The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-29 00:00:00

IMPERIA_L PARLIAMEN r. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The committee on this bill was resumed by their lord ships. Clauses 10 and 11 were agreed to without amend ment. On clause 12 being proposed an amendment was moved by Lord Courtown to include caretakers or cottier tenants in the provisions of the clause.—Lord Lifford supported the proposition, remarking that although the proposition was a small one it would do a great deal of good.—After some discussion, the amendment was nega tived without a division, but Earl Granville agreed to . consider a proposal of the Earl of Leitrim'to omit the words " of the landlord," and state his intention on the bringing up of the report.—The clause was then agreed to, Lord Redesdale remarking that it had occupied their lordships' attention for two hours.—Lord Dunsany th en moved the insertion of a new clause giving the landlord or his agent the right to enter upon the lands to ascertain whether any waste or damage had been committed, and that the covenants had been observed by the tenants.—At the request of Earl Granville the amendment was deferred until the bringing up of the report, when he would state whether it could be accepted as regarded the yearly tenants. Clause 13 was agreed to, as was also clause 14, after an amendment had been made by the Duke of Richmond, t o the effect that disputes relative to claims made by th e tenants might be settled by agreement between landlord and tenant. —An additional clause was then moved by Lord Monck, providing that a landlord!desirous of alter ing the conditions on which a teuant entitledtoc r l v a e a im compensa ti o n ; &c., occupies his holding, might serve notice to that effect, the tenant being deemed to have ac quiesced therein unless he notified his refusal within the prescribed time, such refusal raising a dispute which should be decided by the court, an eviction following a de cision in favour of the landlord not being deemed a dis turbance of holding. The amendment, which was ob jected to, as all that was e intended was accomplish e d b y a subsequent clau ses, was not pressed. Clause 15 was agreed to. —The Duke of Richmond, how ever, moved an additional clause, providing th a t the awards and decrees of the court should state the items of the claim allowed, namely, the particulars of tenant's loss in quitting his holding, and of improvements and pay ments to his predecessor in respect of which compensation might have been awarded, also particulars of set off, ob jection, default, or conduct taken -into account.—The Lord Chancellor objected to the proposed amendment as likely to lead to the most inconvenient results.--Lord sed amendment a Cairns thought the propo judiciou s one . With a modification the clause was ultimately inserted in the bill. Clause 16 was agreed to. On clause 17 an addition was moved by Lord Penzance and agreed to, giving the land lord .the option of paying money into court, and giving the court the power, after L inquiry, to allow the landlord out of such money compensation for damage done by the tenant to his holding or the building thereon, after claim ing compensation. The clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill. Clauses 18, 19, and 20 were agreed to. After clause 21, Lord Lifford moved an additional clause, stating that nothing in the Act should be construed as to affect or injure the right of the landlord to accept or refuse a pro posed incoming tenant. On a division the clause was re jected, - the numbers being—for the clause 40, against it 59. The next clauses, up to 39 inclusive, were agreed to with out amendment.—On clause 40 Earl Grey proposed the omission of the clause with regard to advances to tenants for purchase of holding. He said the effect of the passing of the clause would be most serious, as in his opinion it would tend to increase disaffection by making a number of small holders debtors to the State. It would strengthen revolutionary movements, because there would be the in ducement of relief from a debt which would hang like a millstone round the necks of t. each, as well as the gaining of their political object. In his opinion the proposal was a premium for disaffection, and therefore he moved its omission from the bill.—Earl Granville took a different view. He was of opinion that by giving the peasants of Ireland a stake in the country by enabling them to pur chase the holdings in which they naturally had so strong an interest, the most beneficial results would follow the passing of the bill which contained the clause. —The Earl of Carnarvon, although not favourable to the increase of small holdings, thought it would be well to agree to the clause as its omission might create great disappointment in Ireland.—The Earl of Malmesbury said he believed the clause, to be a great sham and a hum bug. If the noble earl had not moved its omission he should have taken upon himself that duty. The proposal to omit the clause was negatived without a division. . On Clause 41 being proposed, which provided for ad vances to tenants for purchases of holdings in the Landed Estates Court, the Duke of Richmond moved that it be struck out of the bill.—Earl Granville did not see how, after agreeing to the previous clause, they could consent to the proposal of the noble duke.—After some further discussion the Duke of Richmond withdrew his proposal, and the clause was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clauses 42 to 52 were agreed to without amendment. On Clause 53, which set out that a duty of two shillings and sixpence should be paid on a notice to quit, the Earl of Leitrim moved its omission, but not succeeding in obtaining another peer to act as teller the cla use was agreed to amid loud laughter. On Clause 54 the Duke of Richmond moved an amend ment that notices to quit in the case of yearly tenants should not take effect for six months, instead of one year, as provided in the bill.—The amendment was agreed to. I, Clauses up to 65 were agreed to, with some verbal amendments. Clause 66 was struck out. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the Chairman was about reporting the bill with amendments, when the Earl of Leitrim expressed his disapproval at the result of the committee. He said that the bill had been introduced in a rank and party spirit against the landlords of Ireland, and that the result of its passing would be most disastrous. The reception of the report was fixed for Tuesday, amidst some slight cheering. Their lordships rose at twenty-five minutes to one. