The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-07 00:00:00

METRO P LITAN GOSSIP. There seems now little doubt but that we we shall have a warm controversy about the Education Bill. Therefore as soon as Parliament reassembles after the Whitsun recess, we must look out for storms. The Dissenters have decided not to accept Mr. Forster's amendments. Mr. Forster was a little while ago resolved that he would not concede the point which the Dissenters demand, compul sory non-religious teaching in rate-supported schools. It remains to be seen if the Vice-President of the Council will remain firm. Of course there is a sufficiently strong ection among the Liberals to enable Ministers to pass their measure in its present shape with the aid of the Conservatives ; but to do that would involve a serious schism in the Liberal party, which no Liberal leaders can contemplate without alarm. According to present appearances, we are on the eve of critical events, and the latter half of the session is likely to be as lively as the former half has been dull. A gentleman once well known at Westminster as one of the most loquacious M. P.'s who ever sat in the House of Commons, Colonel Samuel Aucmuty Glover, has just died. He was in the Dragoons, and sat for Limerick county during the Parliament of 1859-65. An amusing joke is told at one of the Clubs. The Secretary having received many scolding letters from various members, started a book with the word "com plaints" conspicuouslywrittenthereon. A member opening the book and seeing its pages still unsullied by ink wrote down his name with the word " bronchitis " appended. The example thus set was quickly followed, and the com plaint register soon became as full of the ills to which flesh is heir as is the case-book of a doctor inlarge practice. It is stated that Lord Russell's seat near Stroud, Rod borough Manor, is to be sold by auction this month. The reason of the sale I have not heard. The property has long been in Lord Russell's possession, and it was the influence conferred by it that enabled him to get in for Stroud, when rejected by the electors of South Devon some thirty-five years ago. Latterly Lord Amberley has resided at Rodborough, and it will be remembered that a few days ago Lady Amberley gave a lecture at Stroud on women's rights. The • Liberation " movement inside the English Church is assuming formidable proportions. Mr. Body, with questionable taste, (remembering how strongly Dean Stanley has written and spoken for the maintenance of a State Church), urged a separation in his sermon deli vered on Sunday week evening at Westminster Abbey. Mr. Orby Shipley has been much more em phatic. Last Sunday he concluded a series of sermons at St. Alban's Church directed against a State Church. These sermons, which are of portentous length, are just about to be published by Longman under the title of " The Four Cardinal Virtues in Relation to the Public and Private Life of Catholics ; Six Sermons for the Day." The sermons are an attempt to reconcile the Church Catechism and Aristotle, and " to make evi dent to Churchmen the utterly anomalous, unjust, and indefensible relations which exist at present between Church and State in England, and how the increase of the cardinal virtues may be made to bear upon the point." It is shewn that the Union hag been " systematically violated by the State," and that there is a practical dissolution of the Union, though its provisions are " tyranically " adhered to. Churchmen are told that it is their duty " to do all that in them lies to relieve the Church of the guilt of these violations." Finally it is shewn that this can be effected only " by the dissolution of the union between Church and State." It is amusing to see how the art critics differ. The Art Journal for the present month has (besides three admirable steel engravings) a long notice of the Royal Academy Exhibition, in which the pictures of Mr. Peter Graham are commended very highly. Turn to the Atheneum of a week or two ago, and you will find a criticism absolutely savage in its ferocity and injustice. As Mr. Graham always receives the same treatment in this quarter every year, there would seem to be some personal hostility on the part of the critic. Fortunately, criticism of this kind does not hurt, it is too manifestly unjudicial to produce much im pression. By the world generally this artist is regarded as one of the most rising landscape painters of the day, and as quite the chief of what is called the Scotch school. The Art Journal condemns with some' severity the conduct of the committee of selection in rejecting a large number of very clever pictures. There is ample room for a hundred more pictures, and yet many most meritorious pictures have been refused a place ; among them is one by a painter who not long ago obtained the gold medaL Fortunately for him, the picture has been sold none the less for its exclusion. A FASHIONABLE GATHERING AT EMS. A letter from Ems, quoted in the North German Cor respondent, states that among the illustrious visitors t 9 that watering-place, there are at present, besides the Czar and the Grand Duke Vladimir and Nicolas, the Duchess of Osgothland, the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Prince Alexander of Hesse, and from the far South the Duke and Duchess of Ossuna. The Emperor has been entered on the list of strangers under the name of Count Borodinsky. He appears every morning regularly at the springs, and in the afternoon on the promenade ; he rides out about six in the evening., and sometimes after his return visits the Kursaal. He dresses simply and still wears mourn ing. A child who sells flowers to visitors is happy to have obtained his Majesty for a customer; she brings him every morning a little bouquet of lily of the valley, and is generously recompensed for this litrle attention. As may be supposed, Ems is ex tremely fulL Concerts, balls, and fetes are of daily occurrence and the French theatre was t o o p en on th e I s t instant. Though gaming is not carried on in Ems to the same extent as at Homburg and Wiesbaden, there are generally a good many people around the tapis veil; and the Grand Duke Vladimi r m a y b e o ft en seen risking a piece or two at rouge et noir. TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1870 THE REVISION OF THE AUTHORIZED VERSION. 1 MISS HICKSON AND ,THE "PEARL NECK- LACE " PIECE. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol writes to say that replies have been received from all the scholars and divines invited to join the committee of Convocation in the revision of the Bible except Canon Cook, Archdeacon Harrison. and Dr. Kennedy. Five have declined—Dr. Pusey, Canon Payne Smith, Dr. Wright, Dr. Newrnan, and Dr. Tregelles (the last from illness). With the excep tions named above, all the Nonconformists who were in vited to join have promised to do o. The case of Cameron v. Leslie was argued in the Court of Common Pleas on Monday. This was an action tried at the last sittings in Middlesex, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff to the amount of £4O. The facts of the case are these. In the beginning of the year 1867 the plaintiff who is a lady well known in theatrical circles, engaged the defendant, who is a dramatic author and actor, to write a piece to be called " The Pearl Necklace," the skeleton plot of which, together with the scenarum, she gave him, and it was agreeed between them that he should receive £4O for providing it, and five shillings per night when it was acted. The lady had at that time an engagement with Mr. Knowles, at Man chester, and it gave her a certain status if she took a fresh piece down with her. The play was sent to the plaintiff, to be paid £25 on reading it, she disapproved of it, and sent it back instructing the author to make certain alterations. He returned it to the plaintiff leading her to believe that he had altered it, and she paid him the remainder of the £4O. Mrs. Knowles did not approve of the piece, and she took it with her to Ireland, and when there • discovered that it had not been altered. It was sent back to Mr. Leslie who said he would alter it at once. The piece, however, was not returned ; and Miss Hickson got Mr. Webster to write to the defen dant informing him that the lady was likely to lose a good engagement through not getting the piece, and also saying that as so long a period