The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-27 00:00:00

SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. THIS EVENING'S NEWS. IMPERI AL PAELIA ‘I ENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tms DAY. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four o'clock, but when the business commenced there was a very small attendance of membeA ,The North Metro politan Tramways Bill was read a third time' and passed. No little amusementwas caused by Mr. J. B. Smith giving notice that in committee on the Education - Bill he should move that after the Ist ofJanuary, 1577, no person should be entitled to vote for any candidate for the representation of any county or borough who could not write his christian name and surname. Sir HENRY LYTTON BIILWER rose in his place, and briefly but impressively alluded to the death of Earl Clarendon. REPRESENTATION OF DUBLIN. Mr. STACPOOLE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he could state what course the Government were going to take with reference to the vacancy in the representation of the city of Dublin. Mr. C. FORTESCUE replied that the law officers of the Crown and the Government had carefully considered the subject, and they had come to the conclusion that the report of the commissioners upon the Dublin freemen, which amply justified the issuing of that commission, was, in respect of the last election, not sufficientiy strong to enable the Government to bring in a bill for the purpose of disfranchising the freemen of Dublin as a body, but at the same time a bill would be introduced by the Solicitor-General for Ireland for the purpose of dis franchising those freemen whose names were on the sche dule as having been guilty of corrupt practices. As soon as the bill became law the writ for Dublin would be issued. EDUCATION. Mr. KENNAWAY asked the Vice-President of the Council whether, in the case of a district separated for ecclesiasti cal purposes from a parish, and possessing sufficient school accommodation of its own, it was intended uncle: the bill that such district should be obliged to contribute to an educational rate that may be required to be made, by the parish of which, for civil purposes, the district still forms a part. Mr. FORSTER replied that it was not so intended, and with regard to a question, of which the hon. member had given him private notice, the sub-section, second clause 48, simply contemplated that if there be a part of a parish outside a borough, provision should be made for it in the bill. THE DEATH OF SOLDIERS ON THE MARCH. Several hon. gentlemen put questions to the Secretary of State for War with reference to the death of two soldiers from sunstroke whilst on the march. _ Mr. CARDWELL at some length explained the circum stances connected with the cases. He said that one sol dier had died from sunstroke, but the medi cal officer gave it as his opinion that the death of the other was ascribable to drink, which had rendered him unfit for the march. No complaint had been made either direetly or. iudirectly. It was the desire of the War Office that marches of soldiers should always be effected at the most convenient hours for the comfort of the men. ABLE BODIED PAUPERS. Mr, KEKEWICH asked the President of the Poor Law Board whether he was of opinion that a very erroneous impression existed as to the number of able-bodied paupers receiving indoor and outdoor relief, on account of want of work and destitution ; and, if so, whether it was not caused by the mode in which the returns are made to the Poor Law Board. Mr. GOSCHEN said he was of opinion that an erroneous impression was conveyed by the present form of returns, and he proposed to have alterations made to set out more clearly the exact number of able-bodied paupers receiving out relief. THE NAVY. Sir GEORGE GREY asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was true that Admiral Sir A. Spencer Robinson had resigned the office of Comptroller of the Navy; and if so, on what grounds. Mr. GLADSTONE said he was happy to say that it was not true that Sir S. Robinson had resigned the office of Controller of the Navy. Sir Spencer Robinson had been informed, both publicly and privately, but the effect of the Order in Council was in no way intended to lower him in the eyes of the navy, and he (Mr. Gladstone) said the First Lord oh the Admiralty had expressed to the gallant officer the great desire there was for his continuing in the office he at:preseut held with such benefit to the public. Sir S. Robinson sill held, and he hoped would still hold for a long time that office which he now filled with such advantage to the State. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked whether it was true that the chief constructor of the navy had resigned. Mr. GLADSTONE had no reason to expect such a step from Mr. Reed. No comMunication with regard to such a step had been received. (LEFT SITTING.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALLS'—THIs EVENING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 7 agst Miss Sheppard (taken) 100 to 7 agst Indian Ocean (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Revenge (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Capitalists (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst John Davis (taken) 20 to 1 agst Moccolo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Newsman (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Jesonia (taken) 23 to 1 agst Five per Cent (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (taken) 25 to 1 agst Maud filly (taken) 25 to 1 agst Roberto Diavolo (taken) 25 to 1 agst Musket (taken) 25 to 1 agst Prince Henry (taken) 25 to 1 agst Acaster (taken) 25 to 1 agst Faraway (taken) 25 to 1 agst Kidderminster (taken) 25 to 1 agst Strathnairn (taken) 33 to 1 agst Sweet Sound (taken) 33 to 1 agst Rattlepate (taken) 50 to 1 agst Painkiller (taken) 50 to 1 agst Toby (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 7to 4 agst Sabinus (offered, 2to 1 taken) sto 1 agst Perogomez (offered) Even Sabinus with start • --- ST. LEG-ER. sto 2 agst Kingcraft (taken to £200) 6to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Sunshine (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Palmerston (offered) 12 to 1 agst Normanby (offered) 20 to 1 agst Captivator (offered) 25 to 1 agst King o' Scots (taken) 95 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Bridgwater (taken and offered) 25 to 20 on Kingcraft, Sunshine, and Macgregor mixed (taken) 25 to 1 agst Camel (offered) The bets on races won by Ptarmigan go to the second horse. • CITY BETTING-THIS DAY, GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 6 agst Revenge (taken) 100 to 6 agst Miss Sheppard (taken) 20 to 1 agst John Davis (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Capitalist (taken and offered) 20 to 1 egst Kidderminster (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Indian Ocean (taken) • 25 to 1 agst Moccolo (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Blanche f (taken) 25 to 1 agst Acaster (offered) 25 to 1 agst Jasonia (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Far Away (taken) 100 to 3 agst Roberto it Diavolo (taken) 500 to 15 agst St ra thnairn (offered) GOODWOOD CUP. 2to 1 agst Sabinus (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 7to 1 agst Muster (offered) Bto 1 agst Siderolite (offered) ST. LEGER. 