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes past two o'clock, when there was a pretty good attendance of members. The private business presented no feature of interest. The Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport Tramwayi Bill was read a third time, THE EVESHAM RIFLES. Mr. TAYLOR asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention had been called to the following published statement in regard to the Evesham Rifle Corps :—" That, for several months past, the corps has been in danger of being broken up from being entirely without officers ; that, after much pressure, two highly respectable tradesmen, both town councillors, consented to serve as lieutenant and ensign respectively, but that commissions were refused by the Lord-Lieutenant on the ground that he ' did not consider their social position would allow of his appointing them commissioned officers.'" Mr. CARDWELL replied that it was not strictly correct that the Lord-Lieutenant had refused the commissions. By the regulations commissions were granted on the re commendation of the Lord-Lieutenant, in accordance with what he conceived to be the general feeling. THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Viscount BARRINGTON asked the Secretary of State for War if there was any truth in the report which had been circulated that, by a recent order in Council, changes had taken place in the relations between his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief and the War Department. Mr. CARDWELL answered that an order in Council, defining the duties of the Commander in Chief, had received the sanction of her Majesty, and had been laid before Parliament. The intention of that order was to define in the clearest terms, and by the highest authority, the position of that officer, and he believed that it would be found that the terms were in entire conformity with the declarations which he had always made in the House upon the subject, and in making these declarations he had always had the entire concurrence of His Royal Highness. ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE ADMIRALTY. Sir JAMES ELPHINSTONE asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if there was any truth in the report now cur rent, that a sum of money, stated to amount to £2,000, had been paid as compensation under a late Act to a per son who had been previously discharged from the service for misconduct ; and if so, whether he would state the date and cause of said clerk's dismissal, and the date and amount of payment of the commutation referred to. Mr. W. E. BAXTER regretted to say that, in conse quence of a mistake, a person who had been discharged from the service in October 1861, by the Duke of Somer set, received, on the 13th of June, 1870, the sum of no less than £2,233 9s. as commutation of a supposed pen sion. The Treasury and the Admiralty had instituted a thorough investigation into the circumstances and facts connected with this extraordinary case. THE EDUCATION BILL. The Elementary Education Bill was again the first of the orders of the day, and immediately after questioning time, the House went into committee on the measure, resuming the discussion on clause 7. The attendance of hon. members was at the beginning of the discussion very small, and the treasury bench was only occupied by Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Forster; the Vice President of the Council, and Mr. Glyn. Mr. Gladstone made his appearance about half-past two, just as Lord Robert Montagu was endeavouring to persuade the committee to adopt an amendment which stood in his name, that the Revised Code should be put in the schedule of the bill. There was, however, a formidable little knot of the irreconcileables below the gangway. The member for Huntingdonshire contended that they were asked to pass a clause without know ing what the new code next April might be, although it was certain that the new code might utterly alter the character of the bill. He thought the committee were being hoodwinked and asked to legislate in the dark. His object was to give security to the promoters of voluntary schools. The noble lord stated that an acquiescence to his proposal would prevent agitation, and he alluded to divisions in the Liberal party. As the noble lord resumed Mr. Vernon Harcourt rose, but he had to give way to Mr. Gladstone, who, with a mixture of sarcasm and humour, said the humanity of the noble lord to the Liberal party deserved immediate acknowledg ment. He compassionated the schismatic state in which he found the Liberal party. " But, added the Premier, " probable his lordship derived his inspiration from what had occurred in another place a few nights ago, and had obtained a lively sense of schism in a party." The Premier was loudly applauded on making this " palpable hit." Mr. Gladstone went on to state that the demand of the noble lord would, if acceded to, be fatal to the bill on account of the ob stacle of time and other impediments. His lordship asked them to give certainty with regard to the aid to be given to voluntary schools equal to the certainty which the bill gave in regard to the rate supported schools. It was simply impossible, remarked the Premier, by any process except one, and that was not only to set out in the bill the whole conditions upon which it was to be administered, but to likewise provide that the sum and disbursements necessary for the purpose of affording the aid should be charged upon the Consolidated Fund, and surely his lordship did not intend that should be the case. In the course of the debate Lord Henley, whilst he hoped that the amendment would not be pressed to a division, expressed an opinion that they ought to have had something definite in relation to the subject laid down. Mr. Fisher opposed the proposition. His first objection was that it was an inconvenience to have any code in any Education Bill, and it could not be supposed that they had yet obtained the best means of promoting and stimulating education. He said it was impossible to extemporise a code for the session which should prove a permanent re vised code.—The leader of the Opposition hoped his noble friend would hesitate to press his amendment. Unlike those who had preceded him on his side of the committee, the right hon. gentleman did not think that on the whole they could receive a more satis factory assurance from the Government than they had already received. "It must necessarily," he ex claimed, " I think be in the nature of the Bill before us a moral assurance." This generous admission was properly appreciated, and the Liberals were pretty loud in ther expressions of satisfaction at the course which he had adopted. Of course, after such a statement from his leader, Lord R. Montagu intimated that he would not persevere in pressing his amendment which was negatived in the usual way. Dr. Brewer moved an amendment that the master or mistress of every rate-supported school should keep a register of every admission or dismissal, and that the register should in dicate the degree and proficiency attained by the scholar. Contrary to custom, the hon. member for Colchester made a very short speech. Probably the experience he has latterly gained has awakened him to a sense of the folly of occupying the attention of the House for an inordi nate time