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MOSES and SON:— 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES. 83, ALDGATE. 84, ALDGATE. 85, ALDGATE. 86, ALDGATE. 87, ALDGATE, 88, ALDGATE. 89, ALDGATE. 506, NEW OXFORD STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 508, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 1, HART-STREET. 2, HART-S IRE ET. 3, HART-S PRE ET. 137, TOT CENHAM-COURT-ItOAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch 19, BRIDGE-STR,EI , Ir, BRiDFORD, YOIIKS 20, BRIDGE-STREILT, lIRXDFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE. In consequence of frequent misrepresentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any tra vellers or agents, and that their only Establishments aro the above-mentioned. d r i 1111 LONDON, 7UESDAY, MAY 19, 1868. The country by this time must be heartily tired of the tactics of the Opposition, and should they carry their point of an immediate dissolution they will be told pretty plainly what is the general opinion concerning the course they have thought fit to take. After many persons had believed that the rest of the session would pass quietly, to all intents and purposes, the decision of the committee on the Scotch Reform Bill suddenly brought the house face to face with another of those Ministerial crises now unhappily so frequent, and the Chairman was ordered to report progress, the further con sideration of the bill being fixed for next Monday. This is unfortunate in all re spects, and the most absurd thing is that the matter is not of such infinite importance after all, besides which the attendance was thin at the time when the decision of the Committee was arrived at. Great credit cannot be given to the judgment of those who supported Mr. bouvErim's amendment, and it is not saying too much to pre mise that some of them really did not understand the whole bearing of the thing. A very hasty de cision was come to at last, and, after futile at tempts to overrule the objections, Mr. BOUVERIE'S amendment was carried triumphantly. The confu sion which reigned in the House, the divergence of opinion, and the unsatisfactory conclusion arrived at, and the postponing the consideration of the measure, must be attributed to the tactics of the Opposition. They are evidently relentless ; and Mr. GLADSTONE pursues his purpose of harassing and annoying the Government at every opportu nity—much after the fashion of the Indian, who follows the trail of his enemy, so he persists at all hazards in his course. The Government had earlier in the evening consented to the adoption of Mr. BAXTER'S proposal for providing the extra seats required by Scotland in the representation by sacrificing the smallest boroughs in England ; but Mr. BOUVERIE'S amendment was another thing. He desires to give up the rating proposal altogether, and to convert practically the borough franchise into household suffrage. We wonder that when the com mittee consented to so extraordinary a proposal the Government should have deemed it advisable to desire time for consideration as to the course they should adopt. To show how inconsistent people can be when it suits their turn to be so—for Mr. GLAD STONE was last year very much against the scheme of the Government as going too far—and now he and his friends advocate the adoption of a principle which goes mach farther, and which, if given into, will, as all must recognise upon reflection, compro mise the English Bill. It is most likely that many who agreed so heartily to the amend ment of Mr. BOUVERIE. will regret it this morning, if they did not last night, when they realise the complications it had given rise to. This is the more likely, because the Scotch rating did not entail by any means the changes brought about by the English system of last year. It may not be understood very clearly by all that in Scotland there is no compounding, and hence a much simpler process is arrived at ; every house holder who paid rates would be able to record his vote. A thin house is often very apt to jump at conclusions, and this was fully proved by the result THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1868. arrived at last night. What with the anxiety of some of the Opposition to defeat the Government at any cost, and the impatience of others who would neither take the trouble to understand the particu lars of the case themselves nor let others do so either, there seemed no choice given to the committee but to rush to a division. All this having been duly considered, it follows that the position of the Government is not so mate rially affected as some would have made out that it was. No doubt animated by the best motives, but following the example of the committee, by being in too much of a hurry, several members rose and urged upon the Prime Minister the necessity of immediate action, resignation or dissolution. Had they fol lowed their own inclinations in all probability the Ministers would have dissolved before this time, but it must be remembered that a great responsibility rests upon them, and that they cannot neglect the business of the house or sacrifice the interests of the country to suit their own convenience or satisfy the morbid notions of candid friends and considerate foes respecting their honour. We should imagine that those statesmen are the most deserving of respect who are not always thinking of themselves, but rest their claims to renown upon the skilful performance of their work and the honest intentions with which they carry out their purpose. In the present case the committee may agree to reconsider the hasty deci sion arrived at yesterday, and until they have re fused to do so, or to allow some alteration to be made in the extreme view taken by them, it cannot fairly be said that the Government need adopt one of the two extreme proposals offered to them. If another division be taken with the same