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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-27

FLOATING HOTELS.

Mr. Fisk's steamer, which is to carry passengers to
Long Branch, is also to furnish them with meals and
lodgings.• It is to be, that is to say, a floating hotel.
Floating churches have existed for many years and on the
Mississippi and elsewhere we have heard of floating
theatres; but a vessel which offers to supply food and
apartments, not to passengers only, but to all . comers,
is something new under the sun. The ex-
periment once tried, it may occur to the pro-
prietors of the Great Eastern to turn her to
similar account. At present she seems of little use to
anybody, except when a cable is to be laid. Securely
moored off Long Branch, with suitable bridges and shift-
ing platforms to make her easily accessible in all weathers
and tides, the monster ship would make a hotel that
would rival, if not surpass, any of its neighbours on terra
firma. Balls, concerts, and other entertainments could
be given with admirable effect on board ; the airiness of
the dormitories could be hardly attainable under,
other circumstances, and the mosquitoes—which theore-
tically never appear at Long Branch, but in practice
are sometimes less obliging—would probably decline
to cross salt water when they could banquet
so richly on shore. The scene might be occa-
sionally varied by getting under way in the
' night, so that passengers on waking would find
themselves, let us say, off Cape Hatteras, or in some
other, exciting locality, famous for fighting or ship-
wreck. Such an enterprise as this would excite all
adventurous spirits, and some one of our celebrated Com-
modores, who is also a capitalist, could hardly do :better
than to take the Great Eastern off the hands to which o_he
seems as troublesome as a white elephant, and put her to
the use we suggest, at Newport, Coney Island, or Long
Branch.—New York Times.
London, England, 1870-06-27

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.

On Saturday afternoon an extraordinary attempt at
murder, followed by an attempted suicide, was made by a
man named Jermvn, employed to carry coals and do other
odd jobs at the treat Seal Patent Office, Southampton-
buildings, Chancery-lane. Mr. Tomlinson, a clerk at
the Patent Office, was taking his lunch in his room,
when he received a severe blow upon the head, and on
turning round saw Jermyn, who had just previously
fetched the luncheon for him, armed with a staff. He
immediately closed with him, and reoeived other blows of
a serious character. His assailant then escaped by means
of the window, and slid down the water-pipe into the yard.
He then ran round the premises to a water-closet, where
he was discovered bleeding from a Bevel e wound in the
throat, inflicted by a penknife. He was at once removed
to King's College Hospital, where he lies in a very pre-
carious state. Mr. Tomlinson's injuries were attended to
without delay, but they were not of such a serious
character as might have been anticipated. seeing that
the weapon used, an old special constable's staff, was
split in two by the force of the blows. No cause
whatever has been assigned for the commission of
the act, and it is not believed that any ani-
mosity existed betwoen Mr. Tomlinsan and Jermyn.
It appears, however, that Jermyn, some two years ago,
received an injury to his head by falling down stairs, and
has since been subject to sudden outbursts of iosanity.
Jermyn was in 1867 swoon in as a special constable, and
he thus obtained the weapon with which he inflicted the
injuries upon his victim.

THE DIVISION ON THE EDUCATION BILL.
In the division of Friday on the Education Bill, 239
members of the Liberal party voted with the Govern-
ment and 60 against. The Queen's garden party at
Windsor will account for the unavoidable absence of 25
or 30 Liberals, and accidents explain the absence of 25 or
30 more. The applications for pairs, also amounting to
some 25 to 30, were unsuccessful, iu consequence of the ex-
treme smallness of the number who opposed the Govern-
ment. Mr. Morley was necessarily at Bristol during the
division, otherwise he would have voted with
the majority. Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Hardy
were both absent. Sir John Pakington came
to town on purpose to vote with the Government. We
state these simple faCts as having both interest and use in
illustrating the actual situation. To7day the Education
Bill goes into committee, and the first subject of debate
will be Mr. Dixon's amendment for creating school boards
in every district. The notice paper contains no fewer
.than 280 amendments ; but many have already been sub-
stantially discussed or may be grouped with others, and
hence there .is good reason to hope that, in five nights of
has I work, the task may be effectually executed, and that
the bill may pass through committee on Monday next.
Daily Telegraph.
London, England, 1870-06-27

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London, England, 1870-06-27

A FOREIGN VIEW OF LONDON.