on uninteresting subjects. The proposition was opposed by Mr. Forster and withdrawn. Mr. VERNON HARCOURT moved an amendment raising the principle, which he asked the committe to affirm, that in every public elementary school in this country the parents of the children should have some voice in the management of that school. He wished to avoid, he said that most odious contrast between the supremacy given to influence and wealth, and the com parative powerlessness of poverty. He said that by the bill they were going to sell the birthright of the parent in the education of the child " for a miser able mess of voluntary pottage." The hon. member pro duced considerable merriment by this expression, although the Treasury bench was grave enough, and evidently unable to see either the force or the fun of it. Mr. FORSTER opposed the amendment, remarking that the hon. member was mistaken in supposing that the parents were unrepresented or had no voice in the manage ment. Almost all the school deeds which the Education Department required to see before giving a building grant, pre-supposed an election of managers, which was generally brought so low as to make it quite possible for the parents to have a share in the management. Colonel BARTTELOT complained of the course adopted by members below the gangway, especially referring to the hon. members for Birmingham and Oxford. He accused them of "producing cases which were never likely to occur, and which with very rare exceptions, never did occur." He did not hesitate to say that the religious diffi culty would never have been heard of had it not been put into the mouths of people. He thought it was simply mischievous to persuade the poor people that they had a right to have a share in the management of the schools. Mr. COWPER TEMPLE disagreed with the hon. mem ber for West Sussex as to the latter observation. He could not, however, vote for the amendment, although he agreed generally with the object in view. Mr. WINTERBOTHAM thought the Vice-President did not fairly apprehend the purport of the amendment. It was simply that those who were to use and to pay for the schools should have some share in the management. It might be true that the parents might not be fit to sit on the school board, but they were fit to elect it. At any rate, added the hon. member for Stroud, they were fit to choose members for that House. Mr. A. Herbert thought the country would be of opinion that it was monstrous that the parents who contributed so much to the school should have no voice m the management, and that those who contributed so little should have the entire control.—Lord R. Montagu asked the member for Oxford if he knew who the parents were. They consisted, he said, of labourers, game watchers, and those who could not read and write ; and if the school were to be well con ducted. they would require a more intelligent Board. Sir Robert Anstruther contended that the terms of the amendment had been persistently misrepre sented, and whilst he gave credit to the noble lord who had just sat down for his zeal in the cause of education, he thought it would be much better to give those poor "hedgers and ditchers" an interest in the welfare of their children. At five o'clock Mr. GLADSTONE in a full committee re plied to the speeches in favour of the pro position. He said that one sixth of the amount required for the support of the schools by the managers was the proportion to which it might be possible for them by fortunate circumstances and wise management to reduce their pecuniary liabilities. But they were the persons to undertake every liability, who were to provide the building, and who were responsible for all mischances. One-sixth, in fact, was the minimum of that which was demanded from them according to the views of the Government, and of the bill, but that one-sixth might extend indefinitely. They were dealing, as they were told, with voluntary schools. and he wanted to know whether the whole idea of voluntary schools could be so handled as to admit of the compulsory application of Parliamentary machinery devised by the Executive Government, under the authority of Parliament, for regulating their government. The hon. member for Oxford ought to try to attempt to attain his object by a care fully constructed and developed bill. The proposition in volved the construction for each school in the country of a complete representative electoral system.—Mr. Har court, in , eplying, remarked that some of the observations made on the other side of the committee were very dan gerous. He' alluded to the alleged unfitness of the parents, and inquired " are they not of our flesh and blood too ?" The inquiry was received with some applause from those of his own way of thinking. The committee divided, and the amendment was lost by 329 votes to 81, and the clause was agreed to. Some discussion followed on a further amendment, pro posed by Mr. Harcourt, that they should not take into consideration any school other than a public elemenary school which should not conform in all, respects to the regulations provided in respect of public elementary schools.—Mr. G. Hardy said it was the most extraor dinary proposition he had ever beard in his life. They might have a perfectly efficient school, and yet it was not to be taken into consideration. The ratepayers would be compelled to build a rate-aided school to knock it down. — Sir Ronndell Palmer suggested that even when they had done that, the children would not attend the new school. —The Vice-President thought it would be hardly reason able to force a rate upon a "supplied district," and to force a school upon parents who were already satisfied. The amendment was withdrawn. The question as to what was considered sufficient accommodation was raised by the member for Brighton. He thought it might happen that with " permissive compulsion" they might have an enormous amount of accom modation which would not be required.—Mr. Forster thought Mr. Fawcett could hardly have been unaware of the fact that the inspector would have to con sider what children did attend, and how many might attend school.—The Vice-President of the Council remarked that compulsion was necessary to obtain a suf ficient school accommodation for all the children of the country; and one of the chief reasons, he said, why they adopted " permissive compulsion " was, it would prevent a district saying it was unfair to rate them for children who did not attend. The eighth clause, after some further discussion, was adopted. In Clause 9 Mr. Harcourt moved the omission of the words from the tenth line relative to the power of the ratepayers to appeal to the Education Department should they feel aggrieved against a declaration of deficiency of school accommoda tion, and to ask for a public inquiry.—The amendment was objected to and ultimately withdrawn.