The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-16 00:00:00

"ATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING TTTF, EDUCATION OF THE POOR. The annual meeting of this society was held at Willis' Rooms yesterday afternoon. His Grace the Archbishop of York in the chair. There were also present the Earl of Carnarvon, Earl Nelson, Earl Romney, Earl Harrowby, Lord Redesdale, &c. A satisfactory report of the operations of the society was read. His Grace said that an institution which had been instrumental in establishing five-sixths of the schools in England and Wales for the education of the poor, was deserving more than ordinary attention. This society was essentially a Church of England society, and they must take care that there was no pushing religion up into a corner. He objected to the reading of the Bible in schools, merely as a lesson. There could be no question that Education would be the subject of a large measure of education eventually, and the Church of England would have to watch narrowly and see that any measure not based on her principles should not materially infringe them. Earl Carnarvon moved the adoption of the report, which was carried. The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Richard Cavendish, the Rev. C. A. Stevens, and the Rev. Canon Gregory were, on a ballot, elected on the committee in the place of members resigned. After carrying various formal resolutions the meeting separated. NATIONAL EDUCATION LEAGUE. A meeting of the Council of the National Education League was held yesterday afternoon, at Willis's Rooms, Mr: George Dixon, M.P.•, 'president, in the chair. The number of delegates present was not so great as might have been expected. ' The statement Of officerri was read, shewing the opera tions of the Leagu e s i nce th e genera l meeting of the mem bers in October last. These are well known except perhaps the fact that in regards to funds the League has been generally and liberally supplied. The Chairman having excused the absence of many delegates •from the shortness of the notice given, and the - engagement of many in their Parliamentary duties, said the reason of the apparent inactivity of the League was that the officers had been waiting for the Government - amendment to the bill, and now those amendments had been brought forward activity had been resumed, they being determined to spare no cost or any amount of labour to obtain further concessions. • By the Government' measure it was desired that education should be compulsorily carried out in every part of the country, and yet they had not provided that there should be school boards in every district. The League thought that this was a . very great deficiency in the bill, and on its behalf he had placed an amendment on the paper of the House of Commons providing that ' School-bbards should be' established everywhere. The Government, moreover, feeling that there should be a compulsory power, but that it would be impossible to compel parents to send their children to school who were unable to do so from poverty, inserted a clause in the bill providing that when poverty could be shewn, school boards should have the power to relieve the parents from payment of the school pence. But the League said, anda great many persons, said the League did not go far enough—that we ought to have entirely free schools. .(Hear, hear.) The chairman the n re f erre d t o th e religious clauses of the Government Bill. He said, as they all knew, the bill, as it originally stood, had a clause which did not satisfy the • League. Knowing the feeling, the Government inserted a conscience clause,which he thought was extremely stringent. Mr. Winterbotham had since put the question in the House of Commons as to what really was the meaning of that clause, and the answer was that it referred to the power of withdrawal from religious instruction, not from the school, but from religious instruction. It appeared to him (the • Chairman) that this conscience clause still • wanted a• further addition, and that that addition was • that in no case should religious instruction ever be given in the same room as that in which children were who were to be excluded from it. The speaker then proceeded to observe that in the House of Commons four sections . might really be recognised in connection with the Educa tion Bill. One of these parties ought, he said, to represent the views expressed by Mr. Jacob Bright. Mr. Bright's • amendment was in advance of the League, but was the nearest to it, and what he declared was this—that though in , the schools there should be no creed or formula, yet that the Bible might be read and taught, but that the teaching should not be for or against any particular tenet. The difference between that party and the League was that they were in favour of unsectarian Bible teaching.. Another section of the House which' might be said to have advanced towards theni from the Mancheiter Union were the followers of Mr. 'Cowper Temple. The views of Mr.. Cowper Temple were not officially the views of the Manchester Union, although he was connected with it. According to his opinion, • a master might teach any dogma, provided it was not a creed or a formula. He (the speaker) ventured to hope that Mr. Cowper's supporters would be much smaller in number than those of Mr. Jacob Bright. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Dixon then expressed a belief that' whatever might ' be the course'of the various sections of the House the principal of the League would ultimately triumph, and . he trusted that ,a party might be formed in London who should agree with these principles, bee ause the action of the House of Commons was one of compulsion. A motion adopting the statement was proposed by Mr. J. Chamberlain, Chairman •of the -Executive Committee, who congratulated the meeting that the Education Bill had passed out of the' incompetent hands of Mr. Forster into those of the Prime Minister.— The Rev. S. A. Slewhall seconded the resolution, which was carried.—Mr. Robson, secre t ar y o f th e University College, on behalf of the London Committee, moved that the amendments proposed to be introduced by the Govern ment in the Education Bill are wholly insufficient - to meet the requirements of the country, as expressed in public meetings and petitions ; and that, unless further • amendments are introduced, it would be desirable topost pone further legislation until a future session.—The reso ' lution .was seconded by Councillor Boothroyd on behalf of the Bradford Committee, and carried. • . It was finally resolved that a - petition embodying these • 'resolutions should be presented to the- House of Com , 'mons on behalf of the council and delegates then,- as , • sembled. ACTIONS AGAINST THE 4 i DAILY TELEGRAPH." In the Court of Common Pleas, yesterday (before Lord Chief Justine Bovill, and 'Justices Keating, Montague Smith, arid Brett), Mr. Serjeant Robinson appeared to shexicause Against a rule obtained by Mr. Giffard, Q.C., calling upon an attorney of the court to answer matters contained in certain affidavits. It was alleged in such affidavits that the attorney instigated his clerk, and a relative of his clerk, to bring actions in their names for his' own purpose. There, had been three actiqns brought against the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph to recover penalties for the insertion of advertisements contrary to the statute, prohibiting advertisements offer ing rewards for the recovery of stolen property. The affidavits stated that the plaintiffs in the actions were so poor as to be unable to pay the costs. Two of the actions —those brought by Miss Susan Varley—were consolidated and tried before Mr. Justice Keating at the. Guildhall, • when a verdict was returned for the defendants. A summons was pending for the taxation of costs in the case, and therefere the defendant — was never in a condition to demand his. costs. '. The other. action brought by the clerk, Charles Russell was abandoned pending the resultof those brought by Miss Varley, his aunt. The defendants demanded particulars concerning ;the plaintiff in the consolidated action, and she was then described by afficlavit'as a single woman, a dressmaker, residing at 43, Tybolt's-row, Lamb's Conduit-street, Holborn. On investigation this = was found to be the residence of Russell and his family, and the -landlord of the place declared that he knew nothing whatever of -any Susan Varley. This was sought to be explained by Russell, who said that his landlord had no knowledge of those 'living with him. Affidavits bad been made by, Russell, Russell's wife, Miss. Varley, and Mr.' Thomas William Parkes, the attorney in the case, reaffirming the description given, and declaring that the actions were not ,in any way instigated' by Mr. ' Parkes, who was instructed by the plaintiffs, and who had no interest in the penalties 'to be recovered, but was td be paid his costs and charges alone. Russell further stated, • in his affidavit, that two or - three years ago he drew the attention of the editor of the Telegraph to the illegal ad . Vertisements in the• Paper, and offered to give information about-them if paid for'it. Mr. Serjeant Robinson submitted that there was no • evidence on the affadavits that Mr. Parkes had acted in a wrong manner ; and the court would not be justified in going beyond what was proven in order to assume an - offence. The accusation was distinctly denied by all the parties. Mr. Giffard; Q.C.