The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-06 00:00:00

OMIT OF ' 2 EII 4 7 I UBLIO JOURNALS. The Times remar 'lts - tkit'the Habitual Criminals Bill introduces no new 1 inn tiple into our criminal law. There is a very sound and jos t feeling in the national mind that every man is to be I area umed innocent until some ground for believing him igenty is brought against him, but there is nothing in :tile t bill in violation of this sentiment. What the bill does lime ,vide, and that not as an absolut., novelty, but in du e-4 development of existing law, is that ,rounds for imput' guilt to a person accused formerly excluded altogeth erf from the consideration of a jury shal. be admitted as es dell ;nee against him, and under certain. special circumst an! 3es shall raise a presumption of gulls which he must rebut if he wishes to clear himself. Again, the bill provides that where a person has been twice convsirl . ;ed of felony it shall be part of the sentence passed cal the second conviction, unless the court trying the criminal rejects the addition, that he shall ba liable for seven yea rs—and if thrice convicted, then for life—to be called upon to clear himself from the presump. Lion raised by cirtan nstances inducing the belief that he is relapsing into dsi 'onesty. If there were any hardships in provisions like the le, it might be remembered that they are hardships whicht • cannot befall any one until he has ttil I vice found :uilty of a felony, and whatever sympathy we may ha we for anyone who has been "in tremble" once, it is ilia pared fur - those who add offence to offence. In truth,.> te supposed hardship is as much conceived in the best interest of the criminal as it is demanded by regard fore.'he safety of society. There is a class upon whom, unhappily, preventive legislation appears thrown away. They have given themselves osier to crime, and if this kind of abandonment could be primed against anyone it would be sound policy and mere justice to check his career a . & \ once. But there is another cla;a:, about whom some persons are not so well assured of the propriety of interference—the men who do not mean- to be dishonest, but from mere association and inabty to enter upon a new life step back into their old conrses'. The slightest consideration must convince us that it is best for such men that the Legislature should enablee.a.proper functionary to given them an authorita tive -.cra-ning on the first danger of relapse rather than permit ihem to sink back into crime before any inter ference slat be attempted. The lloa k t refers to the question of leaving ball ammu- Ation initt e possession of soldiers, and says that officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates have fallen victims to the fat/al.:facility with which suddenly-exasperated men bare been m ewbled to gratify their desire for revenge ; and the temptritiect of having at hand such ready and sug• ; - Tstive meams of self-destruction has proved too much for many a dejecttd or desponding man. Such being the case, and no signs of a diminution of this class of crime having presented thercvelves, how, it may be well to inquire, is it that no changoithas been made in the system of supplying soldiers with ammunition ? What are the reascnsthat have hitherto prevaited with the authorities in refusing to adopt the obvious remedy for the evil—tbe withdrawal of ball cartridge from the custody of the private soldier? Are we a Wow-moving, Lmg-suffering people, and are our rulers prone to abuse..mr patience? May we not suppose that the Eolciiers, so far from feeling slighted or injured by the withdrawal of fiseir ammunition, would rather rejoice at the opportunity ;being thereby denied to the few ruffians a inollgst them of bringing discredit and disgrace on the whole body ? Sas* we think, is the view which they cught to take of , the proposed change, and such, we ap prehend, is the way in which they would look at it. But even if the position were tenable, it would not be right to subject some men to the temptation of committing murder, or others kto unnecessary risk of their lives, for any consideration of mere sentiment. The temptation and the danger have unhappily been proved to exist in a very appreciable degree, and we can see no legitimate reason why they should be any longer tolerated. It is to he hoped that Mr. Cardwell will act with firmness and deci sion in the matter. Common sense, the duty of protecting men's lives, and the feeling of the public, all point in one direction, and the Government may be assured that the army will follow them to the conclusion which is indicated. The Star says that in England, as well as in Scotland, we all know that a landlord has a right of distress for rent due. But in Scotland he has more, he has a right of attaching (though not of selling) growing crops for rent that is not yet due. By this security he establishes a priority over every other creditor, existing or future. And from this favour to the landlord has grown up what at first seems a very great benefit to the tenant. The land lord, being perfectly sure of his rent, allows it to run into errear. The common stipulation in Scotland is, that no cut shall be paid till a year, eighteen months,or even two years aft, r the tenant's entry, so as to allow him to reap and market the crop out of which the rent is to be paid. And it is argued from this, and very strongly urged in the Lords' retort, not only that the system is of great value to all tenants, as virtually giving them a lean, without interest, of the amount of their rent, but that it is an especial boon to the class of poor but industrious men who could not take a farm at all if compelled to pay rent before any profit had been made. :zit, on the other hand, the farmers answer that the advan• loge is balanced by great evils. The landlord having this immense and secret preference over the ternurt's property, the tenant's credit is bad if he happens to need an advance from any other source. Since ale° every other creditor runs a risk, those with whom he deals for seed, manures, or implements either demand ready money or put on a higher price to cover their risk. But, above all, they argue that the credit given by the landlords increases the com petition for farms, and conseeplentlyruns up the rents. As they have won the security of leases, so we hope they will win relief from the thraldom which the law of hypothec indirectly engender. The Daily News remarks that the name of the Lord Chancellor is being mixed up in a local squabble in the North of England in a way which gives the matter almost national importance. We gather from the local papers which come to us from the neighbourhood of the Tyne, the Tees, and the Wear, that the newly-incorporated borough of Darlington, having lately asked for and ob tained a Commission of the Peace, has been tremendously convulsed on the question as to who should be its new magistrates. One of the names left out was that of Mr. H. K. Spark, a merchant of the town, one of the leaders in the movement for its municipal incorpo ration and parliamentary enfranchisement, and the candidate of the popular party at the election. The townspeople believed that Mr. Spark was thus ex tinguished as a penalty for daring to become a candidate without consulting the political wirepulleri of the borough, and they made a stir about it. But all at once it ap peared that Mr. Spark was disqualified. Now it happens that Mr. Spark is connected with the "local press of the borough." He is the proprietor of the Darlington and Stoel.ton Times, and under this rule is disqualified for the magistracy. But whence the rule at all ? Who in vented the idea that connection with the press should disqualify a person, otherwise well fitted, for the per formance of magisterial functions? The other dis qualifications are old and intelligible. An attorney can hardly sit on the bench one day, and plead be fore it on another. The holder of a wine or beer or spirit license can hardly form one of the bench by whom the license is granted, and its use is watched and guarded. But what does the ownership of a newspaper, what would even its editorship do, to make it undesirable that a gentleman holding either of these relations to the local press should sit uron the bench ? This is a matter in which the whole newspaper press is interested, and some explanation of it is surely needed. Can it be that Lord Hatherley has resolved to celebrate his advent to the Chancellorship by the invention of a new qualifica tion? If so, then surely the public ought to be made acquainted.with the reasons which are thought to justify it—if not, how came the words which inflict that dis qualification on Mr. Spark in Mr. Campbell's letter to the Town Clerk of Darlington? The Telegraph says that between the Act for the dises• tablishment and disendowment of the Irish Churcleand the Bishops' Resignation Bill there might seem to be little or no connection ; nevertheless the discussion in the House of Commons on Thursday night would suffice to spew that the