The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-22 00:00:00

Orleans

Western
Northern
Strasburg
iiyons and Mediterraaean
Souther:h
Sardiuiau
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

PORTUGAL,

The damage done by the la e hurricane was
chiefly confined to boats and lighters, and only one
life was lost.

The • Bri ish frigate Bristol drag;ed her anchors,
but gat up steam, and wa3 safely moored.
The troopship Tamar sAll3 to-day for England.

SPAIN.

MADRID, April 21.
The indisposition of Senor Rivero continues.

GREECE.

ATHENS, April 19.
The brigands, who are still holding their captives,
are surrounded by troops.
Theogenes, aide-dc-camp of General Churd (?),
has been sent to inform them that the full pardon
they demand coul3 not be granted.

It is stated that the British Minister has offered a
ship to c.mvey the brigamli, with the ransom, out of
Greece.

ATIIENS, Al ril 21, 9 p.m.
Further news respecting tLe captives is expected

to-morrow.
if the brigands insist upon re.eiving a pardon they
will be attacked by the troop 3.

A M E It I C A.
(By Cable).
NEW YORK, April 21.

Spanish accounts received fro:n Cuba admit that
the insurgents, after a severe engagement, succeeder)
in capturing Capit tino del Somo.

Over seven thousand Irish and German immi-
grants have arrived here during the last two da3 s.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1131; the highest quotation during the day
was 113 i ; the lowest, 1131.
Sterling Exchange on London
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882
1885
1867
1061
1401

10-40 „
Illinois

Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour—Extra Stato, $1 50c. to $5 10c. Corn—Old
mixed, $1 15c,

CANADA.
(By Cable.)

TORONTO, April 21.

Judge Galt has, with the assent of the counsel for
the accused, allowed the validity of the second
warrant for the arrest of Richot and Scott, delegates
from the Red River Settlement, and they have been
handed over to the police for examination before a
police magistrate.

The military expedition to the Red River, under
the command of Colonel Wolesley (not Wellesley),
is expected to leave in the first week in May.
Sir Stafford Northcote has arrived from England.

METROPOLITAN GOSSlP.—TnunspAr.

Aurely this is the most brilliant Easter week we have
known for many a year. This comes of having Easter in
the latter half of April. I would suggest to the fathers of
the CEcumenical Council that they might arrange with the
Eastern Church to compromise their long standing dif-
ference about the date of celebrating this festival, by
agreeing to make it a fortnight later than it is at present
observed in the Western Church, provided the day were
fixed for the 2nd or 3rd Sunday in April. And yet though
it has been so brilliant a week, vegetation is unusually
backward. Travelling across England, from East to
West I was surprised to find that London was more ad-
vanced than Devonshire, that the trees in Hyde Park
showed more foliage than the trees in the sheltered
country about Torquay. This is the more strange because
in London there have been violent alterna-
tions of temperature. On Sunday, for instance,
the thermometer marked 61 in the shade at
two o'clock, and by eight we were shivering before a bitter
east gale, which had reduced the temperature 16 degrees.
Monday, however, was warm enough to suit the Volun-
teem at Brighton, and warm enough. too, to suit his
Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, who, in order
to escape taking part in the great festival of
the citizen army on the South Downs, travelled
in the opposite direction 300 miles away, and held
a review on the slopes overlooking Plymouth Sound, a
review so miserably meagre that it has .brought all con-
cerned in it into ridicule.

