The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-28 00:00:00

SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. THIS EVENING'S NEWS. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) COLLISION IN THE NORTH SEA. The screw-steamer Bravo, Captain King, with iron, arrived in the Tyne last night in a very damaged condi tion. The captain reported that while off Whitby yes terday morning, distant about five miles, the Bravo came into collision with the schooner Ellen, of Yarmouth, Captain Williams, bound from Wisbeach to Middles borough, in ballast. The schooner sank - in about seven minutes. Her crew were rescued by the Bravo, and landed at Shields. Captain Williams got his leg severely crushed between the steam of the steamer and the main mast of the schooner while jumping from one vessel to the other. The bows of the steamer are greatly damaged. THE NEWARK ACCIDENT.-THE INQUEST. The inquest touching the Newark accident was resumed at noon to-day. After the medical evidence had been taken, Patrick Stirling, the chief engineer of the Great Northern, was examined, and his evidence ran to a great length. The subst Ince of his answers was that the broken axle was of the very best quality, and the flow in it unperceptible to ordinary tests. He thought it unpracti cable to keep a record of the running of axles, as wheels are often changed from one waggon to another, to save loss of time. He thought an old axle less liable to fail than a new one. THE ANTI-VACCINATION LEAGUE. The first annual meeting of the Anti-Vaccination League was held in Manchester to-day. There were representatives present from London, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Darlington, Bristol, and many of the Lanca shire towns. Professor F. W. Newman presided. The report stated that several branch leagues had already been formed. A resolution was adopted, declaring " that as the practice of vaccination has been adopted and fostered by the Government of this country without due investigation, and enforced in defiance of the common sense of the people, this meeting pledges itself to use all legitimate means to obtain the repeal of the Vaccination Acts." A petition was adopted for the immediate repeal of the Acts. Nearly all the speakers, who were very numerous, stated that they had been repeatedly prosecu ted for refusing to have their children vaccinated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• ODIHAM MEETING.—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GREYWELL HILL PLATE. Juliet Lincoln Agues Nine ran. DOGMERSFIELD PARK STAKES Our Torn Woodland Mary Olive Five ran. ODIHAM HANDICAP. Rover NV La Sorrentina Robespierre Six ran. CITY BETTING-THIS DAT, GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 8 agst Capitaliste (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Moccolo (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Miss Sheppard (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst John Davila (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Revenge (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Indiun Ocean (taken and_ offered) 25 to 1 agst Newsman (taken) 25 to 1 agst Strathnairn (offered) 100 to 3 agst Toby (taken) 100 to 3 agst Jarnac and Cherie coupled (offered) 6to 1 agst Jarnac, Revenge, and Acaster mixed (taken) ST. LEG-ER. 6to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst King o' Soots (taken) 20 to 1 agst Captivator (offered) 25 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Camel (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Bridgwater (offered) 900 to 400 agst Mr. Merry's lot (offered) LONDON GAZETTE.-THIS EVENING, WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNE 23. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on John Henry Briggs, Esq., late Chief Clerk of the Admiralty. JUNE 23. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Antonio Brady, Esq., late Superinten dent of Contracts at the Admiralty. CROWN OFFICE, JUNE 27. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Bristol.—Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, of the city of London, merchant, in the room of Elisha Smith Robin son, Esq., whose election for the said city has b een deter mined to be void. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 27. Robert Hastings Harris, Esq., has been this day pro moted to the rank of Commander in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 22d June, 1867, in the hauling-down vacancy of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas M. C. Symonds, K.C.8., late Commanding the Channel Squadron. THE FENIANS. It is stated from Philadelphia that the trials of the Fenians have been fixed for July 12th. ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT-SIXTEEN PERSONS INJURED. A telegram from Belfast announces that a serious accident occurred yesterday on the Holywood and Bangor Railway. An express train from Bangor, a fashionable watering-place, was on its way to Belfast, when a luggage train ran into it. Ninety-four persons were in the train, sixteen of whom were injured, but none fatally. DESTRUCTION OF A THEATRE BY FIRE - The theatre of Brunn, in Austria, has been en tirely destroyed by fire. The library and the wardrobe alone were saved. The flames broke out half an hour before the time for opening the doors. We are informed that the storehouse of the Zarzuela Theatre at Madrid has also been destroyed by fire, with a loss of 300,000 fr., which will fall entirely on the proprietor, M. Salas, as the dresses, scenery, &c., burnt had been removed there from the house itself without due notice having been given to the insurance company. SHOCKING MURDER IN FRANCE. A shocking murder bas just occurred at Passy. A woman named Carlu was living with her two children, one 13 and the other 9, separated from her husband, who had cruelly ill-used her. The night before last the father managed by some means to introduce himself into the lodgings of his wife, who was sleeping be tween her two children. He instantly attacked her with a large butcher's knife which he had brought with him, and apparently the first blow must have killed her, as no cry was heard by the other people in the house. Not satisfied with thus wreaking his vengeance he continued his murderous work, as more than thirty stabs were found on the poor woman's body, most of which would have been fatal. Having completed his sanguinary work, he drew a mattress towards the door and laid himself down on it to await the result. A neighbour, hearing the children moaning, gave notiee to the police, who entered the apartment and arrested Carlu, who made no resistance, but simply said, " It was I who killed her." We r egret to learn that the accounts of Mr. Childers do not improve. The Archdeacon of London, the ',Ten. William Hale, lies dangerously ill at the master's lodge, Charter house. The Oxford and Cambridge tennis matches will be played in the M.C.C. court at Lord's Cricket-ground, to-morrow and Thursday. Preparations for the