biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-16

CARDINAL CTJLLEN ON FENIANISM.

If the Irish retain any of the devotion for
the Roman Catholic priesthood for which they have
been so long celebrated, the latest pastoral of Car-
dinal Cullen ought to settle the question of Fenian-
ism. It is stronger than the Pope's fulmination. or
than the letters of the Irish bishops. Cardinal
Cullen declares that Fenianism is as bad as Free-
masonry. lie could not say more. Fenians " seek
only their own interest, reckless of the misery which
they entail upon their unhappy dupes, and by their
evil deeds they range themselves among those who
are styled by the apostle children of perdition."
They are worthy disciples of Garibaldi and Mazzini.
The Cardinal thinks there is plenty of hope for Ire-
land, without reverting to abortive attempts at
revolution :

Last year one of the greatest impediments in the way of
Ireland's happiness, one of the greatest evils ever known
to exist in any country—the Protestant Establishment in
Ireland—was removed for ever. At present the great
statesmen who conferred so signal a benefit on this king-
dom, and who still guide the helm of the State,
have manifested their resolve to remove other grievances,
and to heal other wounds of Ireland. It is only by peace-
able agitation, and the temperate yet earnest discussion
of the measures they have introduced, that we can hope
to co-operate with them; indeed, I hesitate not to say
that never was there a period in the history of
this kingdom when the great axiom was so unquestionable
as at the present day, that whosoever commits a crim•
gives strength to the enemy of his country.
London, England, 1870-03-16

THE THAMES NAVIGATION BILL.

In the division, on the second reading of the
Thames Navigation Bill in the'llouse of Commons
last night ;the following members were" in the mino-
rity of 42 against the bill :—Lord G. Hamilton,
Sir C. W. Dike, Right Hon. Russell Gurney, Mr.
Locke King, Sir David Salomons, Viscount S
don and Earl Percy. Colonel Beresford and Mr.
Locke were the tellers. Among the majority of 205
were Mr. Adderley, Mr. Childers, Hon. W. Brod-

rick, It. Eykyn, T. Hughrs, J. IT. Levrio, Alderman
Lusk, Mr. 11. W. Peck, and J. 1). Samuda. The
tel!ers were Mr. GoHuey and Mr. C. Reed.

MR. GLADSTONE THREATENED WIT.
ASSASSINATION.

We read in the Stad Gend :—" Within the last
few days there has been a pressing correspondence
between the Belgian and English Governments re-
specting a t somewhat serious matter. Mr. Glad-
stone recently received a letter in which a per-
sm, whose signature was illegible, used violent
threats towards him. Amongst other things
the writer stated that if Mr. Gladstone per-
sisted in the measures taken with regard to
the Rustchuk-Varna Railway Company he might
expect to be stabbed or shot. This letter had been
written in Ghent and posted in that city. The Eng-
lish Government handed the letter to our Ambassador
in London, who sent it to our Government for in-
quiry to be made. That inquiry has taken place in
our city, but notwithstanding all the investigations
made the writer of the letter has not been secured."
London, England, 1870-03-16

CORNET AND ENSIGN.

Mr. Cardwell's plan for abolishing the offices of
cornet and ensign has been abandoned as untenable.
The leading supporters of the Government in the
press fully endorse this retreat. The Times holds
that the difficulty of the over-regulation price was
not, for the present at least, to be got over. Mr.
Cardwell's present proposal alarmed the officers less
for itself than as indicating the character of its future
suggestions; for if Parliament, on his advice, enforced a
strict adherence to the regulation price in.this minor
matter, would not the same principle be applied
whenever the higher steps should be dealt with ?
The Tall Mall Gazette equally holds that the over-
regulation problem proved fatal to the War
Minister's scheme. The Daily News is of the same
opinion. " The decision to give or not to give com-
pensation for extra regulation payments would
inevitably have raised this question on a very
unEatisfactory collateral issue, and the decision must
necessarily have governed all future legislation on the
subject of purchase."
London, England, 1870-03-16

RENT RAISING.

The charge of libel against Mr. John Ihrdy, M.P.,
at the Stafford Assizes, leads the Daily 'Yews to
moralise on the relation between landlord and tenant.
One of Mr. Hardy's tenants had given evidence
against him in a county court action. The member
for South Warwickshire gave the offender notice of
an increase of rent, and in the letter conveying this
notice were the expressions complained of. The
affair has been compromised and the charge withdrawn,
but the Daily .News thinks Mr. Hardy has set a dan-
gerous example. Few English country gentlemen
would dream of raising a tenant's rent, because he
had given evidence against them in a county court
case. But few Irish landlords arc tyrannical, and yet
the demand for security of tenure arose out of the
exceptions. A few more cases of rent raising after
this manner would speedily stir up a similar demand
iu England. " The sole condition on which such
power as that accorded to English landlords can be
left in the hands of any class is the condition that it
should not be used."
London, England, 1870-03-16

THE CITY OF BOSTON.

