The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-11 00:00:00

DEATH OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS The sudden and unlooked for news of the death of one of the most popular and best known of living authors has everywhere occasioned a feeling of poignant regret. Charles Dickens died at six o'clock on Thursday evening, at his residence, Gadshill, Kent, having been stricken with paralysis on the previous day, and never having rallied from the shock. He had just sat down to dinner on Wednesday, with his sister-in-law, Miss Hogarth, who, observing an unusual appearance in his face, became alarmed, and said she feared he was ill, proposing in the same breath to telegraph for medical assistance. Mr. Dickens replied, "No, no, no ; I have got the toothache, and shall be better presently." He then asked that the window might be shut ; and almost immediately he lapsed into unconsciousness, from which state he never recovered till the moment of his death. Meanwhile Mr. Frank Beard, of 44, Welbeck-street, Mr. Dickens's regular medical adviser, was telegraphed for, and arrived at Gadshill in the course of Wednesday evening. He saw at once that the case was hopeless ; but, for his own satisfaction, as well as for that of the relatives, he sum moned the assistance of Dr. Russell Reynolds, who could only concur in Mr. Beard's belief that nothing less than a miracle could save the life of their patient. For the last two or three days Mr. Dickens, though not apparently out of his usual health and spirits, had complained of a difficulty in doing his work, saying that it did not come spontaneously to him, as it used to come. Mr. Charles Dickens the younger was telegraphed for on Wednesday evening, but the message did not reach London till Thurs day morning. He started instantly for his father's resi dence, and was present at the death-bed, with his two sisters, Miss Hogarth, and the medical attendants. It is a significant fact that when, last year, Mr. Dickens was suddenly seized with illness at Preston, his doctor warned him not to read, at the peril of his life, and brought him almost by force to town. Charles Dickens was born at Portsmouth in February, 1812. He was the son of Mr. John Dickens, of the Navy Pay Department, and much of his early life was spent in seaport towns—a fact which will not surprise the readers of " David Copperfield." His father afterwards obtained employment in London as a reporter for the daily papers, and the family settled in town. At first it was intended that young Charles should be placed in a solicitor's office, but happily his father early recognised his literary ability, and allowed him to follow his own profession. He began his career as a reporter on the True Sun:, and subsequently joined the staff of the Morning Chronicle. Every one must remember his speech at the Newspaper Press Fund dinner, in which he boasted of belonging to the Fourth Estate, and described his early experiences as a reporter in his own graphic style. His connection with the Morning Chronicle, then under Mr. John Black's editorship, was the means of first introducing Charles Dickens to that public which was afterwards to prize his works so highly, and in its columns the world-famous sketches of " Boz " first appeared, under the title of " Sketches of English Life and Cha racter." They were collected and reprinted in 1836, and at once attracted notice. It is interesting to know that the pseudonym of " Boz " was given by him in childhood to a baby brother. Among the many who recognised the graphic power displayed in the sketches, were Messrs. Chapman and Hall, then publishers in the Strand. They asked the author to write for them a story in monthly parts, and as the reward of their discernment they received the " Pickwick Papers." It is needless to say that these papers immediately attained an immense circulation. A well-substantiated anecdote illustrates the enormous and unexpected success of the work. It was a question between Messrs. Chapman and Hall and their binder, Mr. Bone, whether a greater or less number than seven hundred copies should be stitched in wrappers. Instead of hundreds, it soon b.ecame necessary to provide for the sale of thousands ; and the green covers of " Pick wick " were seen all over the country. The melancholy. suicide of Seymour, the caricaturist who illustrated the earlier numbers, caused a crisis in the publication, and set the publishers on an eager quest after a competent artist. Thackeray has humorously narrated how he, an obscure man at the time, and rather seeking to make himself a place in art than in literature, called on the young author in Furnival's Inn, and submitted for approval sketches which were not approved. The artists engaged to take Seymour's place was first Mr. Buss, and then Mr. Hablot Knight Browne, who, as " Phiz," con tinued for so many years to delight Mr. Dickens and his readers. Naturally, the success of " Pickwick ' caused .the author to be eagerly sought after by the London publishers, and in 1837 Charles Dickens accepted the editorship of Bentley's Miscellany. In the second number he began the "Life of Oliver Twist," in which he shewed his artistic power in stronger and darker colours. In this work again Mr. Dickens was fortunate in his illustrator, securing the pencil of George Cruikshank. "Oliver Twist" lets the reader into the secrets of life as it was, and, per haps, still is, to be found too often in workhouses and in the " slums " of London. When finished it was republished as a novel in three volumes, and in that shape too enjoyed an extensive sale. "Nicholas Nickleby " followed, introducing the immortal Mr. and Mrs. Squeers, poor Smike, John Cheeryble, and a host of other familiar names. In this, as in many other of his works, Mr. Dickens had a definite object, intending to expose in detail the cruelties which were practised upon orphans and other neglected children at small and cheap schools, where the sum charged for the board of hungry and growing lads, with everything included, ranged from £l6 to £2O a year. Mr. Dickens tells us, in the preface to this book, as it stands, republished in the collective edition of his works, that it was the result of a personal visit of inspection paid by himself to some nameless " Dothe boys'-hall" amid the wolds of Yorkshire ; and the reader who has carefully studied it will with difficulty be per suaded that Mr. Squeers and Mr. John Browdie are not taken from living examples. The work was published in 1839. In 1840 " Master Humphrey's Clock " was com menced, and in the second tale, " Barnaby Rudge," he has given the best and most graphic account extant of that remarkable episode of English history—the Gordon Riots of 1780. About the same time appeared the life of "Joseph Grimaldi" In 1841 Mr. Dickens visited America, and on his return published his " Ameri can Notes," and in 1844 appeared a new serial tale, " Martin Chuzzlewit," in which he intro duced further sketches of American character. From this time his literary labour was almost incessant, and in 1846 he took a prominent part in establishing the Daily News, of which he was the first editor. After a few months of editorship, however, he returned to his old literary labours, more congenial to his tastes and genius. On Christmas, 1843, had appeared what may be termed the gem of his writings, " The Christmas Carol," genial and evergreen as the holly itself, and it was followed with varying success by other Christmas stories, " The Chimes," " The Cricket on the Hearth," " The Battle of Life," and the " Haunted Man." The last of this series appeared at Christmas, 1848. Besides these Mr. Dickens has published "Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son," the " History of David Copperfield," " Bleak House," " Little Dorrit," "A Tale of Two Cities," ," Our Mutual Friend," the " Uncommercial Traveller," " Great Expectations," and, last of all, the " Mystery of Edwin Drood," of which only three numbers have appeared. In 1850 Mr. Dickens projected a