biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-25

COMMEMORATION.

The playful banter, the chaff and licence—not to
say vulgarity, which characterise the doings of the
undergraduates at Oxford, are the subject of a some-
what anxious article in the Standard. The guardian
of Conservative interests admits that this sort of
thing cannot be altogether right. Nevertheless,
it is a display '• which no healthy-minded
Englishman would care to lose." And why ? The
undergraduates are the august body which guides and
forms the opinions of the nation, and preserves its
Conservative tendency. The cheers which greet the
Tory, and the groans which await the Liberal reci-
pients of degrees are invaluable aseducating the public
in the right political faith. The voices of the undergra
duates represent" a very rare kind of public opinion a_
to the characters and the conduct of the leading men
of the day. It is not only that this opinion is utterly
sincere, and free from bias or guile, but that it is
really of a high order." This is pretty well. There can
be no doubt that the howls of the gallery at Commemo-
ration " represent a very rare kind of public opinion,"
and the rarer the better ; but we had yet to learn
that such opinion was intrinsically valuable, or that
it was of a high order. To the uneducated mind the
behaviour of the undergraduates is an exhibition
both coarse and disgraceful, and an ugly symptom of
that vulgarity which no education seems to efface from
the British character. Nothing need be said as to the
preference of the gallery for the Conservative digni-
taries. We all know who said that the glory of
being further behind the time than any other portion
of the British people is one which the University of
Oxford acquired early, and has never lost.
London, England, 1870-06-25

THE ROYAL VISIT TO READING.

The Mayor of Reading, P. Spokes. Esq., and the Rev. A
P. Cust, waited upon General Knollys on Thursday, at
Marlborough House, and submitted to him, for the ap-
proval of the Prince of Wales, a plan of the streets
through which the Prince will be taken on the route to
the school grounds, where he is to lay the first stone of the
new school. It is authoritatively stated that his Royal
Highness approved of the programme and the route. It
is also authoritatively stated that the Princess of Wales
will accompany his Royal Highness on Friday next. The
preparations made are on a grand and costly scale.
Messrs. Simonds, brewers and bankers of Reading, have
erected, at their own expense, two magnificent fiagtowers,
richly emblazoned with gold and silver shields.

THE ENGLISH EIGHT FOR THE INTER-
NATIONAL MATCH AT WIMBLEDON.

The rifle competition on Strensall Common, near York,
has resulted in the selection of the following eight com-
petitors to form the English representative team in the
International Rifle Match at Wimbledon :—Mr. Nors-
worthy, London ; Captain Radcliffe, London ; Captain
Fenton, Rochdale ; Captain Jacques, London ; Captain
Burt, Birmingham ; Captain Harrison, Rotherham ;
Lieutenant Purchas, Worcester ; Mr. Doe, Victoria
Rifles.
London, England, 1870-04-28

IRISH ELECTIONS.

The writ for the new election at Mallow is expected to
issue in a few days. Major Knox, proprietor of the Irish
Times, and Colonel Hickie are candidates.

For the vacancy caused in the representation of County
Mayo by the death of Mr. George Henry Moore, there are
two candidates—Mr. Edmund Purdon, a barrister, and
Captain Blake, both Liberals. No Conservative candi-
date has appeared.

The very extensive DistiPety now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by NI essi s. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained
a world-wid celebrity for their tine old Irish whisky, is to h
'loyal lrish Distiilery."

lIIGII Iti'ATE4 AT LONDON IlltiDGE.
11ot•cinl;. Evenimr
THuRsDAY :if; ink! paw 19 lB min past 1
FRIDAY ...
SATURDAY 10 min past 2 24 min past 2
SUNDAY 38 min past 2 52 Min past 2
MONDAY 10 min past 3 26 min past 3
TUESDAY 40 min past 3 56 min past 3
London, England, 1870-04-28

THE RAILWAY TAX.

The deputation which waited on the Chancellor of
the Exchequer with reference to the proposed altera-
tion of the Railway Tax, left it is said, with
a strong impression that the tax will not
be persisted in. The views of the various
companies were stated by Mr. H. S. Thomp-
son, chairman of the North-Eastern, to be unanimous
against the substitution of a tax o 1 per cent. on
the gross traffic, as proposed by Mr Lowe, in place of
the existing tax of 5 per .cent. on first
and second class passenger traffic. It was
urged that 1 per cent. gross meant 2 per cent. on
the net traffic, deducting working expenses, and
that the whole of the commercial public would
be most injuriously affected, especially the mineral
districts, by this proposed charge on raw material.
Mr. Lowe is not made up of very penetrable mate-
rial, and it remains to be seen whether the view of
the " inner man " taken by the deputation in
respect of the railway tax is a correct one or other-
wise.
London, England, 1870-04-28

Five ran.