Wimbledon review are already in progress. The office of the National Rifle Association, at the Camp, Wimbledon, will be open on the morning of Saturday, July 9. Lord Justice Giffard is so unwell that it is feared he will not be able to attend to business for some time. His absence from the Court will cause serious incon venience. THE HEBREW BREACH. OF PROMISE CASE. The case of Keyser v. Moryosef was resumed in the Bail Court, Queen's Bench, before Mr. Justice Hannen and a common jury. It was an action brought by a Jewess, the keeper of a lodging-house in Aldgate, against one of her co-religionists, who lodged in her house, for an alleged breach of a promise to marry her, which promise the defendant denied. From the evi dence given yesterday, it appeared that the parties had lived together as husband and wife for some weeks • and while it was sworn by the plaintiff that this was subsequent to the promise, it was contended by the defendant that the plaintiff used it as a pretext for endeavouring to wheedle a promise out of him. The evidence to-day was directed towards proving that the plaintiff's conduct with other frequenters of the house was most unbecoming. The jury, after being locked up for some time, returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £25. ACTION FOIE, THE LOSS OF :A FATHER AND MOTHER. The case of Walden v. the Great Northern Railway Company, was tried before Mr. Justice Brett and a spe cial jury in the Court of Common Pleas. It was an action by two young men, sons of a farm bailiff, to recover damages from that company for the loss of their father and mother, by an accident on the railway . at Welling Junction, Hertfordshire, on the 20th of October last. On that day Mr. and Mrs. Walden were passengers by a train which was passing, the junction points, when it suddenly left the line, one half being over turned and smashed, and the other half running along towards Hertford. Several passengers were killed, including Mr. and Mrs. Waldon. It was contended by the plaintiffs that the accident arose from the pointsman shutting the points before the whole of the train had passed over them ; while the company ascribed it to a defect in one of the carriage-wheels, for which they -:culd not be held responsible. The questic nof liability had been determined against the company in another case, but they were not willing to accopt this decision as final, and accordingly they defended again. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, and assessed the damages at £l7s.—Another action, arising out of the same accident, was arranged on the conclusion of the above case. THE WHOLESALE BABY *FARMING CASE AT BRIXTON. This afternoon the prisoners Margaret Waters, 35, with the aliases of Willis, Hurley, Walters, Ellis, Oliver, Blackburn, Ford, &c., and Mary Ellis, 29, her sister, underwent a further examination at the Lambeth Police-court, before Mr. Elliott. The former prisoner was originally charged with neglecting to provide proper food and nourishment for the illegitimate male child of Jeannette Tassy Cowen, thus endangering its life, and the child since the last examination has died. The prisoners together were also charged with having other infants in their possession, and endangering their lives by not providing proper food and nourishment. The interest in the case has very much in creased, as no less than three of the children found have since expired. The Court and its approaches were crowded. Mr. Poland again appeared to prosecute, on behalf of the Treasury, and the prisoners were defended by Mr. Mayo. Mr. Poland said he very much regretted to inform his worship that since the case was last before the court three of the children had died. One died on Thurs day, at the workhouse. Miss Cowen's child died on Friday, and another male child died on Sunday last. The post mortem examination was made only yesterday, and what he proposed to do was to go as far as he could with the case to-day, and then to ask for a further adjournment. At present he had not been able to trace out the mothers of the children who had been found, but he should shew beyond doubt that some of the clothes which they had been wrapped up in, were clothes which came from the prisoner's house. He hoped further information would be forthcoming, owing to the publicity the case had natu rally received The first witness called was Robert Tassey Cowen, who gave evidence respecting the birth of his daughter's child, and his entrusting it to the care of the prisoner similar to that he had already given at the inquest. Mr. Poland then read the following letter, signed M. Willis, and received from the prisoner in reply to one which had been sent : " Dear Sir,—ln reply to your letter we wish to say, as a reason for not giving you our address, that, in taking a child, we wish to do so entirely, never to be claimed. We have been married many years and are without family, and we have determined on bringing a little one up as our own. My constant care shall be for the child, and every thing which shall be for the child's comfort shall be constantly considered. If you should think any more of this, and will write where and when I can see you, and how I shall know you, we shall feel very much obliged. We have had several letters and so are anxious to decide whose child we shall adopt. Cross-examined : The child seemed to be getting better until three or four days before its death, and he thought it would survive. He had no wish to get rid of the child entirely, and should not have done so had it not been for the assertion the prisoner made. He could not identify the child he sw" his daughter's. It might, for aught he knew, belong to 3 one else. He did not offer to give more than £4, an, expected the child to be brought up respectably. He considered the refusal to receive money shewed Waters was fond of children. She said when she had got the child that her husband was very much pleased with it. Re-examined : If he had known Waters had ten chil dren in her house he certainly should not have let her take his daughter's child. But for her statements he should not have parted with it at all. Mrs. Caroline Guera, with whom Mr. Robert Cowen lodged, and who was present when his daughter's child was given to Mrs. Waters, repeated the evidence she had given at the inquest. Ann Rowland, wet nurse, Elizabeth Curnow and Caro line Bellamy, workhouse nurses, deposed to the wretched condition of the children entrusted to their care. Dr. Puckle, the medical officer of the district, said on Saturday, June 11, Sergeant Relf requested him to ac company him to the prisoners' house. In the front room downstairs he saw the two prisoners and several babies. There were five of them lying in a row, three on the sofa and two in a crib adjoining. Waters brought Miss Cowen's child to him, and he examined it. It was in an extremely emaciated state, very lethargic, the eyes closed, the limbs were relaxed, and the child did not appear to move when taken up. The limbs hung down. The