M. Charles Hugo, son of Victor, who has been paying
London a visit, describes his impressions in the .Rappel.
He found there " 4,000,000,000 men, and not a single
lounger. A feverish and phlegmatic circulation in a fog.
Everyone rushing in pursuit of business, for time is
money; the second is worth a shilling, the
minute a guinea. Everything circulates pell-mell—the
penny boat on the river, the waggon in the
street. One has a railway overhead, another under-foot ;
a railway to the right, a railway to the left. The Thames
runs between two trains, one of which passes over, the
other under the river. The penny boats have a locomo-
tive under the chimney and another under their wheels."
Ws are then told that St. Paul's looks as if it were
built of sugar, Westminster of pasteboard, and the
Tower of London of dominoes. The police are
dressed in green. Now and then there is a red soldier
with his hair parted behind and a stick in his hand. High
over the trees of Hyde Park rises the equestrian statue
of Wellington, with his cocked hat under his arm. "Sugar
all this over with 300,000 women of bad character, and
you have London a prodigious nightmare, where
everything is of iron, mud, coal, and rain,
where tunnels are suspended and bridges are sub-
terranean, whose houses are tombs and shopkeepers
phantoms. ' Chinoiserie de Pdpicerie, Sodome de la bank
note, Gomorrhe du coton, Babylone de la cassonade "
The note of admiration which follows Babylon of brown
sugar is by M. Charles Hugo, who then proceeds to tells
us how he visited Louis Blanc, who lives in one of the
best quarters of London, and had to pay five shillings
for half an hour's mad gallop—" that is, 7f. 25c."
He dined with Louis Blanc and met Mr. Smalley, who
is an amiable man, " and an amiable American is worth
two charming. Englishmen." The conversation turned on
Rochefort and Flourens, and M. Louis Blanc assured his
guests that the latter had always expressed the greatest re-
pugnance for political assassination. It was remarked,how-
ever, that Napoleon 1., founder of the present dynasty,
hadinstalled the statue of Brutus in the Tuileries when
first consul, and had left a sum of money in his will to
Cantillon, who had fired at Wellington. The next day
M. Louis Blanc took M. Hugo to the Tower, where
they saw all the Crown jewels but the
Koh-i-noor, that famous diamond stolen from India which
the Queen keeps hidden in a drawer so as to have
100,000,000 f. in her pocket in case of a revolution. In the
courtyard the spot where Anne Boleyn was beheaded was
pointed out. "And they reproach us with '93 " sighed
Louis Blanc.—Pall Mall Gazette.
London, England, 1870-06-27

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Engraving contains over LOCO figures. each figure portraying a
character or a passion—the whole presenting a history of the cus-
toms and manners of the present century. The Painting is the
property of the Nations I Gallery, and is on view at the Kensington
Museum.
London, England, 1870-06-27

EDUCATION.

Mr. KENNAWAY asked the Vice-President of the Council
whether, in the case of a district separated for ecclesiasti-
cal purposes from a parish, and possessing sufficient
school accommodation of its own, it was intended uncle:
the bill that such district should be obliged to contribute
to an educational rate that may be required to be made,
by the parish of which, for civil purposes, the district still
forms a part.
Mr. FORSTER replied that it was not so intended, and
with regard to a question, of which the hon. member
had given him private notice, the sub-section, second
clause 48, simply contemplated that if there be a part of
a parish outside a borough, provision should be made for
it in the bill.
THE DEATH OF SOLDIERS ON THE MARCH.
Several hon. gentlemen put questions to the Secretary
of State for War with reference to the death of two soldiers
from sunstroke whilst on the march.
_

Mr. CARDWELL at some length explained the circum-
stances connected with the cases. He said that one sol-
dier had died from sunstroke, but the medi cal
officer gave it as his opinion that the death
of the other was ascribable to drink, which had rendered
him unfit for the march. No complaint had been made
either direetly or. iudirectly. It was the desire of the
War Office that marches of soldiers should always be
effected at the most convenient hours for the comfort of
the men.
London, England, 1870-06-27

OUTRAGES AT LIVERPOOL.

Frederick Schmidt, a German tailor, residing in Bent-
street, Liverpool, has been sent to gaol for two months
by the Liverpool magistrates for biting off the ear of his
fellow lodger, George Henry Williams. Schmidt also
threw Williams upon a blazing fire. The outrages were
unprovoked, and Schmidt was sober.

THE ACCIDENT AT THE CATTE NHAM
STEEPLECHASES.

On Saturday a case which had been entered for hear-
ing in the Court of Common Pleas, arising out of the
Cattenham Steeplechases, was heard before the arbitra-
tors, Mr. Bidwell and Mr. Harlock, Mr. Mann being
umpire, these gentlemen having been appointed by the
court. The accident occurred just at the time of the last
race, Mr. Pate, merchant, Ely, cannoning against the horse
of Mr. Ambrose farmer, Bottisham. The horse and its
rider were overthrown, the latter receiving such severe
injuries that he was unable to leave his house for six
months, and in addition received apermanent injury to his
leg. The medical opinion is that he will never recover his
former state of health. The arbitrators awarded him one
hundred guineas. Each party to pay his own costs.

THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT NEWARK
INQUEST.