had elapsed the proprietary ought to begin at that date. In reply to this Mr. Leslie said that he would return the M.S. in a week, and that the lady's proprietary should commence at that date ; but he did not do so, and the con sequence was that Miss Hickson brought this action and recovered £4O damages. At tb^ beginning of term Mr. Joyce moved and obtained a rule nisi fora new trial. On Monday Mr. Powell, Q.C., (with him Mr. Potchett), showed cause against the rule, and contended that there had been a decided breach of contract on defendant's part by withholding the price. The Lord Chief Justice in delivering judgment said he thought there ought to be a new trial because the damages were excessive. The rule was then made absolute. BUDGET REFLECTIONS. The slight alterations which Mr. Lowe has introduced into his financial proposals for the year have had one effect which, we believe, has not been noticed. Mr. Lowe's estimated surplus of £331,000 has been increased to about £550,000. The Exchequer will be richer by £lOB,OOO in consequence of the determina tion to leave the railway duty alone ; and the desire of the country gentlemen to continue paying £3 a year for the privilege of killing their own game—though it may slightly affect the proceeds of the gun tax-- will unquestionably account for the remaining £lll,OOO re quired to bring up the surplus to the point at which we have now computed it. A surplus of a little more than half a million may not seem a very immoderate provision against the contingencies of the future, but we believe we are right in saying that it is larger than the largest of those re s e rve d by the most provident of Mr. Lowe's predecessors. In France a windfall of £220,000 would raise a host of claimants, and its occur rence would be probably thought an unanswerable rea son for immediately commencing a new National Gallery or some similar work. In England we shall probably be content to leave the amount to fructify in the national coffers. But, at the same time we cannot resist offering one suggestion to Mr. Lowe. He has assented to the demand of the game preservers and retained the game licence. Is there any reason why he should destroy the hopes of the large number of persons whose circumstances only enable them to have a few days' shooting in the year, but who had hoped, when they read the Budget, to get their few days' enjoyment for the payment of one pound in lieu of two ? If even game preservers have raised no objection to the system which Mr. Gladstone introduced of issuing licences to kill game for half the season at £2 instead of £3, there Is every reason to suppose that no objection would be raised by"them to the issue of such a licence for, say, one month, at the lower rate of £l.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE HORSE SHOW AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL. With extended accommodation, an increase in the number of the entries, and a decided improvement gene rally in the animals exhibited, the Horse Show of 1870, at the Agricultural Hall; Islington, may be set down as the most successful of the seven exhibitions yet held. The opening day (Saturday) promised this, and the prediction thus far has been fully realised. Yesterday there was again a large attendance, and the judging was watched with considerable interest, not only by the male portion of those present, but also by a large number of ladies who occupied the reserved seats. On Saturday the judges devoted their attention to Classes Ito 7 inclusive, and Classes 13, 14, and 15. Their awards, which were made with much care and after mature consi deration, appear to have given unqualified satisfaction. The names of the noblemen and gentlemen who have accepted this onerous and responsible duty art the Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Portsmouth, Mr. Henry Chaplin, M.P., Colonel George A. Maude, C. 8., and Mr. James Baillie. Business commenced with Class 8 for harness horses with good shape and park action. Mr. H. Frisby, of London, won the first prize with his grey mare "Daisy." In Class 9 and Class 10, for park hacks and ladies' horses and class 11 for harness horses 14 hands 2, Mr. Frisby was also successful. For ponies not exceeding 13 hands 3, Mr. William King, of Leighton Buzzard, took the first prize. In the extra class (E) for any animal of extraordinary merit not qualified to compete in the 16 classes, the Agri cultural Hall medal and £lO were awarded to Mr. H. W. Peek, M.P., of Wimbledon-house, for Selim, grey Arab stallion, 15} hands, 9 yea rs o ld. Aft er th e ju d ges h a d concluded their labours the whole of the horses and ponies were paraded in the ring, and their capabilities at fencing were tested. This interesting exhibition will be repeated every day until the close of the show on Friday, and on that day the hunters will be tried at the water jump. The Prince and Princess of Wales have intimated their intention of visiting the show pn Wednesday, and every arrongement for the reception and entertainment of their Royol Highnesses will be made. We may add that in addiiion to the horse show proper, there is also an ex tensive display of carriages, implements, articles for the stable, &c., in We arcade and galleries, which has attracted considerable notice and which will well repay the trouble of a visit. COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.—The Liverpool steamer Constance, bound to Nantes, was on Saturday reported in collision off the Longships with the Selina, Porthcawl to Plymouth, the latter had foundered, the Constance proceeding with little damage. The collision took place in a dense fog. The Constance is the property of Messrs. Pothonier and Co., Liverpool. An English sailor was washed overboard from a ship in the South Atlantic last year. The case was duly reported to the British Vice-Consul at the port next visited, who granted a certificate to the captain of the vessel, of which the following portion is rather Hiber than :—" I hereby certify that the within named has been discharged and left behind at sea on the alleged 4 '4 ground of being drowned ; that I have inquired into the matter, and find the allegation true and the ground suffi -471* t j and I have accordingly granted my sanction to his +7,. 4 4being so left behind." qc=, '577i LAW AND POLICE. OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO.—The Master of the Rolls gave judgment in the case of " Fenwick v. Wood." On the 28th April, 1866, a gentleman desired his brother to purchase certain shares inthe bank of Overend, Gurney, and Co., and that purchase was effected and the money paid. The transfer of the shares was executed on the 15th May, 1866, but that transfer was not signed. The bank became insolvent on the very day of the execution of the transfer, and the question at present was whether the vendor was liable. His lordship was of opinion that the shares were the property of the transferee, who was liable but he must be indemnified by the vendor. THE GREAT ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—George Mackin tosh, who was convicted last sessions for receiving three Eapes, stolen from the shop o f M r . G rune h ann , o f dgware-road, was brought up at the Middlesex Sessions for judgment. At the trial it was proved that the prisoner had been for years a most notorious receiver of stolen property, and some articles of jewellery, part of very extensive robberies of jewellery, one of them in the house of Mrs. Hanes, Bond-street, the celebrated singer, had been found. The sentence upon the prisoner was that he be kept in penal servitude for fourteen years. STOCK BROKERS AND STOCK "PURCHASERS.—Lord Romilly gave judgment in a cause in which the point involved was whether a vendor, having been placed on the list of contributories to Overend, Gurney, and Co., was entitled to indemnity when shares had been delivered to, and accepted by a purchaser, the purchase money paid, but the transfer never executed. The company stopped payment on the very day of the transfer, but no fraud was alleged. His lordship held that according to the rules of the Stock Exchange the vendor had got rid of his liability, and was therefore en titled to indemnity from the purchaser. BANKS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS.—I/1 a cause heard before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. M. James, in which the London and South Western Bank was plaintiff, and a gentleman named Stocker, the defendant, two somewhat important points of law arose ; first, whether, in the event of a bill being drawn, and the acceptance forged, the injured person could sue for the amount without prosecuting the offendor for felony ; and secondly, whether the bank was entitled to a first claim upon title deeds which had been deposited in respect of a prior advance. His Honour de cided in the negative on the latter point, but thought there was no evidence to establish the former, though if there had been he did not conceive that it would have the slightest effect upon the security, the debtor being liable upon the endorsements and upon the deeds. AN UNKNOWN BENEFACTOR.— The will of Horatio Ward, of Regent's Park, an American gentleman, who died in 1867, has occasioned a suit in Vice Chancellor Stuart's Court. He left 100,000 dollars to the Soldiers and Sailors' Home, at Washington, and a s i m il ar sum to ot h er asylums for hildren orphaned by the war, and 19,000 dollars to the daughters of the late Henry Morris, of Philadelphia, observing that probably they would be sur prised to receive a legacy from a person they had never heard of. The reason for the bequest was that Mr. Morris in early life had shewn some kindness to the testator, and that the ladies had met with reverses. The dispute was as to the shares which certain institutions were entitled to under the will, and the questions were decided by the Vice-Chancellor. THE BRIDGWATER ELECTION.—The case of the " Queen v. Buttle " has come before the court for the consideration of the Crown cases reserved. On the inquiry before the commissioners, Buttle admitted that he he had stated what was false, and had received £lO for his vote. By the commissioners' directions the prisoner was prosecuted for perjury. Is was urged that the evidence having been obtained of compulsion by the threat of imprisonment was not admissible against the prisoner himself, and the court supported this view and quashed the conviction. in the course of the examination Mr. Justice Blackburn said he believed the people of Bridgwater had become so demoralised by bribery that they thought no thi ng o f committing perjury. There were many persons who gave evidence before him that he would not believe. ATTEMPTED SUICIDES.—The disorderly inhabitants of the low districts in East London do not appear to find their reckless lives very enjoyable. Three persons were in one day charged at the Thames Police Court with at tempting to commit suicide. One of them was a smith, who had lost a good situation, probably through drink, as he had been drinking at the time he leaped into the Thames. He was saved with great difficulty. Another case was that of a woman who cut her throat. She also said that drinking had made her wish to destroy herself. The third was also a woman, and tried drowning. Another miserable creature, a resident of " Tiger Bay," St. George's-in-the East, sue_ ceeded in drowning herself from the Old Gravel-lane bridge of the London Docks. A fifth victim influenced by drink, attempted suicide from the New Gravel-lane bridge, while yet another flung herself from a second floor window, and was seriously injured. LIABILITY OF AN EXECUTRIX FOR SHARE CALLS.—The late Sir David Baird was the owner of twenty shares in the Agriculturist Cattle Insurance Company, and some years after his death the company sought to place Lady Baird, his executrix, on the list of contributories in re spect of £lOO per share, the concern being then in course of liquidation. In the Rolls Court, judgment was given as to the liability of Lady Baird. Lord Romilly pointed out that in general law the liability of a partner ceased on the termination of the partnership, and that that principle was applicable in all share trans actions, unless a special contract created an inconsistent element. In the transfer of shares it would be absurd to attempt to make both the transferee and transferor liable for debts incurred subsequently to the transaction. Death put an end to the interest of the deceased and his sur vivors, unless a new personal interest were created ; and his lordship held, consequently, that Lady Baird was not liable to the claim which had been made upon her. It was stated that this decision would affect the company to the extent of £lO,OOO, and intimated that an appeal would be instituted. LITIGATION WITH A VENGEANCE. —ln the cause of Stretton v. The Great Western and Brentford Railway Company, heard on Monday, some strange disclosures were made. In 1856 the Great Western Company were de sirous of extending their system to Brentford, and of con structing docks at that place. To that end, the Parlia mentary pqwers having been obtained, it became neces sary to pass through a field an undefined portion of which belonged to the plaintiff. In consequence of the plain tiff's lukewarmness, the company proceeded with their works without deciding upon the extent of the plaintiff's land, or the amount of compensation to be paid. On the completion of the railway the plaintiff levied an execution, the ludicrous plan adopted by the Sheriff's officer being to place a cord across the line— an obstacle which was, of course. removed at the passing of the first train. This proving ineffectual, the plaintiff's interest in the land was subsequently arrived at by an expensive law process ; but in spite of this, the amount of compensation had never been fixed upon. Thirteen years elapsed, and though litigation was carried on in the meantime, and the company made a definite offer of compensation, plaintiff now ap plied for an injunction against the railway authorities. The Vice-Chancellor characterised the proceed ng of both parties as monstrous, and said the demand was founded on injus tice, and was contrary to law. The bill was dismissed with costs. THE CHASSEPOT RIFLE.—An application has been made to the Lord Chancellor that the great seal might bo affixed to letters patent for improvements in breech load ing guns and cartridges made by M. Manceaux, an eminent gunmaker in Paris on, the famous Chassepot rifle. The application was opposed by M. Lebaron, a gunmaker of Caen, on the ground that a prior patent for the same invention, had been granted in this country to one of his agents. It was contended that as M. Lebaron had not opposed the grant to M. Manceaux before the Attorney-General his opposition could not be allowed at this stage of the proceedings. The Lord Chancellor said the inconvenience of allowing opposition at the Great Seal, where the parties had not come before the law officer to oppose, was very great, and in future he should make such objectors pay the costs of the hearing, unless fraud on the part of the petitioner were proved. In this case he should make an order referring the matter to the law officer. Both parties being foreigners, they must give security for costs. THE ROBBERY AT MR. BEAUMONT'S.—The great Picca dilly robbery has again engaged the attention of - Marl borough-street Police-court. Henry William Frankland, of Compton-street, general dealer, and Joseph Wilson, painter, of King-street, Long Acre, have been charged with being concerned in the burglary at Mr. Beaumont's, when jewellery to the amount of £lO,OOO was stolen. Mr. Lewis said he could offer little additional evidence be yond statements made by the prisoners, but he hoped at the end of another week to put matters in a different light. The evidence consisted chiefly of charges made by the prisoners against a man named Mackin tosh, who has been tried for receiving stolen property. Mr. Knox after going over the evidence at some length, said he could not divest his mind of the impression that the language deposed to as having been used by the pri soners was inconsistent with their innocence, and unless he believed the serge an t gu il ty of perjury, it certainly was strange they should directly after being taken into custody have made accusations regarding Mackintosh, who was in custody for receiving stolen property. What he would do was this. He would grant another remand, but on the next occasion he would hold Mr. Lewis bound to produce substantial evidenee, and if he did not then mend his case he would not give any promise. He felt it right that he should also state that he hadgranted a search warrant in the case, and that the house had been searched but