The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-28

he is afraid OF assassination as a renegade
Sicilian.
1t Ia pity that some serious reports regard
ing the family Of the Prince Of Wales are not
set at rest Color Is given to them by the fact
that the Princess has avoided nearly all public
functions for many months and is almost
never seen with her husband. She has. indeed,
spent little time in tho same house with him
In the past year. II lie generally understood
that she Is in a condition OF almost chronic
m eancholY. The health Of the Prince Is said
to leave much to be desired.
Labouchere's announcement that the rrin-
cess was about to retire permanently from So
ciety has been promptly denied but other and
more widespread rumors have not received
the puietus which should be applied.
The fame OF the Welsh Ladies' Choir. which
won prizes In Chicago has somewhat tardily
reached royal ears. with the result that tho
Queen has invited the members to sing Mt Os-
borna oil Feb \ Her Majesty has been I'M
usually gay this season. There have been
tableaux vivants. concerts, or theatricals
every week since Christmas. and stage
has been specially fixed in the Indian room.
the gorgeous annex to Osborne which was
built at q cost OF thousands Of pounds. all
taken from tho royal privy purse The Queen
has definitely promised to attend the wedding
Of the Duke OF liesse and tho Duke OF Saxe-Co-
burg. Gotha's daughter soon after Easter. and
there is little doubt that she will then meet her
afIsctionate grandson. Emperor william.
The Government has shown remarkable
courage in obtaining the arrest OF Jabez BAL
four and the Tories are not a little astonished
thereat II has long been n part Of their poltl-
cal creed that the Minister'S would do every
thing decently possible to prevent extraaition
and the consequent rakinR UP OF old scandals
wherein those most involved are all Glad
Ia hat
uarcourt and several other members OF tho
Cabinet were OF this opinion. but tho majority
yielded TO the views OF Rusebery and As1uith.
who contendsd that the credit OF bringing the
| arch swndler to Justice would amply COM
pensate for the disadvantages. There Is
little doubt that more than one honorable
reputation will bo smirched In the course Of
Dalfour's trial.
Only the select few. mainly lawyers and
bankruptcy officers arc concerned in tho
| elaborate investigation OF tho affairs OF the
Liberator building Society. Tho other COM
| panics involved in its fall were really aware
OF the vast ramilcations OF Balfours sinister
influence. and Of tho stu pendous audacity OF his
! methods. These people moro than hint that
/ several Liberal members Of Parliament ought
! be placed In the dock alongside Balfour. and
| that the law and the facts would not be unduly
! strained II at least one minor member OF tho
! Government should be included in the indict-
meat.
| There is reason to believe that tho charges
/ against Baltour include forgery in which case
O sentence Of penal servitude for life is as
sured. There will not be tho slightest din
| Guilty In securing a conviction on any charge
| the prosecution may prefer.
| Mr.. Balfour. the leader OF the Opposition.
| distinguished himself this week. not only by
| the delivery OF q series OF strong political
| sueeches. but by openly advocating q thorough
scientific Investigation of psychic or spiritual
istic phenomena. As President OF the Society
/ OF Psychical Research. no said. In an address
! yesterday, that lie thought the time had come
! when tho leaders OF scientific thought
| should recognize that there were we'll
| attested facts which do not naturally
| fall into the framework OF the sciences
| or OF organized experiences. The proposed
Investigation was different from a scientific
cross-examination OF nature for they would
! hnye to deal with abnormal or incomplete
! faculties. with exceptions! conditions in ex-
ccptional individuals. He saw no inherent
I in possibility In such hnlf-formed senses be-
. ing sporadicaly developed In the human race
! They seemed to come across facts which could
/ not be made. by any manipulation. to fit into
the interstices OF tho accepted view OF the
! psychIcal world. II that were So they were
| engaged in a work Of prodIgious difficulty
! They had refractory class o, problems to
! deal with. but it seemed to him that at least
! they would be able to prove the existence OF
! an outside world
| There was region not open indeed to exper-
! mental observation in the same way that the
! more familiar regions o: tho material world
] were omen. but from which some information
could be cleaned; and II they could not as the
result Of their exertions discover what laws
these strange phenomena obeyed. II would
| ut all events be- som ething to have shown as a
! matter Of Ascertained fact that there were
! things In heaven and on earth which were be-
| yoni tho philosophy OF even the most scientific.
There Is no immediate prospect OF a reform
! in the English policy OF restricting the car
| riage OF American mails to the Cunard and
/ White Star boats via Queenstown. Time Is
money" is only an empty phrase In English
ears. A change might be effected IL the
American Government retalated against
British discrirn nation. by sending the mails
! only via tho German and American boats to
| Southampton. Nothing less drastic will have
any effect
The result OF the race between the Majestic
| and the New York is awaited with much inter
| est In London.
Prof. Huxley replies poIntedly to his critics
| in his preface TO the flIth volume Of his col
lseted essays published to-day. After deny
| ing that he has gone out " his way to attack
the Bible. or that he harbors any hatred OF
| Christianity. he says Of his scientific career:
| Il had set out on the journey with no other
purpose than exploring certain provinces OF
natural knowledge. straysd no hairs
| breadth from the course which il was my
right and duty to pursue; and yet found that.
whatever route took. before long came to q
tall, formidable-lookin fence Confident as
might be OF the existence o; the ancient and
indsfeAslble right 81 way. before me there
stood the thornY barrier with the notice board
No thoro ughfare. by order OF Moses
There seemed no way over nor did the pros
pect Of creeping round as saw some do. at
tract me. The only alternatives were either
to give up the journey which was not minded
70 do. or to break the fence down and go
| through 1t.