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ne 19. B ea triel lurch 0. 1-DA - f . vonsbire a rt)' 10 carlt°' go , '' 000 0 ' 14 gave L fiel'eli qt IX. „. a o arnes o,i t , od , dt otter. 110 de d aln lev sol; 0 1 2 . • ~ 0° pio e and vhich )anish F Por- ntries, 'oject. artery Le two Spain. Prim talian been come st the 'ortu- adrid. Por him time rmed o dis- ion of use it rtions; panish r such .eadful digni be to saving some prding ;ricans ndeed, IttllallY 101.1913ry ill and for a .e col ts that only lamage Is only .est of rs, and that forces 7ement 3 not a move- 10 such lise his of the 7e been • direct mrably lase of 3 been f the a one nditioll 3nough and it ica has nt and 9, how' esideat erefore Senate eaty t° ar of octrixie [ that it Aineri ) trans' .To h as Power, ssing a ulatiou ded, 9 0 on that million ►. Tge able on would arther o tnnelav ►ortable •••• ar. IMPERIAL PA RLIA Ai EN T. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock, at which hour there was a full attendance of Peers. The Union of Benefices Bill, introduced by the Bishop of Oxford, the object of which was to give parishioners in places where the church was pulled down full rights in the common church that might b e appropr i a t e d to the united parishes, was read a second time. The Benefices Resignation Bill, the object of which was to extend to the beneficed clergy the provisions, of an act passed with regard to the retirement of bishops, was also read a second time. THE IRISH LAND BILL Earl GRANVILLE then rose to move the second reading of this bill, and commenced by referring to the difficulty of the task which had devolved upon him. He said that it had been admitted on all hands that there was great ne cessity for legislationon the subject, because the anomalies that existed produced the greatest ill-feeling between the landlord and the tenant. It was also desirable that some im provement should be made in the law with respect to la nd in Ireland, because it differed both in spirit and in letter from that in England. He was quite aware that the tenants in Ireland had grieva.nces,but so had the land lords; and with respect to the improvements that were Made it was most desirable that as the tenants mostly made them in Ireland they should be secured of receiving all the benefits they were entitled to. The noble earl then g a ve an outline of the attempts that had been made to deal With the land question in Ireland during the last 35 Ye ars, and then went on to observe that the Government after they had felt it their duty to deal with the subject had taken up the matter with a determination to act with St rict justice between landlord and tenant, and the pro visions of the bill he believed would be to carry out that intention to the utmost. The bill applied almost ex clusively to agricultural and pastural holdings in Ireland. 44 Primary object was to give the tenant, on being re- Moved by the landlord, compensation on quitting his hold ing for disturbance. The bill also gave to the tenant on quitting his holding, whether compulsory or not, com pensation for improvements. In the province of Ulster and other parts of Ireland where customs prevailed the tenant I' 4 ' 4 Permitted, not compelled, to claim under that cus rm, but if he did so his claim to any other compensa tion was debarred. When a claim was made, not under a Custom, the compensation was assessed according to a scale, the scale bearing an inverse proportion to the value o '` the holding. In every case where an application was Made for the interference of the court, the court would # Cause to be considered the equitable and moral aspect of case, and would make its award according to the wish of the la n dl or d an d the tenant. The tenant could not be evicted from the holding until the compensation was paid, and security given for it by lodging the amount in e Tirt; but in the event of the tenant being in arrears with 'is landlord, or having been guilty of a breach of cove :ll°4, the circumstance was to be taken into consideration 41 , the award. In addition, every tenant, in the absence (4 an agreement to the contrary, on quitting was to be entitled to the growing crops or their money value. The ab ove enactments were the pith of the bill, but he need hardly say there were many other minor details. With r egard to • the sale of land, provision was made that t , 11 : landlord might sell to the tenant, free of encumbrance, the tenant being required to "Posit one-third of the purchase-money, on being enabled borrow the remainder from the public sources, repay ing, the sum borrowed by an annuity extending over 35 L e al's. The bill was founded on the assumption that the Feat bulk of the tenantry were not competent to protect themselves, and the Government seeing the evils of the Present system had tried to remedy them with as little disturbance and change as possible, by falling back upon t he customs whi c h existed in the country, and the prac - H i 4 ,, ce , B of good landlords, who were distributed all over el and. He was not aware of all the objections that could be made to the bill, but he knew the sincere desire of its framers was to produce more friendly relations, and a better state of things than at present existed in that e i °llll trY,andito lead to increased prosperity throughout the 'L e ngth and breadth of Ireland. The Duke of RICHMOND said that within two years Par "araent had been asked to legislate for Ireland, and the n nlY reason given was that an exceptional state of things existed in that country ; but with regard to the course he b light feel it his duty to follow with regard to the propo sitions contained in the bill, he wished it to be clearly un ueratood that he guarded himself against its being sup. Posed that he admitted that any of the provisions of the rue It rire could be applied either to as England or Scotland. desirable to know whether there was any necessity for exceptional legislation, whether the bill met the evils e°lll P l ained of ; also, whether the proposed measure did not g o furth er th an was nece sary. There might be, he fully ad mitted, isolated instances of oppression, but he denied as a general rule that the Irish tenants were in competent to make bargains with the landlords or to pro tect their own interests. He could not admit that the Irish landlords treated their tenants with harshness, but he must say that the operations of the Encumbered Estates Act had brought about a peculiar state of things that ren dered some legislation at all events necessary. The nobleduke then proceeded to refer to the different clauses of the bill, Claus e 3 would call forth much consideration, but with regard to clause 5 he looked upon that as a direct inter ference with the rights of property. After the fullest consideration he had come to the conclusion that he ought to support the motion for the second reading, because in the event of the rejection of the measure they would be called upon again to consider the matter in another form, and perhaps, though he hardly thought it possible, worse than the present. He should go