The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, -MON DAY. 4ORNING, JUNE 27, 186'.

surance tickets as far as is at present known. There is,
however, reason to believe that a great many more tickets
were issued, and with the view of ascertaining the extent
of and promptly respondingto their liability the company
have sent down one of their chief representatives (Mr.
W. D. Mossy), who was present during the inquiry.

SPIRIT OF IIIE PRESS.—THIS MORNING.
THE PEERS AND THE IRISH LAND BILL.
The Standard says the Peers may not insist upon every
one of their amendments, but they will maintain the
principal ones, and the Government and the House of
Commons, whether they like it or not, and the Standard
believes the majority of the House of Commons will at
heart welcome the change, will have to accept them.
But the language used by the Government organs, and,
the Standard is sorry to add, by some members of the
Government, is significant of the temper of
the chiefs of the Government and their ex-
trema followers. It illustrates the tactics by
which they gained power and seek to preserve it, and it is
a lesson to the House of Lords that it should never attempt
to conciliate Radical goodwill by the sacrifice of its inde-
pendence and convictions. To pretend that the amend-
ments are against the principle of the bill, or that they
will impair its successful working, is absurd; unless
those who so pretend will admit that the principle of
the bill is the confiscation of the larger portion of the
property of the landlords for the benefit of the tenants,
and that it will not work well unless the landlord is
deprived of all control over his property, made a ward, in
fact, of the assistant barristers, and driven to be an
absentee. If the bill is an honest attempt to remedy, by
exceptional legislation, an exceptional state of things, to
secure the tenant, but to injure as little as is possible the
landlord, these amendments of the Peers ought to be
ungrudgingly accepted.
THE LAND BILL.
On the whole, the Telegraph is 'rather inclined to regret
that the Opposition did hot boldly oppose the second read-
ing of the bill, instead of mutilating and destroying it
piecemeal in committee. As it now stands, it is a worse
measure than that proposed by Lord Derby's Government
s ome years ago. When the bill is returned to the House
of Commons, therefore, the Government will restore it to
its original shape in respect of those amendments which are
incompatible with its purpose and principle—reinstituting
the scale of damages under Clause 3, again enacting the
length of lease which shall entitle a landlord to con-
tract himself out of the penalties inflicted on eviction,
declining to accept the irresponsible consent of the land-
lord as a condition barring the claim of the assignee, and
abolishing Lord Salisbury's amendment to narrow the
limit of the retrospective penalties. These amendments
will all be struck out of the bill by the House of Commons,
and what will the Lords have gained by introducing them ?
Is it wise to force the great body of the people to the con-
clusion that it is in vain to expect generosity or pa-
triotism, or even prudent statesmanship from the House
of Lords in any question that bears on the interests and
privileges of landed proprietors?
THE FATAL MARCH.
The Daily News says it is clear that the soldiers of the
9th and 94th Regiments were treated with a cruel indiffer-
ence, born of stupidity and routine, to their comfort and
lives which no man would shew in the case of an animal
that he cared f Or, or whose pecuniary value he wished not
to depreciate. Benevolent people are doing what they
can to put a stop to the barbarities which often mark the
transit of cattle by steamship and railway. The sufferings
which accompany the transit of soldiers are surely worth
as much consideration.
THE POLICEMEN'S GRIEVANCE.
The Telegraph says the latest police grievance is doubly
galling to the force, and irrivating to the public, because
it was at first presented under the guise of a reform, and
even of a boon. On the issuing of the order which raised
the pay of the police, people outside saw for the moment
only an admission that there was ground for the com-
plaints of under-payment, and an implicit promise that
further measures would he taken to secure the efficiency
of the force by making its members satisfied with their
position. When the constables are obliged to give, for the
extra shilling in the week, the handsome quid pro quo of a
day's service in the fortnight, the "boon" will be clearly
seen to be no boon at all, but a positive sacrifice for the men.
In truth, the men themselves really did not want the
money, which their chiefs have actually forced upon them.
They wanted to retain that privilege of one day's rest in
the week which is denied to no other branch of the public
service and to no class of the community. Thus we find
our police authorities in the unenviable position of having
driven a hard if not actually an unfair bargain with men
who wanted to make no bargain of the kind at all. Can
any one be surprised if those on whom the bargain has
been forced appeal in such numbers and with such energy
from the acts of their rulers to the judgmeut of the public
whose servants those rulers are ?