relation between the two measures is close. Before the debate began an ominous note was struck by Mr. Watkin Williams, who gave notice that on an early day next session he would move resolutions in favour of disestablishing and disendowing the Church in - Wales. From the Tory no less emphatically than from the Liberal side came the recognition of the fact, that the Church is "in danger ;" that in some respects the state of the Episcopate is deplorable ; that for years the sees of Winchester and Exeter have been an oppro. brium to our system by the incapacity of Dr. Sumner end Dr. Phillpotts to discharge the duties. Both prelates are so old that for years the diocese of each has had a ruler only in name. Really, although not ostensibly, the present bill is aimed at those two dioceses. It might ee termed a bill for securing the retirsmeet of two prelates,. one a of great uprightness, Cie other of great ability, !..,t Itoth so thoroughly super annuated that, while th r-tA.II official presser, most of the cpi,- , ctipat wofk is ii 1. ilt-y were apietinte , l t, dis ehArgo oust I e stispet, le!. TM , measure is to relnatn iii oi•tratitto only for two years, by which time other xt7:.:•111e3 of clvrieal reform ict-t he I,rotOit before PArliament. nlr. P , otvcrle anal other members fAncied the incur pint. tress of the bill a fatal argument noainst it, and tl,ey voted for its rejeetion ; but the House took a jit,tor view, and defonted the motion by a large majority. The measure, in fact, is only the first of a series. As the Prime Minister noted, there is no reason why provision should not be made for the retirement of itiontribente as well as of bishops; and a bill to effect that ohjeot must follow soon, with similar reforms hereafter. Aleanwhile, by passing through eomntittee the Bishops' resign a ti on Bill, th e Commons have assisted the. Lords to make a good beginning in that great and Imperative task of ecclesiasti ca l reform which is to secure a higher standard of efficiency in the mixtisia trAtim QL Ole Ohluckt THEtIFESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS. Zhe Festival of the Three Cathedral Choirs (Gloucester, Herefore v and Worcester), which takes place in Worceste: Cathedraltin the second week in September, is being vigor ously preAtared for. There are 350 performers. The fol lowing ar sithe arrangements :—Monday, Sept. Gth, will be devoted to rehearsals. On Tuesday morning, Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" will bo given at the Cathedral; and in the evening a secular concert follows in the College Hall. Barnlutt's "Ancient Mariner" will be given on the first night,l to be followed by a miscellaneous selection. On Wednes day morning Arthur S. Sullivan's " Prodigal Son," writrtm expressly for this Festival, will take prece dence, and4a selection from Handel's "Judas Maccal rens" is to follow. The concert in the evening is made of a selec tion frorn - Weber's " Oberon," and some extracts from the works of Rossini, with a few odds and ends from other composers. On Thursday morning are set down Ros sini's "Messe Solennello" and Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise." The evening's concert is miscellaneous, except a selection from Mczat's "Flank) Magico." On Friday morning Handel's "Messiah" winds up the musical portion of the Festival. There is, however, a grand tall at the Guildhall that night. The principal vocalists are Mdlle. Ti tj n a , M dame Lemmens-Sherrington, Madame Trebelli- Pet XL: lame Paten Signor Bottini, Mr. Vernon Rigby, Mr. iilllB 'Reeves, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Lewis Thomas. The band is under the 'Lade:ship of Mr. Blagrovc. THE ARCIIRISHOP OF YORK AND MR. VOYSEY. 4, The Rev. Charles V oysey (of The Sling and the Stone) has been served with an inhibition which will prevent his officiating in the diocese of York until the prosecution for heresy against him shall have been decided. Mr. Voysey, in a letter to the Archbishop of York, protests against this as needlessly harsh and altogether unusual, except in cases of scandalous immora lity, which nobody has allsged against him. The letter proceeds :—" In the full prospect of the success of the prosecution, your Grace believes that I may be fined thousands of pounds in costs, and be ruined in my career for life, and yet, knowing this, you delibe- rately tax me with the additional expense of an inhibition which compels me to pay for a curate out of my small income, though I have a wife and eight children to main tain, and an aged mother to shelter while she lives. Your Grace knows that there is no scandal whatever arising from my continued ministrations here, except that which is felt by certain clerical rotaries to whose clamours you are so yielding. Hundreds and thousands of intelligent and religious men and women in England agree with me, and are thankful for what I have said. My own parishioners and neighbours, if not universally in sympathy with my teach ing, are nearly so ; and every one is personally friendly and even affectionately disposed towards me. My average congregation is, if anything, larger than ever. The pretext of a scandal' such as the law properly recognises is, in this case, a sham, and your Grace knows it. It is also perfectly well known that the persons at whose insti gation these proceedings have been set on foot are only acquainted with my doctrines through The Sling and the Stone, and not through my personal ministrations, and your Grace knows that The Sling and the Stone will be continued whether or not this cruel inhibition be put in force. It cannot, th erefox e, be urged that whatever scandal has been caused can be stopped by destroying my official connection with my parish church. It is, therefore, not merely an act of extreme and unwarrantable severity towards me, but it is also a mistake to have thus made a pretence of stopping a scandal when the real cause of it, viz., the publication of the Sling and the Stone, will go on as before." THE WESLEYAN CONFERFNCE.-THE CHARGE TO YOUNG MIATLSTERS. The ordination of the young ministers received into the Wesleyan body took place at Hull on Thursday. The ,` charge " to one portion of those ordained was delivered by the ex• President of the Conference, the Rev. S. R. Hall. He gave some practical advice to those whom he addressed. Their future health, he said, would very much depend upon the habits they formed at the commencement of their work. Mr. Hall said, speaking for himself, that for many years he had had no greater joy than in walking for an hour or two on his way to the pulpit on a Sunday morning. If they used narcotics and stimulants they would sooner or later bring upon them selves a condition of enfeebled health. They must not separate the work of the soul from the work of the body. They must guard against mental intemperance ; their minds must not be so occupied in literature as to exhaust-them for pulpit work. They were divinely called to preach the gospel. lie did not say they had no right to change their opinions, but certainly they had no right to remain in Methodism if they changed their theological views. As between God and themselves, the Bible was the only rule of faith ; but as between themselves and their brethren Methodist doctrine was, and these articles of faith were to prevent contradiction in teaching. If they could not subscribe to this position they had better go elsewhere. They w,re to preach their sermons, and not to real them. Reading sermons was offensive to the people and very injurious to the preacher. lie recommended them, in their preparations for the pulpit, to make good use of the Wesleyan hymn book. They were not to allow these hymns to be put aside for novelties. The ministers were responsible conductors of public worship, and they must not allow the house of God to be used for the mere display of musical taste and ability. They were to stand when they conducted public worship, and not sit as if they had no part in the matter. lie re commended them not to neglect the preaching places in the small villages. They were not to speak against revivals. An impassioned desire to save souls would save them from great squeamishness in these things. The great need of the time was earnest preach ing. They were not to attempt to fascinate and tickle by mere essays and learned criticisms. The truest eloquence was found in the suitability of the dis course to the people, and unless they visited from house to house they would not get the necessary knowledge of the people. Uniformity in a branch of the Church, he went on to say, was not inconsistent with the unity of Christendom, and sectionalism was not sectarian ism. They would have to work with others, and if they got into the way of their fellow labourers, and could not work with them, they had better go elsewhere. They were to resist the temptation that they were so spiritual or gifted that they could not attend to the business work of a circuit. Re exhorted them to take care of their spirit and temper. They were not to be conformed to this world in fashion and fancies. Consecration to one work was the spirit of the first Methodist preachers, and they must keep to that. If they had faith in God it would carry them through. Several fields of oats have been already cut on the. wads, in the East Riding of Yorks Lire, and the cereal crops generally are fast ripening. In tho course of ten days or a fortnight, if the weather be proplious, reaping will be general in the district. Mr. Patrick Beales, jun., the borough treasurer for Cambridge, and member of several important Corpora tion commit:oes, has absconded: Yesterday it was reported to the Town Council that 'be bad surreptitiously ob tained a copy of the impression of the Corporation seal, and affixed it to a bond of £7,000 made out in the name of the Corporation, and placed iu the I ands of Messrs. E. J. Moth ck, bankers, which bond was totally unnutLorised. Other embtzzlements wore spoken of ; £!,800 was nct accountsd for; and £2,000 bad been bor rowed from the bankers w:thout authority in the name of the Corporation. FANNY OLIVER AND TIIE FRENCH PRESS.