The inquest on the bodies of the persons killed in the
railway accident at Newark was reopened on Saturday.
Charles Sacre, chief engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln Railway Company was subjected to a lengthy
examination. He said he believed the waggon of which
the axle broke had been rnnning eighteen years. The axle
was peculiarly of the best kind of wrought iron. Axles
were more likely to fail when new than after years of use.
He did not consider after eighteen years of use more than
ordinary inspeCtion was required.
The intention of the jury to have independent scientific
evidence was overruled. The conduct of the police in
taking property from the bodies seems likely to call forth
great complaints, but the Leeds Mercury report is con-
sidered unfair and extravagant. It is thought probable
that the jury will find a verdict without taking further
evidence.
London, England, 1870-06-27

LATEST PARTICULARS.

Upon making inquiries this morning, it was ascertained
that Jermyn is in a very dangerous state. He is 'still
lying in King's College Hospital, and up to the present
time he has not been able to speak. He is, !however,
conscious. The wound which he has made with a pen-
knife across his throat has completely severed the wind-
pipe and the jugular vein. Mr. Tomlinson, although
still suffering from the effects of the blows inflicted upon
his head, was progressing favourably, and it is now thought
that he is out of danger.
London, England, 1870-06-27

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REPRESENTATION OF DUBLIN.

Mr. STACPOOLE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
if he could state what course the Government were going
to take with reference to the vacancy in the representation
of the city of Dublin.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE replied that the law officers of the
Crown and the Government had carefully considered the
subject, and they had come to the conclusion that the
report of the commissioners upon the Dublin freemen,
which amply justified the issuing of that commission, was,
in respect of the last election, not sufficientiy strong
to enable the Government to bring in a bill for
the purpose of disfranchising the freemen of Dublin as a
body, but at the same time a bill would be introduced by
the Solicitor-General for Ireland for the purpose of dis-
franchising those freemen whose names were on the sche-
dule as having been guilty of corrupt practices. As soon
as the bill became law the writ for Dublin would be
issued.
London, England, 1870-04-15

GREAT FIRE IN DOCTORS' COIIMONS.

This morning, about a quarter before one o'clock,
a fire broke out in a large three-storied building :be-
longing to Mr. Davis, carman, and Meis-s. Butts,
Brothers, woolstaplers. No less than a dozen en-
gines were on the spot in less than a quarter of an
hour after the alarm was given, and befo e three
o'clock the fire was got trader, but the property de-
stroyed, it is calcula'ed, will amount to some thou-
sands of pounds. Twenty-one horses were fortu-
nately got safely out of the building uninjured. The
origin of the fire is at present unknown.

HER MAJESTY AND THE TEMPERANCE HAND-BELL
RINGERS.—Mr. Duncan S. Miller and his friends, who have

tor the benefit of various philanthropic institutions given a
great number of entertainments in London and the pro-
vinces on their fifty hand-bells, attended at Osborne yester-
day, in obedience to her Majesty's command. They are to
be at the Metropolitan Tabernacle on Tuesday, the 13th
instant, to illustrate a lecture by the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon,
un the subject of "Bells," when Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P.,
is to preside.

THEATRE.—The annual benefit of
Mfr. George Turpin, the b. x-bookkeeper at this theatre, is
announced for next Wednesday evening, when the present
attractive programme will bo supplemented by other enter-
tainments.

We are requested to state that an examination
for direct commissions will be held at the new building of
the University of London, Burlington-gardens, Piccadilly,
on Monday, the 16th of May next, at half-past ten
o'clock a.m. The number of candidates to be examined
'upon that occasion will be limited to 150.

SUPPOSED POISONING BY SPURIOUS TEA.—Yester-
day an inquest was held at Deptford, on the body of Nliehael
Pierce Tilukin, who, it was alleged, had died from driokiag
spurious tea, a packet of which he had picked up in the
street. The medical evidence, however, showed that death
had resulted froM apoplexy, and a verdict in accordanco
with that opinion was returned.

We (The Lancet) understand that the Pharmaceu-
tical Society have obtained permission to hold their
conversazione this year in the iNeirseum at South
Kensington, and have determined to introduce as a
refining element—the ladies.
_ _

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, w:th all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Messis. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained
a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to he
called "The Royal Irish Distillery."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Morning. Evening _
THURSDAY... .......... ...40 miu past 12 5 miu past 1
FRIDAY ... .
SATURDAY. 10 min past 2 33 min past 2
SUNDAY 53 min past 2 18 min past 3
MONDAY 40 min past 3 58 min past 3
TUESDAY., 2O min past 4 45 min past 4
London, England, 1870-04-15

EMIGRATION TO ONTARIO.

In the emigration tilt Ontario has found a
champion in M. Thomas White. In a
lecture at Newcastle Mr. White, who fa
special commissioner of the above province for
emigration, gave a most glowing picture of its ad-
vantages over other provinces, even in the Dominion
of Canada. As one proof of its progress, he stated
that in 1862 there was not a single mile of
railway in the province, while in the present year
there were .1,500 miles open, and 400 miles more
projected. Taxation there, he says, is comparatively
light, there is a perfect system of religious equality,
there are no poor-houses, the school system is excel-
lent, and even the "religious difficulty" is settled
by allowing each school-board to determine whether
the Bible should be read or not in the school. If
read, it was without note or comment. Speaking
of the climate, he remarked that though the winters
were very cold and the summers very hot, yet both
heat and cold in Ontario were more bearable
than in England. All who were able and willing to
work could obtain it, and in time achieve indepen-
dence for themselves and their families.