In the midst of the recess it is impossible not to think
of politics. The position is eminently unsatisfactory. As
I have mentioned on a former occasion, there is scarcely
the remotest chance that the Government will pass any
measure during this session except the Land Bill. The
Ministerial Whips are working hard during the holidays
in the hope of getting Liberal M.P.'s who have amend-
ments on the notice - paper to withdraw those
which are not important, so as to avoid that terrible loss
of time which has been caused hitherto by going again
and again over the same ground. The Conservatives are
not likely to yield to any such consideration, for-thoughts
good many of them would fear to throw out the bill lest if
they did so " a worse thing should befal them," they
have two strong reasons for hindering the progress of the
measure—one the desire to damage the prestige of the
Government, the other to render impossible the passing
of the abolition of University Testi and Ballot Bills.
Mr. Gladstone refused to commit himself to the first of
these two measures during the present year, neverthe-
less it is not improbable that he will introduce it after
Easter, and it is understood that Mr. Leatham has with-
drawn his Ballot Bill,on the promise that the Government, in
the person of the Marquis of Hartington, will be pre-
pared to take the matter in hand before the close of
the Session. That these measures will pass it is absurd
to expect. They will but share the fate of the, Lord
Chancellor's Law Reform Bills, the Intestacy Bill, the
Mine? Regulation, Merchant Shipping, Trades' Union, and
Licensing Bills, printed or unprinted. For it must be re-
membered that even when the Land Bill has got
through the Commons it will have to pass the Lords, a
very severe ordeal for any measure of this kind, affecting
as it does the rights of property. Their lordships are
pretty certain to insist upon Mr. W. Fowler's amend-
ment, exempting farms of £5O and upwards from the
operation of the compensation clauses. It will
be remembered that this amendment was lost by a
majority of only thirty-two, a defeat almost equivalent
to a victory, and which will certainly encourage the
Peers to try their hands at it. This will lead to a collision
between the two Houses, which will need discussion and
will occupy time.
By far the most serious matter, however, is the position
of the Education question. The Conservative party are
getting alarmed at the prospect of material alterations of
Mr. Forster's bill in accordance with the views of the
League, and it is not improbable that several members of
the party will endeavour to force the hand of the Govern-
ment, and compel a declaration of intentions. Should the
alarm be well founded, the Lords would certainly resist
any such material alteration, feeling that with the support,
not only of the Conservatives, but of a large section of
the Liberals in the Lower House, they could safely resist
the League. Thus there seems a prospect of a long and
increasingly bitter controversy on this subject, to last, in
all probability, until this time next year.
The rumour respecting the retirement of Lord Prather-
ley, which I mentioned in a former letter as being very
prevalent, does not seem to have been well founded. The
Chancellor by no means dislikes the woolsack, and is in no
hurry to leave it.

Lord William Lennox feels himself aggrieved by my
recent statement respecting the Victoria Hansom, and
Brougham Company. His Lordship resents the idea of
Colonel Dickson, of Reform procession celebrity, being
associated with him as a director of the company. The
real Colonel Dickson "is a staunch Conservative, and
was never connected with any Reform demonstration."
I accept his Lordship's correction, but Ido not see why
a cab should be any the better because the company
to which it belongs has a "staunch Conservative"
instead of a Radical for its director. There
is one thing to be said for the real Colonel Dickson ; if
his cabs go as fast as his tongue did when he was member
for Limerick, Jehus of all former generations will be
eclipsed.
After a prolonged immunity, there is a remarkable mor-
tality just now among members of the Peerage. Within
the last few days we have lost the Dowager Baroness
Lyttelton, Lord Tenterden, and Lord Hartismere.
Lady Lyttelton, who was aunt to the present Viceroy of
Ireland, was formerly governess to the daughters of
Queen Victoria. Lord Tenterden was the grandson of a
barber, and the son of a Lord Chief Justice. The grand-
father refused a peerage on the first occasion that it was
offered to him, being, as he said, too poor to maintain the
dignity ; but he yielded the second time that the offer was
made. The late peer was a poor man, and therefore lived
in seclusion.. Outside his club he was known as Mr.
Abbott. His nephew and successor held a post
as clerk in the Foreign Office, and was afterwards precis
writer to the present Lord Derby. Lord Hartismere,
better known to the world under his Irish peerage of
Henniker, owed his English barony to the late Conserva-
tive Government. He represented East Suffolk for
twenty-five years, and was succeeded in the representation
by his son. This gentleman, who now takes the title, is
twenty-eight years old. He married the only daughter of
the Earl of Desart. The Prince of Wales stood sponsor
to his eldest son. No doubt the Hennikers
and the Kerrisons will settle upon a fit and proper
representative for East Suffolk. It has not been usual to
trouble the electors in the matter. While speaking of the
peerage, I may mention that Lady Cowper has estab-
lished at Paris a midnight meeting movement, which has
been very successful. Another English institution has
been imported into the French capital—a sporting club,
called the Derby.
The newspapers have been publishing accounts of the
presents made by the Duke of Edinburgh to the
native princes of India. It is to be hoped
mat his .Loyal Highness will on this occasion
defray these presents out of his own pocket, especially as
it has lately been replenished to the extent of £200,000 by
a lucky mining speculation in New Zealand. The Duke
receives £15,000 a-year from the country. While on this
matter it may interest your readers to know what the
Royal Family costs us. The Queen receives an annual
allowance of £385,000, out of which, of course, the Royal
households are to be maintained ; the Prince of Wales
receives £40,000 a-year, 'besides a revenue from
the Duchy of Cornwall, amounting to about
£55,000 a-year ; the Princess of Wales gets
£lO,OOO a year ; the Princess of Prussia, £B,OOO ;
the Duke of Edinburgh,2ls,ooo ; Princess Louis of Hesse,
£6,000 ; Princess Christian, £6,000 ; Duchess of Cam-
bridge, £6,000 ; Princess Teck, £5,000 ; Duke of Cam-
bridge, £l2,ooo—besides which he receives £3,460 a year,
salary as commander-in-chief, and pay as officer of regi-
ments to which he is attached. Altogether upwards of
half a million. This, however, is much less than the
Imperial Family costs France. Napoleon alone has an
allowance of a million.