500 to 200 agst Kingcraft (taken) sto 1 agst Macgregor (offered) 25 to 1 agst King of Scots (offered) 500 to 35 agst Astolfo and Captivator coupled (t.) THE EDUCATION BILL. Trade. It is said that the Government intend to accept the amendments of Mr. Torrens with reference to the election of a School Board for the metropolis, adopting the Parlia mentary divisions, and election by the ratepayers, the expense to be defrayed out of the Common Poor Fund. DEATH OF THE EARL OF CLARENDON. After a brief illness the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, died this morning. For some little while the deceased peer had been ailing ; but no high importance was attached to the symptoms, nor did they greatly interfere with the performance of his duty. Only last Thursday the Earl was examined before the Select Committee on the diplomatic ser- vice. On the following day, however, he was seized with a complaint which is described as diarrhoea. Sunday skewed a great change for the better ; and on Monday the Times published a confident assurance of speedy re covery. Immediately after the publication of that jour nal—at six o'clock the same morning—the statesman died. His family is illustrious ; its name stretches far back ito the annals of England. The late representative, ;eorge William Frederick Villiers, G. C. 8., P.C., and P.C.L., was the fourth earl of the title, and was the son of the ion. George Villiers, . himself the third son of the first earl. The late statesman's predecessor was John Charles, third . Earl of Clarendon, who succeeded his brother in 1824, the late representative taking the peerage in 1838. The subject of this notice was born on January 12th, 1800, and therefore dies at the age of seventy. in 1839 he married Lady Katherine Grimston, eldes.t daughter of the first Earl of Verulam. By her he had three sons, Edward, Lord Hyde, born in 1846 ; Georg• Patrick Hyde, born in 1817 ; and Francis Hyde, born in 1852. Three daughters, all older than the sons, complete the family. They are Constance, born in 1840, and mar ried in 1864 ; Alice, born in 1841, and married to Lord Skelmersdale in 1860 ; and Emily Theresa, born in 1843. One brother of the late Earl is the well-known Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, the advocate of Free The late Foreign Secretary entered the diplomatic ser vice early in life, and this act determined the character of his career as a politician. To the last he was rather a diplomatist than a statesman. After completing his edu cation at Cambridge, he took a commissionership of Excise at Dublin, and in this office displayed considerable abilities. After the regulation amount of waiting, he • obtained higher employment. In 1831 he arranged a commercial treaty with France, and in 1833 became Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid. This post he retained until 1839, returning to England and taking his seat in the House of Lords after the title devolved upon him. Work was soon found for him in England. In 1840 he became Lord Privy Seal in the Melbourne Administration ; and before the end of the same Year he took the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1841 Sir Robert Peel came into power, but in 1846 Lord John Russell's turn arrived, and Lord Clarendon was made President of the Board of Trade. A higher dignity soon awaited him. Shortly after his accession to the Board of Trade he was offered the Lord- Lieutenancy of.lreland, and commenced his period of office early in 1847. Needless to, say how arduous were his labours. He governed the island until 1352—the time of the famine, and the most trying term, perhaps, in the recent history of Ireland. He was re lieved of his thankless office by the resignation of the Ministry, and the succession to power of the Earl of Eglinton. Soon Lord Clarendon returned to a more familiar sphere of labour. In 1853 he was invited to take the Foreign Office. Here very exceptional and remark able testimony to his services was borne by the Cabinets of the day. When Lord Aberdeen's Ministry fell in February 1855, the Earl of Derby, being sent for by the Queen, expressed a desire to retain his assistance at the Foreign Office; and when Lord Derby failed to form a Cabinet and Lord Palmerston acquired power, the Whig leader followed the example of the Tory. Lord Clarendon remained Foreign Minister until 1858. Great responsi bility fell upon him during that period. The Russian War involved the most difficult points of foreign policy -that have arisen since Waterloo. Lord Clarendon's course daring this period laid him open to some stricture. Before the contest it was complained that he displayed some disposition to yield to the Emperor of Russia, and there can be little doubt that he viewed the war with small favour. Much, however, is owing to him on account of his conduct of the difficult negotiations be tween England, France, Sardinia, Austria, and Turkey. When peace was under consideration Lord Clarendon went to Paris, and represented England at the con ference in conjunction with Earl Cowley. On this occasion he acted with firmness in exacting due conditions from Russia, and especially in respect of her ht to the Isle of Serpents. After the defeat of the Palmerston Ministry on the Conspiracy Bill, Lord Claren don did not again take office, his post—to the disadvantage of the country in the opinion of many people—being filled up by Lord John Russell. For six years the Earl of Clarendon took no active part in politics. In 1862 he was named by the Queen one of a committee to carry out • the project for erecting a memorial to Prince Albert, the other members being the late Earl of Derby, Sir Charles Eastlake, and Mr. Cubitt, then Lord Mayor of London. In 1864 Lord Clarendon again came to the front as Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In the Cabinet armed by Earl Russell, after the death of Lord Palmer ston, the Earl of Clarendon took his old post as Foreign Secretary. When the Gladstone Ministry acceded to power he resumed the old familiar office, and was Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs when he died. Lord Clarendon's later policy is matter of recent con temporary history. It was in the main a policy of peace, but he did not push the doctrine of non-interference very far, and in the recent Greek affair, he took a prominent part in arranging the conference which resulted in the humiliation of the little kingdom. In this affair England supported Austria in discounte nancing the discreditable practices by which the Greeks kept up the insurrection in Crete, that insurrection being entirely' fomented by Greek aid ; and notwithstanding the resistance of Russia, the terms agreed upon at the conference were so favourable to Turkey as to give that State a new lease of life. In the quarrel between the Porte and the Khedive of Egypt, Lord Cla rendon also interfered, though with much less reason, in the interests of Turkey. In the ne gotiations which are still unsettled between Eng land and America, touching the Alabama claims, Lord Clarendon was fully at one with his predecessor, the pre sent Earl of Derby. He was willing to consent to a settlement, but not to such a settlement as would com promise the honour of England. A short time ago the deceased ail returned from a visit to the continent, and ex--are , a ea the cpinion that the relations between the wanous States were never before in a condition so favour able to peade. Every body knows what was the last melancholy affair which engaged his lordship's attention. The inquiry into the wretched brigandage muddle was on the way when the statesman died. This loss places a vacant garter in the hands of her Majesty, and deprives the Queen's University of its Chan cellor. Lord Clarendon will be succeeded in his title by his son, Lord Hyde, whose removal from the House of Commons to the House of Perrs will create a vacancy in the representation of Brecon. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 27. A BAN KR 'PT BRINGING AN, ACTION AGAINST HIS CREDITORS. i.ue case of " Stray v. Bull and another" was before fiord Chief Justice Bovill and a special jury in'the Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff was, for thirty years pre vi,sus to 1867, a tailor at the West-end, enjoying the custom 0. Cu:Prince of Wales and a n um be rid the nobi lity,b at havin 4 . puri:lia , Td shares in the Royal. British Bank shortly before the Si::pension, he because somewhat involved; and on the failure of Overend, Gurney and Co. he became so pressed for payment as to render it necessary for him to call his creditors together, and offer to pay 20s. in- the Pound, in instalments extending over twelve months. While this was accepted by some of the credif , T:', others objected, and a petition in bankruptcy was the the de fendants. Upon this the plaintiff was adjudicated a bank- - rupt, while unable to att end the court through illness. The consequence was that his business was broken up ; and he brought an action against the defendants for having made him bankrupt mdiciously, and without probable or reasonable cause. The case came on for trial before Chief Justice Bovill, who held, as a point 'of law, that the, defendants had reasonable and Iwo; es.. cause. Plaintiff took it to the Court of Error, which found that as.there was a conflict of evidence on a point of fact, it was for the jury to decide. A new - trial was had, which lasted for three days, at the end of which time the jury, being unable to agree, were discharged without giving a verdict. After the plaintiff had opened his case in person on the present occasion, he suggested a reference, which was strongly supported by his lordship on the ground that such a course would obtain a definite settlement of law and fact, while if it went for trial it might go back to the Exchequer Chamber and even to the House of Lords, as such cases generally did.—Mr. Serjeant Parry consented , on the part of the defendants, who, he said, denied having been actuated 'oy malice, but pleaded the instructions cf the ()dim . creditors. —lt was then•agreed that a juror should be withdrawn and the Solicitor-General requested to name an arbitrator —the Lord Chief Justice remarking that this was a very proper termination of the case. THE BRIXTON BABY FARMING CASE• The extraordinary revelations in connection with this ease culminated to-day in an inquest on the bodies of three of the children whose deaths had occurred at Lambeth Workhouse. Of the large member of children which had been taken by the police, from the person in charge; to the workhouse, the three now subject to this inquiry had died. The Coroner expressed his regret that the jury s hould called upon to enter into such an inquiry, and hoped they would be guided by the evidence before them.—The following evidence was then called : Mrs. Maria Edwards Cassell, wife of Mr. Cassell, house decorator and .blindmaker. 164, Camberwell -road. Witness received ladies under peculiar circumstances. They were , to arrange through her for their f confinement and to get well. She received the young em Tasiy Cowen. She was with her a fortnight, and then returned home. She had given birth to a m ale child. She had medical assistance after the birth of the child. The infant was taken away from the house of witness between 9 andlo on the Mtn instant by Mrs. G uera. The child at that time was quite well. It was able to take food—milk and. lbs. at least. It was one of •` our " finest children . Saw the child again at the police station, and knew i t a g ain oele by itshair and general features. It was not so flute a child. It was horribly emaciated. 2 water, and sugar. It was a very fine child, weighing 1 Mrs. Caroline Guera, widow, No. 1, Langholme Loughborough-road : She occupied the house, and bad lodgers. She had a lodger of the name of Robert Cowen. Witness knew his daughter, who was •aged 16. She ha d been in service, and returned at Christmas last enceinte. She • went to Mrs. Cassels and had a child, which was taken by her from Mrs. Cassels three days after its birth. It had been registered in the name of John Walters. The female who took the child was named Willis. Mrs. Mary . Gurah, 1, Langhohne Villas, Bri xton, stated that she had a lodger of the name of Mr. Robert Cowen. His wife was not living with him. He had a daughter, and she was a single person. She was in her 17th year: She left home last March twelvemonth to go to service. Last Christmas she returned home. Witness was afterwards present when she gave birth to a child, at the house of the last witness. On the 17th of May, sixteen days after the birth, witness received the child from the last witness. The child was taken to the Walworth-road Railway Station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. Witness here met a woman representing herself as Mrs. Willis. On the previous day Mrs. Willis had called at witness's house, and she said that she wished for a baby to bring up entirely as her own, that she had been 13 years married; and she had no children, and - that her husband, was passionately fond of them. She said she would take the baby for £l. She was hauled £2, which she at first declined, sayinr , that she did not care about money ; all that she wanted was the baby. Witness should know Mrs. Willis again. She said that she • was in good circumstances, and did not want money. The baby was given up to leer at the . railway •station. Afterwards Sergeant Ibelf called upon witness, and she event with him to 4, Frederick's terrace, and saw the child. It was greatly emaciated, and she said to leer, " Mrs. 'Willis, you have been starving the child to death." She said it had been suffering much from diarrhoa, and that Dr. Hallett had been attending it. She said she had done all in her power to save the child. Mr. Cowen engaged a nurse afterwards. She subsequently sail it was in charge of Mrs. Rowland. After gradually sinking, it died on Friday last. When she saw the child at Mrs. Willis' it was lying like death in her arms. It had scarcely power to cry, and was a most pitiful object. Witness saw all the other children on the . day the called, and asked her motive for having so many. She said she was passionately fond of children, and witness asked her why she wanted this particular one when she had so many. She said the others were nurse children, and would be taken away, and she wished to have one to bring up as her own. When the child was taken away Mrs. Willis asked wit ness to intercede with Mr. Cowen to have it back again. Witness said she must be mad to think of such a thing. Robert Cowen said he was a musician and the father of Janet Tassy Cowen, and became aware of her unfortu nate condition. He first intended to place the