—lf there was misconduct on the part of the attorney, it, would be for the Court to say whether it should be referred to the Master. Chief Justice Bovill said that when this application was made, affidavits were produced which created great sus picion against the attorney. They almost led the' court to believe there was no such person as Varley, and that the whole thing was a fiction. There , were clear, distinct; and positive statements 'in the affidaVits' p'ut . forward by the attorney, which negatived those on' the part of the defendant. If false, they would render the 'parties' liable to criminal proceedings ; but lobking at them as being true the court could not see that the applicant had. made . out his case. The Attorney had in this ' case' identified himself to a • certain extent . with the plaintiffs, - but there was no"oliservationin the cases already decided to chew that he, could be,punished under the penal jurisdic tion which this court exercised over its officers. They must therefore discharge the rule, with costs. The other learned- judges concurred, Mr. Justice Brett obserVing that'he'wOuld defer to those having greAter perience than himself, and ant upon the documents sub . milted rather than upon'his own grave suspicions. Rule discharged. The annual meeting of the friends and subscribers .o f th e Royal Alfred Aged Merchant Seamen's Institn: tion has been held at the City Terminus Hotel,' Callon; street, under the presidency of Lord Claienee E. Paiget. Among others present were, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr. Thomas Brasseyi , M.P., and Mr. Frederick Tuckett. WORKING MEN AND EDUCATION. The education meetings come thick and fast. On Tues day the land resounded with talk on this great topic. At Manchester the Nonconformist ministers met to protest against the inadequate character of the Government amend ments, and the Nonconformist Sunday-school teachers of Lancaster, Chester, and Derby, held a conference which resulted in favour of the unsectarian education being given in rate-supported schools. At Liverpool the United Presbyterian Presbytery also declared against " sectarian formularies "in rate-supported schools. At Stafford the Government Bill and its amendments were condemned. At Nottingham, the branch of the League met, and it is needless to say what conclusions it came to. At Romsey the Nonconformists met, and repeated the performances of their brethren at Manchester and Liverpool. Then there was the meeting of three Nonconformist denomina tions in London, with their declarations against leaving the decision of religious teaching to the school boards, and against permitting any denominational teaching in the rate schools. But most noticeable of all was the working men's gathering at Exeter Hall. Several members of Parlia ment, and most of the well-known speakers amongst the working classes, took part. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon presided. He expressed his preference for every child being compelled to go to school, for he did not believe a national system would be of much use unless it were compulsory ; and he was happy to find that the working men them selves were in favour of that compulsion. A national bill was required for the rural districts as well as the large towns. Nothing but the Day of Judgment would reveal the extent of the oppression of the peasantry of England. If they had had one tithe of the spirit of the working men in large towns, they would never have submitted —as they had submitted for years—to a condition little better, after all, than that of the Russian serfs. The fact that they could be bought as it were, to any religion, was a proof of this. H e wou ld lik e th em t o read the newspapers, and to learn that wages were higher in the neighbouring towns or in more distant places, so that they need not bow and cringe before the squire and priest in order to earn the pitiful dole with which they try hard to keep body and soul together. National edu cation, then, was wanted, and it must be made compul sory. Granting this, he thought there could not have been a much worse national bill than that before the House of Commons. If it passed, a society would be needed for emancipating education from State patronage and control. He prayed they might not have to fight over again the battles they had fought and won for con science sake. If he could persuade the Government to pass a bill for teaching the doctrines which he preached, or even for teaching infallible truth, he would earnestly pray that he might not be led into the snare. What right had he to compel his fellow-countrymen to pay for the sup port of his religion ? He wished no man to do that, nor would he wish to be forced to do it himself. He believed the Government intended to do their best, but he could not agree with them in trusting the Bumbledom of a dis trict to legislate on this question. The House of Com mons had said it was a difficult one, and had therefore left it to the vestries. What were members sent to the House of Commons for ? To decide difficult questions. The House must face the difficulty, and not leave the people to fight for days and nights with vestries. The question could not be left to Bumbledom ; that would not do. Nor could it be left to sects. There was another point of great difficulty. There were many persons, and he was one of them, who believed it to be the proper thing that those children wh ose p aren t s w i s h e d t o have the Bible read should be permitted to read the Bible in schools. He would have a conscience clause, not by .which persons might apply to be exempted, but might apply to be permitted to read the Bible. It would not be a penalty, but a privilege, and he did not see how any man's conscience could raise an objection.— Then the working men had their turn. Mr. Cremer (carpenterY moved a resolution regretting that the Government bill did not exclude denominational teaching from the rate schools, and make attendance absolutely compulsory, but expressing no opposition to the reading of the Bible, with a conscience clause. He said that Mr. Gladstone owed place and power and position and influence to the people, and of this he might be assured, that they would never allow him to hand over the education of their children to the clergy of the Esta blished Church, or any other denomination.—The other speakers were mostly moderate. Mr. Guile, ironfounder, in seconding the resolution, bore testimony to the many obligations working men were under to the voluntary system, and hoped this bill would not dry up that source, of educational means.—Mr. Mottershead, silk weaver, declared that working men, if they could, would not exclude the Bible from their schools. They not only. loved it too much for that, butbelieved it was the grandest school-book that could possibly be put into the hands of a child.—An amendment absolutely excluding the • Bible, was proposed. but it met with little favour.—Mr. Savage, die-sinker, contended that the Bible was the basis of all our freedom, and working men would never give it up.—The show of hands was then taken, but scarcely half a dozen were held up for the amendment, and the onginal resolution was carried amidst loud cheers.—Other speakers were heard, and resolutions put, the proceedings passing off most harmoniously. COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) FENIANS' TELEGRAM TO THEIR FRIENDS— Venoms, vidimus, victi suntus. NEW BOOK FOR THE SEASON.—Shortly will be pub lished, as a companion to " Juventus Mundi," " Juventus Wednesday, or How We Went to the Derby in 1870. By the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. Correct Cards for Goodwood, with Portraits. The Gladstone Hamper, the 'Gladstone Dustcoat (reversible), in preparation for the Brighton and Goodwood. Early application necessary. VARIATION ON MACBETH.