I am sorry to announce the death of the Hon. Julian
Charles Fane. He was not only an accomplished diplo-
matist, for many years attached to our Embassy in Paris,
but he was also a graceful writer, and was the author of
a volume of poems. He was a brother -of the Earl of
Westmoreland, and was only 42 at his death. The Daily
EAgraph has lost one of its most fertile leader writers by
the death of Mr. Prowse. This gentleman carried to
perfection the style for which that journal is famous, and
was especially great upon topics like "the social evil"
Mr. Broclriek, who has been appointed one of the com-
missioners, together with the Earl of Devon, to in-
spect the condition of the Fenian pris.oriers, is known
in the literary world as a leader writer in the
Tinte3. He was the member of the " Young. Oxford"
band who did battle so gallantly against the Duke of
Marlborough in his own 13.4.1:914.14 of Woodstock. His

elder brother is a strong Conservative, and represents
Mid Surrey. They are sons of Viscount Middleton, for-
merly rector of Bath, and afterwards Dean of Exeter.
Mr. Prowett, of the Temple, formerly proprietor of the
John Bull, is now on the limes reviewing staff. Still on
matters relating to journalism, I may add that the
Church Herald, the latest started Conservative paper,
has been hoisting the flag of distress in the shape of an
appeal for'more support from the.party.
The opponents of the Contagious Diseases Act have
started a weekly journal to a.dvocate their views. It is called
The Shield, and is published by Messrs. Tweedie. In con-
nection with this subject I may mention that the currob
number of the Westminster Reeiew, just published, con-
tains a continuation of the article which it published in
January. I believe that the author is Dr'
Chapman, and he recommends that all hospitals shall
be open for the reception of the patients who are now
relegated to the Lock Hospitals. I may also mention that
it was the ladies who have been most active in opposing
this measure that prevented Sir Henry Storks from being
elected M.P. for Newark. The Government were anxiouS
to have him in the House, and would have given bin'
a post at the War Office. But no sooner had be
offered himself as a candidate than a telegram 11783
sent down to stir up the opponents of the act to
oppose Sir Henry, and they worked with such effect that
he had to retire. Mr. Mundella, M.P., who has been
indoctrinated by his fellow-townsmen at Nottingham (a
borough closely connected with Newark) went to the last-
mentioned place and worked against Sir Henry.
I am glad to see that Mr. Locke King is going to tall
the attention of Parliament to the condition of the
Patriotic Fund. In the annual report lately published
reference is made to the Lady Superintendent of the
Wandsworth asylum, whom the commissioners were con'
pelled to dismiss. The report states only a very small
portion of the facts, does not give the particulars of the
charges which led to this dismissal, does not state this
obstacles which certain officials threw in the way of an
inquiry, until one of the commissioners was compelled to
remonstrate, does not admit that the official by whom
the mal-practices were brought to light, greatly
to the disgust of the authorities at. Spring Gardens,
was dismissed by them after the assurance that
he should not be placed at any disadvantage if he Mme
forward and revealed what he knew. This is a case
which Parliament ought to investigate, for as the circuity'
stances appear at present a great wrong has been done.
There is another reason for inquiry. Some time ago the Duke
of Somerset was so dissatisfied with the mismanage'
ment of the fund that he refused to be any longer respon-
sible for it, and resigned his position as commissior.
At the present time there is at least one of the commis-
sioners who is by no means satisfied. But what can lie
do alone, albeit he is an M.P.?
I do not think it is generally known that between new
and August the trustees of all the important educational
charities will have to draw up their schemes for the
better distribution and employment of their funds. Tinder
Mr. Forster's Endowed Schools Act of last year the
trustees of endowments of less amount than 210,000
had to sendin their schemes by the beginning of February ;
in cases where the endowments exceed that amount a
longer term is allowed.