—The Chair man reported progress, and the House resumed.. The subject of the year of grace will be discussed when the consideration of the bill is resumed. At ten minutes to seven the sitting was suspended. PARISHIONERS' RIGHTS. The House reassembled at nine o'clock, but when the Speaker took the chair there were not more than twenty members present.—Viscount Sandon moved for leave to bring in a bill for the constitution of parochial councils in all parishes in England and Wales, and to define and enlarge the powers of parishioners with respect to the conduct of Divine worship in their parish churches. With regard to the parishes, he proposed to include all legally constituted districts with the cure of souls. A. certain number of parishioners should be elected annually as sidesmen at the same time, for the same period and by the same constituency as the churchwardens. He proposed that these officers should be elected in the same way as the people's churchwardens in the following proportion : three for all parishes below 2,000, six for all parishes below 6,000, and nine for all other larger.parishes. These sidesmen, with two churchwardens and the incum bent, he proposed to form into a council. He proposed that the council should be obliged to meet twice a year, and it should have the power within the limits authorised by the law of making or allowing changes in the accus tomed manner and time of conducting the service and ministrations of the church, &c. The noble lord r had but an indifferent audience, and when Mr. Cowper-Temple seconded the motion, the solemn and pulpit-like tone in which he addressed the House had but one effect, and that was to make the members doze. The Premier, the Secretary of State, and the First Commissioner of Works had their eyes shut, although their ears might have been open, whilst Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen evidently had the greatest diffioulty in keeping up an appearance of attentiveness. The succeeding speakers did but add to the soporific influence, and it was only at the conclusion of the speech of Mr. Beresford-Hope, who did not favour the proposed bill, that something like animation was visihle. Dr. Ball, the member for the Dublin University, succeeded in arousing the house to something like lively attention. When Mr. Gladstone got up at eleven o'clock not a slug gish member was observable. The First Lord of the Treasury said it would not be possible for anyone or any Administration to frame at once a measure of that kind which would be likely to pass. It was certain that legislation must be in consequence of gradual action and long deliberation in the public mind. On the part of the Government he should not oppose the motion.—Leave was then given to bring in the bill. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 18fO. EAST INDIA COMPANY. Colonel SYKIB called the attention of the House to the petitions presented to the House in the last and present sessions from officers of the late Indian armies of the East India Company for redress, and moved that an address be presented to her Majesty, to direct a further consideration subject with a view to the redress of the unsatisfied claims. —Colonel North seconded the motion,lwhich gave rise to a very languid discussion.—Mr. Grant Duff, the Under Secretary for India, said he could not give any hope that the Government would in the slightest degree yield to the demands which had been made. He asked for a similar instance in which an army melted away in a time of peace in the territory which they were set to guard. —Colonel Sykes, interrupting the Under Secre tary, said it was not the officers who melted away.—Capt. Jervis indignantly alluded to the aspersion upon the officers of the Indian army.—Mr. Gladstone supported the Secretary for India.—A division took place at five minutes past one, and the result was— Ayes ... Noes... . 113 .. 92 The Government, therefore, suffered a defeat. Loud were the cheers from the Opposition benches. Mr. Glad stone looked anything but amiable. Major Anson moved for a select committee to inquire into the hardships inflicted on the colonels of the British army in consequence of their supersession by the colonels of the Indian army. General Herbert seconded the motion. Both the mover and the seconder were listened to with impatience. General Herbert, who had voluminous notes before him, disregarded the feeling of the House, until at last an unmistakeable evidence was given that they had had enough of the subject. At twenty minutes to two Mr. Cardwell intimated that he should not oppose the motion, which was ultimately agreed to. DUBLIN CITY VOTERS, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland obtained leave to bring in a bill to disfranchise certain voters of the city of Dublin. CATTLE DISEASES (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Several other orders were disposed of, and the House adjourned at ten minutes to two. ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT-SIXTEEN PERSONS INJURED. A telegram from Belfast announces that a serious accident occurred yesterday on the Holywood and Bangor Railway. An express train from Bangor, a fashionable watering-place, was on its way to Belfast, when a luggage train ran into it. Ninety-four persons were in the train, sixteen of whom were injured, but none fatally. DESTRUCTION OF A THEATRE BY FIRE. The theatre of Brunn, in Austria, has been en tirely destroyed by fire. The library and the wardrobe alone were saved. The flames broke out half au hour before the time for opening the doors. We are informed that the storehouse of the Zarzuela Theatre at Madrid has also been destroyed by fire, with a loss of 300,000 fr, which will fall entirely on the proprietor, M. Salas, as the dresses, scenery, &c., burnt had been removed there from the house itself without due notice having been given to the insurance company. Messrs. Longman are about to issue the eighth thousand of " Lothair." Over 8,000 persons have petitioned the House of Commons to repeal all the acts of Parliament which make vaccination compulsory. The Select Committee on Conventual and Monastic Institutions met again on Tuesday, but the evidence was not of general interest. It related to the case against the Oratorians. Five young children, while gathering mussels on Friday evening on a bank in the bed of the Clyde near Dumbarton Castle, were overtaken by the tide. Four of them had a narrow escape, but the fifth and youngest was carried away by the current and drowned. ATTACK ON A BAILIFF IN IRELAND.—A named Leonard, in securing some property under a decree, near Pettigo, was brutally beaten by five men on Mon day. He lies in a dangerous state. The men have been arrested. . 19 THE POTATO CROP.—The Cornish potato crop turning out remarkably well this year, and the end of June has been reached without any symptoms of disease. A larger quantity of early potatoes has been forwarded to London than for many years past. THE LATE EARL HONE.