The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-30 00:00:00

SPEC ] AL -EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. THIS EVENING'S NEWS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STOCKBRIDGE MEETING—THIS DAY. (ET ELECT= TELEGRAPH.) ANDOVER STAKES. Neuchatel Historian Robespierre Five ran. ALL-AGED PLATE. The Gift Maidservan.' Desert Six ran. BEAU - FORT PLATE. Annie Wood Soucar Vestminster Five ran. HuRSTBOURNE STAKES. Bicycle Digby Grand Count Four ran. STOCKBRIDGE CUP. Mortemer Border Knight Lancet's dam colt Six ran. VISITORS' PLATE. Cornet Sulphur .. Roxana Nine ran CROOME PRODUCE STAKES. Sunflower c Lurley f Queen Isabel NEWTON MEETING.—Tms DAY. ST. HELEN'S PURSE. Sallie Lady Highthorn Stamford Four ran. HAYDOCK PLATE. Lothair Caradoc Ruffian ................... Seven ran. GREAT NEWTON CUP.® Good Hope Indian Ocean Ampleforth.. Five ran. EARLSTOWN HANDICAP. Painkiller Lady de Trafford Kellog Five ran. TRAFFORD PARK STAKES, Painkiller Windrush Bonita Four ran. WILTON HANDICAP. Sarrtoga Mayoress Soubrette Five ran. CITY BETTING—THIS DAY, GOODWOOD STAKIS. Bto 1 agst Capitaliste (offered—take 100 to 12) 10 to 1 agst Revenge (taken freely) 11 to 1 agst John Davis (offered—after 10 to It. 20 to 1 agst Indian Ocean (taken) ST. LEGER. 500 to 30 agst Captivator (taken and offered) Very little doing. GOODWOOD RACES. Acceptances for the Goodwood Stakes. and a half. Ago st lb Brigantine Ridderminster 6 8 10 Paganini Capitaliste John Davis ...... Acaster The Laird 5 7 3 Fleets 4 7 0 Chivalry Bonny Swell 3 7 0 Prince Henry Toby Sweet Sound Newsman 3 6 9 Two miles Age st lb Bertha Miss Sheppard 3 6 5 Rattlepate 3 6 4 Dairymaid 4 6 4 Indian Ocean Five per Cent. 3 5 12 Nightjar 4 5 11 Revenge • 3 511 Sulphur 3 5 10 f by Tim Whiffler -Maud Jasonia ... lonia ... Moccolo 3 5 10 3 5 9 3 5 7 3 5 7 HORSES STRUCK MO EIS OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE June 28, at 9 a.m, Stockwater and Albert Victor, out of Stockbridge engagements. June 28, at 9 a.m, Argyle, out of Goodwood Cup. June 28, at 9 a.m., All horses in Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's name, out of Bibury and Stockbridge engagements. June 28, at 9 a.m., Maid of Athens, out of the Two Yrs Old Stakes at Sutton Park. June 28, at 9 a.m., Vex, out of all handicaps at Wor cester. June 28, at 4.15 p.m., Dora, 'Birch Rod, and Laird of Scotland, out of Stockbridge engagements. June 30, at 9 a.m., Paganini, out of the Lowther han dicap, Carlisle. June 30, at 9 a.m., Diana, out of Neciton engagements. WEST DRAYTON JUNE MEETING. — The handicaps for this meeting will be made by Messrs. Weatherby. FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of Lord Zetland have been paid. HENLEY-ON-THAMES ROYAL REGATTA. (THIS DAY.) This great regatta commenced at noon in the presence of a vast assemblage of spectators. As usual the contest to-day were all trial heats, the following being the order and arrangement of the sport, the results of which are given below : First Race —Trial Heat for Diamond Challenge Sculls —Mr A. Yarborough, of Oxford, Mr F. T. Ashby, of Staines, and Mr R. W. Griffiths, of Cambridge. Second Race—First Trial Heat for Grand Challenge Cup, for Eight-Oared Boats—The Dublin University Club, the Kingston Rowing Club, and the Cambridge Pitt Club. Third Race—Second Heat for Grand Challenge Cup— Eton College Boat Club and London Rowing Club. Fourth Race—Second Heat for Diamond Challenge Sculls—Mr 0. W. Fuller, Kingston ; Mr J. B. Close, Cambridge ; and Mr Charles Lawton, York. Fifth Race—Thames Challenge Cup for Eight Oared Boats, First Heat—Royal Artillery, Woolwich, and Rad ley College. Sixth Race—Town Challenge ,Cup for Four-oared Boats of the District—Marlow Amateur Boat Club, Reading Boat Club, and the Henley Dreadnought Cutter Club. Seventh Race--Thames Challenge Cup— Second Heat, London Rowing Club (second crew), and the Royal Engineers, Chatham. Eighth Race—Stewards' Challenge Cup for Four-oared Boats—First Heat -John o'Gaunt Rowing Club, Lan caster, the Oxford Radloians, and the Dublin University Boat Club. Ninth Race—Diamond Challenge Sculls—Third Heat Mr W. Murray, Dublin, Mr Albert de Laude Long, and Mr W. Chillingworth. Tenth Race—Stewards' Challenge Cup, Second Heat —Oxford Etonians and Kingston Rowing Club. Eleventh Race—Ladies Challenge for Eight-oared Boats—Dublin Trinity College and Radley College. Twelfth Race—Pair Oars, First Heat—Messrs. Chil lingworth and C. Lawton of Twickenham and York ; Messrs. John B. Close and James B. Close of Cam bridge ; and Messrs. Croskell and Thompson of Lan caster. Thirteenth Race—Wyfold Challenge Cup for Four oared Boats, First Heat—Oxf or d E ton i ans an d Thi r d Trinity, Ca mbridge. Fourteenth Race— Wyfold Second Heat—Thames Row• ing Club and Dublin University. Fifteenth Race—Pair Oars, Second Heat—Messrs J, Mac-lan and F. E. Bird, Dublin ; Ryan and Gulston London Rowing Club ; and G. S. Corrie and E. Hall. CHALLENGE SCULLS. FIRST HEAT. Griffiths (Cambridge) • Yarborough (Oxford) Won easily. SECOND HEAT. Close (Cambridge) Lawton (York) ... Fuller •.• ••• Won easily. GRAND CHALLENGE CUP. FIRST HEAT. Kingston Rowing Club Pitt Rowing Club (Cambridge)... ... Dublin University Club ... A. very fine race. Won by a length. SECOND HEAT. London Rowing Club ... Eton College Boat Club ... A good race. Won by a length. THAMES FIRS A T CHLLENGE HEAT CUP. Radley College ••• ...• Royal Artillery (Woolwich) Won easily. SECOND HEAT. London Rowing Club ... ••• Royal Engineers (Chatham) ••- Won by two lengths. TOWN CHALLENGE CUP. Henley Dreadnought Cutter Club ... Reading Boat Club ••• •.• •.. Marlow Amateur Boat Club . ••• Won by half a length, . . 1 ... 2 ... 3 -. 1 ... 2 -. 3 ... 1 ... 2 • . 