—The Home Secretary talks of bringing a measure, to check the adulteration practised by fraudulent tradesmen, forward next session. Ah ! Next session, and next session, and next session, Creeps in this petty pace from month to month, To the last syllable of late August's time • And all our Ministries have promised bills, And wasted gusty breath. SONGBIRDS OF BEAUTY.—A young lady has, by the ex cellence of her singing, acquired the title. of " The Nor wegian Nightingale." This may be considered an honour to the nightingale, but why should that warbler (S. Phi lomela luscinia) engross all such honour? Norway is too far north for nightingales, and a celebrated vocalist of that country . had better be styled the Norwegian Redwing, whilst we might term a popular songstress of our own the British Blackbird, or the English Bullfinch. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1870. (From Judy.) THE GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAW.—From a recent number of the Law Journal we learn that of a batch of nine appeals from the decisions of. the Vice- Chancellors, five were reversed, and four only confirmed. What more uncertain than the law?—unless, indeed, it be Chance-ry. A. LESSON FROM RUSSIA.—We are informed that a strange regulation for the punishment of intoxication exists in Russia. Persons found drunk and incapable in the public thoroughfares are taken into custody and con demned to work for a day at sweeping the streets. Judy. doesn't know whether the author of "Free Russia" is responsible for this statement, but, judging from the state of the metropolitan thoroughfares, the practice would bear introduction into free Fngland. Better have the streets swept by drunkards than not swept at all. IT MAY BE so.—A contemporary calls attention to the habitual neglect by the dustmen of the exhibition of the big letter D," which it is now the custom to put in the window when their services are required ; assigning the curious reason that most o f th e men " d on 't know one letter from another," and that their employers are afraid to teach them to read for fear they should get better places. This is rather amusing. Is it possible that the ingenious artist who originated the scheme hit upon this special letter D because it was about 500 to 1 that, when it was shewn, no one would pay any attention to it? (From Fun.) RIGHT ABOUT.—Polite Bandsman : " And what shall Monsieur vish us to play ?" Irate Briton: "A quick march—and step it !" WOMAN'S RIGHTS.—This is from an American paper : " Women prisoners in lowa have all the rights of men. They are set to breaking stone." We should like to give the silly creatures who go about talking women's rights nonsense a taste of this kind of rights. A FLIGHT.—We commend the following paragraph to the notice of naturalist historians :—" Numbers of Fenian leaders are said to be proceeding to London and other parts of England." Geese are not usually observed seeking our coasts about this season. Possibly the new-comers are kite's in goose's feathers. LIGHT OR DARK?—An American paper says :—" An astronomer predicts the coming of a comet, this year, of such brilliancy that night will be turned into day, and gas companies:will be ruined." We don't know what sort of stuff American gas companies supply ; we only know that the comet's displaying brilliancy is the last thing likely to interfere with the monopoly of our gas companies. Their monopoly is darkness. " I WOULD I WERE A BlRD."—Here's something to make the weary brain-workers envious :—" Voit has recently proved the production of the cerebral tissue in the pigeon, and the coincidence of this reproduction with almost complete renewal of the cephalic functions." Henceforth instead of wishing for the wings of the dove, one will feel inclined to sigh for the brains of a pigeon. Literary aspirants will long to be tumblers, and disap pointed students to be pouters. Mr. W. C. Leng, the editor of the Shqffielcl Tele graph, will be prosecuted at the next Leeds Assizes for the alleged libel on the Earl and Countess of Sefton. The rumour of the charge being abandoned is, therefore, incorrect. Amongst, the Parliamentary papers just issued are the following :—A bill to declare the stamp duty chargeable on certain leases ; u bill to facilitate transfers of ecclesiastical patronage ; and a bill to amend the Acts relating to the export of unseasonable salmon. SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF ELEVEN LIVES.--A telegrath was received by Messrs. George Thompson and Co., Aberdeen, on Monday, regarding the loss of the slip Walter,Hood 100 miles south of Sydney. It stated that the ship and cargo were, totally wrecked• on the 26th April, and that eleven persons were drowned—namely, Captain Latto, Mr. Haynes a passenger, Sinclair, Ashton, Julian, Branson, Coombes, Moyes, Simon, Daniel, and Harvey. Two passengers named Smith, three officers, and eighteen seamen were saved. Captain Latto and one or two of the crew were Aberdonians ; all the other men bpicm g , Loickl 4 , No, particulars have been received as to the manner of the wreck: 'The Walter Hood was.the oldest ship of the Australian White Star Line.—Glasgow Citizen. THE MEN IN WOMEN'S CLOTHES. A communication has been received from Mr. Fox, the chief constable of the county constabulary, stating that the gentlemen proposed as bail by Mr, Abrams, on behalf of Louis Charles Hurt, were fully worth the amount required, £1,500. Mr. Abrams applied to the Judge at Chambers, stating that the Treasury had withdrawn the forty-eight hours' notice, and on the completion of the recognzances the defendant Hurt was released from custody. SINGULAR HISTORY OF A VAGABOND An individual arrested by the Paris police a day or two ago for vagabondage has turned out to be a convict named Montrousier, aged 35, who escaped from Cayenne a few years ago under rather extraordinary circum stances. He was condemned in 1861 to transportation for setting fire to the farm of a neighbour in Algeria, where he had settled. In the penal colony he adopted the calling of a fisherman, and married a woman who was undergoing a sentence of five years. They eventually resolved to escape, and with three other con victs got away in their boat, and after being ten days at sea, landed on Ba r bich e Island. Having no money to purchase provisions, they stole what they could, and then again put to sea. A terrible tempest sprang up, in the midst of which the woman gave birth to a female child, and died a few days aft er; th e i n f an t, h o w ever , sur vived, being fed with bread steeped in water. After thirty days in that precarious state, the fugitives were picked up by an English steamer and landed in France; where they concocted some plausible story to avert suspicion. The four men came to Paris, still accompanied by the child, and have since formed the nucleus of a band of depreda tors. Montrousier has refused to give any information relative to his companions. THE FENIAN ORGANISATION. The organisation of the Fenian Brotherhood, which has been hitherto kept as secret as the Itosicrucian mysteries, is well detailed in the Pall Mall Gazette of Tuesday. The writer has, we have reason to know, peculiar sources of information, and although some of his statements may be open to question, there is reason to believe that on the whole the article is trustworthy. The writer says : " The present instructions to circles and districts from the centres are said to be to arm and wait.' No doubt their arms are not highly finished as to stock and polish, but they are effective weapons for all that. Their weak point is neither arms nor numbers, but the loyalty of the brethren. They are divided in their councils, and a con siderable minority is eager to sell the rest. In America the division seems, for the present, hopeless. Leaving out subsidiary factions, which are too numerous to men tion, the two great bodies which divide the brotherhood in America are the Senate faction and the O'Neill faction. The facility with which the Fenians sell each other is surprising. They are merely dancing in a net in the full sight of the Government and the police authorities, To Stephens is due the main credit of the Fenian organisa tion. But it is a mistake to suppose, as the Fenians do suppose, that Stephens was ever in the pay of the Govern ment. He is in Paris now, and in poverty ; whereas Corydon, whom the Government did