into committee with a full desire to amend the bill, and also with a strong deter mination not to upset the cardinal points of the bill. Earl RUSSELL expressed his approval of the measure, as he looked upon it as the only bill ever submitted to Par liament that really met the (evil of which so many com plained. He thought it most unjust that a tenant should be liable to summary eviction at the mere whim of his landlord without receiving compensation for improve ments. Yet, according to the present law in Ireland, such could be done. He was quite ready to admit that there were cases in which tenants were fairly treated, but When a case of oppression took place it produced a general f eeling of insecurity that rendered legislation absolutely necessary. The Government had undertaken a great duty, and he did sincerely hope, they would be able successfully to accomplish the end they had in view. He thought it Wa s a wise proposition not to extend the Ulster right to the whole of Ireland, as in some of the western parts it could not have been introduced without encountering great opposition and causing great mischief. By g iv ing the occupier compensation for improve ments actually made they applied the remedy Where it was really required. The bill had been so much improved in the House of Commons that he had thate to th e conclusion not to vote for any amen d ments might be attempted to be introduced. He enter the a san gu i ne h ope t h at t h e resu lt o f th e pass i ng o f parliam ent bill w ou l d show that the desire of the united British -rarliament was to do all that was possible to produce P r osperity in Ireland. ORANMoRE and BROWNE said he entertained the zeatest objecti ons t o th e bill, as it con tained principles a t ought 'nev er t o rece i ve th e s an ction of Parliament. li_ did not believe it would in the slightest degree put down agrarian outrage; and further, the bill took away the pr ° P e rtY of the landlo r d w ithout giving him compensation, a Proceeding which he could describe as nothing short of 411 act of dishonesty. He thought one peculiar fact that Ought to make their lordships hesitate before passing the t , ' Was that there had not been one single peti tion presented to the other House of Parliament in its favour, Re believed the measure was opposed to public OrahtY, i t t ` e gutY, right, and justice, and therefore he moved that 1 read a second time that day six months. Lordw o.. , PORTSMOUTH supported the bill, as he believed it fer ' i th d Put an end to capricious eviction, and that it would e future make the Irish tenant both peaceable and Joyal. Lord LIFFORD objected to the 'bill as it stood, as he beheved it would act as a total check to the prosperity of _ O l and, but h e did not w i s h it th rown ou t, as he hoped it ; 4 11 0 d rci l)e greatly imp r oved in committee. to re"`-'fl ., "uPFEnix strongly urged their lordships not only the bill a second time, but to pass it without any tours reel alteration. He - asked the House to adopt that Government, not as a follower and subordinate member of the We_veerlunent, but because the main provisions of the bill just and equitable, and perfectly consistent with teued.irights of property, and also because it would conduce 'ne peace and prosperity of Ireland. The Marquis of SALISBURY said it was very difficult c c unt him either to app rove or con demn the bill now under r4ort, siderati on . H e highly approved of t h e compensa ti on Prolses for improvement, as he believed they contained Posals which were not only wise but just. If it was onl y on b • the account of those propositions, he could not ring bill. h im self l to vote against the second reading of the as trzidso , approved of the part of the measure known Dbj ee . Bright 's clauses. Though a small proprietary was a. 4 _ t2onable in an economical point of view, yet that was th _ 43411 question as compared with the larger question of 4; h I P :a g t l i a e r a l e point of view. It was quite as possible to as well as a small sense, and his opinion THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1870. was that if there had been more small proprietors in Ire land, such a bill as that now before the House would never have been heard of. It was simply a proof that the Irish landlords were politically weak. With respect to the other proposals of the bill, he applauded the in tention, but he did not think the machinery was such as to carry them fully into operation. He ob jected specially to that part of the bill which proposed for the future to limit the liberty of contract. He was ready to admit that the difficulty of the Land Bill was not the Government's own seeking, and if they took rather a peculiar mode of getting out of the complicated state of affairs, they ought not to be too severely blamed. That however was no reason why they should include in an Act of Parliament a scheme of spoliation. They had come to the conclusion that the tenant was to be compen sated, and that a certain custom was to be observed, that closed the matter as far as the tenant was concerned, yet it was proposed under certain circumstances that the tenant should have a sum varying from athird to one-fourth of the fee of the land. They took it from the landlord's pocket in order to put it into that of the tenant. Although that would only occur under certain conditions, he was bound to say he should give the strongest opposition to that por tion of the bill, as he believed it was a violation of Parlia mentary obligation, and a proceeding that would in effect be divorcing a landlord from the management of his own property. The Earl of KIMBERLEY expressed pleasure at the tone in which the provisions of the bill had been commented on by their lordships, and then proceeded to explain and de fend the clauses that had been objected to by the Marquis of Salisbury, and contended that they were not asking the landlords to do more than good landlords did already. He was not so sanguine as to say the bill now under con sideration must succeed,. but he augured well for it from the tone in which it had been discussed, and if it should succeed its effect would be to lay the axe at the root of the tree of Irish disaffection. - Lord BANDON objected to many of the propositions of the bill, more especially the compensation, which he thought was fixed too high. Lord MoNeK gave a general support to the measure, but he thought there were too many occasions given for appeals, which would cause unnecessary litigation. On the motion of Lord CAIRNS the debate was ad journed. The Norwich Voters Disfranchisement and the Bridg water and Beverley Disfranchisement Bills were severally read a third time and passed. Their lordships rose at twenty minutes to one. HOUSE OF COMMON S.—TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four perty of the Church of England, but of the country at large. . • Mr. GLADSTONE reviewed the speech of Mr. Buxton, and alluded to the hon. gentleman's remarks about the power of Convocation. He (Mr. Gladstone) believed that . the character of Convocation wholly lay beyond the scope of the present discussion. If Convocation, being simply what it was, composed simply of bishops and a number of the leading clergy of the southern portion of the island, thought fit to acquire public authority by the dis charge of useful labours on the part of the Church, he did not think any one would grudge them authority of that kind, however much they might be disposed to contest any claim to authority in a a snore precise and rigid sense. With regard to expense, he said he did not think the expense should be borne by the public . . purse. If the Government were to ask for a vote in com mittee of supply, it might tend to prejudice the work, and under certain contingencies the vote might become a subject of painful discussion, such as they had always witnessed, and the number of whichit had been attempted to reduce. The, hon. member thought it would be best that the work should be initiated by the public and civil authorities. The Government, on the contrary, were of opinion that it would be most safely, most satisfac torily, and most effectually initiated by those efforts which could not pretend to public authority. They believed that it would be a wise course to allow persons who were willing to go to work in that very important field of labour, to produce their results, which results ought to be subject to the action of public opinion. Mr. Scourfield, Mr. Henley, Mr. R. N. Fowler, Mr. Beresford-Hope, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Macfie, and Mr. Newdegate having addressed the House, Mr. Buxton briefly replied to certain observations, and withdrew his motion. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE AND THE HARVEST. The Emperor is suffering from a slight attack of rheu matic gout, but the fall of 40c. in the Bourse was rather attributable to the drought than to, this illness. Flour rose five francs in the course of the day. THE COUNSEILS G-ENERAUX. The returns of the Counseils Generaux elections, so far as they are as yet known, are favourable to the Conserva tives. Four hundred and thirty-four Councillors were re elected, of whom- only nine were Radicals. Of the 274 new candidates, only 44 were Radicals, 10 of whom were unopposed. In 72 contested election the Conservatives Exeter stroke, by half a second. In the second heat Veasey, St. John's bow, and Mair, Worcester stroke (who had first position), beat Smith, University bow, and Lewis, University stroke, by four seconds. The winning pairs row the final heat this evening. NEW MEMBER. o'clock. Mr. Bailie Cochrane took the oath and the seat for the Isle of Wight. He was introduced by Sir John Hay and Sir James Elphinstone. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Mr. SINCLAIR AYTOUN asked the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee when the Committee would be prepared to present their report. _ Mr. HUNT said great progress had been made in the extent of the appropriation accounts, and he anticipated that the report on that part of the subject would be pre sented before the close of next month. There was, how ever, no hope that the report on the army and navy accounts would be presented before the close of August. SUNDAY TRADING. Mr. THOMAS CHAMBERS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would lay before the House a copy of the memorial sent to him in January last of the West London Association for Enforcing the Law against Sunday Trading, and all correspondence relating thereto. Mr. BRUCE said there would be no objection to lay the papers on the table irasked for. TRADES UNIONS. Mr. MELLY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he proposed to bring forward the promised measure for the regulation of trades unions during the present session ; or, if not, whether he intended to bring in a bill extending the operation of- the 32 and 33 Vict., c. 61, being an Act to Protect the Funds of Trades Unions from Embezzlement and Misappropriation, and which expires on the 31st August next. Mr. BRUCE said if he should be unable to introduce the bill during the present session, it would be his duty to move an extension of the act referred to. BEVERLEY COMMISSION. Mr. BoURKE asked the Attorney-General whether he had any objection to produce the interim reports of the Beverley Commissioners, to which he had alluded in the House. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had only spoken of one report, and there would be no objection to lay a copy of that on the table. FLOGGING IN DURHAM GAOL. Mr. PEASE asized the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention had been called to the case of George Maw, a prisoner in Durham County Gaol, who whilst undergoing a term of fourteen days' imprisonment for assault was, on the 30th of April last, flogged for an alleged assault upon the officers of the prison. Mr. BRUCE said no official information had been received on the matter, but he had directed inquiry to be made. THE WINE DUTIES. Mr. BASS asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether the expression attributed to him " supposing the Wine Duties to be reduced, which ii.very likely," had been correctly attributed. Mr. GLADSTONE said the expression had been ascribed to him through error. He never used the words that the wine duties were likely to be reduced, nor had he given any opinion on the subject. It was desirable that the contra diction should go forth, as great mischief might follow such a statement. REVISION OF THE AUTHORISED VERSION OF THE BIBLE Mr. BUXTON moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to invite the President of the United States to concur with her Majesty in appointing commis sioners to revise the authorised version of the Bible. He argued that although the matter had been taken in hand very promptly by Convocation, yet that body had no legal or legitimate right to act on behalf of the Established Church or the nation. The work ought, in his opinion, to be taken up by Her Majesty's Government. The opinion was widely held that Convocation was not the body to which the enterprise ought to be entrusted, al though he admitted that it had shewn a liberal spirit far beyond what might have been expected. At the same time the work of revision did not belong to any one party or nation, but it concerned the whole English speaking race throughout the world. Speaking in reference to the composition of the Committee of Convocation appointed to conduct the work, he said that the clergymen of the NorthernProvince,forming a large proportion of the Church of England had been excluded owing to an unfortunate misunderstanding between the two Convocations. He also pointed out that in Scotland great disappointment was felt that a selection had not been made of Scotch scholars. The question was whether they intended to regard Convocation as the representative and governing body of the Church of England. He held that it was a usurpation of power on the part of Convocation to put itself forward in that character, and remarked that since the Reformation it had had no legal right to act as the representative and governing body of the Church. He