The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-18 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. A very severe thunderstorm which visited the Metropo lis and many of the country districts on Thursday evening and Friday morning, was received with universal welcome. Should the favour be repeated the benefit will be incalculable. The rainfall on this occasion was very heavy, but intermittent and disappointing. In London at about half-past seven on Thursday evening rain fell in heavy drops, but soon ceased, much to the regret of those who knew and felt how much moisture was needed in the country districts. The clouds, however, again lowered and thickened, and shortly alter eight o'clock the rain descended in torrents, accompanied with vivid flashes of lightning and heavy peals of thunder Heavy showers, with thunder and ligetning, continued at intervals long past midnight, the storm at about one in the morning being tremendously severe. At Newbery the lightning was very vivid and the peals of thunder very loud. The rain fell heavily for some time. The storm was of the same kind in other parts of the country. On Friday morning the sky was still cloudy, and the atmosphere much cooler. Meanwhile complaint's do not cease to flow in from all parts of the country, some statements being so exaggerated as to need considerable discount. From Bedford an account says :—" It is believed that rain cannot now save the light land wheat crops should it come plentifully at once, whilst the heavy soils would be greatly benefited by it, and might yield a fair average crop. The barley is doing very badly, indeed, and under any circumstances must be put down as well-nigh a complete failure. The winter beans, which have for several seasons done so well, appear to have ripened before the pod is formed, and will, in consequence, be valueless. The hay crop is a complete failure, and is not worth the expense of gathering." From North and East Yorkshire comes the complaint :—" Vegetation is literally parched up. Pastures are like brown paper in colour, and the stock is fed with corn cake and other artificial foods, hay, and potatoes, all of which are getting dearer. The meadows are bad, and the hay crop must be a failure. Old hay has risen considerably. The first turnip crop is completely lost, and the condition of the land is preventing farmers from sowing the white turnp, although for this variety there is yet time for a good crop should sufficient rain fall in June. Stock is suffering much from drought." It is to be hoped that the rainfall will continue, and alleviate this state of fright. In France the price of provisions continues to augment daily. Bread, meat, and vegetables are creeping up in price. Corn and fodder have risen in proportion to the continuance of the drought. The extreme heat and pro tracted drought have so parched the undergrowth in the forests near Paris that, like tinder, it will ignite from a spark. At Fontainebleau a few days since a portion of the forest was burnt, and it was many hours before the progress of the flames could be arrested. On Tuesday a fire broke out in a portion of the Bois de M 6, situate not very distant from Versailles, and about a mile from Bibvres. The Pompiers from the neighbouring towns were sum moned, but their efforts were useless, the trees burning rapidly and fiercely, while of water there was not a drop to be procured. A large body of work men were sent from Versailles, who with 120 artillery men, set to work to cut down the trees and dig trenches in order to arrest the flames. Subsequently 60 Husears and two brigades of gendarmes arrived and took part in the work, but late on Tuesday night the fire was still burning fiercely, and about fourteen acres had been completely devastated. Letters from Algeria confirm the news that the grain crop is extremely good, and that the meadows have given an abundance of hay. However, the country skirting the desert suffers from locusts. The corn crops in Arkansas and Mississippi have been severely damaged by a tornado. kNOTHER STRANGE WILL CASE. The hearing of " Goss v. Hill and others," which closed in the Probate Court on Thursday, developed some in teresting features. The case is an inquiry into the validity of the will of Mr. Moreton, a solicitor of Liverpool, who died last March at the age of 70. By the will the property of which the deceased was possessed at his death, amounting altogether to about £15,000, was given to the Right Rev. Alexander Goss, Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, the plaintiff. It was pre pared by Dr. Fisher, Dr. Goss's vicar, from verbal instructions given by the deceased in his last illness, and was executed the day before his death. The deceased was in bed at the time, and was very weak, and it is alleged by the defendants and intervener, who oppose the will, that he was then incapable of understanding any instrument and that he was so feeble that he had to be helped to sign the wilL In support of the plaintiff's case, which closed on the 4th instant, Canon Fisher, who is vicar to Dr. Goss, deposed that the testator was per fectly conscious when he signed the will, and that he did it without assistance. Ellen Chatterton, a servant in the house, who attested the will with him, deposed to a like effect, and maintained that she had never stated to any one that Dr. Fisher had helped the testator to sign the in strument. Evidence was adduced in support of the pleas filed by the defendants and intervener. Dr. John Stock port Taylor, who attended the deceased for eight years, stated that on the morning of Tuesday, the 23d March, 1869, he was sent for to see the deceased; that he saw him about half-past ten o'clock ; that he was then in a comatose state, his disease being an advanced stage of senile bronchitis ; that he was utterly incapable of trans acting any business ; and that from his appearance in the evening, when witness saw him again it was utterly impossible he could have rallied in the interval. Dr. Tay lor further stated that in coming down from the sick room he met Canon Fisher, and informed him that the deceased was then dying. Two friends of the deceased, named Rushworth and Shaw, saw him immediately after the will was executed, and affirmed that he was then quite un conscious. They further affirmed that Ellen Chatterton informed them of the execution of the will, and that the deceased was so weak that Canon Fisher had to guide his hand. Mrs. Moreton, the widow, also deposed that she saw the deceased, her husband, shortly after the execution of the will ; that he was then insensible, and remained so until his death. She added that he was dissatisfied with the will, that she thought a portion of the property —22,ooo—which she had brought to the deceased, should go to her friends, and that she had withdrawn her oppo sition to the instrument on being secured £2OO a year. In addition to this evidence the defendants relied on the appearance of the document itself, the signature of the testator being in no respect like to his signature in any other paper. Lord Penzance said plaintiff had to es tablish to the satisfaction of the court that the paper which he propounded as the will of the deceased was well exe cuted, and that at the time the testator signed it he was of sound mind, memory, and understanding. The burthen of proof lay upon him, and the question was whether he had satisfied the requirements of that burthen. It might be admitted that the deceased, who was a Roman Catho lic, contemplated leaving his property to spiritual pur poses connected with his religion ; but it was strange that he, an attorney, should have confided to a clergyman the task of preparing his will. One would have thought that if . he had made up his mind to carry his intention into effect, and to make his will, it would be necessary to get Canon Fisher to put it into writing for him. He had two clerks who were in daily attendance on him ; and he might, if he had been dis posed, have dictated the will to them. Having detailed the history of the execution of the will as given by Canon Fisher, and the evidence on the other side—especially that of Dr. Taylor—his lordship observed that the plaintiff had failed to satisfy the court that the deceased was of testa mentary capacity at the time he signed the paper. The appearance of the paper itself, he added, confirmed that conclusion. The signature was different from every other signature of the testator. The "S " of the Christian name was a loop " S." The testator invariably, as ap peared by his books, used the simple "s " enlarged. The letter " M " in the surname was still more remarkable. The deceased always used the capital " M ;" in the will it was the smaller "m " enlarged. A habit invariably be came stronger with age. The weaker the mind the stronger the habit, and it was inconceivable that in his then condition the testator could have departed from his habit in the matter of his signa ture. The circumstance, therefore, pointed to the conclusion that the hand of the deceased was guided either by Ellen Chatterton, or—what was more likely, he being the more intelligent person, by Canon Fisher. It might be said that, if the Court surmised that, it should also sur mise that Canon Fisher had perpetrated a fraud in using the hand of the deceased to make his will. But that did not follow. In many cases testators had been assisted to sign their wills, and the whole of the transaction depended on the condition in which the testator might then be. The plaintiff had failed to discharge the burthen of proof resting on him, to satisfy the Court when the deceased signed the instrument he was in full possession of his senses, and the Court should therefore pronounce against the will.