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

SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. THIS EVENING'S NEWS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING—Tins DAY. NORTRUMBERLAN D PLATE. 100 to 30 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered-7 to 2 taken and wanted) 85 to 20 agst Kidderminster (offered—take 9 to 2) sto 1 agst Myosotis (taken and offered) 8 to 1 agst Five per Cent (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Irregularity (offered) 10 to 1 agst Cap-a-pie (offered) 30 to 20 agst Lord Hawthorn and Kidderminster coupled (offered) t is rumoured that Mysotis is scratched. ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Kingcraft (offered) 7to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) DEATH OF LORD ARTHUR CLINTON. Lord Arthur Clinton died this morning at Huddeford, tear Christ Church. He has been in the neighbourhood for some time, passing under the title of Captain Edward Gray. On Wednesday he was seized with fever, and then revealed his true name. The deceased nobleman declared repeatedly before deaththat he was innocent of the crimes imputed to him. ARRIVAL OF THE EXPRESS. The Express, which left Lagos for Liverpool on Feb °llaryl2, and on which twenty guineas had been paid, has arrived, all well, in the Mersey. AN ABANDONED VESSEL. The schooner Sappho, Marrish master, arrived at Penzance yesterday from Montevideo. She fell in with ah abandoned barque, of 1,000 tons burthen, in latitude 4 3 deg. 30 rain. North, longitude 24 deg. 40 min. West. Rer fore and mizen masts were standing ; the shrouds Were on each mast. The east-side bulwarks and stan chions were gone amidships ; both anchors were on the r ail. The captain of the Sappho could not board her, learn her name or cargo. She appeared to have been boarded. SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF A SOLICITOR. Within the last few days considerable excitement has b een caused at Deddington, near Banbury, in consequence ef the disappearance of Mr. Henry Churchill, solicitor. I t appears that Mr. Churchill left Deddington on Wed nesday, the Bth inst., as it was supposed, for the purpose of going to London ; but he has not since been beard of, although every inquiry has been made 48 to his whereabouts. Mr. Churchill filled the f ollowing offices : Clerk to the magistrates of the North Wootten Division of Oxfordshire, one of the commoners of the county, agent for the estates of W. C. Cartwright, M.P. for Oxfordshire ; clerk to several public boards, treasurer to the Deddington Penny B. nk, and also to the Friendly Society ; he was also joint clerk to the magistrates of the Banbury and Bloxham Division, and had a large and lucrative practice as a solicitor. THE QUEEN'S STATE BREAKFAST. The arrangements are nearly complete for the State breakfast which will be given by her Majesty on Thursday next. The range of tents now being erected upon the lawn in front of the East Terrace comprises a drawing-room and breakfast-room and oilier apartments. The handsome Tipoo Saib and other tents with silver poles from Windsor Castle, as well as tents from Buckingham Palace and Woolwich, will be called into use. RETURN OF THE COURT TO WINDSOR. Her Majesty the Queen, with the Princesses Louise and Beatrice, arrived at Windsor Castle at five toinutes to nine o'clock this morning, having left Bal korai Castle shortly after one o'clock yesterday- afternoon. At Perth her Majesty was received by Lord Kinnaird, the city authorities, and was welcomed by a large as erably of the inhabitants. The royal train left Carlisle at a quarter before twelve, and continued the journey to London. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A terrible accident has occurred on the branch line °I the Great Northern Railway from Spalding to Bourne. A farm labourer, named John Horse- Pool, and a lad named James Caistor, were cross ing the line in a oast just as a train was due. The horse became restive whilst Horsepool was unlocking the gate, and in endeavouring to get it clear of the line the 'thin came up, and the man, lad, and horse were caught by a nd dragged under the engine. The man was killed i nstantly, as was also the horse, and the poor lad died about three hours afterwards, The jury have acquitted 114 driver of the engine of blame. ALARMING FIRE AT OLD FORD. At a few minutes before one o'clock this morning great 414 rne was caused in the immediate vicinity of Prince A lbert-yard, Russian-lane, Old Ford, owing to the out break of a fire in the large range of stabling belonging to W. 0. Day. The discovery was fortunately made in sufficient time to enable the police and others to get the whole of the valuable horses out of the premises. The Mennen and the London Salvage corpswere quick in their a ttendance, when they found the stabling and provender Stores were in one immense sheet of flame. Plenty of Water was at once procured, and all present went to Work in an admirable manner, but the flames could not i :' S conquered until the stabling, more than 50 feet long, T " l l ci the lofts were destroyed, and the roof burned off. - ' ll ', Origin of the fire is at present unknown. Mr. D a y L' 4B insured in the Union Fire-of f ice. Five other fires I .' -4 K Place yesterday, but the damage done at each was c onsiderable, although the firemen had great difficulty in S ubduing one at the Patent Bottle Envelope Works, in Go lden -lane, St. Luke's. 111 E BABY-FARMING CASE AT BRIXTON. „ ri le case against the two women, Walters and Ellis, A.. "'" were charged at Lambeth Police-court, on Tues ,Y, with neglecting children entrusted to them to ; 11 , 1 ' 80 , has assumed a somewhat serious aspect. The ef ,' ° ' i ce have ascertained that they have been —rresPonding with many ladies on the subject ot . n . c"lopting children, using different names in each I—ta nae. In the letters it was stated that the pa teats used no t even see or h ear o f the children again, and andtilat 'ht Person would be sent to take the children away by 11-I°-,, The nine infants who were taken from the house, ' r ederick-terrace, Gordon-grove, Brixton, to the Lam bieth Workhouse, are, with the exception of two, progress ing f avourably. Their ages vary from one to eighteen of ° 4 ll , tllB . The prisoners have refused to give the names e t, "" Parents of the children, one of them stating that 6 would rather suffer death than do so. The police, N Z e i , v e4 °r, are in possession of important information, elo gutes w ill . Probably lead to some very extraordinary dis- 1 ,, EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO. 1 0 4e New York papers, delivered to-day, bring the fol 'g news f rom H avana , d a t e d the 6th inst.:-- Its 4 - violent earthquake has visited the State of Oaxaca. th e °to were especially disastrous in Oaxaca, the capital of thi,,,, —l ' a te• 103 persons ware killed and 53 wounded. A ef th e c i ty was rendered un i n h a bi ta bl e . Th e earth mirme e xtended to th e mines, where 11 men were killed w ere — illY wounded. Buildings in all parts of the State eor ru ,• e de i B ii t . roYed, and reports of additional deaths are vrs c A Cabi net Council was held this afternoon a t th e D r esidence o f th e Fi rs t L o rd of the Treasury, e Z aha g - street. „. ?; Harry S ydney, the well-known music-hall ht, Z ea. l ae t, di e d suddenly on Thursday night, of Br i g Thi a _ 11 6 ,_ evening the colours of the Old St. George's I li t t ' e Tent of 1795 will be presented to the St. George'sSoh 7 1 ela th i • parade-ground of the Duke of York's lla cm°' the ea •lo w i n „ items of American news are the fol resiglieithenezer R. Hoare, the Attorney-General, has offe r , ' The P os t master-General has accepted t h e carr y t l e e ntlY made by the Cuna r d an d I n man lines to Lie European mails. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 187 u. ANOTHER ATTACK BY BRIGANDS. Tie Vienna Wanderer publishes a telegram from Con stantinople stating that M. Gilbert, the French Consul, had been attacked by brigands in the environs of Erze roum and was completely stripped. He narrowly escaped with his life. The French Ambassador has remonstrated energetically with the Porte. THE CHARGE OF HERESY AGAINST MR. BENNETT. The hearing of the case against the Rev. William Earley Bennett, vicar of Frome, for promulgating in his written works doctrines contrary to those of the Church of England, was resumed this morning, in the Court of Arches, before Sir R. Phillimore, Dean. The defendant was again called three times, but did not appear. Mr. A. J. Stephens, Q.C., continued his quotations from the writings of Mr. Bennett, and his arguments there upon. Having observed that this arrogant assumption of the propitiatory sacrifice had been pre-eminently de nounced by eminent divines during every period of the Reformation, the learned counsel referred to the charge against Mr. Bennett of the adoration of the Host, and quoted the words of the reverend gentleman, in which he admitted that he preached this adoration, and taught it to his people. Jermey Taylor, and other eminent divines, said that this was contrary to the doctrine of the Church of England, for the reason that Christ being in heaven, he could not be in the elements, and the Church knows nothing of that spiri tual presence for which Mr. Bennett contended. By maintaining this practice, then, he was guilty of idolatry. The learned counsel then proceeded to sum up his evi dence, contrasting the propositions derived from the 39 Articles,. the formularies of the Church of England, and the ()Onions of eminent divines with the deduction which had been drawn from the writings of Mr. Bennett. He submitted that he had made out his case against the rev. gentleman in reference to every charge and that the doctrines he held and taught were distinctly in opposition to the laws of the Church of England. Dr. Tristram then proceeded to address the court first of all in reference to the statement of his lordship at an early period of the case, that the question he should have to consider was whether the words of Mr. Bennett were capable of more than one meaning. He submitted that it was impossible to come to any other conclusion thanthat those words could only be construed as conveying doc trines totally at variance with the views of the articles and formularies of the Church of England. Having considered this point, it would be for his lordship to say whether such views as those entertained by Mr. Bennett could be permitted to be taught by any clergy man of that Church. As far as he could judge of Mr. Bennett's views he must be either maintaining the Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ had only one body after the Resurrection, and that that was present in the elements; or he must be maintaining the theory for which no authority could be found whatever, namely, that Christ had two bodies—one of which was natural and was in heaven, and the other a supernatural one, which entered into the elements by consecration. In conclusion he sub mitted that his lordship should read the words of Mr. Bennett as an ordinary individual would read them. — His lordship said it was a case of vast importance, not to l'Jr. Bennett alone, but to many others, and he would therefore take time to consider his judgment. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Bill (No. 2) was read a ;econd time. The Pier and Harbour Orders Compensation Bill was read a second time. The report of amendments on the Churchwardens' Lia bility Bill was brought up and received. The Appellate Jurisdiction Bill passed through coin- mittee. The High Court of Justice Bill was read a third time. On the question that the bill do pass, the Marquis' of SALISBURY objected to the reduction proposed in the salaries of some of the judges, and, therefore, he moved that clause 7 be struck out. After some discussion the clause was omitted, and the bill passed. The report of amendments to the Sequestration Bill and the Union of Benefices Bill was brought up and received. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The adjourned debate on this bill was resumed by Lord LuRGAN, who approved of the measure, and ex pressed his thanks to the Government for having brought it forward. He avowed bei•.ig a staunch supporter of tenant right, and said he thought the legalising the Ulster custom was a very wise and beneficial proceeding. Having passed in review the attempts at legislation since the in troduction of Mr. Sherman Crawford's bill, he expressed a hope that the bill of the Government would be passed during the present session. He expressed himself in favour of payment for goodwill as well as improvements, and he could not agree with the noble duke opposite (Abercorn) that the tenants and labourers would be placed in a worse position than they were at present by the passing of the bill. Lord DUNSANY differed from the noble lord who had just sat down, as he looked upon the present measure as an intolerable invasion of the rights of property. He hoped that very many of the objectionable provisions of the bill would be removed in committee, and then pro ceeded to vindicate the Irish landlords from the charge of having acted feloniously towards their tenants, and pointed out that during the last 90 years the rents in Ireland had doubled, although he had to admit that in England during that time they had increased three-fold. The charge against the landlords was absurd, because if the tenants had been hardly treated, it was most unlikely that they would have made those improvements for which the bill proposed to give them compensation. He did not believe that the alteration would end where