pupils of the eyes were contracted, which was a sign of oppression of the brain. He tried to rouse it and ascertain if it was the result of sleep. He could only partially rouse it. It partly opened its eyes, and then again relapsed. The administration of a narcotic would produce such a state as lie had described. He asked Waters what she had given the child. She replied, "Nothing except what Dr. Harris has ordered." He inquired if she had given it any sleeping or composing stuff, or any soothing syrup. She said she had not. In a bottle on the table, the cork of which was out, he dis covered about three drops of fluid which smelt like laudanum. He pressed the prisoner Waters as to whether she had given the child anything, and she adhered to her statement that she had not done so, and she had done all she could for the child, which had been suffering from diarrhoea. She also said the children had plenty of food, and she told him what she gave them. He approved of Mrs. Rowland as a wet nurse, and he attended the child of Mrs. Cowen up to its death, visiting it every day. He had since examined the bottle, and was satisfied it had contained laudanum. After the child had been removedit very much improved, and took the breast readily. The lethargic state went off, and led him to the opinion that it had been produced by a narcotic, and was not a natural state. The child was afterwards seized with diarrhoea, and then gradually sank. During the two days last before its death it was unable to take the breast from weakness, but everything was done for it that was possible. Before it expired it was taken with con vulsive fits. He made a post-mortem, examination, and found that death was the result of atrophy, extreme wasting with thrush, and congestion of the brain. Giving a child of that age a narcotic would tend to produce congestion of the brain—would interfere with digestion, and increase the atrophy. from which the child was suffering. The other children were very quiet, and this struck him as being very_re markable. The child that died in the work house on Fri day died chiefly from congestion of the brain, though there were appearances of atrophy. A narcotic adminis tered to it would have tended to produce death. Further evidence was given, and the case was again adjourned. HOW TO EAT STRAWBERRIES.—Very few fruits, however well-grown, and however perfectly ripened, are so good if eaten instantly upon being gathered as they are when kept in a cool dark place for twenty-four hours or more. Strawberries plucked when the sun shines fiercely are simply unfit to eat, for they are warm / ditto peaches, and all else. To obtain the full, true, delicious flavour of a strawberry or a peach, gather the fruit one day in advance and shut it up closely in the fruit-room, and it will then be fit for the dessert and a credit to the cultiva tor. A second-class fruit prepared by this course of pro cedure will actually surpass a first-class fruit eaten freshly gathered. Yet the current notion is that soft fruits can not be too fresh, and the keeping of them deteriorates their flavour.—The Gardener's Magazine. CONSUMPTION IN AUSTRALIA.—The MeMourneAge discusses at some length in a recent number the curative influence of the Australian climate upon diseases of the lungs or pulmonary consumption. Arguing from statistics furnished by the colonial hospitals, the writer concludes that the long sea voyage acts as an invigorating tonic where the disease is in its earliest stage, and that in such cases the changes of habits which life in a new country involves may also be productive of considerable benefit. But in every case where the malady is established it is mere cruelty to expose a patient to the certain discomforts of life on shipboard, and to an early death in a distant land, if its shores be ever reached. Whether from empirical restlessness, a desperate throw for health, or the desire of getting rid of troublesome patients," the system of encouraging the emigration of in curable as well as curable cases, prevails largely among English doctors. During the past four years one out of every sixteen patients entering the Melbourne Hospital has been consumptive, and the , chances of recovery may be estimated from the fact that 52 per cent. die there. IMPERIAL PARLIAME NT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tare DAY. The Sp,a,ker took the chair at five minutes past twe o'clock, when there was a pretty good attendance of members. The private business presented no feature of interest. '"tie Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport Tramways read a third time. _ THE EVESHAM RIFLES. Mr. TAYLOR asked the Secretary of State for Wax -whether his attention had been called to the following p..blished statement in regard to the Evesham Rifle t - orps :—" That, for several months past, the corps hae I)een in danger of being broken up from being entirely without officers ; that, after much pressure, two highly respectable tradesmen, both town councillors, consented to serve as lieutenant and ensign respectively, but that commissions were refused by the Lord-Lieutenant on the ground that he ' did not consider their social position would allow of his appointing them commissioned officers.'" _ Mr. CARDWELL replied that it was not strictly correct that the Lord-Lieutenant had refused the commissions. By the regulations commissions were granted on the re commendation of the Lord-Lieutenant, in accordance with what he conceived to be the general feeling. THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Viscount BARRINGTON asked the Secretary of State for War if there was any truth in the report which had been circulated that, by a recent order in Council, changes had taken place in the relations between his Royal Highness the Field Marsha Commanding in Chief and the War Department. Mr. CARDWELL answered that an order in Council, defining the duties of the Commander in Chief, had received the sanction of her Majesty, and had been laid before Parliament. The intention of that order was to define in the clearest terms, and by the highest authority, the position of that officer, and he believed that it would be found that the terms were in entire conformity with the declarations which he had always made in the House upon the subject, and in making these declarations he had always had the entire concurrence of His Royal Highness. ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE ADMIRALTY. Sir JAMES ELPHINSTONE asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if there was any truth in the report now cur rent, that a sum of money, stated to amount to £2,000, had been paid as compensation under a late Act to a per son who had been previously discharged from the service for misconduct ; and if so, whether he, would state the date and cause of said clerk's dismissal, and the date and amount of payment of the commutation referred to. Mr. W. E. BAXTER regretted to say that, in conse quence of a mistake, a person who had been discharged from the service in October 1861, by the Duke of Somer set, received, on the 13th of June, 1870, the sum of no less than £2,233 9s. as commutation of a supposed pen sion. The Treasury and the Admiralty had instituted a thorough investigation into the circumstances and facts connected with this extraordinary case. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 187 u. THE EDUCATION BILL. The Elementary Education Bill was again the first of the orders of the day, and immediately after questioning time, the House went into committee on the measure, resuming the discussion on clause 7. The attendance of hon. members was at the beginning of the discussion very small, and the treasury bench was only occupied by Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Forster, the Vice President of the Council, and Mr. Glyn. Mr. Gladstone made his appearance about half-past two, just as Lord Robert Montagu was endeavouring to persuade the committee to adopt an amendment which stood in his name, that the Revised Code should be put in the schedule of the bill. There was, however, a formidable little knot of the irreconcileables below the gangway. The member for Huntingdonshire contended that they were asked to pass a clause without know ing what the new code next April might be, although it was certain that the new code might utterly alter the character of the bill. He thought the committee were being hoodwinked and asked to legislate in the dark. His object was to give security to the promoters of voluntary schools. The noble lord stated that an acquiescence to his proposal would prevent agitation, and he alluded to divisions in the Liberal party. As the noble lord resumed Mr. Vernon Harcourt rose, but he had to give way to Mr. Gladstone, who, with a mixture of sarcasm and humour, said the humanity of the noble lord to the Liberal party deserved immediate acknowledg ment. He compassionated the schismatic state in which he found the Liberal party. " But, added the Premier, " probable his lordship derived his inspiration from what had occurred in another place a few nights ago, and had obtained a lively sense of schism in a party." The Premier was loudly applauded on making this " palpable hit." Mr. Gladstone went on to state that the demand of the noble lord would, if acceded to, be fatal to the bill on account of the ob stacle of time and other impediments. His lordship asked them to give certainty with regard to the aid to be given to voluntary schools equal to the certainty which the bill gave in regard to the rate supported schools. It was simply impossible, remarked the Premier, by any process except one, and that was not only to set out in the bill the whole conditions upon which it was to be administered, but to likewise provide that the sum and disbursements necessary for the purpose of affording the aid should be charged upon the Consolidated Fund, and surelyhis lordship did not intend that should be the case. In the course of the debate Lord Henley, whilst he hoped that the amendment would not be pressed to a division, expressed an opinion that they ought to have had something definite in relation to the subject laid down. Mr. Fisher opposed the proposition. His first objection was that it was an inconvenience to have any code in any Education Bill, and it could not be supposed that they had yet obtained the best means of promoting and stimulating education. He said it was impossible to extemporise a code for the session which should prove a permanent re vised code.—The leader of the Opposition hoped his noble friend would hesitate to press his amendment. Unlike those who had preceded him on his side of the committee, the right hon. gentleman did not think that on the whcle they could receive a more satis factory assurance from the Government than they had already received. "It must necessarily," he ex claimed, " I think be in the nature of the Bill before us a moral assurance." This generous admission was properly appreciated, and the Liberals were pretty loud in ther expressions of satisfaction at the course which he had adopted. Of course, after such a statement from his leader, Lord R. Montagu intimated that he would not persevere in pressing his amendment which was negatived in the usual way. Dr. Brewer moved an amendment that the master or mistress of every rate-supported school should keep a register of every admission or dismissal, and that the register should in dicate the degree and proficiency attained by the scholar. Contrary to custom, the hon. member for Colchester made a very short speech. Probably the experience he has latterly gained has awakened him to a sense of the folly of occupying the attention of the House for an inordi nate time on uninteresting subjects. The proposition was opposed by Mr. Forster and withdrawn. Mr. VERNON HARCOURT moved an amendment raising the principle, which he asked the committe to affirm, that in every public elementary school in this country the parents of the children should have some voice in the management of that school. He wished to avoid, he said that most odious contrast between the supremacy given to influence and wealth, and the com parative powerlessness of poverty. He said that by the bill they were going to sell the birthright of the parent in the education of the child " for a miser- able mess of voluntary pottage." The hon. member pro duced considerable merriment by this expression, although the Treasury bench was grave enough, and evidently unable to see either the force or the fun of it. Mr. FORSTER opposed the amendment, remarking that the hon. member was mistaken in supposing that the parents were unrepresented or had no voice in the manage ment. Almost all the school deeds which the Education Department required to see before giving a building grant, pre-supposed an election of managers, which was generally brought so low as to make it quite possible for the parents to have a share in the management. Colonel BABTTELOT complained of the course adopted by members below the gangway, es pecially referring to the hon. members for Birmingham and Oxford. He accused them of " producing cases wh ich were never likely to occur, and which with very rare exce p tions, never did occur." He did not hesitate to say that the religious diffi culty would never have been heard of had it not been put into the mouths of. people. He thought it was simply mischievous to persuade the poor people that they had a right to have a share in the rafinagemenl of thc. sinhoolFt. (LEFT SITTING.) THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CI'T'Y, Two o'CLocx Business on the Stock Exchange to-day was interrupted at the commencement of the settlement, but the account is not a heavy one. Railways were dull, and the changes in Foreign Bonds unimportant. Consols are now, 921 to 921 ; do. account, 921 ; do. 3 per Cent. Reduced, 921 to 921 ; do. New, 921 to 921 ; Exchequer Bills, par 5s prem. ; India Four per Cents., 1021 to 1021; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 