result the Government will then be compelled to resort to extremities, and an immediate dissolution would most probably take place. This would be a circumstance to be regretted on many accounts ; first, because of the impossibility of the new Par liament being then called together; and next on ac count of the inconvenience thereby created. We hope for the general interest that this will be avoided, but if not the Opposition will have to take the responsibility, and onus of an unsatis factory and vexatious issue A more factious course than that now being pursued has sel dom if ever been seen, and the public will have a quick eye to see where the blame rests. As for those who so kindly declare that the Government cannot remain in their places any longer, they seem to forget that a dissolution has been commented upon, and that only those factious delays and unnecessary obstacles that aro here made prevent the speedy settlement of affairs with a view to that end in a collective form. Sir C. RUSSELL said very truly that the country thoroughly understood ehat the question now in dispute was not the Irish Church, but merely a struggle for power, and this is a very good definition of the matter. We believe that the general feeling this day experienced will be that of disappointment at another of these com plications having arisen, but the Government must not be disheartened, but fight on with a good grace, for there is no occasion whatever why they should give in to a system of persecution like that which the eager aspirants for place are carrying on, and which neither deserves success nor is likely to get it, except at the expense of Parliamentary in dependence and public opinion. Among the many delays and inconveniences now thwarting the course of public business, for which we have to thank the restless impatience of the Opposition to return to their old seats, we must now include the postponement of the Education Bill. It could not, of course, be expected that either House could, in the present unsettled condi tion of affairs, give due attention to so weighty and momentous a subject. The education of the people is a matter of the utmost importance. Looked at in the abstract, it is of more consequence than even Parliamentary Reform itself. A Reformed Parliament may indeed be necessary to secure the liberties of the people, but an uneducated people would not know how to use its privileges. The subject is indeed less within the pale of legis lation than popular representation. An act of Parliament may define the number of members, the conditions of the suffrage, the manner of voting, the duration of Parliaments, and from these land marks the results may be pretty accurately guessed. But no enlightened statesmanship, no ingenious wording of the statute, can insure that the educa tion of the people will be carried on according to rule and measure. There must always be countless variations, numberless exceptions in a free country, even under a system which is nominally com pulsory. We see this in America, where the compulsory system is nominally adopted : the attendance is, according to the official reports, nearly as irregular as in England. Still, however limited may be the direct influence of legislation upon public instruction, it is acknowledged by com mon consent that our existing system is very de fective. An improved system of national educa tion has long been talked of, and it was part of the programme which the present Government laid be fore the country on assuming office. Before such a measure could pass into law, however, its clauses would have to be carefully considered, and some of them might doubtless provoke a good deal of discussion. An education bill is not a thing to be hurried over in a night or two, nor does it belong to the category of neces sary financial measures which must be passed before the session is over, and which, therefore, all parties agree in allowing to proceed. Under these circumstances, the Government had Lo choice but to withdraw their measure, and accordingly last evening the Duke of MARLBOROUGH announced to the Upper House that they had determined upon this course. The bill stood for committee on the 22d instant, and notice had been given of several amendments, which, if adopted, would consider ably alter its character. The President of the Council himself expressed his belief that the bill after some modifications would have beenaccepted by the IL-use and favourably received by the people, since it had in its earlier stages been generally approved as an honest endeavour to deal with a difficult question. He should have been glad if, in this session, they could have made some advance on a subject of such great national importance as education, but when he considered the state of business in the other House, " it was impossible for the Govern ment to retain the slightest hope that a measure in volving discussions of a very intricate character had the slightest chance of passing into law this year." The Government, however, had aban doned their measure with the more regret, because in the Commons a bill on the same subject had been introduced, which contained some provi sions of usefulness. However there was no choice left in the matter, and the noble lord accordingly moved that the order be discharged. Lord G RAN VI L LE, who spoke at somo length, was very anxious to induce the Lord President to lay• before Parlia ment a minute embodying the amendment which the new bill proposed respecting the adoption of the Conscience Clause. Lord GRANVILLE is a strong supporter of the principle embodied in this clause, and one of the features iu the Government measure which he unconditionally approved of was the amendment above referred to. Lord GRANVILLE wss evidently desirous of securing the ground alreadygained by embodying the amend ment in a minute, but he said he would not have suggested such a course