cheap weekly periodical which he called Household Words, and which was published by Messrs. Bradbury and Evans ; but, difficulties having arisen between author and publisher, it was discontinued in 1859, and Mr. Dickens commenced in its stead its successor, All the Year Round, which he continued to conduct to the last. True to his order, Charles Dickens was an ardent advocate of all literary institutions intended for the relief of less fortu nate or less gifted authors. He was one of the founders of the Guild of Literature and Art, and a vigorous supporter of the Newspaper Press Fund. As an amateur actor his success was remarkable and ex ceptional, while his excellence as a public reader is fami liar to all who were fortunate enough to hear him. In the United States, on the occasion of his second visit a year or two since, the enthusiasm he excited was extraordinary, even for the excitable Americans, and fabulous sums were paid for the chance of seeing and hearing a man of whom Anglo-Saxons were so proud. In connection with this subject we may quote the words which he addressed to his last audience in the St. James's Hall, in concluding his public readings, which the premonitory symptoms of his last fatal attack had warned him to discontinue : "Ladies and Gentlemen,—lt would be worse than idle, it would be hypocritical and unfeeling, if I were to,dis guise that I close this episode in my life with feelings of very considerable pain. For some fifteen years, in this hall and in many kindred places, I have had the honour of presenting my own cherished ideas before you for your recognition, and., in closely observing your reception pf p- ;, , THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, <JUNE 11, 1870. them, have enjoyed an amount of artistic delight and enjoyment which, perhaps, it is given to few men to know. In this task, and in every other I have ever undertaken as a faithful servant of the public, always imbued with a sense of duty to them, and always striving to do his best, I have .been uniformly cheered by the readiest response, the most generous sympathy, and the most stimulating support. Nevertheless, I have thought it well at the full flood-tide of your favour to retire upon those older associations between us which date from much further back than these, and henceforth to devote myself exclusively to the art that first brought us together. Ladies and gentlemen, in but two short weeks from this time I hope that you may enter, in your own homes, on a new series of read ings at which my assistance will be indispensable ; but from these garish lights I vanish now for evermore, with one heartfelt, grateful, respectful, and affectionate fare well." That farewell has now been spoken to a wider circle, and throughout all England and America there will be but one unmixed sentiment of regret at the mournful in telligence thus unexpectedly communicated. Mr. Dickens married early in life the daughter• of Mr. George Hogarth, who was for some years the musical critic of the Daily News. By this lady, who survives him, he had several children. Of two daughters, one is unmarried; the other is the wife of Mr. Charles Collins, the son of the celebrated painter, and the brother of Mr. Wilkie Collins, and himself an author and artist of ability. Mr. Dickens's eldest son, Mr. Charles Dickens, has been for some time the acting editor of All the Year Round; another son is an officer in the army ; two others are in Australia ; and a fifth, is a student in Trinity-hall, Cambridge. LATER PARTICULARS. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM] Some particulars are supplied to us of the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Charles Dickens. He was at Rochester on Tuesday the 7th inst ; on Wednesday he was employed at his literary labours until dinner time. When at dinner he was seized with a violent pain in the head, and fell down becoming totally unconscious. He was placed on a sofa in the dining-room as it was not considered advisable to remove him upstairs. Mr. S. Steele, of Strood, his local medical adviser was sent for, and found him labouring under a severe form of apoplexy. Stertorous breathing had taken place, and the extremities very soon became cold. Mr. Steele remained with him until near midnight, when Mr. F. Carr Beard, surgeon, of Welbeck-street, London, an old personal friend of Mr. Dickens, arrived with Mrs. Collins, and Miss Dickens, daughter of the great novelist. Mr. Beard immediately consulted with Mr. Steele, but they hid little hope. Mr. Dickens was still unconscious and remained in that state up to the time of his death. Mr. Beard remained with him all night. Dr. J. Russell Reynolds, the eminent physician of Gro venor street, was telegraphed for, and arrived on Thursday afternoon. He agreed with Messrs. Beard and Steele, in considering the case a hopeless one from the first. The death took place at a quarter past six. The deceased was well on the Wednesday, and wrote a great deal during the day. He had lately had no premonitory symptoms of an affection of the brain. He had not been since his indisposition, about twelve months since, arising from the fatigue of travelling. A post-mortem examination is to be made. THE QUEEN AND MR. CHARLES DICKENS. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.] Colonel Ponsonby has, on behalf of the Queen, sent a telegram from Balmoral to Mr. Arthur Helps, Clerk to the Privy Council, with respect to the lamented death of Mr. Charles Dickens. Her Majesty commands Colonel Ponsonby to express her deepest regret at the sad news. THE CHARITY CHILDREN AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. On Thursday afternoon, an interesting gathering was held under the venerable old dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. -The charity children held their usual annual festival, and nearly 5,000 children assembled, besides a vast con course of visitors, including the Lord Mayor and aldermen, the cathedral body being represented by the Dean and Canon Melville. The service commenced at twelve o'clock by the children singing the old metrical version of the 100th Psalm, accompanied by the great organ in the south bay, also by two trumpets, two cornets, and a pair of kettle drums. The prayers were intoned by the Rev. J. H. Coward, M.A., and the lessons were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, 8.D., bothgentlemen minor canons of the cathedral. The psalms for the day were sung by the choir, which was augmented by voices from the Chapel Royal, St. James's, St. George's chapel, Windsor, Westminster Abbey, and other places, the children joining in the Glorias at the end of each psalm. "It is not an easy thing, says the Post, for those who were not present to realise the effect of the multitude of children's voices singing with one accord such phrases as ' God save the King," and ' May the King live for ever,' to the sublimely simple strain to which Handel has set these words, or to imagine the awful grandeur produced by a body of voices in unison, for though many of the peculiarities of local intonation and pronunciation were doubtless to be distinguished, yet the combination of sound was too magnificent to allow the thought that arose c - mcerning details to hold place:for a moment. The Hallelujah Chorus, with all its great effects for a limited and educated choir, rarely brings about such a result as that obtained at these gather ings, and the chorales never seem to be so full of beauty as when emitted from the 5,000 throats of these poor and happy children. The sight, too, is one that could not possibly be obtained under any other circumstance, or in any other place. The noble proportions of the majestic building are better understood after a sight of the little ones ranged in their galleries round the area of the dome. The quaint and Old World character of the headdresses worn by the girls, speaking of the fashions of a bygone day ; the various colours of the uniforms, relievedby the different hue of the ribbons, make the children