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London, England, 1870-04-15

WASHINGTON

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Montpellier, Vt. ...
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Bristol, R. J.... ••• •••
Fairfield, Con. .••
Genesco, N. Y. ••• •••
Harrisburg, Pa. ...
Plainfield, N. J. ...
Mount Vernon, Ohio ..•
Annapolis, Md. •••
Lansing, Mich. ...
Lafayette, Ind.
Poeria, 111. ... ••• •••
Fondulac, Wis.
Minneapolis, Min. ...
Dos Moines, lowa ...
St. Joseph, Mo. •••
Little Rock, Ark. ...
New Orleans, La. ...
Jackson, Miss. ••• •••
Mon,gomery, A1a....
Atlanta, Geo.
Columbia, Ten.
Charleston, S.C. •••
Raleigh, N.O. ••• •••
Tallahassee, Fa•
Lebanon, Neu.
Richmond, Va. •••
Austin, Texas ~..
Lawrence, Kan. ...
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London, England, 1870-04-15

4‘ IGNORANCE IS BLISS."

Some curious statistics of the number of lunatics
in the different European capitals have just been
published, which are not altogether encouraging
to the friends of progress, and far from grati-
fying to us sober - minded Anglo - Saxons.
In London the proportion of insane to
sane, is 1 in every 200 inhabitants ; hi Paris, 1 in
222 ; in Milan, 1 in 244; while in remote, dreary,
and semi-civilised St. Petersburg, it is only
1 in 1,043 ! To point the moral, the
Russian statisticians coolly tell us their
superior sanity is due "to the defective
state of education at St. Petersburg," the numbers
of the insane increasing in proportion to the degree
of civilisation. According to this it will be neces-
sary to increase our lunatic asylums in antici-
pating the passage of the Education Bill through
Parliament, and we may suppose that ita
persistent opponents are really friends of the human
intellect in disguise As the Russians are providing
us with such extraordinary information, we had
better learn from them the classes most likely to
suffer from excessive civilisation. The greater part
of their lunatics are, we are told, women, inventors,
and financiers—a fact for the satirists.

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ROME.

ROME, April 14.
The Marquis de Banneville arrived here this morn
ing.

FRANCE.

PARIS, April 15.
An Imperial decree of yesterday's date has been
published to-day, appointing M. Segris, Minister of
Finance, vice M. Bouffet, whose resignation has been
accepted.

Another decree appoints M. 011ivier Minister of
Foreign Affairs and the Interior, and likewise M.
Richard to act provisionally as Minister of Public
Instruction.

Last night a meeting of Deputies of the Left, and
of writers for the Democratic press was held at M.
Cremitue's house.

B,esolu ions were adopted recommending the Leg;s-
lative Body as the better course to pass a negative
vote in reference to the proposed Plebiscitum, with-
out, however, restraining members either from ab-
staining from voting or from returning blank voting
papers. A committee of seven journalists was ap-
pointed to draw up a manifesto of the L• ft party.

CREUZOT, April 14.

The pits were working to-day with nearly their
'ull complement of men, including some members of
the strike committee.

BOURSE, April 14.—Three o'clock—The mark e
closed as follows :

per Cent.
per s 73 82
End of month 73 62k
Mobilier 270
Transatlantic 2OO

Bank Shares 2815
Ithl'an rives 55 45
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan
Do. Debt 4B 20
Spanish Threes
Home Debt — -
Deferred ...... -
Cash
Orleans
Western
Northern
Strasburg
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6O b
Sardinian
Austrian 795
Lombard 430
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman.

relit Foncier _1282 50
Paris Gag 1707 50
Suez Canal 3lO

RAIL WA'

491

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13.
Nubar Pasha left to-night on board the Maor for
Marseilles.

AMERICA.
(By Cable).
NEW YORK, Alril 14.
The North Germau Lloyd steamer America ar
rived out to-day.

The India steamer (of the Anchor line) arrived
here to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.
Gold closed at 1131; the highest quotation during the day
was 1131; the lowest, 1121.
Sterling Exchange on London
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882
1883
17 1867
10-40 „
Illinois
Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour—Extra State, $1 40e. to $5 Oc. Corn—Old
mixed, $1 9c,
London, England, 1870-04-15

BUDGET REFLECTIONS.