—A Parisian paper comments upon the case of Fanny Oliver as follows :—The Court of Assize at Worcester has con demned to death Fanny Oliver, a beautiful young wife with golden hair, accused of having poisoned her husband to prevent his discovering her infidelity. The sentence has created in England the same sort of sensation as that of Laffaye amongst us ; and Fanny Oliver has a circle of enthusiastic admirers, each of whom is ready to marry her if a pardon is granted her. Between the hours of twelve and one o'clock this (Friday) morning, much alarm was occasioned in the vicinity of the Honscs of Parliament by a sudden and loud explosion, which was heard distinctly in the corridors of the House of Commons. Several persons passing over Westminster Bridge were also attracted by the loud report. The police on duty in the House quickly proceeded to the east end of tite terrace of the Houses of Parliament by the Commons' pier. They discovered a tin case which had contained gunpowder and a portion of a fuse. It was surmised by the police that someone, whose purpose was probably a "lack," had thrown the can with its deadly contents from Westminster Bridge, and then ran off. No damage was occasioned. AN AWKWARD terrible accident iz repoited from Malta. Some of the ofaers of the garrison, thinking to compliment the inhabitan!s of the island on one of their great festivals, that of the Madonna of Mount Cannel, added to the illuminations provided by the Roman Catholic authorities by fixing a number of lights from the stores which were always understood to be kept for the purpose of lighting•up the port in case of a night attack. The pieces were pear-shaped and about two feet in length, but as soon as they were fired they delivered a storm of grape shot. Fortunately, although there were crowds of spectators, little or no harm was done. The officers, seeing the mistake they had made, rushed forward at the risk of annihilation, and threw several of the infernal machines into the sea, when they exploeclun4eurAtey with idiegiewlnsitolek, L'" SHOEBURYNESS ARTILLERY MEETING. The National Artillery Association meeting is going on very pleasantly at Shoeburyness, though there seems to be some hitch about the Challenge Cup, given by Major Innes, of the Ist Kincardine. The possession of this cup was determined in the scores made in the competition for the other prizes on Wednesday. The highest score made for this handsome cup was made by the 4th Forfar (Dundee) detachment, who made in G mins. 52 secs. 11 5 0 7 7, or 30 points, but the prize has been awarded to the 2nd Cinque Ports, Sandgate, who made 28 points in 5 mins. 43 secs., thus-7 755 4. One of the conditions of the coin. petition was that each corps, having more than one detachment, should give fifteen days' notice which of those detachments should compete for the cup. It appears that the 4th Forfar, sending only one detach ment, did not think it necessary to go through this process, smd on that ground the prize was awarded to the 2nd (;inque Ports. The verified results of the shooting on Wednesday were as follows :—For the Natiotal Rifle Association prizes-- The Ist Durham, Ist detachment (Sunderland), of which Sergeant Cooper was the No. 1, made 3G points in 6 mins. 38 secs. The second prize, given by the Countess Spencer, £2O, was won by the 3rd West York, who scored the same number of points, but took 7 mins. 23 sees, to fire the five rounds. The third prize, £lO, given by the Duke of Cambridge, was won l) the 2nd Sussex (Fairlight), with 35 points, made in 6 mins.; while the fourth prize, £lO, given by the 2nd Ali.ldlesex Artillery, was taken by the lst Sussex, 4th detachment (Brighton), who made 34 voints in 4 mins. 31 secs. The Ist Kent, Ist detachment (Gravesend), tied for the. fourth prize, but lost =the time, taking 6 mins. 8 secs. The excellence of this shooting will be understood when it is stated that last year the highest prize in the corresponding series was taken with a score of 29 points. On Thursday Lord and Lady Elcho, accompanied by Captain Costin, the executive officer Df the National Rifle Association, and Lord Romney paid a visit to the =Esp. The prizes will be presented at one o'clock on Saturday by Prince Teck. On Thursday an order was published for all the officers in ntmp to breakfast at six a.m., so as to be able to parade at seven, to undergo a course of repository drill similar to that in which all the men have been instructed. The prizes fired for were the ten silver cups given by her Majesty, value £lOO ; ten silver cups, value £4O, given by the Houses of Lords and Commons ; and a third prize of £2l, given by the Prince of Wales. The firing. for these prizes was conducted with 40-pounder Armstrong guns, at a target nine feet square, at 1,500 yards ; and one of twelve feet square, at 2,000 yards ; alternate shots at each, five rounds, time allowed ten minutes. It is owing probably to the men not being used to the Armstrong, but it is undoubtedly the fact that the volunteer shootingwith this gun has always been inferior to their practice with smooth-bore ordnance. The best scores that were made, So far as could be ascertained, were, first, by the 7th West York (Batley), of whom Lieutenant Chadwick was the No. 1, three hits in 5 mins. 42 secs.; secondly, the sth West York (Bowling), two hits, 5 mins. 48 secs, ; and, third, the 10th Kent (Royal Arsenal), two hits in 6 mins. LAW AND POLICE. THE BORROWING POWERS OS RAILWAY COMPANIES.-- Am important decision touching the exercise of the bor :owing powers of railway companies has been given by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Justice Giffard. Their lord ;hips had before them an appeal from a decision of Tice-Chancellor Mans, whereby the Cork and Yonghal 3ailway Company were made liable for £109,000 the estate of Overend and Gurney. The ob :ection to this judgment rested on the fact that :he directors of the railway had exceeded their powers. The objection was overruled, their lordships folding that, as the money was spent in paying off .iabilities of the company, the shareholders had reaped he advantage of it, and must be held responsible. PERJURY OR A MISTAKE ?--A singular action upon a gill of exchange has been tried at the Croydon Assizes. Ile amount of the bill was £lOO, and it was alleged to lave been accepted by a Mrs. Aldenon previously to her narriage. The defence was that this lady bad never accepted the bill, and that the acceptance was a forgery, l'he principal witness for the plaintiff was the female defendant's brother, who swore that the acceptance was in his sister's handwriting. The jury terminated a very painful inquiry by finding a verdict for the iefendants. THE WOLKSHOPS REGULATION ACTS.—Mr. Jay, of the nourning warehouse, Regent•street, was summoned at far:borough-street, on Thursday, for having infringed Dile of the provisions of the Workshops Regulation Act. ft was shewn that Mr. Jay had issued instructions that ,hose in his employment should strictly observe the Act, end that the offence was committed solely through the action of his manager. The magistrate, bolding that the iefeni7ant must he 'responsible for the nets of his servants, nflicted a small fine. ACTION AGAINST THE LONDON AND Nount-WzsTEnti nAILWAL— At the assizes at Manchester, a somewhat lurious railway case was tried before Mr. Justice Haunen, .nasmuch as the plaintiff, Mr. Jelly, a commercial traveller, living at Bedford Leigh, - has been twice seriously injured in collisions on the defendants' !ailway within two rears. On the 7th of Janu wy, 1867, the plaintiff was severely injured in a col "ision at Warrington, for which a special jury awarded vim £2,000. In March 1868 he was able partially to attend 'A) business. On the 15th February, 1869, while travelling from London to St. Albans, the train in which the plain tiff rode ran into some coal waggons, and the plaintiff was. 