--At a largo and influ ential meeting of the clergy and laity, held at Leicester, on Monday, it was decided to raise a memorial to the memory of the late Earl Howe, who died on the 30th of May. The memorial will take the form of a church, to be erected in the south-eastern part of the town, where such an edifice is much needed. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE RIOTS AT CORK. The magistrates refused to accept bail for eight young men in Messrs. Vitzgibbon's drapery establishment who are charged with throwing stones froth the roof at the police. Two of the ringleadeng of the mob, who visited some establishments; and endeavoured to intimidate the workmen, were arrested. The porters In some of the principal establishments were obliged to turn out; There was no appearance of any renewal of disturbance. PROTECTION IN THE UNITED STATES. The Senate passed yesterday the Southern Paciffic Rail road Bill, with an amendment requiring that all iron and steel used for its construction should be purchased in the United States. The death of Lord Clarendon was formally announced in the Senate and the House of Representatives. RECOVERY OF SPECIE. £lBO,OOO in specie have been recovered from the wreck of the Hamilla Mitchell, which was wrecked last year on the Licouna rock off Shanghai. THE CHINA SUBMARINE CABLE. Advices from China'announce that permission has been obtained at Pekin to carry the China submarine cable to Shraghai, provided the end is not landed. THE NOMINATION OF MAYORS. In yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Body, the de bate on the bill relating to the nomination of the mayors was resumed. The Chamber rejected an amendment of M. E. Arago demanding that the communes should not be divided into electoral sections, and rejected also, by 155 votes against 77, M. Cochery's amendment proposing that no electoral section should be established except by the recommendation of the municipal council and the ap proval of the Conseil-Gen6ra.l, PARIS IMPROVENIENTS. The Presse states that the Cabinet decided yesterday to raise the loan of the City of Paris to 260,000,000 f, in order to continue the public works commenced under the f, administration of M. ilaussmann. • ITALY. The Florence Chamber of Deputies has rejected the proposal to hold evening sittings. The motion of Signor Pescatore to adjourn the discussion of the article of the Ministerial Bill depriving the communes of the share of one centime of the tax on moveable property, has also been rejected by 138 agaist 99. The report of the Com mittee on Public Instruction proposes the suppression of many of the university professorships, and reduces the number of the Government schools, and other educational establishments. ROME. The official journal of the Papal States announces that the Pope has held a consistory, when several arch bishops and bishops, including those of Port-au-Prince, Auckland, Springfield, U.S., and Havre de Grace, were preconised. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEtRAMS.) THE APPROACHNG YACHT RACE. The Cambrian and the Dauntless arrived in Cork har bour yesterday from Cowes. At Mr. Ashbury's request the Royal Cork Yacht Club committee have undertaken to start the yachts on Monday. LADIES' ASSOCIATION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACTS. Last evening a well-attended meeting of women was held in South Shields, to consider the cruelty, injustice, and inutility of the Contagious Diseases Act. A daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Hume addressed the meeting, and spoke at great length on the subject. A resolution was passed protesting that no commission of inquiry could elicit evidence to palliate such abominable acts. It was f u rther agreed to fo rward a petition for the total and im medi ate repeal of the Acts. THE PROPOSED RC AC BOLITIOUIT.N OF THE HOME At the Herts midsummer Quarter Sessions, held at Hertford, presided o ver by the Marquis of Salisbury, the committee appointed at the Easter Sessions to present a me morial to the Se cretary of State and petitions House of Parliament against so much of the High Court of Justice Bill as proposed to abolish the the petitions as directed, but as tilt), were advised that that part of the bill with which they were charged to deal would in all probability be dropped it was mot considered necessary that the petition should be presented, and the committee had much satisfaction in reporting that so much of the bill as proposed the aboli tion of the Home Circuit has been abandoned. Lord Salisbury, by whom the report was signed, re almark e with great d that the Lord Chancellor had dropped the propos r eadiness, and he b elieved they would hear no more of it. This announcement was received with mucwash satisfaction by the magistrates, and a vote of thanks passed to Lord Salisbury for his exertions in the matter. COLLI SION IN THE NORTH SEA. Th e scr ew-steamer Bravo, Captain King, with iron, arrived in the Tyne yesterday in a very damaged condi tion. The captain reported that while off Whitby yes terday morning, distant about five miles, the Bravo armouth came into collision with the schooner Ellen, Captain Williams, bound from Wisbeach to Middles borough, in ballast. The schooner sank in about seven minutes. Her crew were rescued by the Bravo, and landed at Shields. Captain Williams got his leg severely crushed between the steam of the steameoner and t vessel he maithen mast of the schoo ner while jumping from to other. The bows of the steamer are greatly damaged. THE NEWARK ACCIDENT. —THE INQUEST. The inquest touching the Newark accident was resumed at noon yesterday. After the medical evil en of thece had b re at een taken, Patrick S tirling, the chief engineer G Northern, was examined, and his evidence ran to a great length. The substance of his answers was that the broken axle was of the very best quality, and the flaw in it imperceptible to ordinary tests. He thought it unpracti cable to keep a record of the of r unning axles, as wee save ls are often chang ed from one waggon to another, to loss of time. He thought an old axle less liable to fail than a new one. The jury, after two hour's consideration, returned a verdict that the persons who met their deaths were acci dentally killed through the breaking of an axle of a Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company's goods waggon running on the Great Northern Railway Company's line. The jury added the following memo randum to their verdict :—" From the evidence given we believe that the luggage train was driven at too great a speed from Retford to the scene of the accident. We are also of opinion that the fracture in the axle which caused it to break had been in existence for some time, and that it was not fit for use. And we think that there re should be some limit to the time during which axlesin We also think that there sho b uld e some means devised for periodi call y testing a xles, the jury being of opinion that the present system is defective." The Coroner wa s informed by the jury that they wished this