—The question of costs was reserved. SCIENCE FOR ENGINEERS.—It is reported that the Secretary of State for India has determined upon estab lishing in this country a complete college of science for civil engineers, for the education of those who are to be employed on the extensive Government works of India. _ ----- A BRACE OF ODDITIES.—One of the witnesses examined before the Coventry Election Committee said that he had partaken of no refreshments at Mr. Johnson's expense, and this arose from the fact that " twenty years ago be had made a declaration that he would never eat or drink at any one's expense but his own." Another was certain he had never eaten a breakfast at the expense of the member, because he had never eaten a breakfast in all his life ; he always took his morning meal in the middle of the day! - - - - AN lnisH SCHOOL SCENE.—As an illustration of the quick-witted humour of the Carrick boys the follow ing incident is mentioned in an official report :—I was examining the school at Carrick, in presence of the school master and schoolmistress, the priest, and my car-driver, who took special interest in schools. Before me stood a little barefooted Irish boy, of about 12 or 13, with a bright intelligent face, fine dark eyes , and black hair. His name was Moses Erskine. I asked him to spell " excellent," which he did. I asked him what it meant. The boy hesitated. But the priest said, "Do you kw anybody who is excellent at anything ?" " Yes." "no And who is it ? " rejoined the priest. " Myself," was the prompt retort. " And what are you excellent at ? " continued the priest. "At dancing, Sir." I found that Moses was celebrated for his powers at an Irish jig, and that he was by no means shy of giving strangers a taste of his quality, Being asked whether it would be " indecorous " to see Moses in action, I said certainly not. Preiently the rest of the scholars were allowed to go. The door was shut, and Moses was left alone with us. But I observed that the windows outside were filled with the eager faces of his schoolfellows. At first there was a difficulty about music, but the schoolmaster whistled an admirable jig, and Moses set to work with a vigour and a natural grace which did him infinite credit; and as one step succeeded another, increasing in quickness and complication, the little wretch's feet looked, as one of the party said, like " electrified drumsticks." When Moses stopped he was duly congratulated and rewarded. CUBA. AND THE UNITED STATES. The House of Representatives, by a majority of seven teen, has passed the proposal substituted for the Cuban resolutions by Mr. Bingham. It authorises the President to remonstrate against the barbarous manner in which the war in Cuba was conducted; and if he should deem it expe dient to solicit the co-operation of other Governments to secure from both the contending parties the observance of the laws of civilised warfare. A THEATRICAL SLANDER CASE. In the Court of Common Pleas, Lord Chief Justice Bovill, with a special jury, had before him yesterday the case of " Chatterton v. Nelson." The plaintiff in this case was the lessee of Drury Lane Theatre. and the defendant, Mr. Marsh Nelson, was the architect and surveyor to that establishment. The action was to recover damages for slander. The case for the plaintiff was that in June, 1869, a Mr. Robinson had a contract to redecorate the theatre for the sum of £3,210, and in reference to it he saw the defendant, who made statements to the effect that if Mr. Robinson did the work he world probably lose his money, and that it was likely that a Chancery suit would be commenced against the plaintiff, and he would be turned out of pos session. At the conclusion of the opening speech, a con sultation took place between the learned counsel. Mr. Hawkins said that what Mr. Nelson said had been entirely misunderstood, that he never made any imputation what ever upon Mr. Chatterton, and that there was not the slightest ground for any imputation. His lordship subse quently saw the counsel in his private room, and on his return said that he trusted that everybody was perfectly satisfied that there was no imputation of any kind resting upon Mr. Chatterton, but there were certain legal diffi culties in the way of the plaintiff, and therefore it had been arranged that a juror should be withdraWn. A juror was then withdrawn. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. The Athenceum, says the pictures and other objects of art which belonged to Mr. Dickens are to be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson.—" Lothair," it seems, will have to undergo the fate of other names that are often on people's lips. It has been registered as the name of a new perfume by an Irish firm.—Mr. Neill, United States Consul at Dublin, has in the press " Patrick Copland," based upon manuscripts and original autho rities.—At the recent sale of Dr. Todd's librarY, Wace's works, with his manuscript additions, fetched £450, the highest price ever given for a book in Ire land.—Professor Mahaffy, of Trinity College, Dublin, is engaged upon a history of the wars of Alexander the Great, which will shortly appear.— On the withdrawal of " Mary Warner " from the boards of the Olympic, a new drama, founded on the romantic poem of Undine," and written in verse by Mr. Robert Reece, will be produced.—Herr J. Wagner, he well known Vienese actor, is dead.—Mr. Walter dontgomery has reached San Francisco, and has appeared in "Hamlet." —Mr. Woolner is to execute, by request, a bust of Mr. Charles Dickens ; he has the advantage of a mask which was cast for the purpose. —lt is rumoured, but we hope incorrectly, that the Crystal Palace Company is going to let the most secluded and enjoyable part of its grounds for building purposes.—A memorial is to be raised in France in honour of the late M. Nidpce, whose inventions have done so much to advance photography. CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC • INSTITUTIONS. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the state of the law with respect to the property held by con ventual and monastic institutions, resumed its sittings yesterday, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers in the chair, As on previous occasions there was a large number of Roman Catholic priests present. The first witness called was Mr. Cudden, a gentleman who has for upwards of twenty years followed the profes sion of a conveyancer, and was at the bar. He stated in reply to Mr. Matthews that he represented the various religious orders of men in this country. As a general rule property held by religious communities of men was derived from the different members of the community, and was thrown together as common property. Securities for the property were held by two or three private individuals as absolute owners. All the members of the community were per fectly aware of that. In judging as to whether a claimant should be admitted into a religious order, their talents, virtue, and ability were chiefly considered. They did not often bring much money into the order, and it was a popular mistake to suppose that a man entering a religious community injured his family. It was an invariable rule that before a man became pro fessed he must give up all his property, though he might dispose of it as he chose. In the case of an elder son, he was obliged before his profession to renounce his inheri tance, except, perhaps, a small annuity; and in the event of anything coming to