Bribery and corruption are coarse terms which we could
never dream of connecting with a Government which is,
bringing in a bill to disfranchise Beverley and Bridg.
water. But there is a delicate operation—some-
what akin to treating—and popularly known as
" giving a sop to Cerberus," of which we have
just had a striking example. Amongst the minor
alleviations of the Budget is one reducing the
newspaper stamp to a halfpenny on all newspapers not
exceeding Goz. in weight. We were rather struck by the
circumstance that 4oz.—a quarter of a pound—has
always hitherto been the maximum weight for
the lowest rate of postage alike in the pat-
tern, book, and newspaper posts. The change to
6oz. in this one particular postage will have
the effect of making all the elegant weights, which aro
such popular presents, and weigh up to 4oz. only, practi-
cally useless. Cui Bono It has been suggested by evil-
disposed people that there is one newspaper, mid one only,
which weighs more than 4oz. and less than 6oz.
Rumour has also said— but as this is, of
course, unfounded, we apologise in anticipation
—that the Right Hon. R. Lowe has a special
connection with the one favoured journal. It will, how-
ever, in any case be curious and instructive to observe
how the Cerberus of Printing House-square receives the
sop. Will he greet it with the short, quiet bark of grati-
fied expectation, or like a well-fed house dog, receive his
meal in silence ? If he fails to growl, will it indicate
a special familiarity with the hand that fec:l/4 him.—
Globe.
London, England, 1870-04-15

" THE GAME LAWS BILL."

The draft of the bill introduced by the Lord
Advocate to amend the Game Laws has been issued.
Among the provisions it proposes to apply to
England is that the lessee of land shall not be liable
to prosecution for taking game on his own
land ; nor shall any person be liable who
has a lessee's leave to do so, unless the
holder has no right to give such permission.
t‘ Any lessee who, by himself or others for whom he
is responsible, hunts, kills, or takes game or rabbits
contrary to the terms of his lease, or of his bargain
with the` lessor, shall be liable in damages for breach
of contrct." It is also provided that in England
dailages not exceeding g6O may be sued for win the
county court. -
London, England, 1870-04-15

tic Institution" of Utab. Still, the materials are
there for an explosion, and as man at best is brit a
blunderer, the hand of some idiot may bring them
together and produce the thunder-clap.
The execution of Scow, at Fort Garry, March
3, on the charge that he had escaped from prison
with other Canadians, and joined 'Major BOULTON'S
movement against RIELLE'S Administration, seals
with blood the in=urrection. From the moment of
su:h a high. handed act, RIELLE b comes a mur-
d.rer in the eye of the -11 w, and, if takfm, on the
charge of inurthr RIELLE must 133 tried. In an
swer to Mr. ArrouN, the Under Secretary for 'ha
Colonies informed the Hous3 of Commons that
the Canadian Administration as well as the Red
River 'Convention had asked for British troops,
and the expediency of despatching a small force
was then under the consideration of the Govern-
ment. It is manifestly impossible for her MA-
JESTY'S Ministers to evade the responsibility of
putting down this insurrection. RIELLE could
have given any colouring he chose to his proceed-
ing so long as he had carefully abstained from shed-
ding blood, for, whether true or false, the Govern-
ment would gladly have seized any; opportunity of
granting liberal concessions and condoning past
offences. But with SCOTT'S execution arises the
question —Can the Imperial Government permit
any person, or combination of persons, to assemble
a Court and shoot on its decree a subject of her
MAJESTY, for the alleged crime of having given his
personal service to the attempt made to uphold
the authority of the Crown in British territory ? If
Major BOULTON and Dr. SHARPE were not autho-
rized to act in the capacity they assumed, their
action might also be illegal, and SCOTT might then
be regarded as engaged in an enterprise calculated
to disturb the peace of the country. If RIELLE
had bloodlessly preserved tranquillity till an over-
whelming force arrived on the scene, and then
surrendered his power, he would have held a curious
position. Even now he might plead nece-sity, and
the fact that he was elected by the community to
preserve order during an emergency. The in-
tention, however, appears to be evident that RIELLE
and his followers intend to fight, as they rule by
the force of terror, and they furnish another in-
stance of the false positions wherein a very igno-
rant, isolat d people are apt to place themselves.
RIELLE, with his 500 half-breds, undertakes to fight
the British Empire, and many of them believe that
a sort rf Indian warfare only lies before them,
while the mass do not trouble themselves to specu-
late at all on the future, sttisfied as they are with
their present mode of riotous living on the Hudson
Bay Company's stores.
London, England, 1870-04-15

PUB MOHO USE CONTRIVANCES.

The proceedings before the magistrates on the
licensing day show that "Bonnie Dundee" is not,
at all events, behind other towns in trying its best
to obtain liquor during illegal hours. Back doors,
side doors, secret stairs, and other contrivances of a
like nature were brought to light, and
spoken of with as much familiarity as if
the police were as well acquainted with the habits of
thirsty souls as they are, ox are supposed to be, con-
versant with the various haunts of criminals. Several
licenses were refused, and in one case the reason
assigned was that the holder of it had been guilty
of wife beating. A. certain Mr. Anderson
had his license refused for Sunday trading.
lie, poor fellow, explained that the partakers of his
1,
whiskey were two friends w 9 had been travelling,
sidle naively RW,
London, England, 1870-04-15

TRAMWAYS IN AMERICA.