memorandum to be communicated to the Board of Trade for the future protection of passengers. THE ANTI-VACCINATION LEAGUE. The first annual meeting of the Anti-Vaccination League was held in Manchester yesterday. There were representatives present from London, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Darlington, Bristol, and many of the Lanca shire towns. Professor F. W. Newman presided. The report stated that several branch leagues had already been formed. A resolution was adopted, declaring " that as the practice of vaccination has been adopted and fostered by the Government of this country without due investigation, and enforced in defiance of the common sense of the people, this meeting pledges itself to use all legitimate means to obtain the repeal of the Vaccination A c t s ." A petition was adopted for the immediate repeal of the Acts. Nearly all the speakers, who were very numerous, stated that they had been repeatedly prosecu ted for refusing to have their children vaccinated. As the paddle steamer Britannia was passing Shields Harbour yesterday on her route from Newcastle to Leith, she fired her customary gun to announce her de parture from the Tyne. From some cause the gun burst, blowing away the left arm of the boatswain. He was conveyed to the Newcastle Infirmary, where he lies in a dangerous condition. M. Prevost-Paradol, the new French Minister to Washington, will sail from Havre, with his son mid daughter, on the Ist July. The bill in Chancery filed by a person claiming to be the next of kin to the late Mr. Samuel Bailey, of Sheffield, and disputing his bequests to that town has been withdrawn. SPIRIT OF 'IIIE PRESS.—Tms MORNING, TftE ORLEANIST PRINCES. The London Figaro says the decision of the Emperor Napoleon and his Ministers respecting the demand of the Orleanist Princes, for the withdrawal of the decree of exile, is such as most of us would have anticipated. The Emperor admits that if old antagonisms could be forgotten the politicians who openly or furtively acknowledge the Orleanist as the legitimate dynasty could be content entirely to forego the claini, accept the empire as an incon trovertible fact, and Napoleon as the chosen of his people — then the return to France of men so politicallfrand personally honourable as the Count de Paris, the Due d'Acimale, and the Prince de Joinville, might be accepted as a proof of the real consolidation of the Empire, the fusion of separate interests in a patriotic desire for the happiness and prosperity of France. But even if the Princes them selves desired to avoid political discussion, to live in France as they live inEngland, private gentlemen devoted to social duties and literary pursuits, it would be almost impossible to control the zeal of partizans, and prevent a continual exhibition of feeling adverse to the best interests of the country, so long as the princes re mained in France. It is, we are convinced; on public grounds only, not from private feeling, that the Emperor says, emphatically, " The time has not come " for the admission of the Orleanist leaders into France. "The time has not yet come." It may come, when old passions are forgotten ; when now-living , politicians and would-be agitators have passed into his tory ; and the Princes of the House of Orleans will, we believe, best show their patriotism by abstaining from de mands which cannot wisely be granted, but which may pro duce embarassment and ill-feeling. They are Frenchmen here ; may be as patriotic and devoted to their country, living in England, honoured and respected as they are, as if permitted to return to France. They may help France by abstention, and by showing that their best wishes are for her moral greatness, not to be perilled by rash inter ference with the progress of national consolidation. QUEEN ISABELLA.% ABDICATION. The Standard is of opinion that of all possible future Kings of Spain the Prince of Asturias would probably be the best. His accession would entail complete separation from his mother ; but the latter could scarcely object to making a sacrifice which she permitted to be made by her own mother for herself. The feeling in favour of connec tion with Portugal is doubtless strong, and if the scheme by which the succession to the crown of Spain would devolve upon the young son of the King of Portugal, with Don Fernando as Regent during his minority, could really be carried out, it would have much to recommend it. An objection of some force is, that the child is only three years of age ; but a difficulty of still greater magnitude is involved in the seemingly invincible repugnance of the Portuguese to what they would regard as the first step towards their annexation to the larger portion of the Peninsula. The aged Espartero, the worst of candidates, is the most sensible, and has already per formed the gran rifluto. The Duke of Montpensier's chance, never gieat, may now be considered extinct. Prim has exhausted his list of candidates. The Cortes will not meet again till October, and meanwhile nothing will be done. If the Prince of Asturias could but absolve himself from ancestral folly and Papal patronage the act of last Sundaymight not be unattended with excellent results. THE BLOCK IN CHANCERY. The Telegraph says that at the very busiest season of the whole legal year, when lawyers and clients are most anxious to get their causes heard before the Long Vaca tion, the functions of the highest equity judicature are entirely suspended. If this were the first occurrence of the same kind, it would be regarded as an unfortunate acci dent for which nobody in particular deserved blame; but the "block" in the Appeal Court has now become chronic. It requires some practical experience of Chancery work to form an adequate idea of the mischief and misery that result from closing the old hall of Lincoln's Inn. Analo gies with Common Law are altogether insufficient. In Westminster Hall there is little or nothing of that preventive jurisdiction to which we have adverted—the procedure by injunction. A de layed appeal to the Exchequer Chamber may be a hardship, but it can scarcely produce the irreparable mis chief which may result from the wrongful issue or refusal of an injunction. If we would realise the supreme im portance of keeping the Equity Appeal Court at work " paH passu" with the subordinate courts, we must re member, that where the coercive or preventive jurisdic tion is exercised erroneously, the mistake, unless speedily corrected, produces consequences which are irrevocable. THE CORK STRIKES. The Dublin Freemaa of to-day (Wednesday), com menting on the strikes in Cork, says :—" Peace has been restored in Cork after an interval of violence and an amount of injury to person and property, which reveals a social condition the reverse of satisfactory. Men have a right to combine for the protection of their labour, which is their only capital. If they are dissatisfied with the conditions on which that labour is remunerated