nothing had come of it. The prisoners were then re manded. YACHTING. The channel match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club was sailed on Saturday from the Lower Hope to Harwich. Additional interest was given to the meeting of the Cambria and Egeria by the fact that the new schooner Gwendolin, although not in the match, accom panied the yachts, and tried her best in order to get into trim. She certainly did not seem likely to distinguish herself in light winds, but what she could do with the Egeria in a fair sailing breeze one had no op portunity of judging, as the Gwendolin got ashore on the Nore Sand, and remained there half an hour. The match altogether was not a satisfactory one, as there was very little wind during the first and last parts of the match. In the race the Cambria was regularly vanquished. Passing the Mouse Light the Fiona was first, Egeria second, and Mr. Ashbury's yacht a long way in the rear, and this order was kept till the close of the contest. The Fiona. was declared the winner of the £6O Cup, and the Egeria of the £4O. GREAT RAILWAY DISASTER. A railway collision of more than ordinarily destructiv character occurred a few days since on the Baden Rail way. A mixed passenger train from Constance entered the station at Murg at four o'clock in the afternoon. An engine and tender from Waldshut proceeding to Bale fol lowed at some distance. When the passenger train had entered the Murg station the usual danger signals were set, but the driver of the engine which followed, who had, it is said, been drinking, did not notice them, and ran into the station, where the locomotive dashed into the rear of the stationary train, and a fearful scene of suffering and death was at once produced. Three carriages filled with pas sengers were completely crushed, the last one bean forced into that before it. When the smoke and dust caused by the collision had cleared off it was found that nearly sixty passengers were more or less buried under the wreck of the carriages. One young girl was taken out dead, and twelve other, were dangerously injured. One man had both thighs broken, and died after under going amputation a few hours later. One gentlenjan, Dr. Ruff, of Waldshut, was mortally hurt, and has since died. The wounded, nearly thirty in number, were taken to hotels, where they were attended by surgeons sum moned by telegraph from the nearest towns, The towns people were so furious at the misconduct of the engine driver that it was with difficulty they were restrained from enforcing Lynch law, but ultimately he was conveyed to prison to await his trial. • THE LATE ACCIDENT IN SWITZERLAND. Some further details are published of the late fatal accident on Monte Salvadore. It appears that Mr. Roycls, accompanied by his sister and cousin, while ascending Salvadore .on the 25th ult., through some mistake missed the first turn and got on to the wrong side of the mountain, but scrambled on, hoping to hit the right path. They pushed on until near the top, for it was becoming dark, and they thought if they reached the summit they could then discover the way down. Unfortunately, however, there was a perpendi cular rock, which the young ladies could not climb, and Mr. Royds returned to them. They then tried to find their way down as they had gone up, chiefly by water courses, &c. When part of the way down, it then being quite dark, they thought they saw a cottage, and made towards it ; it was, however, only a rock. Mr. Royds was then leading. Up t o that time one of the youno , ladies had gone first, but, having stumbled, she had fallen behind. Mr. Royds leaned forward to try and feel for a path, when the ladies heard the noise of a slip and a shout ; he had disappeared, To their calls there was no response. How the poor young ladies got down they scarcely know ; it was long after midnight when they reached the hotel. One of them then started with men and lights to find Mr. Royds. Failing to discover the spot, some of the men returned for the other young lady, but the body was not found until ten o'clock next morning. The body of Mr. Royds was interred at Lugano. THE GREAT FIRE AT FALMOUTH. The Western Morning News, in its description of the terrible fire at Falmouth, says : At about two o'c:ock on Sunday morning the flames were discovered issuing from stores at the . back of the premises occupied by Mr. Harvey, grocer, Market-street, and as this part of the premises was constructed entirely of wood and lath and pla,ster, the flames rapidly spread. A dense fog prevailed at the time, but fortunately the wind was very light. The flames having obtained a mastery over several buildings within a few minutes, messengers were despatched to request assistance from H.M.S. Ganges, lying in the har bour, from the artillery at Pendennis Castle and the Pen ryn and Truro Fire Brigade, and shortly afterwards the crew of the Ganges, under the command of Commander Wilson, arrived with their engine. About twenty ar tillerymen, under the command of Captain Purdy, with an engine, the Penryn Fire Brigade, with two engines, and the Truro fire brigade withe two engines, also responded to the summons, but in consequence of the long distance the latter had to travel, and the difficulty of obtaining eight horses at so earlyan hour, they arrived too late to be of any assistance. Great fears were enter tained that the flames would extend to the opposite side of the streets, where some hundreds of poor persons reside in tenements in courts; but although the fire caught the house once or twice a steady stream of water prevented much mischief. The 'folowing property is entirely destroyed --Mr. A. Geach, draper, house and shop ; Mr. N. Fox, ironmonger, house and shop ; Mr. A. Webber, confectioner, house and shop ; Mr. T. Webber, stores and lofts ; Mr. Twiggs, stores ; Mr. Charles Skinner, workshop ; Mr. T. :Dunstan, workshop ; Mr. John Richard, workshop ; Mr. Henry Harvey, grocer, shop, dwelling-house, and stores ; Mr. G. B. aohns, boot and shoe warehouse ; Mr. Curtis, refreshment-house ; the premises in the occupatson of Mr. Goodman, currier ; Messrs. Kelway and Osborne, grocers ; Mr. E. T. Turner, mercer and tailor ; Mr. Abel Travers, painter ; and Mr. Chapman, hair dresser. Almost all the stock is also de stroyed. Many poor persons occupying small tenements at the back of these premises have lost most of their fur niture. The West of England office will be the most affected, and after that the County Fire Office. Policies are also held in the Phoenix, Caledbnian, North British and Mercantile, Manchester, and Scot tish Provincial. Altogether about thirty thousand pounds worth Of property has been destroyed, and in this respect the conflagration of Sunday proved more disas trous than that in April 1862, when thirty houses in High-street were burnt. Only one accident occurred to the assisters in extinguishing the flames. Mr. Jane, one of the Falmouth Fire Brigade, was at work under a burning house when a portion gave way and. fell upon him. He was quickly conveyed to his home. Lord Radstock is holding missionary services in Norwich and neighbouring towns, and his preaching is attracting large numbers of people. Le Nord publishes a Board of Trade order at St. Petersburg, by which vessels carrying petroleum are pro hibited entering the Neva under heavy penalties, unless they hoist, a red flag as if they were laden with powder. The harbour. master is then to take special charge of these ships. _ _ A petition has been presented to the Irish Court of Chancery in the matter of Mr. H. M. D'Arcy Irvine, praying that a commission of lunacy might issue to try the question of whether the party in the case was a lunatic. The petition was filed by the brothers and sisters of Mr. Irvine, who stated that the latter had an only child, seven years of age, and that he was possessed of a large property, without any agent at present to take charge of it. The Lord Chancellor granted the applica tion. At about midnight on Saturday a man named Henry Yearley, in the employ of Mr. Reeves, horse dealer, of Earley, was returning honie from Reading with a companion, and, when near a gravel pit, met two men named Blake, father and son. An altercation took place between Yearley and the elder Blake. The son rushed at Yearley with a large knife, and stabbed him in the throat and in the groin. The wound in the throat is serious, some of the arteries having been severed, but that in the groin is not dangerous. The Blakes are in custody. One of the missing vessels which was long ago given up as lost has been reportCd to have put back to an American port. 