The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-15 00:00:00

SOlll O )rding ricans s, and that forces Bment not a nova- D such 3rican T the rnited f the Eiheld ptible hera- erent iuspi 1' the se his the been Erect xably so of been the 11e and which 3panish of Por antries, )roject. uarters ;he two Spain. Prins Italian e been come ust the Portu fadrid. le Por him time ormed to dis- [lig, in Sion of ,use it 3 that )übans expli- politi -11 well Cuba, to. the 3t, the e any imme- rtions; panish T such 'eadful [ be to laving THIS EVENING'S NEWS. THE FRENCH CONSPIRACY. The High Court of Justice at Tours is to be held on the 18th of July for the purpose of trying the persons con cerned in the recent conspiracy. DIPLOMATIC CHANGES. Several changes are rumoured in the Diplomatic world, chiefly among French representatives.' M. Bouree and ‘ 11„ ° Marquis d e Montholon, who now now represent France at Constantinople and at Lisbon, have both been appointed Senators. In their stead Viscomit, de la Guerroniere, who is now at the Brus jAelB Embassy, will go to Constantinople, and M. - 4 trmaud to Lisbon. AT. Bertheney, who is now at Washington, will succeed Viscount de la Guerroniere at Brussels. M. Prevost-Paradol, as hasbeen already stated in several journals, will go to the American capital. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) MR. FOWLER, M.P., ON EDUCATION. Mr. Fowler, M.P. for Cambridge, met a number of the No nconformist members of his constituency last night at t he Guildhall, Cambridge, to discuss the education ques tion. The meeting was opposed to compulsory education, except where parental neglect was proved, and even in S uch cases objected to religion being taught in rate-sup- Ported schools. Mr. Fowler said he would rather go out of the House of Commons, and never re-enter it, than vote for mere secular education, which would be only tolerable if there was no alternative between secular edu cation and no education at all. The meeting, which was a ticket meeting, lasted three hours. I , IE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON WORKING MEN'S MISSIONS. Lad night the Bishop of Manchester addressed a crowded meeting of working men in the Free Trade Hall, M anchester, in connection with an undenominational ev angelistic mission to working men. Several leading dissenters were amongst the company on the platform. 11 . is lord s hi p ex pl a i ne d th e part he took in this mis sion by saying he was not merely a bishop of "te Church of England, but bishop of a ainces e in which at least one million of the popu lations were unprov id e d w ith c h urc h or c hapel accomoda, tie r'. He deplored the alienation of the working classes f rom the Church; aud, admitting the fact, said they must hot be nice as to the agency by which these classes should be reached, so long as it was conducted in soberness and ,l ec eneY. He then spoke of the desecration of the Sabbath worldng men, by drinking, - gambling, and betting, w ho, he said, risked their hard earnings in what was nothing better than a scandal, 'upon horseracing in which f, People were concerned but rogues and thieves. ° ll B lordship cautioned the coadjutors of the mission a gainst revivalism, sensationalism, and false excitement. Ile commended the mission because it was not meant to f ound a new sect, but simply to gather in the neglected, and prepare them for chnrch membership- At a meeting of the Ryde Town Council held yes terday, it was unanimously resolved to send a letter of sAYllll3athy to Mr. Thurlow under his present bereavement. 4 ' l the same meeting a long discussion ensued with I L e ?" i cl to Captain Forrest, the Chief Constable of Hamp 're, who refused to send a portion of the force under his command to assist in keeping the peace at Ryde and Newport on the day of the Isle of Wight election t he Sanction of the Home Secretary having been obtained ' O l the p urpose o f sen di ng a dditi ona l protection. The visit of the Portsmouth " lambs " to Ryde was also dis cussed, a n d th e Watch Committee was requested to take s teps to find out at whose instigation the visit was paid, t hat such per sons m i g ht be held up to opprobrium, and if . vauishment. THE MEN IN WOMEN'S CLOTHES. thrilltsh morning a communication was received stating b ,at e gentlemen proposed as bail by Mr. Abrams, on e calf of Louis Charles Hurt, were fully worth the j,,° ll ut required, 21,500. Mr. Abrams applied to the drams at Chambers, stating that the Treasury had with `4l.fatre rthe forty - eight . hours' notice, and on the completion custody!cognisances the defendant Hurt was released from FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CITY GAS WORKS. Thi s the ~taerning, at 12 o'clock, Mr. W. J. Payne resumed a uJeurned inquest on the body of John Clifford, the unfortunate lad who lost his life at the City of London Gas Works. According to the evidence given by the wit tresses, it was not at a ll c l ear w h e th er th e acc ident was caused by the wind or by the removal of the props, by Which the top of the upper portion of the holder was s upported during the time the process of scraping was going on. The learned Deputy Coroner summed up, and remarked upon the conflicting nature of the evidence, and the jury, after consulting, returned a verdict of Accidental Death, and that greater care ought in future to be taken to prevent similar occurrences. APPLICATION FOR DISTRESS AGAINST A -- RA TLWAY COMPANY. Mr. Selfe delivered judgment in the case of Todd, of the Metropolitan District Railway. This was a summons calling upon the railway company to show cause why a distress warrant should not issue against their goods and chattels for non-payment of costs taxed by the Master of the Court of Queen's Bench after a hearing of investiga tion before the Under Sheriff of Middlesex and a special jury, who awarded Mr. Todd, a builder, £2OO damages for loss sustained by the works of the company. The Act of Parliament bearing upon the question seemed to be somewhat anomalous in its procedure, as the verdict of a jury as to damages may be set aside by the decision of a superior Court, and Can only be recovered by another action at law, while 'tinder the statute the costs payable under the inquisition may be recov ere d by warran t o f di s t ress b e f ore t h e magis te. Air. Belle in referring to the circumstances of the ap- P li cation, observed that Mr. Newman, who appeared or the claimant, argued that the magistrate had no dis cretionary power in the matter, but must issue his teZarrant of distress, while Mr. Smythe, who represented company, held that the company appeared under pro before th e s h er iff , con t en di ng th a t th e claimant ad no right to compensation, and that no costs Were Payable where the claimant was not entitled to ev?MPensation. He (Mr. Selfe) thought Mr. Smythe's reed' of the law was correct, that where no damages were - 33 ; 4.11 ,.3T Vayable no costs could be payable, and therefore he a ' B6 alamiss the application, leaving 'Mr. Newman to PPIY for a mandamus, when the whole question could be reargued. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(THis DAT.) ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Mr. Henry Lindsay, of the kin „IL Arms H o t e l, B r id ge - en d, S ou th Wales, hotel I , a per, Was charg e d a t M ar lb oroug h- s t ree t before Mr. Yrwhitt with disorderly conduot, and Mary Jewin, who refused her address, was charged with being drunk and assaulting Police -constable Horidge, 37 C. The constable s aid he saw the female prisoner in Ryder's-court, drunk, Bald o n Persuading her to go away she refused, and struck ili ta; the male priso ner a l so pushed him about. Lindsay 2 aid that knowing the female and seeing that she was in 'date of intoxication, he was trying to get her away When the constable came up and took them into custody. TYrwhitt fined Jewin 285., and Lindsay ss. 41- bESP ERATE THlEF.—Alfred M 'Manus, a desperate -1 100 20 years of age, was charged at the West- Police -court, Polic e-col with stealing a pair of boots, value 68 ; 1 , 6d. ; furth er w ith assau lti ng th e p ro s ecu tor and the police, George Louis Vermulin, manager to Mr. School bootmaker, 4, Queen's-road, Chelsea, stated that last a pair of boots had been stolen from outside, and goin g pout saw the prisoner running away with the b oots " 48 h and. He followed him into White Lion-street, the n Prisoner t ore t h e t i c k et o ff t h e b oo t s, th rew th em on i b t ,,• flo or, and c ommence d a v i o l en t a tt a ck upon him, at 7;g and b ru i s i ng h i s arm, an d t h row i ng a was hi ng pan . .nr a Ice During this time a number of prisoner's lircilcends collected, got witness down on the ground and of ked and malt rea t e d hi m , an d b u t f or th e ti me ly arrival a constabl e h e believed he should have been murdered. The Prisoner was committed for trial. I, .__ „ NGRATITU DE AND ROBBERY.—Richard Hughes, who be a public-house and hotel manager in Eastbourne, w—r,toteaen h, etideriosoeykinagnd other places, and Mary Ann Potter, tar we re eh woman, carrying an infant in her arms, arged at the Thames Police-court with stealing . k a R: e quantity of property belonging to Mr. Frederick Ste a solicitor's clerk, of No. 23, Arbour.square, ktt Ito It appeared th a t the male prisoner had been ha rn Rayney in his prosperous days, and that he sev n Et ! is Led Hughes i n th e ban of adversity. About so ll e t Z'v ee lc B agGI Hughes and the woman whom he repre ai:ede :teoi _ rn s aa his w if e came to him and said they were s t arv i ng g re at distress, and begged of him to give them t Mr. R ayney listened with feel i ngs o f p it y t o th e i with destituti on related to him, prov id e d th e p ar ties th e : ' 3 °d meal, t oo k t h em i nto hi s h ouse , an d p r ovided a r with clothes. He allowed them to have the use of f a 2 °l3l , and ass i sted them in every possible manner as 'as a li m i ted income would allow. This kindness was repaid by' their robbing him of several articles of wearing h a i r and a number of trinkets he much valued, as they "en the property of his mother. The female and her, it was said, was the heiress to a large property, 140 ,,,, 11 a few days would have received a large sum of "`"'3'. Both prisoners were remanded. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, 3 UNE 15, 1870. THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. Business on 'Change continues quiet, and prices steady. There is but a limited demand for railways. Great Northern are lower, but North Eastern are tolerably firm. Consols are now 924 to 921 i ditto Account, 922 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92 to 921 ; New 3 per Cont., 921 to 921; India Five per Cents., 111 ; ditto Four per Cents., 102 1 ; Expliequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per cent., 1 prem ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, £5OO, 51 prem. to par. In the Foreign Market Mexican are now 161 to 161 ; Spanish 1867 Loan, 32 to 321; do. 1869, 311 to 311 ; Peru vian, 91 to 92 ; Portuguese, 334 to 34 ; Brazilian, 911 to 924 ; Egyptian, 831 to 831; New Peruvian, 14 to 11 prem. ; Quicksilver, 21 to 31 prem. ; Turkish, 1858, 74 ; and Italian, 1861, Ex. 25 francs, 591 to 594. In the Railway Market Caledonians are 78f to 781; Great Eastern, 411 to 402 ; Great Northern, 1858 ; Great Western, 741 to 74 ; Lancashire and Yorkshiie, 1341; Brighton, 44 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161; London and North Western, 1301; London and South Western, 914 921 ; Metropolitan, 651 to 661 ; Midland, 1321 to 1321 ; and Sheffields, 531 to 531. American Fire-Twenty Bonds are at 90 to 901 ; Erie Railroad, 171 to 18 ; Illinois, 114 to 1141 ; Atlantic and Great Western Bonds, 281 to 281 ; and the Debentures, 35*to 351. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares, are 16 to 161 ex div.; ditto Mediterranean, 151 to 151 ; Atlantic, 12} to 13} ; ditto Eight per Cent. Preference, 11 to 1.1 ; British Aus tralian, 3to 3 1 dis. ; British Indian Submarine, 8 1-16 to 8 3-16 ; ditto Extension, 6-1, to ; China, 3to 2 dis. ; Falmouth and Malta, 8 15-16 to 9 1-16 ; French Atlantic, 141 to 15} ; Reuter's Telegram, New, 8 to 8} ; and Pa nama, 6} to 7. In Miscellaneous Shares, General Credit are quoted } prem. ; International Financial, n 1 dis. ; Hudson's Bay Company, 1313} ; India Rubber Works, 444 451 ; London General Omnibus Company, 2 1 24 ; National Discount, 11} 12 ; P. and 0. Steam, 45 46 ; Royal Mail Steam, 51 53. The Manchester markets have opened without activity. Mr. George Preston White, C.E., consulting engineer to the India Office, and examiner for all appointments of engineers for India, has been appointed consulting engi neer for the Japanese Government in the construction of the railways for which the nine per cent. loan of £1,000,000 has just been raised. With reference to the harvest this year in Austria and Hungary the Austrian Minister of Commerce states in his report that the prospects in the East of Europe are every where highly satisfactory, more especially in Hungary, Galicia, and Bohemia, and that should no untoward event happen the yield will be such as to lead to a very large export trade. On the other hand, the accounts from Western Europe are far from satisfactory, particularly those from France. At a large meeting of the retail tea trade, resolutions have been passed unanimously to protest against the con templated withdrawal of the lllb. draught on tare allowed on all packages over 281 b. ; and that that draught has been regatded by the trade as an equitable settlement against the contingencies incident to re-distribution ; that the attempted innovation should be resisted ; and that for that purpose there should be combined action on the part of the wholesale and retail trade. The latest commercial accounts from Montevideo an nounce incidentally that in the neighbouring Argentine Republic the Central Railway from the port of Rosario to the interior city of Cordova, 240 miles in length, and constructed under contract with Messrs. Brassey, Wythes, and Wheelwright, had been completed, and was to be for mally inaugurated on the 19th ult. A petition for the winding up of the Upper Assam Tea Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Malins on the 24th inst. The annual meeting of the South Australiam Company :Limited) is called for the 29th inst. _ _ _ The annual meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of South Australia is convened for the 28th inst. Advices from Scotland announce the failure of Messrs, Gow Brothers and Co., handloom manufacturers, Auchterarder. The Bonds of the San Domingo Loan are firm at 66 ;o 67. The Scrip of the New Khedive Loan is steady at i to I prem. The Certificates of the Roumanian Government Iron Bridges Annuity are li to 2 prem. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. IMPERIAL PA [ILIA N 'l' . HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock, at which hour there was a full attendance of peers. The Union of Benefices Bill, introduced by the Bishop of Oxford, the object of which was to give parishioners in places where the church was pulled down full rights in the common church that might he appropriated to the united parishes, was read a second time. - - - The Benefices Resignation Bill, the object of which was to extend to the beneficed clergy the provisions of an act passed with regard to the retirement of bishops, was also read a second time. err in a large as well as a small sense, and Ms opinion was that if there had been more small proprietors in Ire land, such a bill as that now before the House would never have been heard of. It was simply a proof that the Irish landlords were politically weak: With respect to the other proposals of the bill, he applauded the in tention, but he did not think the machinery was such as to carry them fully into operation. He ob jected specially to that part of the bill which proposed for the future to limit the liberty of contract. He was ready to admit that the difficulty of the Land Bill was not the Government's own seeking, and if they took rather a peculiar mode of getting out of the complicated state of affairs, they ought not to be too severely blamed. That however was no reason why they should include in an Act of Parliament a scheme of spoliation. They had come to the conclusion that the tenant was to be compen sated, and that a certain custom was to be observed, that closed the matter as far as the tenant was concerned, yet it was proposed under certain circumstances that the tenant should have a sum varying from athird to one-fourth of the fee of the land. They took it from the landlord's pocket in order to put it into that of the tenant. Although that would only occur under certain conditions, he was bound to say he should give the strongest opposition to that por tion of the bill, as he believed it was a violation of Parlia mentary obligation, and a proceeding that would in effect be divorcing a landlord from the management of his own property. The Earl of KIMBERLEY expressed pleasure at the tone in which the provisions of the bill had been commented on by their lordships, and then proceeded to explain and de fend the clauses that had been objected to by the Marquis of Salisbury, and contended that they were not asking the landlords to do more than good landlords did already. He was not so sanguine as to say the bill now under con sideration must succeed, but he augured well for it from the tone in which it had been discussed, and if it should succeed its effect would be to lay the axe at the root of the tree of Irish disaffection. Lord BANDON objected to many of the propositions of the bill, more especially the compensation, which he thought was fixed too high. Lord MoNcK gave a general support to the measure, but he thought there were too many occasions given for appeals, which would cause unnecessary litigation. On the motion of Lord CAIRNS the debate was ad journed. Th 2 Norwich Voters Disfranchisement and the Bridg water and Beverley Disfranchisement Bills were severally read a third time and passed. Their lordships rose at twenty minutes to one. HOUSE OF COMMON S.—TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Bailie Cochrane took the oath and the seat for the Isle of Wight. He was introduced by Sir John Hay and Sir James Elphinstone. FRANCE AND THE HARVEST. The Emperor is suffering from a slight attack of rheu matic gout, but the fall of 40c. in the Bourse- was rather attributable to the 'drought than to this illness. Flour rose five francs in the course of the day. THE CONSEILS GENERAUX.I The returns of the Conseils Generaux elections, so far as they are as yet known, are favourable to the Conserva tives. Four hundred and thirty-four Councillors were re elected, of whom only nine were Radicals. Of the 274 new candidates, only 44 were Radicals, 10 of whom were unopposed. In 72 contested election the Conservatives won. THE SPANISH CROWN. It is reported from Madrid that a copy of Queen's Isa bella's abdication has been received there. Espartero has again declared that he will not mix in politics. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE AMENDMENTS ON THE EDUCATION BILL. A meeting of Nonconformist ministers and others was held in Manchester yesterday afternoon to protest against the inadequate character of the amendments proposed by Government to the Elementary Education Bill. A reso lution to that effect was adopted, together with a decla ration that ` L unless such !amendments were introduced into the bill as should definitely secure the unsectarian cha racter of schools supported or assisted by school boards, it could not possibly be accepted by Nonconformists as a final and satisfactory settlement of the question. In the evening a conference of the Nonconformist Sun day school teachers of the counties of Lancaster, Chester, and Derby was held, at which a similar resolution was adopted. Twenty 7 three towns and unions in the three counties were represented at the conference The consti tuencies of the delegates embraced nearly twenty thousand teachers. ELECTION OF REGISTRAR AT OXFORD. The numbers at the close of the polling for the office of Registrar, at Oxford, were the Rev. E. Turner, 497; the Rev. Thomas Bayne, 294. Majority for the Rev. E. T. Turner, 203. REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH. Mr. Warner, late member for Norwich, arrived in that city yesterday, for the purpose of conferring with his friends and supporters, on the subject of the representation of Norwich. The meeting was a private one, but it is un derstood that resolutions were passed forming the meeting into a committee, for the purpose of testing the feeling in Norwich in reference to Mr. Warner's candidature. COMMEMORATION AT CAMBRIDGE. The proceedings in connection with Cambridge Com memoration began yesterday by the annual recitation of prize poems. These proceedings took place in the Senate house at noon in the presence of a distinguished audience. The undergraduates in the gallery behaved very wel, indeed, their conduct contrasting strongly with that of previous years. DEATH FROM THE ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY ACCIDENT. The boy Ritchford, who was crushed between two wagons on