bad the amendment been of a novel character. " There was, however, no thing original about it. It only made building and annual grants conditional, on the managers making rules for or adopting in practice the obligations of the claims of the Endowed Schools Act." How ever, the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, perhaps, wisely declined to make any alteration in the existing sys tem ad interim, and informed the noble earl that until the sanction of Parliament had been ob tained the educational department intended to adhere to the " principles by which they had hitherto acted. The Government did not feel that they had either the opportunity or the power of legislating during the present session on the subject of education, ar4l thus another session must be added to the long list of those which are frittered away in political disputes and party jealousies, while matters of real national importance on which the attention of the Legislature is impera tively demanded or thrust aside or receive but su perficial notice. Some years ago our present Premier, in one of his sparkling political novels, commented upon the melancholy and monotonous condition of English architecture in general, and suggested that our authorities should pay au architect, pour encourager les autres, after the fashion of our predecessors who hung an admiral from the same motive. Mr. Dis t:AEU has now the opportunity of putting his re commendations in practice, and the pretext is readily afforded him by the difficulty about the new Law Courts. Year after year goes on while the long-talked-of undertaking remains a theory and not a fact. We may not, indeed, feel called upon to waste much pity upon lawyers for some tedious delays and disappointments. Possibly some persons may be malicious enough to hint that it is well the legal profession should experience, in propria per- SO7IM, some of those pleasures which they are so fond of treating others to, but the interests of their clients, the witnesses in cases, the householders in the neighbourhood of the selected site, and others are involved in this perpetual postponement. The work is not begun, for a very good reason—the de sign is not yet determined upon, and last night the vexed question of the choice of a site was re-opened, some members suggesting its removal to the Thames Embankment. We are glad to find that the Go vernment has no idea of making such an alteration, and Carey -street site was generally approved of, as in every way the most convenient and suitable, and acceptable to the profession generally. It seems that the present deadlock is due in a great measure to the architects, who are terribly afraid of not being sufficiently considered. None of the designs submitted to the commission came up to their re quirements, but they advised the combination of two designs, on e f or th e ex terior and one for the in terior. The t wo arc hit e cts agreed to work to gether, but the other nine competitors object on the ground that they were only called upon to com pete against solitary designs, not against combined merits, and it seems there is a legal difficulty about their rights in the matter. The common-sense view of the case appears to be that the eleven com petitors sent designs for a specified thing; none of the designs were accepted, and the competition was consequently at an end. The designs after this must remain the property of the individual archi tects, and if any of these like to use part of their projects they have surely a right to do so, and the Government, whose judges have not been satisfied, may consult the public interests rather than the professional jealousies of individuals. We agree with Mr. GLADSTONE that it is desirable no further time should be lost, and if there is really a serious obstacle to the combination of the schemes already under consideration the list of competitors must be enlarged, and we must try if it is, indeed, iru possible for English architecture to furnish a design which shall fulfil all the requirements of a national undertaking. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE CROWN PRINCESS OF RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, May 18. Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie Feodorowna (nee Princess Dagmar) gave birth to a Prince to-day. The name of the young Prince is to be Nicholas. 1011RESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, May 18. There have been some very long and animated discussions in the Council of State during the last few days respect:. ing the Budget. The Commission of the Budget persist in urging that reductions should be made in all the depart- ments of State, and though the Council resisted for a long time, it is now, I learn, decided that such reductions shall ►take place in all departments save that of Foreign Affairs, ind that the War Budget shall be spread over two or more rears. This is very important, and is one of the most peaceful symptoms we have beell favoured with for a long time past. There have been fresh rumours of Ministerial changes, this time affecting Marshal Niel, who is, so the report ;oes, to be sent to Algeria as governor in the place of 6larsha.l M`Mahon, and who would he succeeded at the War Office by ,General Lebrun, one of the officers in whom the Emperor places most confidence. I do not attach much importance to this rumour. Marshal Niel has rcpressed himself so decidedly against the Archbishop A Algiers in the quarrel, between him and the Kovernor, that harmony certainly would not be restored by sending the one marshal in place of the other. The quarrel is just now being discussed by the Cabinet Council, which finds it a very delicate matter, since it involves a lecision on conflicting elaims on behalf of the civil and religious power. The archbishop is supported by the clergy almost to a man, and about a dos", bishops have written to him