child with a wet nurse but saw an advertisement in Lloyd's paper. She replied toit, andreCeivedareply, signed" Mary Willis," by post. In consequence of receiving that he went to the Walworth-road station. He waited an hour, but she did not keels the appointment. The heat morning he received another letter from Mrs. Willis, m a king another appoint ment for that day at the Brixton-road station. They met there. She said she wasthe writer of the letter, but that her name was not Willis. She said she merely gave that name so that the child she adopted might not be taken from her; She said her husband represented a large shipbuilding firm, and that she had been married fifteen years, but had no family. She said they were both passionately fond of children, and wished to adopt a respectable, healthy child. She gave no address. Believing she was what she represented herself, he gave leer the particulars,• telling leer that his daughter had • not yet been confined, but that he would let her know when she was. Wilms that event took place he wrote to her at the Post-office, Camberwell, and. she called on him on the afternoon of the 17th May. On that night the child was delivered to her. It was a fine child. Some days after she called at Mrs. Guera,'s, when witness asked her to give him a list of what clothes she would require. She refused, and said she did not want any. He said "Surely you will let me make a present of a cloak." She refused. He then took two sovereigns from his 'purse and handed them to her. She refused to take them. She said she knew he had been to a deal of expense, and would not accept any money from him. He then forced the £2 into her hand, and she left, promis ng to call the following week. She never did so, and witness lost sight of the child up to the 10th of. June, when he was at the Camber well-road station, and saw leer coming from the station. Thinking it was the same woman, lee followed leer, with the sergeant of police. Mr. Cowen then read a statement which set forth that in March of last year his daughter Jenny, then age sixteen years, met at the house of a mutual friend, a lady from Wales, wife of the proprietor 'of an hotel ash l boarding-house. This lady first suggested and the - ' pressed her returning with leer on a trial visit for three months, her occasional assistance being taken in lieu o f her board and lodging. She did so, and afterwards a further arrangement was made, but his daughter returned for a holiday on December 23rd, amid it was found that she was with child. He then heard the circumstances. which he submitted to the magistrates at Bond-street, and acting, on their advice, went down to Wales need placed the matter in the hands of the County Police. His daughter's healld had been so precarious that she had been unable to malt the journey to prosecute. The author of these o f u o trages was the husband of the above lady, and the employer his daughter. Mrs. Rowland, the nurse to whom the child was entrusted previously to its death, said that when she received it its stomach was quite fiat, that it had no strength to cry loudly, it seemed to recover at first; but afterwards wasted away. It's bones were ready to came through it's sizin, and it died on Friday last. Serj cant Reif first saw. an advertisement iu Lloydr ' newspaper of March sth.• He answered the adves tisement, and received, •in reply, 'a letter freT, a person who signed her name " Es. Oliver On that he made an appointment to meet the writer at Camberwell New Road Station On the morn in g of the 10th he went there and was met by a woman,F wh mole le ultimately traced to wher e she lived, No. 4 , terrace, Loughborough-road, Brixton. Ile ha d the house closely watched that night, and on the following. morning he went there. The door was answered by t he woman he et' t over night. He asked if Mrs. Willis live d there, and sh said no. He said,- `• Do you take in ch ildren to adopt red here ? She said, "No ; what p ut that in your head ? " He then asked her if she had a child there be longing to Miss Cowen. She said no, but that she k new where it • was. He declined to leave, and she called out. • " Margaret, bring up Miss Cowen's child." A woman made her appearance with a child, and the woman was identified by Mrs. Guera, when was with him • at the time, as Mrs . Willis, and the child as Miss Cowen's. The child was dirty, wrapped in old rags, and appeared to. be with out the power of cry ing. The body was very emaciated. he asked Mrs. Willis if she had any more children in the house, and she d, "A few." He event int o the front kitchen and saw some old clothes on a sofa. He removed them, and found five children underneath. They appeared to be about a mouth old, and seemingly in a state of stupor. Two of them appeared to him to he dying. .He found four other children iu the back kitchen raid gar,len, making eleven in the whole. The latter five were in fair condition. He removed the ten children to the workhouse on thee 13th. One of the three children since dead was one of those se emingly in a dying state on th . le sofa. Tile other was Miss Cowen's child. The hearing was adjouruea, 1870. THE RECALL OF MR. MOTLEY. The announcement of the recall of Mr, Motley, made in the Sun on Saturday, has been confirmed. President Grant recently stated that he intended to remove Mr. Motley as soon as a suitable successor can be found. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAT. PARK AND BOULTON.—A FOOLISH FREAK.—WiIIiaM Hewitt, a young man, describing himself as a waiter, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at Marlborough-street Police Court, with being drunk and disorderly.—Sergeant Mackenzie, 4 C, said that at four o'clock yesterday (Sun• day) afternoon he saw the prisoner, who was drunk, in Piccadilly, extending his, arms before some ladies and gentlemen, saying that ho was Park, then that he was Boulton, and to others that he was " Miss Park," and several ladies and gentlemen complained of his annoying them. He then took the prisoner into custody, and at the station he said he had been having a lark. The prisoner said that all he had done was to ask the persons whether they had seen Park and Boulton. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 100.; or seven days. VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON A BELEIVING OFFICER.