Thursday last, has died. The doctor at the inquest was surprised that he had lived so long, as his skull was fractured from the base to the temple. No blame is attached to the company. THE MINERS' AGITATION IN FIFESHIRE. In accordance with a resolution agreed upon at a meet ing of the miners' of Fifeshire, held some days ago, the eight hours' system has within the last few days been adopted at nearly all the coal pits in the county. At Lochgelly, and one or two other extensive collieries, where the drawers were recovering a day's wages according to the number of hours during which they were employed a reduction of pay proportionate to the reduction in the' hours of labour was notified by the masters. The drawers refused to continue working on these conditions, and for some days the pits stood idle. After deliberation, how ever, nearly the whole of the drawers have returned to the pits, with the view of working out a fortnight's notice. THE HASLAND COLLIERY ACCIDENT ANOTHER DEATH. The second man, Parsons, injured in the colliery acci dent at Hasland, died yesterday in the hospital. The inquest has been opened by the coroner, Mr. Busby, and adjourned for a week in order that the Government inspector may properly investigate the case. The pro prietor of the colliery says that the deceased men bad no right whatever to work where they did, and in so doing they bloke the rules of the colliery. SUSPECTED MURDER. The body, of a girl named Young, 15 years of age, was found on Tuesday lying dead in a pool of blood, with part of her head blown off, in one of the rooms The farm house in Craig's parish, Symington, near Ayr. girl's master, Mr. Smith, with his w ife and family and friends had g on e out for an excursion, leaving the deceased and a servant lad 17 years of age in charge of the house. The discovery of the supposed murder was made by a relative of the fomily, who called half an hour after they had left. A gun belonging to Mr. Smith was found near the body. Th e servant lad had packed up his clothes, and taken his departure. The police are searching for him. TRADE INTIMIDATION. At the Sheffield Town Hall, yesterday, four Unionists, formerly employed at the Shorncliffe colliery, were com mitted for intimidating a non-Unionist, now working for Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co. Two were sentenced to three months, and the other two to two months impri. sonment. AQUATICS AT OXFORD. The University pair-oar races at Oxford took place last evening, when two heats were rowed. In the first heat Moss, Baliol bow, and Leslie, Pembroke stroke (who had first !station), beat Armistead, Exeter bow, Parnall, Exeter stroke, by half a second. In the second heat Veasey, St. John's bow, and Mair, Worcester stroke (who had first position), beat Smith, University bow, and Lewis, University stroke, by four seconds. The winning pairs row the final heat this evening. SUICIDE AT A RAILWAY STATION. A gentleman named Edwards, residing at Clifton, while waiting on the platform at the Dawlish Railway Station, last evening, threw himself across the line as a train ap proached. The wheels of all the carriages passed over his waist, cutting him almost in two. He was only 40 years of age, and had been married only a few months. His wife was on the platform and witnessed his death. De ceased had shown signs of derangement, and was accom panied by a man servant or keeper, who had only a moment before left him. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, CROWN OFFICE, JUNE 14. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRES ENT PARLIAMENT. Couuty of the Isle of Wight—Alexander Dundas Whis hart Ross Baillie Cochrane, of Lamington, in the county of Lanark, Esq., in the room of Sir John Simeon, Bart., deceased. . County of Leicester—Southern Division—Wm. Unwin Heygate, Esq., in the room of Frederick Louis Curzon Howe (commonly called Viscount Curzon), now Earl Howe, called up to the House of Peers. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Charles Sebright, K.C.M.G., now Her Majesty's Consul at Cephalonia, to be Her Majesty's Consul in the lonian Islands, to reside at Corfu. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Honourable Berkeley Wodehouse, C.M.G., now Her Majesty's Consul at Zaute, to be Her Majesty's Consul at Dunkirk. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, Esq., now her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Cyprus, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Island of Crete. JUNE 10. • The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Almon A. Thompson as Consul at Goderich for the United States of America. BANKRUPTS. W. N. Crampton, clerk at the Admiralty, Whitehall. James Sparkhall Bacon, miller, Ely. James Clark, Sunbury. John Clarke, needle manufacturer, Redditch. James John Coke, linendraper, Surbiton. Samuel Peers Gore, wuod and ivory turner, Liverpool. Mary Hancock, licensed victualler, Pembroke Dock. Samuel Pointon, mine contractor, Hanley. Joshua Rowbotham, licensed victualler, late of Dukin field, now of Ashton-under-Lyne. Frederick Thomas Towill, Surbiton. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The revival of Mr. BuCkstone's comedy, " Married Life," has proved a great success ; and, although the cast is nearly a new one, the broad fun of the piece is brought out in the most remarkable manner. When the piece was first produced the principal parts were supported by Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Messrs. Farren, Strickland, O. Smith, and Mr. Buckstone, /all [of whom, with the exception of the talented author, have passed from the mimic stage; but, aided by the services of Mr. and Mrs. Chippendale, Mr. Howe, and Mrs. Fra n k M a tth ews , th e pi ec e now ~ goes," as it is termed, with rail its original effect. On the first night of its representation, Mr. Buckstone appeared as Mr. Henry Dove, and a more artistic representation of true comedy, we well recollect could not have been witnessed on the metropolitan stage. It is now embodied with all that rich, racy humour, which has made Mr. Buckstone one of the most popular favourites on the English stage, and we sincerely hope he may be long spared to pursue his professional career, a wish that will find a warm response in the breast of every, admirer of legitimate acting. The applause at the fall of the curtain was enthusiastic, and, had it been the first night of the representation of the piece, it could not have met with a warmer welcome. " Home " has also been revived, with Mr. Sothern and Mis Ada Cavendish, and, altogether, the entertainment at the Haymarket is now one of the most pleasurable description. The house was most bril liantly attended. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MEDICAL MAN. At an adjourned inquest held to-day by Mr. Humphreys on the body of Isabella Huson, aged 25 years, a married woman, who was an actress in the Alhambra Theatre, in Shoreditch, and who died recently after havingprematurely given birth to a child, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person unknown. It was thought that her death had been caused by an attempt to procure abortion. Inspector Brady informed the Court that Mr. William Harding, a retired medical practioner, has been arrested by the police, and remanded on the charge of having caused the death of the deceased. Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses Prin cesses Louise and Beatrice, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, will, according to the most recent arrangements, leave Balmoral on Friday, and return to Windsor Castle, where they will arrive at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. - - - "ALL THE YEAR norND."—The following fly-leaf accompanies the current number published on Tuesday of Charles Dicken's Alt the Year Round :—Personal—lt was my father's wish, expressed in writing' only a week before his death, that 1, his eldest son, and latterly his assistant editor, should succeed him in the management of the journal so long associated with his name. In accordance with this clearly-expressed desire, and strong in the hope inspired by so encouraging a mark of his confidence, I addressed myself to the fulfil ment of the task which he appointed me to discharge. It is intended that the management of All the Year Round in the future, shall be based on precisely the same prin ciples as those on which it has, up to this time, been con ducted. The same authors who have contributed to its columns in time past, will contribute to t hem still. The same spirit which has in the past pervaded its pages will, so far as conscientious endeavour may render it possible, pervade them still. The same earnest desire to advocate what is right and true, and to7oppose what is false and unworthy, which was the guiding prin ciple of my father's career, and wbich has always charac terised his management of AU the Year Round will, I most earnestly hope, continue to be apparent in its every word. So much, then, being the same, it may not be presumptuous in me to hope that the same readers with whom this journal, and that which preceded it, found favour for so many years, may still care to see the familiar title page on their tables as of old. With this brief explanation of the course I pro pose to adopt, and omitting all reference what ever to my own personal feelings in connec tion with the great sorrow which has rendered this statement necessary, I leave the future journal to speak for itself. "It is better that every kind of work, honestly undertaken and discharged, should speak for itself than be spoken for." These are the words with which my father inaugurated the new series of AU the Year Round. I cannot surely do better than repeat them in this pIace.—CHARLES DICKENS, Jul. ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. — Lumbago, derangements of the kidneys, rheumatism, tic doloreux, all excruciating pains of the muscles and nerves, are relieved with astonishing rapidity by the use of this extraordinary ointment. The affected parts, previously fomented with warm water, have only to be briskly rubbed with this soothing ung uen t to obtain instant cure. Whilst the ointment cures the local ailment the pills remove the constitutional disturbance, and regulate every impaired function of every organ throughout the human body. The cure is neither temporary nor superficial, but_ permanent and complete, and the diseases rarely recur, so perfect has been the purification performed by these searching yet harmless preparations. THE IRISH LAND BILL. Earl GRANVILLE then rose to move the second reading of this bill, and commenced by referring to the difficulty of the task which had devolved upon him. He said that it had been admitted on all hands that there was great ne cessity for legislation on the subject, because the anomalies that existed produced the greatest ill-feeling between the landlord and the tenant. It was also desirable that some improvement should be made in the law with respect to land in Ireland, because it differed both in spirit and in letter from that in England. He was quite aware that the tenants in Ireland had grievances,but so had the land lords; and with respect to the improvements that were made it was most desirable that as the tenants mostly made them in Ireland they should be secured of receiving all the benefits they were entitled to. The noble earl then gave an outline of the attempts that had been made to deal with the land question in Ireland during the last 35 years, and then went on to observe that the Government after they had felt it their duty to deal with the subject had taken up the matter with a determination to act with strict justice between landlord and tenant, and the pro visions of the bill he believed would be to carry out that intention to the utmost. The bill applied almost ex clusively to agricultural and pastural holdings in Ireland. Its primary object was to give the tenant, on being re moved by the landlord, compensation on quitting his hold ing for disturbance. The bill also gave to the tenant on quitting his holding, whether compulsory or not, com pensation for improvements. In the province of Ulster and other parts oflreland where customs prevailed the tenant was permitted, not compelled, to claim under that cus tom, but if he did so his claim to any other compensa tion was debarred. When a claim was made, not under a custom, the compensation was assessed according to a scale, the scale bearing an inverse proportion to the value of the holding. In every case where an application was made for the interference of the court, the court would cause to be considered the equitable and moral aspect of the case, and would make its award according to the wish of the landlord and the tenant. The tenant could not be evicted from the holding until the compensation was paid, and security given for it by lodging the amount in court; but in the event of the tenant being in arrears with his landlord, or having been guilty of a breach of cove nant, the circumstance was to be taken into consideration in the award. In addition, every tenant, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, on quitting was to be entitled to the growing crops or their money value. The above enactments were the pith of the bill, but he need hardly say there were many other minor details. With regard to the sale of land, provision was made that the landlord might 'sell to the tenant, free of all incumbrance, the tenant being required to deposit one-third of the purchase-money, on being enabled to borrow the remainder from the public sources, repay ing the sum borrowed by an annuity extending over 35 years. The bill was founded on the assumption that the great bulk of the tenantry were not competent to protect themselves, and the Government seeing the evils of the present system had tried to remedy them with as little disturbance and change as possible, by falling back upon the customs which existed in the country, and the prac tices of good landlords, who were distributed all over Ireland. He was not aware of all the objections that could be made to the bill, but he knew the sincere desire of its framers was to produce more friendly