The story of Capt. Campbell, of the screw steamer
Britannia, which has arrived in the Clyde, may be
deserving of consideration, and so may that of CaPt.
Reid, of the sailing vessel Leader, which has been al-
ready given. It is evident, however, that unless the
weather that the City of Boston has encountered has
actually driven her backwards over the A.tlantic,the two
steamers seen by the two masters cannot be one and
the same vessel. At daybreak of the 3rd instant,
about 150 miles from Cape Clear, the Leader sighted
a large three-masted steamer beating up against the
wind under canvas, evidently attempting to make
a westerly course. Now, the Britannia , on
the 9th instant, six days afterwards, sighted a
steamer steering west, which the captain now thinks
was the City of Boston. But this vessel was in
64.18 N., 22.52 W., a considerable distance to the
westward of the place where Captain Reid sighted.
his imaginary City of Boston a week before. If,
however, it should turn out that these two vessels
were the same, and that the City of Boston was
actually blown so far to leeward, then there would
be no chance of her making the coast of Ireland
until some time after a westerly wind has set in.

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London, England, 1870-03-16

DEATHS.

CLARK - On the 13th inst , at Killorby Hall, Darlington,
Bentley Clark, E-q., aged 54.
GOODE On the 14th inst., Emily Augusta Goode, of No. 98;
Bishops, a e-street, aged 49.

London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, O
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office, NO. 112, Etraud,
in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.''
Woita.oclay, Mira 16, 1870
London, England, 1870-03-16

THE LAND BILL.

On the motion for going into Committed on the
Irish Land Bill, Mr. M‘Mahon will move, " That it
be an instruction to the committee to assimilate the
statute law of Ireland with regard to ejectment to
that of England ; and, in lieu of sanctioning advances
of public money to landowects for the reclamation of
wastes, to authorise ' limited owners' to grant leases
in perpetuity of waste land on condition of reclaim-
ing and paying a fair rent."
London, England, 1870-03-16

IRISH CRIME.

Whatever the Irish people may think of the
coming Peace Preservation Bill, justification for
some measure of the kind was never more abundant.
The .crop of outrages is as extensive as ever. One
ruffian who sent a threatening letter to a lady has met
with his due reward ; but against this success of
justice are to be set off more despairing
charges from judges, more resolutions in favour
of coercion from grand juries, and more undiscovered
crimes. The Queen's County grand jury are in favour
both of suspending the Habeas Corpus Act and of so
altering the law of trial as to give effect
to the verdict of a majority. The last
week or two has been especially lively in Queen's
County. On March 2 there was an inflammatory
tenant right meeting. Two days afterwards the offices
of a Mr. M'Donagh were burned down. Immediately
afterwards more offices were set on fire. A. rick of
hay and some buildings belonging to Captain Brown
were burned down on the 11th. A plantation be-
longing to Mr. Ellis was entirely destroyed.
"A number of fires, supposed to be burning hay-
fields," were seen in different parts of the county,
Tst as if a burning hay-rick were a will-o'-the-wisp.
hese are the doings in one small district, which
has been hitherto free from crime.
London, England, 1870-03-16

DR. LIVINGSTONE.

The very serious outbreak of cholera on the East
Coast of Africa seriously affects our news of Dr.
Livingstone. The porters and supplies which the
Earl of Clarendon directed to ho sent to the distin..
guished traveller have been impeded in their progress
by this plague. Sir Roderick Murchison in a letter to the
Times, says :—" While the loss of life has been
fearful at Zanzibar and on the coast north and south
of it, and has also extended inland to Ugogo and
Uniamozi, let us cherish the hope that the epidemic
has not reached Ujiji, on the Lake Tanganyika,
where the great traveller has been for some time
stationed. In this case, though the consummation of
his labours is necessarily delayed, he may, I trust, under
the protection of Providence, escape from this new and
unexpected visitation, as he has from all the previous
perils which he has successively; encountered."
Mr. Horace Waller has received a letteT. from Dr.
kirk respvtip,g.t,he ch9loolilutbr4ak. Iff (He , iitiymbtq
1.9,QM-tpersoilt

at which he was stationed. Thirty thou
sand perished in the whole island. Dr. Kirk
adds :—" At Quiloa, by the last accounts,
there were two hundred deaths a day among the
slaves; when offered at one dollar a head they found
no purchasers, so very worthless bad slave property
become from the disease. Caravans on the route are
stopped by death, ivory is left abandoned, and a
party is being sent off to bring one large lot down,
all the porters being dead in Ugogo. The expedition,
with valuable goods and a gang of men, I sent
off to assist Livingstone has been caught by it, and
is at a standstill. Many of those I had engaged
and paid considerable advances to are dead!'
The communication between Lake Tanganyika and
the coast is precarious at the best of times : it must
now be long before it is resumed.
London, England, 1870-03-16

COLLEGES OF SCIENCE.