—John Robertson was charged at the Thames Police Court with assaulting Mr. Edward Neagle, one of the Relieving Officers of the Stepney Union. The complainant said he was proceeding along Salmon's-lane, Limehouse, carrying a parcel of books in his left hand, when he was met by the prisoner, who stopped in front of him, and with his right fist struck him on the side of the face. He seized hold of him and struggled with the prisoner, collared him and took him to the workhouse. While waiting for a police constable the prisoner struck him on the side of the face again. He then took the prisoner inside the work house, and kept him there till a constable arrived, when he was given into custody. The prisoner, in a whining, exaggerated strain, said Mr. Neaglo was a villain, and the greatest liar that ever lived. On being admonished for using such coarse language, the prisoner said he went to the Ratcliff Workouse for relief. Mr. Neagle refused to give him any, and said "Turn that fellow out of thehouse." Mr. Neaglo said he had been frequently threatened by the prisoner, but for what he did not know. His wife was receiving out door relief, and the prisoner was sup ' ported by the money. He never did any work. He was sent to prison for 14 days. THE MONEY MARKET AND COMM ERCIAL INTELLI ENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The business on 'Change to-day was very inactive, and the prices of Government securities were the turn lower. Railways are dull, but without important change. As regards foreign bonds, Mexican are better, at 161-. Other v>ise the market is flat. Consols are now 92i to 921; ditto New, 921 ; ditto Reduced, 92i to 921 ; India Four per Cents., 1021 to 1024; Exchequer Bills, 4s prem. In the Foreign Market Italian Bonds of 1861 are 58 to 59 ; Spanish of 1867, 31f to 311 ; ditto of 1869, 31} ; ditto Quicksilver, 81f ; Peruvian, 91-/ ; Turkish Five per Cents., 521 to 52f ; ditto of 1869, 631 to 631 ; and Egyptian, 821 to 82f. The Railway Market —Metropolitan are 70i to 701; Great Eastern is 40 to 391 ; London and Brighton, 431 ; Caledonian, 7 7 f ; Sout h-Eastern 761, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 521 to 521 ; Great Northern, 1221 ; ditto (A), 1321 to 132; North Eastern,l46 to 145*, London and North-Western, 1291 to 1291 ; Midland, 1311 to .1311 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1331 to 1331 ; Great Western, 721 to 721. Telegraph Shares—Falmouth are now 9 7-16 to 91 ; Anglo-American, 791 ; French Cable, 15 ; British Indian, 81 to 8 1-16 ; China, 21 to 21 die. ; and Construction and Maintenance, 261 to 27. In Bank shares Alliance a re q uoted 141 to 151 ; Au lo= are quoted 16 to 18 prem. ; Chartered Mercan tile, 30 to 31; Consolidated, 41 to 41 ; Imperial Ottoman, 41 to 44 prem. ; London and County, 50 to 51 ; London and Westminster, 61 to 62 ; London Joint Stock, 341 to 354 ; and Union of London, 391 to 401. In Miscellaneous shares Royal Mail Steam, 50 ; Thames and Mersey Marine, 3 to 31 prem ; Telegraph Construc tion and Maintenance, 266 to 26-4. . It is announced by the directors of the New . Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company that they will pay, on and after July 1, the interest then due on their deben turees and guaranteed mortgages. The advices from New York announced the failure of Messrs. Werner Brothers, in the woollen trade, with liabilities estimated at £44,000, and assets at £34,500. Messrs. Jones, jun., and Co. had also stopped. Their liabilities, it was thought, ranged from £60,000 to 8100,000, including a considerable sum due to firms in Philadelphia. The Lawrence Worsted Company of Mas sachusetts had also suspended. The report of the Mexican Railway Company (Limited) has been issued. It states that the results of the working of the opened sections for the year show a profit on the line from Mexico to Puebla of £35,885 19s. ld., and a loss on that from Vera Cruz to Paso del Macho of £7,033 18s. 2d. The gross sums received from the Government during 1869 were—from the 15 per cent. duties, £122,801 Bs. 9d. ; and f rom the 12 per cent. duties, £68,915 7s. ld. For the first three months of the present year the amounts were respectively £37,443 6s. Bd. and £25,183 3s. 11d. The report of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Rail way, to be presented on the Ist of July, recommends an immediate extension to Azul, and eventually to Tandil, a distance of about 17 miles. The work can be ex of ecu the ted for about £ 40,000 p er mile,and the prosperity existing line, which cost £ll,OOO per mile is considered to afford conclusive proof of the desirableness of the rneasur©. The creation of 2700,000 of capital is therefore p ro posed for the purpose, of which £160,000 will issued. Vi ce -Chancellor James has appointed Sir Henry Drum mond Wolff, Mr. Cape, and Mr. Turquand, official liquidators of the International Land Credit Company (Limited). The London and Provincial Law Assurance Society announce a dividend at the rate of 4s. 6d. per share. At the meeting of the London and St. Katherine Docks Cmpany, to be held on the 26th July, a dividend, it is stated, will be recommended at the increased rate of 14 per cent. for the half-year. The half-yearly meeting 9f the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Company is called for the 12th of July. With regard to the Lancashire trade it is understood that some of the principal Manchester manufacturers have declined to accept orders requiring to be executed in less two months. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) filE BRISTOL ELECTION.—DECLARATION 01? THE POLL. • The official d e claration of the poll was made at Bristol th m is orn ing by the High Sheriff, who declared the slum bers as follow : 50n ............................ 7,815 Hare.• • ...................................... Majority .................. ....... 578 Both Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Hare addressed orter the me Itetis - ing, b u t no word w as heard beyond the reps. said there will he no petition, although the Conservatives ;,ay they have evidence, THE NEWARK RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A telegram from. Newark, relating to the recent acci ,ent, says:—The engine was remov ed and all broken ,rucks yesterday without accident. The foreman of the jury, backed by six of the jurymen, bas made application for the foreman engineer of the Great Northern Railway, to attend and *ire evidence at the adjourned inquest to morrow with regard to axles. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. The dead body of a man named James Stewart, 24 unmarried, was found in Dunbla,ne on years of age , Saturday night. The deceased, it appears, was agent fox the North British Railway Company at one of their sta tions, and was walking home, when he was caught up by a passenger train, and had both legs andhis right arm cut off, and his body nearly severed in the middle. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. The due of a boiler at Fix-wood Mills, Middletcn, near Manchester, collapsed this morning at half-past eight o'clock. Thrze men were in the boiler-house at the time. One escaped almost uninjured, but the others were dreadfully scalded. They were removed to the Manchester Infirmary, where one died soon afterwards. A defect in the seams of the boiler caused the explosion. The boiler NVUS inspected only two months since, and WAS then in good order. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. A. DEMONSTRATION ARE. IN TRAFALGAR SQU On Saturday Trafalgar Square was visited with a new class of demonstration in a gathering of teetotallers from all parts of London and the suburbs to agitate in favour of Mr. Rylands' proposed restrictive legislation respecting the sale of alcoholic drinks on Sunday. The place occupied by the demonstrators was thst which was formerly the scene of the Reform meeting,s, at the foot of the Nelson column and facing the National Gallery, and the people who made up the gathering were nearly all " Sons of Plicenix," " Sons of Temperance,'' and members of other temperance societies. The various societies marched into the square with bands and banners, and many present wore tinsel ornaments, cross-belts, and sashes. The . position of chairman was taken on the base of 'the column by Mr. Hillman, and the following con clusions were sought to be enforced :—" That ex ter ded restrictions on the Sunday sale of intoxi eating liquors would result in sensible public benefits, including a diminution in drunkenness and crime, and an improved condition of- the homes of the people more directly affected by them ; that to realise these benefits no corresponding drawbacks would be incurred, and no serious inconvenience occasioned to the sober and respectable of all classes ' • that the restrictions requited to obtain these results would be in accordance with public sentiment ; and, therefore, that nothing. in the way of popular reaction may reasonably be feared." The chairman urged that where the public - houses were closed on Sunday, vice, crime, and pauperism were diminished, as in Scotland, and he urged the working classes not to hug their chains even if the upper did keep their club-house rights of drinking and so of dissipation. The motion of Mr. Corrigan was to support a petition to Parliament in favour of Mr. Rylands' Bill, and arguments in favour of the enforced total abstinence were urged with some weight, and many homely illustrations were used. Mr. Clutterbuck, a working man, seconded the motion, and it was supported by . Mr. Lester, who described the publicans as a class who kept the work ing classes of this country in a state of degraded poverty, and he told his hearers that the money the working classes spent in unnecessary drink, if put to legitimate use, would lessen the need for charitable inst i t utions, for workhouses, and prisons. The motion was carried, though not unanimouslyi as was another thanking Mr. Rylands for the Bill. The meeting then broke up into a number of different gatherings , and the display of teetotal eloquence was kept up in several parts of the square for some time. The Philadelphia Ledger says that during the last - year the States expenditure for artificial limbs for wounded soldiers amounted to 416,000 dole.`• The successor of Mr. Alderman Besley in the office of Chief Magistrate of the City will, in all proba bility, be Mr. Alderman Dakin, who stood next in rotation for the office last year ; but, in consequence of the state of his health, he requested that he might be passed over for a year. than ABDICATION OF QUEEN ISABELLA. Queen Isabella signed her abdication at 2 p.m. on Saturday in favour of the Prince of Asturias. The Spanish Royal Family, several Spanish grandees, and Generals Gassett, Lersundi, andd San 'Roman were pre sent. Previous to affixing her signature, Queen Isabella read a farewell manifesto to the Spanish people. The ex- Queen also notified to the Pope her abdication in favour of the Prince of Asturias, praying his Holiness at the same time to bless the Prince's cause and Spain. THE HEALTH OF. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. There is no confirmation of the unfavourable rumours on the Bourse respecting the Emperor's health. MM. 011ivier and Chevandier de Valdrome went to St. Cloud yesterday to confer with his Majesty. THE SMALL-PDX TN PARIS. The total deaths in Paris from the 19th to the 25th of June were 1,149, of which 238 were due to small-pox. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE CORK RIOTS. The city was occupied by large bodies of troops and constables on Saturday. Stones were thrown from the tops of houses in Castle-street and Northmain-street, at the police patrols, and a mounted policeman was knocked off his horse. The mob attacked the house of a Mr. King, a vendor of Scotch and English made boots. The rioters were, however, promptly dispersed by policemen with cudgels, supported by the armed patrols. A few arrests were made. Complaints are made of policemen indis criminately assaulting peaceable citizens. _ The magis trates on Saturday issued a proclamation prohibiting the intended procession of trades. On Saturday the trades organisation consequently countermanded the proposed demonstration, substituting an open air meeting in the park. In the morning two companies of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and a large force of constabulary marched through the city, and were distributed in three districts where crowds were expected to assemble. CORK, Sunday. The open-air demonstration passed off quietly. The speakers insisted upon the justice of the workmen's claim, inveighed against the introduction of foreign operatives, and appealed to the citzens not to deal with those who opposed the working classes. The comparative quietness which prevailed up to eleven o'clock was broken after that hour. •An attack was made on the houses of two persons reported to employ non-unionist workmen. The policemen interfering were assailed with stones. They used their bayonets freely, and several parsons were wounded. In another collision with the police three men were dangerously injured. In Brunswick-street heavy stones were thrown from the roof of a large drapers' establishment at the police as they passed by at midnight. The patrol forced their way into the house, and arrested nine of the assistants in an upper room. A large pile of bricks, slates, and bottles ready for use as missiles was found in a gutter on the roof. During the disturbance on Saturday night a man named Brien was stabbed through the lung in the charge made to clear the street. This morning a stable belonging to one of the master tailors was set on fire. THE MARCHIONESS OF QUEENSBERRY AND IRISH SELF-GOVERNMENT. The Marchioness of Queensberry has sent £5, as a dona tion towards the movement on behalf of Irish Home Go vernment. She says, " I feel grateful to God for thus commencing a work which I shall look to Him to finish, praying Him to draw together yet more and more old heads to guide those engaged in council, with His wisdom and his Spirit, which will enable each member freely and willingly to resign every prejudice, and to cast aside all hindrances for the attainment of the one Divine end, " Union." You have my sympathy and prayers. No one takes a deeper interest in this work, and the attain ment of self-government, than yours faithfully—Caroline, Queensberry." THE ACQUITTAL OF BARRETT. The'demonstration which took place when the verdict announcing Barrett's acquittal was given in the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday is said to have been only equalled by one previous display of the same kind, namely, that which occurred at the Yelverton trial. The ladies in the galleries waved their handkerchiefs, the crowd cheered vociferously, and wished to chair Mr. Butt, Q.C. When the cab containing Barrett arrived on the Quay, the crowd stopped it, and numbers insisted on shaking hands with him. At Galway the bells of the Abbey Church were rung for some time. A more general demonstration is expected to take place to-day. IRISH CHURCH SUSTENTATION FUND. The Earl of Erne has subscribed £5,000 towards the Church Sustentation Fund, and has promised to give two per cent. of his income annually to the same object. OUTRAGES AT LIVERPOOL. Frederick Schmidt, a German tailor, residing in Bent street, Liverpool, has been sent to gaol for two months by the Liverpool magistrates for biting off the ear of his fellow lodger, George Henry Williams. Schmidt also threw Williams upon a blazing fire. The outrages were unprovoked, and Schmidt was sober. THE ACCIDENT AT THE CATTENHAM STEEPLECHASES. On Saturday a case which had been entered for hear ing in the Court of Common Pleas, arising out of the Cattenham