233. In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bonds of 1865 are 92 ; Spanish of 1867, 311 to 311 ; ditto of 1869, 311; ditto Quicksilver, 811 ; Peruvian, 92 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 52/ to 521 ; ditto of 1869, 631 to 631 ; and Egyptian, 82/. The Railway Market—Metropolitan are 70 to 701 ; Great Eastern is 391; . London and Brighton, 431 ; Caledonian, 78 ; South-Eastern 761 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 521 to 521 ; Great Northern, 1221 ; ditto (A), 1321; North Eastern, 1461 to 1451; London and North-Western, 1291 to 1291 ; Midland, 1311 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 133} to 1331 ; Great Western, 721. Telegraph Shares—Falmouth are now 9 to 91; Anglo-American, 78 to 82 ; French Cable, 141 to 151; British Indian, 8 to 8i ; China, 3 to 21 die. In Bank shares Alliance are quoted 14i to 151; Anglo- Austrian are quoted 16 to 18 prem. ; Chartered Mercan tile, 30 to 31; Consolidated,* to }prem ;Imperial Ottoman, 141 to 1 prem. ; London and County, 501 ; London and Westminster, 611 to 621 ; London Joint Stock, 341 to 351; and Union of London, 391 to 401. In Miscellaneous shares Royal Mail Steam, 50 to 52 ; Thames and Mersey Marine, 31 to 31 prem'; Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, 261 to 261. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Imperial Otto man Bank a dividend of 16s. per share was declared, making, with the previous payment, a total distribution of 13 per cent. for the year 1869. Special meetings of the Metropolitan Street Tramways Company and Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich Street Tramways Company have been held, when resolutions were passed in favour of the companies' bills in Parlia ment, authorising an extension of their tramways. A petition for the winding up of the Atlantic and Pacific International Ship Canal Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Stuart on July 8. The half-yearly meeting of the Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Company will be held on the 6th prox., "to be immediately adjourned to a time and place then to be named, for the purpose of declaring dividends to the present midsummer, and for other business." On the 18th May Messrs. Gruning, Sheppard, Smith, and Rudge, on behalf of themselves and other large share holders of the Joint-stock Discount Company, sent a cir cular to all the s hareholders suggesting their taking the liquidation out of Chancery and managing it themselves, by seven or nine shareholders of good position and stand ing acting as voluntary liquidators. This was assented to by a large number of shareholders, representing over 22,000 shares, and at a meeting on the 3d June it was re solved to take the necessary steps for carrying out the scheme, and a special meeting of the shareholders will be held on July sth on the subject. The Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company have issued their report for the year ending the 31st of May last. They explain at length the negotiations that have taken place between the company, the Colonial Office, and the Government of the Dominion in con nection with the disturbances at Red River, and state that, in consequence of the delay which occurred in the payment of the £300,000 agreed upon as pur chase money for their territories, they intimated to Lord Granville their intention to claim interest from the foretell of December, 1869, together with compensation charges and losses. The net profit for the year on the outfit of 1868 is 253,321 4s 6d, and the balance to credit of Profit and loss is £64,060 11s 2d. LAW INTELLIGENCE. —Tins DAY. THE YEATMAN DIVORCE CASE .—The Judge-Ordinary in the Court of Divorce gave judgment in this case. The petitioner is a barrister, and some years since sought a dissolution of his marriage by reason of the adultery of his wife with a Dr. Dempsey and a Mr. Blackburn, residing in one of the midland counties. The wife filed a cross-suit on the ground of desertion, and obtained a decision in her favour, and as the petitioner failed to sub stantiate the charge against his wife, that petition was dis missed. Subsequently Mrs. Yeatman, as alleged, was guilty of criminality with Baron von Rummell, at Munich, where she has resided for some years, and at the hearing of the suit on the 17th inst., the Judge Ordinary found the adultery proved, but deferred judgment to consider whether the desertion of the husband in the past disen titled him now to a dissolution of his marriage. A FAMILY LITIGATION. —The Master of the Rolls delivered his judgment in the case of Barker v. Barker. The bill was filed on behalf of five sisters, and the chief object was to o btain a declaration that they w to a c h arg e on freehold estate in orkshire, un der the provisions .of the will of their Y father. The defendants were the brother s the sof thterms e plain of - tiffs, and they co ntended that, according the will, the latter had no claim to the property in question. The testator left £2,000 to each of his daughters, which legacies were to be paid out of his estate. He appointed one of his sons and a daughter his execute four sisters con ors, and they con veyed the prope rt y to a third party, th senting to the conveyance. The question for the court was whether, under the circumstances, the property as conveyed was liable to the legacies of the daughters of the testator. His lordship regretted .that he could not give the plaintiffs any relief. Their bill must be dis missed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —THIS DAT. THE WAY TO CHECK WIPE BEATING.—WiIIiam Harper, b a e fcoarremmanr,. Tyrwhitt,l ving in aLittleat r P ib u o l r t o e n u g e y h -street p w o a l s brought , by Jeffrey, one of the warrant officers, charged with assaulting his wife.—The complainant said that about se ven o'clock th e p revious morning, while in bed, the pri soner, mouth,ass e d looseningbetween th her., t e eth.—ln rep l y to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said th e prisoner h ad assaulted her before, and she had any w o b r l d o s w h in av n t h g e strucks o n er,her without violentan had him before at that court. She had fo anythinur littlg e c hildren to keep , and the prisoner towards their support. He had made use of dreadful oaths and threats towards her, to the effect that he would rip her up, throw her out of the a w o i he ndow, an some d that cold he wa t er over the baby , which was ill with the measles. Mr. threw wou ld kill her, an d a few day s g for his family a magstrates course lear. The p Tyrw hitt said when it was k nown that was c man did not hi a ng ri. soner would be com mitted for three months with hard labour, and at the end of that time he would have to find bail for another three months. A DISGRACE TO THE ARMY. —Henry Longley, a stal wart young fellow, who is a private in the Grenadier Guards, was charged at the Westminster Police-court with violently assaulting Pitt Tarleton, an inspector of the T division of police, in the execution of his duty. Mr. Tarleton, whose face bore frightful marks of a cut with a soldier's belt, said at 20 minutes to 12 last night he came out of his own house smoking a pipe, and saw the prisoner and a woman conducting themselves in a very disgraceful manner. Witness expostulated, when the prisoner, belt in hand, attacked him, striking him first in the eye ; his hat fell off, and before he could recover it, prisoner inflicted another frightful wound on his head and then ran away, but in doing so he picked up a brick and struck the inspector on the shoulder with it. Prisoner said he did not know the complainant was an inspector ; the blow on the eye was done with the fist and not the belt. Mr. Arnold said he intended to comini.t the prisoner, but he was remanded for the attendance of the surgeon. A RESPECTABLE BOY.