the present bill left it, but what the Government hag given to the hungry men of Ireland they would be called upon to give to the hungry men of England, and that, too, in a manner that would not admit of refusal. Lord GRANVILLE thought it a wise step to establish the Ulster custom where it existed, but he was of opinion that it would have been much better had they extended it throughout the country. He thought much of the misery that existed In Ireland was entirely owing to the proceed ings of the speculators in the Encumbered Estates Court, who purchased property to make P. profit, and they did that by increasing the rent, and that to a point which it was impossible for the tenant to pay. He was highly gratified at the insertion of a clause in the bill to give compensation to the tenant for disturbance. He hoped the Government would adhere to that provision, as the value of th 6 measure entirely depended upon the manner in which that clause was passed. The bill as it now stood would put an end to capricious and arbitrary evictions, and would tend more than anything he was aware of to prove to the Irish people that the English Parliament was not indifferent to their prosperity. The Earl of LEITRIM strongly opposed the bill. He believed it had been brought forward to maintain the present Government in their security, and for that object only. He denied that there had been any agitation for it in Ireland ; the outcry had been got up solely in England, in order that the spoliation begun by the abolition of the Irish Church might be continued. The action of the Government had been altogether oppressive in Ireland. It was an undeniable fact that all the taxes raised in Ire- land were spent in England, and the only persons in the employ of the Crown resident there were policemen. It was a paltry excuse for the introduction of such an objec tionable bill as that now under discussion to say that it had become necessary because employment was not given by the Irish landlords. In his opinion the bill, instead of being one for the improvement of Ireland, was one for the extermination of small tenants. He hoped that ' nothing would be assented to by their lordships which would prevent the ordinary contracts being entered into between landlord and tenant, as the withdrawal of such a power would create the greatest discord and disaffection. The Earl of LITCHFIELD said he was desirous that the bill should be passed with as little delay as possible, and with but few alterations in its general principle ; at the same time he felt that some amendment was required in order to prevent future discontent and litigation. He objected to the clause which legalised the Ulster tenant right. It was sufficient to ascertain clearly what Ulster right really was, but so far as he understood it was the principle of paying a man for the goodwill on giving up possession , . This ko 'warded as objectionable, and alto gether inconsistent with the principles on which compen sation was given for loss of occupation under the third clause. Compensation for loss of occupation in its opera tion ought to be confined to cases where a substantial ex penditure had been made by the tenant in effecting im provements. The Earl of CLANCARTY said he felt greatly disappointed at the bill, and it was his firm belief that it would alto gether fail to restore peace in Ireland, whilst it would de prive the landlord of the management of his property, and create unheard-of litigation. He thought the Go vernment altogether wrong in branding the Irish land lords as oppressive, when it was a well-known fact that rents were lower than in any part of the kingdom. One of the great objects of the bill was to prevent capricious evictions, and in that provision he concurred. Lord POWERSCOURT supported the bill, as, in his opi nion, it would do no harm to the just landlord, whilst it would restrict and restrain the oppression of those who did not belong to that class. The Earl of PORTARLINGTON thought the present state of Ireland justified any Government in attempting to grapple with the land question. He fully admitted that the pre sent attempt was not made in a party spirit, and the best course therefore to pursue was to read the bill a second time, and then do all that was possible in committee to remedy some of the defects which the bill, as it now stood, contained. The Marquis of LANspowNE, as an Irish landlord and a member of the Government, heartily supported the second reading of the bill on its merits, and also because it provided compensation for tenants on being disturbed in their holdings. The object of legislation was to relieve small tenants, and this the measure did most effectually, without injuring the interests of the landlord. The clause which enacted that in the absence of proof the presumption should be that improvements were made by the tenants was both fair and just. The rights which the bill conferred he trusted would induce the tenant to arrive at a true sense of his duty. Hitherto he had been wanting in self-reliance, but he thought for the future he would avoid committing his conscience to any other keep ing than his own. The Earl of CARNARVON stated that he should support the bill for the sake of the Irish people, who had been distracted by agitation ; but on any other ground it appeared to him the measure was altogether a retrograde one. He contended that it involved to a certain extent the transfer of proprietary rights without giving the land lord compensation. He doubted much what would be the effect of multiplying small holdings as proposed by the bill, as he thought they had too many already. He felt the measure would increase litigation, which could not but produce anything but good results. The whole object of the bill was the pacification and satisfaction of Ireland. He hoped it would be so, but he must say he entertained doubts on the point. He should vote for the second reading, as it expressed the wish of the English Parliament to do all in its power for the good of Ireland, and hoped after the bill passed the people in that country would obey the law of the empire. The LORD CHANCELLOR defended the bill from the strictures that had been passed upon it. He denied that the bill interfered with the rights of property, and con tended that it was founded altogether in precisely the opposite direction. It had been asked, what do you give the landlord for what was taken from him by the present bill? And to that he answered that he was given in creased prosperity. The noble earl had asked whether it was thought that the tenants wanted increased rent? and replied in the affirmative, if he was given increased security. He firmly believed that the bill would check capricious evictions, and although there were many good landlords in Ireland there were some that could not pro perly