Washington sentinel., 1898-07-16

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no power of dissolution exists, while the
power Of dissolving Cabinet after Cab
met does, France, like America,
in fact, has been fettered by a latent
distrust OF the democracy, which,
strange to say, IN our yelled republic has
never existed-perhaps because the
Lords, Who are not elected, can always
compel the electors to consider them.
selves, and say what they really mean,
In none Of the three countries is there
any resistance to the dogma that the
4 people ought to rule, but in two of them
the Constitutions were drawn by men
VINO were very much afraid OF the peo-
pie ruling.
The FREEDOM OF THE Gypsy TO CAMP.
Morning Post-London, June ~.
1t is plain that the free dom Of the
Glpsy III these unromantic days, is being
curtailed; but not his freedom to wan
der, for all men, whether Gipsy or mere
tramp, but the freedom to do as he wills,
The common law of England, which
glories in established precedent, has
allowed him to accumulate habits and to
brazenly practice them, without con-
sidering the trouble that might arise to
the common veal, For unreckoned
years the Gypsy has been. permitted to
draw up his van, or to pitch his tent and
to light his fire pretty we'll wherever he
willed on common land or on roadside
wastes, and our easy going EEghsh folk
and English squires have not troubled
to make much ado, even If some slight
havoc has been wrought, and if brush
wood has been cut and burnt. But the
Gypsy finds it another reckoning when,
leaving the lands or borders Of the
private owner, he pitches his tent on the
domain OF a body corporate. The
private owner is human, he has weak.
nesses, affections, thrills of romance;
but the body corporate has none OF
those, it moves as if made Of cast iron,
Therefore it is that an Ishmael who had |
pitched his tent on waste OF the manor |
OF the new forest, and had Int his fire, |
and had, moreover, let his fire spread
among the dried grass, was summoned
and convicted before. the Justices of the
neighborhoOd. On Saturday a futile
appeal from that decision Ewas made
before the Court OF Queens Bench. The
Gipsy--quite inappropriately named
Green-argued that the damage done
was not "wiliul, and that, as he claimed
to pitch his tent and light his fire as
"ancient rights" the Justices had no
Jurisdiction. The judges, however,
Mr. Justice Day and Mr.. Justice Ridley
would allow no such rights as those
claimed. "Have I right, !" asked Justice
Ridley, "to call myself Gypsy, go on
to a common and burn the herbage2"
"The right to pitch tent" pleaded the
counsel for the Gypsy, "includes right
to make a fire." "But not to burn the
herOage,' said Mr.. Justice Ridley, And
with the dismissal of the Gipsy's foolish |
appeal all sane and sensible people must |
agree.
DAILY ZeLegrGPh-London. June ~.
There is a flavor of melodramatic
romance attaching to a gypsy which
every one acknowledges. When Sir
Richard Burton writes about gipsies-
as was the case in q recent postum
ously published work of his-and tells
us that he was not only often mistaken
for one OF the Romany tribe, but pos.
sessed the curious eye with a flm
occasionally dropping over its inward
recesses," " which seems to betoken the
possession Of we know not what mys-
ferrous power, the ordinary reader is
captivated by the manifold attractions
of race dating back to medieval times
and still enduring, with all its wayward
grace, up to the latter end Of the nine
teenth century. The real gypsy is never
theless, bad citizen and an unpleasant
neIghbor. Novels and dramas
have not little to answer for in this
matter If they hold an acknowledged
copyright in these charming rogues, by
all means let them keep them for their
oVn uses. Sentimentally, no doubt, il
Is pretty and poetic to have ones for
tune told by a lineal descendant of
Ulysses; practically. it is a nuisance to
have ones hen roost robbed or ones
hayrick set on fire. Idealism and real
ism are on this, as on many other points,
at variance. The only practical solution
is for the gypsy to hold the stage at Her
Majesty's Theatre, but not to be guilty
OF trespass, either in the new forest
or wherever else his camp fires may
result in damage to the community.
THE TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Consular Journal.
A country whose Chancellor OF the
Exchequer can put some surplus millions
into the State Treasury every year is
doing good business; and sound man.
agement, with an eye always open ior
the extension Of commerce. will ensure
the continuance Of this profitable state
OF things. The United Kingdom is in
this envIIble position. The Empire is
a paying concern. but it eau be made to
pay more handsomely than il is now
doing. The statistics given in the state.
ment ofthe trade ofthe United Kingdom,
which have just been issued, are such