The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-26 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Exeter B3 85 Do Equip Mort Bnds, 1
Caledonian
74 32, 3 Do 2nd do Scrip .... par 3 pm
Great Eastern
331, i, 4, 3 Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Northern
1151 38f
Do A l2l 123 Do 3rd Fret Stock ...33 35
1223, Grand Trunk of Cana:da,
Great Western 62 63 4th Pref Stock
631, 21,3, 2,3, 2 Great Indian Pen g 5 p c 104 106
Lancashire & Yorkshire 127 129 Great Western of Canada 133 143
129 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873 97 99
Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 361 371 Do 5/ do, 1877-8 95 97
371, 61, 6 Do 5 p c pref, issued 80 par 2 pm
Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 12 14 Madras guar 5p a
13 12, 3 N. Railway of Canada,
Lon and North-Western 121 122 6p c Ist Pref Bonds
1221, 11, 23, 1 Oude and Rohilkund g
Lon and South-Western 86 88 5p c
873, 6 Scinde, Punjaub, and
Man, Shef, and Lincoln 40 42 Delhi guar 5p c
423, 13, 21, 2, 40, 1 1021, If
Metropolitan
65, 41, 51. 43, 161 173
Midland__ l2l 122
_g 7 p el7i
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... 37 41

Belgian BJunction .... 1 2
331 341 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. 24 25
-.-. Dunaburg and Witepak 16 171
North-Eastern Consols 13011311 Dutch-Rhenish 2O 22
133, 4,2, 3 Eastern of Frarce 2O 22
South-Eas67/ tern 67 68 Great Luxembourg .... 10 10/
10
Atlantic and St Lawrnce 75 50 Lemberg Czernowitz gua
Bombay, Baroda, and 7 p c l4 15
Central India, g 5 p c.. 103 105 Northern of France
103 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 41 51
Buff & Lake Huron Pref 4 5 Recife and San Francisco
Do 51 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 80 83 (Limited) guar 7p 0
Cape guar 6p c
East Bengal guar 5p c lO3 105 San Paulo (L) guar 7p c 194 20i
East Indian, g 5 p c
Grand Trunk Canada
Southern of France .. ~ 21 23

123, 21, 1i
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BANKING COMPANIES.
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25 Alliance (L)
12/ 11, 10/, 111
10 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglool
49i-Egyptian (L) 20 22 20 London and County 48 50
2
50 British N American 52 54 15 London Joint-Stock 31 33
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 154164 20 Lon and Westmnster 59 61
25 Char Mem of India 26 28 10 Metropolitan B4 9
10 City
25 Colonial
41 25 Omtal Bank Corporn 39 41
4 Consolidated (L) .. . fi pm 25 Union of Australia.. 39 41
20 Eng, Scot, and Ausb 17 18 15 Union of London .. 35 37

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
Pd

lOTI Anglo-American L) 80 85 10 Great Northern .... 101 10
821, 41 6 Great N. China, and .
10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l4 141 Japan Extension.. 321 d!s
100 Atlantic ll 13 25 Indo-European (L).. 13 17
100 Do 8p c
3 British Australn (L)
10 British IndExten (L) 5 51 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 5,1 6,
51, 5 n Pnma and S. Pofc(L) 32 dis
10 British Indian Sub- 8 Reuter's
marine (L)
7,1 141,1
2 China Submarine (L) 414 dis 100 Submarine 235 241
10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 1 Do Scrip 2 21
and Malta (L) .... 81 81 10 Wlndia It Panama(L) 61 61
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TE-1 E SUN, LOINDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1870.

LAW AND POLICE.

ACTION FOR SEDUCTION.-At the Shire Hall, Dor
chester, on Friday, the acting Under-Sheriff had before
him an action for seduction. The plaintiff, a farmer, Mr.
Spencer, claimed £1,500 as damages sustained by the loss
of his daughter's services. The defendant, Mr Sherren,
was a gentleman farmer, a neighbour, and had allowed
judgment to go by default. The defence set up was that
the plaintiff had allowed his daughter to visit the defend-
ant at his house, and on her returning home, accompanied
by her lover, they were left together ; therefore that the
seduction was owing to the plaintiff's indiscreet conduct.
Defendant said that if he married the young woman he
should be ruined by his relatives. The jury found a ver-
dict for £350.