appear, not like the hackneyed simile of a paterre of flowers, but like a soil cleared for cultivation, with a few obstinate weeds chewing themselves in their most attractive form ; and when, during certain portions of the service, the boys bow their heads, or the girls raise their mitten or white linen covered arms to their faces by one consent at a given signal, the sight is like the shadow of a cloud passing over the surface of a party-coloured ground, with here and there a streak of sunshine seen as it were through a rent in the cloud, so that, with the singing and the spectacle, the meet ing of the charity children at St. Nulls is a sight as affecting as it is unique. For several months before the service takes place the children of the various schools are trained in sections, under the immediate super intendence of Mr. James Shoubridge, vicar choral of the cathedral, se that the mere direc tion of the large body of voices undertaken by that gentleman in the cathedral—where, mounted on a high pulpit and in his surplice, he guides the voices by the motion of his arm—represents but a very small portion of the work necessary to the production of so beautiful and one-minded an effect as that heard on Thursday ; and as the singing was more than usually successful, and with less variation and wavering from the time of the organ accompaniment, it is only reasonable to conclude that more than ordinary pains have been taken to bring about such a success. The sermon, which on this occasion is generally a short one, was delivered by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Worcester, and the collections made at the doors amounted to a considerable sum, but one that was somewhat below the usual average. The occasion was unusually interesting, as it is rumoured that it is the last meeting of the sort that will be allowed to take place in the cathedral, some colour being given to the rumour from the fact of the more recently appointed and influential members of the chapter being absent ; but whether the rumour be correct or not, it is to be hoped that the change will not be made after the manner that many of the recent alterations at the cathedral have been effected, and that no change will be instituted. for the mere sake of change. If the meeting takes place another year, it may be thought desirable to have the children taught to sing the ancient plain song of the re sponses, instead of Tallis's added melody; the effect would be more consistent, and would, besides, be easier for them to sing ; and, again, as the service takes place after twelve o'clock, it has perhaps escaped the attention of the Society of Patrons that the morning prayers and lessons are less appropriate than those belonging to the evening service under those circumstances. A. great meeting of Nonconformists on the Govern ment Education Bill is to be held at Exeter Hall on Monday next, under the presidency of Mr. M'Arthur, M.P. SIR JAMES VALLENTIN'S COLLECTION OF OB JECTS OF ART, JEWELS, AND PLATE.—The valuable col lection of ancient silver and silver-gilt plate, objects of art, and jewellery of the late Sir James VaLlentin, Sheriff of London, has been finally dispersed at the rooms of Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods, in King-street, St. James's. Among the more valuable objects included in the last day's sale were the following jewels :—A bra- Rant flower pattern brooch, with pendants ; a gold brace* with black enamel ornaments and brilliant centre • la brooch, pendant, and p a i r o f earr i ngs t o ma t c h-134. A fine old pendant, f orme d as a C u pid, b eau tify modelled in gold, partly ename ll e d, an d se t w ith ru bs and table diamonds-74gs. A kneeling figure of an angel, set with rubies and diamonds-56gs. A pair of large gold pendants, set with emeralds ; a pair of earrings to match, with cut emerald drops ; a cross formed of large emeraldk, the back enamelled in colours ; and an enamelled gold necklace, with cross-66gs. A splendid single-stone bra.- liant ring, in richly-enamelled gold setting, weighing ¢i carats—all, The whole produced upwards of £6,000. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The Select Committee of the House of Commons ap pointed to inquire into the reason of the dis crepancy between the estimate and the actual cost of the Abyssinian expedition, resumed their sittings this afternoon, Mr. Candlish in the chair.—Major Willoughby, an officer in the Commissariat department of the Indian Government, stated that he was sent to Egypt to purchase transport animals. He left India on the 31st of August, 1867, and went on direct Suez, where he arrived on the 27th of September. His instructions to purchase animals were afterwards extended to the purchase of stores and provisions, and letters of instruction to that effect reached him frdm the Secretary of the Government of Boml*, from the Consul-General of Egypt, and subsequently from the commander-in-chief himself. He made his head quarters, Suez, and he admitted, that at Suez, there was no market for the disposal of animals, or any merchants who could undertake their supply. Moreover, that Suez was 100 miles from the cultivated portion of Egypt, and was in fact in the desert. At the same time the nature of their duties compelled them to live at Suez, and they knew very well the proper place from which to draw the supplies. Cairo was the place to which 411 the produce of Upper Egypt came, and although most of the accounts produced were those of merchants of Alex andria, it did not follow that the purchases were made in Alexandria, or that the stores and animals were drawn from thence. His duties were not only to pur chase, but to receive the animals on board the ships at Suez. He stated that shortly after he arrived he received a telegram from India asking the rates at which purchases could be made, and after he had forwarded them he received instructions, which he carried out, to purchase at those rates. He did not purchase animals till February, 1868 ; in October of that year he purchased forage, including beans, barley, and straw, to the extent of £26,000. The purchase was made of gr. Fredericson, a commission agent, at Alexandria. The pur chase was not made by competition. He did not know that at that time he was or professed to be an architect. He had been employed by the Government in building a sana torium, but he thought it was not commenced till after wards. He had a guarantee to the extent of 10 per cent. that the contract would be properly carried out. The £26,000 was lodged in the bank. He did not think it ne cessary to make any inquiries into the antecedents of Mr. Fredericson ; and looking at the matter now, he was convinced that he could not have purchased those stores at a cheaper rate than he did. After some further evi dence respecting the manner in which stores were pur chased, the committee adjourned. ACTION FOR LIBEL BY A PHYSICIAN The case of Edmunds v. Eyre was tried in the Court of Common Pleas, before Mr. Justice Byles and a Middlesex common jury, Mr. Sergeant Robinson appearing for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Parry for the defendant. The plaintiff is a physician, residing in Fitzroy-square, London, who was up to April last one of the guardians of the poor for the parish of St. Pancras. During the election of guardians, a placard was issued, containing an extract from Will-o'-the- Wisp, which reflected in strong terms upon plaintiff's conduct as a guardian. Among other things it imputed that he opposed the guardians' proposal for a new hospital out of spite and envy, and, while professing anxiety to save the ratepayers from taxation, he was only seeking to further his own ends. It further alleged that he conspired with the medical officer of the old hospital to discharge patients who were not fit to leave the place in order that it might appear there Were empty beds in the old hospital, and consequently that there was no necessity for the new building. The defendant is the landlord of the Lansdowne Arms Hotel, Gloucester-road, and took an active part against the election of Dr. Edmunds. He was said to have posted the placards upon the pillars of his house, and upon the shutters of a house opposite • but he denied having done so, and stated that he had torn down the placards. This ' it was replied, was after he knew he had been seen to post them. Serjeant Parry ridiculed the idea of proceeding against anyone for ; a mere election " squib," and asked why the paper in whieh the libel originally appeared had not been proceeded against. He also suggested that it was issued by the Ratepayers Association. His lordship, in summing up, said the placard was undoubtedly libellous, and left it to the jury to say, by their verdict, whether the plaintiff had published it by 'posting it as alleged. The jury found for the defendant. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. The Atheneum says Miss Glyn will give a farewell read ing from Shakspere on Tuesday, June 21st.—There is to be an exhibition of Church decorations at the Crystal Palace, in the middle of July.—The Albert Gold Medal of the Society of Arts has this year been awarded to M. F. de Lesseps for services rendered to arts, manufactures, and commerce by the realisation of the Suez Canal.— Mr. Markham, the English Consul at Chefoo, is preparing; a narrative of his journeys and experiences.—Mr. Robert Buchanan's new work, " Ballads of Life," will appear immediately. It will have not only its serious but its humorous side ; the latter in a poem called " The Wake of Tim O'Hara." Satire will not be absent. Con temporary Bards will be passed in review in a piece to be named " The Session of the Poets."— Mr. Leland (Hans Breitmann) has arrived in London. He is writing an addition to his ballads, in which Hans Breitmann is represented as making the European Tour, as Americans and people who have made money in America are fond of doing. —Colonel Meadows Taylor, is pre paring a "Student's Manual of the History of India. "—The secretaryship of the Newspaper Press Fund is now vacant. —The acting manager of the Italian Opera, Drury Lane, has secured the services of Madame Barbot, who a few years back held a high position in Paris and St. Peters burg. This artist's return to the lyric stage will be an event of interest, especially as at Drury Lane a dramatic soprano will supply an obvious want. The Graphic has the following :—" The life of Madame La Mothe Guyon " (Sampson Low) is a re-issue of a volume of very curious religious history. Madame Guyon was befriended and upheld by Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray.—The severe attack upon Mr. Disraeli and his novel " Lothair," published in Blackwood, is, we are in formed, from the pen of Colonel Hawley, the author of " Lady Lee's Widowhood," and the newly selected presi dent of the Staff College.—The Emperor Napoleon has his double in the person of an American who is now in Paris. The natural resemblance between the two is said to be marvellous, and it is heightened by the double imitating the original's tricks of manner. — lt has been decided to erect a statue to Lamartine in the Plate d'Armes at Macon. The cost of the work is estimated at £2,000, and it is to be open to competition. SALE OF PICTURES BY THE OLD MASTERS. . For the past few days a highly valuable collection of pictures by masters of the Italian, Spanish, and Dutch schools, formed by Mr. Philip Hinds, of Portland-place, have been exhibited in London previous to a sale whiCh takes place to-day. The paintings are hung up in the gallery of Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods. There are few Italian works presented, but of these the Garofalo " Noli me tangere " is a fine example of the master, who took his nickname from the little flower which he painted generally in his foregrounds, his real name being Benvenuto Tisio. The picture is remarkable for the strong impasto and brilliant effect of light and colour over the landscape. The " Si. Peter," by Ribera (called Spagnoletto, not Zurbaran, as la recently published dictionary has it), is a very striking and characteristic work of the master. There are also two good works of Sasso Ferrato ; but the most noticeable picture among the Italians is the large work which.prii fesses to be the " Leda " of Leonardo da Vinci. It ss painted on canvas in a rather cold tone of grey oviw the landscape and brownish flesh tints, the swan being also dark grey. Two little first sketches by Murillo are interesting as being similar to two of the large pictures, forming a set of five. illustrating the Parable of the Prodigal Son, which Lord Dudley bought at the recent sale of the Salamanca Collection, and which are known to have been painted by Murillo for the King of Spain , who gave one of the set to the Pope, which is now in the Vat can. The Dutch pictures are, however, the most impor fant, and of those to be noticed especially are the large " Boar Hunt," by Paul Potter, signed and dated 1648, which was once in Lord Shaftesbury's collection. This is a work which admirably displays the wonderful vigour tiif the painter and his perfect knowledge of his subject. The boar is fighting with one dog, while three others surround him, one, however, having got his quietus. On the hfil side appear the sportsmen, riding up to be in at the death. There is a fine Isaac Osade, Dutch village with figures; a good Wynants, with figures by Lingelbach ; an excel lent moonlight piece by A. Van der Neer ; and an un usually fine landscape, with grand waterfall by " Everdingen," who chews in this work how fairly he rivalled Ruysdael, a younger painter, who sur passed him in reputation, and of whomthere is a fair speci men," Landscape with Cascade." By Solomon de Komng, whose works are sometimes attributed to Rembrandt, there is a very fine example in a life-size portrait of ,a Rabbi with a long white beard, which is painted on panel. The Van Stry copy of the Duke of Bedford's Cuyp, " a winter scene with figures skating," is an excellent work of the painter ; And there are several good pictures by the modern Dutch painters, Van Hamme, Linnig, and De Wilde. At the conclusion of the Ross competition at Irvine on Wednesday, Captain Ross selected as the re presentatives to shoot in the contest for the Elcho Chal lenge Shield, Colour-Sergeant Clews, Renfrew ; Private Brownlie, Ist Lanark ; Private M`Vittie, Dumfries Private Fraser, Edinburgh; Private Dunlop and Sergeant Ferguson, Inverness. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The Illustrated News states that Mr. William Mercer, of Kingston-on-Thames, has left the following charitable bequests :—To the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Church Missionary Society, each £100; and to the Society for the Conversion of the Jews, the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Blind Asylum; National School, Kingston, and the Cambridge Military at Kingston, each a legacy of £5O. The late Mr. John Adolphus Snee, of Ramsgate, formerly of New Ton, Strand, has left a legacy of £3OO to the Church Missionary Society ; £lOO to the Moravian Missionary Society ; and £5O each to the British and. Foreign Bible Society, the Church Pastoral Aid Society, the London City Mission; the Sailors' Home, in Wells-street, London Docks ; the London Society for Teaching the Blind to read, and the Society for Promoting Female Education ill the East. LAW AND POLICE. THE CHARGE OF SHOOTING AT CONSTABLES. —Leed ham, the man who is charged with having fired at three police constables in the East-end a few nights ago, has been committed for trial for shooting with intent to mur der or do grievous bodily harm. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A SCHOOL GGVERNESS.