him afterwards in the shape of a reversion, it was passed over to the next heir. That was the invariable rule of religious life. The reason was that before the Reformation the profession of a religious man involved civil death, and it was considered that he did not require money. It was impossible to hold the property of a religious order of men in trust, because it would be illegal. Generally speakine . , the holders are members of the order, but he knew of several cases in which they were not. There were in 1860 about 700 churches and chapels of the Romish mission in England. Very few had charities attached. Catholicity had then begun to revive, and none of the new chapels had charities. There were in the country ten colleges conducted, by permission of the legal owners, by ecclesiastics supposed to belong to religious orders—of course, he must say " supposed " on account of the penalties that still exist. There were 2,032 acres of land held by those ten colleges. By per mission of the legal owners this land is acquired and used for the purpose of supplying those who in habited the religious houses with various articles of pro duce, which, in consequence of the college being very often at some distance from the towns, was an absolute necessity. In those ten colleges there were now about 1,192 students of the higher class and higher middle class who receive a first class or classical education on much cheaper terms than in any ordinary Protestant colleges. These students were under the care of preceptors of the highest attainments,who enjoyed no emoluments whatever for their services, but who render them for the promotion. There were also 430 acres additional land held by the col leges, in consequence of the necessity arising for the ac quisition of land in view of the increase of the colleges, and to avoid annoyance by strangers ; and they also held 151 houses and parochial residences, three-fourths of which were occupied by perhaps only two or three religious men. These persons had under their care 278,850 souls, including 92,264 children. The total annual income held by all the orders together was £10,350 per annum and no more. The practice was whenever any thing came in to anyone, beyond what was required for their actual support, to expend it in some good work at once, and, if necessary, they would not hesitate to give £l,OOO for a telescope if it was required. The money they did receive was expended in the exercise of the offices of their religion, both in this country and the colonies. They felt it as a deep insult that the various sections in the Catholic Emancipation Act treated them as if they were returned convicts and criminals. They complained of the sections in that act relating to what were falsely termed superstitious uses,and they considered that they were treated in England in a different manner to any other community, and demanded that they should have liberty in the disposition of their property in any manner that they chose. We find that Protestants can leave their money to their colleges, and we cannot understand why we cannot have the same liberty ; and we also complain of the restric tion in regard to leaving money for what were termed superstitious uses. He was of opinion that monasteries and convents should be legalised. The Jesuits had occasionally been expelled from various Catholic countries, but it was gene rally during times of revolution, and they knew what followed. In this country one Englishman ought to be as free as another.—By Mr. Newdegate : He had no doubt that - some of the orders were represented at Rome, but not all. There were no obligations in the order which militated against their being English men, and discharging the duties of Englishmen. He did not want Parliament to interfere and relieve them of the restraint of the law of mortmain. He said that the law of superstition was an offence to him and some of his brother Catholics, but he did not pretend to speak on the part of the great body of the Catholics. The 2,032 acres were held by the colleges, he did not say that it belonged to them. He declined to say whether Stoneyhurst was one of these colleges, though he should say that Oscott was not, because everybody knew it was not. He certainly would hot say what property belonged to any of the colleges. He appealed to the chairmain whether he ought to be called upon to mention the name of any particular college.—The Chairman said that it was impossible at the present stage to ascertain what was the object of his question, and it was not at that moment irrelevant.—Mr. Newdegate read the order of reference, and contended that the question was quite within it.—The witness said that he was anxious to deal fairly and honour ably with the committee, and probably he had told more than he was really called on to tell. He thought that he would have been quite justified in withholding the infor mation respecting the acreage. He thought that inas much as there were certain exemptions in the law of mortmain which operated in favour of Oxford and Cam bridge, they, ought to have the same exemptions, and that inasmuch as the Protestants managed their own colleges in the way they liked they thought the Roman Catholics should be allowed to manage theirs as they pleased. The Pope's brief had no effect on the devolution of property in this country. He was speaking in a legal sense and knew nothing about what effect it ought to have on conscience. He knew nothing of conscience in the matter. There was no continuing charitable trust. — By the Chairman : He had consulted with the solicitors of the Monasteries in order that he might get the fullest and most accurate statements, and the gross income of £10,350 was the result of the total amount brought by the religious persons to the monasteries. The committee adjourned at 4 o'clock. THE BELGIAN ELECTIONS.—News of some im portance arrives from Belgium. The elections which have taken place this week for half the Chamber of Represen tativqs have proved very unfavourable to the Liberal party, which has been for many years in power. Two members of the Fiere-Orban Cabinet, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have not been re elected. What is more, the Catholics have carried a great number of seats which were hitherto held by Liberals, so that the Government, which hitherto had a majority of 24, is now likely to be in a minority. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1870. PROSECUTION OF THE VICAR OF FRW-LE. The case of " Sheppard v. Bennett " was resumed yes terday in the Court of Arches, before the Right Honourable Sir R. Phillimore, the Dean. The defendant, who is prosecuted for the promulgation of doctrines in his published works, contrary to the ecclesiastical laws of the Church of England, was " called " three times, but as on Thursday did not appear. Mr. A. J. Stephens, Q.C., proceeded with his case on the part of the promoters of the suit. He commenced by drawing the attention of the court to the Second Book of Homilies, published in 1563, which was a reprint of the First Book, published in 1547. This book, he submitted, would be found strongly to support his position, inasmuch as it was dealt with by the Thirty-nine Articles. The Book of Homilies contained a large number of questions and answers, in which the doctrine 'of the Real Presence was discussed. The doctrine contained in these homilies, however, was the same as that which would be found in the Prayer Book of Elizabeth, and, as he had said, the Thirty-nine Articles. The learned council then proceeded to read lengthy exacts from the book in question, in refer ence to the " worthy receiving of the body and blood of Christ." In page 444 for instance, it was stated that it was well known the meat we sought for in the Lord's Supper was spiritual food, for the nourishment of our souls, and not the body, and that the faithless could not deal with that precious body. Having traced the various opinions expressed by the reformers from the pub lication of the " Homilies, he observed that in 1603 James 1., with a view to counteract the principles of the Anabaptists, added to the Prayer-Book the doctrine of the Sacraments. It " would be seen by reference to the Catechism that the meaning of the word sacrament, as referred to by the Tractarians, was erroneous, and that it simply meant an ordinance. The word sacrament occurred in the Catechism five times, and the first question was how many sacraments has Christ ordained in His Church. The answer was two only, as generally necessary to salvation, i.e., Baptism and the Lord's Supper. By this it was evident