2 (CENRTAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE ROYAL VISIT TO READING. The arrangements for the royal visit to Reading are now completed. , The Prince and the Princess of Wales will arrive in the town to-morrow (Friday) at 12.30. The arrival will be signalled by hoisting the royal standard on the tower of St. Lawrence. Their Royal Highnesses will be received by the 'mayor and corporation, who will present the usual address. The Prince and the Princess will be conducted to their carriage, and a procession will be formed to the grounds. The Berks militia will form the guard of honour at the station; the let Berks volunteers the guards at the school grounds. At the Reception Hall the Freemasons will go through a ceremonial entry. The address to the Princess will be given in quite a novel form ; it will be reduced by photo graphy, enclosed in a locket, and appended to a fan—the fan mounted by mother-o'-pearl, and having views of the Abbey Gateway and the Reading Schools painted thereon. After the ceremony, the Prince and the Princess will return to the Town Hall, and will be entertained at luncheon by the Mayor and Corporation. The hall is magnificently decorated ; a crystal fountain plays in the centre ; flowers and flags hang in all directions. The streets are planted with fir trees. CONFERRING OF DEGREES AT OXFORD. In a congregation holden at Oxford, this morning, the following degrees were conferred : Doctors and Bachelors of Divinity—Rev. John Edmund Cox and J. S. L. Vogan, St. Edmund Hall; Bachelors of Civil Law : David Mason Gardner, Brasenose College ; T. A. Stoodley, St. Mary's Hall; Masters of Arts : Moore, New College ; Gardner and Powell, Brasenose College : Wood, Worcester College; Stoodley, St. Mary's Hall; and Kitto, St. Alban's Hall ; Bachelors of Arts ; Wharton, Choral, and Robinson, of Exeter College ; Weidemann, Oriel College ; Smith, St. John's College ; Cox, Wadham College ; Sparks, Worcester College ; Jones, St. Mary's Hall; Hodges, Magdalen Hall ; Hayes, St. Alban's Hall. Students of Civil Law : Weidemann, Oriel College ; Jones, St. Mary's Hall. Bachelors of music : B. Agutter, Exeter College ; A. L. Peace, and W. H. Sangsterne, St. John's College. The next:degree day is on July 9th. THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF SLIGO-A PROTEST. The corporation of Sligo have unanimously adopted a petition to the House of Lords praying to be heard by counsel at the bar of the House, to show cause against the passing of the Sligo Disfranchisement Bill. It is urged against the measure that it is an infraction of the Aot of Union, inasmuch as it takes away from Ireland a repre sentative which is hers by right ; that it is an injustice to Sligo, and altogether inconsistent with themode in which the Government has treated the Dublin freemen ; and that it is not in accordance with the report of the Special Commissioners, they having declared bribery to be con siderably on the decline. The memorial especially urges that in Dublin, though a far greater per centage of persons were found guilty of corrupt practices, only those reported for bribing and being bribed in the election of 1868 are to suffer, while in Sligo the whole constituency is to be disfranchised. Subscriptions for an appeal are being collected in the borough of Sligo. The Marquis of Salis bury has, it is said, promised to discuss the matter. ASSAULTING A SECRETARY OF A CRICKET CLUB. This morning John Brown, described by our correspon dent as a " millionaire," residing atßosehill, Chesterfield, was charged at Chesterfield Police-Court with assaulting George Broomhead. Mr. Blackburn, of the Midland Circuit, appeared for the defence ; and Mr. Busby for the complainant. From the evidence it appeared that the complainant is one of the secretaries of the Chesterfield Cricket Club, and was going with the other secretary, Mr. Toplis, to pay defendant ten pounds for a quarter's rent of the cricket ground. Defendant refused to accept that sum, alleging that a further sum of fifty shillings was due. He then assaulted complainant by shaking him and making his hand bleed. The bench fined the defendant Bs. and costs. The defendant was member of the Chester field Town Council last year, and he also aspired to the mayoralty of that borough, but lost his election. . r ~~i L" SYSTEMATIC ATTEMT AT EXTORTION. At the Cambridge Borough Sessions this morning, before Mr. Bulwer, recorder, a man named William Roberts, was convicted of a systematic attempt to extort grocery goods, to the amount of of Mr. Whibley, of Cambridge. The prisoner went to Mr. Whibley, saying that he had engaged a shop at Gamlingay, in Bedfordshire, and had spent a deal of money in shop fixtures, adding other plausible statements, by which Mr. Whibley was induced to send goods to the the' Gamlingay Station. Roberts went to London, where goods were forwarded to him, and he took them away in a car. In the meantime the prisoner had written to a person at Gamlingay endeavouring borrow £lO, enclosing two shares of the East Indian Railway, dated 1847, as securities. Mr. Whibley learning that the goods had been conveyed to London, communi cated with the police. Detective Kerbyshire persuaded the person at Gamlingay to write a letter acceding to the loan, and promising to pay it to prisoner in London. This was done, and the prisoner was apprehended. It was proved that others were concerned in the fraud. — Sentenced to one year's imprisonment. At a meeting of the apprentice boys of Derry held last night, a resolution was passed strongly condemning the Government Processions Bill. Ireland. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A ROPE DANCER. Fraulein Laura, a tightrope dancer, nearly lost her life on Tuesday. She was at ,a garden at Dundee on Tuesday, and had just ascended to give her performance on the high wire, when the supports at one end gave way. With the greatest presence of mind, she ran to the end of the rope to which were attached the falling " cross-tree," so that she might save herself in her fall. The ponderous "shear poles" came down with tremendous force, and fortunately she fell between them. She was not much hurt. DEATH OF A MILLIONAIRE. Intelligence from St. Petersburg announces the death in that city of M. Bernadaki, the wealthy father-in-law of Baron de Talleyrand-Perigord, formerly French ambas sador in Russia. He leaves about 30 millions of francs obtained by farming from the Government the brandy monopoly. In consequence of this origin, his daughter was always received with coldness by the Russian aristo cracy. MURDER OF A WIFE AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. The Brussels journals contain accounts of a fresh crime in the Rue de Brabant. An engraver and draughtsman named Kips resided there with his wife and two children, aged respectively three years and 20 months. On Tues day they were to have dined with the woman's father, but as they did not arrive the sister-in-law went to the house to ses what had detained them. The door of their bedroom was locked, but as she could hear the cries of children inside she had it forced open, and then found the father and mother lying dead on the ground, the man with his throat cut, and the woman with marks, on her neck, showing that she had died from strangulation. The husband had