referred to the exclusively priestly character of Convoca tion, the laity being entirely excluded. It had been said that the matter was not so ripe that it was desirable it should be taken in hand as a national under taking, but the fact was that the case was as strong as it could be. The hon. gentleman then alluded to the prodigious strides which scholarships in England had made daring the last fifty years, and to the recognition of the errors of the authorised version. The hon. gentleman also called attention to the sources of errors in the Bible. It was admitted, he said, that the authorised version gave a distorted image of the original Scripture, and the question was whether they preferred the false translations, or would have the Scriptures as originally written. He noticed the objections which had been raised to a revision of the authorised version. He trusted that a translation might be made which should contain the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and free from every blemish presented to the Eng lish speaking nations throughout the world, so that there should no longer be anything to mar the beauty of the Bible or its force. Mr. P. WYNDHAM seconded the motion. He believed that the work if undertaken either by a Royal Commis sion or Convocation, would end in disappointment. It might be true that these men would act under criticism, but the question was, where would criticism be brought to bear? The initiation of so great a work should come from the highest power in the kingdom, namely, the Crown. The authorised version, he remarked, was not the pro- LOCAL TAXATION IN IRELAND. Colonel FRENCH moved for a select committee to in quire into the increase, during the last thirty-three years, of local taxation in Ireland, and report in what manner it might be diminished, and how far its incidence might be be more equitably distributed. Mr. URQUHART seconded the motion. Mr. M`LAREN hoped that if the committee were ap pointed the scope of its inquiry should include Scotland and England as well. Mr. C. FORTESCUE thought that the time was inoppor tune for the inquiry. At present two bodies wore sitting in relation to the subject, and he hoped by the next session to be in possession of definite information. - _ The motion was withdrawn. MEDICAL OFFICERS ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. Mr. RAMS drew attention to the hardships inflicted on medical officers serving on the west coast of Africa by the determination arrived at by the Secretary of State for War to disallow their claims to promotion, and moved that in the opinion of the House it was undesirable to deprive medical officers, who volunteered for service on the West Coast of Africa, before the Ist day of April, 1867, of those advantages by the prospect of which they were in duced to undertake that service. At five minutes past seven the attention of the Speaker was called to the number of members in the House. There not being forty members presant, the House was counted out at ten minutes past seven. A CHANCERY CASE SETTLED AT LAST. The Master of the Rolls delivered judgment yesterday in the case of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Re Carnegie's claim). His lordship admitted the claim, but hoped that the protracted litigation in this case would be settled by his decision. POLICE INTELLIGENCE Y ESTERDAY. DISORDERLY FOREIGNERS.—PhiIibert Mathieu, a shoe maker, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marl borough-street Police-court, with being drunk and also assaulting the police, and Alphonse Letoilleux, artist, was charged with being drunk and behavingin a disorderly manner and attempting to rescue Mathieu. From the evidence of Constable Evans it appeared that the two prisoners had a dispute at an oyster stall in Wardour street, and the foreigners eventually knocked some of them off the stall. A row ensued, and when the defendants were taken into custody Letoilleux assaulted the constable. A witness was called, named Jolly, but as he appeared somewhat confused in his account of the matter, owing to the amount of- refreshment he had taken, the magistrate fined Letoilleux 10s., and Mathieu 20s. SUICIDE BRIDGES.—Ann Leary, aged 26 years, was charged by Mr. Roue, inspector of the K division of police, at the Thames Police-court, with attempting to commit suicide at the Old Gravel-lane swivel bridge of the London Dock, where so many unfortunates have committed suicide. The prisoner was intoxicated when she made the rash attempt on her life. Inspector Rose said the many attempts of wretched and erring creatures to rid, them selves of life from the Old and New Gravel-lane bridges had put the police to great inconvenience and trouble. -The prisoner was remanded for a week. Ellen Cross, a married woman, was also brought up, on remand, charged with an attempt at self-destruction at the New Gravel- I lane swivel bridge of the London Dock, which has gained the same unenviable notoriety as the other bridge for the many suicides committed there ; but she was discharged, after being admonished by the magistrate. CHARGE AGAINST A JOCKEY.—A jockey, who gave the name of Charles Jones, was charged before Mr. Arnold, at the Westminster Police Court, with two assaults and w ilfully destroying a coat. Arthur Coe, footman to Baron Bruce, and Wm. Aylett, coachman to Sir Wm. Mansfield, gave evidence, and stated that while standing quietly at the corner of E at on-lane last night, a youth dressed as and annoyed Aylett by walking round ahinijoetkNejcec,amand theneup ru nning his spursinto him. He took no notice of this, and then the lad came and struck him in the stomach. He ordered him off on that occasion, but a third time the lad came up and annoyed and struck him, and then Aylett, incensed at the annoyance, seized the lad and threw him into the road. The defendant then rushed up and, joined by half a dozen others, made a general onslaught upon both Coe and Aylett, striking them several times and tearin g Coe's coat all to pieces. Defendant utterly denied the intention to annoy the com plainants ; said he merely went to the assistance of the lad, who was being ill-treated, and who had put on his ockey's clothes for spott. LONDON GAZETTE —Last Evening, CROWN OFFICE, JUNE 14. M EMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Couuty of the Isle of Wight—Alexander Dundas Whis hart Ross Baillie Cochrane, of Lamington, in the county of Lanark, Esq., in the room of Sir John Simeon, Bart., deceased. County of Leicester—Southern Division—Wm. Unwin Heygate, Esq., in the room of Frederick Louis Curzon Howe (commonly called Viscount Curzon), now Earl Howe, called up to the House of Peers. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Charles Sebright, now Her Majesty's Consul at Cephalonia, to be Her Majesty's Consul in the lonian Islands, to reside at Corfu. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Honourable Berkeley Wodehouse, C.M.G., now Her Majesty's Consul at Zante, to be Her Majesty's Consul at Dunkirk. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, Esq., now her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Cyprus, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Island of Crete. JUNE 10. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Almon A. Thompson as Consul at Goderich for the United States of America. BANKRUPTS. W. N. Crampton, clerk at the Admiralty, Whitehall. James Sparkhall Bacon, miller, Ely. James Clark, Sunbury. John Clarke, needle manufacturer, Redditch. James John Coke, linendraper, Surbiton. Samuel Peers Gore, wood and ivory turner, Liverpool. Mary Hancock, licensed victualler, lembroke Dock. Samuel Pointon, mine contractor, Hanley. Joshua Rowbotham, licensed victualler, late of Dunkin• field, now of Ashton-under-Lyne. Frederick Thomas Towill, Surbiton. Lord Stair will succeed Lord Ailsa as Lord Lieu tenant at Ayrshire. We are informed that there is no truth in the report that Mr. Charles Wykeham Martin, M.P. for Newport, Isle of Wight, is about to apply for the Chil tern Hundreds. • THE ST. GOTHARD RAILWAY.—The Swiss Minis ter at Berlin has been empowered to sign a convention with Count Bismark, by which the North German Con federation grants a subvention of ten million francs to the St. Gothard Railway. I ADVERTISEMENT.] --Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Lumbago, derangements of the kidneys, rheumatism, tic doloreux, all excruciating pains of the muscles and nerves, are relieved with astonishing rapidity by the use of this extraordinary ointment. The affected parts, previously fomented with warm water, have only to be briskly rubbed with this soothing unguent to obtain instant cure. Whilst the ointment cures the local ailment the pills remove the constitutional disturbance, and regulate every impaired function of every organ throughout the human body. The cure is neither temporary nor superficial, but permanent and complete, and the diseases rarely recur, so perfect has been the purification performed by these searching yet harmless preparations. THE SPANISH CROWN. It is reported from Madrid that a copy of Queen's Isa bella's abdication has been received there. Espartero has again declared that he will not mix in politics. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) PRESIDENT GRANT AND CUBA. (By Atlantic Cable). NEW YORK, June 14. President Grant has sent a message to Congress, con demning the manner in which the conflict in Cuba is waged on both sides. He represents that the object of the Cubans in urging the concession of belligerent rights is to embroil • America in a war with Spain ; and declares his inability to see that the present conditions of the contest constitute war in the sense laid down by international law. He invites the attention of Congress to all the bearings of the question in connection with the declaration of neutrality, and the granting of belligerent rights. The message has been referred to the Committee of the Senate on Foreign Affairs. A motion to lay it on the table has been negatived in the House of Representatives. THE AMENDMENTS ON THE EDUCATION BILL. A meeting of Nonconformist ministers and others was held in Manchester yesterday afternoon to protest against the inadequate character of the amendments proposed by Government to the Elementary Education Bill. A reso lution to that effect was adopted, together with a decla ration that ;unless such !amendments were introduced into the bill as should definitely secure the unsectarian cha rrcter of schools supported or assisted by school boards, it could not possibly be accepted by Nonconformists as a final and satisfactory settlement of the question. In the evening a conference of the Nonconformist Sun day school teachers of the counties of Lancaster, Chester, and Derby was held, at which a similar resolution was adopted. Twenty-three towns and unions in the three counties were represented at the conference The consti tuencies of the delegates embraced nearly twenty thousand teachers. ELECTION OF REGISTRAR AT OXFORD. The numbers at the close of the polling for the office of Registrar, at Oxford, were the Rev. E. Turner, 497; the Rev. Thomas Bayne, 294. Majority for the Rev. E. T. Turner, 203. REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH. Mr. Warner, late member for Norwich, arrived in that City yesterday, for the purpose of conferring with his friends and supporters, on the subject of the redresentation of Norwich. The meeting was a private one, but it is un derstood that resolutions were passed forming the meeting into a committee, for the purpose of testing the feeling in Norwich in reference to Mr. Warner's candidature. TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.- FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP ELECTION, 1870. The new Fellow is Mr. Cathcart. The following are .the new classicil scholars : Stack, West, Bourshier, Hackett, Cordner, Kane, Hughes, Keating. The tollowing are the new science scholars :—Fitzgerald, Keane, Orr, Wilson. • COMMEMORATION AT CAMBRIDGE. The proceedings in connection with Cambridge Cpm memoration began yesterday by the annual recitation of prize poems. These proceedings took place in the Senate house at noon in the presence of a distinguished audience. The undergraduates in the gallery behaved very wel, indeed, their conduct contrasting strongly with that of previous years. PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR OF BRIDGWATER. At a banquet held at Bridgwater on Monday, the Town Council presented the Mayor, George Bryant Sully, Esq., with a beautifully chaste service of plate, value £7O, each article bearing a representation of an infant and cradle. The presentation was made to commemorate the interesting event of an addition to the Mayor's family. Mr. Sully has filled the office of Mayor two years in succession, and discharged the duties of the mayoralty during a trying and eventful period in the history of Bridgwater very efficiently. The presentatation was made by Mr. Carslake, Town Clerk. DEATH FROM THE ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY A. The boy Ritchford, who was crushed between two wagons on Thursday last, has died. The doctor at the inquest was surprised that he had lived so long, as his skull was fractured from the base to the temple. No blame is attached to the company. THE MINERS' AGITATION IN FIFESHIRE. In accordance with a resolution agreed upon at a meet ing of the miners' of Fifeshire, held some days ago, the eight hours' system has within the last few days been adopted at nearly all the coal pits in the county. At Lochgelly, and one or two other extensive collieries, where the drawers were recovering a day's wages according to the number of hours during which they were employed a reduction of pay proportionate to the reduction in the hours of labour was notified by the masters. The drawers refused to continue working on these conditions, and for some days the pits stood idle. After deliberation, how - ever, nearly the whole of the drawers have returned to the pits, with the view of working out a fortnight's notice. THE HASLAND THER COLLIERY ACCIDENT— ANO. The second man, Parsons, injured in the colliery acci