that the word sacrament was only to be construed as ordinance. The next question was as to the meaning of the word sacrament, and the answer was, an outward and visible sign. This expression of visible sign could only apply to an ordinance. The learned counsel than pointed out the distincticn em bodied in this meaning of the word Sacrament, according to the doctrine of the Church of England defined by the authorities he had quoted as compared with that of the Roman Catholic belief. The Catholic doctrine was that the body and blood of Christ was really and corporally taken by the faithful. But what was the meaning of the word faithful? It was sometimes applied generally to all of a certain class of belief, but in the 28th article of the Church of England, it meant to apply to to those who right worthily and with faith received the Sacrament. The words natural body, used in the declaration at the end of the Communion Service, were capable of double appli cation, and that this was the case he should prove by the words of St. Paul. THE EDMUND'S SCANDAL. This case was brought before Mr. Justice Wiles on Thursday. His lordship deferred giving judgment. The question raised by the defendant was whether the ne w statute to abolish imprisonment for debt did not include debts due to the Crown. The defendant had been found indebted to her Majesty, and at the instance of the Attorney-General had been arrested and was now confined in Whitecross-street Prison. He applied to be discharged on the ground that the new law extended to such debts. His lordship announced yes terday that the case required further consideration before he gave judgment. The Dean of Arches asked Mr. Stephens whether he intended to prove an ambiguous word by reference to the Scriptures. Mr. Stephens said be only intended to do so by way of illustration. The Dean of Arches would not say that the learned counsel had not a perfect right to do so, nor that he should refuse to listen to and make a note of his argument, but he would suggest whether it was not opening a very wide field. Mr. Stephens said if the learned judge would allow him a locus, he would proceed with his argument by passing over that point for the present, taking time to consider whether or not he would ask his lordship to hear him at a later period of the case. He then continued his reference to the authorities. Bishop Hooker held that the body and blood of Christ was not given to the mouth for the nourishment of the body, but merely for the nourishing of the spirit. The opinions of the Bishop of Exeter were in strict accordance with this position, and he submitted that not a single divine from the time of Edward VI. down to the last thirty years (passing over, of course, the reign of Mary), had held the views of Mr. Bennett. The next point touched upon by the learned counsel was that of the sacrifice. He finally alluded to quotations from the expressed opinions of the Bishop of London, now Archbishop of Canterbury, and other eminent modern divines, to shew that the principles enumerated in Mr. Bennett's plea for toleration in the Church of England, were considered to be, by them, con trary to the principles of the Reformation. He instanced especially the statement that except a man eat of the flesh of the Son of Man and drink of His blood he had no life in him. Mr. Bennett contended that in the Lord's Supper there was an outward and visible sign of the body and blood of Christ on the Table of the Communion. He cited numerous other authorities to prove that Mr. Bennett's teaching of the Visible Pre sence was not only irreconcileable with the doctrines of the Church of England, but was even ultralßoman. The learned counsel's address was not concluded at the rising of the court, and will be resumed to-day. COMPULSORY VACCINATION. Our jealous preservation of individual freedom has hitherto prevented our submitting to a general ordinance of compulsory vaccination for small-pox. The efficacy of Jenner's method has survived all popular clamour against its enforcement in Europe, and by cable telegram we find that it has proved a thorough prophylactic during the late visitation of the disease in Paris. It is somewhat startling to learn that the Health Board of Brooklyn report fifty six cases during the month of May, and since that several deaths have resulted from small-pox alone in that city. The deaths have occuared chiefly among the German families of a section of the Eastern District, and the utmost difficulty has been experienced by the officers in inducing the friends of the patients to allow their removal from the crowded accommodation of their homes to the public hospitals. The course of a malady so dreadful ought to be carefully watched and no exaggerated senti ment of " independence " allowed to interfere with measures fer its prevention.—New .York Times. LAW AND POLICE. DR. EDMUNDS' LIBEL CASE.--A rule for a new trial in the Court of Common Pleas, has been refused, in the case of " Edmunds v. Eyre," in which Dr. Edmunds com plained of the publication of a placard satirising him as one of the guardians of St. Pancras. FLIGHT OF A STATION MASTER.—An application has heen made at the Police-court, Oldham, for a warrant to apprehend Alfred Ernest Allen, who for s mne nine months has held the post of station-master at Glodwick-road, Oldham, prior to which he was for three years clerk at London-road Station, Manchester. Allen had absconded with £l2O. THE MONARCH INSURANCE COMPANY.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on the motion of Mr. Giffard, Q. C., a rule for a certiorari has been granted to bring up any indict ment that might be found at the Old Bailey against the directors of the Monarch Insurance Company, who had been committed for fraud, with a view to its being tried in this court. THE NEW CROSS ACCIDENT.—Another case arising out of the accident at New Cross last summer, on the occa sion of the Licensed Victuallers' fête at the Crystal Palace, has just been settled. A publican named Shakell, in the Edgware-road, sued the railway company in the Court. of Common Pleas for injuries sustained. The compatiy resisted the claim on the round that he was not in the train at the time of the accident. After hear ing his evidence, however, they consented to a verdict for £lOO. THE NOMINATION OF CHURCHWARDENS. —The case of the " Queen v. Stephens," in which a rule had been ob tained respecting the nomination of a churchwarden of the parish of Dolgelly, has come before the Court of Queen's Bench. It appeared that a meeting had been held in the vestry at Dolgelly, at which the rector claimed the right, by immemorial usage, to appoint two churchwardens, which he did. But at the same meet ing the parishioners claimed the right to nominate one, and chose a gentleman whom they declared to be duly elected, but when he was presented to the Chancellor of the diocese, he declined to admit him on the ground that the office was full. The court considered the parishioners prima facie right to elect one churchwarden ought to be tried, and made the rule absolute. THE BROCOLI CASE.-It may be remembered that some little time since a man of good character named Stephens, was convicted at Ramsgate of stealing brocoli. He was seen cutting it, and on the owner remonstrating with him, it turned out that he had been sent by his master to cut it in a neighbouring garden which belonged to him, and had gone into the wrong garden by mistake. Never theless he pleaded guilty, and was convicted of theft. A rule was afterwards applied for in the Court of Queen's Bench, and has now been made absolute. The Lord Chief Justice remarked that when the man explained his mis take, which he did after the case was closed, the magis trate ought not to have held him to his plea of guilty, but should have told him to retract it and call evidence. A COMPROMISE.—In the Court of Exchequer, an action for £7OO on a bond was heard. The plaintiff's were the trustees of a society of Foresters, and brought an action against- a publican at Camberwell, under somewhat singular circumstances. The Secretary of the society had a deficiency of nearly £2,000 in his accounts which it was resolved to compromise on the secretary paying £l,OOO down, and £7OO by a bond. Afterwards eight indict ments were preferred against him at the Old 'Bailey, and the defendant disputed his liability on the ground that he signed the bond on condition that all prosecutions against the secretary should cease. The plaintiffs contended that all prosecution did cease on the part of the executive, and the indictments were pre pared by some dissentient members of the society. The verdict of the jury held that the condition was that all prosecution should be abandoned, and the Lord Chief Justice confirmed this view, refusing the application. SCIENCE AND ART GOSSIP.