IN THE W AKE OF RoItY.—A laro.e addition lia3
been made to the constabulary force in Westmeath within
the last few days by the arrival at Mullingar of bet°
fifty and sixty constables and snb-constables, to IA
thence distributed to the different outlying stations--4
Dublin Express.
RUSSIA AND TCllKEY.—Accordino• to a despatch
from Vienna to the North-East Correspondent there i 3
reason to fear that Russia and Turkey will get into a di-14'1,'
culty on account of the refusal of the Greek Patriarch 'a
accept the reforms of the Bulgariart.Church. Russia hel,
protested against the threat of the Turkish Goverurao.
to depose the Patriarch.
THE MECCA PILGILIMAGE.—Accounts from
dab state that the solemn flies of the great pilgrimage 9
Mecca have terminated under the most favourable sad'
tary conditions, although 200,000 pilgrims took Part 11
them. The Grand Sheriff of Mecca and Governor-GenerE4
of the province, with the assistance of Arif-Bey, the vices
president of the Coulicil of Health, at Constantinople'
have personally superintended the strict enforcement 0,
the hygienic measures which were adopted for the cac3'
sion. There is good reason to suppose that the .Mussulreal
Pilgrimage will be productive of no disastrous effects, a•U4
;ntroduce no epidemic disease.

The devil-fish of Victor Hugo's fiction has ill
counterpart. A crab caught in Yokohama Bay weighe''
about 40 pounds, had legs over five feet in length, and its
mouth contained two large teeth. When in the water Its
strength was such that it could have quite overpowered 3
man. This horrible ghoul, as if attracted by that 0;
palling calamity, was found clinging to the masthead c.'.;
the recently sunken steamer Oneida.• A taxidermist
,1:'
San Francisco is preparing the dead monster for
bition.
Messrs. Duchland and Young, the special commis::
sioners appointed to inquire into the effect of recent
legislation on the salmon fisheries in Scotland, have
lected a large amount of information, and intend to
inspect the salmon rivers and districts of Scotland, start'
ing from Edingburgh early in May, commencing with tha
district of the Forth, and from that travelling round the
east coast. It is expected that a subsequent inspection
the autumn will enable them to complete their survey of
the Scottish rivers.