A CLERGYMAN ASSAULTING A BOY. —At the Thames
Police-court, the Rev. William Wallace, vicar of the new
parish church of St. Luke, in the Burdett-road, Mile-end
Old Town, which was consecrated in October last, was
charged with assaulting and beating Charles Winningale,
aged 13. The complainant stated that on Friday, the 15th
inst., he was playing in the Burdett-road, about half-past
6 o'clock in the evening when the defendant stepped
up to him and struck him on the side of the head. He
asked him why he did that, and the defendant kicked
him and caused him to fall. In answer to Mr. Lushing-
ton, the witness said he offered no provocation whatever
to the defendant. In reply to the defendant, he said
neither he nor a boy who was with him called out to the
defendant " Wally, Wally," or laughed at him. The de-
fendant, in reply to the charge, said he was about to open
the doors of his church when he was assailed with cries
of'" Wally, Wally," and he intended to trip up the com-
plainant and do nothing else. He denied having kicked
him. The fact was the boy and his friends disliked the
whole cloth to which he belonged, and this charge was
preferred out of spite. Mr. Lushington said he could have
no doubt of the accuracy of the evidence for the prosecu-
tion, and be was astonished that a gentleman in the
position of the rev. defendant could have acted as he had
done. He fined him ss. and costs.

SEIZURE OF A VESSEL FOR SMUGGLING. -At the
Mansion House George Adams, an engine man, was
charged before the Lord Mayor with smuggling 39-Pbs.
of tobacco and 1 lbs. of cigars on board the Hollander.
Mr. Beverley, junior, solicitor, appeared for the prose-
cution on behalf of the Commissioners of Customs. On
Sunday William Henry Lucraft, an examining officer of
Customs, rummaged the vessel, and discovered the tobacco
concealed between the lining and the bulwarks. The prisoner
admitted the tobacco was his, and Lucraft then seized it
and the ship also. A gentleman who appeared for the
owner of the vessel, said that notices were posted upon a
board, cautioning the men against smuggling. The Lord
Mayor, addressing the prisoner, said he had subjected
himself to a very heavy penalty, which he (the Lord
Mayor) had no power of mitigating. The sentence upon
him was a fine of £lOO, and, in default, six months' im-
prisonment. The vessel had been seized, but that would
probably be arranged with the commissioners. Mr.
Beverley said application must be made to the commis-
sioners.

DISASTROUS COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
On Sunday morning intelligence arrived at Swansea,
that an explosion of fire damp had taken place at Llans-
amlet, in the Charles Pit, the property of Mr. C. H.
Smith. The explosion happened the previous evening,
resulting in . the death of 19 persons, and in the
injury of five others, when there were fifty
men in the pit. The utmost consternation pre-
vailed at the surface, no such explosion hav-
ing taken place there for thirty years. Steps were at
once resorted to to ascertain the extent of the casualty,
and by two o'clock on Sunday morning the whole of the
men in the pit, except one, were brought out, the one
that was left being brought up at a late hour. Nineteen
of them were dead, and five more or less injured. Yes-
terday's Western Mail says :—" Persons were in Swansea
on Sunday procuring timber, with which to construct shells
for the reception of the mutilated remains of the deceased.
It is stated that the scene around the pit, as the remains
of the deceased were brought to the surface was heart-
rending. Two married sisters were watching the result of
the painful proceedings with intense anxiety, and
found eventually that each of them had a husband
and a son amongst the slain. Mr. Smith, the
owner of the colliery, it is stated, was at his marine
residence, at Tenby, at the time of the accident, and was
telegraphed for immediately. Every assistance was ren-
dered by the medical gentlemen of the neighbourhood to
the injured. Another account says that just previous to
the men terminating their day's labour for the night turn
the explosion of fire-damp took place, entirely destroying
the workings and killing nineteen men, besides burning
in a most frightful manner five others who were
at the outer part Hof the pit airways. The noise
of the explosion was heard for more than a mile.
The pit has always been considered safe and well-
ventilated. Many of the bodies were smashed nearly to
pieces, while all were fearfully burnt. Mr. Mills, the
manager, and William Evans, of the Prince of Wales,
Morriston, were the first to volunteer to descend the pit.
The pit was worked with naked lights, and it is supposed
that a " fall " had taken place in an old working near the
cutting, and the gas had been driven on the lights. The
men had just de wended for changing the shift ; both sets
were, therefore, in the pit at the time of the acoident.