—The case of Robert Hard wicke, the well-known bookseller and publisher of Picca dilly, has come before the Court of Bankruptcy. The liabilities are stated at £30,000. An order was applied for to direct the registrar to register a resolution passed at a meeting of creditors. They resolved to wind up the estate by arrangement, but when the resolution was presented to the registrar he refused to receive it, be cause some small amounts, chiefly for advertisements in connection with schnce and art gossip, amounting to a few shillings each had been omitted from the debtor's statement. The Chief Judge said if he made such an order it would furnish a precedent which might be used in other cases. There must be an affidavit that the whole amount of the debts which Were omitted would not have affected the carrying of the resolution. The bankrupt's solicitor said that was so, and also that a trustee was carrying on the business. The Chief Judge thereupon made the order. A GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGE.—In the Divorce Court yesterday, before Lord Penzance, the case of "Yeatman v. Yeatman and Rummell " was heard. It has several times been before the court in different shapes, and the petitioner now prayed for a divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The petitioner is a practising barrister, and it appears that the marriage took place when the parties were young, and before the marriage law of Scotland was altered. They followed a plan which was well known in those days—they went to Gretna Green and declared themselves in the presence of witnesses to be man and wife. This wasthen a recognised marriage, and the parties lived together as man and wife. Some , time afterwards the respondent, who is a beautiful woman and a German, went abroad and it is alleged lived in adultery with the co-respondeut, who is a German baron. The petitioner conducted his own case and proved his marriage. The evidence of adultery was all documentary, it having been taken by a commission in Germany. His lordship reserved his judgment until he had read the evidence of an alleged desertion of the husband prior to the wife going to Germany. APPLICATION FOR A WIFE. One Enoch Bailey, who has settled somewhere out in America, where women are scarce, finds himself in need of a wife, and so he addressed a letter to the chairman of the Mansfield Board of Guardians, asking him, on his honour, to find for him a wife of moral character, who would on arriving in America, find a " good home, and a kind and affectionate family." The letter having appeared in one of the Sheffield papers provoked the following reply, which was read at the Board meetinc , on Tuesday :—" To the clerk of the Mansfield Board oeGuardians.—Parkgate, May 31st, 187. Sar i Saen in the Shefeld endependent a advrsment for a 'Wife to Go to america you humble servent Will actcept the offer of Enoch Bailey. Park Gat, Ner Rother ham, York Shier." The report does not state whether the Board took any further steps in this matrimonial agency business. MAZZINI AND GARIBALDI. The Roman correspondent of the Tablet says that a dis sension between Mazzini and Garibaldi is said to be the cause of the halt in the revolutionary plans. Garibaldi will not leave Caprera, and will hear of nothing save an attack on Rome at any cost or hazard.' Mazzini, on the contrary (as in 1867), says the hour for Rome has not yet come, and insists on beginning with the destruction of the Italian monarchy. Mazzini is also at issue with most of the revolutionary committees on account of their rapacity, their hatred of order and low vice. followers are almost all young enthusiasts of the stu dent class, and workmen who accept his theories blindly and hold him to be a prophet. Garibaldi is, however, far more popu lar in Italy, where Mazzini's idealism is at a discount, and where the far quattrini" theory is the " primum mobile" of the greater part of his followers. An expedition on Rome, therefore, and prospects of " looting" the churches and convents, are far more easily understood than the Utopian theories of the old conspirator of Lugano. A reconciliation is, however, en train, and will be very dan gerous to the peace of Italy this autumn. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT MAIDENHEAD. On Thursday a coachman and his wife and a groom, in the employment of Sir William Clayton, were proceeding in a trap from Marlow to Ascot, when the horse took fright on the Marlow•road, and started off at full gallop. The coachman was immediately thrown out, and his leg was broken. The horse, still continuing his flight, rushed at great speed through the town of Maidenhead, and came in contact with a horse and trap which was standing at the door of Dr. Montgomery's house. The trap was torn from the shafts, and the horse, whose head was dashed against the stone=work under the rails, was killed on the spot. At this point the coachman's wife was thrown out of Sir William Clayton's trap, and was dreadfully cut about the face and head. The horse still continued on its course at full gallop, until he got to Queen-street, where he dashed into Messrs. Mason and Neat's auction mart, smashing the plate-glass window in that establishment. The groom, who kept his hold up to this point, was then thrown out, and was severely injured. The horse was stopped at last, but not before he had kicked the trap to pieces. Those who were injured by the accident are progressing favourably. THE STANTON MEMORIAL FUND. It appears that the movement set on foot in New York some time since for the collection of a memorial fund to the late Edwin M. Stanton, to be applied in aid of his family, has culminated in the amount raised for the pur pose being invested by the respective treasurers, Mr. Alexander T. Stewart and Hon. Moses H. Grinnell, in Government bonds, and deposited in trust with the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company. The following is the final correspondence on the subject with the widow of the late Secretary Stanton : NEW YORK, May 27. "My Dear Madam—By direction of the Union League Club, I have the pleasure to inclose one of the triplicates of the trust deed executed by the New York Life Insur and Trust Company with Hon. Moses H. Grinnell and myself. The fund collected has been invested in the five twenty bonds of 1862, amounting to s4B,2oo—interest at six per cent., payable in November and May. Hoping that this disposition of the fund and the conditions attached thereto, will meet with your approval, and ex pressing my deep gratitude for the invaluable services of your late husband. —" I have the honour to be, with sincere regard, yours truly, " ALEXANDER T. STEWART. " Mrs. Edwin M. Stanton." " Washington, May 28, 1870. " Mr. A. T. Stewart,—My dear Sir : This morning I received the trust deed enclosed by you to me. Ido not know how to express my obligation for the generous action of my husband's friends ; but I have great gratification and pride in the assurance given me by the kindness shewn Mr. Stanton's family, and of the high regard felt for him, and accept the testimonial as a grateful tribute to his memory. To yourself and Mr. Grinnell I shall always feel a personal indebtedness for the interest you have taken in the matter. Whatever arrangement you think best could not but be perfectly satisfactory to me. " With much respect, yours truly, " ELLEN H. STANTON." MR. CHARLES DICKENS. The editor of the Graphic relates some particulars of his Personal acquaintance with the late author as follows : " The first time I saw the idolised Boz in the flesh was at a fancy fair in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hos pital, held, I think, for the benefit of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society : , He was then a handsome young man, with piercing bright eyes and carefully arranged hair, much in fact, as he is represented in Maclise's picture. The last time I saw him.was a few weeks since, when I had the pleasure of meeting him at dinner. To all outward appearance, he then looked like a man who would live and work until he was four score. I was espe cially struck by the brilliancy and vivacity of his eyes. There seemed as much life and animation in them as in twenty ordinary pairs of eyes. I was also struck by his sailor-like aspect a peculiarity observed by many other persons. Yet, except his two voyages to America, he had not been