be termed as belonging to that class, and it was impossible to deny that the serving of one unjust notice to quit was quite sufficient to produce the utmost alarm and a state of great insecurity. The noble lord then proceeded to answer the objections urged against the bill, which involved freedom of contract and the presumption that improvements were made by the tenants. He said they were engaged in doing what was right and just, and as concessions had been made, and as the principle of the bill had been admitted, he hoped that they would go into committee, with the desire to save Ireland from the difficulties and miseries into which she had been plunged. But if it was attempted to change the measure , from a tenants' to a 'landlords' bill, the whole endeavour of the Government would be defeated, and he should tremble at tho result the disap pointment would cause. The Duke of RUTLAND having said he should support the second reading, The LORD CHANCELLOR put the question from the wool sack, when the bill was read a 'second time without a division, and the committee fixed for Thursday next. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past twelve. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at ten minutes past THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx, The attendance to-day on 'Change was by no means numerous, and on the whole business is not so good as yesterday. Prices for Consols did not give way, but in the Foreign market the quotations were nearly all a shade lower. The rate of discount is still three per cent. for first-class bills. Consols are now 92+ to 921 ; ditto Account, 92i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92f to 92+ ; New 3 per Cent., 921 to 92}; India Five per Cents., not ; ditto Four per Cents., 102+ to 102 f. In the Foreign Market Italian 1861 are 59+ to 59} ; Spanish 1867 Loan, 312 to 31 } ; do. 1869, 311 to 31+ ; Peruvian, 911 to 922 ; Portuguese, 34 to 332 ; Brazilian, 91+ ; Egyptian, 82} to 83 ; New Peruvian, to I prem.; Quicksilver, 21 to 21; Turkish, 1869, 64+ to 641. In the Railway Market Caledonians are 78 to 78+ ; Great Eastern, 401 to 41; Great Northern, 123+ to 124+ ; Great Western, 731 to 731 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 133+ to 134+ ; Brighton, 43 to 431; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15+ to 161 ; London and North Western, 129+ to 130 ; London and South Western, 91 to 93 ; Metropolitan, 401 to 41 ; Midland, 131 to 131+. American Five-Twenty Bonds are at 90+ to 901; Erie Railroad, 191 to 19+ ; Illinois, 113 to 114. Canada Five per Cents. are quoted 99 to 99} ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 104 to 105 ; New Zealand Five per Cents., 991 to 99i ; Queensland Six per Cent., 112 to 113 ; Victoria Five per Cents (1891), 103* to 1041 ; ditto Six per Cent., 111+ to 112+. In Bank Shares Alliance are quoted 141 to 151; Anglo- Austrian, 14 to 16 prom. ; Chartered Mercantile, 30 to 31 ; Consolidated, 41 to 5 ; Imperial Ottoman, 41 to 5 ; London and County, 50+ to 51+; London and 'Westmin ster, 63 to 64 ; London Joint Stock, .34+ to 35+ ; and Union of London, 39+ to 40+. In Mining Shares St. John del Rey are 23}to 24*; Port Philip, f dial to par. ; Rossa Grande, f to 1 dis. ; Fron tino Bolivia, { to 1 ; Don Pedro, 2} to 21 prem. ; and Anglo-Brazilian, }to * dis. _ _ . Anglo-Anaerman'Telegraph Shares are 161 to 16i ; British India, 8k to 8}; China, 3 1 to 3i dis. ; Falmouth, 9 to 9} ; French Atlantic, 14i to 15 ; Telegraph Construction and Maintenance are I t better, at 252 to 26f. In Miscellaneous Shares, General Credit are quoted prem. ; International Financial, 11- 1 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 12j 13i, 13 ; National Discount, 11k 12. A telegram has been received to-day from the Bondholders agents in Mexico stating there is a prospect of a partial satisfactory settlement. The contemplated 6 per cent. loan of £1,034,770 for the province of Buenos Ayres is expected to be introduced by Messrs. Murrieta at the beginning of next week at some price a little under 90. The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states :—" We un derstand that the total liabilities of Messrs. Price, Rey nolds, and Thompson, whose failures were announced some days ago, amount to £123,000, and that, in conse quence, five other firms in the provision trade have been compelled to suspend payment also. The liabilities of these fire houses are stated to be about £40,000, but as yet no accurate statement of their assets has been made." A petition for the winding up of the Langharne Rail way Company is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the 25th inst. It is announced that the proposals for the reorganisa tion of the affairs of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, so as to place them in the control of an administration having the confidence of the bond and debenture and shareholders, through the machinery of a foreclosure, have already been approved of by a majority of all classes of creditors. The Amsterdam Canal Company give notice that the half-yearly payments of the minimum interest guaranteed by the Dutch Government will be paid :—On the bends at 4 per cent. on the Ist July, 1870 ; on the shares at 3} per cent. on the 15th July, 1870, at the Netherland Bank, Amsterdam. The allotment letters of the Roumanian Bridges Certi ficates were delivered yesterday. The Bucharest and Giurgevo Railway is now taking £5O per mile per week, according to the statement of the Government agent, by whom the railway is being worked. The success of this line fully accounts for the advance in the price of the bonds, which were rendered completely independent of the mortgage they enjoy, in second place after that granted to the Iron Bridge Annuity, on the Government Salt Mines. Thu annual meeting of the Mysore Coffee Company (Limited) is called for the 27th inst. The British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company of Liverpool have declared an interim dividend for the half year of 4s. per share, being at the rate - 0140 per cent. per annum. ...