The sun., 1893-12-24

| n Congo boom is about 10 commence, and that
| King Leopold will soon bo within measurable
| distance OF reward for his courage and pa
| tience.
A committee Of the London Stock Exchange
Is at present celebrating a plan to abolish or
ut least cripple tho bucket shop businc css
There is reason to believe that the Home Sec
retary is seriously considering the feasibility
| OF submitting to the House OF Commons, ncxt
session. bill for the solo object Of carrying
out such measures. It lie almost certain to
| pass. all parties agreeing that tho evil aimed
| at ts great The Growing case, in the Bank
| ruptcy Court this week. revealed the scandal
Gus fact that one bucket'shop keeper has
| traded mainly on the credulity Of country par
sons. governesses and tho like, under fifteen
different names and addresses, since 1888
receiving thousands OF pounds from anna
| teur speculators, yet nevor engaging in
| single bona n1e Stock Exchange
| transaction. The attention OF the Public
Prosecutor has been called to this and many
similar casea almost as fragrant. but in vain
| The law Is apparently powerless to touch such
scoundrels. Members OF the Stock Exchange
naturally clamor that something he done to
stop the operations OF unlicensed rivals. who.
Just now. are getting an undue proportion Of
| what little speculative business Is transacted
| in these hard times.
| Ihe verdict OF not proNon' in the trial OF
Mr Monson on tho charge Of numbering Lieut..
| Hnmbrough meets unanimous popular ap-
provaL Tho evidence day by day was followed
| with intense interest throughout the king
| dom. The principal point Of public criticism is
| that such a verdict ought not to mako IL Inn
| possible to try the accused man agtn. Tho
! case before an English jury would have re-
! suited In acquittal or Disagreement. The lat
| tor would be more popular because 1t would
| allow retrial after an opportunity to collect
more evidence. such as the discovery OF Scott
| who so mysteriously disappeared.
The outlook for Parliament after tho brief
| Christmas recess. is not Interesting. The
House will dispose OF the Parish Councils bill
about Jan. %. Then there will probably bo a
| fortnight's holiday while the Lords act on tho
measure. II fPariament resumes on Feb. 5 it will
| probably be prorogued In the following week.
Tho Lords will meet on Jan. II. when they
will try TO compromise the Employers LA
bility deadlock by substituting McLaren's
contracting out amendment for their own.
II they are unsuccessful. they may yield alto
gethcr and pass the bill as 1t came from the
House OF Commons in order not to give the
Government material for a campaign against
the upper branch
Tho comedy OF tho week has been Lady
! Mabel Sievierss attemrt to compel a former
lovor. Capt CrUsbie. to give back her love
letters. She Is probably sorry she asked for
them. at least In n law court She Is the sister
OF the Marquis OF Ailesoury. In September
1882. .Crosbie saw in a newspaper an announce
ment OF the marriage Of Lady Mabel. to whom
he had been engaged for several months,
Next day no received q letter break
ing of the enlargement The society
papers printed reports that the match was
| broken OF because tho CAPTAINS motives were
| mercenary. Lady Mabel told the Judge the
same thing when she asked him to compel
Crosble to return her letters. Then the Cap
talr's lawyer read few extracts from the let
ters which. he explained. were rotaine because
they contained proof OF the falsity OF Lady
Mabel's charges. few days before her mar
riage to Sieviers she wrote to Crosbie:
Il write you tiny line about tho settlement
and will not trouble you about money. In
few days all will be done with and We shall be
far from lawyers. We shall have about
100 people witness our MARRIAGE
have written In bed. as usual. No time
to write tomorrow. as 1t Is a case Of church
all day. Tomorrow Is tho second time Of the
banns. and that will be only three weeks. my
darling. and then your bunny will DO really
yours. and she longs for tho company OF
another bunny"
Lady Mabel told the Judge that she had no
intention OF marrying Crosh!e when sho wrote
u
tissue of ialsehools.
Justice Hawkins. one Of tho most prominent
Judges on the borch. was indignant. lie thus
passed judgment upon both the moral and
legal right OF discarded lovers to retain their
sweethearts' letters:
There arc some letters that every honor
able. riGht-foellng man would desire to re-
turn; but when charges ara made against
him. and when an engagement ia broken
I.g. -.
rage. and whom. after that. there arc
paragraphs written in the society papors
which are utterly dIscredtsble. confess that
] am not in any way surprised that the gentIs-
man should wish TO keen those letters which
show those statements to be unfoundcd. II
any authority could be shown that tho love-
letters should be given up that might be an
other matter; but that could hardly bs when
the letters were written to a man by one who
subsequently accuses him. and tho very letters
in question show the accusations not to be
true"
Tho Judgment was for tho defendant. with
costs.
An American young Woman. Miss Hazel
Coleman Of New York. has set good example
by prosecuting ono OF the horde Of swinIlers
who prey upon those who are seeking his
trionic honors. She paid fellow $50 to get
h0r small part at the Comedy Theatre The
next week she found that she had been de-
ceived and that there were many other vic.
Tins. The swindler was arrested yesterday
and committed for trial without bail
Mr.. LAbouchere finds good deal Of popular
support in his opposition to'a further grant OF
$4,000 a year TO tho Duke OF Saxe-Coburg
ithe Duke OF EdiuburGhl now that he has be-
come a German prince. The Government has
yielded TO the request OF the royal family on
the ground that the Duke finds his German
estate SO encountered that he Is still in abso-
Lutte need OF an allowance from tho British
treasury There will probably be a lively de-
tate when the matter cones again before
Parliament
Somebody unearthed an uncut copy OF tho
original sixpennY pamphlet edition Of GrGy's
Llegy." printed by the author in 1851. which
sold on Wednesday for $50 The first edi-
tion OF the Vicar ~ Wakefield" brought S27O.
smokcless powder has been followed by the
Invention OF fog creator, A German named
Rehm has made a shell which ha danIaras will