dent at Hasland, died yesterday in the hospital. The inquest has been opened by the coroner, Mr. Busby, and adjourned for a week in order that the Government inspector may properly investigate the case. The pro prietor of the colliery says that the deceased men had no right whatever to work where they did, and in so doing they bloke the rules of the colliery. ANOTHER FRAUDU DED LENT TRUSTEE ABSCON. Within the past few days it has come to light at South Shields that one of the officials connected with the local branch of the Ancient Order of Foresters has absconded with a considerable sum of money belonging to the Widow and Orphans' Fund. As trustee, he was authorised to ob tain from the treasurer of the fund the sum of £340, to be deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank. The cash was duly handed to him, and he gave a receipt for it. Instead, however, of depositing the whole in the bank, he placed therein only £lOO, and decamped with the remainder, £240. No clue has yet been obtained as to his where abouts. TRADE INTIMIDATION. At the Sheffield Town Hall, yesterday, four Unionists, formerly employed at the Shorncliffe colliery, were com mitted for intimidating a non-Unionist, now working for Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co. Two were sentenced to three months, and the other two to two months impri sonment. SUSPECTED MURDER. The body of a girl named Young, 15 years of age, was found yesterday lying dead in a pool of blood, with part of her head blown off, in one of the rooms of a farm house in Craig's parish, Symington, near Ayr. The girl's master, Mr. Smith, with his wife and family and friends had gone out for an excursion, leaving the deceased and a servant lad 17 years of age in charge of the house. The discovery of the supposed murder was made by a relative of the family, who called half an hour after they had left. A gun belonging to Mr. Smith was found near the body. The servant lad had packed up his clothes, and taken his departure. The police are searching for him. AQUATICS AT OXFORD. The University pair-oar races at Oxford took place last evening, when two heats were rowed. In the first heat Moss, Baliol bow, and Leslie, Pembroke stroke (who had first station), beat Armistead, Exeter bow, Parnall, SUICIDE AT A RAILWAY STATION. A gentleman named Edwards, residing at Clifton, while waiting on the platform at the Dawlish Railway Station, last evening, threw himself across the line as a train ap proached. The wheels of all the carriages passed over his waist, cutting him almost in two. He was only 40 years of age, and had been married only a few months. His wife was on the platform and witnessed his death. De ceased had shown signs of derangement, and was accom panied by a man servant or keeper, who had only a moment before left him. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS-THIS MORNING. CHARLES DICKENS IN THE ABBEY. Charles Dickens (says the Telegraph) was yesterday morning buried in Westmidster Abbey, in accordance with the feeling that so great an Englishman could not be spared from the company of worthies resting there ; but the ceremony was performed at an early hour, after the manner indfcated by his unassuming spirit, with privacy and the utmost simplicity. The place where he lies well becomes him ; Handel, Sheridan, and the poet Gray, Cumberland, and Garrick, sleep near at hand; Shakespeare's monument looks down upon the spot; while the master of our present-day fiction rests not far away from " Rare Ben Johnson." These be " great company ;" and if any one regrets that the last corner was added to the goodly fellowship of intellect and art so quietly, it is, Heaven knows, a poor and vain tribute, after all, to make a pageant out of the heart's loss, and seek to express grief and love by the sombre gewgaws of the undertaker's shop. We have given Dickens a grave where the best and greatest among our dead are laid, because the best and greatest do generally receive such homage ; and it is, moreover, be coming and useful to have enriched the Santa Croce of England with " all that can die " of a writer who, with so much humour, so wide a knowledge of humanity, and so sweet an eloquence, never penned an ignoble or impure line. This was done no less for our sake than for his, because, as he made his own greatness, so, being dead, he could have taken care of it by his own tombstone; for— we repeat it—the place where his body rested could want no previons history and no associations; it must have become, by reason of that single grave, such as Stratford upon-Avon is—a burial-place consecrated for ever, and to all the world, by a single presence and a single inscrip tion. It is better, nevertheless, to have him resting among his peers, the first and greatest children of Britain; and better still to have laid him there in the simplicity and modesty which he preferred and desired. The Daily News says that Charles Dickens lies in West minster Abbey, along with the great chiefs and peers of English literature. It is his proper place. His surviving relatives have known how to reconcile reverential regard to the simplicity and humility of mind which expressed itsel in his funeral instructions, with a recognition of the nation's title to pay him the highest posthumous honour in its power. He belonged to himself and to his family, but he belonged also to the English people, of whose life in the nineteenth century he was the truest of all interpreters. It is creditable to the English people hard and materialistic as they sometimes reproach themselves with being, that their favourite should have been one whose pages are not more remarkable for their unique genius than for the humble and reverent faith, the cheerful and genial hope, and the large and penetrating charity which they overywhere display. An age and a people which have reverenced and loved Dickens have a right to respect themselves. But we will not be betrayed into delivering, over his scarcely closed grave, one of those funeral orations which he abhorred. His true eulogy lies in the books which have delighted all readers, and purified and softened the moral intellectual atmosphere which we breathe every day. He is really the author of far more than he wrote ; and his works at once follow him, and remain behind him to continue their beneficent influences. Yale, vale / THE LORDS AND THE LAND BILL. The Times observes that a debate which is to end in the passing of a bill without a division is necessarily pursued at a great disadvantage, and the Lords were certainly not perfectly successful last night in overcoming this initial difficulty. Lord Oranmore, dogged as he may be in resolution, can scarcely persist in forcing a division upon the Land Bill against the feeling of the House and the counsel of the leaders of the Oppdsition, and if he did prove himself sufficiently deter mined to divide, he would hardly find half a score to vote with him. The opposition to the bill may, therefore, be be treated as non-existent. The Duke of Richmond avowed his intention of supporting the measure, and though