THE FORTUNE-TELLING CASE.-At the Middlesex ses-
sions, Susan Lee, 25, a prepossessing looking young
woman, who gave her address at 12, Lower Queen-street,
Essex-road, Islington, was charged with having, by frau-
dulent pretences, obtained from Catherine Ann Pollard, a
servant, three dresses, three night gowns, four petticoats,
two jackets, and one pair of stays, of about the value of £3.
There was a further charge of her having received from
the same person property belonging to her mistress, a
Mrs. Norman, residing at 6, Beresford-terrace, Highbury
New-park; this consisted of one pair of sheets,
two pillow-cases, one toilet cover, and one tray
cloth, of about the value in all of £llos. The
facts of the case appear to have been these :—The prisoner
is connected with a gang of fortune-tellers and thieves,
who practice upon the credulity of female servants
in the localities above-mentioned, and under the
pretence of telling their fortunes obtain from them, in
lieu of money, their own clothes and the property of their
employers. In this case the prisoner called upon the girl
Pollard, and stated that she could tell her fortune. To
this the complainont assented, but, unfortunately, it ap-
peared the planet had not reached its proper destination,
consequently the prisoner at various times obtained the
above-named articles from her, the prisoner having sug-
gested to her that she should also appropriate some of her
mistress's property. After this had gone on some time,
her mistress one day discovered a bundle containing
broken victuals, and interrogating the girl about it, the
latter confessed the whole proceeding„ and on the pri-
soner, who was very importunate with regard to fresh
plunder, coming to the house, she was given into custody.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty. After some formal evidence
the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Police-sergeant
Merton, 9 Y, proved that the prisoner was tried at the
Middlesex Sessions in 1865, and convicted and sentenced
to two years' penal servitude, the charge being similar
to the present. On that occasion she obtained
goods to the amount of £4O from a servant in the-
Archway-road, Highgate. The servant was also tried
and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The
learned judge said that the sentence of the court was that
she should undergo seven years' penal servitude. The
prisoner was then removed.
A DISORDERLY GENTLEMAN.-Philip Cosby Lovett, 30,
Golden-square, gentleman, was charged at the Westmin-
ster Police Court with riotous conduct at Gunter-grove,
Chelsea. John Smith, 288 F, said—At half-past three on
Sunday morning I was in Gunter grove, and heard a great
noise. I went to the spot and saw prisoner and another
gentleman. Prisoner was shouting at the top of his
voice, " Hansom." There is no rank within five or six
minutes' walk. I went to him and requested him to
desist. He refused to go away, and continued shouting,
and at length said he would be locked up, and I was com-
pelled to take him to the station. Mr. Selfe—What have
you to say? Prisoner—l had been drinking. Mr. Selfe—
You are fined ss. or five days.

THE 4ITRAIkLEUR.
It is Surprising how little inforMation is curre t on the
subject of the French mitrailleur, al hough it is generally
understood that this gun is destined to play an important
part in the present war. We are not ourselves in pos-
session of all the necessary data ; but it will be remem-
bered that experiments were made at Brussels about two
years ago, when, we believe, the following results were
obtained :—The mitrailleur then used had 37 barrels, and
in o•ie minute's firing the results obtained exceeded
those of four six-pounder field guns which fired twelve
rounds. In ren rounds, five at intervals of half a
minute, and five in 40 seconds, out of 330 cartridges ex-
ploded, 278 bullets hit the target (measuring 10ft. to 12ft.
at 437 yards, and with only one man serving. At 650 yards,
58 per cent. of the total number of bullets struck ; and at
866 yards, 33 per cent. The machine worked perfectly,
although it had been exposed to several hours' rain, and,
we believe, a charge of from 400 to 500 grains was used
safely. This gun is essentially the same as the G-atling,
an American invention, used towards the close of the war.
It has ten barrels of one-inch calibre, and throws iron
balls of half-a-pound weight. It fires 250 rounds per
minute with great accuracy, at from 2,000 to 2,500 yards.
It is understood that the Prussians have ordered a large
number of mitrailleurs--.-more than 100, we are told. The
experiments with this gun which were commenced by our
own Government, and which have been suspended during
the last year or two, have now been resumed. Ve might
ask why they were suspended, if we did not know beforehand
what the ready answer would be. This reminds us, by the
way, of our frequently repeated inquiry concerning the
torpedo experiments, for which small votes were taken in
the last two years' estimates, If independent members of
Parliament would oecupy themselves with inquiries
directed to the elucidation of these matters, instead of
making opportunities to express their crude opinions on
the policy of foreign Powers, it is possible that they might
do the country some service.—Broad Arrow.