EGLINTON STEEPLECHASE.
Snowstorm 1
Scaltheene
Barbarian.~
Nine rau.
The above are the only telegrams received up to the time
of going to press.

CITY BETTING.—This DAY.
CHESTER CUP.
5 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered)
9 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (offered—take 11 to 1)
1000 to 80 agst Muster (taken)
100 to 8 agst Starter (offered—take 15 to 1)
14 to 1 agst Siderolite (offered)
22 to 1 agst Wild Flower (offered)
25 to 1 agst Cecil (offered)
4to 1 agst Glonfallooh, with a start (offered)
TWO THOUSAND.
5 to 2 agst Kingcraft (offered)
100 to 30 agst Macgregor (offered—take 7 to 2)
6to 1 agst King o' Scots (offered— take 100 to 15)
100 to 15 agst Stanley (offered)
11 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (offered)
100 to 8 agst Hawthornden (offered—take 100 to 7)
100 to 6 agst Sunlight (taken)
25 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered—take 100 to 3)
100 to 3 agst Claudius (offered—take 40 to 1)
500 to 10 agst Champion (offered)
500 to 10 agst Normanby (offered)
500 to 10 agst Nobleman (offered)
200 to 3 agst Alexander (offered)
1000 to 5 egst Sun-hine (taken)
ONE THOUSAND.
2to 1 agst Frivolity (offered)
THE DERBY.
9 to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered)
15 to 1 agst Stanley (taken)
20 to 1 agst King o' Scots (offered—take 25 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Bridgwater (offered)
500 to 15 agst Exciseman (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Camel (taken and offered)
750 to 100 agst A. Taylor's lot (offered)
6to 1 agst Camel running (offered)
London, England, 1870-04-28

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.

The general Court of Governors of Chriet'a
lospital has decided by a narrow majority against
the proposal to remove the present boarding school
into the country. Independent of the importance
of the subject from a sanitary point of view, it is a
matter of regret that it should have been shelved by
a bare majority of 14, which cannot certainly settle the
question. The almoners of the hospital have already
passed two conflicting votes, and it was in conse-
quence of their indecision that the question was ea.
ressly referred to the Court of Governors, so that
it must again come up for settlement. A division of
this kind in so old a corporation is decidedly sug-
gestive of the want of new blood. There has been
really no reply to the arguments that the removal of
the school from the busiest part of London to the
country would be both better for the health of the
pupils, and would secure a large sum, owing to the
extreme value of the site.

UNION OF THE ENGLISH AND GREER CHURCHES.

Recent movements in England appear to have
given a new impetus to the discussion of this mot
Important question abroad. A Russian paper, the
Goloss, promises a series of articles upon the subject,
one of which has already appeared. After recapitu-
lating the various proceedings on the subject in Eng-
land, the writer states that a committee has been
constituted by., order of the Holy Synod of St.
Petersburg, for the consideration of the question,
and the priest of the Russian Embassy at London,
Father E. Popof, has been requested to attend aeon-
ference at St. Petersburg. The Goloss quotes a
mysterioui" English theologist and professor of one
of the high colleges, Mr. Owerbeck," in support of its
opinion that present circumstances are favourable to
t heUnion.

THE LAST NUN CASE.

The news of a nun escaping from a convent at
Knowle was thought happy tidings for Mr. Newdegate.
The Standard found in this case another example of
Catholic oppression, and treated the account of the
affair as " extraordinary disclosures." They prove to
be nothing of the kind. The runaway nun is mad.
Her regular medical attendant, Mr. Kimble, of
Knowle, and Dr. Bell Matcher, of Birmingham, have
pronounced her insane, and she has been removed to
the county asylum at Hatton. The poor lady's ail•
inent is described as a form of monomania, which
leads her to fancy her food poisoned, though she eats
readily what she obtains by stealth. The case will
not prove beneficial to the opponents of " the
hierarchy."
London, England, 1870-04-28

DUELS IN SPAIN.