he found many hard things to say of it as un necessary, and even unjust in some of its main provisions, the amendments of which he gave notice were trifling in character and touched none of its essential elements; and there can be no doubt that the Duke accurately reflects the opinions of the great party of the House of whom he is the leader. They with him do not like the bill, and they do not scruple—so little is their policy—to show their dislike of it while they are ready to accept it. It would have been wiser to have made a generous show of goodwill before swallowing the unwelcome morsel. Lord Salisbury, who was the only other speaker last night from the front Opposition bench, did, indeed, praise the principles of the bill, and con fined himseif to a criticism of the details of the means proposed to make them operative. With an opposition in front of him which was no Opposition, it is not surprising that Lord Granville should have put off all show of fighting. The fact that Lord Salisbvry confined his attack to the figures of the scale, following, as it did, the Duke of Richmond's practical acquiescence in the principle of the measure, is sufficient to show that the bill will soon be added to the Statute-book, with few alterations, and those of slight moment, in its present provisions. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The Standard says that the Duke of Richmond ad mitted the bill had been received with very extensiv acquiescence, and had been much improved in its passage through the other house; he felt that it would be unwise and dangerous for their lordships to reject it, and he should. therefore, support the second reading. Having in these words satisfied all present as to the practical issue of the debate, the duke pro ceeded to explain the amendments he intended to propose in committee. The real value of the present discussion is in the light it throws on such amendments, and on the arguments and influence that will be brought to bear in their favour ; for it has long been known that the Lords were not likrly to reject the bill. The duke promised that he would not attempt by a side wind to defeat the bill, or to get rid of any of its main provisions ; and this promise obliges him to waive several of the strongest objections he had made toits character and purport. The question of interest to the House and to the country was what the Conservative majority meant to do, and this we now know. There is nothing in the proposed amendments that is inconsistent with the strictest adherence to the principles of the bill ; nothing that Mr. Gladstone can fairly object to, nothing that he ought not readily to con cede to the authority of the Peers, and in gratitude for the forbearance of the landed interest. How he may act we cannot pretend to guess ; this we know, that no candid Liberal will hesitate to say that if the House of Lords pass the amendments of which the Duke of Richmond has given notice, they ought to be—and, the influence of the Premier apart, would be—accepted, if not welcomed, by the House of Commons. The competition for the Challenge Cup of the Bur gesses of Westminster took place yesterday, and it was won by Captain Styan's, 13th Company. Yesterday the Conservative Peers met at the Duke of Richmond's, to determine their policy with re spect to the Irish Land Bill. The Duke entered into an explanation, and his remarks were very well received. The Bolton Cotton Operative Spinners' Associa tion have forwarded another circular to their employers asking the advance of 5 per cent. on present prices which was taken from them in November last. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—A. boy named Thomas Cowan, aged about eight years, son of a widow residing in Berwick, has died of hydrophobia. On the 20th of May a terrier dog had been fighting with another dog, and went home in a very excited state. Shortly afterwards it attacked the boy, and inflicted several very severe wounds on his face and other parts of the body. A Miss Young, in endeavouring to screen the boy from the dog, was also bitten. The boy's wounds healed well, and he so far recovered that he was able to be about on Tuesday ; but on Wednesday symptoms of hydrophobia shewed them selves. A medical gentleman gave it as his opinion that he was suffering from hydrophobia in a most aggravated form. This opinion was corroborated. The little fellow got gradually worse, and became very violent. He foamed at the mouth, bit and scratched at every person who ap proached him, and had to be tied in bed. His sufferings were very great, and in this condition he continued until justices has death the othe r morn i ng . A mee ting of the has been held, when it was resolved to give notice to the public against allowing dogs to wander at large. MONETARY REPORTS-TUESDAY. In the Stock Exchange the business doing has not been extensive, and a weakening tendency has been in some instances apparent, but no important change has taken place in values. In the consol market the transactions have been on a limited scale, and influenced by the prospect of a high range in the value of cereal produce, the quotations have had a drooping tendency. For delivery the quotation has been 92g, 92, ex div., and for the July account, 92, 92k, ex div. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 92i to 92i ; Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem. Bank Stock has marked 234 to 236. Indian Five per Cents., 111 to 111 i ; and Indian Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. The market for English railway stocks has been de pressed, and, with the exception of an advance of I in North-Eastern, the quotation being 1488 to 1481, the movements have been unfavourable. Metropolitan at 65g, is 1 lower ; London and Brighton at 44k, *; Great Northern A., at 136 i, Great Eastern at 412, ; Midland, 1321, g ; London and North-Western 1301, ; and Great Western, 74k, Indian stocks have been quiet but firm. Canadian shares have been dealt in quietly, and prices have been without change. In foreign shares the transactions have been restricted. As regards foreign bonds, Prussian have maintained the late advance being quoted at 91g. Italian, at 601, are better. Spanish (1867), at 32k, *; ditto (1869), at 31 9-16, 1-16 ; Turkish 6 per Cents. (1865), at 65k, ; and ditto (1869), at 65k, * per cent. higher. Turkish 5 per Cents. are quoted at 54 7-16, and Mexican at 16k. The Five- Twenty Bonds (1882) are at 90. Erie shares are better, at 18k. Bank shares have been steady, but without movement. In telegraph shares the transactions have been on a limited scale. Anglo-American and French cables are each slightly easier on the proposed introduction of a New Atlantic Cable. Falmouths, however, have been better. Telegraph Construction shares at 29a are lower. In Miscellaneous Securities the transactions have been limited, and the movements have been unimportant. The sum of £47,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day. The Hermann, from New York, has brought £60,500. As regards the exchanges, the rates on Paris have been