The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-04-24 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

DLE.  The London Telegraph says —"We: do not believe that the Prime Minister intends to do anything more than provide for both the Government and the House an escape from an untenable position, and we cannot doubt that he will be content with the scantiest information which the committee may care to furnish We must point out, however, that his plan may receive unpleasant interpretations out of doors. Mr. Osborne Morgan severely criticised the committee for having given publicity to M. Berran's letter. A judge seems to have said the other day that if such a letter had been sent to him he would e.ther have committed the wi iter for contempt of court or have flung the epistle into the waste-basket. We shall not at present inquire whether the committee really deserves Mr. Morgan's censures, and whether it has been usurping the functions of a court of justice. But it is at least clear that the recent motion will, as Mr Horsman said, be regarded as an implied censure on Mr. Lowe and his colleagues. Mr. Childers did well to protest against such a censure, on the general ground that the responsibility cast on the chairmen of committees is already so heavy as to make the position far from enviable. We agree with him in thinking that they should not be exposed to the disapprobation of the House except for grave reasons such as it would be ridiculous to assume in the present case. But there is far more serious ground for objection to any implied censure on Mr. Lowe. The present committee is, we are all told, as-ailed by peculiarly powerful enemies. Several members have stated that there has been ' bbying 'to such an extent as to have called for special denunciation in the House itself. It is useless now to di,-cuss the question as to precedent for such a committee; the body formed under the guidance of Mr. Lowe has begun the work of disclosure, and it is bound to go on until that task shall be completely done. It is peculiarly unfortunate, then, that an implied censors' should be cast at this critical stage on any of its proceedings. If we could believe that an ad mission by the committee respecting the publica• tion of the letter would be used as the basis of a formal vote of censure, we should regard the declaim come to by the House as a matter for regret. But we may safely trust Mr. Disraeli's sagacity to save the House from a result that would be die tasteful to the majority, and unpopular with the public."  The death iQ announced, at the age of 82 yenrs, ot Miss Cunningham, the sole surviving sister of Allan Cunningham. The convict Charles Street, sentenced to death for the murder of his uncle, and reprieved on Saturday, has been sentenced to penal servitude for life, and will be sent to Pentonville.  List week, a heavy gocds train crossing a viaduct on the Glasgow and South Western Railway was thrown off the rails, and left hanging over the edge of the viaduct, which is 180 feet deep. • - •  On Saturday afternoon the Princess Louise, accompanied by the Marquis of Lorne, laid the first stone of a new memorial church in the grounds of Kensington Workhouse, the gift of Mr. J. A. France.