The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-22 00:00:00

THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY.

At the Leamington Local Board, on Tuesday, Mr.
Bright, one of the members, called attention to the com-
ments of the press on the London diamond robbery ; and
moved for a committee of inquiry into the conduct of
Superintendant Lund in the case. He said he held a state-
ment from Miss Pitt controverting portions of Mr. Frank
Robinsons's statutory declaration. Mr. Lund, at the re-
quest of the board, gave similar explanations to those set
forth in a letter addressed to Mr. Bright, who then
withdrew his motion ; and it was resolved nem con., that
Mr. Lund had displayed a considerable amount of tact
and energy in the apprehension of Mrs. Torpey, and in
the general management of the case whilst it was in his
hands ; and that in their opinion the adverse criticisms on
his conduct were uncalled for and unjust.

The liquidators of the Mercantile and Exchange Bank at
Liverpool have issued a second report, stating that they
hope to realise £6 10s. per share, out of the £l2los.
paid up.

The inquiry into the cause of the death of the seaman
named Jones, one of the crew of the smack Teetotaler,
which was sunk off Yarmouth on Friday last, was held
at Lowestoft on Tuesday, before Mr. Marriott, county
coroner. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
The crew of the Cruiser were saved and taken to Yar-
mouth, while only one of the five hands of the Teetotaler
was saved.

In consequence of the heavy gale on Sunday,
there will be considerable delay in the transmission of
messages to Hull, Sunderland, Newcastle, and Scotland
generally.
It is announced that Viscount Macduff, the only
son of the Earl of Fife, will be a candidate in the Liberal
interest for West Aberdeenshire at the next vacancy. The
noble lord was born in 1849.

When she was 15 years of age, Mrs. Adams, of
the Foresters' Arms, Vale-street, Denbigh, jumped into a
river and saved her master from drowning. The worthy
gentleman died the other day, and left her in his will a
legacy of £350.
VICTORIA (PHILOSOPHICAL)
7. INSTITUTR.—CharIes
Brooke, Esq., ice-President, took the chair at the meet-
ing of this Institute on Monday last. Fourteen new
members were announced, and donations to the library
from H. Bagster, Esq., the Royal Institution, and others.
The Rev. G. Henslow's paper on " Phyllotaxis " attracted
a large audience, and it was followed by a discussion, in
which Mr. Herbert Airy, the chairman,- and others took
part. The chairman, in conclusion, remarked that the
position of the leaves of plants on the stems of plants,
which had been treated on, followed distinct laws, and
there was in all nature a manifest indication of design, which
had been so well shewn by Mr. Mitchell, in his paper on
the "Bee Cell." The next meeting was announced for the
6th of March.

THE Loss OF THE STEAMSHIP HUI.L.—The official
inquiry at Hull into the loss of the steamship Hull on the
morning of December 14th, as she was on her way from
Leith to Pillan, has terminated. The vessel, it may be
remembered, struck on the land during a fog, and it Was
alleged that the captain had failed to make the necessary
lead castings in the vessel's difficulty. The coart found
that, though the captain bore an excellent character, still
that he had violated one of the most important of the
sailing regulations. They, however, wished to deal
leniently with him, and accordingly adjudged that his
certificate of competency should be suspended for six
calendar months only from the 14th of December, 1870,
the date of the loss of the:steamship Hull.

KARL BLIND ON MILITARY REFORM IN ENGLAND.
—ln a letter on Military Reform in England, which M.
Karl Blind has addressed to the Neue Freie Presee, he
remarks, in referring to the much ..,poken-of pamphlet,
" The Fight in Dame Europa's School" :—" England has
not been, and is not, in a position to enter into this
gigantic war. The people of this country, whether
of Germanic or Celtic descent, are of the bravest
in the world. A hundred thousand Englishmen
would not have allowed themselves at Sedan simply
to be made captives. Five hundred thousand of
them would not have surrendered in the way the Paris
garrison did; for long before hunger would have forced
them to do so, they would have attempted sorties of a
more terrible kind than were made by Trochu's troops.
But what would the greatest bravery avail if it had to
struggle, in insignificant numbers, against masses of war-
riors whose valour surely equals that of the English ?"
In the course of his letter, M. Karl Blind speaks of the
Swiss Militia system, which he thinks England would do
well to adopt, with such modifications as the conditions of
her empire render unavoidable.

ENGLISH RACEHORSES IN NEW YORK.—The
long-mooted question of superiority of English over
American-bred racehorses is likely to be fairly tested
during the next racing season, Messrs. Hunter and
Travers, of this city, and R. V. Cameron, of Staten
Island, having recently imported from England three of
the best bred two-year-olds. Hunter and Travers's impor-
tation was the bay colt, Buckden, by Lord Clifden, dam
Consequence, by Bay Middleton. Buckden is a fine-look-
ing and high-bred colt, his sire being winner of the
Doncaster St. Leger, and sire of last year's winner of the
same event—Hawthornden. The newcomer is engaged
in the Dixie Stake for three-year-olds at Baltimore next
year, and will doubtless be entered in some of the prin
cipal two and three year old stakes still open at Jerome
Park, Saratoga, and Long Branch. Mr. Cameron's two
are the two-year-olds Sheet Anchor, a bay colt by
Camerino Mainbrace (Fisherman's dam), by Sheet
Anchor, and the bay filly by Blair Athol, dam Greta, by
-Voltigeur. The youngsters are well-grown, muscular,
and highly promising, and will be entered for most of the
stakes remaining open. One of the most prominent and
influential turfmen in this country has sent a commission
to England to purchase a three-year-old thoroughbred,
who:* public performances there last season stamped him
as undoubtedly the best two-year-old out.—New York
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