'njured in the back and head. He was now brought into :ourt in a litter, and he appeared to be in a very helpless state. He said that his income before the second accident was between £4OO and £5OO per annum. The jury •eturned a verdict for the plaintiff---Damars 41,500. A correspondent of the Northern Whig, who attended services in one of the churches of Belfast on Sunday last, states that the portion of the service usually levoted to the Queen was omitted, and that •Ine of the worshippers, in his excitement, ahouted out "No mrrender." A SINGULAR ACCIDENT,_ deplorable accident occurred in Dublin on Wednesday. While some men, in the employ of the corperation, were cleaning a sewer leading from a chemical manufactory ou Sir John's Quay, portion of the brick -work gave way, and the sewer becoming immediately filled with mephitic vapours, two of the unfortunate men were suffocated before they could be extricated. Their companions were in such an exhausted condition when brought to the surface that they had to be taken to hospital. Both men have left large `amilies. A LIBERAL OFFER. —The Hon. Aubcron Herbert (brother to the Earl of Carnarwon), who contested Berk shire in the Liberal interest at the last election, has addressed the following letter to the editors of the various newspapers in that county :—" Sir, will you allow me to make an offer, through your columns, to the towns of Berkshire? As you may be aware, all the expenses in curred on the Liberal side at the last election were borne by Mr. Walter. I have wished Mr. Walter to accept £l,OOO r.s a contribution from myself, but as I cannot persuade Air. Walter on this point, I propose to devote such a sum to the encouragement of free libraries in Berkshire. Co Reading, as the largest of our Berkshire towns, I offer ",250, and £l5O to any other five towns (including Oxford) which are the first to comply with the following condition. This condition is that an amount equal to that received should be raised by each town. This being done, those gentlemen who have kindly promised to act for the (Sir G. Young, Mr. J. Hibbert, Mr. H. R. Eyre, and Mr. G. Palmer) will pay over the amount mentioned on being fairly satisfied that the object intended is to be fairly carried out. Should any doubt or difficulty arise on any poict, the decision of those gentlemen as to the course to be pursued will be final. Should any part of the £l,OOO he unclaimed at the end of six months, it will be dealt with as may seem best under the circumstances.—Yours faith fully, ALTBERON HERBERT." THE NEW DRILL.—The committee of which Lieutenant-General Sir Augustus Spencer is president, and Major-General Russell a member, and which has sat almost continuously during the summer months at the :forse Guards to consider the changes necessary in the drill and tactics of the British infantry in consequence of the introduction of breechloading arms, has nearly finished its labours, and the report may be expected to be published this week. The principal chxyges recommended will be, it is said, that captains should ciways be posted in rear of the centres of their companies, and that the subaltern officers should guide the movements of the companies. Deployments and formations are to be made independently to either flank, without regard to whether the rightor left may be in front. The rear rank is to liu able to act as a front rank, so as to avoid all counter marching, and a wider interval is to be allowed betweet, ranks. It is curious that almost at the very firm that these simplifications are being made in the field exercises of the infantry the drill of the cavalr3 which has been tried for some years is to be abolished, and the old system of pivots also. Sir Augustus Spencer's committee lay great value on the use of the spade, and a special intrenching drill is to be proposed in their report. The drill is founded upon one lately in augurated at the Royal Engineer Establishment at Chatham. It is to be hoped that Sir Augustus Spencer and his fellow labourers will not be so hurried in concluding their report as not to have time to arrange some method of carrying intrenching tools for the infantry, so that they may at the same time be readily portable and easy to be g 9 t at who seggiNA • - THE AMERICAi PRESS. The Cincinnati Commercial of the 27th June, says : " Tom Allen, the champion pugilst of the United States, was to have made his appearance n this city yesterday having reached Vincennes on his wAy here from St. Louis. lie did not come, however. He returned to St. Louis in stead, in response to a telegram. k is probable that by the time this reaches our readers M. Allen will have sur rendered the belt, beaten in one rouid by a young woman, his early love, who ran away Iron home to share his honours. When Allen came to the country, two years since, she attempted to come out wilt him, but was pre vented by her parents. Not long since, however, her family came over and settled in New York State. The young lady flimediattdy commenced a corresjondence with Allen, which was kept up until the recent fight with M'Coole. That fight settled the business, nol only with Mike, but with the English girl. She couli no longer resist the pleadings of her old lover, now suddenly become famous the country over. So she left her parents and home be tween two days, met Torn at Vintennes, and proceeded with him to St. Louis, in seare.h of a church and a minis ter of the gospel. Tom is a winner." A Lynchburg (Virginia) paper on the late elec tion says : " Rejoice, 0 Virginians, with unspeakable joy at your deliverance. You may now clasp your wives and chil dren to your bosoms and feel that you are safe. You may now behold your possessions and feel that they will not bo ruthlessly torn front you to satiate the swarms of greedy and thieving adventurers who pollute Virginia by their presence." The removal of the capital of the United States is gravely discussed by the Chicago Tribune with as much earnestness as if a bill to that effect had passed Congress, and the decision on the new site had been referred to the people to daermine at the polls. The Tribune says the choice lies.between Cincinnati, Chicago, Memphis, and St. Louis, and votes in favour of St. Louis, after showing the ad vantages and disadvantages of the several cities mentioned. The Louis Times has the following : "The-violation and brutal murder of 'a young married woman, near Greenvilh', Illinois, is creating intense ex citement both in that State and Missouri. The victim was but eighteen years old, and had been married about one year. The scene of the crime was the farm-house of the young husband, M'Adams, about three miles south of Greenville. The body of the woman was found lying upon the back, with the limbs doubled under, as though she had fallen upon her knees and been pulled backward by the murderer. Her clothes were considerably torn, and the body bruised. Her hair was torn and dis hevelled. Her throat was cut, and she had been stabbed in the neck several times,. and six times in the right and four times in the left side, besides other severe injuries. She had run about 100 yards before her mur derer caught and butchered her. The head was dis figured by brutal blows, and the fair face was bruised and cut by the fiend's fist. Very strong circumstantial evidence points to a man named John Moore as the assassin. When the coroner's jury first examined the case, they returned a verdict of murder by an unknown person. This verdict was based upon the statement of this man Moore. Suspicion, however, began to attach to him, from his contradictory statements, and from his officiousness in the matter of ferreting out the murderer. His appearance was strange, and a few people staid at his house to watch him. He arose during the night and dressed himself, putting on a pair of now boots. Ho went out and walked about for soma time, without any apparent object, and went down the creek, proba bly with a view of making confusion iu the tracks by which it was afterwards found he had returned home from the scene of the murder. On being asked his reason for dressing he said ho was cold—an extremely singular excuse on a warm summer night. It is known that Moore was alone with the murdered woman a short time before the deed, and while all her farm hands, with her husband, were in the harvest-field. His statement is that he passed Mrs. M'Adams's house and exchanged the compliments of the day with her as she stood upon mhe porch. He states at this time a stranger was sitting on a block about 30 feet from the porch, near the wall. He did not speak to him, merely nodding, as is the rural custom. He passed on through the gate to his own house, about a quarter of a mile away. After putting up his horse, he went out into the field near by to handle some wheat. Ile had hardly got to work ore ho hard screams in the direction of Mr. M'Adams's house, and in a few moments again heard He started rapidly for the house. He found no one in the house or about it. He thou proceeded to the barn, and not finding any body, he climbed upon the fence, near the house, and out in the wheat field about sixty yards off he saw some object lying in the stubble. Ile went to-it and found Mrs. M'Adams lying dead; he took hold of her hand and called her by name; he then returned the same Ally he came, and told his wife that Mrs. M'Adams was murdered. After this he alarmed the neighbours. This dory of the "stranger" is regarded as mythical. Mrs. Moore was cot at home when Moore says, he told her of - he murder. His tracks show that he went south into he woods, made a circuit, crossed a little creek, and got o his house, which was east of the scene of the murder L quarter of a mile. Ho wore a pair of cerrse boots without heels. There were no tracks I:Ading to it- from the corpse exc.