'lt is the Cerealia, which sailed for Queenstown on the 14th of 'January, a fortnight before the City of Boston left Halifax. A Norwegian ship, the Lydia, which had been two hundred days in the China Sea without being heard of, is also reported in safety in Java. This news is interesting and important, as chew ing that a ship may be in the Atlantic for more than one hundred days and not be seen by other vessels. TIGER OPERATIONS IN INDlA.—Tiger hunting goes on prosperously this year. In the Central Provinces two or three gentlemen killed eleven in eight or. nine days. Mr. Charles Havelock, writing to the Neilgherry Excelsior, from Ma,al Koonhah, says :—"Afine tigress was found dead near this ; shewas killed bygetting some of the quills of a porcupine through her gullet; they must have got there while the tigress was eating. one of these ani mals, I believe that both cheetahs and tigers often lose their lives in this manner. I have the skull of the tigress ; the skin was destroyed. A tiger near this a day or two ago tried to drag a cow out of a cattle shed by her tail ; much to the disgust of both animals the tail gave way." THE GREAT FIRE IN QUEBEC.—The Nilo York Herald of May 25 gives a few details of the terrible fire which occurred at Quebec on the previous day, though the transmission of full particulars was prevented by the cutting of the telegraph wires by the Feni ans . Th e fi re first broke out, it seems, in a baker's shop in St. Roche, a suburb of the city, and though every effort was made to stay its progress, the tropps being called out and houses blown up, it destroyed more than 100,000 dols. worth of property. A large number of houses of the better sort, which had been rebuilt after the great fire in 1866, were unfortunately destroyed, and from five to six thousand persons are rendered homeless. These are being lodged by the corpo ration, but it is feared the distress will be very great unless public aid is afforded. There were naturally many accidents, and two men are reported missing. Two ships on the stocks were among the property destroyed, CASE OF CHILD STEALING. The Salford police have discovrecl a remarkable case of child-stealing and imposture. A few weeks ago a woman named Payne, who had an infant about one month old in her arms, went into a beerhouse in Liverpool, and there met a woman named Mary Jane Wilson, with whom she had been previously acquainted, They had some drink together, and Mrs. Payne, having some marketing to do, went out, leaving the child in the care of the woman Wilson, who promised to await her return. Mrs. Payne was absent for about fifteen minutes. and on her return to the beerhouse she found that Wilson had gone away. She spent the whole of the night in search of her, and continued her search for several days without obtaining any informa tion respecting her. She at length gave information to the police at Liverpool, who forwarded a description of the woman and the child to the various police-stations through out the country. The Salford police recognised in the description the woman Wilson, who had for a considerable length of time cohabited with a man residing in Cook street, Salford. She is a woman of loose character, and is at present undergoing nine months' imprisonment in the county gaol for felony. The police went to the gaol, and on examining the child found certain marks which had been described by its mother upon it. The woman Wilson, however, insists that the child is her own, and the governor of the gaol cannot under these circum stances allow the child to be taken from her. The facts of the case have been reported to the Home Secre tary, and some action will be taken in the matter at once. It has been ascertained that Wilson, who had left the man with whom she cohabited for some time, induced him to believe that .the child was his, and by that means persuaded bim to take her iuto his house again. THREATENED FENIAN ATTACK ON TYNEHOUTH CASTLE. Great excitement prevailed in Tynemouth on Sunday in consequence of a threatened Fenian attack upon the Castle. The ammunition for the military district between the Humber and the Tweed, and as far west a 3 Carlisle and Maryport, is stored in a large magazine in the Castle grounds ; and the authorities appear to have had positive information of a threatened attack on the stores ; some say by a vessel from the coast, others by a land force. There are 300 tons of powder stored in the magazine at the castle, and it appears that the authorities were afraid that the attacking party would attempt to get possession of that. On Thursday evening Major Cleveland, the commander of the 98th regiment stationed in the district, arrived in great haste at the Castle, and gave orders for the sentries to be dou bled, and for a strong guard to be placed over the powder magazine. The soldiers in the garrison were also strengthened by a party of the 98th, sent down irom New castle ; and on Saturday two more companies of the 98th, with camp equipments, were dispached, at half an hour's notice, from Newcastle, to reinforce the soldiers in Tyne mouth garrison. Fatigue parties were also engaged on Friday and Saturday in barring and - otherwise fortifying the store-rooms, and in putting everything into a strong state of defence. A large and strongly-armed party of sol diers are camped out in the Castle-yard, close to the powder magazine, nine tents being pitched for their use. TIIE DARIEN SHIP CANAL. A new England paper publishes the following letter : " Peelings of regret have shewn in England that, with all the engineering skill she commands, and with her boasted national success in great and foreign movements, she has allowed France the honour of constructing the great Suez Canal. The traffic through this cut off betweeu Europe and the East is immense, and so rapidly increasing as to have already effected a reduction in the shipping fleet of England, and increased the necessity for steam vessels. That England does not fear a falling off of her trade with the East, though she does not hold the gates to the Red Sea, is evident from the fact that she contemplates a rail road from the Mediterranean by the Euphrates Valley and the arid plains of Persia to the Indus. This will be a very much shorter route to India than the one by the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Even with this road completed England would envy the French their posses sion of the Suez Canal. For large quantities of freight are sure to be transported by water in preference to rail between the distant nations of Europe and Asia ; and the government that controlled both lines of traffic would enjoy a monopoly. From France to the Suez Canal it is about 1,600 miles. At such a distance must France defend her right to this enviable canal, with so many powerful nations nearer or as near to it as she is. From New Orleans to Aspinwall it is about 1,500 miles. If the United States come into the pozsession of Cuba, and it seems that they soon will, the distance from Havana to -Aspinwall will be about 1,000 miles. That the United States should shrink from constructing the Darien Canal because there might be some difficulty in holding it in time of war, is a notion too weak and absurd for this great nation to be concerned about. With such resources as the United States commands, she can maintain her rights in more critical positions than this is ever likely to place her. And would not the other great nations be put to a greater expense and risk than the United States if they should attempt any infringement of our rights in a position so much nearer our Government than it is to theirs. An increase in the. English trade through this canal would not hurt us. :What are Jamaica and some other little islands in the West Indies ?. If we own Cuba our management of that island will soon raise it to a position of greater importance and influence than all the rest of the West Indies together. That there is a necessity for a canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific can no longer be doubted. There is a pressing need for it. Now, suppose we neglect the present opportunity, and England or France make and, control this canal, our regrets