As the tramway system is about to be initiated in
this country the experiences of our neighbours across
the Atlantic, among whom it has been adopted
with so much success; will be of advan-
tage. The street or horse railway as it is
called in Boston, United States, has been laid
in that City between ten and fifteen years. The cars
are of good size, extending from end to end, and
capable of accommodating 13 or 14 persons on
each seat. There is plenty of room for as many
more to stand, supporting themselves by straps sus-
pended from the roof of the car. The cars are drawn
by two horses, and at the end of the pole is a small
bell, which gives duo notice of their approach. Once
or twice steam power was attempted, butrelinquished
as it frightened the horses in the streets. The fares are
very low—threepence for five or six miles. The cars
are stopped almost instantly any person wishes to
get out. Smoking is positively prohibited except
on double-deckers cars which have ac-
commodation for gentlemen outside. In summer open
vehicles are used. The cars travel at good speed, much
faster than omnibuses, and have the right of way.
Last, not least, the conductors in Boston are very
polite and gentlemanly. Why, it would be worth
trying the system, if only to obtain such a novel
ingredient as the latter in English locomotion.

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countries on its banks to devote themselves to
peaceful pursuits, there may still be hopes of a
prosperous future even for South America.

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DER MAJESTY.

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INDIA.

BOMBAY, April 15.
DEPARTURE OF THE 77TH REGIMENT FOR HOME.
The Jumna proceeds to-day, via canal, with the
77th Regiment.
kir Seymour Fitzgerald has returned from a shoot-
ing expedition near Khandeiss.
Lord Napier has left for Peshawur to join the
Viceroy.

THE ATTEMPTED BURGLARY IN FLEET.

STREET.

Edward Hines, 'I homas Hagerty, and Mary Ann
Travers, were yesterday charged at Guildhall, on
remand, before Sir Robert W. Carden, with being
suspected persons, and frequenting Fleet-street on
the night of the 31st of March, and morning of the
Ist of April, with int nt to commit a felony, being
reputed thieves. This charge was under the 9th
section of the Hal,itual Criminals Act. They were
further charged with breaking into the shop of Mr.
George Attenborough, pawnbroker, tf Fleet-street,
by boring a ho!e through the shutt.rs of his shop,
and breaking a plate-glass window, with intent to
commit a felony, by attetni ting to steal two diamond
necklaces worth £1,700. After some further evi-
dence had been offered, and former convictions having
been proved agAinst each prisoner, Sir R. W. Car-
den raid the charge had been made out, but his power
was limited to giving the prisoners three months' im-
prisoment with hard labour, and he felt it to be his
duty to exercise the power given to him to the ut-
most. He then sentenced them each to three months'
imprisonment with hard labour.
London, England, 1870-04-15

THE RULE OF THE ROAD AT SEA.

Referring to the Bombay-Oneida collision, the
New York, Shipping List points out differences in the
rule of the road at sea between the English and
American maritime law. The 13th article states
"if two ships under steam are meeting end on, or
nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, the
helms of both shall bo put to port, so that each may
pass on the port side of the other." The next
section reacts, 44
two ships under steam are cross
ing so as to involve risk of collision, the ship which
has the other on her own starboard side shall keel)
out of the way of the other." According to the
testimony elicited on the trial of Captain Eyre, at
Yokohama, these last two rules cover the case of th 3
Bombay and Oneida, and it would seers
that they were obeyed by the British ship and not
by the American; but, points out The Liss
" ships too often deviate from their courses,
under the pressure of law, to court collision, when
ordinary intelligence would have avoided it." If
there is any truth in this statement, there ougl;
surely to be some modification of the rule of the
road at sea.
London, England, 1870-04-15

TIIE SENATUS-CONSULTUM.

Devienne has presented to the Senate the report on
the Senatus-Consultum as modified by the Senate. It will
be remembered that some exception was teken to ill.
Dsvienne's last report as not being sufficiently
liberal, and the reporter of the committee 1135
evidently endeavoured to avoid a repetition of this
error. ire speaks boldly of the transformation of the
empire of authority into the parliamentary empire, and
proclaims that the moment is most favourable for securing
true liberty. The equivocal position of the Ministers between
the Emperor and the Chamber has been altered, and the
principle of Ministerial responsibility to the two organ;
of Legislative power is distinctly stated. The Imperi3'
right of appeal to the people has been preserved intact.
M. Devienne says that the right has been claimed
by the chief of the State, and confirmed by the
nation long since. It is an inevitable consequence
of the Emperor's responsibility, and the power to be 01
any service must be absolute. Before a plaiscite the,
question in dispute could never be impartially judged, and
any like reserve or limitation would destroy it. With
regard to the composition of the Senate, M. Devienne ,
of opinion that it gains in dignity and political importance
by being chosen by the Emperor, and nominated under
other conditions, instead of being elected by suffrage. Au
idea which the committee has altogether refused to
entertain.
London, England, 1870-04-15

SAVINGS BANK INTEREST.