Some correspondence has passed between Lord F.
C. Cavendish, M.P., chairman of the committee for
the establishment of the " Yorkshire College of
Science," and the Endowed Schools Commissioners.
A. rough outline of the scheme prepared for founding
the College of Science for Yorkshire was submitted
to the Commissioners, who were asked for their
assistance and co-operation in regard to it, by making
the scholarships which will probably be founded by
the Commission tenable at the proposed college. They
were also asked to devote to the endowment of pro-
fessorships any funds that mivht appear to them
applicable for the purpose. The Commissioners, in
reply, express their cordial concurrence in the object
in view, and the desire to do all they can towards
its attainment. This object, they observe, is ono of
the few which the Commissioners consider so im-
portant in themselves and so likely to command
extensive public support as to lead them
to think that it would be quite justifiable to attempt
in some cases the partial diversion to them of the
funds of endowments now applied solely to the tra-
ditional purposes of grammar schools. The Commis-
sioners, however, request to be understood that they
do not expect of their own authority to place the
college by name in any scheme for an endowed
school. No such places of higher education, they
remark, can be actually specified in schemes, except
those of established reputation, such as the Univer-
:ides of Oxford, Cambridge, or London.
London, England, 1870-03-29

HYPOTHEC.

Mr. CARNEGIE asked the Lord Advocate whether it was
his intention to bring in this session any measure on the
Law of Hypothec in Scotland.
The LORD ADVOCATE said he regretted he should not be
able to introduce a bill on the subject during the presenf
session.

PORTSMOUTH SOUP KITCHEN.

-
Mr. HENRY HERBERT asked the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty whether it was true that the water from the
tanks belonging to the Dockyardi was refused on econo-
mic grounds to certain persons who organised a soup
kitchen inside the Unicorn Gate, Portsmouth, at their
their own expense), for the purpose of relieving distress
during the recent inclement weather ; and, if true, whether
the orner would be rescinded.
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London, England, 1870-03-29

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

THE verdict of the jury in the case of Prince
Pierre Bonaparte no doubt simplifies a perplexing
problem. If he had been found guilty, some difficulty
might have been felt in devising a sentence which
should accord due indulgence to a person of title
without grossly and preposterously violating
the purposes of justice. But this nice work
of reconciling two opposite ends is entirely
disposed of by the acquittal of the pri-
soner. There is now no question as to the
proper sentence which would fairly punish the crime
without depriving society too long of such a valuable
member as Prince Pierre. The jury have decided
that the man who killed Victor Noir was not guilty
of any crime whatever. Such a verdict has the merit
of simplicity ; but, unfortunately, it does not
betray any regard for law or justice. There is no
doubt that Prince Pierre did kill Victor Noir, whilst
there is much doubt whether even the provocation
that was pleaded as a defence was actually offered.
The Prince swears he was struck by Noir; M. de
Fonvielle, the slain man's companion, is equally
positive that no blow was given. Some persons
affirm that they heard M. de Fonvielle declare
that Victor Noir administered a soujlet ; but on the
other hand the latter's relatives prove that ho wore tight
gloves at the interview, and that the gloves were in-
tact after death, which would hardly be the case it a
heavy blow had been given. Let it be granted, how-
ever, that the Prinee was provoked by a blow, does
such provocation justify the immediate shooting to
death of the person who gave it, and a determined
attempt to get rid of the companion likewise?
Surely such a case is not one for a verdict of
absolute acquittal and perfect immunity. The
slaying of a man in a duel, sacred as is that institu-
tion in France, is nJt held absolutely blameless.
With stronger reason, then, a person who goes in the
capacity of second to " arrange matters at
the private house of a principal ought not,
to be butchered without let or hindranc-e..
Between the different actors "in the allhir there is
nothing to chosse. All these g'entlemen, Prince
and plebeians, who went about with revokers And
swordsticks, just as an ordinary person goes about
with his pencil-case, are disreputable. M. Paschal
Grousset and M. de Fonvielle do not bear good
characters, and the Prince's reputation is a
decidedly bad one. The former behaved
disgracefully at the trial, and so did the latter. But
p6l-fect equality of biackemardism furnishes addi-
London, England, 1870-03-29

tions. On this ground, the Protectionists may drop
their new scale, and turn round on the Free-Traders
to protest against further changes with their dis-
turbing influence on trade. Meanwhile, wise or
foolish, favoure.l, or retarded by this Tariff, the
country rises in prosperity. The exports steadily
increase ; the balance of trade against the Union
diminishes ; American vessels find more employ-
ment; the Treasury is full, the harvests bountiful,
and gold has so declined as t) cmvince even the
most sc!ptical that the Republic can cross the
chasm from paper to specie payment without a
convulsion; while Mr. GREEI.EY'S saying of the
Nw,y to resume is to resume" finds listeners now
among men, who, a few waths ago, scouted it, as
the acme of absurdity.
London, England, 1870-03-29

ANOTHER LETTER FROM EARL RUSSELL.