—The body of a newly-born child was discovered on Tuesday concealed in one of ehe desks of the Bardsley School, near Ashton-under-Lyne, and consequent upon information ob tained, the police arrested the governess of the school, Ann Mercer, on a charge of concealment of birth. At the direction of the coroner a post mortem examination of the body was made by Dr. Gardner, who states that the child might have lived for some time, but that it bore some peculiar malformation which rendered it impossible for it to have lived any length of time. The accused has been committed for trial on the charge of concealment of birth. THE RIVER Aim—An appeal has been heard in the Court of Chancery from a decree of Vice Chancellor James restraining the corporation of Leeds, the defendant in the case, from opening any further communications with the existing outfall into the river Aire, and from con tinuing the outpouring of the sewage into it after a specified time. Their lordships, how ever, were of opinion that the order of the Vice-Chancellor was right, and that the corporation had no power to execute the works in question so as to create a nuisance. The question of delay had been raised, but the court held the simple fact of forbearing for a certain time to interfere had not barred the right of the relators to interfere, and was not such an amount of lathes as to lead"the court to say that the evil ought not now to be arrested. The conclusions of the Vice-Chancellor were, in their lordships' opinions, right, and the decree would, therefore, be affirmed. CURIOUS CASE IN BANKRUPTCY.—An application was made to the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy under the follow ing peculiar circumstances :—A Mr. Impey, builder, of Bromley, Essex, bankrupt under the late Act, had been last year sentenced by Mr. Commissioner Winslow to two months' imprisonment, on the ground of having put his creditors to unnecessary expense by vexatiously.de fending an action ; a warrant was issued, and placed in the hands of the messenger of the Court, but the bankrupt absconded, and his apprehension had never been effected. Information had now been obtained of Mr. Impey's return to this country, and the question was whether, notwithstanding the change in the law, the warrant was still in force. The Chief Judge directed a formal application to be made notice of, which must be given to the bankrupt. FRAUDS ON A RAILWAY COMPANY.—Two labouring men named Steele and Simmonds were indicted at the Central Criminal Court for a conspiracy to defraud the London and South-Western Railway Company. They were also charged with obtaining money by false pretences under circumstances that evidenced considerable ingenuity. Tie prisoner Steele was the gauger of a number of men at Hounslow, and substantially the offence with which he was charged was that he placed in his list the names of men who were not at work in his gang, and thus appro priated the pay that appeared to be due to these supposititious persons. On inquiries being made the other prisoner was brought forward, and he represented himself to the paymaster as one of Steele's gang ; but this was proved by the other labourers to be untrue. There was also a charge against a Man named Henry Wood, the in spector of several gangs, including Steele's, but he had absconded, and a warrant was out against him. They were found guilty, and sentenced, Steele to six months', and Simmonds to three months' hard labour. THE PERSONAL LIABILITY OF CHURCHWARDENS.—AU important case, as affecting the personal liability of churchwardens for matters connected with their official duties, came before the Court of Queen's Bench in the form of an appeal from the judgment of a county court , judge. The action was brought by a parish registrar named Veley against the churchwardens of his parish, to recover his fees and expenses in attending the visitation of the archdeacon ; and the churchwardens denied their personal liability, while at the same time they pleaded that they had no fund arising from church rates. The Court of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber had held that a similar action was maintainable, in so far as to the fees being recoverable; and the question now before the court was whether the wardens could be made to pay the amount out of their own pockets, in the absence of Church rates. The Solicitor-General cited cases to shew that corporations were held to be liable even where the special fund chargeable did not exist. On the other hand, it was denied that the services rendered were for the benefit of the churchwardens. The counsel argued that the fees were properly chargeable to the parish. The court held that the liability was one affecting the parish, and not the churchwardens individually. The decision was, therefore, in favour of the defendants. BEQUEST OF PROPERTY BY WILL.—In the Court of Chancery, Sir R. Malins has deliVered judgment in a matter respecting the bequest of property by will, upon which various authorities have differed. A gentleman executed a will, by which he bequeathed certain pro perty to his four children, with remainder to their issue. He did not die fOr a considerable period, and he sur vived one of his children, who left one child, the issue of a legitimate marriage. The question was whether this child was barred from the benefit of his mother's interest in the property in consequence of his parent not surviving the testator. The Vice-Chancelhjr held in the negative both on the principles of law and equity, it being clear that the testator did not require that the interest of the grandchildren should be dependent upon the accidental circumstance of the whole of the chil dren surviving his death. THE ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTS.—In the Lord Chan cellor's Court an appeal was •heard. against a deci sion of the Master of the Rolls, who a short time since in a suit instituted by the official liquidator of the Birmingham Banking Company, made Sir William Foster, Bart., liable for the loss sustained by the bank by reason of his neglect of a notice , that the party with whom he had contracted for the assignment of a lease had assigned the benefit of the contract to the bank. The Lord Chancellor reversed the decision of. Lord Romilly, on the ground that the case involved an entirely new equity; in support of which there was no recognised authority, and which it would be ex tremely inconvenient to establish. SACRILEGE AT WIMBLEDON.—At Wandsworth, Frede rick Smith, aged eighteen, and Thomas Street, aged seven teen, were brought up on remand, charged with being in the unlawful possession of sixty-five crossed cheques, which hid been stolen from Christchurch, Ridgway . , Wimbledon. The coristable went to Christchurch, and found. the wirework removed from a window, the franie bent, - and a pane of glass broken. On examining the • interior of the church he found a bottle of wine by the door, a cup board in the vestry forced open, a robe on the ground and the contribution boxes removed, one of which had been forced open. The cheques belonged to the trustees of the church, and had all been paid. The prisoners de clared that they were innocent of the robbery at the church. Mr. Dayman said they had not given a satis factory account of the possession of the cheques. He committed them to prison for two months with hard labour. SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS AT AN INQUEST.