____ Buenos Ayres advices to the 16th ult. announce the failure of two large native wool houses, by which two English houses suffer to a small amount. PRINCE JEROME. Prince Jerome Bonaparte died at Balitmore yesterday. AMERICA AND CUBA. The House of Representatives at Washington has passed the Cuban resolution, and this act is regarded as an endorsement of the Government polio . THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. A very important correspondence has taken place between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, as to the action which it might be desirable for the Episcopate of the English Church to take with regard to the (Ecumenical Council. In a letter which the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol addressed to the Archbishop on the 16th inst., he says --" Many serious people think it would be desirable that the Bishops of the English Church should place on record some protest in reference to the present Council in Rome. I can quite understand the loyal feeling which might move many to judge such a course to be expedient. At the same time, I cannot but feel, first, that if the protest be against the assembling or composition of the Council, it ought to have been made long ago when the Council was summoned; second, that if the protest be levelled against the doctrine which it is supposed the Council may promulgate, it would be a protest against a doctrine with which, by the nature of the case, the Reformed Church of England can have but little to do. Being in this difficulty I venture to ask your Grace's counsel and advice." In his reply, the Archbishop of Canterbury says : " I cannot as at present advised, persuade myself that it is desirable for the Episcopate of the Church of England to come forward and issue a protest against Papal infallibility. The statement of our Church, as set forth in articles and formularies touching the claims of the Church of Rome, is so full and explicit that, as it seems to me, it requires neither explanation nor addition. The more dignified, wise, and sober polity for us to adopt, as I think, is to let Rome take her own course. The Church of England, as far as I know, has not at present been addressed 133 the Pope, or his so-called (Ecumenical Council, or by any person whatsoever, and I cannot see any necessity for us to go out of our way to put forth a manifesto. I fully expect that if the supporters to the claim of infallibility are left alone they will do their own cause infinite mischief and great good to the cause of truth. lam quite sure that the English nation does not expect any declaration or action from us other than by a stedfast adherence to our old principles, both in our practice and in our teaching. Neither do I think that tbo great body of Cnristians ex pect us to move." MR. CHIT_,DERS' ILLNESS. ---We understand that Mr. Childers has been urged by his medical attendants to proceed at once to a foreign watering-place, in consequence of the indisposition under which he has been for some weeks suffering not having yielded to *he ordinary treatment applied to cases of a similar ch.racter. Mr. Childers will, it is expected, leave the Admiralty either this day or Monday, and has been recommended to be absent about a month, otherwise he might become seriously ill. Mr. Paget has been consulted, and agrees with the advice which has been tendered. Mr. Childers will again be in his place in Parliament about the middle of July, if he derives the benefit which it is anticipated will follow the course he is about to pursue.—Army and Navy Gazette. On Friday a popular demonstration took pace in the town of Ramsgate to celebrate the decision of the Lord Chief Justice against the local magistrates, in arecent case of the " Queen v. Stevens," tried before the Court of . Queen's Bench, on Thursday last. The expressions of satis faction were universal, speeches made, resolutions passed, generally condemnatory of the local administration of jus tice, and more especially of the system of the magistrates' clerk's salary, arising in a great measure from the fines of the convicted. The meeting broke up amidst cheers for Mr. Purcell, the counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Welby Pugin, through whose instrument oow the case has been broualit into the London Condo. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—THis DAY. A FEMALE TICKET-OP-LEAVE CONVICT.—Mary Ann Bennett, aged 34 years, who has been a thief from infancy, was brought before Mr. Lushington at the Thames Police court on remand charged with violating the conditions of a ticket -of-leave. It appeared from the evidence of Police constable Mackay that the prisoner was convicted of a robbery from the person in 1865 and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. On that occasion a previous con viction for felony, and a sentence of seven years' transpor tation, was proved against her. Her sentence did not ex pire until the 6th October, 1870, and she received a com mutation of her sentence on the 26th of August, 1869, and she became an inmate of the Eagle House Reformatory, where she remained some time. After her discharge the lady superintendent of the refor matory sent her the Government gratuity to which she was entitled. The prisoner had been leading a most dis solute life ever since she left the reformatory, and was the constant associate of thieves and loose women. A few weeks since she was committed for trial, but by a lucky chance acquitted, since which she had been in a continual state of drunkenness. The prisoner had neglected to re port herself every month as required by her ticket-of leave, or even to furnish the police with her address. She was committed for two months, and told by the magic. trate that the Home Secretary would most likely revoke her licence. NEAPOLITAN MENDICANTS.—Giuseppi Fusco, Marco Bono, and Angela Pomba, Neapolitans, were charged before Mr. Newton, at Marlborough-street Police-court, by Horsford, of the Mendicity Society, with begging. From the evidence of Horsford it appeared that yester day evening he saw the prisoners in Park-lane and the neighbourhood. The elder prisoner, Fusco, was playing a kind of bagpipes, and the others were jumping about, and they all begged of ladies and gentlemen, and received money, and were then taken into custody. The master or padrone of the prisoners was told that if the prisoners were brought to the court again they would be sent to prison, and he regretted he could not send him (the pardon) to prison for trafficing in the begging busi ness he appeared to have embarked in. On promise being given that they should be sent to their own country they were discharged. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. AS COT RACES-FRIDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 Guineas; weight for ago. Three miles. Five entries. Lord Zeatland's Brennus, by Voltigeur—Sweet Briar, by Stockell, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Snowden) w.o. The First Class Wokingham Stakes of 5 sovs each. Last three quarters of the New Mile. Sir F. Johistone'e Alibrook, by Wild Dayrell—Eliza beth, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Cannon) 1 Mr G. Payne's Departure, 5 yrs, 7st 61b ...