The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-16 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHAMBER OF
AGRICULTURE.

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At a meeting of the Cambridgeshire Chamber of Agri-
culture, held to-day, it was resolved " That in the opinion
of this Chamber some legal provision is necessary, and
ought to be made for enabling persons interested in occu-
pation roads, not being highways, to co-operate
for the purpose of making, improving, and main-
taining such roads, and that the subject is
of sufficient importance to justify an application to the
Government to initiate legislative action thereon. It was
further resolved on this motion of the Chamber—" That
this meeting is of opinion that the removal of hawkers'
licenses will tend most materially to the increase of
crime, 'particularly in rural districts. That, without
offering any objection to the imposition of the
gun-tax this meeting sees no good ground for relieving the
more wealthy classes frompayment for game licenses. Re-
solved therefore that a petition shall be sent to Parlia-
ment, praying that the duty on hawkers' licenses may not
be repealed, and that whether the gun-tax is imposed or
not, the system of gun license be still maintained.

The Rev. Newman Hall preached yesterday
morning in the Surrey Chapel to a very large congregation.
Mr. Hall, who has been is Palestine for three months, is
much improved in health.

It is expected that the House of Commons will
adjourn for the Whitsuntide recess on the 31st inst., and
reassemble on the following Thursday week.
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Oa Saturday afternoon a new public park at the
north-east end of Liverpool, and called the Stanley Park,
was inaugurated by the Mayor and Corporation of the town.
The park is well situated, and covers 100 acres of land. It
was laid out by Mr. Kemp, of Birkenhead, who is an accom-
plished landscape gardener.
THE NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND DINNER.--The
Sevent Annual Festival of the Newspaper Press Fund took
place on Saturday night at Willis's Rooms. W. H. Smith,
Esq., M.P., Presided. The chairman, who was decidedly the
right man in the right place, proposed the toast of the
evening in an elaborate speech. The toast of the Military
and Naval Services was proposed by Dr. W. H. Russell, and
acknowledged by Sir W. Codrington. Mr. Anthony Trol-
lope proposed the Houses of Parliament, which was re-
sponded to by Mr. Newdegate. An admirable selection
of music was performei.

On Saturday the Lord Mayor requested acknow-
ledgment of a donation of £25 from her Majesty towards
the relief of the poor people whose houses have been burnt
down at Broadclist, a village near Exeter. Of 78 houses, of
which the village consisted, 60 have been destroyed, and
250 persons rendered homeless.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCE.—A monument to this cele-
brated Scottish king is to be erected on the field of Bannock-
burn. An influential committee has been formed in London
and in Scotland. The committee are obtaining a design
from the artistic veteran, Mr. George Cruikshank.

ARREST OF FENIANS.—On Saturday evening a
telegram was received at the Hrarow-road Police-station,
stating that several Fenians would arrive at the Paddington
terminus from Birmingham by a train arriving at a
certain hour. In couseqquence of the information
about twenty men of the X division of police awaited
the arrival of the train, and arrested three men
who were supposed to be Feniants, and also took possession
of some 50 revolvers. A man who was supposed to be wait-
ing for them was also arrested, and, when he was etc arched,
between £lOO and £2OO was found on him in coin and
notes. The prisoners, who were followed from Oxford by
by Inspector Barrett, are detained at the Harrowgate police
station.

The Nationalists speak of starting a " Repealer"
candidate for Dublin as soon as the writ is issued.

Rustem Bey is in Rome, and is likely, it is said, to
be charged with a permanent mission there.

Ft licien ravid, Gounod, and Ambroise Thomas
are all suffering from illness.

A. vacancy has occurred in the Honourable Corps
of Gentlemen-at-Arms by the death of Captain G. Lane.
The annual dinner of the Cobden Club has been
fixed for Saturday, the 23rd of July. Mr, Gladstone has
consented to take the chair.

The celebrated Schamyl has just arrived at Mecca,
with the intention of residing there for the remainder of
his life.

The terms now given to the Hanlons, who appear
nightly at the Alhambra (2120 weekly), is the largest
amount ever paid to artists of this class in England.
The North German Parliament has sanctioned the
postal treaty concluded between England and the North
German Confederation.

The House of Commons will take its Whitsuntide
holiday from the night of Tuesday, the 31st inst., the eve
of the Derby,. and it will probably meet after the
holidays on the following Thursday week.