b u y, has his pension for life. Stephens, 'having lived much in France, formed his plan on the system of the Marianne' secret societies, There are districts communicating with circles," circles' communicating with centres,' and centres communicating with the head centre, who confers with the Senate. Few but the head centre and the Senate know what is going to be done. In fact, the rise in the brotherhood is very slow from a district mem ber to a circle member, and from a circle member to centre. Yet with all their caution, the Fenians are con stantly admitting spies, who only come in to let the Government know what they are doing. It would, per haps, wean many from their guilt and folly, if they could only know that men high in the Fenian Councils both here, in Ireland, and America, are in the pay of the Government authorities. Some of the most important of these are only known to the authorities by their initials. It was one of these, whose warnings are now always attended to, who gave notice of what was to be done at Clerkenwell, and a simi lar warning has lately been given in regard to other designs which are or have been in contemplation. When one of the chief informers, who had given evidence at several trials, was brought to London, the Senate detailed a man, whom we will call C., to shoot him. In mistake, however, C. shot a bandsman in the Guards who had a striking resemblance to the informer. C. got away and is now safe in America. The Senate next entrusted the informer's destruction to a man named F. F. used to follow his desiginated victim home, but never mustered courage to fire. F. was fainthearted ;he was watched, and as it was found he had had a good chance of shooting his man near the Milbank Prison and had not availed him self of It, the task was taken from him, and given to Barrett, the man who was hanged for what the Fenians call the' Clerkenwell example.' Barrett waited for three weeks about Scotland-yard, but the informer was fully warned, and kept away while Barrett was there. It may be asked why did not the police arrest Barrett at once; and the answer is very simple. To have arrested Barrett would have been to disclose the whole source of their in formation, and it was a matter of very small importance whether Corydon shot Barrett or Barrett shpt Corydon compared with keeping the whole threads of the plot in their hands unrevealed. The arms seized at Paddington were never intended for Ireland, they were meant for use in tho London districts. How they were to be used we cannot say, but we can say how they were got together. In the districts the men composing the members subscribe twopence to sixpence a week. These subscriptions are forwarded to the circles, and by them again to the centres, who decide upon the weapons to be bought and the foremost members to whom they are to be given. A shocking case of impalement has happened at a Fever Hospital near Liverpool. Whilst a man named Finney was attempting to escape he fell on the spikes, and met with instantaneous death. About a quarter of an inch of rain was measured during last week in Manchester and Liverpool, and rather more than the tenth of an inch in Sheffield, Hull, and Newcastle. Scarcely any rain fell in the other towns. The agitation for an advance of wages is kept up by the operatives in the cotton trade. The Bolton Spin ners' Association have just forwarded a circular to the employers in that district asking for an advance of five per cent. on the present prices. Le Gaulais states that it is Prince William Alexander of Orange who is the candidate for the crown of Spain, spoken of by General Prim. The three months' interval is to be devoted, says the same paper, to consider ing the proposal of an Iberian union. The Eastern Budget says the electoral meetings of the German party in Austria have resulted in an agree ment to pursue a conciliatory policy towards the other nationalities, and to agitate in favour of a system of direct elections to the Reichsrath. This programme is in accor dance with that of the Government. The Marchioness of Queensberry has sent another cheque for £2O to the editor of the Irishman, for the re lief of the wife of a Fenian prisoner, and in a letter accompanying the bequest expresses a wish to see the union of all Irishmen for the attainment of self-govern ment by peaceful means. Lady. Margaret Brooke, wife of Sir William Brooke O'Shaughnessy, Knight, M.D., F.R.S., the eminent telegraphist, and late Superintendent-General of Telegraphs in India, died on Sunday. Her ladyship, who was the daughter of Francis O'Shaughnessy, Esq., of Curragh, county Clare, was born in 1807. In lieu of the prohibited Christchurch Ball, arrange ments haVe been made for an Eton and Harrow Ball, to take place at Oxford in the Conimemoration week, namely, on Tuesday, June 21. The Public Schools Ball will be in addition to those of the University, masonic, and college balls. The Attorney-General for Ireland has decided the question as to whether there should be a new theatre in Dublin. He considered a patent ought to be granted under certain conditions, respecting prices of admission, accommodation, ventilation, &c., and said he would so re port to the Lord Lieutenant. The Eastern Budget understands that the new Austro-Hungarian Minister : of Finance, M. de Lonyay, has determined, with the concurrence of the Minister for War, to make considerable reductio ns i n th e f or th com i ng Austro-Hungarian military budget. The total expenses caused by the Dalmatian insurrection amount to about 3,000,000 florins (2300,000). Rebecca Lady Egeston died on the 11th inst., at the great age of 90 years. The venerable lady was the daughter of Mr. Josias Du Pre, o f Wilt on P ar k , B uc k s, by Rebecca, sister of the first Earl of Caledon. She married 14th September, 1804, the Rev. Sir Philip Eger ton, of Oulton, and by him had issue a numerous family, including the present baronet, Sir Philip De Malpas Grey Egerton, M.P. The following circuits of the judges have been fixed c—Western (Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justioe Willer.}—Winchester, Wednesday, July 13; Salisbury, Tuesday, July 19; Dorchester, Friday, July 22; Exeter, Tuesday, July 26 ; Bodmin, Monday, August 1; Wells, Friday, August 5 ; Bristol, Wednesday, August 10. Home (Lord Chief Justice Bovill and Mr. Justice Black- burn)—Guildford, Monday, August 8. Slight rain is reported to have fallen at some sta tions, and in the western district the sky continues cloudy. Temperature materially altered during yesterday. In Lon don, at six o'clock in the morning, the thermometer registered 65 degs., but at noon it had risen to 86 degs. in the shade. Readings at other stations cre also reported to have become higher. The wind is still very light and variable, principally from the south-westward. The sea is calm. At an adjourned inquest held by 11r. Hu m ph reys on the body of Isabella Fuson, aged 25 years, a married woman who was an actress at the Alhambra Theatre, in Shoreditch, and who died recently after having prema turely given birth to a child, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person unknown. Mr. William Harding, a retired medical practitioner, has been arrested by the police, and remanded on the charge of haying caused the death of the deceased. The shooting for the National Bile Association Bronze Medal for Middlesex has commenced at Worm wood Scrubbs, by the selected representatise marksmen of the Rifle Volunteer Corps of the county. In addition to the bronze medal there are twenty-eight prizes in money, in sums ranging from £1 to £lO, the high.st aggregate score at the 200, 500, and 600 yards, takng the' bronze medal and £10; the seeond £7; the third 2€ ; the fourth and fifth, each £5; the sixth £4; the seventh and eighth, each £3. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE. The select committee of the House of Commons ap pointed to inquire into the merits of the Government bill to abolish compulsory pilotage, was engaged yesterday to day in the examination of witnesses from Falmouth and Grimsby in favour of the bill. Mr. Shaw Lefevre occupied the chair, and the cross examination of the witnesses was as usual led by Mr. Greaves on the part of Liverpool, which town was opposed to the bill. Mr. Henry Fox, a gentleman who is connected with an eminent mercantile and shipping firm of the port of Falmouth, and who is a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce in that town, stated in reply to questions from Mr. Lefevre, that in the course of the year probably three thousand foreign vessels touched at the port of Falmouth and entered the harbour, where they either lay for orders or for shelter, Falmouth being one of the safe s t h ar b ours i n t h e wor ld . The consequence was that in the fine weather the pilots under the compulsory system made so much money that they absolutely refused to go out to sea during the winter months, and he had known of cases in which vessels had been known in dark and stormy weather to enter the harbour with the flag flying for a pilot, while all the time the pilot boats were lying idly at anchor in the harbour, the men positively refusing to go to her assistance. He also read a letter from Lloyd's agent in that town, sliming the amount of inconvenience occasioned to the shipping by the delay in getting pilots, and expressing a conviction that the work would be far better done if the compulsory system were abolished, and the men thrown on the voluntary system. He added that the Chamber of Commerce of Falmouth fully supported that view of the case. Evidence was then given from the port of Grimsby to the effect that the shipping and mercantile interests of that port were seriously damaged by the compulsory system, and one witness, M. Henri Wosd, shipowner, said that he repaid £l,OOO for pilotage, and he estimated that at least one-half of it would be saved if the compulsory system were abolished. He complained that it was a great injury, not only to the coasting, but the foreign shipping, and that if it were abolished, although there might be fewer pilots, the men themselves would be benefited and the shipping in terest better cared for, and this evidence was confirmed by Mr. Oates, a merchant of Grimsby, after which some' evidence in favour of the bill was given by Captain John- ' son, of the coastguard service, who had a great general experience and a particular knowledge of the Bristol Channel. He was against any exemptions. The committee then adjourned. LAW AND POLICE. ESSEX WAGGONERS.—Two Essex carmen were brought up at the Thames Police-court on a charge of being asleep in their waggons in the Bow-road. It seems that the men come up to London three or four times a week, with hay, straw, and vegetables, and work from two to seven days' without getting any more sleep than they can obtain in the carts or in the stables. They had been attending the Whitechapel hay-market and said the horses were sure to find their way home. However, the magistrate told them they must not go to sleep while in charge, and fined them eight shillings each. A CASE FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY. —A woman named Esther Heale, fifty years of age, was fined 40s. for throw ing herself into the Regent's Canal. She was saved with great difficulty by a man named William Darrell, who stated that he had saved twenty lives within the last twelve months. THE SHAM INSURANCE COMPANY.—The charge against William Henry White of having, in his capacity as a director of the Manchester Insurance and Banking Com pany (Limited), unlawfully' published a false prospectus, has been again under investigation at the Mansion House. A number of witnesses who had been induced to insure in the company were examined, and ultimately the defen dant was remanded. SHEFFIELD TRADES' UNIONS.—Four Unionist colliers have been charged at She ffi eld with molesting and intimi dating five non-ilnionists. The non-Unionists were em ployed at Thorncliffe, and were passing throu Chapel town, when they we r e assa il e d b y a mo b of Unionists, stoned, beaten, and otherwise ill-treated. Some of them were unfit for work for some days. Two of the prisoners were sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and two to two months', the bench expressing their opinion that the Thorncliffe reign of terror should be put an end to. CHARGE OF MURDER.—Thomas Warburton, labourer, of Poynton, has been charged at Macclesfield with the wilful murder of Daniel Eccles, collier at Poynton, on the 18th ult. About five o'clock in the morning of that day the prisoner took possession of an empty house in German's-square, Poynton, and whilst standing behind a window with a gun in his land, deliberately fired through the window just as the deceased was passing on his way to work. The marble with which the gun was charged entered the poor fellow's back, and he lingered until the sth of June, when his injuries terminated fatally. The prisoner has been committed for trial. THE COUNTESS OF DERWENTWATER.—The case in con nection with the non-payment of poor-rates by the so called Countess of Derwentwater, has been heard at the Gateshead County Police Court. The defendant was not present to answer to the summons requiring her to present herself hefore their worships. The clerk stated that the case arose out of the non-payment of certain rates amounting to £4l3s. 9d. on a house in Blaydon, due from Lady Amelia Matild a M ar y T u d or Radcliffe.— Mr. Ramsay : She is no lady.—The clerk stated that she was so called in the rate-book, and they were bound to use the names in the rate-book. —Mr. Ramsay said all the magistrates could do was to give an order to seize her " ladyship's" goods and chattels.—The clerk suggested that Mr. Bennet could take a distress warrant, and if she did not pay him, he could try to have her committed in default.—An order was accordingly made.—Northern Express. CLAIM UrrDnit Arc ALLEGED INVALID MARRIAGE.—The part heard cause of " Hill v. Hibbet " was continued before Vice-Chancellor James. A sentleman of large means was married, and there was issue by the marriage. He deserted his first wife, and subsequently con tracted a bigamous marriage with a woman who, as well as himself, soon afterwards died. He died intestate, and the sister of the second wife now claimed to be the heir-at-law, and entitled, con sequently, to the property, the value .of which amounted to something like a quarter of a million sterling. An enormous mass of evidence was produced • but the Vice- Chancellor, in an elaborate judgment, h e l d first mar riage to be valid, and the second bigamous, and discharged the bill, with costs, which, it is supposed, will amount to several thousand pounds. THE ALLEGED LIBEL ON A POOR LAW GUARDIAN.—In the Court of Common Pleas Mr. Serjeant Robinson moved for a rule for a new trial in the case of Edmunds v. Eyre, tried on Friday last before Mr. Justice Byles. The grounds on which the application was made were, that the verdict was against the evidence, and that there was surprise. Dr. Edmunds was a guardian of St. Pancras, and at the late election a pla card was published, charging that he had conspired with the surgeon of the hospital to discharge uncured paupers, in order that there might be empty beds in the workhouse infirmary, and thus defeat a motion to erect a new building. The jury found a verdict on Friday for the defendant. The ground of surprise was abandoned, and the court intimated that they would consult with Mr. Justice Byles before deciding whether they would grant a rule or not, MR- D'ARCT IRVINE.—A commission de lunatico in quirendo to inquire into the state of mind of Henry Mervyn D'Arcy Irvine has been held in Dublin. • Mr. Lefroy, Q.C. appeared for the petitioners, Messrs. Francis and 'John D'Arcy, brothers of the alleged lunatic, who assumes the name, of Irvine by royal licence. Medical evidence was called to shew that Mr. Irvine was suffering from great mental excite ment, and that it was necessary to keep several attend ants constant with him. Major D'Arcy, brother of the alleged lunatic, deposed that he had one son, Henry Huntely Mervyn D'Arcy Irvine ; who was his only child. He would be seven years of age in August. Witness had , been receiving his brother's rents as a receiver for the last two years. His rental was £5,844 odd. He had besides his castle gardens, saw-mills, &c., which were worth £1,500 a year. He had also jewelleg, plate, and furni ture which were worth £50,000. The jury found that Mr. Irvine was of unsound mind, and incapable of managing his own affairs. DEFRAUDING A CHARITABLE SOCIETY.