(Maidment) 2 Mr R. C. Naylor's Stephanotis, 3 yrs, Bst 41b(Chaloner) 3 Hawthornden, Sweet Sound, Flyaway Jack, Blacklook, Cruiskeen, Sister to Polly Perkins, Waif, Stockdale, also ran. Won by a neck. The Second Class Wokingham Stakes of 5 soya each. Last three-quarters of the New Mile. Mr. G. Payne's Adelaide, by Young Melbourne, dam by Teddington—Maid of Masham, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (W. Gray) 1 Mr J. C. Stuart's Brambridge, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Kenyon) t Mr G. Hodgman's Scarboro, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Butler) 't Cornet, Reindeer, Cheddington, lEgean, Vulcan, Lightning, Salamis also ran. Won by a head ; the other two running a dead heat for second place. The Alexandra Plate of 1,000 sovs. To start at the New Mile post and go once round ( about three miles.) Count F. de Lagrange's Trocadero, by Monarque—An tonine, 6 yrs, lOst 81b (Chaloner) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Siderolite, 4 yrs, lOst (Wells) 2 Betting-2 to lon Siderolite, who made the running for about two miles, when the Frenchman drew up, the pair entering the straight level. Ascending the hill the heavy weight took a slight lead, and at the distance Wells called on the four-yr-old, who was fairly outstayed, how ever, and beaten a length. WINNERS OF THE ALEXANDRA PLATE. 1864 Anglo-Saxon, 3 yrs, 6st 71b 1868 Blinkhoolie, 4 yrs, 10 st 1865 Fine de l'Air, 4 yrs, 10st 11869 Restitution, 4 yrs, lOst 1866 Strafford, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b 1870 Trocad6ro, 6 yrs, lOst 81b 1867 Lecturer, 4 yrs, lOst The Second Year of the Seventeenth Ascot Triennia, Stakes of 10 sovs each. New mile. Lord StamloWs — Normanby, by Thormanby—Emily, Bst 101 b .._ (French) 1 Mr J. Merry's Sunshine, Bst 71b (G-I:imshaw) 2 Mr C. Snewing's Claudius, Bst 31b (Chaloner) 3 Champion also ran. Won oleverly by half a length. A Plate of 100 sovs. Half a mile. Mr T. V. Morgan's Tit-bit, by Weatherbit—Theresa, Bst 71b Prince D. Soltykoff's Jersey, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (Maidment) 2 Colonel Pearson's Brother to Cap-a-Pie, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (Jeffery) t Mr Buckenkam's The Gift (late Black Boy), 5 yrs 9st 51b (Hibberd) t The following also ran :—Aberdeen, Scout, Hesperus, Bouqueterie, Ranting Tam, and Lily of Killarney. Won by a length and a half ; half a length dividing the second from Gift and Brother to Cap-a-Pie, who ran a dead heat for third place. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 4to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered—take 9to 2) sto 1 agst Kidderminster (taken) 10 to 1 agst Fleets (taken) 10 to 1 Five per Cent. (taken) 100 to 7 Cap-a-pie (taken) 70 to 40 agst Lord Hawthorn and Kidderminster coupled (taken twice) ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst Normanby (offered) 7to 1 apt Sunshine (offered) Mr. Watt, the owner of Strathnairn, Mysotis, and other horses, died after a short illness on Thursday night of typhoid fever. The nomination of Mysotis for the Northumberland Plate is not void, because she was entered for that race by Mr. T. V. Morgan. THE SPANISH THRONE. Petitions have been presented to the Cortes in favour of the Duke of Montpensier and of Marshal Espartero. The Cortes will shortly close its sittings, as the number of Deputies attending them grows less and less. The Regent, it is thought, will not leave Madrid until the Cortes have risen. The Carlists, it is said, are preparing for a move ment. EDUCATION. twelve. Mr. VERNON HARoouRT asked the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, whether, under the proposed amendments in the Education Bill, there will be any provision whatever for enforcing compulsory attendance in voluntary schools now or hereafter to be established. Mr. FORSTER replied that the amendments would ap pear in the reprinted bill, but would make no allusion to that part of the bill which related to compulsory attend ance. The voluntary schools were about to be separated from the Local Board. Of course his hon. friend was aware that in the bill as it stood they were not necessarily joined. His hon. friend would have observed that he had put upon the notice paper an amendment consequent upon the introduction of the time-table conscience clause pre venting school boards from enforcing compulsory attend ance upon religious instruction in any school. In reply to Mr. J. G. TALBOT, Mr. FORSTER said that it was intended that the addi tional grant should be given to all public elementary schools, present and future, denominational or secular. THE CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. The House went into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates. The sum of £34,023 was asked to defray the charges in respect of the salaries and ex penses of the officers of the House of Lords. £37,850 were granted to complete the sum necessary to pay the salaries and expenses of the officers of the House of Commons In the discussion which ensued on this vote attention was calledto the difference between the divisions the tellers giving one number, and the division clerks another in the lists.—Mr. Ward Hunt suggested that a self-acting register would meet the difficulty.—The sum of £44,193 was voted to complete the sum necessary to defray the salaries and expenses of the Treasury Depart ment. The sum of £66,033 was voted in respect of the salaries and expenses connected with the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. £48,814 were required to complete the sum necessary to defray the salaries and expenses of the Foreign Office. Mr. RYLANDS proposed to reduce the vote by two thou sand pounds. He thought the salaries and allowances to foreign messengers were extravagant, and no other nation paid such high salaries for similar services. He was glad, how ever, to see that there had during the year been a reduc- tion of expense in that direction. Mr. OTWAY said the present staff of messengers con sisted of fifteen. Last year it numbered seven teen, and it was considered that twelve would be just sufficient for the purposes of the Foreign Office. Each messenger received £4OO per annum, and £1 per day to cover expense, railway fares, of course, being paid. When they presented their bills they were carefully examined. If their offices were abolished, they were entitled to a pension or superannuation allow ance. He suggested that it would be wiser and more economical to leave the subject entirely to the action of the Secretary of State. The right hon. gentleman defended the arrangements of the Foreign Office. He thought, however, that it would be to the advantage of the public service that all financial questions should first be dealt with through the parliamentary Under Secretary. Mr. RYLANDS withdrew his motion and the vote was agreed to. The sum of £26,923 was voted for the expenses of the Colonial Office. A vote of £25,749 to defray the expenses of the Privy Council, was agreed to, after a long dis cussion on the subjcct of the cattle plague, the importa tion of cattle, and vaccination. On the estimate of £75,114 to complete the sum necessary for the expenses of the Board of Trade, Mr. Whitwell moved the reduction of the vote by £1,280, in respect of the inspection of lime juice, which had been included in the incidental expenses. Mr. Macfie moved that the debate be adjourned, but, ac• cording to the forms of the House, at a quarter to seven the Chairman reported progress. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported. SLIGO AND CASHEL DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. The above bill passed through committee, and was reported. SALMON ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This bill also passed through committee. The House adjourned at five minutes to seven until nine o'clock. WANT OF EMPLOYMENT AMONG THE LABOURING CLASSES. The House reassembled at nine o'clock. On the order for going into Committee of Supply— Mr. W. M. TORRENS drew attention to the distress among the working classes, and moved that the continued want of employment among those who lived by waged labour in many of the great towns of the kingdom, called for the special considera tion of the House, with a view to the best means that might be devised for the remedy of the same without delay. Surely, he remarked, if the people of Ireland, because they had been disaffected, had been so generally cared for, the classes in this country of which he spoke deserved the attention of Government, with the view of ameliorating their condition. Unexampled poverty had lately prevailed in the great towns and was likely to recur, aggravated by the natural increment of population. The hon. gentleman described at great length the desperate condition of the labouring classes, especially in the metropolis. The statistics of the Poor- Law Board, he said, only indicated one-tenth part of the destitution which prevailed. He suggested that the des titute should be assisted to emigrate, but not sent out as paupers. There was a desire among the honest artizans to assist themselves. Lord GEORGE HAMILTON seconded the motion, believing that the hon. gentleman had made his case clear to the majority of the House. He agreed with the hon. member for Finsbury as to the unreliable character of the Poor-Law returns. The noble lord referred very briefly to the reduction of the estimates, involving the discharge of men from their employment, and render ing them chargeable to the poor-rates. He noticed the remedies proposed, such as the reclamation of waste lands, the alteration of our commercial policy, and emigration, and then condemned indiscriminate charity, as producing more evil than anything else. It was much better to place within a man's power the means of reaching the colonies than letting him remain a permanent burden. Mr. GoecHEN reviewed the speech of the member for Finsbury, and said it would be very disastrous if the country were led to believe that the state of things was worse than it really was. Supposing, he asked, emigra tion failed to remedy the evil, was the hon. member pre pared to tell the working classes that Parliament was to devise means? He went on to show that there was a great revival of trade in all the great centres of industry. He ed the House not agree to the proposition that th public purse should be applied for the benefit of any par ticular class. After some further discussion, the debate was ad journed. CLERICAL DISABILITIES BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. CROSS moved the adjournment of the debate, on the ground that it was too late to consider the measure. On a division the motion for the adjournment was lost. Mr. BERESFORD-HOPE moved that the bill be referred to a select committee. Mr. A. E. GUEST moved that the debate be adjourned. The House divided on the question, and the motion was rejected. Mr. PELL, at ten minutes to two, moved the adjourn• ment of the House. Mr. COLLINS seconded the motion. Another division took place, and the motion was lost. Mr. RAIKES then moved and Mr. COLLINS seconded the adjournment of the debate. The House divided at 25 minutes past two, and the motion was lost. Mr. HODGSON moved the adjournment of the House. Another division took place, with a like result. Propositions of a similar character were repeatedly made, and it was half-past three when the House divided, on the motion of the member for the University of Cam bridge. The motion was lost, and the House went into committee pro format. The House adjourned at a quarter to four. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL. A meeting of Nonconformists was held in Leeds on Friday respecting the Government amendments on the Education Bill. The Mayor of Leeds presided, and said ae thought the bill was now worse than it was before. A :esolution was passed expressing an opinion that the amendments were inadequate, and that religious instruc :ion should be provided by voluntary effort only, but that rather than postpone legislation, it would be better co accept Bible teaching without denominational tenetss subject to a time-table conscience clause. The motion was supported by several speakers and opposed by, Mr. Frederick Baines, brother of Mr. Baines, M.P., and Others. The Rev. E. Conder said that he would rather that the Government should lay down what was to be taught as religion than that they should exclude religion. The resolution was carried with only a few dissentients. It was also resolved that school boards ought to be estab lished in every district, and that it should be imperative en them to enforce attendance. A meeting of Protestant Nonconformists was held in Liverpool, on Friday, when a resolution was adopted re cognising the value of the amendments proposed by Mr. Forster to be introduced into the Elementary Education Bill, and also of the willingness manifested by Mr. Glad stone in his statement to the House of Commons on Thursday night to adopt further modification. REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL. Mr. Odger decided last night that, under the circum stances, he will not contest the seat vacant at Bristol. A motion requesting the members of Radical associations to abstain from voting for Mr. Hodgson was lost by one vote. The Conservatives met yesterday, and postponed action until Mr. Odger's determination was known. The question of bringing forward a candidate is not yet settled. The Liberal Association of Bristol have informed Mr. Odger of their inability to agree to his proposal that if he retired from the contest for the representation of the city, they should pledge themselves to bring forward a direct representative of labour at the very next vacancy; firstly, because the association could not bind the Liberal party in the choice of a candidate at a future election ; and secondly, because such compact, if possible, would come within the meaning of the Corrupt Practices Act. Mr. Odger's resolution thereupon