will then be as useless as England's are to-day over the Suez Canal. It is preposterous to suppose that if the United States built the Darien Canal she would reap the sole benefit from it. And it is very unbusiness, like to maintain that if we do not get all the benefit that is good ground for our not constructing the canal at all. Just what proportion of the advantage would fall to each nation is hard to tell now. But when we see that the ports on the western coast of South America will all be nearer the United States than any other great mari time nation, and that our great traffic by the isthmus to the West will undoubtedly be increased when this canal is made, we may feel very confident that our share of the I benefits attending the completion of this enterprise willbe large enough to warrant every reasonable effort to secure its accomplishment. The cost of this enterprise will not' be great, compared at least with that of the Suez Canal. And' I presume the privilege' that foreign nations must annually pay to pass through the Darien Canal would largely contribute towards defraying the expense of its construction. When the time, the great danger, and the expense of rounding Cape Horn are done away with by the Darien Canal, the nation that has made it may con gratulate the world. " DARIEN. Sir Stafford Northcote is expected to arrive in Eng land on Wednesday, the Bth inst. The Rappel states that the journeymen iron founder's of Paris now on strike, have sent two delegates to London to negotiate a loan with the English societies, and that they have received a favourable answer. Mr. Joseph Eldred, winr has been director of the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, has left that theatre and will shortly accompany his old confrere, Mr. J. L. Toole, on a tour in the provinces. Mr. Harry Paulton, one of the best of Liverpool comedians, is also about to leave the Prince of Wales' Theatre for Miss Swanborough's house in the Strand. - A CURIOUS ECCLESIASTICAL DIFFICULTY.— A memorial has been sent to the Prime Minister. praying for inquiry into a singular ecclesiastical difficulty. It a ppears that in 1854 Lord John Russell, who was then Prime Minister, appointed the Rt.v. G. H. Johnson, of Queen's College, Oxford, who had been secretary of some ecclesiastical commissions, to the deanery of Wells. In 1856 the vicarage of St. Cuthbert's, Wells, in the gift of the dean and chapter, became vacant, and the dean took it, although it was stated at the time that it was worth more than the £5OO a year provided by the statute. In consequence of some recent parochial disputes the ques tion has been revived, and th e o pi n i on o f counsel has been taken as to the validity of the dean's appointment to the vicarage. The opinion given by the legal gentlemen is that the moment the dean accepted the appointment of vicar of St. Cuthbert's the office of dean became ipso facto vacant. The memorialists pray that the Prime Minister will take whatever steps may be necessary in the matter. THE PILGRIM FATHERS. The occurrence this year of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims is to be made by the Congregationalists the occasion of a general reor ganisation of their forces. It is their jubilee year, and is to be celebrated in a variety of ways. Primarily, there will be a vigorous and united effort to strengthen the de nomination, by collecting its scattered forces, by healing old wounds, and cancelling old enmities in the body ecclesiastic, by removing unfriendly obstacles wherever they exist, and by a large pecuniary contribution to aid the work of spreading its doctrines. The observance of the year is also to be a tribute to the virtues of the Puritans. Congregationalism will sit at the foot of Plymouth monument and draw fresh lessons of zeal and courage from the spirits of those whom it com memorates. And it will endeavour to renew in the minds of all men that reverence for the Pilgrim Fathers which is such an essential pillar of its own structure. Finally, it is proposed by this denomination to fix upon a centre— or to use a military term, headquarters—for purposes of convenience. This centre is to be the location of a sort of executive office of the sect, and it is there that the archives and all official documents are to kept. This pro position has, as we understand, no theological significance. The general office will not be rejarded in any sense as the supreme council of the organization, but as a common depository for its papers and publications. This explanation may quiet the apprehensions of timorous persons, that the proposed central ' office will be a sort of Congregational Vatican, and that some unsuspected doctor of divinity will crop out into a perfect pope, infallibility and all. These are the outlines of the proposed commemoration. It takes the form of three specific measures. The first is the raising of three million dollars in aid of the theological seminaries of the denomi nation. The sum is to be raised by private subscription, by church offerings, by Sunday school collections, or in any way that is proper and profitable. The second mea sure is the liquidation of church and parish debts. This is recommended not only as a measure of relief to those churches which are oppressed by their pecuniary liabilities, but indirectly as a means of strengthening the denomination at large. The third contribution of the jubilee year will be for the pur dose of building the "congregational house" in Boston — the central depository of which we have spoken. The "Jubilee Executive Committee " have prepared a sub scription book, and recommend that every church procure one for the entry of its own subscriptions, and those of its members. Each - donor will be allowed to direct to which one of the three objects his gift shall be applied. The in ception of the " Jubilee " is due to the Church of the Pil grims at Plymouth. In response to its call a convention assembled at New York early in March and drew up the plan which we have just described. An executive committee was appointed to have general superintendence of the arrangements, and Reverend R. S. Stoors, jun., of Brooklyn, was requested to deliver an address at a com memorative meeting to be held either at Boston or at Plymouth, on the 21st day of December. The Pilgrim Memorial Convention at Chicago, the last of April, ratified this general plan, and added some unimportant details and suggestions. It will be seen that the commemoration promises to be worthy of the Puritan Fathers and of the powerful sect which looks upon their memory as its special inheritance.—Boston Advertiser. OCEAN TELEGRAPHY. Just as the last of the ocean telegraph projects, con necting the United States with South America and Europe by the Atlantic coast, is completed, Mr. Field is on the war-path again as the pioneer of a scheme more wonderful than any that has gone before it. His plan is to lay a cable from San Francisco to Shanghai, by way either of the Hawaiian Islands on the south, or of the Aleutian Islands on the north, as i shall he determined hereafter; and he is said to have rec I ved already much encourage ment touching the feas Way of the enterprise. The shorter submarine route is that proceeding from San Francisco, which tending northward takes the circuit of the Aleutian Islands. These Islands, a little above the fiftieth parallel, stretch nearly across the sea to Kamtchatka, and would thus afford convenient resting 'places as well as a shorter submarine route. The path by way of the Sandwich Islands, how ever, appears to be, for several reasons, especially of a commercial character, in greater favour than the northern course. By the southern course the entire length .of cable would be upwards of nine thousand miles, the longest stretch, unbroken, from the Midway Islands to Yokohama, being about twenty two hundred miles. Mr. Field is in Washington withhis enterprise, and, according to one of the papers there, has won the Pre sident's approval, with the condition that he shall ask for no land subsidies from the Government. The Chronicle, however, intimates, that the committees who have heard the case are favourable to money subsidies in case the work is to go on. —Boston Advertiser. DECORATION DAY. The return of the May flowers is promptly followed by preparations for the annual ceremonies of "Decoration Day." The thirtieth day of May has been