The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-17 00:00:00

NO one should be without this edition of noon's
Complete Works.

No candidate is expected to publicly announce
Himself for Colchester until after the funeral of Mr.
Rebow, which will take place on Wednesday. A meetinc,
is announced for this week in support of a candidate
favourable to reciprocity treaties.

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The New Testament Company of Revisers of the
Authorised Version closed their present session on Friday.
They sat each day six hours, and are making steady and
uniform progress in their work. The number present each
day was twenty-three.
William Brakey has been committed for trial by
the county magistrates, charged with the wilful murder of
his wife, Susan Brakey, at Burton-lane, Withingtone, on
Sunday, the 2nd inst. The prisoner, addressing the
magistrates, said, " I was a lunatic with drink at the
time ; I remember nothing about it."
The inquest held at Liverpool on the bodies of the
persons killed by a recent boiler explosion terminated in a
verdict against the brothers Parry, owners of the foundry
where the accident occurred, for knowingly using a boiler
when in a defective condition. The jury adds d a present-
ment to the verdict, suggesting a periodical and official
inspection of all boilers in public works.
Another case of rattening has occurred at Sheffield.
A scissors grinder named Charles Bramley, working at
Marsden's Wheel, Love-street, bad three of his wheel-
bands stolen between Thursday night and Fridaymorning.
The cause of the outrage is alleged to be because Bramley
employed a boy, contrary to the rules of the Union.
Five other cases of rattening have occurred at the same

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The Princess of Wales and her children arrived at
Marlborough House on Friday, from Scotland. The
Prince on leaving Edinburgh on Thursday night pro-
ceeded to Stirlingshire on a visit to Colonel Murray. He
is expected in town on Wednesday, and will remain in
London till the end of the month, when he will proceed
to Lord Londesborough's house, near Scarborough, for
some shooting. About the beginning of November the
Prince and Princess will go to Sandringham.
The Army and Navy Gazette regrets to learn that
the predictions regarding the failure of Mr. Cardwell's
Army Enlistment Act to realise the expectations of the
framer and supporter are likely to be only too soon
realised. The attempt to induce discharged men to join
the Army Reserve has proved a lamentable failure.
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number of those enlisted up to the present time is under
a hundred. Enlistment for the Army also is going on in
a far from satisfactory manner, and of the 20,000 addi-
tional promised by Mr. Cardwell on the outbreak of the
war, as a reinforcement of the army, comparatively few
have yet been procured.
The Civilian says :—" An important minute'_ has

been forwarded by the Lords of the Treasury to the Com-
missioners of Customs, intimating that in the opinion of
the former organic changes may be introduced in the
warehousing and out-door departments of the Customs,
with a view to arrive at greater simplicity of procedure,
and secure ' more thorough efficiency and economy' in
those branches of the service. The 'War Office is still
troubled with rumours respecting further reductions of
its establishment, probably in anticlpation of the estimates
of the ensuing year. It is stated that an addition of ten
years to actual service will now be offered to all clerks
singled out for voluntary retirement on compulsion, in
lieu of the grants previously made of five, seven, and
ten years, according to length of service actually
rendered."

In a lecture at Birmingham, the Rev, Arthur Mursell
referred to the late Charles Dickens. Mr. J. S. Wright
who presided, said, he was somewhat heretical in his
opinions regarding Charles Dickens ; and they were some-
what opposed to those they would hear that night. He
had derived great pleasure from the perusal of some of his
works ; and the Christmas Carol and the story of Laura
Bridgman had made a deeper and more lasting impression
upon his mind for good than from the reading of any
secular book whatever ; but still he had always felt it to be
a matter of regret that Charles Dickens should , have
ignored the very highest motive power to noble human
action, namely, the divine life as manifested towards
humanity in the person of Jesus Christ. That had always
been his regret, and he could not allow that opportunity
to pass without putting in that mild protest before they
were carried away by the eloquent enthusiasm of his
friend. Mr. Mursell began by saying that he did not
come there that night to criticise Charles Dickens ;
and after a strong denunciation of the criticism of the
public press, he went ;on to say that his object was to
pay a tribute of gratitude to a friend whose hand he never
grasped, but in the presence of whose name they felt
themselves led into a palace of enchantment. Criticism
was too cold for his loving hero worship. Having dwelt
at some length on the vast influence exercised by the writ-
ings of Charles Dickens in bringing about improvements
in hospitals, workhouses, and courts of law, he proceeded
to vindicate him from the charge of ridiculing true religion
in the persons of its professors. For his own part he
thanked Charles Dickens for showing up the hateful
hollowness of the Stigginses and the Chadbands with
whom the religious world abounded, and he left
it for those who'll the cap fitted to scream
out. He then passed rapidly, but graphically,
in review the principal works of Dickens, and went on
to contend that there was no ground for charging him
with religious indifference. Citing certain characters from
his works, he said that he did so to shew that Pharisees
had traduced him by saying that he had no spiritual or
religious sensibilities. He (Dickens) ridiculed only the para-
sites of religion, but never its practitioners ; and ho held
that those who were jealous for the real and the true in
men would be the most prompt to vindicate Charles
Dickens from the charge of indifference in sacred things.
He Oa Mursell) said that it was a shame to the religion
of our land that noble names should be traduced because
they were not connected with the tub thumping which
had been identified with religion by the sects. Mr.
Mursell concluded by quoting a portion of the tribute
paid by Mr. Sala to the memory of Dickens, and by ex
pressing his own love and admiration in still higher
terms.