is not yet known. A MEMORIAL SYNAGOGUE. A synagogue, recently erected in Chatham, at a cost of £lO,OOO, including the purchase of the site by Mr. Simon Magnus of Chatham, in memory of his only son, was :onsecrated on Friday with much ceremony by Dr. Adler, .thief Rabbi of the United Jewish Congregations. Mr. Collins of Queen-street, City, was the architect ; and Mr. Naylar of Rochester, builder. The music at the service was performed by Mr. Mornbach, and a special choir from the great synagogue, ' London. Dr. Adler preached auti impressive sermon, reminding his hearers of the pri (lieges and duties attending their possession of so beauti ful a place of worship. A SPINNING MILL TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE. A destructive fire broke out onFriday night at a spinning sill belonging to Messrs. John Hoile and Co., Dundee. The fire originated at a breaker machine, but the cause cannot be explained. The supply of water was very defective, owing the recent drought, and in two hours from the commencement of the fire the building was totally destroyed. The damages, which are estimated at between 22.000 and £3,000, will be met by insurance. SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE. A telegram received at South Shields on Thursday an nounces that the screw steamer John Dryden, of North Shields, belonging to Nelson, Donks, and Co., of that town, had been wrecked off the coast of Abyssinia. The crew were all saved, but it is believed that her cargo of cot ton, valued at £lOO,OOO, and also the vessel, is lost. The vessel was returning from Bombay, when in consequence of her coals running short, she tried to make for the port of Hushatoon, but was driven ashore. This vessel was built recently at Stockton. Both vessel and cargo are insured, principally in the London clubs, but only partially in the north. Intelligence has also been received that the barque Newbiggen, of North Shields, was burned in the Sea of Marmora last Sunday. It is stated the crew are saved. DEATH FROM DROWNING. Two young men, brothers, named Linton, aged 18 and 21 respectively, were drowned at Upnor, near Rochester, on Friday afternoon. They were, with their father, at work at Upnor, and during their dinner hour went t• bathe in the Medway, when they were both carried away by the stream. One body has ben recovered. ANTICIPATED RESIGNATION OF THE BELGIAN MINISTRY. It is stated by a Belgian paper of last evening that at a Cabinet Council held yesterday the members of the Cabi net resolved to resign immediately. This decision has of course been arrived at in consequence of the untavourable turn which the late elections have taken, by which the Liberal party have been put, for the first time during some twentX years, in a minority in the Chamber. Prince Adalbert of Prussia has arrived in Eng land. Prince Orloff will succeed Baron Brunnow as Russian Minister at the English Court. Colonel the Hon. W. J. Colville will be the camp commandant at Wimbledon this year. The deaths in London from scarlet fever have risen gradually during the last seven weeks from 68 to 103. The increased fatality of last week was almost ex clusively in the western district of Kensington. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, Commanding in-Chief, will preside this morning at the half-yearly examination and distribution of prizes to the gentlemen sadets at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. The subscriptions towards the fund for erecting a statue to Sir Titus Salt in Bradford hsve already reached the sum of £l,lOO. The Journal des Debate is delighted that its old contributor, M. Prdvost Paradol has accepted the United States mission. He is, says the Debats, what English call " the right man in the right place." The English schooner yacht Cambria and the American schooner yacht Dauntless start from off the Head of Kinsale on the morning of the 4th prox., for New York, in their match across the Atlantic. The Duke de Sesto has arrived in Paris from Madrid charged, it is asserted, with the mission of laying before Queen Isabella the general wish of her party that she should abdicate in favour of her son, the Prince of Asturias. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have resumed their sittings, having before them a long list of appeals. The case of the Rev. C. Voysey is in the list, but there is very little probability of its being heard dur ing the present sittings. The officers of several steam-ship companies have waited upon Collector Grinnell, expecting that he would restore the general order business to their warehouses in Jersey City and Hoboken. They were not prepared to comply with the suggestions of the Secretary of the Treasury and place their store-houses under the exclusive control of Customs officers, and, therefore no conclusion was arrived at. WILLS AND BEQTJESTS.--The will of the Very Rev. Thomas Dale, D.D., Dean of Rochester, many years Canon of St. Paul's, was proved in London, on the 27th ult., nnder £lB,OOO personalty. He has left his numerous presentations of plate and other memorials amongst his children, to whom he has left his books, as well as pecu niary legacies; the furniture he has left to his daughters Rose and Clara, whom he has appointed residuary egatees. The conductor of the train on the Watertown, Rome and Ogdensburg Railroad, who called in the aid of the United States troops, at Williamstown, to suppress disorder among passengers, consisting chiefly of Fenians gives an account of the affair, from which it appears that the soldiers did not fire upon the Fenians, but that the firing was the work of New York roughs on the train during a riot between them and the Fenians. The soldiers charged with the bayonet. BOILER EXPLOSION.—Between the hours of six and seven o'clock on Friday morning an explosion occurred through the bursting of a pipe within the boiler of an engine on the premises of Messrs. Cotten and Slater's, Blackburn. The wall in front of the boiler-house was blown away, and parts of several tenaments adjamit to the mill were destroyed. The engine tenter was killed, and another man severely scalded. A young woman in one of the neighbouring houses was also killed. Two journeymen tailors were on Friday charged at Marlborough-street with having threatened and as saulted a workwoman named Marion Davis. As the operative tailors of Cork are on strike, the master trades men of that city endeavour to get their orders executed in London. During the past few days one of the shops in which this class of work has been carried on has been watched by the emissaries of the strike committee, work people bad been threatened, and one woman was the vic tim of an assault. Evidence was called on Friday to prove , these facts, and the defendants were remanded, ary pi- Ore )110 lie )uS I or eek ken NS. rid, sed the Iro-