•pt those corres iendin t) his own. The tracks were fresh. - He denied going round through the woods, but the boets he wore fitted the tracks exactly. There teas human blood found upon the boots in several places. On his pantaloons, which he bad taken off and hidden in the loft of his dwelling, were other spots of blood. He had evidently attempted to wash the blood from his clothing. He accounted for the blood in a co .fused manner, saying that it was cherry stains, or came from his nose 'Bleeding. His shirt was take n off him, and a bloodstain found on the right sleeve. His arm was scratched and bruised in several places, as though inflicted by a human hand iu a struggle. His knife bad evidently been thrust into the ground to ...lean it ; but some earth was found in the hAndle, which was taken out and found to be mixed with blood. No ono had seen anything of the stranger described by the man Moore, and a thorough search of the fields and woods disclosed no traces of any such individual. There has been a strong disposition to lynch Moore, and had there been a little more positive proof of his guilt, his life would have paid time forfeit of his crime. A crowd of excited citizens has lingered about Greenville discussing the propriety of taking him from gaol and giving him a short shrift. But cooler counsels Lave thus far pre vailed." By news from Greenville, dated July 14, it ap , ears that " John Moore has written out a full confession of the !rime. He attempted to take improper liberties with her, Ind being resisted and threatened with expogure by her, he took her life. There is a great deal of excitement, but it is hoped no outbreak will take place. Moore says in his confession that ho hopes the people will not mob him, but give him time to preparo.for death. A large crowd constantly surrounds the gaol." _ _ . Of the Hon. Asa Parker, Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Press says : " He has been a quiet aspirant for political r referment for some time. He has been ' a life-long Democrat,' and is thoroughly imbued with all the ideas of that party. He has, on several occasions, been intrusted with positions of honour and profit at their hands, and perhaps it is fort - 2- nate for him that the shades of private life saved him from the extravagant commitments that brought infamy to the public functionaries of his party at the outbreak of the war. Pending the great struggle he followed his in terests, and remained as nearly neutral as possible; but his affiliations were not in the least impaired. Rumour has it. that $lOO,OOO is the price paid by him for the nomi nation. Judge PAckor'a identity with, if not ownership of the Lehigh Road will detract materially from his strength in. the State. That corporation is instinctively anti-Pennsylvanian. By means of it New York has been able to work disastrously upon several leading interests of the State." The New York Tribune shows how he, a Connec ticut boy of old-fashioned Yankee stock, at the age of 17, and with only $lO in his pocket, settled in Pennsylvania, and turned his $lO into $20,000,000 ! honestly—it believes. Being a Democrat, the Tribune takes offence at these twenty millions, which, had he been a Radical, would have been twenty millions of proofs of his capacity. The idea of making a man a Governor of a great State be cause he has $20,000,000 ! " Whoever will look intelligently about him will be sur prised to note how many are filling stations to which their wealth alone has elevated them. . . . It is high time that keener perceptions had established a better standard of fitness for exalted public trusts." The Silver City (Idaho) Tidal Wave says that : "The trial of Al► Choy and Ah Stun, now going on in the District Court, for the murder of Ah Son, is creating a greater interest than any trial that has ever occurred here on account of the novelty of the method of swearing wit nesses. A rooster's head is hacked off with a knife, a saucer broken, the oath written ou yellow paper, burned, and the smoke, in which is supposed to be the spirit of the burned oath, blown up to heaven in each case. The pro seculion and defence each swore five witnesses, killed five chickens, broke live saucers, burned five pieces of paper, lc. After killing the chickens they are thrown away by the Chi amen and considered unfit for use, but having had their throats cut, nicely bled, &c., the American heathen considers them none the worse for having been sworn by, and we confess to having been guilty of the sacrilege of assisting to devour a portion that was really fat, tender, and good to our unsanctified palate." EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Laniplougu's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant palatable, and bayigorAlia& ...Sold by all chenaists.—VidTti 111E7 ROPOLITAN GOS6lP—Thursday. Now that the Irish Church difficulty is cleared off the track of party politics, it is expected that the four or five members on each side of the House who have steadily voted against their respective parties during the last session will return to the allegiance of their leaders. Such, however, I hear, will not be the case with a young man who sits for a borough in one of the home counties, and who was considered but a short time since as the rising hope of the Conservative party. He voted in favour of the Suspensory Bill last year, and at the general election succeeded in getting a colleague returned with him who was in favour of the disestablishment of the Irish Church. I understand he is to be affianced to the daughter of one of our most popular Liberal statesmen—a proceeding which will doubtless render his severance from the Con servative party complete. It is high time that some inquiry were made into the cost of working certain recent Acts of Parliament. That of the Land Registration Act has been a scandal ever since the time that the department wss founded. The disproportion between the work done and the expense of doing it is due, however, not to wilful extravagance so much as to the smallness of the number of persons who avail themselves of the Act, in consequence of the difficulty which attends its operation. An inquiry has been promised, and it is to be hoped that Parliament will induce the Court of Chancery—whi c h is now the chief obstructive—to facilitate the putting in exe cution a law which ought to be of the greatest possible benefit. The working of the Encumbered Estates Acts in Ireland shews that it is the will rather than the way which has been wanting in England. Another case for inquiry is the Salmon Fisheries Act. At the present time we are paying nearly £9,000 a year to inspectors of salmon and oyster fisheries, and still the price of oysters, at all events, goes up. I hear that the Prince of Wales has accepted the office of patron of the Masonic Craft of Scotland, which post was held by the late King William IV. Another of those alliances is announced between great families politically opposed, which I referred to some time ago. The Russells, the Villiers, the Percy s, and the Campbells have already entered into union ; and now it is stated that the young Marquis of Lansdowne is going to marry the youngest daughter of the Duke of Abercorn. The Marquis is in his 25th year, and was appointed by Mr. Gladstone a Commissioner of the Exchequer, without pay. Lady Maud Hamilton, his fiancee, is 29 years of age. One cannot too much admire the wisdom of the great peers in thus sinking political differences in order to bind their ranks closer together, and so present a stronger front against the attacks of democracy. The appointment of ?dr. Lake to the Deanery of Dur ham has taken most persons by surprise. Not a few have been compelled to ask who Mr. Lake is? As a theologian he is little known. His forte is education, and the fact that the preferment has been offered in succession to Dr. Temple, one of the originators of the university local examinations, and to Mr. Lake, who was one of the mem bers of the late Duke of Newcastle's Education Com mission, shews that Mr. Gladstone is inclined to attach more importance to active work in which men of all parties can unite than to the theological dogmas which keep men apart. It is generally thought that the Premier will before long have a considerable amount of ecclesias tical patronage on his hands. The Bishops' Resignation Bill comes too late for poor Bishop Hamilton to take ad vantage of it. But there