-At an inquest held at Stepney respecting the death of . Mrs. Sarah Tuson, aged 25, some serious revelations were made. The deceased was a performer at the Alhambra Music Hall, Shoreditch, where she appeared under the name of "Miss George." She had had two children ' and told her husband she would have had a third, but shewent to a doctor at Greenwich,, who has since been sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude for his mal-practices. A few weeks afterwards she told a witness that she was going to a man in the City road, who would help her to get rid of her child; as she wanted to play Mazeppa at the music halls, and in that part she had to throw herself upon the stage down a stone staircase. She went pa the house of a retired medical practitioner, named Harding, in Windsor-terrace, City-road, and on her return home she was taken ill, and died in great agony. Hard ing is now in custody on a charge of being concerned in causing the woman's death. The coroner said that he had himself knowledge of a fact which, if it could be estab lished by legal evidence, would be of great importance. It did not bear so much against Harding as against other persons. The inquiry was adjourned in order that further investigation might be made. • The diamond known as the " Star of South Africa," the consignment of which from the Cape of Good Hope to Messrs. Mosenthal and Co. was reported in July last, having been cut, has proved a matchless stone, of most resplendent quality, of about 186 grains weight. It is understood to have been sold on behalf of the con signees by the brokers, Messrs. Ochs 'Brothers, of London and Paris, to a jeweller in London. The sixteenth anniversary of the openinc , of the Crystal Palace has just passed away. During the sixteen years it has been open it has been visited by 24,655,712 persons. The last great Flower show (with display of table decorations, &c.,) takes place to-day (Saturday). The show will be an unusually fine one. The full band (4 the Coldstream Guards will attend and co-operate with the orchestral band of the company. According to the Liberte, a bootmaker has just in vented a boot with small wheels, which will enable any one to go as rapidly as a horse, with the facility of stop ping at a moment's notice. What is this, however, but skating on wheels, which we have all seen at the Crystal Palace or elsewhere ? It is a curious and no doubt plea sent recreative mode of locomotion, or velocipedestrianism but can it be made suitable to roads ? That is the ques tion. The Church Review says that on Friday, the 17th inst., the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will resume their sittings, and the case " Elphinstone v. Purchas " will be mentioned for a new promoter. The appeal of the Rev. Mr. Voysey from the Chancery Court of York, is pending, but there seems to be no likelihood of its being heard during the next sitting, as the Arch bishop of Canterbury is not expected to attend, and the Privy Councillors .on the Episcopal Bench cannot take part in the proceedings. The Civilian states that a committee is now sitting to consider the means by which the junior clerks in the Ad miralty may be compensated for their scant prospects of promotion, owing to the reduction of the senior classes. An entirely original scheme—something quite new to the service—is likely to be the result. The reforms in the Customs' department are also beginning to assume defi nite shape, and considerable reductions in numbers and salaries will shortly be effected in the " Supplementary Establishment" of the,Treasury. IGNORANT EDITORS, It' seems English editors are as ignorant of our internal improvements as of our geography. They have canted ed the solemn, not to say startling notion, that all our rcil roads are managed like the Erie, and that there are Fi:-:ks and Goulds who "retain Judges of the Supreme Court," and carry municipal authorities in their breeches pockets, in every railroad directory. Falling into the error of the London Times, the Pall Mall Gazette speaks of the Northern Pacific Railroad as starting from the head waters of Lake Superior, " and terminating at Puget's Sound and Port land, Oregon—localities which inquisitive investors will have some difficulty in discovering on ordinary map 3." Evidently, if we are to study English maps ; but if the editor will consult the Gazetteer he may learn that Port land was a city of 4,500 inhabitants away back in 18 1 34, and that it has a peculiarity observable in other Western towns and Western States , . of doubling its populatio n every five years or so.—New York Tribune. A HINT TO THE AMERICANS. The progress of modern engineering is shewn not only in the magnitude of what it undertakes, but in the com parative ease and cheapness with which it accomplishes results. Thus it has been lately found expedient to pro vide a new Thames tunnel. Perhaps if Brunel had never constructed the famous passage between Rotherhithe and Wapping, the new one between Tower-hill and Tooley street would not have been built with such rapidity, inex pensiveness, and freedom from accident. The old tunnel was five times filtod by irruptions from the river, was eighteen years in course of construction, and cost mere than £600,000. The new one has never, it is said, been in vaded by water enough to fill a common pail ;' has been built in less than a year, and has cost less than £20,000. After this, we surely ought soon to hear of the tunneling of both the North and the East Rivers. Both lines of communication are needed, and they can hardly be begun too soon.—New York Times. AMERICAN SHIPS. The scheme to subsidize American ships, has received a telling blow in Congress. Mr. Farnsworth made a strong point in the statement that the effect of the pend ing bills would be to hire men to build the ships, and then to hire men to run them—all for the benefit of the iron and timber interests of Pennsylvania and Maine. Arr. Logan came out energetically in opposition to the bill, and appearances seem to indicate that the subsidy scheme will fail. There can be no objection to allowing a draw back of duties paid on all foreign materials used in the construction of American ships, or of giving all foreign postage to American ships which shall be designated to carry the mails, in obedience to official requirements. But all the proposed subsidies, bounties and drawbacks which have been proposed, will not solve the problem of the decay of American commerce, or enable American ship builders to compete with those of other nations. That can only be done by the operation of the laws which regulate the world's markets, and which are beyond the reach of Congressional legislation.—New York Times. WHY THE CITY OF BOSTON SUNK. At a meeting of the Polytechnic Branch of the Ameri can Institute recently Mr. Wyatt read a very'important and interesting paper upon the subject of " The Ship of the Future." After speaking of the great "contest now going on between the three leading nations of the earth— England, France, and the United States—for the carrying supremacy of the seas, and chewing very clearly that the late war was the cause of our being behind-hand in the race, , Mr. Wyatt said that it would be but a few years before the United States will have gained all 'and more than she ever lost. England, he said, is building nothing but iron ships, while we still cling, and wisely too, to wooden ones. Aside from the grand difficulty experienced in keeping the bottoms of iron ships clean, the sudden changes of temperature have such n great effect upon them as to render them actually unsafe. He was, he said, clearly of the opinion that to this g r eat d e f ec t in iron ships might be attributed the loss of the City of Boston : for, coming, as she undoubtedly did, into the immediate vicinity of icebergs when her whole hull was heated through by her furnaces caused so sudden and great a contraction as to break her into pieces. This theory, he said, had been clearly demonstrated in our monitors during the war. THE GREAT FIRE IN QUEBEC. About one o'clock in the morning of May 24 the alarm sounded from the box in the vicinity of St. Roch's Church, which called the fire brigade promptly to the spot. Before the water could be obtained the flames, fanned by a strong easterly wind, had communicated to a number of houses in Crown and Queen streets, and it became evident that no effort could save St. Roch's from a conflagration equal to those of 1845 and 1865. The people in the vicinity commenced moving their furniture, &c., to places of safety. The sight in some cases was most appalling. Women with barely a stitch of clothing were met at every turn, most of them carrying their children, and rushing about in a wild and insane-like manner. As the wind rose the flames gathered strength and intensity, leaping from one building to another, sweeping before them everything of a combustible nature. The wind blowing at the time from the east