Steeplechases, was heard before the arbitra tors, Mr. Bidwell and Mr. Harlock, Mr. Mann being umpire, these gentlemen having been appointed by the court. The accident occurred just at the time of the last race, Mr. Pate, merchant, Ely, cannoning against the horse of Mr. Ambrose farmer, Bottisham. The horse and its rider were overthrown, the latter receiving such severe injuries that he was unable to leave his house for six mouths, and in addition received a pernaanent injury to his leg. The medical opinion is that he will never recover his former state of health. The arbitrators awarded him one hundred guineas. Each party to pay his own costs. NORWICH ELECTION. A telegram from Norwich bears witness to the strong dislike which is felt to Mr. Tillett, the Radical candidate, by both Conservativts and Whigs. It is not improbable that some arrangement will be made for the Conserva tives to support Mr. Warner's candidature, in order that the more extreme candidate may be ejected. A meeting has taken place at which this was discussed, and it is said to have come to the determination to effect a coalition between the " moderates." ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. On Saturday afternoon an extraordinary attempt at murder, followed by an attempted suicide, was made by a man named Jermvn, employed to carry coals and do other odd jobs at the treat Seal Patent Office, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane. Mr. Tomlinson, a clerk at the Patent Office, was taking his lunch in his room, when he received a severe blow upon the head, and on turning round saw Jermyn, who had just previously fetched the luncheon for him, armed with a staff. He immediately closed with him, and reoeived other blows of a serious character. His assailant then escaped by means of the window, and slid down the water-pipe into the yard. He then ran round the premises to a water-closet, where he was discovered bleeding from a Bevel e wound in the throat, inflicted by a penknife. He was at once removed to King's College Hospital, where he lies in a very pre carious state. Mr. Tomlinson's injuries were attended to without delay, but they were not of such a serious character as might have been anticipated. seeing that the weapon used, an old special constable's staff, was split in two by the force of the blows. No cause whatever has been assigned for the commission of the act, and it is not believed that any ani mosity existed betwoen Mr. Tomlinsan and Jermyn. It appears, however, that Jermyn, some two years ago, received an injury to his head by falling down stairs, and has since been subject to sudden outbursts of iosanity. Jermyn was in 1867 swoon in as a special constable, and he thus obtained the weapon with which he inflicted the injuries upon his victim. THE DIVISION ON THE EDUCATION BILL. In the division of Friday on the Education Bill, 239 members of the Liberal party voted with the Govern ment and 60 against. The Queen's garden party at Windsor will account for the unavoidable absence of 25 or 30 Liberals, and accidents explain the absence of 25 or 30 more. The applications for pairs, also amounting to some 25 to 30, were unsuccessful, iu consequence of the ex treme smallness of the number who opposed the Govern ment. Mr. Morley was necessarily at Bristol during the division, otherwise he would have voted with the majority. Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Hardy were both absent. Sir John Pakington came to town on purpose to vote with the Government. We state these simple faCts as having both interest and use in illustrating the actual situation. To 7 day the Education Bill goes into committee, and the first subject of debate will be Mr. Dixon's amendment for creating school boards in every district. The notice paper contains no fewer .than 280 amendments ; but many have already been sub stantially discussed or may be grouped with others, and hence there .is good reason to hope that, in five nights of has I work, the task may be effectually executed, and that the bill may pass through committee on Monday next. Daily Telegraph. LATEST PARTICULARS. Upon making inquiries this morning, it was ascertained that Jermyn is in a very dangerous state. He is 'still lying in King's College Hospital, and up to the present time he has not been able to speak. He is, !however, conscious. The wound which he has made with a pen knife across his throat has completely severed the wind pipe and the jugular vein. Mr. Tomlinson, although still suffering from the effects of the blows inflicted upon his head, was progressing favourably, and it is now thought that he is out of danger. THE GREEK GOVERNMENT. The statement that England and Italy would address a joint note to the Greek Government has been contradicted by an Italian journal, DUN V 1 LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beavlclrt . BulkAlugs Strand, ,\" C, THE CATASTROPHE AT NEWARK. The Leeds lifercztry,in an article on the late terrible railway accident, says it is to be feared that a wholesale system of plundering the dead, and the injured, who were for some time after the accident rendered insensible,was pursuedby some infamous persons who were hovering round the scene of this terrible disaster on Tuesday morning. Mr. Thomas Barraclough, manufacturer, of Morley, authorizes us to state that he witnessed a policeman take two rings off the fingers of a dead lady who wore a black silk dress. It was stated in our columns that Mr. C. A. Wilson, of this town, had lost a brag, watch. It appears to have been taken out' of a black bag, the lock of which has evidently been tampered with. No further information has yet been obtained as to the large sum of money of which Mr. M. K. Hirst's dead body was - despoiled ; but if these ravages of mangled corpses have been so reckless as we fear is now beyond doubt, it is not so difficult to explain away the fact which, when first mentioned, was rather perplexing, that ladies yet living on recovering consciousness found themselves without their bonnets, boots, and purses. Mrs. F. Robinson, as has been already stated, had on going the up journey an insurance ticket. Mr. C. A. Wilson saw it then, but neither that lady's purse nor the ticket have been found. Mr. Turner, of 40, Fenton-street, states that in the uncertain twilight he saw, while assisting the disabled, a policeman and 03e or two others rifling the pockets of a gentleman who had been killed. He heard one of the wreckers " say, " That'll do ; let's get away ;" but he could not distinguish the nature of the spoil which he feels certain they carried off. THREATENED ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE POWDER MAGAZINES AT GIBRALTAR. A letter from Gibraltar, dated the 20th, says :—" The inhabitants of this city have been in a fearful state of alarm for the last twenty-four hours, and considering how their feelings have recently been rather roughly shaken by the Bonell brigandage, and the attack on the young officers on the Western beach, it is no wonder if public excitement has nearly reached its climax when it finds that even within the fancied security of the Bay side barrier, danger of a terrible type lurks in every direction. It appears that yesterday forenoon, a fisher man coming into town from the New Mole, picked up a letter lying in the road between Jumper's Battery and the Ragged Staff. The