The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-23 00:00:00

• t 17 t !Cr. E eirmilat • HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 22. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, and her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. Princess Louise, attended by Lady Ca :•oline Barrington, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, and Colonel Du Plat, arrived at the Castle from London. The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, held at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate, St. James's Park. There were present Lord Portman, Lord Warden of the Stannaries ; Sir William John Alexander, Attor ney-General ; Major-General Sir Thomas Myddelton Bid dulph, Receiver-General; General Sir William Thomas Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of his Royal High ness ; and Herbert William Fisher, Esq., Keeper of the Privy Seal. Mr. Bateman, the secretary, attended as Clerk of the Council. Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House, and remained to luncheon. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Coke and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, dined with Frances, Countess of Waldegrave, and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, at Strawberry-hill. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Earl Fortescue's ball, instead of the 10th inst., at 40, Upper Brook-street, Mayfair. The Countess of Radnor's second ball, at 52, Grosvenor- street, Grosvenor-square. Viscountess Combermere's evening party, 4 48, Belgrave square. • Lady Carew's evening party, at 28, Belgrave-square. Lady Dinorben's morning party, at Bute House. Lady Henrietta Allen's ball, at Hanover-square Rooms. Sir Matthew White Ridley's evening party, at 10, Carl ton-house-terrace. Mrs. White's matinee, at 48, Portland-place. Earlswood Asylum fete. Extra trains from London bridge and Victoria will stop at the Earlswood Station. At Lord's Ground (grand cricket match).—M.C.C. and Ground v. University of Oxford. The Hurlingham Club—First International Cup to be shot for in Hurlingham-park, at 30 yards rise. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS-TO-DAY. The Statistical Society, at 4.30 p.m.—The anniversary meeting. The Zoological Society, at 8.30 p.m.—" Walrus," Dr. Murie ; " Catalogue of the Mammals of South China and Formosa," Mr. R. Swinhoe ; " Birds from Trini dad," Dr. 0. Finsch. ST. JAMES'S HALL-MR. BENEDICT'S CONCERT. The principal event of the musical season, Mr. Bene dict's annual concert, took place yesterday afternoon, and on no former occasion has a more brilliant assemblage ever taken place in St. James's Hall. Every seat in the vast area was occupied, and as the great majority of the Audience were ladies the thousands of elegant toilettes co mingled presented a scene of the most remarkable beauty. The programme contained no less than 57 pieces, and the artistes consisted of nearly all the bright particular stars of the musical profession. The concert commenced at half-past one, and as it did not terminate until seven it may truly be set down as the longest as well as the greatest musical entertainment of the year. Under such circumstances it would be impossible to note down and comment separately upon each of the vocal and instrumental beauties presented to the brilliant audience, but complimenting Mdlle. Drasdil, Madame Sinico, and Madame Volpini for their contribu tions to the great musical banquet, we commence with Madame Monbelli's rendering of " Bel raggio," which was sung with the utmost taste and finish. Mr. Santley sang a new song, by Piatti, entitled " 0 swallow, swallow," which he gave in his own incomparable style, but his great effort was "Oh ruddier than the cherry." and never has he sang this celebrated composition with greater effect. It was applauded to the very echo, and well it deserved the compliment. Mdlle. Christine Nilsson sang a new can tique, " Santa Maria," by M. Faure ; it was accompanied by the composer on the harmonium, the violoncello obligato being played by M. Paquier, and it is almost needless to say produced the most rapturous applause. Madame Trebelli sang a new song by Mr. A. Sullivan, entitled " Looking back," with great skill and taste, and Mdlle. Ilma de Murska gave some Hungarian national airs, which created quite a furore. The brilliancy of her execution and the faultless manner with which she executed the various chromatic runs created the greatest en thusiasm and astonishment ; they were all as true in tone as the pianoforte, and, taken altogether, this performance was one of the greatest triumphs of the concert. A new duet by Mdme. Trebelli and Signor Bettini " Mille volte," was very finely sung, and Signor Mongini and Faure's singing of the duet from Mos 4 " Parlar, spiegar" was everything that could be desired. Mdme. Goddard performed Benedict's composition for the pianoforte from " Der Freischutz" in her own splendid manner, and Herr Auer gave one of Vieuxtemp's solos for the violin with great taste. A new quartette for two piariafortes and four performers, was executed to perfection by Messrs. Bene dict, Lindsay Sloper, Mr. G. Osborne, and the composer, Mr. Cowan. We must conclude our notice of the extra ordinary concert with a general compliment to the rest of the artists, and also to Mr. Nimmo, upon whom as usual devolved the arduous arrangements for the comfort of the audience. With the assistance of Mr. Hurst everything was done in the most perfect manner ; not the slightest difficulty was experienced throughout the whole of the afternoon, and although fresh visitors were continually arriving, not the least interruption took place during the long entertainment. The concert was as great a success as any of its three-and-thirty predecessors. TIIE SHAM INSURANCE AND BANK FRAUD William Henry White, a common looking man, de. scribed as an auctioneer, was on Wednesday brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination upon the charge of conspiracy, with other persons, to defraud the public by means of a sham and fraudulent insurance com pany called the Manchester Insurance and Banking Company (Limited). Mr. G. Lewis appeared for the prosecution. Green, the detective officer, stated that a warrant was placed in his hands for the apprehension of the prisoner on the 6th of the present month, and he met him accidentally in Fleet-street. He took out the warrant and read it to him, and the prisoner then said that the prosecutor Oswell Currie was in custody at the Poplar police-station on the charge of setting fire to his house. He asked the prisoner if he had ever signed any policies in the name of Albus, and he denied having done so. He searched him and found a