directed the tendency of the flames toward the Marine and General Hospitals, running through Queen and King streets, down as low as Prince Edward-street, which is near on a line with the water's edge, and at the time our reporter left, half-past three a.m., fears were entertained of the burning of the Marine Hospital. In an upward direction the fire had gained as far as Jacques Quartier Hall, and St. Francis street, and in this direction carried everything be fore it, up the street known as old Bridge-street. The projecting eaves of the hall caught fire in several places, but owing to their height a sufficiently strong pressure of water could not he obtained to reach the spot where the fire had caught. Ladders were spliced and hose raised, but not before a great deal of time had been lost. When we left this section the water was playing, and there re mained a probability of saving the building. At Old Bridge-street, which runs from Vallier-streetto the river St. Charles, a number of citizens, directed by priests, set to work to tear down all the fencing, galleries, railings, and small buildings that could be disposed of by hand. The fire continued to sweep along with terrible force through King and Queen-streets, where there were over fifty houses burning at one time. It is clearly established that the principal cause of the calamity is the failure of the municipal authorities to carry out the law relating to the construction of Wooden buildings . The moment the fire commenced t o ga i n h ea d wa y it would exceed super human efforts to control or check it. The street in some places exhibited an awful appearance. A perfect whirl wind of fire might be seen in every direction, there being no efficient obst ac l e t o o ff er as a b arr i er t o th e progress of the flames. Rain began to fall about half-past four. The military were sent down about the same time, and the fire was at last checked. It is estimated that five hundred buildings are destroyed. Loss, half a million. Baldwin's large wooden buildin g , i n which two large vessels were under construction' is burned, but the fire was prevented from spreading to adjoining yards. THE GREATEST OF ALL FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. The sun is beginning to be an object of great anxiety to many scientific men. Spots on that orb are not at all uncommon, as may be ascertained by anyone who will take the trouble to look at it through a bit of smoked glass. But these phenomena have of late assumed an appearance which astonishes astronomers, and is calcu =lated to alarm that class which fancies it can detect por tents of the future in the heavens. There are great gulfs now to be seen in she sun, each much larger than this earth which we think of so much consequence in the uni verse. They increase at a prodigious rate, and sometimes seem destined to work a convulsion similar to that which has undoubtedly overtaken other solar systems. Suns as vast as that which lights and warms this world have been shattered to pieces or dis appeared, and only the philosopher in his roving glance over the sky has detected the change. The inhabitants of other planets would not notice the disappearance of the planet we inhabit, any more than we can see a speck of sand carried off by the wind on the sea-shore. It is not a mere theory, but an ascertained fact, that the sun is always in a highly fluid condition—as one recent writer describes it, "a hurricane of flame, the disturbances of which might, perhaps, be best represented to our imaginations by the occasional explosion of a planet or two of nitro-glycerine." It is, moreover, subject to "magnetic storms," produced, as many suppose, by the movements of the planets around it. The great disturbance which is now going on was pre dicted months ago by scientific men. That we are much more concerned in the event than many people suppose is quite certain. Self-registering magnetic instruments have revealed the fact that whenever a spot breaks out on the sun, the earth thrills under a mysterious mag netic influence. In one case, a few years ago, it is upon record that telegraphic machinery was set on fire, and the " pen of Bain's telegraph was followed by a flame," at the very instant a sudden burst of light shewed itself in the sun. "In the telegraph stations at Washington and Philadelphia the signal men received strong electric shocks." In fact, the electric condition of the earth was changed, though by what p rec i se age n c y none can fully explain. We are at once lost in a region of conjecture, and can only feel that the fate which was foretold of old for ,the earth may at any moment overtake it. The forces are all in existence by which, in the solemn lan guage of Holy Writ, the "heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ' • the earth also, and th e wor ks that are therei n , shall be burned up." Once in every eleven years the sun exhibits the stupendous phenomena which are at present engaging the attention of philosophers. In the year 1859 " chasms and abysses," simi lar to those which are now reported, wire seen by many observers. Their recurrence was predicted for 1870. Great disturbances in- the world have usually accompanied these outbreaks, though why it should so happen is another of the unfathomable mysteries of the universe. In 1848 there were magnetic storms, and we had the French revolution. Again in 1859 they occurred, and we saw wars and rumours of wars in Europe. The electrical condition of the atmosphere is thought to exert a greater influence upon the ,minds of men and nations than many are willing to believe, or than any one is able to explain. The telegraphs denote the changed condition of the earth, but they cannot indicate the extent of the change. In the language of the astronomer whose de scription of the sun we have just quoted, " the pens of our telegraphic wires may some day trace in flame a, hand writing more ominous of human destiny than was the handwriting which, during Belsha zzar ' s f eas t t r a ce d a warning on the wall of'the fall of the Babylonian dynasty." —New York Times. VICTIM OF A TELEGRAM. Mr. [Frederick Stripplin, lately a cotton merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi, is at present enjoying the pleasing hospitality - of a solitary cell at the Central Police S ew , quarters, under circumstances which, as far as known 3' present, are decidedly of a peculiar and unusual character. He arrived in this city in the latter part of last w eek, it appears, with his wife, and took passage for him self and the latter on the steamer leaving for Europe on Saturday last, whither he was going on a business tril). Scarcely had he got on to the steamer before two detec tives arrested him, took him before the Recorder at JersT City—the arrest being made at the Jersey City wh ar P where the steamer lay—and thence took him a prisoner to the Police Headquarters in New York, where he vie locked up, and is still kept in close confinement. T ile sole ground of his arrest was a telegram from Vicksburg; requesting his arrest on a charge of embezzlement. Thi telegram stated no amount of alleged embezzlemen t, or the names of any party or parties from whom be alleged to have embezzled. It was supposed that sin ce , the reign of King Kennedy had ceased the period since, arbitrary and illegal arrests was at an end. Mr. Do u 'P A. Levien, jun., counsel for Mr, Stripplin, obtained.i writ of habeas corpus in the case yesterday . , and til l ' morning the prisoner will be brought before Judge 133 r; nard. His counsel claims that there is no ground the arrest in the first place, and that in the second Pla ce it was wholly irregular and illegal, in the absence of spe cifications of the charge, and without proper requisiti4A from the Governors, respectively, of Mississippi, N ell Jersey, and New York.