Steam communication is to be established, at the
commencement of next month, between Bridgwater and
Ireland. Two enterprising townsmen of Bridgwater have
had a new screw steamer of 200 tons built at Liverpool
for the purpose.

The inquest relative to the mysterious death of
the young lady—Miss Alice Francis—who was found
drowned on the Rhyl sands on Friday morning, has ter-
minated in a verdict of " Found dead," no light being
thrown upon the sad occurrence.
CO➢IMUNICATION WITH THE CONTINENT.—The
exodus of tourists and others from the Continent in con-
sequence of the war still continues, and the mails from
Calais for Dover bring over a large number of passengers.
Very little difficulty, however, is encountered in getting
home by this route, and the authorities announce that
the route via Dover and Calais to the Continent is open
the same as usual, and that it has met with no interrup-
tion.

DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES FOR
DENMARK.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and
suite arrived at Great Grimsby on Saturday en route for
Copenhagen, to join her Royal Highness the Princess of
Wales. About 300 persons assembled on the pier and
cheered the Prince as he passed along. A gangway was
constructed, by which his Royals Highness and suite
descended, from the pier to a barge in which they were
rowed to the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, which was
lying about three miles off the port. The Prince heartily
acknowledged the loyal greeting which he received from
the spectators on the pier. Their Royal Highnesses are
expected to return to England via Grimsby.

A BAD BANK.—Julia Toon, an elderly wowan, was
brought up before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police-
court, charged with stealing £7 10s., the money of a sea-
man named Frederick Martin, of Rose-lane, Ratcliff.
The prosecutor was paid off after a long voyage a few
weeks since, and he'gave to his wife £7los. in gold, which
she deposited under her bed, and between the bed and
the mattress. The prisoner, who then lived in the
same house knew where the money was concealed, and
spoke to Mrs. Martin about it. On Wednesday last Mrs.
Martin discovered that her poad had been tampered with,
and instead of l Os. there was 4s. only between
the bed and the mattress. It was proved that the priso-
ner had been changing gold and paying debts to
more than one person. She also made an
overture to a woman named Caroline Foster to obtain two
counterfeit sovereigns, and on being asked what she
wanted them for she replied that her brother was in the
practice.of sending her money, and if she could obtain
two bad sovereigns she would substitute two good ones,
and cheat her brother. The witness refused to comply
with the prisoner's request and came to the conclusion
she was a very bad woman. Mr. Lushington remanded
the prisoner till Thursday next.

FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—On Friday night
a fatal accident happened to Mr. J. T. Kershaw, of 90 St.
Paul's-road, Canonbury, editor of a well-known hand-
book on the principle of rating. The deceased was riding
on the box seat of a " Favourite " omnibus, and when
within a few yards of Highbury-corner, from some unex-
plained cause, he fell into the roadway, and one or two
wheels passed over him. When lifted up he was quite
dead. Mr. Kershaw was a man of the most abstemious
habits, but he was not able to insure his life owing to a
bodily deformity, and he has left a widow and eight chil-
dren in dependent circumstances.
A POLICE-OFFICER SENTENCED TO PENAL SER-
VITUDE FOR PERJURY. —At the Derbyshire Assizes, on
Saturday, before Mr. Justice Brett, John Johnson, a
police-constable of the county of Derby, stationed at
at Allestree, was found guilty of committing, on the 27th
April last, wilful and corrupt perjury. The evidence
shewed that the prisoner had sworn what he knew to be
false in order to shew his superior skill and activity as a
police-officer. His lordship, in passing sentence, remarked
that an enormous power, both for good and evil, lay in
the hands of the police, and he had been guilty of the
most serious crime. After some most strong remarks on
the enormity of the offence, his lordship sentenced the
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prisoner to five years' penal servitude.