are four other sees, Winchester, Bath and Wells, Exeter, and Chichester, in which the measure might be turned to account should it become law. Those persons who hope that Bishop Phillpotts will resign are, I fear, destined to be disappointed. When, some fourteen years ago, a bill was introduced to enable Bishops Bloom field and Maltby to resign, the present Bishop of Exeter denounced that measure in the House of Lords, and pro phesied that his right reverend brethren would bitterly repent of their act on their dying bed. He even went so far as to intimate that for a bishop to resign the charge which had once been entrusted to him was something very like sin against the Holy Ghost. In other words, the See was made for the bishop, and not the bishop for the See. It is a little remarkable that, holding such very strong views, Dr. Phillpott should avail himself of the services of a bishop who has committed this very offence twice over. His commissary, Dr. Trower, was formerly Bishop of one of the Scotch dioceses, and then of Gibraltar. Speaking of the Bishop of Exeter, I may mention a bon mot which is attributed to him. A young lady was visiting Bishopstowe, and made the remark that Torquay was very like Switzerland. "Very," replied his lordship, "except that there is no sea in Switzerland and no mountains in Torquay." Oxford has lost one of its oldest Fellows by the death of the Rev. John Crosby Clark, B.D. He was educated at St. John's College, taking his B.A. degree in 1805, and afterwards became a Fellow. A large proportion of his great wealth was devoted to ecclesiastical work. The site of All Saints Church, Newington, burnt down a few weeks since, was one of the gifts of the deceased. Two remarkable instances of the success of co-operation have just come under my notice. They refer to one of the oldest and one of the youngest co operative societies. The first is the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, which has recently issued its annual report, a bulky volume of over 300 pages. During tie past year this society, like most others of the kind, has been subjected to an unusual drain upon its resources, owing to the great depression of trade, caused by "over-speculation and ruinous competition." Nevertheless, not only have all claims been met, but a balance of £98,699 has been carried over. During the year the expenditure was £109,810, of which no less a sum than £64,979 was paid to unemployed members—a for midable item. The number of members is now 33,474; so that as to both numbers and income this society is a corporation of great importance and influence. The other association is of far more humble proportions, but its prosperity is a very noticeable fact, inasmuch as the combination is an attempt to carry into agriculture the principles which have been found so successful in manu factures and trade. About two years ago, a few gentle. men interested in co-operation, and especially Mr. Morri son, M.P. for Plymouth, and Mr. Greening, formed an al sociation for supplying farmers with agricultural implements, seeds, and manures from the makers and merchants without the intervention of agents. The objects sought by the promoters were to obtain greater cheapness and greater purity. The large implement makers are accustomed to pay as much as £15,000 a year in agents' commission. Of course this sum comes eventu ally out of the pockets of the purchasers. With regard to seeds and manures, it has been long known that enormous adulteration goes on. For instance, even what is called emphatically "pure" cake contains from 5 to 6 per cent. of sand. It may easily be imagined how impure the inferior sorts are. The promoters of the Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operative Association were told at the outset that the farmers were so dense and old-fashioned that they would not make use of the advan tages offered to them. But though they are slow in some matters, they .are keen enough to see the benefit of obtaining better goods at a lower cost. In order to make the matter plainer to them, the association has adopted the very wise plan of marking on every invoice, not only the price of the goods, but the amount of profit made on that particular transaction. Moreover, the totals of these separate profits are sent to the members periodically ; so that they know exactly what they are doing, and are assured that these profits will come back to them less the cost of management. The result of this system is that the society has increased from 10 to 235 ; the capital from £257 to £3,584 ; the sales from £10,342, to £19,102 ; and the gross profits from £1,335 to £2,007. If farmers generally do not, after reading these figures and explanation, join the association, or, at all events, adopt the co-operative principle, they are not the keen men of business I take them for. The limited liability principle has lately been put to novel use in London. An attempt has been made by Mr. Leicester St. Aubyn to start "The Family Laundry Com pany (Limited)," with a capital of £500,000 in £2 shares. Some good names are on the directorate, among them Dr. Lankester, the coroner, and Mr. H. B. Sheridan, AI.P. It is stated that in the western, south-western, north western, and central districts of London there are 31,639 private residences, in which the laundry expenses range from £3O to £l5O a year ; so that a total of £1,581,950 is spent every year on this one item of domestic expenditure. What is the return for this expenditure? Too often clothes rotted by chemicals, swarming with vermin, or infected with contagion. As to those families which wash at home, they can tell the miseries of " Washing-day," and would gladly be delivered from them. The idea of the promoters of this company is to establish laundry and bleaching grounds devoted entirely to family washing, on a large scale, at a sufficient distance from the metro polis to be free from London smoke, and yet within easy access. An endeavour will be made to use this associa tion as a means for giving employment to women. The general exodus from town which takes place at this season of the year chews itself even in our criminal courts, where the greatest difficulty is experienced in getting to gether the requisite number of grand jurymen. I had occasion to attend at the Middlesex Sessions on Monday, when I found that the gentlemen summoned " all with one consent began to make excuse ;" and the nature of the excuses afforded no little amusement. Bar risters and doctors were at once relieved, but others of less favoured professions were not so fortunate. One gentleman claimed exemption on the ground of being a foreigner ; the judge slid he was not obliged to serve, but asked him to do so as a favour, and as an inducement pointed out the advantage he would have of learning a little of the English law, but the ungrateful foreigner retired from the court saying he did not want to know anything of English law. Another pleaded,ifirst,that he was 70 years old,; next, that he was very deaf. The judge, however, thought he would be able to hear in the small room used by the grand jury, and this was shouted into his ear by the usher of the court—when, with an importunity to be commended, he further urged that he had a bad attack of diarrhoea ; but all to no purpose, the judge was inexorable, although he tried to comfort the unhappy old gentleman by assuring him that the sessions would be short. Another summoned was afflicted with sore eyes—another was a Jewish Rabbi. Several sent their medical advisers or medical certificates, and some were represented by their chief clerks, or contented themselves by sending letters through the post. I was fortunate enough to get my friend excused, but many who did not put in an appear ance either personally or by proxy were fined £lO each, and let us hope that they were altogether oblivious of these interesting proceedings while they were exploring the tors of Dartmoor, the fjords of Norway, or risking their necks in climbing Mont Blanc. Chesterfield House is not to be pulled down after all. This old historic residence, recently the abode of the Duke of Abe rcorn, has, I believe, been bought for £lBO,OOO by Mr. Magniac, M.P. for St. Ives. This seems an extraor dinarily large sum ; but then the value of a site in May fair is enormous. Londoners are rejoicing in the prospect of a further clearance of their river. For some yea: s past the Thames has been obstructed by unsightly piles near Hungerford Bridge. These were erected in connection with the Pneu matic Tube, called the Whitehall and Waterloo Railway. But the works have long been suspended through want of capital, and now the company is to be formally wound up, and the piles removed. We are now at the darkest period of the literary year, as anyone may see who looks at the advertisement sheets of the literary journals. There are, however, a few items of interest. Mr. Moxon has arranged with Gustave Dore for an illustrated edition of Tom Hood's poems, and it is to be hoped that the dead poet will be more in favour at Dover-street than a certain eminent living one is just now. The latter, who has recently transferred his copy rights to another publisher, might have seen his portrait turned with the face to the wall if he had cared to pay a visit to his old publisher.