Earl Russell has written a second letter to the vice-
president of the council, supplementing his first. It runs
as follows :—" My dear Mr. Forster,—lt occurs to me
that in my letter to you on education I made two omis-
sions. First, I omitted to mention that in my
introduction to speeches recently published I had
myself suggested a provision similar to that which
is contained in the Government bill. In speaking
of an education rate I had said that if supported by rates
the ratepayers should decide on the religious instruction
ro be given, or if they preferred it, give a secular
character to the school. I have, however, added, with a
view to give efiect to the Conscience Clause, that when
any religious instruction is given it should be either in
the first or the last hour of school attendance. But
in the full light of the recent discussion in the House of
Commons I perceive the evils that would probably arise
from giving so large a discretion on religious instruction to
the ratepayers. I also omitted to notice the danger—a
very real one—that by insisting on their objections
the Protestant Dissenters may defeat the Govern-
ment plan for the present yearn But the pros-
pect of obtaining a national unsectarian education,
founded on the exclusion of all catechisms or formularies,
is,.in the present temper of the nation, so fair a one that I
think the country may well wait a year for the accomplish-
ment of so great a blessing.—l remain, my dear Mr. '
7orster, yours very truly, RUSSELL.—San Remo, March
•23,1870.
London, England, 1870-03-29

AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

The opinion of the Produce Markets' Review on
the subject of the use in England of meat imported
from Australia is very decided. It very clearly advo-
cates the advantages to be derived from a use of pre-
served meat from the colonies. Its superiority will, of
course, be disputed by the butchers, whose
interests are opposed to the trade, but it
exists notwithstanding, as is proved by the English
and French Admiralties and all the large ship-
owners preferring Australian fresh boiled beef to the
English,. as they find it far cheaper and better. To
persons of limited incomes, the supply of sound
wholesome Australian meat, without bone, and ready
cooked, at 7d. to Bd. per lb., is invaluable.
Agricultural labourers, it is said, have now to pay
84-d. per lb..for raw bacon, with bone; and fresh meat,
ready boiled and without bone, at 7d. or Bd. must
surely be preferable. " Apart from trade considera-
tions, we regard the question of a cheap meat supply
as most important, and, so far, the Australian
boiled mutton and beef sent over in tins is the best
solution that has yet been found."
London, England, 1870-03-29

A. LADY ATT iCKED BY A SERPENT.

From Oxford comes a strange story of a lady attacked
by a boa constrictor. It appears that a m imber of the
University, who had lodgings in High-strett, kept a good-
sized specimen of the boa constrictor in a box in his
rooms, and that the daughter of the landlaly, attracted
by a movement of the lid, opened it, when her hand
was seized by. the reptile with a firm grasp,
which became tightened as it coiled around her
arm. The young lady, although nearly frightened to
death, screamed for help, and on the arrival of assistance
was found in a swooning state, with her hand and arm
firmly held by the capacious jaws and folds of the serpent.
The occurrence created a panic amongst those who were
called to the assistance of the young lady, but on reco-
vering their presence of mind they succeeded, by
jumping on the tail of the reptile ana (Alin means, in
making it release its hold. The young lady, as may be
supposed. is seriously it
London, England, 1870-03-29

29, 1870.

tional argument against the verdict, which virtually
establishes that a blow warrants the immediate death
of the aggressor. Probably no ono save a Prince
could safely venture upon the experiment, but the
principle is the same. Moreover, it is quite time for
such a person as this Bonaparte to be shut up out of
harm's way; and a verdict which fails to gain
desirable an end is ohjectionabkon that account

In future it is to be hoped that the Prince will be-
take himself to his old shooting-grounds, and at least
keep clear of Paris. his deed brought danger upon
the Imperial Government at a time when the Em-
peror most deserved ;public support.
London, England, 1870-03-29

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

According to Reuter's telegrams the French
Rentes to-day were quoted 74f. 12c. Heavy.

Sir G. Grey will be the chairman of the Royal
Commission on extra•regulation prices in the army.

A bill is introduced by the Lord Advocate to
amend the Annuity Tax Abolition Act in Edinburgh and
Montrose.

A.'return published contains correspondence be-
tween the Colonial Office, the Government of the Cana-
dian Dominion, and the Hudson's Bay Company., re-
lating to the surrender of Rupert's Land to the Dominion
o Canada.

The French Minister of Marine has fixed on Port
Said as the future French naval station in Egyptian
waters it being intended that all stores and reinforce-
ments for the Imperial navy on the Eastern stations shall
be fowarded through the Suez Canal.
BOAT ACCIDENTS.—A boat accident occurred on
Saturday on the Thames, near Woolwich. One youth
was drowned. Two other disasters, also resulting in the
loss of one life, happened on the same river ; and on the
previous day two boys were drowned through the capsizing
of a boat at Henley.
- - -

The other morning, at a draper's in Liverpool, a
gentleman was leaving the premises, but instead of taking
egress by the doorway, he inadvertently stepped into one
of the windows, which was empty at the time for the pur-
pose of being re-dressed, and before any of the astonished
salesmen could interfere the unlucky visitor had made his
way into the street, through a very large thick plate-glass
window. Fortunately the only injury he received was a
cut on the left cheek.

The Duke of Sutherland has visited lielmsdale to
inspect the railway works, when a deputation of the in-
habitants waited upon his Grace to represent the prevalent
destitution, and urged upon him the importance of opening
the Kildenan gold diggings. His Grace gave no hope that
the diggings would be again opened, but stated ho had
been assured that the diggings did the people no good, as
the greater part of them spent in drink the money they
realised from the gold.

