The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-30 00:00:00

THE ISTHMUS CANAL.

The news brought by the West Indian and Pacific
Mail is not encouraging as to the prospects of the Isthmus
Canal. The United States expedition in Panama intends
to abandon its efforts, having failed in discovering a prac-
ticable canal route.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

THE LATE RIOTS AT CORK.

The six young men who were arrested in a large
drapery establishment in Cork for throwing stones from
the upper windows and roof of the building at the police
on Sunday night were charged at the police-office yester-
day. Evidence was given to shew that the police were
pelted both on Thursday and Sunday nights, and that the
prisoners were found together in a room from which
stone■ were believed to have come. There being some
doubt about the matter, the prisoners were released on
bail. The city is reported as being perfectly tranquil.

THE LATE EARL OF CLARENDON.
At a meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
yesterday, on the motion of the chairman, a resolution ex-
pressive of regret at the death of Lord Clarendon was
recorded. The chairman stated that all Englishmen must
feel that by Lord Clarendon's death we had lost one of
our most eminent statesmen.

LORD AMBERLEY ON EDUCATION.
Yesterday afternoon Lord Aniberley, on laying the
foundation-stone of a new Congregational Day School in
Newcastle, said that while he believed it to be the duty
of the nation to provide education for the people, he
should regret to see any measure adopted which would be
the means of putting an end to voluntary effort. In the
evening Lord Amberley attended a public meeting in
Newcastle, and delivered an elaborate and carefully-pre-
pared speech on the education question. He advocated
secular education, and urged the Nonconformists to re-
main firm in their demands. Grants to denomination-
alism meant grants to Catholicism. Mr. Glad-
stone, he said, was supporting this bill with
all his eloquence. The Premier had not been a
Liberal all his life, but he had gradually advanced
in Liberal opinions, and they had every reason to
hope that he would advance in the future in the same
way. That being so, it seemed to him that the Conser-
vative party were doing wisely in accepting the offer now
made. Then he trusted, however, that more liberal opi.
nions with respect to education would force themselves
upon Mr. Gladstone.

SENDING DISEASED MEAT TO LONDON.
At the Loughborough Police-court yesterday Henry
Smith, butcher, Wymeswold, was sentenced'to pay a fine
of £5 and costs, or in default to undergo one month's im-
prisonment for sending diseased meat to London. On the
15th inst. defendant bought for £4 of Mr. Wilford a cow
which had had a leg broken for nine months, and was in
a very emaciated condition. The animal was only got
home with difficulty, and next morning was killed. On
Friday night Smith sent a large quantity of meat to the
Loughborough Railway Station, directed to a firm at
London, but the train having just gone it was left at the
station, and the next morning condemned by Mr. Riley,
the Inspector of Nuisances for Leicester.

THE SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL VIA BRINDISI.
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce have resolved to
memorialise the Postmaster-General, urging the continu-
ance of the supplementary mail vitt Brindisi, and suggest-
ing certain, improvements to prevent delays on the French
Railways.