number of prospectuses and other papers relating to the company, and six bills of exchange, and an 1.0. U. for £22, signed J. W. Gilbert. Since the prisoner had been in custody witness had endeavoured to find the other parties whose names appeared upon the prospectus as directors of the company, but had been unable to do so with the excep tion of a person named Gilbert. All the property at the " office " consisted of a table, some desks and some chairs, and an empty cash bowl. He did not find any securities in the office. There was a cheque book, but he did not find any register of shareholders. He found one book which he produced. Mr. G. Lewis said that this book appeared to contain a host of entries of sums that had been paid by different parties for premiums, the Whole of which seemed to have been divided amongst the directors directly after it was received. The officer said that he had left a summons at the residence of Mr. Gilbert requiring him.to appear and give evidence, but he had not done so. Mr. Lewis said he considered the evidence of Mr. Gilbert would be very important, and if he did not appear to the summons some other means must be taken to compel his attendance. At present he had no fur ther evidence to adduce on behalf of the prosecution.—Mr. Currie, the nominal prosecutor, said that the statement Of the prisoner, that he was in custody upon the charge of feloniously setting fire to his house, was entirely false. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was then fully committed to the Central Criminal Court upon both charges of fraud and conspiracy.—Mr. Lewis said that a cheque for five guineas had been sent to him by Mr. Mill burn Clark of Grenville - squar e, in aid of the costs of the prosecution. He did not wish to retain it for that purpose, but desired the Lord Mayor to divide it among the poor persons who had been defrauded.—The Lord Mayor consented to do so, though his officers and he at the same time said that the pris'oner's trial would be conducted from this point by the city solicitor. ROYAL VISIT TO STRAWBERRY HILL.—The Prince and Princess of Wales dined yesterday evening at Strawberry Hill, with the Countess Frances Walde grave and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. Mr. Gladstone was among the guests. After dinner there was an amateur performance on a stage erected in the ball-room. A brilliant company assembled, and on the conclusion of the piece the stage was removed and dancing commenced at half-past eleven. At half past four the next morning the revellers might be seen returnng homewards. THIS EVENING'S NEWS. THE MONEY ET AND :_I I OMM RCIAL INTELLIGENCE. A THIRD RAILWAY ACCIDENT. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) A railway accident occurred shortly after ten o'clock last night, at Knighton Junction, situated about two miles from Leicester. An . engine was engaged shunting some goods waggons, to make up a train for the South, when on crossing the points at the south end of the junc:. tion, on the up-line, one of the:waggons struck the points, causing several of the waggons to be thrown down a steep embankment, and also to block up the line until nearly one o'clock in the morning. Passenger trains to the North were delayed, as they had to, be worked for some distance to Wigston Junction on the South line. No personal injury was sustained. errY, Two o'CLocx:. Consols are flat at yesterday's decline. Railways dull: Foreign Bonds are depressed and drooping in value. Consols are now 921 to 921; ditto [Account, 921 to 92i ; New 3 per Cent. Reduced, 921 to 92k ; Bank Stock; 234 Jo 236 ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss. prem. India Five per Cents., 1101 to 111; ditto Four per Cents., 102* to 1021 ; and India Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. In the Foreign Market Italian 1861 are 581 to 59 ; Spanish 1867 Loan, 31i to 311; do. 1869, 311 to 311 ; Peruvian, 91/ to 92k; Portuguese, 33 to 31i ; Brazilian, 91* to 92f ; Egyptian, 1868, 821 to 821; New Peruvian; to prem. ; Quicksilver, to 1 prein. ; Turkish; 18 THE ACTION AGAINST GOVERNOR EYRE. To-day the. Court of Error, composed of the Lord Chief Baron, Barons Martin and Channell, and Justices Wiles and Smith, gave judgment in the case of Phillips v. Eyre. It will be remembered that this was an action for false imprisonment and for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in the island of Jamaica during the insurrec tion. The defendant was governor of the island, and the persons acting under his authority had arrested the plaintiff when the island was in a state of rebellion. An Act had been passed which gave an indemdity from civil process to all parties who had acted in good faith to suppress the rebellion. The question now before the court (and on which the Court of Queen's Bench had given judgment for the defendant) was whether a right of action lay against the governor for injuries sus tained by the plaintiff. Mr. Justice Willes delivered a very long and elaborate judg ment in which the Court unanimously affirmed the decree of the court below in favour of the defendant. By the common law it was the duty of every citizen to do his utmost to maintain order ; and whatever he did honestly and in good faith, his acts would be sup ported and justified. A person entrusted with the government of a colony and preserving the lives and pro perty of the people had a most hazardous task to perform when open rebellion broke out, and to hesitate or tem porise might bring about disastrous consequences. By acting at once a governor might save life and property out of all proportion to the mistakes he made. The danger once over, every measure he had effected might be challenged as violent and unnecessary at the suit of indivi duals, and the Governor would have to establish the legality of his action. That might be hazardous and ruinous to the Governor ; but it was perfectly within the competence of the Legislature to declare such acts legal; and this was what had been done in the present case by the act of indemnity in question. The learned judge then went into all the authorities, and after disposing of the objec tions raised by the counsel for plaintiff (Mr. Quain, Q. 0.), his lordship announced the judgment of the Court below to be right. Governor Eyre is thus released from all pains and penalties. 634 to 631. In the Railway Market Caledonians are 77 to 774; Great Eastern, 40/ to 401 ; Great Northern, 122 t 01123 ; Great Western, 712 to 72 ;, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 133 to 134 ; Brighton, 434 to 441; London, Chatham, and Dover, 152 to 16 ; London and North Western, 1291 to 1291 ; London and South Western, 91 to 92 ; Metropolitan, 70 to 701 ; Midland, 1302 to 1304. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 161 to 161 ; British India, 14 to 11 ; China, 21 to 21 dis. ; Falmouth, 91 to 92. Foreign Mining Shares are steady. St, John del Rey is quoted at 254 to 261 ; Rossa Orande, Ito 1 dis ; Port Philip, 4 dis. to par ; Frontina Bolivaia, 4 to 1 ; Eclipse, par to 4 prem. ; Don Pedro, 24 to 24 prem., and Anglo- Argentine, par to I prem. In Bank Shares Alliance are quoted 141 to 151 ; Anglo- Austrian, 15 to 17 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 30 to 31; Consolidated, 41 to 5 ; Imperial Ottoman, 41 to 41 ; London and County, 501 to 514; London and Westmin ster, 62 to 63 ; London Joint Stock, 344 to 351; and Union of London, 391 to 404. Canada Five per Cents. are quoted 981 to 991 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 1031 to 104 . 4; New Zealand Five per Cents., 991 to 991; Queensland Six per Cent., 112 to 113 ; Victoria Five per Cents (1891), 104 to 1041 ; ditto Six per Cent., 1111 to 112. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 904 to 904; Ten- Forty Bonds, 874 to 88 ; Erie shares, 1811 to 19 ; Illinois, 113 to 114 ; and Atlantic and Great Western Bonds, 28 to 29. The Scrip of the New Honduras Railway Loan is 21 to 3 prem. The New Buenos Ayres State Loan is firm, at 1 14 prem. In Miscellaneous Shares, General Credit are quoted 41 prem. ; International Financial, 14 1 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 121 121 ; National Discount, 114 12. With regard to the French crops and the statement that the yield is likely to be only one-third below an average other correspondents take a more unfavourable view, and consider that one-half is lost. In the Central Departments, which produce most wheat, the result threatens to be very bad, while in the north and south it will be better. It has been notified that the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company intend to recommend that the £300,000 received from the Dominion of Canada be returned to the shareholders, but that in the present uncertain state of affairs at Red River they do not pro pose to declare a dividend at the ensuing meeting. It is understood that many payments in full in antici pation of the instalments, have been made upon the Roumanian Government Iron Bridges Annuity. It is notified that the transfer books of the Imperial Continental Gas Association (Limited) will be closed for a period fourteen days from the Ist of July, prepara tory to, the allotment of new shares and the issue of new certificates. The transfer books of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited) will be closed from the 27th inst. to 4th of July, preparatory to the payment of a dividend, which, it is stated, will be at the rate of 16s. per share. The ordinary general meeting of the Alliance Bank , (Limited) will be held on the 21st of July. At the meeting of the British Linen Company the balance of profit and loss account for the year ending April was stated at £136,072, out of which a dividend has already been declared. A further distribution was an nounced for the half-year at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum, in addition to a bonus of 2 per cent. The Rest now amounts to £346,219. At the first meeting of the creditors under the bank ruptcy of M. W. H. Cotterill, the solicitor, Mr. James Waddell, accountant, was appointed trustee. The liabili ties were stated in court to be about £lOO,OOO. At the meeting of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation a dividend of 21 per cent., free of income tax, was declared for the half-year, making, with the Christmas distribution of 4, a total of 25 per cent., for the year, free of income tax. THE NORTH-WEST OF INDIA. News from the North-west Provinces of India announces fresh disturbAnces among the Wuzeree tribes. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EN ENING; J UNE 23, 1870. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. FOREIGN NEWS• (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BUDGET OF THE CITY OF PARIS. The proposed loan of 520 millions of francs in the Bud get of the City of Paris has been sanctioned by the Committee of the Corps tegislatif. It will he conducted in the usual manner. SLAYEItY IN SPAIN. At yesterday's sitting the Spanish Cortes agreed to the bill for the abolition of slavery. During the debate Senor Castelar delivered an able speech in favour of the imme diate suppression of slavery, but the Cortes rejected his proposal. FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. According to a statement of the Courrier of Constanti nople as many as 2,000 persons were lost in the fire. HOME NEWS. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.] TRADE DISTURBANCES IN CORK. Disturbances took place hi Cork last night in connec tion with the tailors' strike. The excitement originated early in the evening, when a collision occurred between some operatives and a foreman in one of the closed establishments, the latter producing a revolver. During the evening large crowds remained in Patrick-street, and after nightfall an attack was made on the establishments of master tailors in Patrick-street and Winthorp-street, by an enormous mob, which commenced an attack with stones, and, as the upper windows of the shops were closed, proceeded to tear down the shutters, and make an assault upon the doors for the purpose of wrecking the establishments. A large force of police ap peared under arms, and repeated charges had to be made before the mob could be dispersed. Stones were thrown at the police, many of whom were struck and se verely injured. The mounted police were brought to the aid of the foot police, and at about twelve o'clock, the riot/acthaving been read at eleven, the streets were cleared and tranquillity restored. Several of the rioters were ar rested. Much damage was done to the establishments of Messrs. Fittzpatrick and Lee, who were the chief objects of the attack. The operatives have been much excited by a report that German tailors had been engaged to fill their places. ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT. COLLISION NEAR NEWCASTLE. A collision occurred yesterday at Heaton Junction, two miles from Newcastle, between two excursion trains from Berwick and Tynemouth. Both trains were proceed ing to the Newcastle races. The first-named ran into the last-named train, and drove several carriages off the line, smashing them in. Several persons were injured, two of them seriously. Fortunately the Berwick train was drawing up at the Junction, or the accident would have had more disastrous results. The cause of the accident is stated as neglect of signals. FURTHER DETAILS. NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. Between ten and eleven o'clock this morning a collision took place on the Tynemouth Railway, near Newcastle, between a passengertrain from Tynemouth and an excursion train from Berwick. The signal was put up for the Tye mouth train to stop until the Berwick train had passed over the points from the North line on to the Tynemouth branch, but, instead of doing so, the driver of the Tyne mouth came on with his train,apparently thinking that he could pass before the North train came up. Just then the train from Berwick came in sight, and the driver of the North train, seeing a collision inevitable,turned off the steam, but the train could not be stopped in time, and it ran into the Tynemouth train, breaking several of the carriages to pieces. A large number of passengers were injured, but none very seriously. The line was blocked for about an hour and a half, and a great many trains with passengers to see Newcastle races were detained. COMMEMORATION AT OXFORD. The honorary deg,reee of D.C.L. was yesterday con ferred at Oxford on the persons whose names have several times been published. Sir William Jenner also received the honour. The Rev. Canon Liddon was seemingly a great favourite with the undergraduates, who cheeredliim oo d again and again. M r. Lowe was not so popular, as his rece ption shewed, but the behaviour was g throughout. THE ALLEGED MURDER AT WAKEFIELD. On Thursday John son, t he supposed murderer, was again brought up for examination, and after three witnesses had been called on his behalf, he was committed for trial at the next West Riding Assizes. He again protested his innocence, and on being removed from the court he was rather violent. THE FIRE NEAR WORTLEY, LEEDS. A fourth woman, injured in the fire at the cap manu factory of Mr. Mann, near Wortley, Leeds, yesterday, is dead. REFUSAL TO PAY VOLUNTARY CHURCH RA TES. At a meeting of the Cambridge University Union it has been determined not to pay a voluntary church-rate MISADVENTURE WITH A GUN. A serious gun ac cident happened at Merthyr yesterday. Mr. Davies, landlord of the Crown Hotel, was in the stable -yard with a boy of 14, named Thomas, when the latter playfully pointed a capped fowling-piece at him and pulled the trigger. The gun was loaded with powder and shot, and Mr. Davies received the charge in his face and c hest. He was severely hurt. VISIT OF M. DE LESSEPS TO LIVERPOOL. M. de Lesseps is to visit Liverpool on Friday and will sta y until Monday. He will attend a banquet at the town-ball on Friday, and receive addresses from the com mercial bodies on Monday. THE PERMISSIVE BILLPROHIBITORY LIQUOR A crowded meeting was held last night in the Victoria Hall, Exeter, to support the adoption by Parliament of Sir Wilfred Lawson's bill. The Bishop of Exeter presided, and delivered an able address in favour of the principle of the bill. Mr. Edward Vivian, J.P., of Torquay ; Pro fessor Newman Clifton and Dr. F. P. Lees, of Leeds ; Mr. J. P. Uran, of Plymouth ; and Mr. Raper, of Man chester, attended on behalf of the Alliance, and addressed the meeting. Resolutions and a petition calling upon the Legislature to pass the measure were enthusiastically adopted. The Rev. J. Jones, the Rev. S. Bl`Farlane, Mr. J. Bickford, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Rae, Mr. Chambers, and others took part in the proceedings, which were charac terised by great e arnestness in favour of the bill. The Rev. W. Brewster has been appointed to the living of Middleton, vacant by the appointment of Archdeacon Durnford to the Bishopric of Chichester. The honour of knighthood is about to be con ferred on Mr. John Briggs, lately Chief Clerk of the Admiralty ; and on Mr. Antonio Brady, lately Superin tendent of Contracts. 'I he excessive heat of the weather, combined with the exposure to the glowing heat of the furnaces, caused a number of men in the iron works in the South Stafford shire district to leave their work yesterday morning. It is stated that a number of the puddling furnaces will be let down till the weather becomes cooler again. THE LATE LORD ARTHUR CLINTON.—Suvera communications have been forwarded, implying a want of confidence in the stateme nt respecting Lord Arthur Clinton's death. We have, however, obtained intelligence from Christchurch which leaves no doubt as to the fact. - - - The Gaulois reports a short conversation which took place the other day at Asoot between the Princess of Wales and a French attache, who was over-elated at the victory of Sornette. "That admirable race, Madame," said he, " revenged us for Waterloo." "True," answered the Princess, "but at Waterloo you ran better still." A fire took place last night on the line of the North London Railway at Highbury. A spark from a locomotive is the supposed cause of the fire, which destroyed eight sleepers. A serious fire broke out between ten and eleven o'clock last night on the premises of Mr. Harris, an upholsterer, in Old street, St. Luke's. A large workshop at the back was destroyed, and the eight-roomed house in front was , to gether with its contents, very seriously damaged. The loss will principally fall on the Sun, Phoenix, and Alliance offices. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ITOUSE OF COMMONS.—VtjEDNESDAY. Mr. DODSON took the chair at five , ninutes past twee EXPLOSION IN A COLLIERY. An explosion occurred at the new colliery of Messrs. Knowles and Sons, Little Lever, yesterday, by which two men, named John Howcroft and William Norris, were injured. Howcroft is not expected to recover. Besidee being badly burned about the face both his hands are mutilated, and he has also sustained a compound fracture of the left arm. SHOCKING DEATH. Yesterday, Mr. Roger Lindsey, farmer, of Mahon, met with a shocking death. It is believed he was taking down from a nail a scythe, which fell. The blade appears to have caught his upturned arm at the elbow, and to have taken off the flesh to the armpit, severing the brachial artery, from which the unfortunate man bled to death. MORE TRACES AT BRIXTON. The police have continued their inquiries into the Brixton baby-farming case. Unfortunately, there is only too much for them to discover. One child, whose only known name is " Little Teddy," and who was one of the inmates of the house at Brixton, has boon idontified and taken from the Lambeth Workhouse. A woman named Carter has come forward with a child two and a-half years old, placed in her care by the prisoner "Waters" (whom she knew as Mrs. Blackburn) in September, 1867. The child was then much emaciated, and Carter consented to bring it up on condition of Waters paying 7s. a week. The prisoner has now admitted that when she lived in ourneinouth-road, Peckham, one aught in August or September, 1867, a