—An accountant named Banks, his assistant, and a solicitor named Law rence, have been charged at the Guildhall with conspiring to defraud the Society for the Relief of Persons Impri soned for Small Debts. The prisoners, it seems have been carrying on a system of taking people through the Bankruptcy Court in forma pauperis, for the purpose of bringing them on the funds of the society, and then taking a considerable share for themselves by way of commission. Another charge was that they- created fictitious debts and got the debtors arrested on them in 'order to bring them within the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court, and that in order to carry out that purpose they suborned the bankrupts to commit perjury. A, man named Hill, who had been through the Bankruptcy Court with the assist ance of Banks, gave evidence that Banks told him of the society and drew up a petition for him. He arranged to give Banks £5 if he received £5O, and £lO if he received £6O. He also promised to give him an extra guinea. Mr. Hill received fifty pounds and gave Banks five pounds, but Banks wanted the guinea, which he refused. The next day he received a letter from Banks saying that unless the guinea were at once paid he should see Hill's creditors and explain the particulars of his arrest and bankruptcy, and get the bankruptcy annulled, as ho was not to be " humbugged " with impunity. After some more evidence had been taken, the prisoners were re manded. • MR. DICKENS AS A PEDESTRIAN.—At one time of his life Mr. Dickens was a great pedestrian. That he was a great walker is borne witness to by much that he wrote. In the wanderings of Little Nelly and her grandfather, Mr. Dickens's own experiences crop up. The Punch and Judy men, and the scene in the inn, are manifestly photographs of people the author had met and of places where he had been. The same may be said of the account of David Copperfield's journey on foot from London to Kent; and the inimitable paper on " Tramps,". which-we are never tired of reading, could have been written by no man who had not had. opportunities of closely studying the begging fraternity, their habits, and modes of expression. Indeed, scattered through his works are scenes and allusion's that bespeak the practice - of pedestrianism, if not of humbler modes o f t rave lli ng. It is hard to be lieve that the description of the journey in that night wagon in " The Old Curiosity Shop," and the morning picture, the . passengers, cheerless, cold, ugly, and discon tented; with - three nloriths' - irowth--of hair in' bile night, was not a realistic sketch that grew out of Mr. Dickens's own personal experience. —Bath and Cheltenham Gazette, M. LABOULAYE. There is no better instance of the ingratitude of red Republicans than in the treatment which M. Laboulaye is now receiving. This gentleman deserves everything at the hands of the Liberal party in France.. He has been one of their most consistent, wisest and coolest friends. He is too wise and cool to help build barricades or to incite to murder and rapine an excited mob, speaking from the top of a hearse. But his services have been of the most valuable character. They have been such as to attract into the ranks of the intelligent Opposition the cultivated and wealthy men whose character and standing add strength to any party. We in America have special reason to be grateful for his unvarying friendliness to our country and to the cause of the Union. In short, he has used all his great talents as a brilliant journalist, a great lawyer, and a successful novelist, to add strength to the party which demanded larger liberty—from the Empire, if it could be so obtained, and if not so, through a change in the Government. But Laboulaye was guilty of the unpardonable sin of advising that Frenchmen should secure a good placed within their reach by voting for the plebiscite. The indignation of the irreconcilables knew no bounds. They began to charge the man whom they had trusted all his life with the most unworthy motives in his new line of conduct. They went so far as to demand the return of a silver inkstand which had been given him as a testimonial of respect and esteem when he was, in 1866, defeated in an election to the Corps L4gis latif from Strasbourg, and -on his refusal to restore it, have brought a suit to recover it. The new hostility to him has penetrated even to the students in the University of France, to which he is a lecturer, and lately he was hissed by his pupils in the la w sc h oo l, forced to leave the hall, and made his escape with great difficulty. There will be plenty of people to applaud this lawless and ungrateful conduct toward a life-long friend, who has done more to help the cause of liberty than forty Roche forts, Flourenses, or Gambtttas, but to those who can look at the transaction from a disinterested point of view, and can look at it, as no hot-headed Frenchman can, in its bearings upon the future of the Liberal party, it seems disgraceful in every aspect.—Boston Advertiser. THE TWO FENIAN RAIDS. Although there is at first glance much similarity between the two miserable Fenian affairs of 1866 and 1870, there is a contrast worth noticing in the essential elements of their histories. The same point was chosen for the rendezvous and for the crossing into Canada ; the same inflation was attempted by absurdly exaggerated reports, and the same humiliating conclusion came to the enterprises combining wickedness and folly in a measure matched by no other incidents of our day. But in 1866 the abrupt termination of the raid which might otherwise have assume d more serious and tragic proportions, was due almost wholly to the interference of the United States Government. The Fenians starred with high hopes. The sup posed magnitude of their order had induced many fawning politicians to shew them marks of respect, and to give them half-promises of a forbearance which would amount to co-operation. The audacity of their enter prise had fascinated a few men of character and military ability, unsatiated with glory by their experience in our own war, who had joined their cause and lent it a tinge of respectability. The suddenness and mystery . of their coming had spread a l arm th roug h t h e threatened section of Canada. While the regular troops marched toward the line the inhabitants fled from their homes and sought safety in Montreal or on the American side of the frontier. A wide region was deserted and left open to the ravages of the Fenians. They swaggered about Canadian soil for days, stealing horses, plundering farms, con fiscating silver ware and bedclothes, fright ening women and taking unarmed prisoners. When they did encounter a picket of British troops, the retreat of the enemy generally enabled them to call them selves victorious. The main body of regulars and volun teers waited respectfully in strong positions for their further advance. A skirmish of serious proportions was only prevented by the general seizure of arms and ammu nition by the United States authorities ; the invaders were left with absolutely nothing to fight with ; and when they came back wretched across the line, they were at least able to say that they had been defeated by the President and not by John Bull. But this year no such shadow of a boast is left them. No lack of arms or ammunition has been reported. Full and careful preparation of this kind has been made in advance. The Canadian farmers, having learned better the calibre of their assailants, have thought it worth while not to abandon their homes without an attempt at defence, and a single volley from their muskets Chas sufficed to burst the bubble. The point of crossing selected, above Frank lin, is most ineligible for an advance likely to meet with resistance, and not supported by artillery. The raid was checked on the border itself, as it might have been checked before ; and though the civil officers of the United States were ready to follow up the overt act with an arrest of the leaders, the Fenians cannot attribute to their action their own complete and speedy failure. We might call the whole affair a farce but for the blood which stained the few feet of British soil upon which the in vadels ventured to tread ; but the sacrifice of life which has been made turns tne prevailing feeling from ridicule at the supreme absurdity of the plan and its execution into indignation at the villany which has led deluded men to death for its own profit. The Irishmen most interested will distribute the blame for themselves. Nothing is more evident than that somebody has pushed this senseless scheme forward for gain. For our part we should first suspect a commander who would cross a boundary line with blatherskite about returning victorious or dead, and then would step back opportunely after the first shot to be " captured ' by a civil officer with no weapon but a wr it. B u t cer tainly it seems as if the whole affair had been so clear to all men's eyes that not an Irishman can be left in Amerisa who will again sign a Fenian roll, nor an Irish woman who, even four years hence, will contribute a penny to a Fenian funds. The curtain which falls this week should never rise upon such another lamentable display of folly, with deceit and delusion in the first act, and disgust and death in the finale.