recently lost a considerable sum of money, and has since given signs of a deranged intellect. The fact of the door being locked inside shows that the crime had not been committed by any strangers, and there is little doubt that the man first murdered the woman and then destroyed himself. The younger child was found asleep, and the other crouched down in the greatest alarm in a corner of the bed. FRIGHTFUL LIFT ACCIDENT AT THE JUNIOR CARLTON CLUB. Last night a shocking accident occurred at the Junior Carlton Club, Pall Mall, by whieh it is feared a man named James Duck, aged 22 years, will lose his life. It would appear that at half-past nine o'clock last night a porter of the club named Jas. Duck was standing at the coffee-room bar, and while there he amused himself by looking down the well of the club lift. Suddenly the lift was lowered from the top rooms of the Clubhouse, and the bottom part of it struck the unfortu nate man on the head. He instantly fell forward and was thrown into the well, and he fell into the basement floor of the clubhouse, a distance of about 40 feet. When picked up it was found that he was dreadfully injured, and two doctors were sent for, who advised his instant removal to King's College Hospital, where he was this morning declared to be in a dying state. The unfortunate sufferer has for a considerable length of time been in the employment of the clubhouse. :1 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, J UNE 30, 1870. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Thus DAY. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four o'clock. The private business transacted was unimpor tant, and nothing of particular interest occurred until the House proceeded to the orders of the day. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BILL. Mr. G. DENMAN gave notice that on the motion for the second reading of this bill, he should move that it would be inexpedient that any alteration should be made in the constitution of the superior courts of law and equity until Parliament had before it a statement of the mode of procedure contemplated therewith. CASE OF MR. HOSKINS. Mr. Bess asked the Secretary of State for War whether any representations had been made to the War Office or Horse Guards by Colonel Smyth, or any other person or persons, affecting or reffecting upon the choracter of Mr. Abraham Hoskins, surgeon, of Birmingham, who had been dismissed from the appointment he held in-connec tion with the barracks and recruits at Birmingham. Mr. CARDWELL said no complaint or imputation had reached him or the other gentleman mentioned. The change had arisen solely through the introduction of new regulations, under which the examination of recruits was made by army medical 'officers. TREATY WITH CHINA. Mr. MAGNIAC asked the Under Secretary of State for Foriegn Affairs, whether her Majesty's Government have determined to advise her Majesty to ratify the Conven tion lately concluded with China by Sir Rutherford Alcock. M.. OTWAT said unhappily he was compelled to ask the ton. m ember to postpone his question for a few days NAZARETH HOUSE.. finger. Viscount ENFIELD asked the President of the Poor Law Board whether it be true that in consequeuce of the extra assessment made upon the building known as Nazareth House, Hammersmitn, inhabited by a religious body called " The Sisters of the Poor," not being paid, the Guardians of the Poor of the Hammersmith Union had seized upon all the furniture and bedding of the inmates of that charitable institution ; and whether he was of opinion that assessment committees should not exercise greater forbearance in laying extra burdens of local taxation upon religious and charitable institutions. Mr. GOSCHEN said he had no official information of the extra assessment and seizure of the goods at Nazareth House. He had seen the public papers and the accounts published, but the Poor-law Board had no power to interfere with respect to the values put on rateable property. As it was stated that seizure was made by the guardians there might be some mistake, as the guardians of the poor did not levy the rate ; that was done by the overseers, and they must be held responsible. As to the degree of forbearance that ought to be exercised, he had to say the board had no locus standi with respect to the matter of rating property. If the noble lord was desirous of obtaining his opinion with regard to the exemption of religious bodies from cer tain taxation, he should be quite ready to state it when the motion of the hon. member for Birmingham came on for discussion. Any statement made now might only lead to misapprehension. IRISH EDUCATION. Sir F. HEyGATE asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, considering that the report and evidence by the Royal Commissioners of Irish Primary Education had been yet only partly issued, and the importance and diffi culty of the subject, the Government would state that they had no intention of altering the present system in the next session of Parliament ; and, in the event of such being the case, whether they would take into imme diate consideration the present inadequate remuneration of the national school teachers in Ireland. Mr. GLADSTONE said he was not much wiser by the labours of the Commission, as he had not yet been enabled to read the report, and therefore he was quite unable to give any assurance on the subject. It was certainly not the present intention to make any alteration in the matter of Irish national education, neither was it intended to make any proposal with a view to the increase in the payment of the national school teachers. It would not be advisable to state anything until the whole sub ject came before the House. THE SERPENTINE. Mr. STRIITT asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he comtemplated making any new regulations with respect to bathing in the Serpentime. Mr. AYRTON said the subject was one of much diffi culty, but it was under consideration with a view of seeing what could be done generally on the subject. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. . Mr. M'CLIME asked the Solicitor-General for Ireland if it was the intention of Government to introduce a Bill for the Amendment of the Civil Bill and Sheriffs' (Ire land) Acts during the present session. