to CON
tain traces of zinc. The silver cup covered with
gilt has a little handle at each side, and is of
English manufacture Of about the year 1886.
The pieces of candelabra have evidently been
broken off with some force. The theory Of
the experts is that all the articles had been
embedded in the mud of the Thames for many
years at some period of their history before be-
ing buried in Psrliament-hill fields. Careful