congratulating him on the stand he has made in insisting upon the right to bring up Arab children in the Christian faith against the consent of their friends. The election of a deputy to the Corps Legislatif, which has just taken place' in the first district of Ariege, has resulted in the rettin of the Government candidate by an immense majority. He polled nearly 17,000 votes, 'while his three opponents together polled only about 10,000. This is the fourth Government candidate who has been returned within the last few weeks, and the Etendard enlarges upon the fact to provo the successful administration of M. Pinard, Minister of the Interior. The Etendard forgets that in svery case, I believe, the number polled by the Government candidate was smaller, and that pulled by the Opposition candidate larger, than at the general election of 1863. However, the result is so far encouraging that I am assured to-day the general election will take place at the close of the present summer, instead of waiting until .. , rf May, when it is due by the effluxion of time. It is reported that the Minister of the Interior will shortly address a circular to the prefects of departments, written in a far more liberal spirit than has generally been the case with such documents. There is much need of this. To-day the papers are commenting with much vehemence upon the fact that, in defiance of the new Press Law, General Deligny, commandant of the Algerian pro vince of Oran, has issued a first warning to the Avenir Atgbien, and that an Algerine prefect has warned the pro prietor of another paper to abstain altogether from poli tics. Thosircular is the more needed because new journals, chiefly of democratic politics, are starting in every direc tion. There is likely to be at least one new journal for every department. The Emperor is expected at Rouen on the 30th or 31st inst., and he will then go on to Havre and open the Inter national Maritime Exhibition in that town. The affairs of the Compagnie ImmobiliZze have been submitted to a council of reference, composed of the lead ing jurists of France ; and it is asserted by the Journal Financier that perfect agreement exists between the old and the new board of directors. The Society of Authors (Socitit4. des Gens de Lettres) held a general meeting yesterday, at which M. Jules Simon was elected president by a large majority. One of the votes was given for a lady member, of whom the society now numbers eleven. Contrary to general expectation, M. Itouher did not speak to-night on the great Protection v. Free Trade debate. He merely said that the Government was prepared to defend its statistics, but that in order not to appear to monopolise the discussion at the present stage, he would reserve his remarks until a later stage. Baron Lesp6rut gave a most glowing account of the iron trade in Lorraine and Burgundy. He did not attribute the de pression to the Commercial Treaty alone. The octrois, the slowness of internal improvements, and the traffic in permits of re-exportation free of duty, which give rise to much specu lation, but ruin the small manufacturers — all came in for a share of blame. M. Pagtszy told quite a different story. He declared that this was a time of prosperity, and that though certain peculiar interests might suffer from special causes, the country could not be sacrificed to those in terests. Ile mentioned that the wine-growers re ceived forty million francs a year (21,600,000) more than they did before the Liberal policy was adopted. lle contrasted the working of the two systems as exhibited in England and the United States, and said that in the latter country, where Protection pre vailed, working men, though they earned 16f. a clay, de clared that they could not subsist, so high was the price of necessaries. The shipping trade of the United States had been almost swept from the seas, for while it cost only $4O a ton to build a vessel in England it cast $1.09 in the States. Under the new Telegraph Bill the whole of the empire is to be divided into seventeen districts, the central sta tio's of which are to be, respectively, Paris, Lyons, Mar seille;, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Havre, Nantes, Rennes, Caen, Lille, Tours, Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Dijon, Cler mont, Ferrand, Limoges, and Montpellier. Thanks to recent scientific discoveries and a general improvement in the apparatus, &c., there will be no necessity for e mploying underground lines, except in passing through large cities and in some particular localities where the wire is specially exposed to atmospheric influence. The expense incurred by the proposed extension of telegraphic facilities is estimated at four millions of francs, instead of twelve, which a complete system of underground lines would have cost. After the Ist of November, 1869, a despatch between the two extremes of the empire —as from Calais to Marseilles, or from Strasbourg to Bayonne —will cost one franc, whereas sixteen years ago it would have cost from 17 to 18 francs. We have received important information from Berlin to the effect that the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha has offered to abdicate in favour of the King of Prussia, andthat nego tiations to this effect have progressed so far that they need for their completion only the assent of Queen Victoria. Her Majesty-, of course, acts as guardian and representative of the interests of her son, the Duke of Edinburgh, who is the heir to his uncle's dukedom. The reigning sovereign, Duke Ernest 11., is 50 years old next month, and he has no children. The area of his duchy is 816 English square m il e s, and the number of his subjects 159,431, of whom all but a very small number are Protestants. The Berlin correspondent of the Times gives some interesting particulars of the attempt which is now being made in the German Customs Parliament to