selected for the floral offering, and the order of General Logan sets forth the character of the commemoration and the services app,ropriate to it. He exhorts all departments, districts, posts, and comrades of the Grand Army, wherever dis persed throughout the land, to unite in the proper observ ance of the day, and invites all communities and persons whose prayers and aid sustained the nation's soldiers in the dark days of the war "to lend their aid- and as sistance in strewing the pure 'garlands of spring over the mounds which mark the country's altar and fold in rest eternal our martyred dead."' This is the plea of a soldier for the memory of his fallen comrades. But it can add nothing to, the solem nity of the occasion. It can inspire the popular heart with no fresh sentiment of patriotism. In the course of time this annual order may come to be regarded as a mere matter of form, and what was once the suggestion of a new ceremony become the stereotyped announcement of an established public fe;tival. This is the case with all things that happen to meet the popular heart. They may be never so humble in their origin, they may be due to the suggestion of an individual or to the fraternal sympathy of a sect or an association ; yet, if they meet any long-felt impulse in the human heart, they are soon lifted out of the exclusive charge or the few and consecrated by a nation's care. This is one of the essential merits of " Memorial Day." Its observance is a spontaneous labour of love on the part of patriots all over the country. It is the fulfilment of a self-imposed duty. The suggestion for an annual holiday of that kind came to a people who felt that the boisterous character of most of our public celebrations needed to be supplemented by something that would more fitly express the deeper and more serious feelings of the nation. It offered a service beautiful, touching, impres sive. It was the just tribute to the thousands of martyrs who are sleeping in so many cemeteries and on so many battle-grounds. It afforded a yearly occasion for recalling the best memories of the war, and for renewing in an earnest and solemn manner the noble sentiments it inspired. A day which has these claims to the favour and respect of a people will not go un observed. Nor should the good sense and fraternal spirit of the organisation to which we owe the day go un recorded. Had the Grand Army of the Republic no other objects than the annual decoration of the graves of fallen soldiers, this alone would establish its value to the coun try. The fear that it will perpetuate the passions and animosities of the war rests upon an entire misapprehen sion of the character of the Ameriean soldier. The soldier is proverbially the most generous of men. The vindictive element in the defenders of the Union has yet to appear. On-the contrary it is a matter of history that the earliest efforts at reconciliation and harmony came from the sol diers on both sides. The northern soldiers fought with vigour and determination while the war was in prog ress , but were generous and forgiving victors. The home guard were bloodthirsty in their cries for vengeance, but the veterans fought for peace, and appreciated its value when it came.—Boston, Advertiser. An American paper says that the Paris street-boys have invented a new game for petty gambling that will probably be imported into this country. As it is prac tised in France there is a political significance in the re sult of the game, for Gavroche is a politician as soon as he can toddle across a street. The game is known as Pl - biscite, and is played in this way :—Two coins are placed on each other and a marble is dropped on them in such a way as to cause them to jump and turn, and the bet is laid on " heads " or " tails " for both the coins. When both the sous shew the eagle's head it of course indicates the triumph of the irreconcilables, but if on the other hand Napoleon's portrait is exhibited on both the pieces, the supremacy of the empire is established. LETTER FROM MR. PHILLIPS.—The following is the letter of Wendell Phillips, which was read at the meeting of the Indian Commission in New York held recently :—" Boston, May 17, 1870. Dear Sir,--I deeply regret that I cannot be with y ou on W e d nes d ay , regar di ng I th meeting as I do as one of paramount importance. Evsry American ought to blush at this nation's treatment of the Indians. Reckless, treacherous, and bloodthirsty, we descend to all the cruel methods of warfare which we charge the Indians with using —often an unjust charge— only to find ourselves foiled after all, at our own game. The hands of Sheridan are foul with Indian blood, shed by assassins who acted under his orders and received his approval. If he filched success by such baseness, ruffians might fancy we had gained something. But after dragging the flag through this infamy he is whipped by his numerically contemptible foe. Still he is no worse than others. Many of our frontier commanders have shewn themselves miscreants—and worsted, out-generalled miscreants at that. We have been obliged, after all the shame they load us with, to buy that peace which their clumsy swords, rusted with innocent blood, failed to secure. Of course brave men are always just, fair and merciful. lam for an immediate entire and permanent change of our Indian policy. Make them citizens, hold them responsible to our civil -law, and secure to them its protection. Call home th e cheats and cut-throats, who only exasperate and abuse them. Treat them like men. Do justice, it you expect to receive it. Shew them civili sation before you expect them to copy it. Were they to-day the brutes some men fancy them, they could fairly say, We have only imitated the examples you have set us for a hundred years.' Let us reform this altogether.— Yours, Wskunid, F, Tappan," THE CHICAGO ELEVATOR MONOPOLY. And now comes a voice from the east, asking, " What will Chicago do toward r e d uc i ng th e cos t o f putting western grain into the market of the wor ld?" We answer that so far as the elevators are conce rne d, no thi n g. We very much to make this admi ss i on . W e know it will not tend to increase the grain tr a d e o f our city, but the truth might as well be spoken now, and the responsi bility thrown where it belongs —upon the shoulders of the elevator proprietors. There is no disputing the fact that the elevators of this city have a monopoly of the trade, and they will not reduce their charges for storing grain unless they are compelled so to do. Chicago is the grain centre of the northwest. Her supremacy as a grain cen tre was gained by the liberal policy of her merchants and citizens generally, who did everything in their power to draw trade hither, and they were successful be yond expectations. Jealous rivals used every effort to divert the grain trade from this city, but so far they have been unsuccessful. But this is not saying that in the long run Chicago will not be beaten. If the grasping and selfish policy of the elevator proprietors of • this city is to continue, we fear that it will not be manY years before we shall be obliged to point to a falling off in our grain trade. Producers and forwarders in the West have argued that if sc me of the more Eastern cities would reduce their elevator charges, Chicago would follow suit' What a fallacious idea ! There has been a reduction of fully 50 per cent. in Erie canal tolls, and the rate of ele vating at Buffolo has been reduced one cent. per bushel. Something less than a year ago one or two other lake cities made a reduction in their elevator charges, al l expecting that the elevators of Chicago would second the movement. But no ; Chicago—or rather her elevator, proprietors, to use a slang phrase, " could not see it ; and they charge just as much now as they did when the producer was enabled to sell his grain at nearly double the figures at which he can now an d could, consequently, afford to pay a high er f re iglit. Efforts are being made all along the route to furnish cheap transportation to eastern markets. If the elevator proprietors at Buffalo can afford to reduce their storage charges one cent per bushel—and it is not reasonable to suppose they would do so if the action was to be followed by pecuniary loss—it cannot be said but that the elevator proprietors of Chicago can afford to reduce their charges, if not one cent per bushel half a