much on the sea, and was not, I believe, a par ticularly good sailor. But we all know his sympathy for seamen, and I think, without being fanciful, that his nautical air may in part be attributed to early Portsmouth associations. On this occasion Mr. Dickens conversed with me chiefly about Mr. Carlyle's writings, for whose " French Revolution " he expressed the strongest admira tion, as he has practically shewn in his " Tale of Two Cities ;" and he also related some interesting anecdotes, one of which I may venture to transfer to print. It was related to Mr. Dickens by the late Mr. Edwin Stanton, the famous Secretary of War in the United States Cabinet. On Good Friday, 1865, there was a Cabinet Council at Washington, and Mr. Stanton chanced to enter the council chamber some time after the other mem bers had assembled. As he entered he heard the President say, " Well, gentlemen, this is only amusement. I think we had better now turn to business." During the meeting he noticed that Mr. Lincoln was remarkably grave and sedate ; and that, instead of strolling about the room as was his usual wont, dealing out droll remarks, he sat bolt upright in his chair. On leaving the Council Mr. Stanton asked one of the other Ministers why the President's manner was so peculiar, and received the following expla nation :—" When we assembled to-day Mr. Lincoln said, Gentlemen, I dreamt a strange dream last night for the third time, and on each occasion something remarkable has followed upon it. After the first dream came the battle of Bull Run [Mr. Dickens could not remember the second event], and now the dream has come again. I dreamt that I was in a boat on a lake, drifting along without either oars or sails, when—' At this moment you," said the Minister, addressing Mr. Stanton, " opened the door, whereupon the President checked himself, and said, ' I think we had better turn to business." So we have lost the conclusion of the dream." And it was lost for ever. The Council met at half-past two, and on the same evening President Lincoln lay dead, slain by the pistol.- shot of Wilkes Booth. I cannot avoid drawing a parallel here. We shall never know the end of Mr. Lincoln's dream, and the " Mystery of Edwin Drood " remains also an inscrutable mystery, parted from us by the im penetrable curtain of death. Posthumous fame is but a poor thing, when it is based simply on intellectual achievements. Charles Dickens' fame rests on & surer basis. His chief merit, to my thinking, lies in the fact that in all his creations, humorous or pathetic, he irresistibly drew the sympathies of his readers towards the cause of the humble, the suffering, and the oppressed, and I firmly believe that much of the beneficent legislation of late years is due to his teaching. If he had entered Parliament, he would probably have made but an indifferent figure, for he cared little for mere party-politics ; but at his desk, pen in hand, he wielded a power superior to that of a whole House of Commons, and it is to his eternal glory that this power was uniformly exercised for worthy ends. It is no small matter in an age when the contrast between wealth and poverty, between inordinate luxury and utter destitution, grows daily more startling, that a man of genius should, for a whole generation, have used his mental gifts for the pur pose of bridging over those terrible gulfs in modern civili sation." The French Emperor is now restored to his usual health. PETER'S PENCE.—Cardinal Cullen writes from Rome directing the vicars-general of his diocese to remind the faithful that the period has come round for their annual contribution to the Papal treasury. They are expected to give " another emphatic expression of their devotion to the Holy Father by generous contributions," the " vast and extensive preparations " that had to be made for the General Council, " and the unbounded hos pitality of the Sovereign Pontiff towards the assembled. Fathers," having pressed heavily on his already over taxed resources. THE STORM. An enormous destruction of property and loss of life has resulted from the storm on Thursday night. A short distance from the town of Croydon is a village called Coulsdon, in which stood a large range of farm premises belonging to Mr. G. Smith, a farmer, who employed a number of agri cultural labourers. The estate was called " Stoat's Nest Farm." The proprietor had been for the last few days speaking to his neighbours as to the great good a thunder storm and a heavy shower of rain would do to his crops. Unfortunately the electric fluid struck and set fire to one of the stacks of hay containing 50 waggon loads, three straw stacks each of 20 loads; a corn shed, 50 feet long and 20 wide ; two stables, of 20 feet and 30 feet long, and another 40 feet by 30 ; also a granary, certainly only one floor high, but 50 feet long, and something approximating to 25 feet wide. The wind drove the flames into the pri vate residence of Mr. J. Kent, and before an engine had time to get to the spot the premises were burned for the greater part out, and the remainder fell with a crash to the ground. Fortunately the whole of the horses had been rescued, but at no little danger to those who were bold enough to ven ture into the stables. It is reported that a man named Joshua Martin was struck down by the lightning close by and killed, and that a girl near Foot's Cray had shared a similar fate. A private residence belonging to Mr. T. Charman was also seriously damaged by fire. Another fire was caused at Bridge Wharf, Harrow-road, the property of Mr. Putney, a timber merchant. Owing to the violence of the storm the rain fell in such streams that a number of lime sacks became ignited. Fortunately, owing to the timely arrival of assistance, the fire was soon subdued. At Liverpool it rained nearly all day on Thursday, and the disturbed electrical condition of the atmosphere inter rupted the working of the telegraphs so much as to cause serious inconvenience to the newspapers, whose intelli gence from London was much delayed. A Cambridge telegram states that several fires were caused by the lightning in that county. A highly beneficial change has taken place in the weather in Norfolk, the rain having fallen rather copiously. In Somersetshire the tempest was accompanied by a hailstorm. A telegram from Win canton in that county states that in that district thou sands of panes of glass were broken by the hail. Masses of ios fell which measured 5i inches in circumference. THE. ST. DOMINGO TREATY. The Washington correspondent of the New York. Herald writes as follows on June 1: " The St. Domingo question becomes more and more mixed from day to day. President Grant has sent to the Senate another message urging a ratification of the treaty of annexation ; but at the same time are started new grounds of opposition, fresh reasons why our Govern ment should not act hastily, if at all, in negotiating with Mr. Baez and Co. The latest information given to influ ential senators would lead to the conclusion that Baez is not a man to be trusted in any sort of degree, and that Gautier, Cazeneau, Fabens, Jerry O'Sullivan and all the people surrounding the Dominican President or con nected with the annexation project including even General Babcock, are no better than they should be. Senator Sumner, who has all along opposed the scheme, has been let into the secret of recent proceedings in St. Domingo which decidedly ought to lessen confidence in the good faith of Mr. Baez and his ministers. The sixth article of the treaty, signed by Mr. Gautier, the Dominican Secre tary of State, and Mr. Raymond H. Perry, our Consul to St. Domingo, provided that after the execution of the convention between the two parties no land grants, min ing rights or other concessions should be given away by the Dominican government. Notwithstanding this very plain provision, it appears that Mr. Gautier approved pe titions of Messrs. Cazenau and Schumaker, asking for enormous grants of land for mining, emigration and rail road purposes, and recommended their passage to the D( minican Senate. Cazenau is said to already own about one-half the public lands of the country, and in his new petition he modestly begged for a cession of 200,000 acres more, with a reservation to his exclusive use and profit of all the mining wealth that might be discovered thereon. Mr. Schumaker's petition was for the privilege of building a railroad between St. Domingo and Agua, 130 miles in length, with one mile of public land at each side of the road—in other words, 200 miles of what, I am told, constitutes some of the best land in that