MISS TERNAN.—As Mr. Charles Dickens's will has
been published at length, it may not be indecorous to
mention that Miss Ternan, whose name appears first on
the list of legatees, is the daughter of the Miss Jarman
who many years ago was a very favourite actress at the
large London houses. (We remember, by the way,
seeing her play Amy Robsart to Cooper's Leicester, at
Drury Lane.) She married a clever tragedian, named
Ternan, who appeared with Charles Kean when that
actor first emerged as a bright particular star. The Ter-
nans afterwards managed the Newcastle Theatre for seve-
ral years ; and two.of their daughters—one of whom is
the lady mentioned in Mr. Dickens's will—attained con-
siderable popularity at the Haymarket. —London Figaro.
THE DENHAM MURDERS.-011 the conclusion of
the trial of John Jones, at Aylesbury, on Friday, for the
murder of the Marshall family, Mr. Baron Channell re-
quested Inspector Dunham, of the Bucks county police
force, to stand forward, and having complimented him
highly on the ability he had shewn in tracking ou; and
arresting the prisoner, said he had much pleasure in
availing himself of the power given him under a recent
Act of Parliament in ordering that the sum of ten pounds-
be paid to him, not as compensation for his time and
labour, but in recognition of his courage and diligence.
Inspector Dunham thanked the judge for the compli-
ment paid him. Mr. Dunham, it may be remembered,
received information of the murder at Slough, where he
is stationed, at ten o'clock on the Monday night, started
at once for Denham, and never took rest or refreshment
until he had traced out and gallantly captured the mur-
derer at Reading at six o'clock next day.
NEw YORK IN SUMMER.—It is to be hoped that
the time will come when New York will be delivered
from the contractors who now create an artificial atmos-
phere of pitch and concrete for the benefit of people who
cannot go out of town. Those of us who are disposed to
be satisfied with city life during the summer--in other
words, the wisest portion of the community, not reckon-
ing invalids, of course—find it a hardship to be smoked
out by the inventors of" poultice pavements." Last summer
Fifth-avenue was practically closed to us, and weall know
what came of it—eye diseases, lung complaints, ruined furni-
tureiand ultimately the necessity of restoring the street to its
original state. This year various side streets are being
operated upon, and the City Park is also turned into a
nuisance. In New York we have all the comforts of life
at our fingers' ends, while people at the seaside and else-
where are taking nondescript food out of greasy little
dishes, drinking bottled cider under the impression that
it is champagne, and sleeping in bandboxes. Everyone
to his taste—but if the poultice makers would only leave
our streets alone, most judicious persons would find New
York quite good enough to answer all purposes.—New
York Times.

AN ASSASSIN NEEDED IN IRELAND.--Baron
Fitzgerald has just sentenced Mr. Michael Fox to five
years' penal servitude, for soliciting one Mr. John Foley
to commit a murder. Michael Fox was in treaty for a
farm in Roscommon county, and had a troublesome com-
petitor in the person of Thomas Kennedy, bailiff to the
estate. He accordingly wrote to a friend, named John
Foley, whom he "always tuck to be a man in hill and hollo,"
suggesting that, as " the Driver " was likely to get the
farm, John Foley should " come or send some person
that would Put out of the way." " I would be thank to
you," be adds, " and anything that ever would be in my
power I would do it for you. Take the train from Athlone
to Knockburghero, and I will meet you there and recom-
mence him for your trouble." There is a sang froid about
this log rolling that savours of-Oyclopian manners. " Kill
my man," says Mr. Fox to his friend, " and I will kill
yours when you want it done." Fortunately, the letter
was delivered to the wrong Mr. John Foley. The wrong
Mr. John Foley was a- retired constable, and when
Michael Fox met the Athlone train' he saw his arrestor
face to face. To hire a bravo has a romantic sound about
it—in novels. Reality shews us what murder by deputy
is like, and suggests that so sordid and cowardly a crime
cannot be too severely punished.—Echo.

THE PACIFIC COAST. •
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.

. _
The meeting of the Labour Associations, last night,
was largely attended. The speakers protested against
fuither Mongolian immigration ; against the payment of
subsidies to steamships in the China trade, and advocated
the repeal of the treaty with China. The meeting re-
solved to call a convention in this city on the Chinese
question. The official canvass of the Oregon election re-
turns give a Democratic majority on the Congressional
ticket of 343, and a majority of 621 for Grover(Democrat)
for Governor. One of the buildings of the California
Powder Works was blown to pieces to-day by an explo-
sion. One white man was killed and two Chinamen were
seriously wounded.