THREATENED ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE
POWDER MAGAZINES AT GIBRALTAR.

•
A letter from Gibraltar, dated the 20th, says :—" The
inhabitants of this city have been in a fearful state of
alarm for the last twenty-four hours, and considering how
their feelings have recently been rather roughly shaken
by the Bonell brigandage, and the attack on the young
officers on the Western beach, it is no wonder if
public excitement has nearly reached its climax when
it finds that even within the fancied security of the Bay-
side barrier, danger of a terrible type lurks in every
direction. It appears that yesterday foreneon, a fisher-
man coming into town from the New Mole, picked up a
letter lying in the road between Jumper's Battery and the
Ragged Staff. The letter was written in Spanish, and in-
dicated in the plainest terms that the power magazines
of the rock had either been undermined or were at
the mercy of a band of desperadoes, and that very shortly
the whole dlace would be would up. This letter was im-
mediately placed in the hands of the authorities, and every
magazine was at once most carefully examined, but
nothing was discovered to give rise to any sus-
picion of foul play ; nevertheless, the most energetic
measures were taken to render what was already quite
secure if possible more so. As might naturally be ex-
pected all sorts of rumours have been set afloat, and every
idea has been used uy, from mania to Fenianism, to
account for the plot. The general impression appears to
be that the whole affair is a hoax on the part of some of
the lowest class inhabitants to keep up the alarm created
by the recent robberies and brigandage in the vicinity."

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.
On Saturday afternoon an extraordinary attempt at
murder, followed by an attempted suicide, was made by a
man named Jermyn, employed to carry coals and do other
odd jobs at the Great Seal Patent Office, Southampton-
buildings, Chancery-lane. Mr. Tomlinson, a clerk at
the Patent Office, was taking his lunch in his room,
when he received a severe blow upon the head, and on
turning round saw Jermyn, who had just previously
fetched the luncheon for him, armed with a staff. He
immediately closed with him, and received other blows of
a serious character. His assailant then escaped by means
of the window, and slid down the water-pipe into the yard.
He then ran round the premises to a water-closet, where
he was discovered bleeding from a sever e wound in the
throat, inflicted by a penknife. He was at once removed
to King's College Hospital, where he lies in a very pre-
carious state. Mr. Tomlinson 's injuries were attended to
without delay, but they were not of such a serious
character as might have been anticipated. seeing that
the weapon used, an old special constable's staff, was
split in two by the force of the blows. No cause
whatever has been assigned for the commission of
the act, and it is not believed that any ani-
mosity existed betwoen Mr. Tomlinsan and Jermyn.
it appeaes, however, that Jermyn, some two years ago,
received an injury to his head by falling down stairs, and
has since been subject to sudden outbursts of iosanity.
Jermyn was in 1867 sworn in as a special constable, and
he thus obtained the weapon with which he inflicted the
injuries upon his victim.

The child of Miss Cowan, one of the infants found
in the baby-farm at Brixton, has died. A post-mortem
examination will be made.
The recent reports received from the principal
moors in Scotland are (according to Land and Water) of
the most cheering description.
THE HEAI ON RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The director
have awarded to the engine-driver who bravely pursued
the runaway engine and jumped on it at great risk to hhn-
selt, thus preventing further mischief, a sum of £5O and a
silver watch. The guard and stoker who also exerted
themselves meritoriously, are to receive respectively £2O
and £lO and a silver watch each.
COLUMBUS AS A SAINT.—The beatification of
Christopher Columbus, of which there was some talk a
few years ago, seems now about to be carried through in
good earnest. Pius IX., it is known, is rather partial to
ceremonies of this kind, and the most' ingenious advocatus
diaboli can say very little against the Catholic orthodoxy
and piety of the discoverer of America. Indeed,
Columbus was not only a zealous son of the church, but
he devoted his leisure moments to the composition of all
sorts of mystical and ascetic tracts. A few miracles are
generally considered de rigueur in these cases, but no
doubt they will in due time be forthcoming if required.—
Boston Advertiser.
IRRECONCILABLE.—The irreconeilable spirit which
made Red Republicans in Paris, Fenions in England and
America, and revolutionists in Italy, appears to be
chronic in its outbursts. It has passed from one country
to another till it is now reported by cable to be disturb-
ing the Government of Victor Emmanuel. Whatever be
the varieties of motive which urge these various classes of
belligerents, it is noticeable that they have a fatal agree-
ment in choosing the wrong time for their demonstrations.
If anything will retard the ultimate acquisition of Rome
by the Italian Kingdom, and the consummation of the
dreams of her Republicans, it is an attack upon the
Government which is rapidly repairing her shattered
finances and steadily extending the bases of her liberties.
Such an outburst can only strengthen the military power,
of which her King is all too fond, and draw tighter the
cordon of foreign bayonets which protects Rome.—New
York Times.