find resources for meeting the heavy increase of military expenditure. This during the last ten years has been 100 per cent., and there is a threatened deficit of 5,000,000 thalers (about V 50,000) Bismarck is very anxious to levy a duty on tobacco. The German, who loves his pipe, not wisely, but too well, does not at all like this proposal, even though tobacco is far less lightly taxed than sugar and tea. How ever, the Parliament, though it has rejected the tax, will probably not resist the proposal altogether, but adopt it in a modified and less irksome form. The friendly reception given to the Prince of Prussia in Italy has caused a very unfavourable impression at Vienna. It is considered that the Italian .Government purposely availed itself of the recent opportunity for pro claiming the Prusso-Italian All the world knows that England possesses by treaty with the various States of Europe the right of searching vessels bearing the flags of the respective Powers, in order to see if those ships are carrying slaves. Lord Stanley has recently communicated w:th Count Bismarck, and asked if there would be any objection to the right being conferred in connection with the new German Federal flag, and the Prussian Minister has given a favourable answer. A new treaty will therefore be arranged forth- with. The King of Greece, or, as he is called, "of the Hellenes," has just opened his Parliament in person. He referred to the Cretan insurrection, for which he is in no small degree responsible, as follows : " Several causes — amongst others the assistance afforded to an un fortunate sister race for whom the sympathies of the nation are inexhaustible—have affected in an extraordinary degree our financial situation, and have disturbed the balance of the revenue and expenses of the State. We must exercise foresight, and lam per suaded that you will co-operate with my Government, in order that, on the one hand, by wise economies, and on the other by the consolidation of the public credit, we can attain a new financial situation in the State before the public ; and, giving life to our productive power, we may combine, by developing them, to further the means of our future development." An influential meeting of the Liberals of East Cornwall has been held at Liskeard, to select a candidate in succes sion to Mr. Agar Robartes, who retires from the repre sentation after a service of 21 years. The choice fell upon Sir John Trelawny, who sat for Tavistock from 1843 to 1852, and again from 1857 to 1865. Confidence was expressed in the strength of the party to carry two Liberals, and Mr. Robartes, jun., son of the sitting member, was named as the second candidate. Mr. Kendall would, however, prove a formidable antagonist, although the position which be has lately taken on the question of county expenditure has ost him some of lomfl 1:101:111 itYa. • • AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, May 19. The Inman steamer City of Antwerp, which left New York for this port on the 6th inst., brings $250,000 in specie. FRANCE. PARIS, May 19. The following is the result of the election for the Department of the Tarn :—M. Gorss polled 32,672 votes, and M. Jaugerau (the official candidate) 12,599 ; majority for M. Gorss, 20,073. BOURSE, May 18.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month._ 3 per Cent End of month 69 571 Credit Mobilier 287 50 End of month 2BB 75 Credit Foncier 1473 75 End of month — - iIAILWAI Bank Shares Ital 4 an Loan End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Cash Orleans , ... 12 8 0 6511 0 81 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.—. Western Eastern .................... 4 2 1 Sardinian ............................ ........ Austrian ....................................... 558 i Lombard ....................................... 3761 North of Spain 7O Saragossa Roman A statement has lately gone the round of the papers to the effect that Lord Brougham's death has opened the way for Lord Chelmsford's receiv ing an ex-Lord Chanc e llo r 's pension of £ 5,000 a year is quite errone o u s . Th er e is no limit to the number of ex-Lord Cha n cellors' pensions. Lord Chelmsford has been in the enjoyment of his pen sion since he left the woolsack; and the nation will save £5,000 a year by Lord Brougham's death. There are now four ex-Lord Chancellors enjoying pensions of £5,000 a year—Lord St. Leonards , Lord Cranworth, Lord WestburY, s od Lord Chelms ford. _ Yesterday morning a fire occurred in the village of Aldershot adjacent to the Camp, which, but for the exertions of the military, would probably have caused a great destruction of property. The fire originated at the shop of a picture-dealer named Daly, and when first discovered had not obtained any great ascendancy. But there being no local provision for the suppression of fire the flames spread considerably before the Camp Fire Brigade could reach the spot. The brigade, however, under Mr. Douglas, attended promptly and rendered most im portant service, assisted by pickets of various regi ments. Captain Horne, Deputy-Assist.-Quarter master-General, and Captain Lockhart, Deputy- Assist.-Adjt.-General, were also present, and gave such directions as the occasion required. The flames were subdued about four o'clock, the house in which the fire originated being burnt to the ground. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The Daily News correspondent, writing on April 14, thus refers to the death of Theodore, and to one or two other incidents of the entry into Magdala :—" The King's. forehead was both high and broad, his chin square and massive, his nose small and tolerably well shaped; his lips were thin, and his mouth was wreathed in what appeared to me a melancholy smile ; his complexion was as dark as the average of his countrymen, and far darker than that of many I have met with. The men fallen at the gate were nearly all dressed in gay shirts, as if they were leaders, the shirt being in Abyssinia a mark of distinction given by the King ; but Theodore had no dress shirt, and, except an inner dress made of fine linen, was extremely coarse. He appeared to have been wounded in the leg, and there was in addition a large hole at the hack of his head. A lance corporal of the 33rd told me, a few minutes after the occurrence of the events he related, that he had seen the man who had previously shot two of our soldiers close to a haystack; that he and a corporal of the 45th were approaching to shoot him, when they saw him fire a pistol at his own head and drop dead. The prevalent opinion is that he was wounded by one of our bullets in the leg ; that he tried to reach the far gate ; but, finding that his hurt cut off from him all chance of escape, he shot himself through the mouth. The hole at the back of the head is like that which would be pro duced by the exit of a bullet ; on the other hand, there is no discoloration about the lips. As we entered, numerous native captives of every age and both sexes met us, and were anxious to point out that they had been prisoners ; the older of these had round their ankles heavy iron rings connected by chains. Many of them looked as if they had once been people of consequence ; they tried to show every token of respect and gratitude to each European. Many of them, especially the younger women, were light coloured, some being as fair as ordinary Egyptians. Their chains could not be removed until to-day, when the captives were freed in the presence of Sir Robert. Among them is a boy of 6 or 7 years old, who is said to be the legitimate heir to the throne of Abyssinia. The noise and confusion consequent on the shelling and assault seemed to have frightened him, but he was reassured by the presence of one or two of the late English prisoners, with whom he had evidently been a favourite." A YOUNG MAN SHOT. Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middlesex, lately presided over a jury at the Bank of England Tavern, Cambridge-place, Paddington, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances relating to the death of Isaac Williams, aged 21. It appeared that the de ceased, who was a bricklayer, and a companion named Robert Wellin, went with others to Wormwood Scrubbs, for the purpose of shooting the escaped pigeons from the prize matches in the enclosed grounds, the birds having escaped the first fires being received by the " out scouts." The deceased required a certain gun which was in the possession of Wellin, but he declining to go on the grom,J, as it was guarded by a notice board to trespassers, the deceased said, "Hand it over." As the piece had been just .used Wellin reloaded, having brought down a bird, and put a cap on the nipple of the lock. Then, through the impetuosity of the deceased, lie handed it, not over the thickset hedge, but through it, muzzle forwards. The gun exploded, and the charge went through the right hand of the deceased. Notwithstanding the injury deceased had received, he and Wellin remained till after the matches concluded, and divided the proceeds of their gain. In the evening deceased went to St. Mary's Hospital, and was admitted as an inmate, and died there on Saturday last from the effect of the wound. Josiah Wil liams, brother to the deceased, living at Brook-green, said he went to the hospital to see his brother, when he told him that Wellin must have pulled the trigger while hand ing him the gun. The coroner said the witness should, upon such a statement, have communicated with the authorities and had the dying depositions of the deceased taken. Other evidence was given, showing that after the deceased had received the contents of the gun in his hand he ran away and called out, " Keep the dogs off." He afterwards returned. He said nothing about being wilfully shot by his companion, but while in the hospital requested that Wellin should come and see him on the Sunday, as it was quite an accident. Mr. George Field, house surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital, deposed to the admission of the deceased. The wound in his hand was rather dangerous, but not necessarily fatal. He told witness that no one was to blame. He afterwards suffered from delirium tremens, and died on Saturday last. While in such condition he watched an opportunity and ran out from the hospital into Cambridge-place, where he broke with his uninjured hand the window-glass of a cab which was standing in front of the hospital. The statement made to the brother as to Wellin having purposely fired the gun must have been while the deceased was in a state of delirium, as he had said other wise. It having been further shewn that some remains of leaves were attached to the lock of the gun, the conclusion was come to that the gun wa-s discharged by its being pulled through the hedge by deceased. Several inhabi tants of the locality were present who had to drive past these shooting grounds, and denounced them as highly dangerous, being so near the roadway. It was further said that the firearms used by the " out scouts " were generally old, almost useless, and liable to cause death or serious injury. The police should interfere. A verdict of accidental death was ultimately recorded. ADMISSION OF ArronNEys.—The number of original applications for next term, beginning on the 22nd inst., is 75, besides renewed applications. The num ber on the books exceed 10,000. Four of the five men arrested in the county of 'Westmeath for the murder of Mr. Featherstonehaugh have been discharged, no evidence having been found against them after the most searching investigation. From a parliamentary return it appears that the number of voters on the electoral roll of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin on the Ist January, 1868, was as follows :—Oxford, 4,190; Cambridge, 5,440; Dublin, 1,871. Hay harvest has commenced in the neighbour hood of Blandford, Dorsetshire. It is expected that the wheat will be in ear before the end of this month. The favourableness of the season is already having an effect on the markets. A COMET.