the law empowers them to exact better conditions. But then it must be by respecting the rights of others. Though tranquillity is re-established a good understanding has not been restored between employer and employed. Dublin was never remarkable for strikes, and it never lost any branch of trade from that cause alone. It is now, and has long been, as free from trade disputes as any city in the United Kingdom. Harmony prevails between capital and labour, although the United Trades Association occasionally re minds the public of transgressions on the part of some employers more self-seeking than the rest, the best under standing prevails between masters and workmen, and is not likely to be interrupted." THE ALL ENGLAND CROQUET CLUB. The All England Croquet Club opened their annual prize meeting on the new ground which lies close to the South Western Railway, near the Wimbledon Station, and which, viewed from that line, must have been an ob ject of admiring envy to hundreds of croquet players travelling between Surbiton and Waterloo. This ground, being laid out on what was originally a slope, has been levelled into three terraces, one above another, trimly ambanked and communicating by means of short flights of steps. The long drought has told somewhat against the condition of the turf ; but by the unremit ting use of the roller and the garden hose a good deal has been done to supply the want of those heavy showers which are looked for at this time of the year. In fact, the ground was wonderfully good, considering all the disadvantages which have beset the formation—a work only commenced last October. The club, which has for its president the Earl of Essex, enrols many ladies among its members ; and the play on Monday was well maintained by the fair experts, among whom was the wearer of the lady's medal, won at Bushey, and of other marks of dis tinction. Competitors were matched single-handed, the best out of three games to be winner. The three terraces afforded ample space for four -pairs of players each ; and eleven games were in full swing at the same time, the twelfth space being appropriated to addition and substraction sweepstakes, open to all comers during the meeting, the gentlemen at twenty yards, and the ladies at fifteen. Tents were pitched on all the three terraces in anticipation of rain, which seemed to be impending, but which did not fall. On the upper terrace a refreshment pavilion was well supplied and assiduously superintended by Mr. Darke, of the Swan Inn, at Wimbledon. There was a very fair attendance of members, but the number of strangers on the ground was small, the principal attraction being reserved for to-day, when play will be opened for the champion prize, a silver cup of the value of fifty guineas. The holder of this trophy will have to play the winner of the All comers Contest next season, or to resign the prize ; but, should the champion be victorious in three consecu tive seasons, the cup will henceforth belong solely to him. Five matches by ladies were played on Monday, and nine by gentlemen ; and only two of either list were decided. On the whole, the present meeting gives promise of being as entertaining and agreeable as that which was held by the members of the Club last year i while the acquisition of ground which they can call their own, and which is so prettily situated that fetes unnumbered seem to shine in its future history, must have an addi tionally encouraging influence. — Mr. W. Johnson, M.P., has brought in a bill to alter and amend the law relating to the municipal fran chise in Ireland. He seeks to lower the qualification of burgesses from £lO to £4. A new and original operatta, composed by Virginia Gabriel, and entitled " Lost and Found," the words by Mr. George March, was performed at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool, on Monday. Mr. Toole will start on a short provincial tour through the principal towns on the 4th July. He will be accompanied by Mr. Billington, Mr. J. Eldred, and Miss K. Irwin. Tuesday was the thirty-second anniversary of her Majesty's coronation. The ceremony took place on June 28, 1838. The New York Times says that it is now definitely ascertained that the cotton crop of 1869 is very largely in excess of what it was estimated to be. The most encouraging accounts of the state of all the crops are arriving from every part of Ulster. Of the flax crop particularly the reports are very favourable. The Leeds Mercury understands that the Poor Law Board has decided to grant an inquiry into the case of fabricating voting papers at the recent election of guardians for one of the Leeds wards. A. case of murder and suicide is reported from Westmoreland. The wife of a labourer, at Deepdale, drowned herself and her infant son, under circumstances which leave no reasonable doubt that the act was preme ditated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE BIBURY CLUB MEETING (STOCKBRIDGE). HORSES ARRIVED. , Border Knight, Bonny Swell, Brown Duchess f, Brother to Lancet, Bob, Ben Macdui Cast Off, Colum bine f, Chivalry, Bonita, Cornet , Clotilde f, Digby Grand, Dulicibella f, Dragon, Golden Horn, Glenfalloch, High Church, Harmony l Hobart, History, Johannisberg, Jester, Jude, King Offa, King of Clubs, King of the Forest, La Rose, Mias Roland c, Neuchatel, Nymph f, Nudity, Procession, Prudentia l Ripponden, Ruxana, Scrubbing Brush c, Scarborough, Soucar, Small Hopes, Sunny, The Bell, Violet, Venus, Wandering Breeze, Worthless f, Avalanche , Adelaide, Annie Wood, Alma Mater. J. Day's, T. Day's, Haynes', and Holden's train here. Goater's train in the neighbourhood, and will walk over in the morning. SCRATCHINGS. Champagne Stakes.—Queen Isabel, Steppe, Naaman, Outsider, Dancing Girl, Lassie, Middleton Maid. Biennial—Hurstbourne, Gopsall, the Roe f, Stockwater, Albert Victor, Cassiope f, Maybird f, Miss Goldschmidt f, Bonnie Marie, Knightley, Nymph f, Colonel Ryan , Sauntering Alma, Rifleman 'Chaucer, Archer , Flurry , Mornington, Columbine c, Cfairvoyant c, La Welles:lto f. Handicap Sweepstakes.—Calypso, Sulphur. Bit ury Stakes.—Stockdale. NEWTON SUMMER MEETING. HORSES ARRIVED. Mulatto, Lumley, Pa.inlidler, Scottish Rose, Bonita, Discretion, Kellogg, Recovery, Josephine, Stamford, Blue Ruin, Acceptance, Plush, Superstition c, Alarm Bell f, Studious, Staffordshire, Nan c, Breakwater, Rejoinder, Flying Sap, Charnock, Truth, Pretty John, Lady Highthorn, Bright, Saratog a, Catalonia, Ruffian, Vichnu, IPera f, Eugenie c, Maid of Mickley c, Hunter, Jack of Diamonds, Lady de Trafford c (3 yrs), Sallie, Black Duchess, Indian Ocean, Edinburgh , Mas q uer, Emily, General Prim, Lothair. SCRATCHINGS. Out of all Newton engagements: Whinyard, Wanderer, Apemantus, Ploughboy. ODIHAM MEE FIN G.