•
THE CATASTROPHE AT NEWARK.
The Leeds Mercury, in an article on the late terrible railway
accident, says it is to be feared that a wholesale system of
plundering the dead, and the injured, who were for some
time after the accient rendered insensible, was pursued by
some infamous persons who were hovering round the scene
of this terrible disaster on Tuesday morning. Mr. Thomas
Barraclough, manufactyrer; of Morley, authorizes us to state
that he witnessed a pohceman take; tvvorings off the fingers
of a dead lady who wore a black silk dfer.. ,4 was stated
in our columns that Mr. C. A. Wilson, of this th:Vrn • had
lost a gold watch. It appears to have been taken out of
ss
black bag, the lock of which has evidently been tampered
with. No further information has yet been obtained as is
the large sum of money of which Mr. M. K. Hirst's dead body
was'despoiled ; but if these ravages of mangled corpses have
been so reckless as we fear is now beyond doubt, it is not
so difficult to explain away the fact which, when first
mentioned,..ivas rather parplexing, that ladies yet living
on recovering consciousness found themselves without
their bonnets, boots, and ptirgeg., Mis. F. Robinson, as
has been already stated, had on goireg up journey
an insurance ticket. Mr. C. A. Wilson saw it then,
but neither that lady's purse nor the ticket httva been
found. Mr. Turner, of 40, Fenton-street, states that in
the uncertain twilight he saw, while assisting the disabled,
a policeman and oie or two others rifling the pockets of a
gentleman who had been killed. He heard one of the
wreckers " say, " That'll do ; let's get away ;" but he
:could not distinguish the nature of the spoil which he
feels certain they carried off.

RAILNVAY ACCIDENT ACTION FOR
DAMGiES;

On Saturday, an elderly maiden lady lamed, Reynolds
brought an action before Mr. Justice Brett and a special
jury, in the Court of Common Pleas, against the
London and South Western Railway Company,
for damages sustained at the Wimbledon Station
on the evening of the 18th of November, 1868. She
was in the act of stepping out of the train when,
according to her statement the engine moved slightly
forward; and she fell between the train and the platform.
The step of the carriage had to, be se:ten away In order to
free her, and she was found to have sustained Mich
frightful injuries as to haVe preVenited her from bringing
an action until the present time. It was said to be a
common practice at this station on the part of the drivers,
to start away the train before all the passengers had
alighted in order to fill the tender at the water-tank.
It appeared, however, that the company, had sum-
moned the plaintiff for leaVing the train while it
was in motion, and after repeated adjournments the sum-
mons was withdrawn. This, it was contended by Seigt.
Parry, was only done in order to protect themselves
against such an action as the present. Consequently, the
jury had to find whether the engine was set away shortly
after the train stopped, or the plaintiff had brought about
her injuries by leaving the carriage before the train had
stopped—either practice being a highly dangerous one.—
After consulting for about a
.quarter of an hour the jury
returned a verdict for the plaintiff, £5OO damages.

RUSSIA IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN:
The Russian Government is about to introduce what it
calls " great improvements " in the administration of the
Russian possessions in the Pacific Ocean, among which the
Sakhaline Island occupies a most important place, being
the outpost of the Russian possessions at the
farthest point of the East. In fact, Russia
already holds the whole extent of that island,
the southern portion of which contains, however, a
few Japanese colonies, which, the Russian Government
asserts, have given to the Japanese Government a plea to
try and extend its domination beyond the limit fined by
the Simoda Treaty. The principal resources of that
island are the immense coal fields which the Russian Go-
vernment intends to be worked by penitentiary colonies,
watched over by troops in sufficient number to oppose,
meantime, the encroachments of the Japanese. Mean-
while, new coal fields are daily being discovered, and the
Russian government seems to be in fear that their
simultaneous working by Russians and Japanese should
bring about collisions—the consequences of which canuot
be foreseen, because the Japanese are evidently sup-
ported in their encroachments "by influences"
one is surprised to see acting against Russia in
those remote countries, where any European
power, Russia excepted, cannot have any interest ;
therefore, the "influences" above alluded to are moved
only by a jealous policy that plays blindly with the real
wants of nations. Therefore, the Russian Government
has resolved to avoid any complication, o
t occupy the
whole of the island, and to take hold of it in such a way
as to be able to vindicate Russia's right even by force.
In that view regular relations are to be established with
the continent of those regions, and the military forces
established in the Sakhaline Island are to be adequately
reinforced.