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL for IRELAND in reply said he could only say nothing had yet been determined on, but legislation might possibly be found necessary next session. TRE MONEY MARKET AND COM INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLock. There was a slight improvement in business to-day on 'Change, but no change in quotations' were noticeable. Consols are now, 921 to 921 ; do. account, 921 ; do. 3 per Cent. Reduced, 921 to 921; do. New, 921 to 921 ; Exchequer Bills, par ; India Four per Cents., 1021 to 1021. In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bonds of 1865 are 911 to 92 ; Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1864, 911 ; ditto of 1868, 821 to 83 ; Spanish of 1867, 311 to 32 ; ditto of 1869, 294 to 29i ; ditto Quicksilver, / to 11 prem.; Peru vian, 914 to 921; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 521 to 531; ditto of 1869, 634; and Five per Cent. Italian of 1865, 87 to 89. The Railway Market —Metropolitan are 671 to 681; Great Eastern is 39/ ; London and Brighton, 431 ; Caledonian, 78 ; South-Eastern 76 to 761 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 51 to 511; Great Northern, 122 ; ditto (A), 131; North Eastern, 1444 Midland; 5/ ; London and North - We stern) 129 to 1291, 1311 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1331 to 1341 ; Great Western, 714 to 724. In Bank shares Alliance are quoted 144 to 151 ; Anglo- Austrian are qa oted 16 to 18 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 30t031 ; Consolidated, 4 1 t oo{ prem; Imperial Ottoman, 41 to 41 prem. ; London and County, 50 to 51; London and Westminster, 62 to 63 ; London Joint Stock, 341 to 351 ; and Union of London, 39 to 40. Telegraph Shares—.A.nglo-American, 16 to 164 ; British Indian, 8 1-16 to 8 3-16 ; China, 3to 21 dis. ; Falmouth, 9 1-16 to 9 3-16 ; French Cable, 15 to 154 ; and Construc tion and Maintenance, 274 to 28. The sum of £19,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank. The total taken to the Bank since the last return has been, upon balance, £138,000. The Shannon, from the West Indies, has brought £86,506 in gold, and £122,358 in silver, and the Deutschland, from New York, £7,554. • The Helenslee, from Auckland, New Zealand, will bring £14,400, and the City of Auckland £24,704. In a notice of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Rail way the proposed extension to Azul and Tandil was stated to be about 17 miles instead of 170. The exact distances are as follows :—First section, Salado River to Carmen de las Flores, 40 miles ; second section, Carmen to Azul, 75 miles ; and third section, Azul to Tandil, 60 miles, making a total of 175 miles. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. T. and C. Dickens, of Manchester. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. John Henry Cox, merchant, of Manchester, the liabilities were stated at £6,800, and the assets at about £2,700. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. J. Long and Co., cloth agents, of Manchester, has been held, at which the statement presented showed total liabilities of £24,117 9s 6d. It was decided to accept 2 s 6 d in t he pound, payable at three, six, and nine months. At the annual meeting of the South Australian Com pany a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum, or 405 per share, free of income tax, was declared. The National Bank of Scotland notify the payment, on the Ist July next, of the half-yearly coupon of the De bentures of the Natal Plantations Company. An extraordinary meeting of the Bolivar Railway Company will be held on the 7th July, to confirm the special resolution passed on the 7th of June, in favour of the concern being wound up voluntarily. The directors of the Maritime Insurance Company (Limited), Liverpool, have declared an interim dividend for the current half-year at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. LAW 3 STELLIGENCE.-THIS DA T. ALLEGED FRAUD BY DIRECTOBEL—An application W 9,8 made at Roll's Chambers, in the winding-up case of Charles Lafitte and Company, for further time to get up evidence on a charge of fraud. Mr. Holt appeared for Mr. Lafitte, who was 73 years of age, and protested against any further delay. There was no pretence for fraud, and the reason of delay was that when counsel attended, as in this case, before a special examiner, they could only attend on certain occasions. The Chief Clerk (Mr. Church) remarked that if such was the case a special examiner, with counsel before him, was a delay. After a long discussion the Chief Clerk would only give fourteen days, which was not deemed sufficient, and the matter was referred to the Judge; CHARGES AGAINST BARON HUGHES. Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE asked the honourable and learned membea for Dungarvan what course he proposed to take with respect to the petition presented by him from certain inhabitants of the borough of Waterford, praying to be heard at the bar of the House, or before a committee, for the purpose of supporting certain charges made by them against Mr. Baron Hughes, in respect of his conduct when trying a petition against the last return for that borough. Mr. IVIATTnEws said he did not propose to take any course in reference to the petition. He had no means whatever of forming an opinion as to the degree of founda tion that might exist for the allegations contained in it. The hon. gentleman stated that the transcript of the shorthand writer's notes had not been printed. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mr. SINCLAIR AYTOUN asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in a bill during the present session of Parliament with the object of directly alter ing the re presentative system of the colony of British Columbia. Mr. MONSELL replied that Earl Granville had introduced a bill on the subject in the other House. It had been read a first time, but it was impossible for him to say when it would reach the House of Commons. (LEFT BITTTNG.) THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE AND HIS LONDON MANSION. wtá since the question was raised in the Court of Vice-Chancellor Sir W. M. James whether the Duke of Newcastle had not, in consequence of the non-payment of rent, forfeited his right to the mansion in Carlton House writes, bequeathed to him by his deceased father, on cer tain conditions. The question was decided in the negative : andMr.Osbome Morgan, Q. C. , M.P. , applied this morning for the appointment of a receiver, so that inthe event of the property being let, the rent should be placed in the hands of a person who would be responsible to the estate for the amount. Mr. Morgan intimated that the conditions which his Honour had