—Alfred Collins, aged 14 years, of No. 6, Church-terrace, Cubitt-town, errand boy, was brought before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police= court, charged with stealing a watch, the property of Mr. George Till, tailor and draper, carrying on business at No. 5, York-terrace, Commercial-road, near the rail way bridge, Stepney. The prisoner was recommended to Mr. Till, a few days ago, as an honest boy. The parents were respectable. The boy was only in Mr. Till's employ twenty-four hours, when he absconded, taking with him a silver watch. The watch was pawned by a woman, who received it from her son. Her son received it from the prisoner. The mother of the boy said she had always found her son a good, honest boy, and was quite surprised when she heard of this robbery. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Lushington said the boy obtained a good situation in the house of a respectable tradesman, and immediately commenced robbing him. Whatever the boy might be at home he was a, very dis honest boy out of doors. He sent him to prison for two months. Prince Arthur left Montreal ton the 13th inst. homeward bound. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. DEATH OF THE EARL OF CLARENDON. Earl GRANVILLE, in asking Lord Westbury to postpone the motion which stood in his name, expressed the great loss the Sovereign, the Government, and the country had sustained by the death of the Earl of Clarendon, which took place that morning. The noble earl then passed a very high tribute of praise on the great and singular ability of the deceased nobleman, and to the high es tima tion in which he had been held by the sovereigns of Europe, and expressed the deepest regret at the loss of so great and distinguished a colleague. He said lie was only prevented moving the adjournment of the House by its creating a precedent which it might not be advisable to follow.—The Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Derby, and Lord Cowley gave expression to their deep regret at the great loss the public service had sustained by the sudden death of the noble earL The Benefices Resignation Bill then passed through committee. The Felony Bill was read a third time and passed. THE IRISH LAND BILL. Their lordships then went into committee on this bill, resuming at clause 4. The first amendment made was that moved by the Marquis of Clanricarde, who limited under certain cases compensation for improvements made twenty years before any claim for com pensation shall have been made. An amendment was also moved to the clause by Lord Cloncurry, to the effect that a tenant should not be en titled to compensation in respect of any improvements made with money advanced by the Board of Works.—A discussion ensued, but as Earl Granville said the proposal should be thought over before the bringing up of the re port the amendment was not pressed.—A number of trifling amendments were then severally proposed, but all of them were withdrawn with the exception of one by Lord Dunsany, preventing any tenant or occupier, with out the previous consent in writing of the landlord, breaking up or tilling any land usually let as grazing or grass land, or let expressly as grazing or meadow land, or from cutting down timber.—An amendment was then moved by the Duke of Richmond to insert at the end of the clause a proviso to the effect that twenty years' en joyment by the tenant or his predecessors in title should extinguish his claim under the clause in the case of all improvements other than permanent buildings and recla mation of waste lands ; that an enjoyment of 41 years should extinguish the claim in case of permanent buildings ; and that 31 years' enjoyment should ex tinguish the claim in respect of the reclamation of waste lands.—The Earl of Kimberley thought that the principle which ought to be recognised in the matter of compensa tion was that the landlord should pay the tenant the then value of the improvements' at the expiration of the contract, and the introduction of the element of time as suggested in the amendment proposed by the noble duke would only tend to complicate the matter. A discussion followed, but the amendment was withdrawn, the noble duke reserving the right of re-introducing it at a future stage if he should think it necessary. The clause was then agreed to. On clause 5 being proposed the Marquis of Clamicarde moved an amendment omitting all the words after the word " usage " for the purpose of inserting the following : " All claims for improvements under this act, put forward either by landlord or tenant, shall be proved by evidence, and such evidence shall be subject to appeal."—Lord O'Hagan said that evidence where the improvements had been effected by the landlords could easily be brought forward, they could call their agents or workmen or produce their accounts, but no such evidence could be put forward by the tenants, because they kept no records of the cost ofthe improvements, as they were works which extended over very long periods, and had been effected by the united efforts of their families. It would be extremely unfair to throw the burthen of proof on the tenants, espe cially where the presumption was in their favour. He was quite certain no landlord in Ireland would suffer any injustice from the clause remaining as it at present stood. —The Duke of Richmond thought it somewhat novel to hear a noble and learned lord stating that a person making a claim should not be called upon to prove it by evidence. He was not disposed to agree that the presumption as to improvement was in favour of the tenant, and he felt that various difficulties would arise, for the landlord was called to produce his books to show the cost of any particular improvement he had effected.—Earl Granville strongly objected to the amendment as one-sided and unfair.— The Earl of Bessborough thought the landlords could easily prove the cost of their improvements, so that if the amendment proposed was made he considered a great' injustice would be done to the tenants.