—Mr. Tennyson has, I hear, had some consultation with Mr. Hawker, of, Morwenstow, respecting the legends of the Saint Graal, which that gentleman has made the subject of one of his " Cornish Ballads."—Mr. Henry Kingsley has left his residence on the banks of the Thames, and undertaken the editorship of a daily newspaper at Edinburgh.—Mr. Holman Hunt has at last actually left his beloved Flo rence for the Holy Land, and will probably be there for some years.—" Kay Spen," author of " True of Heart," and well known in Plymouth, has another tale in course of publication.—A new work, to be illustrated on wood by some of the best artists in England, is in preparation. It will be of unusually large dimensions, and the engraving will be carved to a degree of perfection not hitherto ob tained. Hitherto, really artistic wood-cutting has been on a very minute scale. In this book the drawings will be about a foot square, and will be engraved by the greatest masters of the art, with as much care as is bestowed upon the small engravings in the Christmas gift-books. Millais, Dumaurier, and Ridley are among the artists engaged on the drawings, and some idea of the pains taken to ensure perfection may be gathered from the fact that althouel the volume may not appear for eighteen months, many of the drawings are already completed. The prices paid for the drawings vary from £25 to £loo.—The book which is most in demand just now is the Diary of Crabbe Robinson. The libraries have had to increase their orders to the pub lishers, and even now are unable to meet the wants of their subscribers.—Mr. Morley, the new editor of the Star, is engaged on a life of Turgot. There is some little controversy as to the most likely appointment to that important post—the editorship of the Atheneum. By some Dr. Doran is mentioned, others think Mr. J. C. Jeaffreson will be chosen. I hear from a very good source, however, that quite a different course will be taken. A temporary arrangement will be made, and eventually Sir Charles Dilke, who is perfectly familiar with the work of the journal, will take the helm. It is not unlikely that the Atheneum , will be enlarged and materially altered next year. MISCELLANEOUS NETVS. THE HOME SECP.F.TARY AND THE POLICE. The refusal of Mr. Bruce to take any proceedings against the policemen who falsely accused the three bank clerks of drunken and disorderly conduct is unanimously condemned. The Times complains that the Home Secretary has been twice questioned on this matter, and has twice ignored the real point of the case. He seems to think that the bur den of proof rests with the young men who were then falsely charged, whereas the police-court magistrate unequivocally declared that the police had borne false witness. " The police ought not to be so much as suspected, and it is at all events the duty of the G overnm en tto guard them against suspicion. Yet here some of their members stand charged by a court of law with conspiracy and perjury, and their superiors refuse to institute any open investigation of the case." - Worse still, Mr. Bruce informs the House and the public that he has in his hands some state ments which tend to exculpate the police and bring the conduct of thee young men under grave sus picion. Why not bring this evidence forward? Why should not the police be exculpated if Mr. Bruce can do so ? Is the Bowe Secretary a final administrato r of ju s ti ce , w h o records h i s decisions without deigning to give his reasons ? MR. HARVEY LEWIS, \I.P. The &fence which the member for Marylebone has submitted to his constituents is flatly contra dicted by M r. H olt, solicitor to Mr. Charles Lafitte. Mr. Lewis said that the firm of " Charles Lafitte and Co." failed " through circumstances over which he luid no con trol." Mr. Holt says that Mr. Lewis himself was the immediate and direct cause of the company's ruin. Mr. Lewis declared that he had lodged an ap peal against Vice-Chancellor Malins's verdict of "false, fraudulent, and fictitious" practices, but that the appeal could not be heard. Mr. Holt says it could be heard any time. In short, the solicitor affirms that the member for Marylebone submits to the censure of the Vice-Chancellor because he has no means of skewing that it is unjust. PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS. Ex-M.P. Mr. Darby Griffith demurs emphatically to the assumption that speeches in Parliament are ever improved by the reporters who take them down —that the bad grammar and logic of members are polished up by the shorthand writers. " Whenever the public find a speech rs reported read well and logically, they may be quite certain th a t it was ta k en down verbatim, as it fell from the lips of the speaker." If, on the contrary, the public find a bad speech, they may be pretty sure that it has been " improved "—cut down and altered—by the reporters. Such is Mr. Darby Griffith's view of the matter ; and a very natural one it is. So many of his speeches were curtailed in print, so few ever appeared in full, that he may well think the " improvements" of the reporters a nuisance. It would no doubt be gratifying to the l a t e mem b er f or Devizes if all the discourses with which he had bored the House of Commons were re-inflicted on news paper readers; but would it be equally gratifying to the public A NOTTINGIIAM ELECTION. • The Nottingham Journal is concerned for the fame of its town. Nottingham has been set down as the worst in the kingdom at election time ; and the Journal won't have it so. It goes to Bristol to shew that there is " lambing " elsewhere ; to the now extinct " Town-and-Gown " riots of Oxford for scenes of violence ; to Bradford for general corruption ; to Blackburn for that kind of corruption which is called intimidation. Nevertheless, it hardly makes out its case. All these places aro bad ; they excel each in its own particular way. But Nottingham seems to have no " particular way." generally, its electors are not particular ; they will lend a hand to a " howling " match or a fighting row ; they do .not mind intimidating one the other, or object to taking money for doing their work. WELM LANDLOr D 3. Mr. Richard's attack on the Welsh landlords, touching the intimidation practised ii at the general columnselection, o leas the iasbro ,s uf a l i i i t ead ia r of the h letters ierale i. From o r t o h m e this Correspondence it is exceedingly gratifying to learn that the Welsh landlords—or at least their representatives who write to the Conservative journals —no longer think intimidation a good thing. Their efforts to prove 'that this or that statement by Mr.. Richard was erroneous are some testimony to an awakening conviction. 'Without entering into details, it may be mentioned that a writer on " Toleration," in the Cornhill, a Church magazine, bears the strongest testimony to the pressure put upon the Welsh Dissenting- tenants by their landlords. He goes so far as to s7iy that he has personally known numerous cases of honest families brought to misery and ruin through the refusal of fathers and husbands to vote against their convic tions. Even granting that Mr. Eiehard made one or two incorrect statements—which ' however, has not yet been proved — it is clear that the main point of his speech, the prevalence of intimidation. in Wales, is fully established. NATIONAL EDUCATION. The National Education League, recently formed in Birmingham, seems to be making its influence felt, ana - to be gathering "more power to its elbow" by enrolling eminent members. Twelve hundred M.P.'s, clergymen, Nonconformist ministers, and others have joined it, and pledge themselves to seek a widely-extended system of education. Amongst recent additions to the number is the Rev. Charles Kingsley, who writes, "I join your League with heartygoodwill MAXIMA', flefidEß /114V_PY4clf PX4etticalY useful to it. I have been longing for such a movement f 4 twenty years past. Now the time seems come." , subscription list is stated to be in a very satisfactor) condition; and the educational agitation is to code mence in October. If it goes on as it has begun/ t ' j t League must hasten very considerably the settle of a question so long delayed. _ VOLUNTARYISM. One of the most wonderful triumphs of faith A li o demonstrations of the power of voluntaryism in th es i modern times is Mr. George Muller's Orphanag e Bristol. He has erected in something over 3 0 Yin' no less than five buildings accommodating 2, ,' 5 1 children. In his " Brief Narrative of Facts " 3 issued, he says The almost universal complaint of religious insu l t Coos and societies is the want of funds ; but, as t° ( t i t selves, we state joyfully, to the praise of the Lord , tu b, through Him, our patron, we not only have had en ong eo but have abounded, thoug h' the expenses of the last t b ei r t o years amounted