—New York Times, May 27. NO KING FOR SPAIN. By our latest advices we learn that General PI, regards the declination of General Espartero to accept Spanish crown as final, and recommends the consolidation of the Spanish regency. As at the same moment °a advices inform us that there is very serious objection', inside and outside of the Cortes, to the confirmation ?! plenary powers in the hands of Serrano, the inferencelo that, quite in accordance with what we hinted some tiree ago, General Prim himself may be the man of the future . But there is more than this in the present tendencY. giant Spanish affairs. The Napoleonic dynasty rises like a g refreshed with wine from the recent plebiscito:l th contest in France. Almost simultaneous w • its success occurred the Saldanha revolution i° Portugal and the suggestion of an Iberian union; The Portuguese Deputies of the old Cham ber s hwe separated with solemn pledges against subordination to Spain, but not, it may be remarked' against any union which should recognise the a utonoraY d cf their country while combining its strength for g? ° 11 results with that of their cousins beyond the Span' e frontier, who are of the same religion, speak a. lang,llo4" very similar to their own and have some traditions common with them. The disorders in Spain and in Portugal have recently afforded France nearly as g°' d A pretext for interference as that which has called her tr oo P th e to Italy, and should those disorders continue an regency be found impracticable under certain conditions' why might not the preponderating influence of France be exercised in a peculiar way? Spain seeks for a leaded and General Prim, in something of that capacity, has frequent counselling at Paris. • Could he not preP 3 F' the way for a plebiscitum in Spain which might result 11-1, the selection of a Napoleonic prince to head the nathli How would the candidature suit the idea of a politico fraternisation of the Latin race? Stranger things t h % this have happened. A brother of the First NaPo leo was once made Kin.. of Spain by force ; suppose that !, cuusin of Napoleon 111. should rise to the same erainene`r by popular vote, and that his rule should, in time, " c ' ve the entire Iberian peninsula? Would the latter rea.-, lose thereby, or would the security and peace of Enre e . be any the wo rse o ff fo r an arrangemen t th a t would r,? pose upon so many g uaran t ees o f strength and crd ere o This is a question whi c h ma y h ave m ore s i gn ificance 3 , , s be more nearly in accordance with the French EraPer ° ' new map of Europe, b ear i ng th e an t e -d a t e o f 1872, th an most people imagine. —New York Herald. CARDINAL ANTONELLI'S SPECIAL EXPOSIT TION TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. His Eminence Cardinal Antonelli accorded an inter; view to one of our special correspondents in Ro e a few days since. The Cardinal Secretary of S t n• is a worker in the world attentive, c° ,a tinuous, and close. He has studied mankind, , 5 3, 5 although he has passed the greater portion of his u tis within the walls of the Vatican, he has, owipg to 06 1 extensive, vast means of information, and in the keen 3 it practised eye and ear of an able propagandist seen, p o t were, the world, “.whi c h i s a curious sight, and . I c l io at all as some go o d p eo pl e wr it e it." P rogr essive in id be the rule of his s c hool, Cardinal Antonelli Pay great attention to American affairs. He has studied th e broad T o ransatlantic field of the future, and is evidenV. happy to glean i n f orma ti on f rom th e l a b ourers o nits, He anticipates th e d emocra ti c as yl um o f th e tiara, the home of the Popedom, when the Old World centr. e mi unity shall have crumbled to the dust and the reLig',. a l builders of the West be called upon to complete the gr a e l f Christa:n edifice th e f oun d a ti ons o f w hi c h we re so secu r o j laid and conse cra t e d by th e men o f th e E as t. Car ds Antonelli has consequently informed himself as to materialistic condition of America—our wars, our!deb' , " o f system of finance and diplomacy. The climate a the American Continent has also b een conside re d in all its varying phases of temperature,and solstice heats by the divine—a fact whi c h g ives us t w „,l tional reason to believe that the members of the S C— g • • College have been reflecting seriously, perhaps deba tin v; the original assertion of the Herald, uttered many Y e :ici since, to the effect that the seat of the Popedom ~v o a l eventually be transferred to American soil. The Car din i who was evidently in a genial mood towards our spe.c_ l te writer, may also have been considering how appop rP, and kind at the ti me was our fi rs t t en d e r of Amer ie l . hospitality to the first emigrant Head of the Church, our offer • to mak e hi s H o li ness as co mfortaw e as possible after hi s fi rs t l an di ng . When t h e then wrote the Italian element controlled t College of the Propaganda t o a ver y gre at elt en r . We alluded, consequently, at the time, to a strange a The aspect of the question of the succession has altereot considerably since. The American Episcopal elena.r, us has become a great power in Rome. The tiara may come to us. This does not by any means alter the int'f of our original feeling towards the bearer of the S i _ et 'u o t the Fisherman individually. Should, however, the bathe of the conclave settle the call of the Holy Spiripxa " ascending and descending," the Anabanointos an dim s tabanointos of the Holy Scripture on the head of Car'b i o Giacomo Antonelli, none shall rejoice more sincerely t e o ourselves. The utterances of his Eminence to our sPe correspondent prove that he is progressive and will c at sequently be the "right man " in the place, if chose least for a period, and to tide time still onward tooled the day when the universal Church shall be reconsen r3 " in accordance with the inspiration of the Sermon on Mount. —New York Herald. THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BILL. t i o v Cairns will move th e f o ll ow i ng amen d men t o n the ra ° t of that the report of the committee on the High Co Justice Bill (on re-commitment) be received : . r of this House, whil e en ti re ly a pp rov i ng o f a cons olidatilZ t i g h the Superior C our t s o f L aw mi d E qu ity i n to one Court of Justice, and of the fusion of the principles, _, procedure of law and equity, is unwilling to delee 0 o il, is done by this Bill, t o a comm itt ee o f th e PrivY t' ° • ll , it lefr powers which are in effect legislative, and of /- r aiti nite extent, and which, by their exercise, dge s, infringe on the independence of the courts and it e as; and may introduce, without a parliamentarY sion, most important changes in the existing Ju,ed system • and this house therefore desires, before pr o a nd ing further with this measure, to have laid before it, r ovi incorporated in the bill, the most material of the I ?„, s e4 sions intended to be made by virtue of the p rop del delegated powers, and especially the provisions int e to define the procedure in the High Court of Justice the divisions thereof. vo o [ADVERTISEMENT. j - Consumption, and all pe r ' VII, bilious, stomach, and Mrs: complaints in every stare ar p v aggravated and acc3larated by drugs of eve, y descripti o tiot h perfe tly curable by Dtr BARRY'S health-restoring rio t , Dee Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which b a sag,'", considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia , , 5 0 , '" asthma, consumption, habitual corstipation, diarrhcea, al l s- ve r derangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, fistuleul'oril!' vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, Ca gO , l colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatis , F , e oe oF impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, e' e lr, ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache , debilitY, th spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at s eB ;st ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, ti htness of the chest, P,...,.a1 u " n 50te,, pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, &a. 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