Serious disturbances have broken out in the Island
of Madeira. Three persons are reported to have been
killed, and many others wounded. The Portuguese Go-
vernment has sent troops to the island.

The Edinburgh Courant states that the Provost
of Bathgate has proposed that a statue should be erected
in that town in honour of Sir James Simpson, and there
is little doubt that the object will be speedily realised.

Three men were charged before the Northwich
magistrates on Friday with conspiring to accuse the Rev.
Octavius Baldwin, curate of Great Budworth, of immoral
conduct, Finally an apology was accepted.
The Manchester Courier says it is rumoured that
Mr. Gladstone has handed over the appointment to the
rectory of Middleton to Mr. Brassey, lord of the manor,
rather than risk another refusal of the offer of this
living.

Dr. Gull paid an accidental visit to the Archbishop
of Canterbury at Addington Park, one day this week, and
on leaving is said to have expressed himself more than
satisfied with the marked improvement in his Grace's
health.

A. memorial has been presented by the Cotton.
Supply Association to the Secretary for India, complain-
ing that the agricultural resources of that country are
not fully developed, especially in the matter of the cultiva-
tion of cotton.

The Aqua Marks, will, it is hoped, be brought to
Rome next August at latest, and will supply all the
houses in Rome to the third storey, if the proprietors
chose to go to the expense of pipes. The cleanhness of the
town will thus be materially increased.

The Birmingham overseers have, much against
their will they state, decided to summon persons rated in
respect of hospitals and charities. They express a hope
that this step will contain the evil and the cure of pre-
cipitate legislation on the subject.

On Saturday morning a new street in Whitechapel
was opened by Sir John Thwaites, chairman of the Metro-
politan Board of Works. The thoroughfare has been
constructed at a cost of £243,000, and it commences from
High-street, Whitechapel, at its intersection with Leman-
street and Commercial-street, and is continued thence to
the Commercial-road East.

THE RUSSIANS IN THE EAST.—The French
papers publish a telegram from Bombay on the 12th,
reportiug a rumour that the Russians were marching on
Khiva, and that they had ordered the Emir of Bokhara to
supply their army with provisions and a contingent of
5,000 men.

AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.—Lord Derby says that
the American system of diplomacy is defective, for the
reason that it employs men whose public qualifications are
" accidental, not professional." This is easily remedied.
We have plenty of people in Washington and New York
who are quite ready to learn if President Grant gives them
only a chance.

VANDALISM AT OXFORD.—A wanton destruction
of valuable marble busts at Christ Church a few nights
ago is the theme of general indignation at Oxford. It ap-
pears the perpetrators of the disgraceful outrage, who are
believed to be undergraduate members of Christ Church,
entered the library of the college by breaking a pane of
glass in the dead of night, and conveyed the figures into
Peckwater Quadrangle, where a fire was made of faggots and
doormats, which did its work without creating much
blaze. Among those destroyed was a bust of the late
dean, Dr. Gaisford, by Woolner, which is an irreparable
loss to society. At present no clue has been obtained to
the culprits, although every endeavour has been made to
trace them. It has been stated that the dean will send
the whole of the college down unless the names are given
; but a similar plan when adopted at University and
Nw Colleges last year was ineffectual.
THE EMPEROR'S VISIT TO THE BARRACKS.—
The Gaulois gives the following account of the visit of
the Emperor and Empress to the Prince Eug4ne Bar-
racks. Napoleon left the Tuileries at a quarter past
three in a open carriage with four horses. He was accom-
panied by the Empress and two officials of the household.
The imperial carriage passed along the Rue Rivoli, the
boulevard of Sebastopol, and the street of Turbigo, as far
as the Place du Chateau d'Eau, where enthusiastic ap-
plause greeted him from the crowd. When they reached
the Barracks the Emperor offered his arm to the
Empress, and proposed to visit the soldiers' rooms.
Colonel Cotteret, of the 7th Regiment of the Line, did the
honours. The Empress asked eagerly after the wounded
officer, and expressed her regret at not having seen him.
After going over the rooms of the soldiers, the Emperor
gave one of the staff officers the sum of two thousand
francs for distribution among the non-commissioned
officers and soldiers. Cries of Vive l'Empereur, vive
l'lmp6ratrice " resounded. The visit lasted about twenty
minutes, and produced an excellent effect.