altogether to 2113,522. With reg 3r e r, pecuniary supplies, I have, simply in answer to 1 03 /0 and without application to anyone, obtained for teo work £430,000. With this money nearly 17,000 chik ir ie l from all parts of England, Scotland, and I",';',,f haVe been taught in the various schools ; U 5,000 col"til e r the Bible and New Testament, and about :30,000 portions of the Holy Scriptaires, in various lan'"''" have been circulated ; as have also 33,000,000 of tract s. Mr. Muller never asks for a penny, and yet lie ija received as much as 8,000 guineas in one gift• if utilises everything sent to him ; sometimes it is ° ' l ii a pair of stockings ; and the name of the dolo seldom given. THE JEVESS ABDUCTION CASE. The congregation of which the Rev. Thomas, one of the defendants in the Cardiff 81 -' 6 O tion case, is the pastor, do not think that eithercej or his wife have done anything of which they li tio g be ashamed. The members have held a xne e b i e ll to consider Mr. Thomas's resignation, he tendered on the ground that flock concurred in the verdict they must believe of guilty of perjury. But the flock passed a v°" b y confidence in its shepherd, expressed its disapPr°, o i tion of the result of the trial, and refused to ac,' lo l the resignation. Are we to understand by this " the whole proceeding finds favour in the eS eS t bel this congregation I' Even supposing t o believe that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas did not ei l te( l the girl away—the point on which the verdict re Natbanieet, —what do they think of the long concealment ofiL3o girl from her parents, her transference from P„,1 1 to place, &c. A subscription is being got up Op Mr. Thomas's expensts. Esther Lyons will re to Germany. S. 1: The first published AMERICAN teIe SEC gram URITIE Did the _,V, 11 11 1 Atlantic Cable informs us that the New Yorle,ll6o strongly approves of the proposition to tal which are held abroad. The holders of till',, e; o° securities need not be alarmed at this statemen t ' Americans are not so blind to their own interes to adopt a suicidal policy. To tax foreign , b° o would simply be to raise the terms upon wi ll - ,0 0 Americans can borrow money, and these would be raised in a far greater degree th l ;!„ f e Value of the tax, as such a proceeding would v 1 :1 garded as a breach of good faith, and it w°11,014 once destroy the confidence which is now were` in American securities. RAILWAY PASSENGERS AND GUARDS. e Ce' A correspondent of the Times thinks that th, c ,.tioo trio apparatus is the only means of commul"caeli, between railway passengers and guards which iP"ito' to answer. The plan of a cord outside on ptilleYs,ol, under the eaves of the carriages, will probab l Yle3J' this writer thinks, because express trains on the be ing railways are usually very long, so that it V°'l - othe difficult to exert sufficient force to operate 110,,,,p1' clockwork bells in the guard-vans. A delicate n." would almost certainly be unable to raise 110: 1 0 ‘ 1 ,e 0 ' Moreover, in cold weather the cord would be Jr STORY OF A MILLIONAIRE PAUFEU• esti d The Paddington Guardians have been 1 ,' 1 ; 1 0 1 ' 1 ; gating the case of Mr. Wood the million 3l , l- ,re was brought to the workhouse by the Overend, Gurney, and Co. Ile was origi n , ? * ti ii Manchester manufacturer, and, after 11 ,. c :,; le, lat . ing . a large fortune, retired into privg,,t, Dissatisfied with the monotony of r etireol e ;i i iel'i came up to London. Here he became a Pl'° l : tb director of the 111 arylebone Bank ; and wi le- f it i, affair collapsed he was served - with a th e ; £160,000, and thus became beggared. P,: e re A " went to the Southern States of A m erica, w'" e ti •l again succeeded in acquiring a large fortovA o ci c e l j duringpenny of which he lost the Ainerl o iloisi,4 war. Returning to London, success agai n W i 't his efforts, but his spirit of enterprise died ° ' - g ge` his last failure, which was caused by the storroeo Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.'s concern is no doubt of the accuracy of this narratis'e- TEE NAILERS' STRIKE. eefn tJl The end of the milers' strike w llO announced, but it is still goinc , on in the lo e 'y ham district. Meetings of the ' men hav e , 1 1 - 1 0 :e9 ' Pose says, been held during the weeli lIR t Heath, Old Hill, Rowley, Darby Hand, 311'.cel0 c c Owen. The proceedings throughout p r o enthusiastic, and the usual resolution Itavivlace` put, it was declared to be unanimous at eaell i favour of "playing on." t YACIITING. j i d Some excellent racing hag been l vines se :c s le Ner : 1 1 3 1 ) 4 , Royal Yacht Squadron's Regatta. Cup was gained by the Egeria, 152.t0n5, w lij ' r e ' v e in third., but won by time from the Guiuev% tons, and the Aline, 215, The squadron Pr ii ft e pa t t on the second 'clay, carried off by the Arro' l t ` - a rr t l l e Volante. The yachting men at Cowes do 0 - of to be greatly impressed by the perforwancesq Dauntless, the American vessel brought ov ef ,t c ° , o , Bennett. That gentleman, however, will.,111; P') tend with the Cambria in a short race. -`,jjo 3ll pared to sail the Dauntless round the evil l y or across the Atlantic. ENGINEERING. gi ll 111 The annual Conference of Mechanical fv-1,01(110 which (as we yesterday mentioned) is li lt° it ‘i f . its sittings at Newcastle, has had deliv e r.e, by sitoe address on " The Progress of Engineering , if Armstrong. Sir William discoursed at Ar/5,",70 the steam engine, our coal beds, gtunleri'lle ` . l O plates, iron-clad vessels, et hoc genus °nine. s r l not—we are glad to see—believe that t he ea)tiP e,i3o fires will be extinguished for a few litincbesei.ii, at least by the failures of our coal beds. gir " p d thinks, are practically inexhaustible. gtkrill 6 ham is one of a commission appointed by 11 , 0 i 0 to inquire into the subject, and as li b , g i ol, second Royal Commissioner who . 7, 1 5 , testimony to this effect, we I "'" i ttef set our minds greatly at rest upon thene::otilittii,qt burn our fuel without any parsimony. fortl i ,g 0 the inventor of. the well-known gun g 3. `i% tl i r . lo f " 4 he had not altered his opinion; he o ' l ' it steel should be used sparingly in cannoist n r oS adapted than wrought iron to resist coleus!, eS On the same ground he recommended ICr i re al l y SIC armour for our war ships, claiming that al` 131" t periments had shewn that it was b ettr a . rie° t tli fi William seems to have an idea that j oecl , , t ie s ! useless. There was no hope, " c c sg` armour would be invented Pr°°,pout bort gulls ; and the stronger the er the ,°„ invulnerable, the greater would be ic and damage to a ship from the tr y c el ;t i o Jiler ° an explosive shell. So we should nOW sI 4 tate the passage of a shot through 11 , vce b - o tlf. i tioS is a problem for the engineers. A g -,orf °l : is wanted which shall allow , 1 from shot, and not .be materiali3;titobel D:10 Can nobody board "the tail 0 0 which, accordinr , to the old sail ° , rs an d i e t fe o the property Sir W. Armstrong regrurt'it from the captain the secret by wb ic ' broadside ? e 4 , P h il 1. ) AMERICAN NEWS. cosi, - o i l p. O The papers of Wednesday contain th It 1(6 of Arnerica,n news rid the F ren ch cab le ' e ns, tr , . 0 fortunate if, by this or any other 01 w lie , s furnished with reliable information :Is ft o" spires in the United States. iiither; ;1007 . 13 11 I t service has been of the most lioitec'thel'°ho fe Throughout the month of May, wbererest tea Mr. Johnson caused a good deal of in' 1 1 ` in American politics, Mr. Reuter P"u ser vi lish c° o ol seven telegrams. In June the t h a t Nee tet o stimulated by the circumstance Iv o ° ef ic‘lt ber of newspaper proprietors, ge t to to being . left in the dark, agreed to ier 0 t1,, e news, but this competition was nn ° llO fel' 0 1 than the supply of American news eg 1 ,0 0 , 1 00 its former limits. With CompetitioLowe AAP cable companies it is to be hoped. t__ have a continuous supply of intellgthe encv• BIRTHS. tiVarw'elc-61rt:`'lj:po PEMBERTON—On the 4th inst., at 5 , g i.i g 'i r t - wife of E. Leigh Pemberton,,:niiata STRABBRORE—On the 3d inst., at " Countess of Stradbroke, of a daughter. 0 1 ; 411 A Rllll4 G ES. rc4 es , „ttr.; f, 6e` Gl o L v L e — r- N sg A l P la l r E e ll : uTt.l4GoilttlEsq n- () -'1 0f T r tho 1/°l3. , to Anti:l6 , lla Jane, daughter of AloP r P l`"4 1 11 Napier, Woodlands, Taunton. c lfOr d ,',l,o l" UNWIN—SPICER— On the .sth inst., at v v( 4 ) , Fu e "O' son of the late Jacob Unwin, ESq ., of E C., to Elizabeth, daug hter of James 50, Upper Thames-street, E 0. coP GRAVES—On the 3d inst., at T 7 ll , square, John Grarel.3, Esq., aged 8 0 . 0015P /33' MEnwlN—On the 2d inst., in the CarfaS, Medwin, aged 82. A t AS -vaLLIA t 2 London: Printed and Published by / 40. 1 ;woe l o r n f ri N ti s e . y l 7 P l A re 2, ll e S i g t n u r i t n . o 6 d f: i t t zew e S Printer,av o a y t , Tingsthso"Co°unfaet; 14ici' SS:outh-cresceat) 13etlic t, of rHE SUN, LONDON, FIiIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6,1869 k • • . - . .., - .•• •