relations, and a better state of things than at present existed in that I country,and,to lead to increased prosperity throughout the length and breadth of Ireland. The Duke of RICHMOND said that within two years Par liament had been asked to legislate for Ireland, and the only reason given was that an exceptional state of things existed in that country ; but with regard to the course he might feel it his duty to follow with regard to the propo sitions contained in the bill, he wished it to be clearly un derstood that he guarded himself against its being sup posed that he admitted that any of the provisions of the measure could be applied either to England or Scotland. It was desirable to know whether there was any necessity for exceptional legislation, whether the bill met the evils complained of ; also, whether the proposed measure did not go further than was necesary. There might be, he fully admitted, isolated instances -of oppression, but he denied as a general rule that the Irish tenants were in competent to make bargains with the landlords or to pro tect their own interests. He could not admit that the Irish landlords treated their tenants with harshness, but he must say that the operations of the Encumbered Estates Act had brought about a peculiar state of things that ren dered some legislation at all events necessary. The nobleduke then proceeded to refer to the different clauses of the bill, Clause 3 would call forth much consideration, but with regard to clause 5 he looked upon that as a direct inter ference with the rights of property. After the fullest consideration he had come to the conclusion that he ought to support the motion for the second reading, because in the event of the rejection of the measure they would be called upon again to consider the matter in another form, and perhaps, though he hardly thought it possible, worse than the present. He should go into committee with a full desire to amend the bill, and also with a strong deter mination not to upset the cardinal points of the bill. Earl RUSSELL expressed his approval of the measure, as he looked upon it as the only bill ever submitted to Par liament that really met the [evil of which so many com plained. He thought it most unjust that a tenant should be liable to summary eviction at the mere whim of his landlord without receiving compensation for improve ments. Yet, according to the present law in Ireland, such could be done. He was quite ready to admit that there were cases in which tenants were fairly treated, but when a case of oppression took place it produced a general feeling of insecurity that rendered legislation absolutely necessary. The Government had undertaken a great duty, and he did sincerely hope they would be able successfully to accomplish the end they had in view. He thought it was a wise proposition not to extend the Ulster right to the whole of Ireland, as in some of the western parts it could not have been introduced without encountering great opposition and causing great mischief. By giving the occupier compensation for improve ments actually made they applied the remedy where it was really required. The bill had been so much improved in the House of Commons that he had come to the conclusion not to vote for any amendments that might be attempted to be introduced. He enter tained a sanguine hope that the result of the passing of the bill would show that the desire of the united British Parliament was to do all that was possible to produce prosperity in Ireland. Lord ORANMORE and BROWNE said he entertained the greatest objections to the bill, as it contained principles that ought never to receive the sanction of Parliament. He did not believe it would in the slightest degree put down agrarian outrage;and further, the bill took away the property of the landlord without giving him compensation, a proceeding which he could describe as nothing short of an act of dishonesty. He thought one peculiar fact that ought to make their lordships hesitate before passing the bill, was that there had not been one single peti tion presented to the other House of Parliament in its favour. He believed the measure was opposed to public morality, right, and justice, and therefore he moved that it be read a second time that day six months. Lord PORTSMOUTH supported the bill, as he believed it would put an end to capricious eviction, and that it would for the future make the Irish tenant both peaceable and loyal. Lord LIFFORD objected to the bill as it stood, as he believed it would act as a total check to the _prosperity of Ireland, but he did not wish it thrown out, as he hoped it would be greatly improved in committee. Lord DUFFERIN strongly urged their lordships not only to read the bill a second time, but to pass it without any material alteration. He asked the House to adopt that course, not as a follower and subordinate member of the Government, but because the main provisions of the bill were just and equitable, and perfectly consistent with the rights of property, and also because it would conduce to the peace and prosperity of Ireland. The Marquis of SALISBURY said it was very difficult for him either to approve or condemn the bill now under consideration. He highly approved of the compensation clauses for improvement, as he believed they contained proposals which were not only wise but just. If it was only on the account of those propositions, he could not bring himself to vote against the second reading of the bill. He also 'approved of the part of the measure known as Mr. Bright's clauses. Though a small proprietary was objectionable in an economical point of view, yet that was a small question as compared with the larger question of the political point of view. It was quite as possible to PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Mr. SINcLAIR AYTOUN asked the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee when the Committee would be prepared to present their report. Mr. HUNT said great progress had been made in the extent of the appropriation accounts, and he anticipated that the report on that part of the subject would be pre sented before the close of next month. There was, how ever, no hope that the report on the army and navy accounts would be presented before the close of August. SUNDAY TRADING. Mr. THOMAS CHAMBERS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would lay before the House a copy of the memorial sent to him in January last of the West London Association for Enforcing the Law against Sunday Trading, and all correspondence relating thereto. Mr. BRUCE said there would be no objection to lay the papers on the table if asked for. TRADES UNIONS. Mr. MELLY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he proposed to bring forward the promised measure for the regulation of trades unions during the present session ; or, if not, whether he intended to bring in a bill extending the operation of the 32 and 33 Viet., c. 61, being an Act to Protect the Funds of Trades Unions from Embezzlement and Misappropriation, and which expires on the 31st August next. Mr. BRUCE said if he should be unable to introduce the bill during the present session, it would be his duty to move an extension of the act referred to. BEVERLEY COMMISSION. Mr. BOURKE asked the Attorney-General whether he had any objection to produce the interim reports of the Beverley Commissioners, to which he had alluded in the House. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had only spoken of one report, and there would be na objection to lay a copy of that on the table. FLOGGING IN DURHAM GAOL. Mr. PEASE a,slzed the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention had been called to the case of George Maw, a prisoner in Durham County Gaol, who whilst undergoing a term of fourteen days' imprisonment for assault was, on the 30th of April last, flogged for an alleged assault upon the officers of the prison. Mr. BRUCE said no official information had been received on the matter, but he had directed inquiry to be made. THE WINE DUTIES. Mr. BASS asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether the expression attributed to him " supposing the Wine Duties to be reduced, which is:very likely," had been correctly attributed. Mr. GLADSTONE said the expression had been ascribed to him through error. He never used the words that the wine duties were likely to be reduced, nor had he given any opinion on the subject. It was desirable that the contra diction should go forth, as great mischief might follow such a statement. REVISION OF THE AUTHORISED VERSION OF THE BIBLE. Mr. BUXTON moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to invite the President of the United States to concur with her Majesty in appointing commis sioners to revise the authorised version of the Bible. He argued that although the matter had been taken in hand very promptly by Convocation, yet that body had no legal or legitimate right to act on behalf of the Established Church or the nation. The work ought, in his opinion, to be taken up by Her Majesty's Government. The opinion was widely held that Convocation was not the body to which the enterprise ought to be entrusted, al though he admitted that it had shewn a liberal spirit far beyond what might have been expected. At the same time the work of revision did not belong to any one party or nation, but it concerned the whole English speaking race throughout the world. Speaking in reference to the composition of the Committee of Convocation appointed to conduct the work, he said that the clergymen of the NorthernProvince,forming a large proportion of the Church of England had been excluded owing to an unfortunate misunderstanding between the two Convocations. He also pointed out that in Scotland great disappointment was felt that a selection had not been made of Scotch scholars. The question was whether they intended to regard Convocation as the representative and governing body of the Church of • England. He held that it was a usurpation of power on the part of Convocation to put itself forward in that character, and remarked that since the Reformation it had had no legal right to act as the representative and governing body of the Church. He referred to the exclusively priestly character of Convoca tion, the laity being entirely excluded. It had been said that the matter was not so ripe that it was desirable it should be taken in hand as a national under . taking, but the fact was that the case W 9 4,9 as strong as it could be. The hon. gentleman then alluded to the prodigious strides which scholarships in England had made during the last fifty years, and to the recognition of the errors of the authorised version, The hon. gentleman also called attention to the sources of errors in the Bible. It was admitted, he said, that the authorised version gave a distorted image of the original Scripture, and the question was whether they preferred the false translations, or would have the Scriptures as originally written. He noticed the objections which had been raised to a revision of the authorised version. He trusted that a translation might bemade which should contain the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and free from every blemish presented to the Eng lish speaking nations throughout the world, so that there should no longer be anything to mar the beauty of the Bible or its force. Mr. P. WYNDHAM seconded the motion. He believed that the work if undertaken either by a Royal Commis sion or Convocation, would end in disappointment. It might be true that these men would act under criticism, but the question was, where would criticism be brought to bear? The initiation of so great a work should come from the highest power in the kingdom, namely, the Crown. The authorised version, he remarked, was not the pro perty of the Church of England, but of the country at large. Mr. GLADSTONE reviewed the speech of Mr. Buxton, and alluded to the hon. gentleman's remarks about the power of Convocation. He (Mr. Gladstone) believed that the character of Convocation wholly lay beyond the scope of the present discussion. If Convocation, being simply what it was, composed simply of bishops and a number of the leading clergy of the southern portion of the island, thought fit to acquire public authority by the dis charge of useful labours on the part of the Church, he did not think any one would grudge them authority of that kind, however much they might be disposed to contest any claim to authority in a a more precise and rigid sense. With regard to expense, he said he did not think the expense should be borne by the public purse. If the Government were to ask for a vote in com mittee of supply, it might tend to prejudice the work, and under certain contingencies the vote might become a subject of painful discussion, such as they had always witnessed, and the number of which it had been attempted to reduce. The hon. member thought it would be best that the work should be initiated by the public and civil authorities. The Government, on the contrary, were of opinion that it would be most safely, most satisfac torily, and most effectually initiated by those efforts which could not pretend to public authority. They believed that it would be a wise course to allow persons who were willing to go to work in that very important field of labour, to produce their results, which results ought to be subject to the action of public opinion. Mr. Scourfield, Mr. Henley, Mr. R. N. Fowler, Mr, Beresford-Hope, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Macfie, and Mr. Newdegate having addressed the House, Mr. Buxton briefly replied to certain observations, and withdrew his motion. LOCAL TAXATION IN IRELAND. Colonel FRENCH moved for a select committee to in quire into the increase, during the last thirty-three years, of local taxation in Ireland, and report in what manner it might be diminished, and how far its incidence might be be more equitably distributed. Mr. URQUHART seconded the motion. Mr. M`LAREN hoped that if the committee were ap pointed the scope of its inquiry should include Scotland and England as well. Mr. C. FORTESCIIE thought that the time was inoppor tune for the inquiry. At present two bodies were sitting in relation to the subject, and he hoped by the next session to be in possession of definite information. The motion was withdrawn. * MEDICAL OFFICERS ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. Mr. ItAIKES drew attention to the hardships inflicted on medical officers serving on the west coast of Africa by the determination arrived at by the Secretary of State for War to disallow their claims to promotion, and moved that in the opinion of the House it was undesirable to deprive medical officers, who volunteered for service on the West Coast of Africa, before the Ist day of April, 1867, of those advantages by the prospect of which they were in duced to undertake that service. At five minutes past seven the attention of the Speaker was called to the number of members in the House. There not being forty members presant, the House was counted out at ten minutes past seven. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT RACES-TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 200 added. The new mile. Mr Ray's Green Riband, by Knight of St. Patrick— Beechnut, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (2600) (Grimshaw) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Rosicrucian, 5 yrs, lOst 91b (in 91b ex) (Wells) 2 Mr Buckenham's Simplon, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (£6oo)(Hibberd) 3 Prosper, Cap-a-Pie, Brambridge, Rifleman, Van Am burgh, Adrastus, Lord of the Isles f., Rather High, Cornet, Jack in the Box, Sister to Polly Perkins, Brennus, Aberdeen, The Detective also ran. Won easily by two lengths. Sir J. Hawley claimed the winner. The First Year of the Thirteenth Ascot Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each. T.Y.C. Mr. Merry's Perth, by Dundee—Lady Dot, Bst 101 b (Grimshaw) 1 Lord Falmouth's Ortolan, Bst 61b Mr H. Savile's Ripponden, Bst 101 b (Maidment) 3 Bab at the. Bowster f, Sauntering Alma, Scrubbing Brush, and Ranting Tom also ran. Won by a length. - The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty. Two miles. Sir J. Hawley's Siderolite, by Asteroid—Aphrodite, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Wells) 1 Mr W. Graham's Formosa, 5 yrs, Bst 121b...(Fordham) 2 Betting-11 to 10 on Siderolite, who led all the way and won by a length. LATE WINNERS OF HER 1864 Young Rapid, 3 37,15 t 71b MAJESTY'S GOLD VASE. 1865 Elthain, 3 - yri,7 - st 71b 1868 Blinkhoolie, 4 ys, Bst 10lb 1869 Thorwalsden, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 1870 Siderolite, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb 1966 Elland,'4 'Bst 101 b 1867 Mail Train, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 50 sovs each. Nero course (about one mile and five furlongs.) Ninety-two subs. Mr J. Dawson's King o'Scots, by King Tom—Kathe rine Logie, Bst 101 b Mr G. Jones's Astolfo, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 2 Mr W. S. Crawfurd's Claudius, Bst 101 b (Chaloner) 3 Pearl Finder, Walter, Dolphin, Salamis, Stanley, Sun light, ITamszini, Champion, Normanby, and Prince of Wales also ran. Won by two lengths. The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs eaoh. Two miles and a half. Mr. G. Payne's Musket, by Toxophilite, dam by West Australian—Brown Bess, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Chaloner) 1 Mr. Bowes's Silver Band, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (F. Webb) 2 Lord Wilton's Curio, 6 yrs, Bst (in 71b ex) (Maidment) 3 ' Young Fenton also ran. Won by three-parts of a length. _ _ A Maiden Plate of 100 sovs for two-yr-olds. Lord Vivian's GungaJee, by Orlando—Himalaya, Bst 71b (French) 1 Mr. H. Wright's South Durham, Bst 101 b (Wyatt) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Pink, Bst 71b (Morris) 3 The following also ran :—Lily of Killarney, Moscow, Helios, Moula, Sister to Elferon, Queen of the May Rigolboche, Miss Sharp, and St. Aubyn. The Queen's Stand Plate. Fifteen subs. Mr Merry's King of the Forest, by Scottish Chief— Lioness, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Hunt) _1 Mr W. Goodwin's Perfume, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (Lynch) 2 Mr Graham's Digby Grand, 2 yrs, Est 121 b (R owe ll) 3 Starlight, Pate, Rosicrucian, Hawthornden, and Seville colt. The Third Year of the Sixteenth Ascot Triennial Stakes. Once round and in, starting from the Grand Stand. Mr. G. Bryan's Royal Head, by Stockwell—Wood craft's dam, Bst 31b (Maidment) 1 Baron Rothschild's Midsummer, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Chaplin's Bertha, Bst 51b (J e ff ery ) 3 Won by a length. BETTING ON THE COURSE. ROYAL HUNT CUP. 4to 1 agst Judge (taken freely) Bto 1 agst Typhoeus (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Dolphin (offered) 10 to 1 agst Rafale (taken) 15 to 1 agst Plaudit (taken) 16 to 1 agst Uncas (taken) 20 to 1 agst Chawbacot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tim VireAver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blue Bell (taken) 25 to 1 agst Flyaway Jack (taken) 25 to 1 agst Prince Henry (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blacklock (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Perth (taken) Ptarmigan is disqualified for all races he has won this year on account of his owner being in the forfeit list. The objection was lodged by Mr J. Foy, the owner of Patrician, who was second to him at Chester. The question of bets will have to be settled by the committee of Tattersalls'. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. TUESDAY. ROYAL HUNT CUP. 3to 1 agst Judge (taken and offered-7 to 2 taken freely) Bto 1 agst Typhoeus (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Dolphin (taken and offered) Uto 1 agst Rafale (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Chawbacon (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Blue Bell (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rupert (taken) 20 to 1 agst Soucar (offered-25 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 agst Blacklock (offered-25 to 1 taken) 25 to 1 agst Tim Weaver (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Oxonian (taken) 40 to 1 agst Pandore (taken) 40 to 1 agst Flyaway Jack (taken) 100 to 8 agst Mr Brayley's lot (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TuEsDAy. ROYAL HUNT CUP. to 1 agst Dolphin, (taken freely) Fto 1 agst Judge (taken) 10 to 1 agst Typhoeus (taken) 12 to 1 Agst Uncas (taken) 100 to 6 agst Blue Bell (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blacklozlc (taken) 20 to 1 agst CheNbacon. (taken) 20 to 1 apt Prince Henry (offered) 20 to 1 agst Oxonian (offered) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 9to 2on the field (offered) CRICKET.— Yesteday, at Lord's ground the match " Nottinghamshire v. M. C.C. and Ground," was con tinued. Nottinghamshire had scored 267, and the Club gained 180. Of this number Mr. Graco contributed 117 (not out), and Mr. I. D. Walker 48—all the remaining bats, with extras, mustering only 10 between them. lition ough Id it a has t and how- ident efore Dil ate ty to Of trine ....'' ,- °f NY• in 1, at alic l ;or, dit, r of