imposed upon his client when the prior application was before the court, had been complied with and the suit of the Right Hon. W. E. Gl a d s t one and the Duke of Newcastle, which had been instituted in the Rolls, had been transferred to the court of his Honour, se that that and another action in which the trustees of the late Duke and the present holder of the estates were the litigants might be investigated simultaneously. Mr. Eddis, Q.C. who rep resen t e d t h e d e f en d an t . , Sir E. Antrabus, mentioned that a sum mons h a d b e en issued for the purpose of obtaining from the court directions as to what definite steps should be taken with regard to the mansion in question. Until that summons was decided he assumed that it would be futile to appoint a receiver. On the last occasion the counsel appearing for the Earl of Lincoln suggested that the mansion should be let on lease. If the suggestion were acted upon, the lease would of necessity be termin a bl e w ith t h e death of the Duke of Newcastle, but he did not think that any satisfactory result could be arrived at until it was absolutely decided in what way the property should be dealt with. The Vice-Chancellor thought that the better plan would be to defer the whole question to Chambers. Mr. Eddis enquired whether the adoption of that course would not be a tacit recognition of the plaintiff's right— s question the decision of which was now pending ? The Vice• Chancellor said it would prevent the property from being ruined. His Honour referred both suits to Chambers foe the purpose of disposing of the point raised. A receiver was not necessary until it had been decided to let the property. He would not then b• the receiver of the plaintiff, but of the court THE BRECON ELECTION. Mr. Gwynne Holford has consented to become a candi date. He will canvass the electors on Conservative prin ciples so soon as the delicacy of the lamented circum stance which occasioned the vacancy will permit. Mr. Holford has much local influence. The marriage of Lord Henley, M.P. for North ampton, to Miss Clara C. L. Jekyll took place at St George's, Hanover square, this morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —Taps DAT. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT.—Mr. George Palmer, son of proprietor of the Catherine Wheel, Little-street, James's-street, was summoned before Mr. Tyrwhitt at the Marlborough-street Police-court, for using abusive language to Mr. George Shield, landlord of the George Tavern, Castle-street, Leicester-square. Mr. Abrams appeared for the complainant, and said the defendant had abused Mr. Shield in a scandalous manner, and had he accepted Mr. Shield's offer merely to make an apology the matter might have ended, but instead of doing so the defendant had written to the complainant a letter of the most in sulting nature—hence the present proceedings. Mr. Shield said that the defendant came to his house and abused him in a scurrulous manner, and while outside his house called him a thief and swindler, and caused a large crowd to assemble. The defendant also challenged him to fight, which he declined, as he did not wish to dis grace himself. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 40s. and costs. CARRIAGE ROBBERY.—John Young was charged at the same Court with stealing a shawl from the carriage of Lady Gertrude Foljambe, staying at Claridge's Hotel. From the evidence it appeared that a cabman named W. Phillips saw the prisoner take a shawl from Lady Gertrude Foljambe's carriage, which was standing in Soho-square, and he gave an alarm, and Henry Hill, footman to Lady Gertrude Foljambe, went after him and saw him throw away the shawl, and he gave him into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. DARING TILL ROBBERY.—John Mahoney, aged 16 years, was charged at the Thames Police-court with stealing 2s. 6d. from a till in the beerhouse of Mr. William Macham, called the German Flag, Ratcliff Highway. Yesterday afternoon the prosecutor was lying down in his bar parlour, and was aroused by hearing a cry of stop thief. He rushed out and saw the prisoner running. A female stepped up and said the boy had been robbing the till. He pursued the prisoner, caught him, and brought him back. He said to the prisoner " What have you robbed me of ?" to which the boy replied nothing. He brought him back to the house and gave him in charge. He examined the till, from which he missed four sixpences and sixpennyworth of halfpence. Emma Abraham, a young woman, said she saw the prisoner dip one hand into the till and take some money out. She caught hold of him, and he wriggled about like an eel and managed to escape. He was eventually captured by the prosecutor. Joseph William, a police-constable, 29 H, said he saw the prisoner throw four sixpences down an area grating, and recovered them. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, was remanded for a week. TEE CATTLE PLAGUE ORDERS.—Lord Ranelagh ap peared at the Wandsworth Police-court to-day to answer a summons for causing a cow and calf to be removed into the metropolis without an order froM the Com missioners of Police. Lord Ranelagh said that the cow and calf were bought at a private sale, and he was told that, as he was a magistrate for Middlesex, it would be sufficient if he gave an order. He accordingly wrote out an order and gave it to the man. Mr. Ingham find the man who removed the cow and calf ls. and costs. There was no evidence against Lord Ranelagh, and he dismissed the summons. Lord Ranelagh paid the fine and costs for the man. h o u ßESULTS se,ala o dy F lik AN e yEoLuonPgEMwEoNinTan.—,Mwriet.h A an del i a n i f de antNiVrytheer arms, was summoned to Clerkenwell Police-court by her husband, Edward Whitehouse, a professor of music, on a charge of using threatening language to him. theT he defendant, who had been brought u p as a lady, was daughter of a wealthy City tradesman ; and the com plainant, who had been her music master, thinking she had money, had induced her to leave her home and marry s him. Mr. George Joseph Davis said he heard the complainant threaten his wife ; and, that, in the event of her lrefusing to accept 3s. 6d. per week for her support, he would swear his life against her. The magistrate dismissed plaint. WHITE SLAVE-TRADE IN ITALY.