country. These are both very moderate and cool requests in the face of the unmistakable provisions of the treat. But it is alleged that Mr. Minister Gautier viewed the scheme with favour ; indeed, it is asserted that he was directly interested in their scheme, and that he had arranged with the Dominican Senate for a day and hour to meet them in secret session and jointly consider the proposition. Three of the Dominican Senators, feeling that to pass such grants would be a violation of the treaty, and yet fear ing to oppose openly what they believed to be the de sires of Baez and Gautier, went to Consul Perry and informed him what was going on, at the same time, urging him to protest in the name of the United States Government. Mr. Perry met Mr. Gautier soon after, and asked if it it were true that such schemes were before the Dominican Senate, to which Gautier answered in the negative. This did not satisfy Mr. Perry, however, and he wrote a note direct to Presi dent Baez setting forth the information he had received, calling attention to the sixth article of the treaty, and respectfully asking for copies of the Cazeneau and Schu maker petitions for the use of the United States Govern ment. Instead of receiving an answer from Baez himself, he was honoured with a curt note from Gautier, `by direction of his Excellency the President,' in which Gautier denies the right of Mr. Perry to demand such information, and suggests very plainly that he (Perry) had better mind his own business, and not presume to address a diplomotic note to the mighty Baez, President of Dominica. Mr. Perry sharply replied to this note of Gautier, taking the ground that his appointment as plenipotentiaxy to make the treaty of annexation gave him full power over the whole subject, and that he felt it to be his duty to guard jealously the interests of the United States, and considering the schemes in question hostile to those in terests and in violation of the treaty, he had respectfully asked for all information on the subject. Why it should be denied, or why any secrecy should be observed if the schemes were perfectly right and proper, were things that he could not comprehend. About the same time Mr. Perry had a spicy correspondence with Mr. Cazeneau on the same subject. He asked Cazeneau to give him copies of the petitions, but Cazeneau replied ' No,' in pretty much the same style as had Gautier. Perry replied in a sharp and pointed letter, warning Cazeneau that he knew all about his schemes, and that he would most certainly expose them. He believed that improper use was being made of President Grant's name to carry out disreputable jobs, but he would see to it that the fair fame of the Pre sident would not be thus disgraced. Cazeneau sent another reply to this, suggesting to Perry that perhaps Grant's character did not require any protection at Perry's hands, and hinting that he (Perry) had (by his injudicious conduct) spoiled certain plans to which the United States Government was privy, and which were desired by the United States Government. That those plans should have been kept a profound secret, but were now made pub lic and ruined. No further correspondence occurred. The protest of the consul, however, caused the Dominican Senate to reject the Cazeneau Schumaker schemes. Further, it appears that on the last trip made by the Tybee to St. Domingo she carried with her a large quantity of arms and ammunition, as well as 100,000 dois. in gold, from the agents of the Hartmont loan. Mr. Perry protested against its acceptance by the Baez Government, and in consequence it was returned to New York on the voyage back. It is alleged that Baez wanted Mr. Perry, at one time since the treaty was signed, to receive into his house 100,000 dols. offered by the Hartmont people ; but Mr. Perry refused. The object of Baez is supposed to have been to have a fund on hand in case of trouble with which he could flee to parts unknown. Now Fabens is said to be in the interest of these Hartmont people, and Fabens, it is asserted, was sent here as agent of Baez at the special request of General Babcock. Does not one interest clash with the other? Fabens, it is said, caused the recent load of arms and money to be sent to Baez by the Hartmont people. Cazeneau, Gautier, Fabens, and Babcock are said to know something about a grand emi gration concession from Baez, which was nipped in the bud by Perry. Now, if all these things be true, would it not be well for the President to halt a little before pro ceeding any further in this annexation business ? It may be some will say, that these are mere stories trumpedup by enemies of annexation ; but I bave seen and read the correspondence, and to that extent at least I am confi dent there is something in it." CHINESE LABOUR.— The Chinese of Koopman schap and Co., are taken to Massachusetts as shoemakers, of course without the consent of the numerous Knights of St. Crispin, who control the Trades Unions of that State. The results of the introduction of this element there are likely to be very deplorable. Numbers of the same race are sent by the same firm on five years contracts tO Texas and Lousiana as common labourers. The consequences of any contract system by which th e Chinaman binds himself for a number of years cannot but be dangerous to the society in which such system of labour is permitted. The South Carolinians and Georgians, are also enamoured of Chinese labour and Koopmanschap's system of importing it. Against that system Congress has already proposed, and ought to take early action. — New York Tribune. THE NEW YORK TIMES ON GOLDWIN SMITH. Mr. Goldwin Smith probably never did a more foolish thing in his life than when he took home to himself the skesch in Mr. Disraeli's " Lothair " of an " Oxford Pro. fessor." Mr. Disraeli simply makes a fool's cap, and labels it " For an Oxiord Professor." Mr. Goldwin Smith cries out, " It's mine," and puts it on his own head amid the laughter of the spectators. The Professor supplements his performance by writing a letter to Mr. Disraeli, call ing him a " coward." Well; it does not need much courage to write a letter of that sort. Mr. Disraeli has been fighting a battle of one man against All England for upwards of thirty years past, and even Mr. Goldwin Smith knows well enough that he is no coward. His letter will, we fear, be regarded only as another proof of the identity of the Oxford Professor—for Mr. Disraeli describes that per sonage as a man " unable to profit even by his limited experience of life, from a restless vanity and oxerflolving conceit, which prevented him from ever observing or thinking of anything but himself." PROTECTION FOR AMERICAN SHIPPING INTERESTS. The following is Senator Chandler's bill for the revival of American navigation interest : A bill to encourage the building of ships for foreign trade, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled :—That from and after the passage of this Act, when any imported materials are used in the construction or equipment of iron ships, built in the United States, for the purpose of being solely usel in foreign trade and com merce, there shall be allowed and paid to the parties building such ships, under such regulations as the Secre tary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money equal in amount to the duties which have been paid on such materials at the time of importation, and in case materials of domestic growth, manufacture or production, enter into the construction and equipment of such ships, there shall be allowed and paid to the parties building the same, under like regulations a sum of money equal in amount to what the duties on such materials would have been had such materials been imported from foreign coun tries. Provided, however, that any ships built under the provisions of this section shall be allowed to engage in the coasting trade of the United States upon the repay ment of the moneys which have been paid by the United States on the construction and equipment of such vessels only. Section 2. And be it further resolved, That all ship stores and coal to be used and consumed by any vessel on its voyage from any port of the United States to any foreign port, may, in such quantity and under such regu lations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, be taken in whole packages in bond, and disposed of for such purposes, free of impost and internal duty • and tax. Section 3. And be ft further enacted, That for and during three years from the date of the passage of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be authorised and empowered to issue American registers