(AREA T ROSE SHOW AT THE CRYSTAL
PALACE.
The great Rose Show of the season took place on
Saturday, at the Crystal Palace, and both with regard to
the number and quality of the entries, fully fulfilled the
promise of excellence held out at the first exhibition.
The rose show at the Crystal Palace can hardly fail
to be the great representative of its class in
the kingdom, the magnificence of the place, the
liberality of the prizes and the variety of the attraction
all tending to guarantee the general success. The award
of the prizes was completed at mid-day, by which time
there wasa large and fashionable assembly to take advan-
tage of the display. The exhibition stalls were arranged
on the platform in front of the Handel Orchestra, and the
delicious odour of the flowers, the splendid performance of
the band of the Coldstream Guards and the et ceteras
afforded a treat the excellence of which must be seen t d
o
be appreciated. The opera room on this occasion divide
the interest of the visitors, and may be classed as a branch
of the Floral Exhibition. It had been converted into a
temporary diningroom, in order toillustrate three different
ecorating, a dinner-table, none of which had been
styles of d
before exhibited, the effect depending entirely upon
the selection and arrangement of the plants and flowers
used. The tables were completely furnished for a " Diner
h la Russe," and the exotic ferns, plms, and fruits
in and about the magnificent specimens of china,
glass and other articles have in this class of
arrangement rarely if ever been equalled. The
prize list was divided into nineteen classes, and
among. the successful exhibitors for first prizes were the
following :—A truss of roses, 72 varieties, Mr. B. R.
Cant, of Colchester. Three trusses, 48 varieties, Messrs.
Paul and Son, Cheshunt. Twelve trusses of any new
roses, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Twenty-
fours, new roses of 1868-9, Mr. J. Keynes.
Twelve varieties (amateurs), the Rev. E. M.
Pochin, Loughborough. Forty-eight varieties (amateurs),
Mr. W. Ingle, Rugby. The exhibitors were successful in
many other classes, and for the names of many others
deserving of record we must refer to a more detailed

list.

THE BRISTOL ELEC HON.
(By Telegraph.)
The election of a candidate to represent Bristol in Par-
liament took place on Saturday. The polling commenced
at eight o'clock, and immediately the booths were thrown
open they were crowded with voters. At nine o'clock the
Liberal committee put forward the following return :
Hodgson (L.)
Hare (C.)
The Conservative return, issued at the same hour, also
gave the Liberal candidate a majority, as follows
Hodgson 2,207
Ham ............ . ..... 2,064
The voting at ten proceeded much more rapidly than in
March. In the first hour Mr. Hare brought 542 more
voters to the poll than he did at the last election. Soon
after ten the following returns were issued :
Liberal Committee.

Hodgson
Hare .................• ...
Conservative Committee.
Hodgson
Hare
ELEVEN o'CLocK.—Liberal Return.
Hodgson
Hare
Conservative Return.
Hodgson4,Bl7
Hare
At twelve o'clock the poll stood thus :
Liberal Return.
Hodgson
Hare
Conservative Return.
Hodgson
Hare 5,349
The returns issued at one o'clock were—
Liberal Return.
—_

Hodgson
Hare ....

6,067
5,876

Conservative Return.
Hodgson 6,084
Hare 5,941
Two o'CLocK.—Liberal Return.

_
Hodgson _ 6739
Hare
Conservative Return.
Hodgson 6672
Hare
The following returns were issued at 3 o'clock :

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Liberal Return.
Hodgson
Hare
Conservative Return
Hodgson
Hare

CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Liberal Return.

7405
6886
7316
6902

Hodgson
Hare

Conservative Return not out

7827
7266

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