The committee of the Land and Labour League
having sent a memorial to Mr. Gladstone, in the name
of the League, protesting against the provisions of tho
Irish Peace Preservation Bill, some of the clauses of
which they stated they considered tyrannical and oppres-
sive, have received from Mr. Gladstone a reply to the
effect " that the bill is not intended to restrict the free-
dom of the Irish people, but only the disturbers of Ireland's
peace."
London, England, 1870-03-29

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION

(Established 1810).
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. • I Thomas Hankey, Esq.
R W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M P.
The report and balance-sheeis of this Association for the year
1869, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the
members, with particulars of the invested fund, may be had on
application to the chief office, or to the agents
The annual income from premiums is
From interest on investments ... ..• ... 19,000
he invested fund, after payir ant of all claims, exceeds 415,000
The whole of the profits divided among the members.
Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured
amounting to £lOO,OOO.

W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary,
No. 15, Moorgate-street, March I 1870.
London, England, 1870-03-29

of opium.

EMPLOYMENT OP CHILDREN.

Mr. FAWCETT gave notice that on an early day he
should call the attention of the House to the condition of
children engaged in agricultural labour, and move a reso-
lution on the subject.
CONDITION OF TRADE.

Mr. LOirTHER, on the part of the hon. member for
Coventry, gave notice of his intention to move for the
appointment of a select committee to inquire into the
depressed condition of trade.
London, England, 1870-03-29

SALE OF FIRE ARMS.

Mr. DICKINSON asked the Secretary of State for War
how many military fire arms had been sold during the past
year, and how much was realised by the sale; whether he
knew by whom and for what purpose they were bought,
and what was their destination; whether facilities were
not given by this system for providing with arms insur-
,ents and others hostile to our own Government at
home or in the Co!onies, and to friendly Governments ;
and whether it would not be better to render all military
weapons not required for the public service unserviceable,
instead of selling them and being parties to their being
used for the purposes of legitimate or illegitimate war-
fare.

Mr. CARDWELL said over 18,000 firearms had been sold
and the sum of £4,258 received. The persons purchasing
and the purposes to which the arms were to be put were
generally known. He was not of opinion that the system
of sale supplied disaffected parties with arms, the ordi-
nary trade being with the parties that generally trans-
acted that business, and, indeed, if they had an enemy in
the field, it would be most fortunate were they to be
armed with these unseivlceable firearms. He did not

think it would be ivell'l6 render the firearms unservice-
able, as a large sum of money would be lost by such an
arrangement. .

THE VOLUNTEERS.

Colonel WILMOT asked the Secretary of State for War
why rifles bad not yet been issued to volunteer corps in
Districts 6,8, and 10, although, in answer to a question on
the 25th of February, they were promised " immediately."
and whether he was aware that any further delay would
very much reduce the capitation grant in many battalions,
and would stop the course of annual instruction in all.
Mr. CARDWELL said he wa3 sorry for the delay, but it
arose in consequence of the care bestowed upon them pre-
vious to distribution. That distribution was now going
on at the rate of 2,C00 a day, and before April 55,000 of
the new arms would be in the hands of volunteers. He
did not think the delay would at all diminish the amount
of the grant.

THE TREATY WITH FRANCE.
Mr. BIRLEY asked the Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether our Ambassador in Paris had
received instructions to make any representations to the
French Government concerning the revision of the com-
mercial treaty between Great Britain and France for the
mutual interest of the two countries ; and, :if so, whether
there was any objection to• stating the nature of such
representations.
Mr. OTWAY said no replies in the character of remon-
stration had been addressed to the French Government.
Lord Lyons, however, had received certain instructions,
but it would not be right to make those instructions gene
rally known.
London, England, 1870-03-29

KILMAINHAM HOSPITAL.

Sir JOHN GRAY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether it was true that an order had been issued to the
effect that no more pensioners should be admitted into the
Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin, and, if so, was that order
to be taken as an indication of the intention of the Go•
vernment to abolish that national institution.
Mr. CARDWELL was understood to say that certain in-
quiries were going on, but pending that no vacancies
would be filled up.
London, England, 1870-03-29

RECONSTRUCTION Itit AMERICA.

Georgia, United States, is making vigorous efforts
to free herself from the pecuniary embarrassments
produced by the civil war. It is said that the whole
energy of the white population is exerted to
force the soil to produce large and paying crops. To
this end, the landowners and merchants
import manure in large quantities, and the result has
been that the cotton crops were very large last year,
and are expected to be still larger this year. While
the whites are thus trying to retrieve their losses,
the blacks are rejoicing over their freedom, and, in
their own way, working as hard as their quondam mas-
ters. They recreate themselves with religious meetings,
but at the same time do not lose an eye to the main
chance. It is said that the freedmen earn in Georgia
as common labourers from a dollar to a dollar and a
half per diem in the towns, and twenty or twenty-
five dollars a month in the country, inclusive of
board and lodging. Even now the railway carriages
are divided according to the colour of their passen-
gers, though this last remnant of ascendancy is likely
in future to take the form of first and second class.
London, England, 1870-03-29

PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

Mr. TAYLOR presented a petition from Sheffield in
favour of payment of members.
THE IRISH LAND BILL.

Mr. MORRISON gave notice that in committee on this
bill he should move certain clauses for the purpose of in-
troducing Judge Longfield's scheme for regulating matters
between landlord and tenant.
COLLISIONS ON RAILWAYS.