cent— anything so that we have a reduction. The receipts of grain at Chicago for 1869 were, in r mnd numbers, 53,400,000 bushels, and at Buffalo, 37,500,000 bushels. It must be recollected that the grain put in the elevators at Buffalo does not remain their any length of time, while through the winter months the stocks usually accumulated in elevators here are immense. Thus we find that on January 3, 1870, there was in 'store at Buffalo a total of 1,250,000 bushels o f grain, while in Chicago the re was 4,325,000 bushels. While we admit that it was force of circumstance s that compelled a reduction in canal tolls, and in elevator charges at Buffalo, and that a reduction would not have been made had it not been a positive necessity, and that none of these circumstances are applicable to Chicago just now, we are somewhat fearful that u nless some decisive steps are taken to shew that the city of Chicago is willing to lend a hand in furnishing the pro ducer with a cheap transit for his grain, these same pro ducers' will patronise those people who are willing to assist them. This is human nature. There are seventeen ele vators in this city, and all but one charge the same rates for storing grain now as they did during the times of high prices. And we presume they will continue so to do until they are forced to cut down rates or lose their trade. It is the wish of grain dealers here, almost without exceP" tion, that the elevator proprietors reduce their rates of storage, but they " pull ' together, and have such a maw' poly of the business that they will not listen to anY entreaties, and do not care, so l ow " as they have a fa' , job, what becomes of the grain trade of the city. TheY probably imagine that it is time enough to act when the grain trade begins to fall off by diversions to other routes; but they will find that if the trade should ever turn, it will hardly be in their power to bring it back to its old channeL —Chicago Republican. THE NEW FENIAN RAID. Our dispatches from various points along the Canadian border indicate that a .formidable demonstration is being made by the Fenians. Movements are reported to be going on simultaneously . at Buffalo. Ogdensbur,Rochester , Burlington, Boston, and from this City. The w hol" frontier has been th rown i n t o commot i on, an d the Dominion authorities must b e i n a s t a t e o f b ew ilde r ment in determining wh ere t o concen t ra t e t h e i r d efences . I t is evident that th e d e t a il s o f t h e ra id , w h atever they may be, have been carefully and deliberately arranged , and that the leaders have been very sue" cessful in maintaining secrecy. The authoritie s on both sides seem to have been taken completely by Bur prise. The indications are strong that the impending blow will be struck near Ogdensburg, although it may b e that the demonstration at that point is merely a feint to create a diversion in favour of some other locality. Great activity is reported at Buffalo, quite a concentration of Fenians having been made there. This, it will be remem bered, was the point from which the disastrous atteniP t . of 1868 was made. Whatever may be the plan of o pera. tions it must be developed within afew hours, or the whole movement will be baffled by Federal interference, Pre" cisely as the previous one was. The President has been prempt in issuing a p roc l ama ti on warn i ng a ll citizens • against joining in the threatened movements, and ad" monishing them that by t a ki ng an y p ar t i n th e raid they will forfeit the protection of the United States. must necessarily be a fatal blow to mere preparations. It is exceedingly difficult to conceive what the Fenians hope to accomplish by this new and unexpected demonstration. It can hardly be that they expect to conquer Canada, or even that they have any reasonable stand against the military forces which will speedily be brought against them. We certainly do not believe that theY will receive any assistance from the Canadian people. Although there is a strong elemen t of dissatisfaction among the inhabitants in Canada West , they will not be likely to co-operate with the Fenian (?r" ganisation, or go to the length of open rebellion, for th e reason that a peaceful solution of their difficulties Is feasible, besides being perfectly safe. One thing Inal safely be calculated upon, and that is that our C a nadial! neighbours will experience another seas on o f e xciteinen' and apprehension, this time with good reason ; that there will be hurried concentration of troops at various poh,ts., a gen eral panic among the defen ce l ess p eop l e , an d, xilt' - mately, a round bill to pay. The constant liability of recurrence of these outbreaks must be exceedingly pleasant as well as expensive, and it behoves the v e i minion authorities t o d ev i se scmemeans o f putt i ng an ell to them.—New York Herald of May 25. TLe Lords of the Admiralty have decided 011 immediately building three iron vessels of war, at Chathal dockyard, in addition to C.ose now under construction fitting at that establi s h men t. Th e l arges t and R 131°,s powerful of the new vessels is to be named the aleigaP and will be of between 4,000 and 5,000 tons burden , mounting an armament of 27 heavy guns, placed in b er , broadside batteries. Baboo Keshub Chunder Sen has visited t he Swedenborgians. He was presented with a handsomely bound set of Swedenborg's theological works. In rea p:. ing thanks he said he had not come to England to be - be come a convert to any sect. If he hated idolatry, he hated sectarianism ; and he did not intend to become t exclusive property of any one religious denominati ° % He wished to look with Catholic, brotherly eyes upon alike. [ ADVERTISEMENT. 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We cl°° o few: -The Pope's health restored by Du parry's Food. Cure,_ N is . 68,413 - "Rome, July 21, 1806. The health of the Holy Fat lio excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he, confined himself entirely to Dn Barry's Revalenta Arabica x d "'"" ce of which - he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has pred. u „ e gs a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his 1 1011 " e tie sannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the " bet du Midi,' July 2:1. Cure No. 46,.,70.—Mr. James Roberts, t' in ' gg, merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased 11,00 spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. ?„,.ct N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, 1 ord-Lieuteuaut of Wat erl .:4l) of many years dyspepsia.—No. 49.8:1!. "Fifty-years' i nde't ;c: able agony from dyspepsia, rervousness, asthma, cough , ox ig stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. -- o urS Jolly " Important Caution.—Beware of the many uns'' or ityl and more than sloppy imitations to which, without Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. 121 b In tins, at Is lid; 1 lb 2s 9d; 2 lb :s 6d; Sib lls.;_ - 24 lbs 4 s.—Also DU BAltitr's REVALENTA RABWA Clloo?..•.ups POWDER is racked in tin canisters: for 1 cups at 2s, for 2 * ' t at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at6e, for 2eB cups at 30s, for 576 CUPS %get —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins ore„ .. r. „.. free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Ord an d BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Louden , all Grocers and Chemists. author BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., at 7Q, Eaton-place, the wife of Arthur ". Peel, M.P., of a ton. On the 3d hitt., at 64, Eccleston-square, the wife of 0-srlo Spencer Percevel, Esq., of a daughter. MA RRi AGES. r , On the 2d inst., at Goring, Oxon, Thomas Taylor, S. f of 'locking, Essex, to Sarah Caroline, eldest daugP ter Charles Gale, Esq., of Little Briekhill, Backz. ; got- On the 2d inst. at Horley, Steyning Beard, Esq. , 0 ' tingdean, Sussex, to Elizabeth Georgina, daughter 0. H. Murrell, Esq., of Horley. • DEATHS • On the 3d inst., at Denmark-hill, Camberwell, Mr. Oe°rge Self, aged 5 9. On the 2d inst., at Belmont, Bournemouth, Edward Jans°'°' Esq., aged 62. , A 7 London: Printed and Published by WILL I A 31 AND RE '' ,6 2. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. I '4 ti* Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Con . " Middlesex. —Tuesday ? June 7' 1870 . 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