The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-28 00:00:00

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

The Wesleyan Conference opened at Burslem at half-
past nine o'clock yesterday morning. Thanks were presented
to the Secretaries, Dr. James, Mr. W. Williams, and
Dr. Marmaduke Osborn. Mr. Williams acknowledged the
vote. Messes. Henry W. Williams and Dr. Marmaduke
Osborn were reappointed secretaries. Mr. Robert Newton
Young was elected assistant secretary. Thanks were given
to Messrs. Luke Wiseman and William S. Ratcliffe, who
were reappointed official writers. Mr. Frederick Grieves
was appointed letter writer. Dr. Jobson moved the
thanks of the Conference to Dr. Osborn for his able and
powerful lecture delivered on Monday evening on the
Holy Spirit and His work. The Rev. John Rattenbury
seconded the motion which was carried unanimously. It
was decided that the next Conference should be held in
Manchester.

THE ROYAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

The Royal Archeological Institute resumed its sitting
in the Freemasons' Hall, Leicester, at ten o'clock yesterday
morning. Lord Talbot de Malahide presided. Archdeacon
Trollope read a paper on archaeology and its advantages
to all classes. The Rev. J. G. Joyce followed with inte-
resting details of the Roman town of Leicester, describing
its original position and general characteristics,
which were of peculiar interest to the archaeologist.
An unanimous conclusion was come to that a Roman
structure known to archeologists as the Jewry wall was
the western gateway of the town ; but few relics of
Roman inscriptions had been found in the pound. Mr.
Barth read a paper on the further history of Leicester
Abbey, giving full details as to the site, dimensions, and
general characteristics of all buildings connected with it.
In the afternoon the scene of Cardinal Wolsey's death
was visited by the Institute, as well as the castle, and
various other objects of interest. A paper was again
read in the evening in the Masonic Hall.

Archbishop Manning arrived in London yesterday
morning from Rome. He will return thither again in
October.

M. PREVOST PARADOL.—Two letters from the
distinguished French journalist and politician, who com-
mitted suicide the other day at Washington, are published
in the Pall Mall Gazette. In the first, dated August 14th,
1869, M. Paradol says :—" This time the Emperor acts in
good faith, in so far that he is desirous of rallying round
him all moderate Liberals by concessions to the Parlia-
mentary system. But, on the one hand, the nation has no
confidence in him, and, on the other, he has no confidence
either in himself or in a constitutional regime. This
mutual distrust, combined with the indecision (la mollesse)
of his character, will most likely hinder the success of the
present attempt." In another, dated February last, M.
Paradol expresses his astonishment that Bonapartism
should still flourish in England when it is extinct in France.
If the English like the principle, he says, why do they
not take the person too

BRFACh OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—YeSterdAY
at the Secondaries' Court, at Guildhall, before Mr.
Secondary Potter, a writ of inquiry was heard, to award
the amount of damages in an action brought in one of the
superior courts for a breach of promise of marriage. The.
plaintiff, Miss Frances Mary Oliver, was the daughter
of the landlady of a tavern at Brockelhurst,
In Hampshire, and the defendant, Mr. C. Penney, was
a bo.ilcing clerk in the service of the South-Western
Railway Company. He was in the habit of visiting
at the house of the lady's mother, anu some five
years ago—when he was about 18 years of age -he com-
menced paying his addresses to her. He was accepted as
her suitor, but in the early part of the year the defendant
declined to carry out his promise .to marry. The jury
r.isessed the damages at £llO.
,RDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE IN LIVERPOOL.
--A dreadful domestic quarrel took place in Liverpool on
Tuesday, which will not unlikely prove fatal. John Flinn,
a coalheaver, appears to have ill-used his wife, who is
stated to have been intemperate. The daughter was
entrusted with the management of the house, the wife
not having the care of the money. This may
have caused ill-feeling between Mrs. Flinn and
her step-daughter; at any rate, they had a ,It: rrel
on Tuesday morning, in the course of which tl.e p.
daughter threw a piece of a mug at Mrs. Flinn, which
wounded her. When her husband came home at noon
she told him about the girl's behaviour, and, as she
alleges, her husband began to abuse her, and kicked her
in the stomach. She was ultimately conveyed to the
Southern Hospital, where it was found that one rib was
fractured and one of her lungs was punctured. She is
hardly expected to survive. Her deposition was taken
hi t' ,I•evening. In her evidence she palpably endeavoured
to screen her husband as much-as possible; and it was dif-
ficult to elicit some facts as to the assault. • The 'husband
and daughter are now in custody.