The Government has introduced a bill for the
reduction of the interest to savings banks from 31- to
3 por cent. This proceeding, though Mr. Lowe holds
that it is only to redeem the State from a great loss
incurred by the higher rate of interest, has excited much
dissatisfaction. The Glasgow Chamber of Com-
merce has pronounced against it. At the last
meeting it was maintained that the banks were
rendering the most important service to the
State in training the people to habits of
industry and providence. They had attractqd
1,400,000 depositors from the industrious
classes of society, who, by husbanding their
spare earnings, were honourably providing for
themselves, and also setting before their own order
an example which is Featly needed. Mr. Lowe
maintains that by paying a rate of interest which
results in a loss, the general taxpayer is robbed for
tho benefit of the savings-bank investoi. To this it
is answered that the taxpayer does not feel so imper-
ceptible a loss, Nyhereas the depositor distinctly
kt2ll4l%.find avusSageatalp

The friends of the suggestion that the opinion of
the majority of a jury shall be accepted as a verdict,
have just had another case in their favour recorded.
In the Manchester Court of Record the jury were
looked up four mortal hours trying to decide a dispute
between landlord and tenant, and being unable to
agree, asked the Judge if the conclusion arrived
at by the majority might be accepted as a verdict.
His Honour seemed favourable to the suggestion ;
but the " gentleman of the long robe " Who was
retained on what ultimately proved the losing side,
strenuously opposed such a compromise, and the
"twelve unfortunates " had once more to
return to the place of their former deli-
berations. They had, however, evidently had
enough " talkee talkee." The secolid delibera-
tion was but a short one, and a verdict was soon
found. Who shall say how they so soon agreed ?
Was it tossing, drawing lots, or a withdrawal of op-
position on the part of the minority that settled the
much vexed question ? Yn most things we are
governed by majorities, and why not let the same
rule apply to a jury ? at all events, in cases where
neither life or liberty are at stake.

THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Mr. William Inman, acting on behalf of the Livery
pool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship
Company, contradicts the statements which
have appeared in several of our contemporaries,
in reference to the City of Boston. Those statements
were that the missing ship was deeply laden with
wheat in bags, being eighteen or twenty inches deeper
than the insurance allows, and that she left Halifax
with a damaged screw. iris. Inman positively denies
that the City of Boston was either too deeply laden,
had a damaged screw, or was in any other respect in
an unseaworthy condition. He expresses his belief
that if the vessel is lost—which he still hopes may
not be the case—the calamity must no doubt have
been owing to the ice
London, England, 1870-04-15

LAW AND ORDER IN ITALY.

The murder of General Escolfin has been followed by
another at Lago, of the Inspector of Police, who had beat
appointed to replace Cattaneo, the murderer of Escolfirl-
The present creation's antecedents were anything but
creditable, as he had been condemned to death for murder
himself, under Gregory XVI., and, like most of
the criminals in the Romagnas, by feigldni
an attachment to the Italian cause, obtained
employment and advancement. His name was CaniPs-
delli, and he had been very active in the recent complaints
against Cattaneo. On going to take possession of h'
new appointment of Inspector of Police at Ravenna, be
stopped the night at Lago, and was assaulted next del
while crosssing the piazza by four unknown persons,
who despatched him with daggers and pistols,
and left him dying in the middle of the square.
at midday, and in full sight of all the shops and cafes. Nei
one dared go to his assistance, and the murderer walked
quietly out of the gates and disappeared ! A woman
alone had the courage to afford help to the dying many
but he was too near his end to give any clue to the arrest
of •his murderer, and died in the street a few minutes
after. From these brief details it may be judged
what is the state of public security in Rail,
and what is the working of the Mazziniso
sect. A country where a condemned and rebellious
assassin may by feigned patriotism attain to a high office
in the Police, and where he in his turn is murdered in
broad day in the principal square of a populous town, is
scarcely to be ranked' among civilised lands, and the pro-
gress Italy has made during the last two years is un-
happily in a downward direction as far as public security,
honour, and morality are concerned.
London, England, 1870-04-15

THE TRAMWAY BILLS.