—The white slave trade has of late engaged the attention of the Italian Parliament, and Signor Visconti-Venosta has introduced bills in the two Chambers which are intended to suppress the disgraceful traffic. It forbids the consignment to natives or foreigners of children of either sex under sixteen years of age, and sentences such offenders to imprisonment or fines. Still heavier sentences are pronounced against those who bartered such children. The forcible abduction of those children for the purpose of sending them a b r oad is to be punished by imprisonment from five to seven year s. A provision in the law very i properly includes all those who nstigate aid, or abet the crime, and those who provi de funds for 'the perpetrators of the evil. The children whose interests are thus pro tected are chosen for various purposes, such as jugglers, musicians, itinerant tumblers, rope dancers, bear or mon key leaders, and mendicants. It is expected that this stringent law will have a good effect, and tend to do away with much of the misery that now prevails among the helpless class referred to in its statutes. Italians at home or abroad are to furnish lists of the youths in their em- ployment to the local authorities and the comb. N THIS MORNIG'S . NEWS ' was eix tod l s s, rem sl.4 ined unsold, and the amount realised by s; THE ABDICATION OF QUEEN ISABELLA. Telegrams from Aladtid state that the news of the ab dication of Queen Isabella has produced no great effect. Some of her partisans disapprove of the step. The journals of the Government party say that the abdication of the ex-Queen will in no wise interfere with the course of affairs. Mr. W. S. Blacklock, principal of the farm of publishers of "Bradshaw's Timetable," which is printed in Man chester, died suddenly yesterday forenoon at his house near Manchester, from apoplexy. Mr. Blacklock had just returned with the wedding party from church, after the marriage of his daughter. The deceased was a leader in religious and charitable institutions connected with the Church of England in the Manchester district. DISTURBANCES IN SPAIN. Slight disturbances have occurred at Barcelona, during which four persons were wounded. All the prisoners in the arsenal of Caracca have been liberated. The Regent has issued an order, according to which all subscribers to the loan of two milliards who do not pay in thirty days the instalments due will forfeit those already paid. FRANCE. The Journal Oificiel, speaking of the death of Lord Clarendon, says that the Emperor honoured the deceased nobleman with his high esteem and friendship, and his death will inspire unanimous regrets. THE ORLEANIST PRINCES. It is stated that the Radical party in the Legislative Body have decided not to take any part in the debate upon the position of the Orleans princes, while MM. Crevy, Jules Ferry, and Jules Favre reserve to them selves liberty of action according to the attitude that may be taken up in the matter by the Government. GREAT FIRE AT BEAUVAIS. A great fire took place at Beauvais on Tuesday night, when the carpet manufactory of M. Tetard was half destroyed. The loss is estimated at 1,000,000 f., and 800 men are thereby thrown out of work. THE PORTE AND THE KHEDIVE. • The Independance Italienne says that the Khedive will shortly go to Constantinople with his son Tewfik Pasha, who has been suddenly recalled, and will embark at Brindisi for Egypt. It adds that this sudden decision of the Khedive is due to pressing advice received from Paris. MADE UNIONISM IN AMERICA. Several memorials from trade unions have been pre sented to Congress asking for legislation to protect labourers and mechanics against the competition of Chinese coolie labour. The Senate has resolved not to act upon the San Domingo Annexation Treaty this session. GREAT FIRE AT PANAMA. The mail steamer Shannon, which has arrived off Ply mouth, brings tidings of a terrible fire which broke out at Panama on the sth inst., and was still burning when she left the port of Colon. The fire commenced in some unoccupied rooms at the Aspinwall Hotel. The Bank of Panama was burnt, and the Cathedral was in flames. There was no engine in the city. One arrived from As pinwall, but too late to be of service. Several deaths had occurred, and many persons were injured. Twelve per sons have been killed, and many are -injured. Some others are supposed to be buried under the ruins of As pinwall House. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE LATE RIOTS AT CORK. The six young men who were arrested in a large drapery establishment in Cork for throwing stones from the upper windows and roof of the building at the police on Sunday night were charged at the police-office yester day. Evidence was given to chew that the police were pelted both on Thurs da y and Sunday nights, and that the prisoners were found together in a room from which stones were believed to have come. There being some doubt about the matter, the prisoners were released on bail. The city is reported as being perfectly tranquil. THE LATE EARL OF CLARENDON. At a meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce yesterday, on the motion of the chairman, a resolution ex pressive of regret at the death of Lord Clarendon was recorded. Lordhan stated that all Englishmen must feel that by Clarendon's death we had lost one of our most eminent statesmen. LORD AMBERLEY ON EDUCATION. Yesterday afternoon Lord Amberley, on laying the foundation -stone of a new Congregational Day School in Newcastle, said that while he believed it to be the duty of the nation to provide education for the people, he should regret to see any measure adopted which would be the means of putting an end to voluntary effort. In the evening Lord Amberley attended a public meeting in Newcastle, and delivered an elaborate and carefully-pre pared speech on the education question. He advocated secular education, and urged the I: 7 ;:mconformists to re main firm in their demands. Grants to denomination alism meant grants to Catholicism. Mr. Glad stone, he said, was supporting this bill with all his eloquence. The Premier had not been a Liberal all his life, but he had gradually advanced in Liberal opinions, and they had every reason to hope that he would advance in the future in the same way. That being so, it seemed to him that the Conser vative party were doing wisely in accepting the offer now made Then he trusted, however, that more liberal opi nions. witn respect to education would force themselves j upon Mr. Gladstone. SENDING DISEASED MEAT TO LONDON. At the Loughborough Police-court yesterday Henry Smith, butcher, Wymeswold, was sentenced'to pay a fine of £5 and costs, or in default to undergo one month's im prisonment for sending diseased meat to London. On the 15th inst. defendant bought for 24 of Mr. Wilford a cow which had had a leg broken for nine months, and was in a very emaciated condition. The animal was only got home with difficulty, and next morning was killed. On Friday night Smith sent a large quantity of meat to the Loughborough Railway Station, directed to a firm at London, but the train having just gone it was left at the station, and the next morning condemned by Mr. Riley, the Inspector of Nuisances for Leicester. THE SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL VIA BRINDISI. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce have resolved to memorialise the Postmaster-General, urging the continu ance of the supplementary mail vid Brindisi, and suggest ing certain improvemeats to prevent delays on the French Railways. DEVON CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRI CULTURE. At the Devon Central Chamber of Agriculture a dis cussion, which has extended over three sittings, on the condition of the agricultural labourer, was concluded yes terday afternoon. Canon Girdlestone was present, and replied on the whole discussion. A resolution was unanimously adopted thanking Canon Girdlestone for his generous efforts to improve the condition of the agricul tural labourer, but considers that while wages are pro perly an occupier or employer's question, the considera tion of the homestead or dwelling of the labourer is mainly an owner's question. The discussion was gene rally favourable to the substitution of money for cider as wages, and of giving labourers good cottages and gar den plots. THE BRIBERY CASE AT BRISTOL. Yestoriay Mr. Robinson's friends held a meeting to con eider the charge against Mr. Henry Naish, a leading Bristol Liberal, of having subscribed money and given information in support of the petition which unseated Mr. Robinson. The meeting demanded the immediate expulsion of Naish from the Liberal Association, and the calling of an early meeting to consider the whole subject. There are rumours stating that other supporters of Mr. Hodgson at the test ballot acted like Mr. Naish. The exposure of this affair has caused much excitement in poiitical circles, and it no doubt had the effect of reducing Mr. Hodgson's majority. APPREHENSION FOR A MURDER IN 1868. A man named Jeremiah Loomey was apprehended at Openshaw, near Manchester, on Tuesday, charged with the murder of Patrick Desmond, by stabbing, in a public house brawl at Deptford, in August, 1868. The prisoner, who had been living in Lancashire, under an assumed name, was discovered through a correspondence which he carried on with his mother at Deptford, which was inter cepted by the police. ITHE MARITIME INSURANCE COMPANY, The Maritime Insurance Company, Liverpool, have declared al interim dividend for the half-year at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. LEICESTER WOOL IFAIR. The annual wool fair, which will nettle the price of Leicestershire wool for some time, took place at Leices ter, yesterday, when the number of fleeces pitched was greater than last year, but the weight was less. The highest price made was 425. per tod, the lowest 325. The average price per tod was Ws, 811c1. Only thirty- FLOATING TELEGRAPH STATION. When the first Atlantic telegraph failed, considerable study was devoted by scientific men to the discovery of means by which relief might be Ifforded to the stretch of line which was to extend from the coast of Ireland to Newfoundland. Among others who directed their attention to the subject was Cap tain John Moody, late managing director of the Goole Steam Shipping Company, who has been for many years engaged in superintending the building of steam and sail ing vessels. The result of Captain Moody's application is the productio i of a flat-bottomed boat or launch, now lying in the Thames, off-Grays. This was inspected on Tuesday by a party of scientific and nautical men. Ths vessel is intended to be moored by four anchors at any point where she can be useful either as a telegraph station, as a place of refuge, or as a light-ship. She is built of iron, something after the Minotaur fashion, and is pro vided with four water-tight chambers, which project in star-fashion from the centre. This naval structure draws but twelve inches of water, and her inventor claims for her not only perfect seaworthiness, but a power of righting herself superior even to that of the air-chambered lifeboats of the National Institution. The vessel is, in effect, an inhabitable buoy, and when securely moored would serve the purposes of a light-ship. Captain Moody would have one stationed some distance west of Valentia Island, off the coast of Kerry; another off Brest, and others east of the American coast, to receive Atlantic cables, and to be the means of transmitting early intelligence of and from ships at sea. The present experimental vessel has a breadth from ray to ray of 65 feet, and a circular hold of 12 feet in depth. It would be quite practicable for a crew suffi cient to manage a light-ship to find comfortable quarters on board, provided that the vessel is found to be perfectly trustworthy when stationed at anchor in a heavy sea. On this point Mr. Fox, Lloyd's agent at Southend,, has re ported that the vessel rode out a storm there in May, without shipping a pint of water, at a time eighteen large steamers were unable to proceed on their voyage on ac count of the gale. On Tuesday the ship was rigged fore and aft, and in the short trip she made with a mere breath of wind, on the reaches of the. Thames off Grays, she 1 , 78.8 found to act, not only as well as could be expected in the case of a vessel which is intended to be stationary, but to be possessed in no small degree of the sailing qualities of a sea-going craft. ATTEMPTED MURDER. At an early hour yesterday morning, in the neighbour hood of Worship-street, an attempt at murder was made. Mr. Frederick Stone, an elderly man, who resided at 9, Worship-street, a few doors from the City-road, a short time since became acquainted with John Robinson, a waiter out of place, and of no home, Mr. Stone, finding this man was destitute, took him to his house and permitted him to sleep there, although advised not to do so. About three o'clock yegter. day morning a great disturbance, followed by shrieks •f " Murder !" and " Police !" was heard in the house. The windows of Mr. Stone's room were open, and a light was seen inside. Suddenly the cries ceased, but the police procured admission and went upstairs. On