—Lord Chelmsford supported the proposed amendment, whilst the Marquis of Lansdowne said if it was carried it would, to a certain extent, increase the difficulty that would arise from the alteration that had already been made in the bill, and be a great injustice to the tenants of Ireland. Lord Cairns insisted that the making the books of the agents evidence of improvements against the tenants was an injustice to the tenant, and a proposal to which he should offer the strongest opposition. That being so with respect to one side, he did not see why the tenants' books should be taken as evidence against the landlord.—The Marquis of Clanricarde, after some dis cussion, altered his amendment by striking out that part of it relating to appeal. Their lordships divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it . 122 The amendment was therefore carried by a majority of 39.—Th3 Duke of Richmond then moved an addition to the clause permitting landlords and tenants to file schedules in the landed estates courts claiming improve ments, such schedules to be primd facie evidence of the improvements having been made as specified, notice being given by the landlord to the tenant of intention to fill such schedule, the tenant being at liberty to dispute the claim in the Civil Bill Court.—Lord Athlumney thought the effect of the amendment, if made, would lead to endless preliminary disputes arising between landlord and tenant. —Earl Granville said he did not approve of the proposed addition to the clause, but he should not put their lord ships to the trouble of dividing.—The words were then added, and the clause, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clause 6 was agreed to, with a verbal amendment : so also was clause 7.—On clause 8 being proposed, the Duke of Richmond moved an amendment to the effect that ejectment for non-payment of rent or for breach of any condition which should appear to the judge before whom the ejection was tried to be a reasonable condition should not be deemed disturbance of the tenant by act of the landlord.—The Marquis of Salisbury condemned this clause as one of the black parts of the bill.—The Earl of Kimberley said the provision was open to some of the exceptions of the noble marquis, but it was framed to meet extreme cases.—Earl Granville said he could not accept the amendment, but he would not put their lord ships to the trouble of dividing.—The words were then added to the clause. which was then ordered to stand part of the bill. Clause 9 was agreed to. Their lordships rose at five minutes to one. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. THE EDUCATION BILL. In the debate which followed the remarks of the Vice- President of the Council, Sir Charles Adderley complained that the alterations which had just been announced were of a very serious character, whilst Mr. Dixon, the mem ber for Birmingham, thanked the Government for the concessions which they had made, although he spoke in favour of the amendment. Without school boards, he said, they could not enforce the compulsory law, however mild and lenient.—Lord Henley agreed with the member for North Staffordshire that the amendments proposed by the Government were serious, and amid tokens of dissent he said it seemed that the school boards were to be created not by the bill, but by the education depart ment. Some excitement at this stage of the proceedings was imparted to the committee, and all the customary talkers seemed inclined to give expression to their opinions.—ln reply to Sir R. Knightley, Mr. Walter expressed his determination to take the sense of the com mittee on his proposition. Sir Henry Hoare, the mem ber for Chelsea, put his foot in it, as the saying goes, and received a calm but stern rebuke from Mr. Candlish, the member for Sunderland.—The hon. baronet said the re marks of Sir Charles Adderley had convinced him more than ever of the wide gulf which separated the two parties in the House in the matter of education. This declara tion evoked loud cries of " No, no," and other unmistak able signs of disapprobation, contrasting strongly with the loud and repeated shouts of laughter which accom panied an expression which the hon. member for Chelsea Was unguarded enough to make—" compulsory coercion." Mr. Candlish, in reproving the intemperate language of Sir Henry, gave utterance to an opinion which re ceived an almost general endorsement, namely, that a good bill eould only be passed by the union of parties. Mr. Fawcett said it seemed now that they were not only to have permissive compulsion, but permissive school boards. He believed that it would be found that no general defining of school accommodation would be found in the rural districts, and that in bripging into ((Ice a complicated machinery to supply those districts with schools they were not striking at the great source of edu cational deficiency. What was required was not so much schools as a greater attendance at those which had been provided, he was bound to say, chiefly by the enthusiasm of the clergy.—On a division taking place, the amendment was rejected by a majority of 303 against 112. There was a feeble attempt at- a cheer on the part of the supporters of the amendment.—ln the absence of Mr. Vernon Har court, Sir Charles Mice moved to insert words which he considered would define " public school accommoda tion," but Mr. Fowler could not accept the poposition, inasmuch as sufficient interpretation was given to the phrase in subsequent clauses, but he had no objection when they came to the consideration of clause 8 to add the word "suitable " by way of explana tion. On the understanding that the discussion would be re sewed on clause 8, the hon. baronet withdrew the amendment.-'—On proceeding to the consideration of clause 6, the Vice-President of the Council moved an amend ment in reference to the supply of schools in case of de ficiency, omitting words which applied only before the year of grace was abandoned. The right hon. gentleman, referring to the contemplated year of grace, said there were disadvantages in the twelve months in regard to large towns, and the operation of the bill would be delayed if they adopted the year of grace.—Mr. G. Hardy called attention to the omission of the year of grace, but the Vice-President thought the question as to whether it should be retained or otherwise would best be discussed afterwards.—As considerable objection was taken to the amendment it was modified and agreed to.—At a quarter to eight the committee had reached the seventh clause, and the members proceeded to leave by twos and threes for dinner.—When Mr. Corrance rose to urge upon the committee the acceptance!of his amendment on Clause 7 very few of his own party remained in the House, and the Liberal benches were but partially occupied. The hon. member for East Suffolk, although he did not speak long, tried the patience of the committee, and he was eventually obliged to resume his seat, in obedience to cries of " Vide, vide." His object was to make the regu lations for the conduct of elemementary schools apply to schools constituted from and after the passing of the Act, and subject to any board or rating authority. Finding that the proposition found no favour with the committee, the hon. gentleman did not care to occasion the trouble of dividing. The hon. member for Merthyr Tydvil intimated that the member for Stroud had asked him to state that he withdrew the first three propositions of which he had given notice, but would bring forward the fourth at a subsequent period.