MAJOR ALLEN asked the Under-Secretary. to the Board
of Trade, why the return moved for on the 26th of July
last, in reference to collisions on railways, where the
block system was and was not in operation, and which
was promised to be furnished by the President of the
Board had not been laid upon the table of the House.
Mr. LEFEVRE said the reason was that only about half
the company returned answers to the circular, but the
attention of the railway companies had been directed to
the motion, and he thought he should be able to produce
the return in a short time.
London, England, 1870-03-29

LAW INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY.

BANKRUPTCY.
Mr. Anstie this morning applied t 3 the Chief
Judge to vary the order made by him on Saturday
last to the extent of directing the proceeds of the sale
to be paid over to the Chtmberlain of the City, in-
stead of Mr. Kemp, the receiver, as the order beld.
His Lordship said that there appeared to be no rea-
son to vary the order, as the right of distress re-
mained.
London, England, 1870-03-29

DR. IIAY3IAN7S APPOINTMENT TO RUGBY.

Mr. W. Bromley Davenport, M.P. for Warwick,
writes to the Times to correct a report
that the trustees of Rugby school refused to
hear tlke undermasters' objections to Dr. Hayman's
appointment as head master to Rugby. It is true,
lie says, that the trustees declined to receive oral
accusations as they considered that if there were
charges against the head master of so grave a
character as to require them to reconsider his ap-
ment, such charges should be made distinctly in writing,
so that those who made them should be directly
responsible. Mr. Davenport adds that voluminous
charges affecting the character of Dr. Hayman as
regards his improper use of testimonials were made
iu writing both by the under masters and the
present Bishop of Exeter, and that they were di -
missed as unfounded.
London, England, 1870-03-29

A. CURIOUS VISITOR.

It appears from the Lawrence (Kansas) Tribune that we
have an interesting stranger among us, and that we owe
his presence in this country to exceptional causes. Dr.
John Doy, whose conflicts with the pro-slavery party, and,
whose exploits in connection with the underground rail- ,
road while the fugitive slave law was in force, made
4,
him very notorious, was arrested . Battle Creek 'Michi-
gan,. on the charge of procuring an abortion, and thereul
causing the death of a woman who ' sought his
services. On this charge he was found guilty, and
sentenced to a long term of confinement in the State-
Prison. As he was found dead in his bed one morning,
under circumstances which strongly pointed to poison as
the cause of his death, it was generally supposed that he
resorted to suicide to ward off the disgrace which would
result from imprisonment. At all events, he was
buried, and, as usual, almost forgotten. It has'
lately transpired that he is still living, and is
at present in England. He has sent for his daughter ;
and the rest of his family are making arrangements
to follow him immediately. The circumstances of his
resurrection are stated as follow :—Having come to an
understanding- with some friends, he took a large dose of
morphia, and, when found in the morning, the vital forces
were apparently extinct. As he was considered dead, of '
course no objections were raised to his body being restored
to his family. This being done, in order to carry out the
deception, a coffin was procured, and regular funeral;
services held, the body being committed to what all
supposed to be its final resting-place. When every-
thing was over, his grave was opened, the body removedo
and, by.the application of powerful remedies, soon restore&
to its normal condition* Prudence, of course, required
that he should leave a country where he was no loiter
safe, and, accordingly, he went to England—his former-
home. We have sent so many questionable characters to
America that we must not be too sensitive as to a few
resuscitated criminals claiming our hospitality; but we
hope if they die here they will not trouble themselves to
come to life again.—Pall Mall Gazette.
London, England, 1870-03-29

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Tnis DAY.

Henry Taylor, 22, and John Hedges, 39, were in-
dicted, Taylor with stealing articles value 155.,
the property of Richard Stephen Waylett, his master,
and John He lges for receiving the same. The man
was taken into custody at the instance of the
pawnbroker, at whose shop he attempte I to pledge
the property. The judge sentenced Hedges to be
imprisoned for six month., and Taylor to be brought
up for judgment next sessions.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This DAY).

BO W-STRE ET.

Samuel Dean, a lamplighter, was charged with
stealing a brass screw ani leather socket belonging
to one of the fire-engines at Buckingham Palace.
The whole of the articles stolen were worth £lO.
The prisoner, who declined to question a witness,
was then remanded for further inquiries.
London, England, 1870-03-29

THIRD READINGS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed
Fosdyke Bridge Bill, Gunthorpe Bridge Bill,Wrexham Gas
Bill ; Airedale • Gas Bill ; East London Railway
Bill ; Great-Eastern Railway (General Powers) Bill;
Great-Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Railway &c.) Bill ;
Great-Northern Railway Bill; Hyde Local Board Bill;
King's Lynn Gas Bill, London, Blackwall, and Milwall
Extension Railway Bill ; Northampton Corporation
Markets and Fairs Bill ; Shipley Gas Bill.
The following bills were read a second time : Abbot's
Wood (Dean Forest) Enclosure Bill ; Callandei and Obun
Railway Bill.
ELECTORAL DISABILITIES OF WOMEN.

Colonel SYKES presented petitions from Aberdeen in
Favour of the bill.

MARRIED WOMENS' PROPERTY BILL.

Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY presented petitions in favour of
;he bill introduced by himself on this subject.

EDUCATION.

A number of petitions were presented in favour of the
bill introduced by the Government but praying that
amendments be made in the religious clauses of the
measure.
London, England, 1870-03-29

THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

An Oxonian makes a statement which seems to
dispose of the question respecting the propriety of
Mr.l)arbishire again rowing stroke in the coming boat
race, He says that Mr. Darbishire is stili an under-
graduate,has not completed his Oxford career,will be re-
sident next term, and in for " schools,". and that it
was simply that he might kill two birds with one
stone, and study medicine during a term when no
great-go schools were going on at Oxford, that he
obtained leave from his College to reside in London
front Christmas to Easter. The Cambridge crew in
no way endorse the complaint which has been raised
by out-eiders.
London, England, 1870-03-29

EMIGRATION.

Mr. MAcrtE asked the Under Secretary of State for the
Colonies whether any or all of the leases referred to in the
Secretary of State for the Colonies' letter to the Secretary
of the Emigrant and Colonists' Aid Corporation, dated
March 2, of land in Western Australia were terminable
on short notice for the purpose of being enclosed and oc-
cupied as agricultural farms. Whether the portion of
the eight million acres referred to in that letter
which had been sold in Western Australia, and the twelve
million acres there said to have " been granted to a popu-
lation net exceeding sixteen thousand souls" in Natal,
was held under any conditions favourable to emigration;
and whether the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with
a view to the stream of voluntary emigrants flowing
towards British settlements, was corresponding with the
governors of the aforesaid colonies and with the Govern-
ments of the self-governing colonies, in order to learn
what arrangemens could be made for occupation of waste
and by agriculturists from England.
Mr.MONSELL said the land in some of Australia was held
some under short and some under eight years' leases, in
Western Australia, the particular portion referred to, was
held under no restriction. In Natal it was held also with-
out restriction, except in some cases, an account rent was,
paid, and as long as that was paid the land could not be
touched. With respect to the question of emigration, a
circular had been addressed to the Governors of Canada
and other colonies with a view of ascertaining what were
the prospects for emigrants arriving in those parts.
London, England, 1870-03-29

SHEERNESS DOCKYARD.

Mr. PEMBERTON asked the First Lord of the Admiralty
whether men were still being discharged from Sheerness
Dockyard ; and whether it was true that, in consequence
of the want of labourers in the yard, barges and other craft
bringing stores from Woolwich were detained from eight
to ten days before they could discharge their cargo ; and
whether, when discharged, the iron and timber stores were
placed in the yard exposed to the weather, from the want
of labourers to store them or stow them away under cover.
And, if application bad not been made from the dockyard
for more labourers for this work, and been refused.
Mr. CHILDERS said it was true the gradual reductions
were going on at Sheerness, and would continue to go on
until the end of July or August. No representation had
been made of any insufficiency of labour to store the
timber landed there. When the reductions were complete
the staff of hands at Sheerness would be above 300 which
would be quite sufficient for all purposes.
London, England, 1870-03-29

THIRD EDITION.

The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published
in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
EDUCATION.

Mr. IVItiNTz presented a petition from Birmingham
in favour of a denominational system of education.
Colonol SYKES presented a petition in favour of the
Education Bill, which was praying- that science and art
might be taught those capable of receiving such in-
struction.

Mr. PIN presented a petition from a Roman Catholic
congregation in Dublin, in favour of denominational
education.

NEW MEMBER.

Mr. Robinson took the oath and his seat for Bristol in
the room of the late Mr. Berkeley. The hon. member
was introduced by Mr. Morley and Mr. Adam.

OPIUM.

Sir W. LAWSON gave notice that on the 26th of April
he should move a resolution to the effect that the House
condemns the system of receiving revenug from the raising
London, England, 1870-03-29

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INDIRECT TAXATION.

Some returns are published throwing light on the
capacity of the United Kingdom of consuming
articles liable to heavy duties. In 1869 a population
of 30,611,305 consumed 11,739,094 cwts.. of sugar,
producing £5,388,652 of revenue ; nearly 29
million pounds of coffee, bringing in £360,523 to the
revenue ; 111,795,639 pounds of tea, bringing in
£2,x.95,162; and 800,967 cwts. of currants, bearing a
duty of £280,547. Thus, each individual of the whole
population consumed, last year, on an average forty-
three pounds of sugar, fifteen ounces of
coffee, three pounds ten ounces of tea, and two
pounds fifteen ounces of currants. During 1869 the
number of bushels of malt charged with duty in
England alone amounted to 44,211,245, for which
quantity the amount of duty charged was £5,996,150.
Not only is nearly the whole of our barley employed
in the malting trade, but we imported last year no
less than 2,255,025 quarters.
London, England, 1870-03-29

BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Clarke Francis Gcsling,
Royal (late Madras) Artillery, having completed the qualify-
ing service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be
Colonel. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Alexander
Gibb, M.D , who retires upon half-pay, to have the honorary
rank of Inspector-General of Hospitals.
To be Major-Generals—Brevet Colonel Arthur Cavendish
Beutinck, from Inspecting Field-Officer, Recruiting District ;
Brevet Colonel Sir R. Denis Kelly, K.C.8., from Lieutenant-
Colonel, half-pay, late 34th Foot; Brevet Colonel John
Ramsay Stuart, C. 8., from Lieutenant-Colonel, half-pay,
late 21st Foot.