going into the room they found Mr. Stone lying on the floor in sensible. He was bleeding profusely from wounds in the, head and face, and Robinson was standing over him and raving like a madman. Robinson, who is powerfully-built and aged about 30, was brought before Mr. Ellison, at the Worship-street Police-court, yesterday afternoon, and charged with having committed a violent assault. Mr. George Eugene Yarrow, the divisional surgeon of police, said that about half-past three o'clock yesterday morning he 'was called to the Old-street police-station to see the prosecutor. The latter was suffering from severe contusions of the right eye ; his upper lip was cut through, several of his teeth had been knocked out, and all the muscles of his face were bruised and swollen. He was also bleeding from the mouth, nose, and ears. The prisoner, who was in a state of delirium, made a horrible accusation against the prosecutor. Witness thought that he had been drinking. The prisoner, who said nothing in way of defence, was remanded for a week. THE NEW LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.-- - ThO Lord Justiceship of Appeal in Chancery, which was declined by Lord Westbury as far back as September last, has at length been filled up. This distinguished position, which carries with it a seat in the Privy Council, and a salary of £6,000 a year, has been given to Vice- Chancellor Sir William Milbourne James. The learned judge is a son of the late Mr. Christopher James, of Swansea, and is 63 years of age. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's.inn, June, 1831, and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1853. Mr. J. Bacon, chief judge in bank ruptcy, will, it is stated, succeed Sir W. M. James as Vice-Chancellor, unitinehowever, with the functions of Vice-Chancellor his present bankruptcy jurisdiction. The Crown Princess of Prussia is progressing satisfactorily. The recovery of her Royal Highness is so far advanced that Dr. Gream has left the new Palace at Potsdam for London. The Archdeacon of London has passed a restless night, and remains in the same critical condition. The Pall Mall Gazette says heart complaint is the cause of the Archdeacon's illness. So severe have been the effects of the drought in the Home and Bushey Parks that branches of the trees are being cut down for the deer to browse upon, and brewers' grains are obtained for the cattle, in default of grass. Mr. Harry Lemon, the son of the lamented editor of Punch, has written a farce of an unusual character for the Olympic, where it is in active preparation. Mr. Bel more will have the principal part. - - - The Eastern Budget announces that the construc tion of the Bosnian Railway is to commence in six weeks. It will be connected with the Austrian railways at Novi, on the Save. --- - By the will of the late Mr. George Ilounsfield, of Sheffield, the sum of £7OO is to be devoted to the purpose of building a lifeboat, which is, at the widow's request, to be called the George Hounsfield. The Irish T2nzes announces . that the Board of Trinity College, Dublin, have carried out their intention, formed some months ago, of appointing a Professor of Latin in the University. According to the Rock the subject of a revised translation of the authorised version will be brought before the coming Protestant Council in America by an influential member. The New York papers of the 18th of June contain an official report of the great Sa,quenay fire. The destruc tion was very great, seventy-five miles being devastated, and not a house, crop, farm, forest, or animal being left in the district. The Duke of Somerset purposes to bring under the notice of the House of Lords, on the 11th July, the questions in dispute between flag officers and the Admi ralty, relating to the last scheme of retirement. The movement to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Panama has not yet proved very successful By the steamship Shannon, which arrived yesterday, we learn that the United States exploring expedition was about to terminate its labours ; no feasible canal route having been discovered. Major-General R.Wardlaw, C. 8., commanding th• Cavalry Brigade in Ireland, will at once take over com mand of the troops stationed at Curragh Camp and Newbridge from Major-General Borton, the latter being about to proceed to India to take up his new appointment at Bangalore. THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN ON THE VATICAN COUNCIL. The Guardian publishes a letter addressed by the Bishop of Lincoln to the Bishop of Ely as President of the Anglo-Continental Society. A question has, he says, arisen whether it is desirable the Church of England should remain a passive spectator of what is going on at Rome, or should avail itself of this oppor tunity of publicly declaring its own sentiments. The Bishop of Lincoln inclines to the latter course. The Fathers of the Reformation set us an example how to act in the present crisis. The Church of England did not remain a passive spectator of the Council of Trent. Bishop Jewell put forth his celebrated "Apologia," which was translated into most European languages, and the Thirty-nine Articles themselves were, in fact, produced , by the Council of Trent. The Bishop thinks that the English Church ought now to follow this precedent, and fulfil her mission on the Continent by shewing how a Christian Church may be at once scriptural and Catholic. He commends the question to the Synod of Canterbury. STRAUSS AND THE RUSSIAN OFFICERS.—The Austrian press has been greatly excited by an assault which has been made on the composer Strauss by some Russian officers. Some days since the Russian officers of the garrison of Warsaw went, after midnight to a restau rant, which was closed by order of the police. They forced an entrance and insisted that the owner of the establishment should send for Strauss, who was in the habit of performing with his orchestra in the gardens. Being afraid to refuse them, the restaurateur sum moned Strauss, who explained that he could not possibly perform at that hour because the members of his orchestra were scattered over the town. After some discussion had taken place the officers became indignant, and struck Strauss repeatedly and injured him so much that he has since been confined to bed. The Vienna Press has deeply resented the insult offered to one of the most popular artists of the Austrian capital, and all the journals, without distinction of party, demand that his wrongs be promptly redressed.