The Select Committee of the House of Commons on the
Tramways Bills, it is understood, have agreed to report
that the yarirous projects should be subject to provisional
orders of Parliament, and not to a certificate of the Board
of Trade. In consequence of this decision some strong
opposition may be offered to the bills by conflicting
interests. The Tramway opponents avow their intention
to oppose any scheme upon which they have a parlia,
mentary locus stanch.
London, England, 1870-04-15

HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS.

his Royal Highness the Prince Chestian hunted
yesterday with the Royal pack, the meet being at
the Ascot Hotel, where there was a large field as-
sembled. The celebrated deer " Volunteer" was se-
lected for the day's sport ; he was uncarted in a field
close by, on Mr. Baker's farm, and went away
to Sunninghill, thence into the forest, and after
dodging about for s 'me time he ran in`o the Sun-
ningdale Railway Station and entered the hotel
there, but finding no polite reception he made his
exit through one of the parlour windows and then
ran to a .grntleman's house about a quart r of a mile
distant. After taking a survey of the residence arid
walking round the premises, evidently looking out
for s-me place of shelter, he returned to the Sun-
ningdale Hotel arid took up Lis quarters in or.e of
the coach-houses, where he was taken, aster afford
ing some excellent forest hunting of three hours.
The meet of the Easter Monday hunt will be, as
usual, at Maidenhead-thicket.
London, England, 1870-04-15

MARRIAGES.

LAKE—OUSBLEY—On the 9th inst., at St. James's Church,
Norland, Sir Atwell King Lake, Bart., to Frances, widow
of the late Colonel Richard Ouseley.
MoRRIS—PETTITT —On the 13th, inst., at Great Toy, Bar-
nard, eldest son of tho late Mr. Go rge Morris, Park II all,
Gosfield, Essex, to Kate, third diughter of Mr. J. Pettitt,
Tey Brook, Great Tey, Essex.

DEATIIS.

ALDER
Alder,
HORNE
worth,

On the 13th lust., at Esher, Surrey, Mr. James
aged 83.
On the 14th inst., Benjamin W. Horne, of Mere-
aged 66.

London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Cenety of
Dliddlesez.—Fritiv, April 15, 1879.
London, England, 1870-04-15

TURF REFORM.

In a letter, which will be valued as emanating from
a person so well conversant with his subject, Sir
Joseph Hawley explains what he means to propose
with reference to turf reform, at a meeting of the
Jockey Club, which he will suggest, shall be held in
London, instead of at Newmarket during the
excitement and turmoil of the races. His first
proposition will be with reference to the period from
which horses' ages date, and Sir Joseph will propose
that it be from the 25th March; which, he says, was
formerly the case until 1833. The result of the
alteration at that time has been most prejudicial to
the breed of horses, as the object now seemed to be
to get the foal dropped as near the Ist of January
as possible, and that period of the year is
bad both for the strength and soundness of
the foal, as there is neither sunshine nor grass for
it. As a rule, Sir Joseph has found that late
foals are the best; but the Jockey Club, he says,
steps in, and in order to increase sport forces early
foaling. If born before the 25th of March, the writer
of the letter would have the foals called
yearlings. With a view to encourage breeders
to sell their yearlings, he would propose that the
Derby and Oaks entries be made on the Tuesday
after the Houghton meeting, instead of in July as at
present. By this arrangement the yearling would have
four months longer in the paddock. To check the
early running of two-year-olds as far as practicable,
especially during the later period of the year, Sir
Joseph suggests that "no two-year-old shall run
before the Ist of September, nor shall any two-year-old
run in any handicap whatever, or in any race to
which public money is given." The racing season,
the hon. baronet thinks, shouli be from the 25th of
March to the 15th of November; and in support of
these dates he points to the report of a committee in
France, that the three months racing in November,
February, and March offer no real sport, and that it
takes away from the racehorse that period of repose
so necessary for his conservation.
London, England, 1870-04-15

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.

Last evening the great French drama " Frou•Frou"
was produced at this theatre. The plot is by no
means new, and, like most of the Parisian transla-

tious we have had of late, it will hardly prove con-
genial to English tastes. It is the story of a young,
thoughtless, giddy wife, the pet of the fashionable
world of Paris, who, piqued by the supposed fondness
of her husband for her own sister, flies with a seducer;
and after suffering shame and remorse for her sin,
comes back, but to die, after having obtained for-
givenness from her husband. The drama is very long,
and in places almost tiresome, the interest begins
to warm up towards the end of the third act, but we
doubt much whether it will attain a run in London
at all commensurate with that which it has obtained
in Paris. Mdl!e. Beatrice supported the part of
Gilberte—Frou-Frou— but it appeared to be a cha-
racter that did not suit her. Miss Henrade has a part
that fitted her much better, and the consequence was
she seemed quite at home m the wise, careful, and
loving sister. Mr. W. Farren comes out as a blase
old beau, the father of the two girls, and although
it was the first time we have seen him attempt
his late father's line of business, the acting was
such as to give us great hope for the future. Mr.
Barton hill was far from equal to the part of the
injured husband, but Mr. J. G. Shore must be com-
plimented for his version of the objectionable
part of Comte de Valreas. Mr. Gaston Murray
made a decided bit in the little part of M. Pitou,
the deputy under prompter. The scenery is ordi-
nary, and by no means extensive, but the costumes
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