The Messrs. Rowntree, the well-known Quaker merchants whose premises were
recently wrecked on the occasion of Mr. Cronwright-Schreiner's visit to Scarborough, have issued a most dignified and magnanimous address to their fellow- citizens. In evidence of their desire to assuage local animosities they announce that it is not their intention to make any claim against the Borough Fund for property damaged or destroyed, adding, in words that must not be spoiled by any condensation, " The loss of property, though not light to some of us, is as nothing compared to the peril to which some of those dearer to us than life were that night exposed, or with the loss of free speech won for us by brave men and women of old." After protesting against the "cruel lawlessness" of midnight assaults on the homes of women, children, and aged persons, pointing out that Mr. Cronwright- Schreiner was not a Boer but a Colonial fellow-subject of British blood, and reminding their readers of Burke's appeal to his fellows "so to be patriots as not to forget to be gentlemen," they conclude with the observation that "history often has to reverse the popular verdicts of the day, and we believe it will reverse the verdict of violence which has been given against us." The Scarborough rowdies must be in- corrigible if they can read this document without feeling heartily ashamed of themselves ; and the Quaker body will be gratified to see their old principles acted on in the old way
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