letter was written in Spanish, and in dicated in the plainest terms that the powder magazines of the rock had either been undermined or were at the mercy of a band of desperadoes, and that very shortly the whole place would be blown up. This letter was im mediately placed in the hands of the authorities, and every magazine was at once most carefully examined, but nothing was discovered to give rise to any sus picion of foul play ; nevertheless, the most energetic measures were taken to render what was already quite secure if possible more so. As might naturally be ex pected all sorts of rumours have been set afloat, and every idea has been used up, from mania to Fenianism, to account for the plot. The general impression appears to be that the whole affair is a hoax on the part of some of the lowest class inhabitants to keep up the alarm created by the recent robberies and brigandage in the vicinity." DEATH U1 1 "I'llE EARL OF lIADDINGTON. The death of the Earl of Haddington is announced. The melancholy event occurred on Saturday, after a short illness. The deceased nobleman, George Bailie Hamilton, eldest son of the late Mr. George Baillie, of Jerviswoode, by Mary, youngest daughter of the late Sir J. Pringle, Bart., was born at Mallerston, near Kelso, on the 14th of April, 1802, and was brother of the late Marchioness of Breadalbane,the Countess of Aberdeen, Lady Polwarth, and the Countess Ashburnham. He married, 16th September, 1824, Georgiana, daughter of the Yen. Archdeacon Robert Markham. The late earl succeeded to the peerage in 1658, on the death of his cousin, Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington, who died sine prole. He was appointed a lord in waiting to the Queen in Sep tember, 1667, having previously, in April, 1859, been a representative peer for Scotland, and his lordship was High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland from. May 1667 till the resignation of Lord Derby. His lord ship was also appointed a deputy-lieutenant of Roxburgh shire in 1831, and of Haddingtonshire in 1851, and was a deputy-lieutenant of Berwickshire. In 1861 he was appointed colonel-commandant of the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry. The first peer of the family, an eminent Scotch advocate, was ennobled in 1562. He became first Earl of Melrose, a title he subsequently changed for that of Earl of Haddiugton. Pile Earls of Haddington were the heriditary keepers of Holyrood-park from the reign of Charles 11. till 1843, when the late earl's kinsman compromised the family interest for a pecuniary compensation of £40,000, and the office is consequently now abolished. The deceased peer is succeeded in the family honours by his son, George , Lore Binning born 26th July, 1827, and married 1 7th October, 1854, to Helen, second daughter of Sir John "Warrender, Bart., by the Hon. Frances Henrietta Arden, by whom there is a youthful family. RAILWAYS IN JAPAN. A translation of the Japanese petition to their Go vernment, advocating the introduction of railways, has lately been presented to the British Parliament, and proves that the exclusive Japanese have a very shrewd idea of how matters stand in the world at large. The continent of Europe, so runs the petition, excels all the other five continents in enlightenment and in wealth. of mechanical appliances. The reason for this is that Europe is better provided with machinery. " The men of the West have a saying, that if you wish to learn whether a nation is rich or poor, strong or weak, you must first ascertain how it is provided with machinery. The invention of the steam engine, and the introduction of more efficient modes of locomotion, have enabled those countries to provide every facility for transport, both by land and sea. It is, there fore, not surprising to find them so wealthy and so powerful." It is certainly a remarkable evi dence of progress to find the Japanese, who were supposed to be in a state of semi-barbarism using lan guage like this. The means of communication in Japan are sadly deficient, for the country does not possess navi gable rivers, and as the rate of travelling is only some twenty miles a day, some of the provinces are a month's journey from each other. It takes a fortnight to pass from either of the two capitals, Yeddo and Kioto to the other, although they are connected by the best line of road in the country, and one part of the country may be suffering the greatest distress for want of rice, which another province would gladly give in exchange for its accumulated silk if they had only the means of transport. Sir Harry Parkes, who fully appreciates the drawback which this is to the coun try, has repeatedly discussed with the desira bility of introducing railways and telegraphs with the Milsado's Government. The Japanese, who are highly intelligent people, soon became impressed with the justice of his views, and resolved to construct a railway between Yedo and Kioto. Three lineeare in con templation, and surveyors and engineers are already at work. Besides these, others are in contemplation, since the stormy nature of the Japanese seas renders the trade with many ports of the country very irregular. The Japanese are equally eager for the telegraph, and already a line is at work between Yedo and Yokohama. M. Howes, M.P., continues rather seriously indis posed. The honourable gentleman is ordered to remain strictly quiet. Permission was asked of the Board of Works on Friday to call a new street in Wandsworth by the name of " Lothair." The Board gave the required leave. There is this week a decrease of thirty-three in the number of in-door poor in Lambeth, as compared with the corresponding weeks of the last three years. There is, however, considerable increase in out-door relief. The Orchestra says that a series of classical per formances, with a select orchestra, is contemplated for the year 1871, and that the baton will be offered to Sir Michael Costa. The John Bull says that the Bishop of Oxford has conferred the vicarage of St. Giles, Reading, on the Rev. C. H. Travers, vicar of Stewkley. It was declined by Mr. Blunt, vicar of Old Windsor. By a cable telegram from Washington we learn that the telegraphic messages exchanged on Thursday evening between the Viceroy of India and President Grant were read in the United States Congress on Friday. THE HEAI ON RAILWAY ACClDENT.—The'direc tors have awarded to the engine-driver who bravely pursued the runaway engine and jumped on it at great risk to him selt, thus preventing further mischief, a sum of £5O and a silver watch. The guard ands stoker, who also exerted themselves meritoriously, are to receive respectively £2O and £lO and a silver watch each. THE GREAT FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.---A poor woman in Constantinople, the other day, was about to go the upper floor of her living place to bring down the mangal, or pan of lighted charcoal, for cooking ; but, feel ing lazy—the day was warm—sent her child for it. The child let the pan fall on the stairs, near a window curtain; and the result of the woman's change of mind was that terrible fire we have all heard of, which has reduced! 30,000 persons to destitution, utterly destroying many hundreds of them and some thousands of houses. If a neighbour had given the poor woman 410,000 not to send the child it would have been a good bargain,--Builder.