—TUESDAY. The Greywell Hill Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs. Straight half a mile. Mr H. Bird's Juliet,by Cavendish, Julia, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Dewitt) 1 Mr G. Taylor's Lincoln, 3 yr s, 7st 121 b ... . (Butler 2 Mr Beadman's Agnes, 3 yrs , 6st 111 b Skelton ) 3 Spitfire, Luna, Challenge (late Qui Vive), asquerade, Kaupai, Heirloom also ran. Won easily by three-quar ters of a length, The Dogmersfield Park Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each. Straight half a mile. Mr H. Goater's Our Tom, by Prime Minister—Pluck, 7st 111 b (inc. 51b ex.) (Butler) 1 Mr C. Clement's Woodland Maay, 7st 71b (Sydenham) 2 Mr R. J. Woodman's Olive, 751.......- .• •( 3 Hippodrome, Moscow also ran. Won in a canter by two lengths. The Odiham Handicap of 10 sovs each. One mile and a half, Mr G. Clement's Rover, by Oxford —Hopeful Duchess, 3 yrs, Est 81b Mr E. Rickard's La Sorrentina, 6 yrs, 6st 41b (G. Jarvis) 2 Mr Mortimer's Robespierre, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Jeffery) 3 Choral, Elsham, and Valentine also ran. Won by a length and a half. The Manor Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr G. Trimmer's The Skipper, by Orest—True Blue, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (Killick) Mr Spinks's Satellite, 3 yrs, 6st Sib (Newhouse) Mr T. Goddard's Victress, 8 yre, 7st 101 b (Wyatt) Kaupai, April Morn, and Travelle r also ran. Won a canter by two lengths. The Stand Plate of 30 sovs. Straight half Mr Martin's Delusion, by Thunderbolt—Mira Wild Dayrell, 2 yrs, fist 41b (so) (Jewitt) 1 Mr Arnull's Ada Byron, 2 yrs. 6st 71b ...(Newhouse) 2 Mr H. Goater's Carry, 3 yrs, Bet 21b (car Bst 31b) (£6O) (Cannon) 3 Romance, Nutmeg, Wistaria also ran. Won by a length. The Hurstbourne Welter Handicap of 5 sovs each. About one mile. _ Mr H. Temple's Fitz-Ivan, by Iv9n—Dia of Chase, 6 yrs, list 101 b (Capt. Geo. Johnson) 1 Mr H. Goatees Deansfield, 3 yrs, lOst 51b (inc. 71b ex) (J. Goater) 2 Mr Clement's Maggie, 4 yrs, 10st 71b (Mr reweat) 3 Victress also ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGER. 2to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 7 to 1 agst Macgregor (offered) 25 to 1 agst Captivator (offered —take 33 to 1) CITY BETTING-TuE DAT. GOODWOOD ST.AKT.S. 100 to 8 agst Capitaliste (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Moccolo (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Miss Sheppard (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst John Davis (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Revenge (taken and offered) 100 to 7 aget Indiun Ocean (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Newsman (taken) 25 to 1 agst Strathnairn (offered) 100 to 3 aget Toby (taken) 100 to 3 agst Jarnac and Cherie coupled (offered) 6to 1 agst Jarnac, Revenge, and Acaster mixed (taken) ST. LEGER. 6to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst King o' Soots (taken) BELTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 7 agst Revenge (taken) 100 to 7 agst John Davis (offered) 100 to 7 agst Capitaliste (offered) 200 to 12 agst Indian Ocean (taken) 200 to 12 agst Acaster (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bertha (offered) ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Kingcraft (taken) sto 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) THE UNIVERSITY CRICKET MA.TCH. The annual contest between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge was continued yesterday. Cambridge commenced their second innings by sending in Dale and Tobin, the dark blue bowlers being Francis and Belcher. In the latter's third over, Tobin played a ball into his wicket, the score denoting six. The Cambridge captain followed, and another piece of bad luck attended Cam bridge, as, after making six, he also played a ball " on," as did Fryer the succeeding one. The score was at ten when both these wickets came to grief. This was a succession of bad luck for Cambridge. How ever, Thornton proved a more abiding partner, and they soon hit off the balance against them, but when forty runs had been booked Butler went on at Belcher's end, and got Thornton caught at long on. Scott, who followed, put a ball up at point, which was taken, so that the fourth and fifth wickets both went when the score was at forty. The batting of Dale and Yardley was so steady and good that they put on runs at a greatly improved rate, and obtained as many as 22 off six overs, and by 1.20 eighty runs were posted. Here Belcher gave was to Hill, but he got " peppered" considerably, as many as eight being hit off his first over. The light blue cheers now preponderated as the score tended upwards, and they were redoubled when at half - past one 100 appeared on the telegraph. At 107 Hadow's round - arm slows were tried, and when 20 had been added to the score Fortescue was put on in place of Hadow. Still the scoring con tinued. At 1.50 Francis supersed Fortescue, and Belcher Hill ; and then there was a grand and general shouting when Ottaway caught Dale off a magnificent hit to long leg with one hand close to the ring of spectators. Dale played a faultless and fine free hitting innings of 67, and was loudly cheered " all round," as was Ottaway for his fine catch. Mackinnon joined Yardley, who continued his brilliant career, and that, too, despite the frequent changes of bowling, which by this time appeared to have got into a complete " tangle." They played on till luncheon time, when the total was up to 176. On resum ing play the light blue ran up the score to 206. After some very exciting play Cambridge won the game by two runs, the score standing thus :—Cambridge, Ist innings, 147 ; 2d innings, 206 ; Oxford, Ist innings, 175; 2d in nings, 176. LONDON GAZETTE.—LAST EVENING. WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNE 23. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on John Henry Briggs, Esq., late Chief Clerk of the Admiralty. JUNE 23. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Antonio Brady, Esq., late Superinten dent of Contracts at the Admiralty. CROWN OFFICE, JUNE 27. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Bristol—Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, of the city of London, merchant, in the room of Elisha Smith Robin son, Esq., whose election for the said city has been deter mined to be void. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 27. Robert Hastings Harris, Esq., has been this day pro moted to the rank of Commander in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 22d June, 1867, in the hauling-down vacancy of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas M. C. Symonds, K.C.8., late Commanding the Channel Squadron. BANKRUPTS. (Act 1869—T0 Surrender in London). Hiller, L. F. (not F. L. Hiller, as previously advertised), and Joseph Hart, Jewry-street, Aldgate, merchants, July 6, at 12. Maeers William Henry, West-green-road, Tottenham, and Stamford-hill, builder, July 14, at 11. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profesbion in preference to French brand-. Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs I)UNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.C. ~~' Y