well-dressed woman brought the child to her to take care of, and agreed to pay lls. a week. That sum has been regularly paid, but Carter, who was really taking care of the infant, has scarcely received any money, in fact, £l6 Bs. is now due to her, according to the arrangement entered into. The authorities are anxious that this case should be known in order, if possible, that the friends of the child should be traced. It is now healthy. On Wednesday a young Woman attended the Carter-street station and stated that from what she had read she was led to believe that an infant she had intrusted to a woman at Camberwell was one of those found at Brixton. She gave a description of the woman who had taken it, which in almost every particular agrees with that given of the prisoner Waters, She states that on the 4th of March, the child being then one month old, she arranged to meet a person whom she believes to be Waters, through seeing an advertisement in a newspaper. The woman took her child and she paid her £4, for which she had the following receipt :— t `4th of March, 1870. Received the sum of £4, for which I take this child, and I promise to adopt it entirely as my own, never again to give it up, but always to strictly study its present and future happiness.—Signed, Fanny Stewart." The young woman failed to find out the residence of the woman calling herself Stewart, and who made just such a statement of her comfortable circum. stances, and what she would do for the child as Waters did to Sergeant Relf. She proceeded to Lambeth Workhouse, and saw the infants, all of whom were either too old or too young. On seeing some baby-linen at the house of Waters, in Gordon grove, she identified one or two articles as those sent with her baby in March last. The child is not to be found, With regard to the child in care of the woman named Carter, the prisoner first said its name was was Margaret Emily Curtis, but afterwards denied that it was so. The other children still remain in the workhouse for identifica tion. The child of Miss Cohen, it is feared, will not survive, its present condition being very critical. It is stated that upwards of 40 infants have been intrusted to Waters during the past four years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY. - - VIOLENT A SSAULTS ON THE POLICE.—Henry Rogers, 21 a rough-looking fellow, was charged, at the Westminster Police Court, with being drunk and fighting and assault ing two police constables in the execution of their duty. Padbury, 262 B, said he was called to Horseferry-road, and found the prisoner and another man fighting. He separated them, and the other man desisted, but prisoner had to be held bank, and when witness refused to let him fight, he said, " You —, I will do for you," and made a violent kick at witness ; he then took him into custody, when he became very violent and assaulted and kicked him and other constables. Mr. Arnold said he might have been disposed to take a fine, but after the expression prisoner had used to Padbury he evidently meant to do him some bodily harm. He sentenced him to two months hard labour. GROSS ASSAULT.—Leonte Brunetti, amasculine,French woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt at the Marl borough-street Police Court with being concerned with another woman not in custody in assaulting another Frenchwoman named Eugene Bardeen. Mr. Sayer said the prisoner had once before been fined at that court for assaulting the complainant, and as a fine appeared to have no effect upon her he had to ask that she might be sent to prison. He, however, should have to ask that she might be remanded, as another woman was concerned in the last. assault on the complainant, and he had also to apply that a warrant might be granted for the appre hension of the woman. The magistrate at once acceded to the application, and the prisoner was remanded. SERIOUS CHARGE OF STABBING A HUSBAND AND SON. —Sarah Clarke, aged 59 years, of No. 47, Morris-street, St. George-in-the-East, was brought up on remand before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police-court, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding her husband and son. The prisoner was hi a state of intoxication on the night of the 9th instant, and without the semblance of provocation made an attack upon her husband and stabbed him in the left breast, inflicting a dangerous wound, two inches in depth, perforating the lung tissues. The prisoner's son, hearing the noise, went into the room and said, "Oh mother, you have stabbed father," when she immediately attacked her son and stabbed him with a penknife in the thigh. The prisoner was described as a very turbulent woman, and had often threatened to murder her husband and son, especially when drunk. William Leapingwell, house surgeon of the London Hospital, said that the father and son were brought to the hospital, the one suffering from a wound two or three inches in depth on the left breast just by the joint, and the other had a wound on the left thigh about an inch in length, taking a slanting direction. The wounds, he should say, were inflicted with the knife produced. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. THE RED RIVER AFFAIR. The insurgent Riel does not consent to the provisions of the Manitoba Bill, but it is not supposed that serious consequences will ensue. FOREIGN TRADE MARKS. In the Official Journal of this morning there appears the declaration signed by France and Russia, last May, guaranteeing property in trade marks. OUTRAGES IN ITALY. Fresh disturbances have taken place in the Neapolitan Provinces, and brigandage in Calabria is extending. PRINCE ARTHUR IN CANADA. Prince Arthur has presented a new set of colours to the 69th Regiment, at Quebec, complimenting it at the same on the services which it had rendered. RAID UPON BETTING MEN AT NEWCAS fLE. Mr. Stirling, landlord of the Old Plough, and Mr. Hudson, of the Lowther Arms, who were arrested at Newcastle upon the charge of permitting betting in their houses, were brought before the magistrates and fined £25 each. A man named Hart was likewise brought up charged with being concerned in a lottery, and he was committed to prison for one month. THE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION IN STAFFORDSHIRE. The search for the workman buried beneath the debris round the exploded boiler at the Lanesfield Ironworks, resulted in his being found, shockingly burned and quite dead. His name was Enoch Elwell. At the time of the ex plosion he was about to resume his work as a bar-cutter, aided by a youth. The latter ran in one direction, and was saved ; Elwell ran in another and lost his life. Near Elwell's body the mutilated corpse of the fireman, John Hill, was