firm, but those on Austria are lower. We are informed that General Prim denies the truth of a report from Philadelphia respecting an attempt by him, or the Spanish Government, to raise a loan on the security of the Cuban revenues, and in concurrence with the Cuban Junta at New York. There has been a good demand for money to-day, prin cipally in connection with the fortnightly settlement, and the rates have been firm. Three months' paper has been charged 2i to 3 per cent. A prospectus has appeared of Rust and Co. (Limited), piano-forte and harmonium manufacturers, with a capital of £lOO,OOO, in shares of £5 each. With reference to the notice stating that the Anglo- Austrian Bank had only paid X 1 Bs. 9d. per share as dividend for the year 1869, it should have been stated that the dividend for the past year was £3 2s. Id., equal to 35i per cent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT RACES-TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 200 added. The new mile. Mr Ray's Green Riband, by Knight of St. Patrick — Beechnut, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (£6OO) (Grimshaw) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Rosicrucian, 5 yrs, lOst 91b (in 91b ex) (Wells) 2 Mr Buckenham's Simplon, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (£6oo)(Hibberd) 3 Prosper, Cap-a-Pio, Brambridge, Rifleman, Van Am burgh, Adrastus, Lord of the Isles f., Rather High, Cornet, Jack in the Box, Sister to Polly Perkins, Brennus, Aberdeen, The Detective also ran. Won easily by two lengths. Sir J. Hawley claimed the winner. The First Year of the Thirteenth Ascot Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each. T.Y.C. Mr. Merry's Perth, by Dundee—Lady Dot, Bst 101 b (Grimshaw) 1 Lord Falmouth's Ortolan, Bst 61b Mr H. Savile's Ripponden, Bst 101 b (Maidment) 3 Bab at the Bowster f, Sauntering Alma, Scrubbing Brush, and Ranting Tom also ran. Won by a length. The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty. 'Two miles. Sir J. Hawley's Siderolite, by Asteroid—Aphrodite, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Wells) 1 Mr W. Graham's Formosa, 5 yrs, Bst 121b...(Fordham) 2 Betting-11 to 10 on Siderolite, who led all the way and won by a length. LATE WINNERS OF HER 1864 Young Rapid, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 1865 Eltham, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 1966 Elland, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b 1867 Mail Train, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b MAJESTY'S GOLD VASE. 1868 Blinkhoolie, 4 ys, Bst 101 b 1869 Thorwalsden, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 1870 Siderolite, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 50 sous each. Nem course (about one mile and five furlongs.) Ninety-two subs. Mr J. Dawson's King o'Scots, by King Tom—Kathe rine Logie, Bst 101 b Mr G. Jones's Astolfo, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 2 Mr W. S. Crawfurd's Claudius, Bst 101 b (Chaloner) 3 Pearl Finder, Walter, Dolphin, Salamis, Stanley, Sun light, ITamarini, Champion, Normanby, and Prince of Wales also ran. Won by two lengths. The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs each. Two miles and a half. Mr. G. Payne's Musket, by Toxophilite, dam by West Australian—Brown Bess, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Chaloner) 1 Mr. Bowes's Silver Band, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (F. Webb) 2 Lord Wilton's Curio, 6 yrs, Bst (in 71b ex) (Maidment) 3 Young Fenton also ran. Won by three-parts of a length. A Maiden Plate of 100 sovs for two-yr-olds. Lord Vivian's Gunga Jee, by Orlando—Himalaya, Bst 71b (French) 1 Mr. H. Wright's South Durham, Bst 101 b (Wyatt) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Pink, Bst 71b (Morris) 3 The following also ran :—Lily of Killarney, Moscow, Helios, Moula, Sister to Elferon, Queen of the May Rigolboche, Miss Sharp, and St. Aubyn. The Queen's Stand Plate. Fifteen subs. Mr Merry's King of the Forest, by Scottish Chief— Lioness, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Hunt) 1 Mr W. Goodwin's Perfume, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (Lynch) 2 Mr Graham's Digby Grand, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b (Rowell) 3 Starlight, Pate, Rosicrucian, Hawthornden, and Seville colt. The Third Year of the Sixteenth Ascot Triennial Stakes. Once round and in, starting from the Grand Stand. Mr. G. Bryan's Royal Head, by Stockwell—Wood craft's dam, Bst 31b (Maidment) 1 Baron Rothschild's Midsummer, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Chaplin's Bertha, Bst 51b (Jeffery) 3 Won by a length. BETTING ON THE COURSE. ROYAL HUNT CUP. 4to 1 agst Judge (taken freely) Bto 1 agst Typhoeus (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Dolphin (offered) 10 to 1 agst Rafale (taken) 15 to 1 agst Plaudit (taken) 16 to 1 agst Uncas (taken) 20 to 1 agst Chawbacon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tim Weaver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blue Bell (taken) 25 to 1 agst Flyaway Jack (taken) 25 to 1 agst Prince Henry (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blacklock (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Perth (taken) Ptarmigan is disqualified for all races he has won this year on account of his owner being in the forfeit list. The objection was lodged by Mr J. Foy, the owner of Patrician, who was second to him at Chester. The question of bets will have to be settled by the committee of Tattersalls'. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. TUESDAY. ROYAL HUNT CUP. 3to 1 agst Judge (taken and offered-7 to 2 taken freely) 8 to 1 agst Typhceus (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Dolphin (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Rafale (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Chawbacon (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Blue Bell (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rupert (taken) 20 to 1 agst Soucar (offered-25 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 agst Blacklock (offered-25 to 1 taken) 25 to 1 agst Tim Weaver (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Oxonian (taken) 40 to 1 agst Pandore (taken) 40 to 1 agst Flyaway Jack (taken) 100 to 8 agst Mr Brayley's lot (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. ROYAL HUNT CUP. to 1 agst Dolphin Oaken freely) B'to 1 agst Judge (taken) 10 to 1 agst Typhoeus (taken) 12 to 1 agst Uncas (taken) 100 to 6 agst Blue Bell (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blacklock (taken) 20 to 1 agst Chawbacon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Prince Henry (offered) 20 to 1 agst Oxonian (offered) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 9to 2on the field (offered) CRICKET.— Yesteday, at Lord's ground the match " Nottinghamshire v. M.C. C. and Ground," was con tinued. /Nottinghamshire had scored 267, and the Club gained 180. Of this number Mr. Grace contributed 117 (not out), and Mr. I. D. Walker 48—all the remaining bats, with extras, mustering only 15 between them.