to iron-built ships of all kinds purchased by citizens of the United States in foreign countries, and owned by them, with the conditiou contained in such register, however, that such ships shall not be used or employed in the coasting trade. THE BATTLE OF THE BRICKS. Not to be outdone by the Yankees in anything, England has treated herself to a civil war, to which she points us with a good deal of ccmplacency. It has taken the form of a siege. The Brickmakers' Union is the attacking force ; the besieged "a party by the name of Johnson." The siege of Troy and the long investment of Jerusalem pale their ineffectual horrors before the remarkable details of this modern beleaguerment. It is true, the bloody conflict is compacted within a small space, but it has gone on now for a twelvemonth, and is fully endued with all the pomp and panoply of glorious war. There are the two independent, belligerent powers; there is Mr. Johnson, fortified in his back dining room; there are the' brickmakers, like the fiery Huns, deploying under " their sulphurus canopy ; " there are perpetual pale sentinels of chamber maids and stable-boys upon the ramparts ; there are bombs ' • there are infernal machi n es ; and there certainly will be human gore. A heroic constable, such as he who erst descended like avenging Fate upon General O'Neil and bore him off by the breeches from amid the deadlY host, would probably put a summary end to this carnage; but England remains neutral as in our own civil war, and declines to form any alliance either with the serried ranks of the brickmakers or with Mr. Johnson. The history os this first year of the battle of the bricks is as follows :—Mr. Johnson is a builder and a Briton. Being, like all Britons, an epitome in minia ture of the pluck and doggedness of John Bull, he was resolved to build in his own way, and that the most direct way to furnish him with bread and butter. The Manchester Union issued an edict forbidding the shaping of stone in the quarries or the manufacture of brick by machinery. Mr. Johnson disregarded the ordinance, and went on quietly with his business in these two methods, as usuaL Upon which be was denounced and placed under the ban. For more than a year he has lived in dread of assassination. He is compelled to steal from place to place like a convict, under cover of the night. " I have not dared," he says, "to go home in my own carriage for twelve months. No one, at present, knows where I sleep. My servants dare not remain in my house ; my friends are afraid to come near me. If I go to bed, it must be for dog-sleep, and always on the alert." His timber yards have been fired ; daily attempts are made to assassinate him; bottles filled with explosive materials, and packed in clay, are thrown into his premises ' - a train of powder, about a month ago, Was laid under his house, which, if it had not been accidentally discovered, would have blown him and his family to atoms. So extraordinary is the whole affair, and so closely allied to an actual siege, that the police refuse to interfere, unless "paid for work outside of their duty." Mr. John son, "before proceeding to hire armed men, u nder his own control," appeals to the Home Secretary for protection, but so far without effect. The press, denounce violently the inaction of the Government, and compare the recent outrages of the Trades Unions in Sheffield and Manchester with the brigandage in Greece,; but brickmakers and police continue calmly on thes course, without interfering with each other. Truly, says Mr. Johnson, " my case is a hard one." which is 3 t least a mild way of putting it. Joking apart, the affair is a most remarkable one, and affords us a curious glimPse into the action and reaction of the English Government and people against each other. That any body of men should be permitted for a year to thus make open war upon an individual for legally pursuing a legal business seems incredible to Americans. Symptoms of weakness such as this will soon lead us to doubt whether John Bull is not stronger everywhere else than at home. When he makes war against the Russians the Indians. or Chinese, he moves as a unit ; the son of a peer commands the regiment, and builders and brick makers fill up the ranks ; the glory of Old Eng land incites the whole body. But it is a curious question whether Old England at home is not in the condition of that body of which ,ZEsoP tells us when legs, arms, and stomach fell into dissension , and conspired against the head. '• Why should it rul e over us ?" said they. " Whatever brains it had once are worn out now." We would be loth to suspect a par allel,. case on the other side of the water. But the sniffs of contempt with which royalty is put to the test now and then, as in the Mordaunt case, are ominous ; and so No., the haste with which the House of Lords lately got out of the scales into which they had placed themselves to be weighed. But the astounding respectwhic h the Govern ment pays to the belligerent brickmakers is a more sig nificant sign than all, and one which he who runs may read.—New York Tribune. LADTEUTISMENT.I COnSUmptiOn, and all nervoq , bilious, stomach, alai liver complaints in every stage are oil aggravated and accolarated by drugs of every description, b u perfectly curable by Do BARRy's health-restoring RocaIOU S Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough , asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhea, all gastrin derangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, ner vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, catarrhs , colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, craniPs , spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sink ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, and beL•ween the shoulders, &c. We quote a few: —The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure NI: ) , 68,413— " Borne, July Si 1866. The health of the Holy F a ther a , excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he bits confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic& Foul of which he consumes aplateful at-every meal. It has produce; a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holinett: cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the "(laye tte gout , du Midi," July 25. Cure No. 46,270.—Mr. James Roberts, vi ni merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lung e spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Cu d N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart de Deems, Lord-Lieutenant of Water of many years dyspepsia. —No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indesu c ri c u able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, ,4 stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting•—"...., Jolly " Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavolt?„ and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authaTun Baron Liebig aname is most audaciously attached. In tins, at is 14d; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb is 6d; Sib 11s.; 121 b 22s ' 24 lbs 4 s.—Also Do BARRY'S REVALENTA A RABICA °BOCCI, e POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at 2s, for 24 ctiro at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for 576 cups % o ut —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins sro free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order_d BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London u" all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. On the 15th inst., at Lucknam, the wife of B. Winthrop► Esq., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., the Viscountess Adare, of a daughter. MARRIAGES On the 15th inst., at St. Michael's, Chester-square, Captaill, Hugh Mackenzie, 15th Foot, to Julia Vera, daughter ol e the late Donald Cameron, of Lochiel, and Lady V er Cameron. Vtie o On the 15th inst., at St. Peter's, Belsize-park, E. G. —1 d Johnson, of Kenley, Surrey, to Ada Florence, the sec°l/ci daughter of Augustus Mordan, of 17, Finchley New-roa and The Stone House, Reigate. DEATHS On the 15th inst., at Clifton Lodge, Dalston, Jane Sinn aged 98. On the 14th inst., at Battersea, Robert Blunt, Esq., .3.'3 Chelsea, aged 79. London: Printed and Published byWILLIA 3I ~ ANDB W e of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at TEE SU N Office No. 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the 'County °A Middlesex. —Saturday, June 18, 1870. 1 ( ' Obse Tliis Medal. Sold Agent; - ll' AD\ reeh ( rep ays coura€ CI the P e i Part varioi will awar( revie, Usual Cl Th ea c h Ad e-crc each as us. k; drei a.m.