The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-28 00:00:00

THE TRAGEDY IN GREECE.

The Queen
,has addressed au autograph letter to
the Countess de Grey and Ripon, expressive of her
cordolence and sympathy on her sad affliction by the
assassination of her brother, Mr. Vyner.

Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold,
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, will, it
is understood, leave Osborne on Wednesday next, and re-
turn to Windsor Castle.
Their Royal Highnesz:es the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, Major Grey,
and suite, honoured tilt) LycJuni Theatre with their pre-
sence yesterday evening.
The Earl of Denbigh denies the statement that he
was the proposer of a toast in favour of the Prince of
Asturias, at a festive gathering at Rome, and disclaims all
knowledge of any such banquet or any such toast.
We understand that there is no foundation for the
report that a daughter of Mr. William Cuthbert is clout to
he married to a son of Mr. Gathorue Hardy.
The Sell et Committ 'e of the House of Commons
(Mr. Shaw Lefovro, chairman) to which the Tramways
Bill has been referred, resumed tnOr sittings this morning
with closed doors.
The total woollut required for taking the, census
of England and Wales in 1871 is estimated at £120,000;
for the census of Scotland, £30,000; fur the census of Ire-;
laud, £32,000.

A billiard match, 1,000 up. was played at Bury St.
Edmunds last evening, between W. Cook, jun., and P.
Roberts. The highest break made by Cook was 203, which
included 51 strokes. Itoberts's highest break was 63. The
game was won easily by Cook, his cpponent only scoring 664.
Edward Wright, whose successful efforts among
the thieves of London have lately drawn public attention,
is announced to address working men next Sunday after-
noon at the Agricultural Hall, [sliugton.
A contract for the construction of a telegraph line
between Constantinople and Odessa was signed on the 15th
instant between Daoud Pacha and M. DomLique Gallotti.
At the M:d ilesex Sessions yesterday a man allured
Everett was convicted of attempting to commit suicide, by
throwing himself into the river at Battersea Bridge, and was
doubtless very much astonished to find himself sentence] to
four months' hard labour
The seeon.-I spring flower show, organised under
the auspices of the Royal Botanic Soci ty, teak place yes-
terday. The large tent was, as usual, made the show room
of exquisite flowers and plants; and the conservatory as-
signed to a display of roses, azaleas, and rhododend ons.
Messrs. Lane took the prize for rhododendrons and deutza,,
and a silver medal in the miscellaneous; the Messrs. Paul,
of Cheshunt, the prize for roses; and for azaleas Messrs.
Henderson. The show was attended yesterday by a nume-
rous and fashionable company.
THE CITT OF BOSTON.— According to the Bristol
Post, the underwriters at Lloyd's are "s ttling " on this
vessel. A firm of provision merchautsin the city have, it is
stated, received an order for the payment of .£BOO, ou ac-
count of lost freight.
The fourth anniversary of the proprietorship of
Mr. John Sweasey will be celebrated at the Royal Music
Hall, Holborn, this (Thursday) evening. Mr. W. Holland,
of the Canterbury Hall and North Woolwich Garden., has
consented, on this special occasion, to preside. The list of
popular artists who lend their services this evening com-
prises almost every name of eminence in the music-hall pro-
fession, and thus Mi. Sweasey will present an unrivalled
evening's entertainment to his numerous patrons.
A meeting of men occupied in the hackney.
rani-ego trade was held yesterday at the Grafton Hall,
Grafton-street, Fitzroy-sq ;are, to consider "the lamp and

indicator questions." Mr. David Johnson took the chair.
After a conversation, in which several cab proprietors took
part, a resolution was passed condemning the compulsory
use of indicators and lamps upon'cabs. Some strong opinions
were expressed regarding Mr. Crocker, and the meeting,
which was somewhat noisy, terminated with a vote of thanks
to the chairman.

A report is current that on the passing of Mr.
Cardwell's War Office Regulation Bill, Mr. Mundella,
the member for Sheffield, will be invited to cross the gang-
way and teak a seat on the Treasury bench as the new
Finance Secretary to the War Department.
The residences of no less than three ex-Premiers
are at present in the market. Brocket Hall, Hertford.
shire, which once belonged to Lord Melbourne, and after-
wards to Lord Palmerston, is to be let ; and Bodborough
Manor, Lord Russell's seat at Stroud, is to be sold.
It is said that M. Rouher is urging the Emperor to
send the Prince Imperial on a visit to the leading towns
of France. He thinks that in present circumstances this
step would produce a favourable impression on the minds
of the people.

Dr. Hannah, the Warden of Trinity College, Glen.
almond, has declined the Rectory of Middleton. This is
the third refusal which has been sent to Mr. Gladstone.
The rectory has now been offered to the Rev. J. S. B.
Monsell, LL.D., the vicar of Egham.

The Court of Exchequer has granted a rule moved
for on behalf of Mr. Meyrick, the sitting member
for Pembroke, calling upon Mr. Hughes the petitioner,
to chew cause why the master should not review his
taxation of Mr. Meyrick's costs.

Several tradesmen were yesterday each fined £5
and costs, at the Liverpool Police-court, for not having
taken out a license for each of the horses they used in
conformity with the provisions of the Assessed '1
axes Act,
which came into force on the Ist of January,
Mr. Macgregor, of "Rob Roy" celebrity, is making
a provincial toar, lecturing about his cruise on the
Jordan. Mr. Macgregor pays his own expenses, and the
proceeds of the lectures are given to different charities.
The sum thus realised already reaches £4,000.
The Western Morning News remarks that the adage
which represents all winds in Cornwall as bringing wet
weather has been completely reversed this season. In
that usually rainy corner of England there had up to last
night been scarcely any rain worth registering for nearly
nine weeks.

They seem to have got a remarkably ingenious
sub-editor on the Standard staff. His headings are extraor-
dinary. One paragraph, describing a child accidentally
wounding his uncle with a pistol, is headed, "Potting his
Uncle." Another, describing the death of a Fenian by
falling into a vat of hot stuff, is called " Boiled Fenian."

It is said that one of the Bishop of Lincoln's
daughters has gone through a course of training to fit
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herself as a nurse to the sick poor, and is now engiged in
one of the London hospitals.—Church Herald.

Miniatures on ivory seem likely to become
fashionable again. The Queen, it is said, has commis-
sioned Messrs. Look and Whitfield, to paint a large ivory
miniature of the Princess of Wales.

JUDICIAL REFORM IN EGYPT.—The committee
which was appointed by M. Daru to report upcn the con-
clu.sions of the International Commission of Cairo con-
cellar g judicial reforms in Egypt, completed its
investigation last Saturday, and has pronounced in favour
of the opinions of thQ Commissinu.

'lne death is announced of Mr. Acheson Lyle, Q. 04
Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Derry since 1660.
NOTICE To. Bur.GLAns.—The llon. Mrs. Norton
has written a letter, denying that a burglary has been
committed at her house. Mrs. Norton is anxious, how-
ever, " not only for the rcaLsulauce of friends, buti for
the information of those gentlemen -who get their living
by these irregular adventures, to declare that the most
moderate-minded burglar would be disappointed in the result
unless he were able to avail himself of manuscript papers in
verse and prose and deal for them with some liberal publisher,
there being nothing else in her house worth taking."