To b 3 Lieutenant Co:onels—Major Charles James Orton
Swaffield, half-pay, late Depot Battalion ; Major Cecil Rice,
72d Foot; Captain and Brevet Major C. S. Lemarchand,
Royal (late Bengal) Artillery ; Captain and Brevet Major
Daniel Henry Mackinnon, half-pay Unattached, and Staff
Officer of Pensioners.

To be Majors—Captain John E. Harvey, half• pay, late
41st Foot, and Staff Officer of Pensioners. Captain George
Smyth Windham, Rifle Brigade. Captain Philip Percival,
79th Foot.

DEATH OF MR. ASSISTANT JUDGE PAYNE.

We regret to announce the sadden death this day
of Mr. Joseph Payne, Deputy-Assistant Judge of
the Middlesex Sessions. The learned gentleman Fat
on the bench yesterday, and appeared in his usual
health.
London, England, 1870-03-29

NEWARK.

Every English vacant constituency succeed 3
in attracting a multitude, of Liberal candi-
dates. Sir F. Lycett, Major-General Storks,
Mr. Eristowe, and Sir G. Grey have all offered them-
selves to the electors of Newark. The former, with
his customary ill-luck, has found the field too well
covered to leave him any chance of success, and
therefore he retires. The other three, however, are
still addressing and speech-making ; and it is
believed that at least two Liberals will go the poll.
A Conservative ought surely to have a good chance
under the circumstances, especially as the Duke of
Newcastle's influence, which was formerly so great,
must now be nil. His Grace is a bankrupt and an
exile.
London, England, 1870-03-29

JIARRIAGE&

O'NEIL —Ozoluo—On the 24th inst., at Spanish-place, Wil-
loughby Gordoti O'Neil, EN., to Carolina Latour, eldest
ditughter of the late Luiz Candid() de Tavares Ozorio, of
the Quintas da zia and Momenta, Portugal.

WACH —BARTHoLDY—On the 23d inst., at Frankfort on-t he-
Main, Dr. Adolph Wach, Professor Rostock University, to
Fanny Henrietta Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late
Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy of Leipzic.
London, England, 1870-03-29

THE DISTURBANCES IN ITALY.

A correspondent in Rome, writing on the 25th instant,
describes the general uneasiness felt by the Italian autho-
rities owing to the movements of the revolutionary party.
Forty Mazzinian agents had been denounced by the
Roman police while on their way from Turin to make a
republican manifestation on St. Joseph's day. They were
arrested at the station, and sent back by the next train.
All the ships in the harbour were decorated in honour of
Mazzini and Garibaldi on St. Joseph's Day. The
enlistment and drilling, of the Party of Action goes on
with great activity at Terni, which is one of the chief
centres of action from its position on the Roman
frontier. The old Piedmontese faction are, according to
their organ, the Gazzetta dcl Popolo, resolved on a separa.
:ion of Italy into two portions. The South is to
.nclude the Pontifical, Tuscan, and Parmesan States,
with Naples for its capital, under the sovereignty
,f Prince Humbert, while Piedmont, ,Lombardy,
and Venetia are to form one kingdom, under
Victor Emmanuel with Turin as the capital and the Duke
D'Aosta as heir. Disturbances are expected in consequence
of the meat tax at Bologna and Parma, and troops have
been sent there from Florence in great haste. The Italian
War-office has ordered 10,000 Remington and 10,000
Werde rifles to be distributed to the Bersaglieri regiments
in order that their comparative efficiency may be tested.
London, England, 1870-03-29

DEA7'IIS.

Lopes—On the 26th inst., at East Hill, Frome, the Dowager
Lady Lopes, aged 69.
OLIVER -On the 28th inst., at his residence, Bushey Hill,
Camberwell, Thomas Oliver, late of Old Jewry, Loudon,
aged 70.

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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Mr. ROBERT FOWLER asked the Under Secretary of
State for the Colonies whether he had any objection to
lay upon the table the despatch of Lord Granville to Sir
Philip Wodehouse, which had been presented to the Cape
Parliament in regard to the establishment of responsible
Government at the Cape of Good Hope, and the with-
drawal of troops from that colony.
Mr. MONSELL said he had no objection to the papers
being produced.
London, England, 1870-03-29

BRISTOL ELECTION.

The polling at Bristol yesterday resulted in the re-
turn of Mr. Robinson, the Liberal, and the rejection
of Mr. Hare, the Conservative. The fight was very
close, Mr. Hare having the advantage in the morr.
ing ; but the working men turned the scale at dinner
hour in favour of the Liberal.
London, England, 1870-03-29

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above Bonds, due on tke Ist April next, will be PAID on that day,
and any succeeding day, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry
Schroder and Co., 115, Lea .enhall-street, between the hours of
Eleven and Two o'clock.
The Coupons must be left for examination two clear days before
applying for payment.
London, March 16, 1870.