—Boston Advertiser. THE NORTHERN FRONTIER. GENERAL DONNELLY COMMITTED IN DEFAULT OF BAIL. ST. ALBANS, VERMONT, June 1. General Donnelly was to-day brought before United States Commissioner B. B. Smalley, of Burlington. He waived an examination, and in default of $lO,OOO bail was ordered to be committed in this place. Owing to his wound it was not deemed prudent to confine him in gaol, and he now remains at ,the Weldon House in charge of Deputy Marshal J. M. Smalley. The following is the reply which Deputy Marshal Smalley received when he asked permission, in behalf of Rowe's friends, to remove his body : " Camp Eccles' Hill, May 31, 1870. " Sir,—l have great pleasure in acceding to your re quest to permit the friends of the Fenian Rowe to remove his body, now buried in our lines.—Yours obediently, " W. OSBORNE SMITH. " Lieutenant-Colonel, D. A. G. Mil., Canada, command. ing field force on Southern frontier. " J. M. Smalley, Deputy Marshal, Vermont." United States Marshal Foster and his deputies found in Franklin over six tons of ammunitions left by the Fenians, 136 boxes of which had not been opened, and six waggon loads were brought here to-day and placed under a guard of the United States troops. The destina tion of the company of United States troops that left here this morning was Fort Preble, Portland Harbour. BUFFALO, N. Y. Jne 1. General Starr w as arres t e d at his hotel here , this after noon by a Deputy United States Marshal, and taken before United States Commissioner Gorham, and in de fault of $lO,OOO bail was committed to gaol. Bail will be tendered in the morning. The Irishmen of this city are very indignant at the hurried manner in which the arrest was made, and bitterly denounce the Deputy Marshal as being governed by the mercenary 'motive of obtaining heavy fees in running the prisoner to Canandaigua. Three hundred Fenians from Malone passed through here this evening en route for New York. Their trans portation was ordered by Governor Hoffman, of New- York, who also ordered meat and bread for them at this point. COLLISION BETWEEN UNITED STATES TROOPS AND FENLINS. UTICA, N. Y., June 1. A special dispatch to the Morning llerald, dated at Rome, half-past seven o'clock this evening, says—" There has just been a collision at Williamstown, north of Rome, between the Fenians and the United States troops. The troops fired on the Fenians and drove them into the cars wounding several of them." , MORE SECRET HISTORY. The New York Times special correspondent at Ogdens burg, in a letter giving some important additional secret his tory of the recent Fenian raid, says :—" I wrote you in March in relation to this affair. At that time O'Neill was here getting his arms and equipments to the front, but no one outside of the Fenian organisation took stock in the rumours then in circulation. He told the Brother hood here that he wanted no men to fight from this country, but at the proper time he wanted them to furnish transportation, which they agreed to do, and they per formed their agreement well. This thing, though now ended for all time in a great failure, was well planned, but most miserably executed. The intention was not to fight at either Richard's Farm or Trout River. Both were intended as feints. The plan was to get across the line at both places and entrench. They intended to have the line close behind, and hoped to be able to draw the whole available Canadian forces—volunteers and regulars —to their front. For this purpose every railroad in Canada was left intact. Had everything worked well up ' to this point, another force, by steamer and rail and every mode of conveyance, would have come to Ogdensburg, crossed the St. Lawrence, seized the Ottawa Railroad, and started for that city. With the crossing of the St. Lawrence the rail roads would have been torn up all over the Dominion. Ten men, on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday night, could have crossed the river, both above and below Pres cott, and cut the Grand Trunk, so that a single soldier • could have passed up or down without the least danger of arrest or bodily injury. Up to Tuesday night last no one here but the Fenians suspected a raid that day ; they received their orders, and before midnight two hundred teams were moving down the river. They had in this section and in Vermont arms enough for 30,000 men. There is now secreted somewhere in this direction a splendid battery of six guns. About 5,000 stand of arms have been seized near Fort Covington. The result again shews that " The best made plans of mice and men gang aft aglee." It requires some stamina to be an Irishman on this frontier now. It has been a worse crime for them to fail than it was to embark on their unlawful mission. Had the plan been successfully executed this whole people would have been completely demoralised- and oblivious to the obligations of good citizens, and - shouted " Go it, Fenians !" As long as there was any prospect of a good snug fight we kept drifting away from our duties. PRESBYTERIAN IRRECONCILABLES. The Presbyterian General Assembly held a meeting 3t Philadelphia on the Ist of June, when the del3go,tion appointed by this Assembly to visit the General Assenib l Y of the Southern Presbyte r i an Ch urc h, l a t e ly in session 3t Louisville, presented a report and communication fr ol the Southern Assembly in reply to overtures of this The delegation had been sent to procure mutual fFiellalY correspondence. The communication from the Sciathl Church states that that Church do es no t a pprove of union with the Northern Church, because it is a total surrender of all fundamental doctrines, and embraces all shade s f belief. The Southern Church is th e on ly sur viving , of true, unfailing testimonie s , an d th ere are inap bl os 9 ', - barriers to official intercourse bet ween th e t w o Chocu e : The delegation bringing the comm un i ca ti on also sli witted their own report, shewing what action had be en taken at Louisville. Several of the representatives then present made speeches shewing what the spirit of the, Southern Assembly had been. It was th oug ht that the opinion of that Assembly was not th e opinion of t Southern churches. The report wa s received, and t he committee was discharged. THE CAPITOL. The Capitol removers had a sorry defeat in the SeDal r e . while the legislative app ro p r i a ti on bill was pending. i Harlan of lowa made the issue against a provision for tb . extension and improvement of the c a pit o l grou nds, offer ing the resolutions of th e l eg i s l a t ure o f l owa t o the Pil l : purpose as his text. Mr, Yates of Illinois came to t', l ;. relief, and predicted as " f u t ure hi s t or y th a t no t one s°' tary member of Congress from any north-western state could be returned this fall unless pledged inviolably tor t i, removal of the capitol to the Mississippi V a lley.' U', this exception the voice of the West was on th e other bri! Senator Carpenter of Winconsin thought if they were 10 change the capitol at all " Milwaukee was the only p l , 3c : where it ought to be ; an d y e t, G enera l P a i ne of t he House and himself were probably the only who would agree up on th a t l oca ti on. " Soot% Drake of Missouri said th a t h e wou ld not /45 any man in that State a more sure and speed y oblivion as a public man, than to advocate the giving ue of the city of St. Louis to the nation for a capitol. , 1 \ vada and Nebraska entered a protest against the a bort` notion of removal, and one of the new senators fr° Texas drew a kaleidoscopic view of the time , 4 w h en tbe i stars and stripes would float with credit, and honour, an u glory, as in the proud old days of Rome, over Mexie° , Cuba, and all the islands adjacent," as a reason why li e would make the present capitol " according." Oregon also put in a good word for Washingto n , an d was dis Poe to favour the suggestion of Mr, Stockton of New Jersey' that when the future pilgrim from the distant West ar proached her magnificent hill he should salute her as th e great twin brethren saluted their favourite city floata l34 in the midst of the Campagna, " Hail to the great asylum ! Hail to the hill-tops seven ! Hail to the fire that burns for aye, And the shield that fell from heaven !" —Boston Advertiser. T • GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION FOE FENIANS. - • No one can pity more sincerely than does the