found. Hill, who was a young man, was married only a fortnight ago. The injured people are considered likely to recover. One man was blown into the canal which skirts the works, but was saved by a boat man. ACTION AGAINST THE LONDON AND CHATHAM R4ILWAY COMPANY. In the Court of Queen's Bench the case of Water v. Lord Sondes and others was called on. This was an action to recover damages for alleged fraudulent representations made by the defendants, who were the directors of the London, Dover, and Chatham Railway, in certain reports and balance-sheets of the state and condition of the company's financial position. The case had been specially fixed for to-day, and report had stated it to be a six days cause at least, and but second in importance that of Overend, Gurney, and Co. At the sitting of the court, and before the jury was called, the counsel conferred together for about a quarter of an hour, the result of which was a compromise. The Solicitor-General said the parties had come to terms, and his lordship and the jury would not be troubled with the investigation. ALLOTMENT OF SHARES. In Vice-Chancellor James's Court a motion was matte on behalf of a gentleman named M'lllwraith to restrai n the. Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway Company from taking action against him in respect to 500 shares in that company. By the prospectus it was stated that before the shares should vest in any allottee one-fifth of the amount should be paid. The plaintiff did not oomply with that condition, as he was applied to for payment of the arrears due on his shares, and it was stated that in the event of his not doing so legal proceedings would be adopted against him ; but he wrote denying that he was a share holder, or that he had given any authority to have his name entered as such. An action was commenced againt but was abandoned. Other legal proceedings were taken against the plaintiff, and to them the present motion was made. The defence was, that the plaintiff had signed proxies for the scrip he had received. The Vice- Chancellor granted an injunction until the further hearin g of the case. The death is announced this morning of Mr. F. M. Evans, of the firm of Bradbury and Evans. He was 66 years of age. The death is announced this morning of the Rev. Alfred Butler Clough, who 50 years ago was well known at Oxford. TRAMWAYS BILL. o'clock. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER power was given i J Ole Committee on the Glasgow Street Tramways Bill, and the Glasgow Tramways Bill, if they thought fit, to nisolidate the said bills into one. THE ,:DUCATION BILL. Mr. HORSMAN gave notice that in the event cl tie. 0,1 chard's amendment on the Education Bill being put as a substantive resolution, he should move to add that in 'cool buildings, consisting of two rooms, one should be used for secular, and the other for religious instruction to be given by a teacher or minister of the denomination t which the parents belong, one day in each week. KENSINGTON-ROAD IMPROVEMENT BILL. Viscount MILTON asked the First Commissioner of \Vorks if he intended to bring forward his motion for a Select Committee on the Kensington-road Improvement Bill during the present session, and, if so, when he would bring his motion before the House. Mr. AYRTON lamented the course which had• been adopted in reference to the Bill. The Government had wish to force the measure through as a Parliamentary .11, and therefore it was intended to bring it forward at a future time, when he felt convinced hon. members would be better informed on the question. MEDICAL OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION BILL. Dr. BRADY, in a remarkably thin House, moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to pro cide a superannuation allowance for the class of medical officers to which it referred. The present system, said the hon. gentleman, of medical poor-relief was introduced into the country in 1834, and it was generally admitted that it was a great improvement ; but it had failed, because the guardians had studied economy instead of efficiency. He claimed the support of the House on the ground of justice and economy. Dr. DALRYMPLE seconded the motion. He said he did not appeal to the House to take a charitable view of the case, but he contended that as a matter of justice greater consideration should be shewn to the Poor-law medical officers, and that they should be placed on a more equal footing with other officers. The profession to which he belonged had not been celebrated for " hanging together," and had consequently received more kicks than ha'pence. If they had had that esprit de corps which characterised other professions, he was satisfied that not only would their own position have been greatly improved, but the condition of the public at large would have experienced an improvement. Mr. JOSHUA FIELDER moved that the Bill be read that day six months. He thought that it was neither wise national nor wise parochial policy, to teach persons to rely upon the government or the local rates for that provi sion in old age which they themselves ought to make. He feared that in a money point of view, the medical officers would not be bettered because the guardians, in considera tion of the superannuation allowance, would ask them to accept reduced salaries. They would also be injured by becoming more the tools of the guardians and of the Poor law Board than they were at present. Mr. MELLOR seconded the amendment. - - Mr. GOSCHEN said the matter was simply a question of contract—whether the medical officers would accept an appointment with a superannuation and a lower salary, or a higher salary without a superannuation allowance. He did not think that, as a matter of justico, it could be demanded; but, looking at the subject from the point of view of expediency, and of the interest of the ratepayers, and the poor, he came to a different conclusion. On the part of the Government, he should support the bill, be cause it was permissive in its application. It was only when the boards of guardians desired to grant the allow ance, with the consent of the Poor Law Board, that it would take effect. Mr. HENLEY opposed the measure because it intro duced the principle of superannuating persons who were only partly employed. Dr. LYON PLAYFAIR supported the bill, and denied that it was the first time they had recognized the principle of granting superannuation allowances for part services—in the case of the Poor Law medical officer their salaries were so miserably low that it was impossible they could save anything. Replying to the argument that the office was an introduction to practise, the hon. member asserted that Poor-law practice pre vented a medical officer