—An observer, writing from Fresh water, Isle of Wight, says :—" A very splendid star— probably a comet—is at this moment visible in the heavens. Although the sun is intensely bright and powerful, the star or comet shines with a diamond-like brilliancy. Its size to the naked eye is about that of a star of the second magnitude, its altitude as near as possible 75 degrees S.E. by S." ELECTION EXPENSES. - The expenses incurred by Mr. Lopes at the recent election for Launceston, Corn wall, for which borough he was returned unopposed, are stated to be £ll7. The " attorney's bill for canvassing and conducting the election" is £36 155.; the costs of the town clerk and returning officer, £2O ; printing and advertising, £l4 145.; sergeants•at-mace and constables, £7 ; hire of carriages and drivers, £9 7s. 6d. There was never the slightest probability of opposition. MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY. - The preamble of Mr. Shaw-Lefevre's bill for amending the law with respect to the property of married women, declares that the present law is unjust in principle and presses with unusual severity upon the poorer classes of the commu nity, and ought therefore to be altered. The alteration proposed is, that married women shall be for the future capable of holding property and of contracting as a femme sole; that her property after marriage may be held as it would have been when she was unmarried. No inter ference is made, it may be noted, with marriage cove nants or agreements, but property acquired after the Act by women married before it was passed is to be held by them as if unmarried. The earnings of married women are deemed her personal estate. Not only, however, does this bill relieve the wife, but the husband is declared not to he liable for any debts contracted by his wife before marriage. The same arrangement is made as to the taking by the husband of the .property of a wife dying intestate, as is made with regard to the wife in case the husband dies intestate. The husband is also relieved from liability to account for his wife's income and personalty. Gross OUTRAGE ON A YOUNG LADY. —At Ips wich, before the borough magistrates, Henry Pyett, a stone dredger, of Holbrook, was charged with assaulting Miss Isabella Brewster Meadows, daughter of the Rev. J. B. Meadows, of Belstead Lodge, near that town. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The circumstances were that on Friday afternoon Miss Meadows was going home about five o'clock, and the prisoner passed her. As she got near her own house he passed her again, and she sub sequently observed him peeping round a corner of the road. She at first felt a little alarmed, but she went on ; but as she was going up a hill before reaching her father's house the prisoner faced her, seized her, threw her down on to the bank, and thrust his thumb into her mouth, causing the blood to flow and hurting her very much. A walking postman, named Waspe, heard screams, and hastened on. As soon as the prisoner saw him he ran away. Waspe followed, and with assistance caught him in a wood, near Mr. Fison's, and handed him over to the police. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he had been drinking and did not know what he had been doing. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with lard 1 WWI T ar t IGN 01 _y rmbr. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 18. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove in the grounds this morning. Her Majesty, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, left Windsor Castle this evening at half-past six o'clock for Balmoral. Prince and Princess Christian accompanied her Majesty to the railway station i❑ Windsor. 711 E VAGRANCY LAW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit,—Having observed recently that a bill is be fore Parliament for some alterations of this law, I have presented a petition, through Mr. J. S. Mill, M.P., wherein I prayed that an alteration should be made in it to prevent the repetition of cases similar to that-of F. Copestick, a resident house holder, who was sent to prison by the late Mr. Jardine, the Recorder of Bath, for practising for money astrological science, as was described in your journal for the 19th Jan., 1852. Mr. Jardine stated he considered the law to apply, under the Vagrancy Act, even to a peer of the realm, and, by parity of reasoning, to a member of Parliament. Others might hold a similar opinion, and, therefore, it is desirable for the Legislature to decide the real state of the law. Lieutenant (now Commander) Morrison, R.N., editor and proprietor of " Zadkiel's Almanac," wrote a long commentary upon this subject, which was published in your journal early in 1852 ; and I understood from Lieut. Morrison distinctly, by numerous letters, and through a con versation at his house at Brompton on the 20th April, 1852, that Lord R. Grosvenor (now Lord Ebury), or some other M.P., would move in the matter. Acting upon that idea, and having con vinced myself that the astral principle, when well understood, is useful, I published a note upon the subject in the Almanac for 1853, and subsequently my "Plea for Urania," noticed by you on the 14th February, 1856, wherein I gave reasons for such belief, and for the partial or entire legalisation of the science pro bono publico. If the subject is not to be followed up to a satisfactory result I shall have incurred an unnecessary waste of time and of money. Further, impostors in this line will still flourish without stint, which is not desirable or right in my opinion.