THE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE
TYNE.
(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)

In addition to the brief Central Press telegraphic
account of the fearful accident that happened at the ship-
building yard of Messrs. Mitchell and Co., the following
additional particulars have come to hand. We are pleased
to say that —as is often the case—the first news
somewhat exaggerated the real position of things.
It is now known that four men were instan-
taneously killed and three or four others
have received such serious injuries that they are not ex-
pected to recover, whilst twelve are more or less injured.
The vessel they were employed on at the time of the
accident was one of about 1,500 tons gross tonnage, and
the men we're engaged in rivetting. Conflicting state-
ments ale made as to the cause of the accident. The
employers maintain that the workmen must have
knocked several supports out, and this they
say is most Strictly forbidden. Another cause assigned
is, that a sewer runs underneath the place where the vessel
was stationed, and the late rains are supposed to have
caused the ground to give away. The vessel only moved
about three feet. Great difficulty was experienced in
extricating the men. About fifty men were engaged at
work on the vessel. Two of those killed leave wives and
children, and are young men. It was not at first ascer-
tainable whether all had been recovered, and a large body
of men worked with spades, &c., by torchlight.

The Court Newsman announces that the Queen
continues to receive very favourable accounts of the
Princess Louis of Hesse and her infant son.
" ROYAL TOM." Sturrock's celebrated cat,
" Royal Tom," was exhibited on Thursday morning at
the Douglas Hotel, Edinburgh, to the Princess of Wales
and the royal children. Tom's age is nine years, and he
weighs no less than 22i1b. It is said thas he has long been
a favourite with the reigning family, and that his carte
figures in several of the royal albums.—Scotsman.
THE MANSION HOUSE CAPTAIN FUND.—The
Fishmongers' Company has sent a cheque for 100 guineas
in aid of this fund, and subscriptions amounting to about
£230 have been received at the London and Westminster
Bank and its branches. These amounts, with the sum of
£250 vested by the Corporation of London, make a total
of £6OO standing at the credit of the Mansion House
Committee.

THE BRIBERY AT REIGATE.—The Revising
Barrister for Mid-Surrey held his court at Reigate, and
struck off all the claims of persons that had been bribed
in the borough elections. With regard to the freehold
benefice question, he offered to grant the Liberals a case,
but Mr. Sydney' Smith preferred to let it be decided by
the case which occurred in W est Kent, where the barrister
had decided against the clergyman, and the Conservatives
were going to try the question.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1869.
—The following is the number of foreign animals brought
by sea to ports in Great Britain which, on inspection on
landing, within the month of September, 1870, have been
found to be affected with any contagious or infecticus
disease :—From Carentan to Southampton, 28 cattle, 10
sheep ; from Honfleur to Littlehampton, 5 cattle ; from
Honfleur to Southampton, 132 cattle, 27 sheep ; and from
St. Malo to Southampton, 2 cattle ; total, 167 cattle, 37
sheep. All affected with the foot and mouth disease, and
slaughtered by order of the Customs' authorities.
THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE AND FRENCH
AFFAIRS. —The Prince de Joinville has accepted a candi-
dature in the Charente-Inf4rieure which was offered to
111 m. In writing to intimate his intention, he says that
he is ready to undertake anything which may enable him
to assist his unfortunate country. It is not his fault
that he has not been allowed to fight as a soldier on the
field of battle. He thinks the end which they should put
before them is to form an honest Government, which,
under some form or other, may secure order and liberty.
He thinks the Constituent Assembly have a great work
before them, and he willingly accepts the offer of becom-
ing one of its representatives.
LOVE AND SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—At an inquest
held on the body of Aun Dolan, whose body was found
in the paddle-box of a steamer' the following evidence
was given :—Elizabeth Dolan said that the deceased was
her daughter. She was a flower maker. Lately she
had fallen in love with a young man' named
William Thornton, and he had seduced her. Her father
had beaten her for being too familiar with her sweetheart.
Her sweetheart had on several occasions blackened her
eyes for being too familiar with other young men. She
left home on Tuesday, the 27th of September, and at that
time she had no marks of violence about her, and she
never saw her alive afterwards. Witness heard that she
was with her sweetheart the same night. William Duck
stated that on the night of September 27th, ho
saw the deceased sitting on a door step. She was
then crying bitterly, and she said, " All my friends have
left me now; I will go and drown myself." That was
the last time she was seen alive. William Thornton said
that he had seduced the deceased young woman. After-
wards he refused to marry her on account of her immoral
conduct. He believed that she had been in prison three
times since he seduced her. His seductiou of her might
have led to her ruin. She had stabbed her sister, but as
the family believed that she committed the act in a fit of
desperation, they took measures to prevent a prosecution.
The jury returned a verdict "That she was found drowned
in the River Thames, but how she came by her death
there was no evidence to prove."
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were accompanied by their wives and children, and.
all appeared to be very destitute, and were much 'clisap-
pom • t and incensed at finding the office had been
closed since Monday. Some of the crowd, especially the
women, were loud in their indignation, and at one
time seemed inclined to take their satisfaction by smash-
ing the windows of the deserted premises. By the
advice of several of the residents of the locality they
refrained, however, from any actual violence, and
after some excited discussion it was determined that
application should be made to the magistrates at
Guildhall for warrants against the persons who got up the
scheme for obtaining money under false pretences.
The parties engaged in the transaction are all well known
to the police as prominent men amongst the London
Fenians.