obtaining family practice. He believed that the bill would strike at the root of what produced preventible diseases, whilst it would diminish the burdens of the ratepayers. Mr. WHEELHOUSE and Mr. BRODRICK supported the Bill. Mr. RYLANDS said they were asked to interfere with the law of supply and demand. He believed that the cause of the small remuneration the medical officers received was that there were too many in the profession. He pointed out that they were not bound to legislate simply under the organs of benevolence or with the view of mel.'ng things pleasant. He did not see where they could , lraw the line. Mr. GORDON strongly supported the bill in the interests of the poor and the ratepayers, and remarked that unless the guardians secured the best medical skill they could the ratepayers would suffer. The hon. member for War rington wanted to apply the doctrine of political economy to the question, but in his opinion such doctrines during the present session had been considerably shaken. The Irish Land Bill was in direct violation of the principlrs of political economy. He thought the medical officers were entitled to the greatest consideration, having in view the great risks they underwent. Mr. MuNTz thought the salaries of tho medical officers would be reduced £lO per annum, consequent upon the superannuation. Colonel Corbett, Mr. Beach, Mr. Maguire, and Mr. A. Peel spoke in favour of the bill. The House went to a division on the proposition that " the question be now put." The voting was, Ayes I3D Noes 2B Majority The bill was then read a second time. CAPITAL SENTENCES (COURT OF APPEAL) BILL. Sir G. JENKINSON moved the second reading of this bill, and at some length explained its provisions. The subject had previously been before the House ; and a bill was introduced ten years ago. The measure on that occasion, however, was for the general appeal upon all crimina cases, whilst his bill was limited to appeal in capital cases and under certain conditions. The motion having been seconded, Mr. J. D. LEWIS moved that the bill be read that day three months. In tho course of his remarks he said it was a one-sided bill. There was no appeal on behalf of the Crown, which really meant the public. He contended that a measure of that character ought to be dealt with by the Government, anp not by a private member. Mr. BRISCOE opposed the measure, because it proposed a tribunal from which he utteriy dissented. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that there had been many attempts to solve the difficulty without success, and it appeared to him that the present bill seemed to have far less chance of success than any which had prim ded it The object of the bill was to prevent the chance of some persons being improperly executed, but he must say that during the whole of this century there had not been one C,7 , se of a man being executed unjustly. Sir GEORGE JENKINSON dissented from this explanatien nf. the Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL inquired what its object was then. There might be some improper cases of acquittal, and there might be some cases where the prerogative of mercy had been exercised inexpediently, but the bill did 'sot deal with any of these cases. Mr. BRUCE objected to the measure, remarking that if a bill of that description were introduced ; it should be one which would remove all the objections to the existing system. Sir GEORGE JEITKINSON complained that a false issue BROKERS' (CITY OF LONDON) BILL. I,n 1 been raised. All he contended was that the appeal V a prisoner ought to be in the first instance to a tribunal end not to the Home Secretary, and wherever the appeal, and whatever the decision, the public had a right to know in the interest of justice why the decision was tome to. The motion for the rejection of the bill was agreed to ny an overwhelming majority. Mr. W. FOWLER moved the second reading of the above bill, which proposed to relieve the brokers from the super- Viiiioll of the Lord Mayor and aldermen. The brokers in diAiktuditia litgailatrY PZIP iakt 4 Yin }eculiar jurisdiction, and he proceeded to show the otigia ~f it. He contended that the continuing to call -Ton brokers in :therity of London to find security for their respectability was simply absurd. The hop factors were not called upon to give such security, and this arose simply from the circumstance of their carrying on busi ness 012 the other side of the water The principal objection, however, of the brokers was to the tribunal before which' they were called upon to appear because - they doubted much whether the Alderman had power to adminsster an oath, and when the most compromising state ments were made against the broker before the Court of Aldermen he believed it was done without the complaining party being called upon to guarantee his truthfulness by taking an oath. He did not wish to claim any special privileges for brokers, but what he did ask was that they should make other traders &hey the law of the land, and not be made subject to a hole and corner tribunal' which was not considered competent to transact the whole of the powers delegated to it. It was said that there were persons who stood in need of the most reliable persons to transact their business, such as foreigners and widows, but he believed they were - inv'ariabl i y sharp enough, and as for the ladies, it was rather a rare exception to find one who did not know how to take care of/ her money. He did think the time had arrived when the brokers of the City of London should be treated other than as a dangerous clan of men. He looked upon the practice that now existed as the remains of a barbarous age, un worthy of the times, in which they lived, and unworthy the support of the House. Mr. T. BARING seconded the motion. He did so in no , hostility towards the revenues of the City of London, or with a desire to find fault with the Manner in which the magisterial and judicial business was transacted. On the contrary he thought the practice in existence was a most objectionable one, and thought-the Court of Aldermen would do well to give it up. He thought it most unjust that oils particular class should be treated so unfairly, ard unless the stigma of vice and immorality could be truly attached to the class who complained he thought bare justice would at once call for the abolition of the ancient and now objectionable practice. He felt neither the corporation nor the trade of the City of London would suffer in the event of Parliament giving its assent to the'measure now under consideration. The debate, on the motion of Mr. EYKYN, was then adjourned. SETTLED ESTATES BILL. Mr. STAPLETON moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to extend the Montgomery Act, which was approved in Scotland, to the country generally. Mr. GOLDNEY objected to the bill being proceeded with at that particular time, as many members who took an interest in the matter were absent, feeling sure the bill would not CM:l2e under consideration that evening. At a quarter to six the debate ceased, in accordance with the standing orders. LODGERS' GOODS PROTECTION BILL.I This bill was read a second time. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES' ARRANGEMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. MORTGAGES (No. 2) BILL. This bill passed through committee. PUBLIC HEALTII (SCOTLAND) SUPPLE MENTAL BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The House adjourned at eight minutes to six. THE NEWARK ACCIDENT. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM) The list of persons killed by the Newark accident now numbers 18, the child of Mrs. Haddock, aged 13 months, having died at noon yesterday- The jury met again at five p.m. yesterday, and having viewed the body of the child, took evidence as to its identity. Its father stated that his son, lying at the hospital, is likely to recover. The body of the wife of Benjamin Joseph Boaler Crampton, and the body of her husband were identified by his father, Benjamin. Crampton, Huddersfield, innkeeper. Matthew Coates, cloth manufacturer, Saltown, near Leeds, aged 56, was identified by his brother. Eli France, of Bagnay Field Workhouse, Leeds, identified the body of his mother Eliza France, aged 42. Witness saw her start by the ex cursion train with Matthew Coates. Mr. Greaves was con • sidered to be in danger last evening. The bodies are all identified, and the injured remaining at Newark are all known. The inquest is adjourned till to-day at ten o'clock, but the principal enquiry will take place on Fri day. NARROW ESCAPE OF A PASSENGER. The following account has been given of the painful position of one of the travellers by the unfortunate excur sion train. Mr. C. A. Wilson, music-seller, of Leeds was seated in, a compartment with one lady apd four gentlemen. Ike first felt a bump, saw the lamp shake, felt the train off the line, and the next instant found himself almost buried, he knew not where. Recovering breath and collecting his faculties, he discovered that he was tightly held by a heavy weight of timber pressing on his ankle and hip. Overhead and around him were broken planks and splinters. A good deal of this he managed to clear away, but he was quite unable to extricate his leg. On all sides he heard the cries of the wounded. He could give no help ; but, with manly fortitude, he refrained from calling for assistance until others in greater danger than himself were relieved. The circumstances were trying, because, as Mr. Wilson found, while his ankle was fast held, one knee was bent on the chest of a gentleman below him--one who had sat in the same car riage, s friend whom he knew, and who not unnaturally urged him very earnestly to "sing out." Groping about as far as his outstretched hands could reach, Mr. Wilson felt and saw the arms of a lady. Withdrawing his hands he found them stained with blood. The lady was Mrs. Robinson, who had sat in the next seat of the carriage, and was here crushed to death. For two hours did he and his friend below remain firmly held in the grip of the heavy timber pressing on them. When at length th 4 workmen got to them, Mr. Wilson directed their opera tions, and, after danger from misapplied leverage and an accidental and probably well-meant blow on the head from a crowbar, he and the man beneath were libe rated. Mr. Wilson's ankle was believed to be broken, but it is happily whole, though bruised and sprained. THE INQUEST, The inquest on the bodies was opened at half-past three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, at the Cross Keys, Inn, before Mr. Robert Griffin, borough coroner for Newark, but after the jury had viewed the bodies the in quiry was adjourned to the Town Hal. In addition to the witnesses and a few of the general public, several gen tlemen connected with the Great Northern Railway Com pany were present, including Colonel Packe, chairman of the company ; Mr. Charles Wilson Faber, a director ; Mr. Henry Oakley, secretary ; and Mr. T. P. Cockshott, superintendent of the line. The Coroner said the accident was one of a most awful character, and whether there had been any carelessness or otherwise it was for himself and the jury to make out by a full inquiry into the attendant circumstances. He hoped it would be found that there was not any blame to be attached to any one, but in order that the jury might have the full evidence before them, two of the directors had come down, one of them being the chairman of the company, and they had told him that they wished the fullest inquiry, and would take care that the Govern ment inspector attended on Thursday next, to which date the inquest would have to be adjourned. The inspector would examine the spot where the accident happened, and the carriages, and would endeavour to ascertain whether any one was to blame. It did not ap pear that the accident was attributable to any want of punctualty in starting, but everything of that nature would be investigated fully on Thursday (to-day). Samuel Tetley, 6, Boar Lane, Leeds, said : I was a passenger by the excursion train which left London about 9.25 on Monday night. I was in a first-class carriage. There were five in the compartment including myself. The deceased Major Kershaw Hirst was one of the passengers. He is my brother-in-law, and is a tobacconist in Kirkgate. One of the other passengers was Mr. Duncan. I cannot tell how the accident happened. So far as my knowledge goes, we were all five asleep when the accident happened. Our last stoppsge before the accident was at Grantham.—By a Jurymen : Mr. Hirst was on the six-foot side, and I was on the outside of the I line. There were from 20 to 24 carriages attached to the engine. The bodies of Thomas and Frederick Phillpott, Hannah Haddock, Francis Robinson, Thomas Hurst, Joseph Watson, and Elizabeth Hallow, were identified by their relatives, but no witnesses being present to identify the other bodies, the inquiry was adjourned at this stage until yesterday, in order to complete the identification, and it was agreed that the next adjournment should be till Friday. Mr. Melton, of Regent-street, has been appointed hatter to his Majesty the King of the Belgians. Yesterday the annual distribution of prizes took place at King's College School. The Summer Conversazione of the Working Men's College, 45, Great Ormond street, W.C., will be held this evening. The new rooms will be used, for the first time. he ist [y, us ast he les ;on ,nd ers I