*---I am, sir, yours obediently, CHR. COOKE. New Alresford, May 16, 1868. * See a recent case at Leamington, wherein a Miss Shelly was imposed upon. The evidence was insufficient for convictioi. A meeting of laymen in support of the Irish Church and kindred institutions was held on Mon day, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, in the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street. Sir William Baynes, Alderman Rose, Mr. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. Baggallay were among the speakers. Most of the speeches were weak, but that made by Alderman Rose was positively vicious. Without having the courage to accuse the Catholic clergy of direct complicity with Fenianism, he made remarks concerning them which clearly left this complicity to be inferred ; and his ground for the inference appeared to be that a Catholic priest had once paid a fine for a youth convicted of posting a Fenian placard on the Mansion-house. Mr. Giffard came forward with another quotation from Mr. Glad stone, which was received with hisses. There were occasional interruptions, but, on the whole, the various resolutions were carried with tolerable una nimity. Three groans for the four City members, and a prayer and benediction brought the proceed ings to a close. The murderer of Mr. Featherstonhaugh has not yet been discovered. Five men have been arre,sted on suspicion, and have been examined ; but there not being sufficient evidence as to their complicity with the murder they have been discharged. The sun of Royalty has since the days of William 111. shone but rarely on Irish soil. Between 16 90 and 1868 there have been but four Royal visits to Ireland. George IV. visited that island in 1821, and remained there exactly seventeen days ; and Queen Victoria has visited it on three occasions — in 1849, in 1853, and in 1861, each of her AI ljesty'a visits being of about a week's duration. " Thom" son Hankey," dating from 45, Portland-place, has obtained these details from ‘ 1 Ulster King-at-Arms," and published them in the Times. The objections to the plan of giving passengers on railways the power to stop the train by ringing an alarm bell to warn the engineer and guard are illustrated in two cases. The Birmingham train 13 fitted with the electric apparatus, and on one occa sion a young officer from Weedon rang the bell and brought the train to a stand-still " for a joke ;" on another a medical man did the same thing " out of curiosity." The medical man, it appears, was very nearly lynched for his pains. On our English lines there must always be 6 risk of foolish persons playing these tricks. In American cars there are too many passengers placed together for any one to pull the rope which runs along the roof ; and, besides, Americans are generally too eager to get to their journey's end to stop the train unnecessarily. If communication be' tween passengers and guards or drivers is to be made part of the railway system in this country, it will be necessary to devise some severe punishmen t for mischievous dolts like the young officer from Weedon and the medical man. Until such ar rangements are made the dread of public exposure might prove of some benefit. The railway authoris ties ought to give the widest possible publicity to the names of the two first offenders, who certainly are not entitled to any forbearance or sympathy from any portion of the community. The anniversary of the adoption by the Poles of their famous Constitution of the 3d of May, 179 1, was celebrated this year at Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, with more national demonstrations than usual. Huge placards were posted up in all part s of the town with the inscription " 3d of May," re minding the people of the absolutist times of Bach , when students used to write the memorable date °n the walls secretly and at night, the police arresti n g any one whom they caught, thus reminding th e Poles of one of the greatest events in their history'. In the theatre a patriotic play was performed, en titled " Kosciusko on the Seine," after which patrio tic hymns were sung, followed by a grand tableau representing the national hero at Raclavice, th e scene of one of his most celebrated battles. In the afternoon the Polish Musical Society gave a con cert, at which it was remarked that Prince George Czartoryski sang in the chorus side by side with a number of poor men and women of the working class. With reference to the Irish Church C o mmissio n ' the Irish Times, a Conservative journal, arg il !, that the recommendations which the Comm ie s sioners may now deem their duty to offer , necessarily framed after the question of the Estab lished Church has assumed so important and de s ; tided a phase in the House of Commons, "e l u s be such as Parliament can accept and ratifY... Changes of considerable magnitude must be the commended if any practical result is to follow tu Commission. They are not the true friends of uh Church in Ireland (the writer thinks) who exp ect or require suggestions for alterationS less comes hcnsive. " Suggestions of modifications pose e s ing only a mere temporary and partial charactere will meet with no attention. The Cominissionicd have been engaged on a task of great labour cfl difficulty ; they are men of experience, an d ,lie dowed with sagacity and judgment, and the 1 3u , '' be do not expect the result of all their inquiries tu recommendations certain to he rejected th. he ment they are presented to Parliament and, , hat country." It is generally believed in Ireland I 'll, o the report of the Commission will include "' of tender of " some compromise for the saving the Church." Cricket Club w ill • The Shepherd's Bush United uric— ° play their first day match at Woodford , Essex, on 1111; day, May 25th, 18G8. The coach will leav e the club-hou'i (Royal Hotel) at 8a m. On Saturday, May 30th, their first home match with the Q ueen's Printers, at o' Royal Private Ground, near Shepherd's Bush tation.