writer, the misled victims of this at once r idi cu l ous an d bl oo dydeli' sion of Fenianism. But is this a case in which Govern' went is justified in basing official action, even on sub praiseworthy praiseworthy motives a s th a t o f com p ass i on for deceived ? However deluded into believing that tiled', cause is just, th e s e men se t ou t w ith th e avowe d object of making war from our borders upon a peaceful and freindlY nation. Unless justified by such success as shall wak e them one of the recognised powers of the earth, can there be a greater crime ? Having thus deliberately outraged and defied the laws of th e G overnment un d er w hi c h theY live, it now appears that their nefarios desi has be e° frustrated more by their own cowardice than gn either by Canadian or Government troops. This being it certainly seems t o th e wr it er t h at t h e coop t°ness of those wh o now expct U nc l e S a m bring home these would-be malefactors side side with the soldiers just sent against them, l ' only surpassed by that of the English cotton bondholder; who presented their little bill to the United States for money advanced in support of the rebellion. Putting foreign opinion out of the question, and regarditg. only the outrage and defiance offered to our own laws, is the proposed offer of a free ride home consistent with a Prob er and dignified attitude of the Government in regard to these men ? It was certainly to the surprise and regret of many then in the service with the writer that the Government saw fit to adopt this measure at the time 0 1 the last "invasion," but it was cer t a i n ly no t suppoe° that a like indulgence would be shewn to a second offence. In another point of view, is it well for those who at soul. future day may plot a renewal of this wickedness, to be able to assure their victims that, in case of failure, th e)? will not be left to extricat e themselves, but may rely upon Government transportation to their homes as soon as theY shall have thrown away gun and equipments. —007'1'64 )93 ' dent of the Boston Daily Advertiser. The Memorial Diplomatique contains the announce' ment that the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne has definitely accepted the post of Ambassador to Vienna. The state , ' of his health, however, will prevent his going there A F present. i An Omaha editor refu ses t o publish a eommuni ga- it. ,, .+ tion reflecting upon B e echer a n d Greeley, because , i t does Lot sympathise with the v i ews o f th e writer, because the: , article is badly w r itt en , an d b ecause th e gr ammar is worse fr than the chirogr a phy. If th e gent l emen r eferred to are ~ to be satirised, it ins i s t s th a t it shall be done in good English. , The Fenians have re t urne d h ome di sgus t e d, leav- , i r ing only their leaders behind them. These are in th e hands of the United States authorities, and to all apPor - ' ance they are likely to remain for some time to will: The Government, to the surprise of many, do not 1 0 °" - upon the raid as a. joke or holiday excursion, and prose - t . cutes the leaders with rigour. Though this may be great'," f to the discomfort of the leaders, it is indirectly for the benefit of the masses of the Fenians, who will thus hal e . fewer Head C en t res an d T reasurers to deceive them in the 'I, future.—New York Tribune. THE CATPAIN OF THE BOMBAY.—The capta in the Bombay i s i rrepress ibl e. H e d eman d e d a new tri ° fjf ' and revision of his sentence of suspension for sinking th e Oneida, and when refused by the English Board of Tan in a letter which plainly intimated that he was guiltY,n only of gross breach of duty, but dis r e gar d o f the cape ?-, humanity, he threatened t o p u bli s h a s t a t e ment. " Captain Eyre wishes to explain, or to be tried and h.L„v e full justice done him, let him apply i n thi s country. --- fi'w York Tribune. THE FRENCH TROO P S IN ROME.—The Mento r: al Diplomatique has persistently refuted the statement; which have been made with respect to the withdrawa le , the French troops from R ome , an d h as asser t e d that t , .. French flag would w a v e th ere un til th e It a li a ns coul d furnish guarantees fo r th e ma i n t enance o f th e Pontific al throne. It now quotes th e s p eec h o f M. Vi scon ti-Venost a the Minister of Foreign Affairs as an unanswerable argil: ment in support of its theories. In reply to a q uests which Count Mamiani put to him in the Senate, M. Vis c t i t Venosta explained the policy of the Governtc;' t with reference to the Council, and then state that nothing had taken place which would le i % to the supposition of - a change in the policy of t. Emperor of the French with respect to the maintensee! of the troops in Rome. He could not see that anYth had occurred which would lead to a modification of th e i . o proceeded 3 declarations which the Emperor Napoleon and 1 • 1 , 0 Ministers had made when they sent the French troops ' Rome. At any rate they had received no official commu nications on the subject from France. L ADVERTISEMENT. 1 Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage are Oil u aggravated and accelerated by drugs of eve r y d escr ipti o n, b perfectly curable by Du BARRY'S health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), coug h . , asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastr ic derangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, ner vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, catarrh!: colds, influenza, noises in the h ea d an d ears, r h eum atism, P u g ". impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, eleeP l°s ;, ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, craini„ spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea , 8 ,7 0 , ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains a ‘ ," te a pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, &c. We _,, c l u Se few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. CL',,„ r is 68,413—"R0me, July 21 1866. The health of the Holy Fon a ss excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, 13 2, 0 d, confined himself entirely to Da Barry's Revalenta Arabiesf w ed of which he consumes a plateful at every meaL It has pr" n ess .- a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his . 0 cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—Fr om the "La yette bor du Midi," July 25. Cure No. 46,270.—Mr. J ames Roberts, t i : g o, i merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased C u re ' spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness' r f o rd N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lie u t enan t o f Wate scrib of many years dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' int eon able agony from dyspepsia, n ervousness , as th ma , cong" , ,,, r ia etipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting• — ; ou ry Jolly " 'lmportant Caution.—Beware of the many un ßa ;, r ityl and more than sloppy imitations to which, without a,uth Baron Liebig 'in Ime inmost audaciously attached. 1,21 b 225 ' In tins, at is lid; Ilb 2s 9d ; 2lb is 6d; 51b lls.; L AO 24 lbs 408.—Also DII BARRY'S REVALE N TA A RABIC& CROCO cup, POWDER is packed in tin canister s: f o r 12 c u p s a t 2s, for 24 t 55s at 3s 6d, for 48 cup s at6 s , f or 288 cu p s a t 30 s, f or 576 cups ' e at —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are ..... ord er• d free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office ail BARRY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. of On the 12th inst., at 65, Rutland- ga t e , the Counte ss Strathmore, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Fallodon, the wife of Major Grey 0f SOIL MARRIAGES. On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, Stamford, Frederick gli nt° o l3 i of Springfield Villas, Kilburn, t o Amy, fifth daughter, John Paradise, J.P., editor of the "Stamford Mercury. On the 14th inst., at St. Michael's Church, Chester - sV are the Rev. Charles James Hamilton vicar of Doveridge: Derbyshire, to Alice Cath er i ne , d a U g hter of Elliot 313 c naghten, Esq. DEATHS On the 13th inst., at 40, Portland-place, James Dare, Esq' of Wilton Park, Bucks, aged 92. On the 12th inst., at Modbury, Devonshire, John Andrews Esq., aged 82. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDIZEW„2' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County ° Middlesex. —Thursday, June 16, 1870. ~`~-~ N° r 6 'h - serv e hams $, Ll Thi s co Pitt Sold in Agents in Mui AIW] r eehold tePayabli counted. 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