—Mr. Serjeant Simon proposed an amendment in effect that not only should the child be ex empted from attending religious worship or religious in struction either in school or elsewhere to which he objected, but that he should not have it made a condition of attending school that he should do so on days and occasions he held sacred. The hon. gentleman, however, withdrew his amendment after a few words from the Vice-President, who said that he thought the case was met by the word " abstain " in the clause ; but if that were not sufficient, he should be willing to further consider the proposal.—Mr. Pease raised a long discussion on a proposition in reference to the time when any religious observance should be prac tised or instruction in religious subjects given. He pro posed to leave out the words " either at the beginning or at the end, or at the beginning and the end of such meeting." A great difference of opinion was manifested, and Mr. Forster, who admitted the importance of the subject, said it was one which occasioned the Government great diffi culty. It was impossible, he argued, to deny the exist ence of a strong feeling that religious and secular instruc tion should be separate, and that was the reason a limit had been made in that respect. According to the present proposal there could be four opportunities of giving reli gious instruction. The member for the University of Cambridge was of opinion that it had been argued as if the motion of the hon. member for South Durham was of an exclusive instead of an inclusive proposition, and was antagonistic to the four meetings for religious teaching. Many other hon. gentlemen addressed themselves to the subject, but the committee were impatient to go to a division. Shortly before half-past ten the committee divided, and the amendment was lost by 222 to 122 votes. An amendment was proposed by Dr. Brewer, that no scholar should be privileged to attend the instruction in religious subjects or any religious service held within school hours except at the request of the parents or guardians of such child, and prescribing the form of the request. The right hon. gentleman experienced a perfect storm of opposition, and was constantly interrupted by both sides of the House. The proposal was ultimately negatived without a division. Towards midnight the attendance again became large, and when a division at about 11.30 took place on a proposition made by the member for Birmingham with reference to the withdrawal of a scholar during the time of religious teaching or observance there were 414 members present. Mr. Dixon moved that religious instruction should not be given in a room where secular instruction was be ing conducted.—Sir Roundel] Palmer received great applause when he said that it appeared to him as if the hon. member for Birmingham had never been to school in his life. His experience taught him that different classes were going on at the same time. The Vice-Presi dent of the Council, whilst he acknowledged the clear ness of the amendment, could not accept it, and Mr. Dixon said he would withdraw his proposition for the present. Several other amendments were considered, and at a quarter to one progress was reported, and a rush was made for the " members' train." The bill will be further considered at the morning sitting on Tuesday. SLIGO AND CASHEL DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. On the order for the third reading of this bill, Mr. STACKPOOLE moved that the measure be recommitted. He was followed by Mr. Collins, who hoped the Govern ment would disfranchise the two rotten boroughs. The bill was read a third time, Mr. Staokpole alone dissenting. CATTLE DISEASES (IRELAND) BILL, This bill passed through committee. MEDICAL OFFICERS SUPERANNUATION BILL. The House went into Committee at five minutes to one on this bill, and several motions to report progress were not agreed to, and the measure, with amendments, was reported. BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETIES BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, the debate was adjourned. The other orders were disposed of, and the House ad journed at a quarter past one o'clock. (CENRTAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE LATE EARL HOWE.' At a large and influential meeting of the clergy and laity, held in Leicester yesterday afternoon, it was decided to raise a memorial to the memory of the late Earl Howe, who died on the thirtieth of May. The memorial will take the form of a church, to be erected in the south eastern part of the town, where such an edifice is much needed. STRIKES IN CORK. The example of the tailors in striking for an increase of wages has been extensively followed in Cork by the em ployes in other branches of trade. Yesterday the men at the Cork Steamship Company Works, at several foun dries and other large establishments, have declined to con tinue at the present rates of remuneration. The women and girls employed at the Cork Flax Factory, the Cotton Factory, and Fox's establishment have also struck. The sale of newspapers in the street is suspended, and th news-boys have adopted the same course. TRIAL OF FENIAN RAIDERS, Three Fenian raiders, Starr, Thompson, and m ara i r , were yesterday arraigned for violating the Neutrality Laws in the United States Court at Canandaigua, New York. The prisoners pleaded " Not Guilty" in each case, and counsel asked the postponement of the trial, to give time to prepare the defence. The arguments en motions to postpone the trial have not yet been heard. THE PETITION OF THE ORLEANS PRINCES. The Legislative Body's committee on petitions assem bled yesterday to consider the one presented by the Orleans Princes. MM. Emile 011ivier and Chevandier de Valdrome were present. The Minister of Justice said the Government demanded that the Legislative Body should reject the petition by passing to the order of the day. The committee passed to the order of the day by eight votes against one. M. Gustave Fould, the dissenting member, maintained that the petition should be referred to the Government for examination. The subject will come under the consideration of the Legislative Body on Satur day next. The France says that the principal reason of the Government's opposing the petition is that a demand like that of the Orleans princes could only be properly addressed to the Emperor, accompanied by a formal renunciation of all claims to the Throne. THE GREEK MURDERS, The Independence Italienne denies the rumour that a joint note from England and, Italy will shortly be ad dressed to the Greek GoTernraent.