Mr. Pease, M.P., explains his remarlis on the
Ballot question at Bishop Auckland. "What I did 51
at the meeting at Bishop Auckland was this-that I h 3
good authority for saying, that if time allowed, the I‘l,a r 4
quis of Hartington would' this session, on behalf of v,,T,
Government, introduce a Ballot Bill dealing not only I?"' f
that subject, but with others embraced in the report °t
the committee of which he was the chairman, and o'n.
such a measure would be a reform in the system of
ducting our elections, in which case I have no doubt 3 a
Leatham would withdraw his bill, having accomPll2lle
his object."
LEVEL UROSSINGS ON RAILIVATS:::-Art action has been
tried in the Court of Queen's Bench which raises Or_
question of what amount of precaution is necessary °n
the part of railway companies with respect to level crossa
ings. The plaintiff, whose name was Storey, was a P,11130
teachor in a school, and obtained £2OO damages at Durea
for injuries received while walking on the railway 11°-
.
While crossing at a level crossing, she was knocked do'il
by a coal train, which she was unable to see owing to thet
smoke from some coke ovens. There was no one in fro ,4
of the coal train, and it was impelled from behind, so 4a
jury found the company guilty of negligence. A rule
now been granted on the ground that there was no ilea
gence on their part.
aged
SINGULAR CHARGE.-Charles Pinter, a carman, -.d
21, was charged at Worship-street with assault. A youi:.
woman named Humphreys said she was walking along t'i
Wick-road, Bow,' with two friends, when the 1)42°1 ,
and some other men drove up in a c 3
after claiming acquaintance with her he pulled her into
a cab, and they drove off. Presently they stopped at x,
public-house when she jumped out and ran back to
__t
friends. In defence it was said to be a frolic on the PP'
of the prisoner and his friends, the young woman hal
asked for a ride. The magistrate thought it was a sturl
joke, and fined the defendant £5 for an assault.
THE W ANT OF EDUCATION AMONG THE Pooh%'
At an inquest held by a London coroner, a witness Pre-
sented herself to the court, when the following eonverstv
tion took place :-Coroner : How old are you ? Witness,l
Thirteen, sir.-Coroner : Do you know it is wrong to tell
a lie ? Airitness : No, sir.-The Coroner : Have you ne
been to school? Witness : No, sir.-The Coroner : Do
you attend any place of worship ? Witness : No, sir.--
The Coroner : Not either church or chapel, in the naorir
Ing or evening, ? Witness : No ; I've never been to oua
-Coroner : Can you read or write ? Witness : No, sleeve
Coroner : Have you a father? Witness : No, sir P'Lo
lead these three year.-Coroner : Did he never teach re
to read ? Witness : No, sir ; mother never taught 133,
too, sir.-Coroner : Do you ever say any praYwerial;
Witness : No, sir ; I don't know what they are.
after remarking upon the shocking ignorance of
Coroner,
the child, at length succeeded in sheaving her tie value of
in oath, and the case then proceeded.
IN EEDF ITL PURIFICATION.—Uur authorities !
home would do well to follow the example of the E Va-'
peror and Empress of Austria, who, according to t
Eastern Budget, have just performed the ancient ceremony
of washing the feet of twelve poor old men and wonaerl.
The Court Chamberlain washed the feet of til„3
old women, and the Empress dried them. Prillai-a
Hohenlohe and the Emperor performed the PP-s I
offices for the men. How charming all this sounds to 11 ji
who would gladly see twelve poor old men or women wasilla
if we could find anybody to undertake the task. We sh°lLai
not care so much about their feet, if only their hou
could be washed. An Easter "house-washing" cerera?l/yS
ea
performed by the Home Secretary and Sir John This's°
would be a most touching sight. The Home Secretso!
with a scrubbing brush and a
_pail might olea%
twelve small houses in some Whitechapel ee„ua•
while Sir John Thwaites washed the street outside Nir";ia
water-cart. It would of course, be a very small ills act)
meat of sanitary reform, but what an example it w° to'
be to the vestries, and what an encouragement to thefie,,
put eleven or twelve Sanitary Acts into operation I 1- aeat
again, might not the Home Secretary with advantage Ba' en
his condescension by washing twelve small tradesla;
convicted of adulteration or false weights even.
measures ? The greater the rascal the greater the a,ll/3
descensiou. Instead of simply washing the feet, O
ape
improve on on the practice at Vienna by immersin,ire
whole bodies in the Ifiver Thames from Hungerford bt5,1,0
Of course we do not expect Mr. Bruce himself to ptici'oei
tradesmen into the water. The Empress at Vienr,..,alf.;
not actually perform
ary the unpleasant
Let an Under-Sceret of State, or the Junior
_at).
of 'the Treasury, duck the interesting grocers, t!re„,
let the Home Secretary, following the Empress's ex?112_,13
simply dry them when they ernerge from the
river," as we term the -unfortunates stream we arc it-
polluting and abasing because we have poiatte.-ii, to
'When the dried and purified tradesman are return,i_we
their humble homes, a few Raster eggs playfully bb
at them by those whom they have injured and r
would add to the interest of the whole corm:awl 3_Ti_.°
xxoduce a salutary effect perhaps.-Pall Gaxtil