The Daily News quotes the remark of General Prim,
" Until God sees fit to enlighten all men, and to teach
them that reason is not to be encountered in the blade of
a sword or in the barrel of a pistol,"duelling will continue.
He says this apropos of a motion by Senor Achoa, in the
Spanish Cortes, to reopen the question of the duel in
which Count Henri of Bourbon was killed ; and abhorring
the practice of duelling as much as we do, we cannot
deny that General Prim has reason on his side. Without
according to ourselves any special favour of the Almighty,
we may say that we have been in this country so far
enlightened that the sword and the pistol are not looked
upon any longer as the oracles of truth ; and probably
such a duel as that between the Duke de Montpensier and
his cousin would have been impossible in England. But,
as duels go, it appears to have been a fair duel, and an
independent military court has pronounced its sentence
upon the survivor. General Prim and the Government
cannot be blamed for leaving the responsibility
of the whole affair upon this military court, which, it
would seem, had-legal competence to deal with the case.
Even in England a, duellist killing his adversary under the
circumstances which occurred between Count Henri and
the Duke would, in all probability, be in some way borne
harmless by a jury, or at worst, would be sentenced to a
very light punishment ; and on the Continent, where
appeals to the sword or pistol are by no means un-
common, it is difficult to believe that Senor Achoa is
correct in thinking that public opinion is really seriously
scandalised by the fatal results of a conflict which, how-
ever unhappy in its ending, was clearly conducted accord-
ing to rule and precedent.
London, England, 1870-04-28

SCOTTISH HERALDS.

The Lyon King of Arms gives his opinion
that the person filling his high office
should be a lawyer, experienced in old charters, and
in the course of heraldry, and endued with a minute
knowledge of Scottish history. The Lord Deputy,
when there was one, was a lawyer. At present there
are five heralds and five pursuivants, whose duties
consist in making the royal proclamations at the Cross
of Edinburgh. Formerly they had other duties, but
the Lyon Clerk now performs these. The fees of
the Lord King of Arms are paid into the Exchequer,
according to Act of Parliament, the Lord Lyon
himself retaining none of them. Mr. Burnett (who
is the present Lord Lyon) is opposed to doing away
with the heralds' execution of royal proclamations,
on the ground that it is "an imposing little cere-
mony."

RED HAIR.

It seems to be rather a serious matter to be
possessed of red hair in Scotland just at present.
The police are wanting a man who committed an
atrocious outrage on a little girl at Glasgow. They
have taken into custody many men with red hair, and
as it is stated in her Majesty's "Journal in the
Highlands" that that colour is not uncommon
amongst Scotchmen, the police maybe busy for many
weeks to come, although tho consequences to the
unfortunate victims must be serious. One " sup-
posed miscreant " was received with howls and
execrations, and so excited did the female portion
become that the police experienced the greatest
difficulty in pretenting personal injury being done
to their captive.
London, England, 1870-04-28

THE POPE AND THE COUNCIL.

The Univers publishes a dispatch from Rome, dated
Sunday evening, stating that the public session of the
Council held that day, was very numerously attended, as
many of the absent bishops returned. After the Mass,
the vote was taken, when all the bishops replied "Placet,"
and the Constitution de Fide was voted unanimously.
The last paragraph of the Constitution confirms all the
apostolic decrees, condemning the errors of the
time, and also endorses the condemnations of
the Syllabus. The evening before the session
several bishops, in the name of the majority, presented to
the Pope a new postulatunt for an immediate introduction
in the discussion on the chapter of Infallibility. They
received a favourable reply. A later despatch gives the
words spoken by the Pope at the close of the meeting :
"All the Fathers of the Council having, without excep-
tion, replied placet to the decrees and the canons read to
them, we define in the same sense the truths contained in
those decrees and canons which we confirm by our
apostolic authority. You see, then, dear brethren,
how good and pleasant it is to walk in unity in the House
of the Lord, to walk in peace. Walk always thus, and
as our Lord gave peace to His Apostles, I, His unworthy
Vicar, in His name, I give you peace. This peace, you
know, chases fear, and closes the ears to all external
words. May it accompany you throughout your lives
and deaths, and be your eternal joy in Heaven."
A Pesth paper says that the Hungarian Archbishop
Haynald, had an audience of the Pope, and warmly
urged him to abandon the dogma of infallibility. He
reprcsmted that the promulgation would lead to a
schism in the Church. The pope replied as follows :
"It is just for the purpose of preventing disturbances
and dissensions in men's minds that the dogma of infalli-
bility is necessary. Look where you will, you find strife
and disputes among men; there are so many questions as
to which they cannot come to an agreement. Hitherto
there has been no one to settle disputes and decide doubtful
questions by his sentence ; but if Papal infallibility is
Once recognised, the successor •of St. Peter will
give his infallible judgment on all the questions of
the day. Thus will men's minds be tranquillised,
for they will know on which side lies the truth."
London, England, 1870-04-28

A USTI:ilk

VIENNA, Aptil 28

An article published in the Presse of to-day
denies decisively the statement, which originated in
a Parisian paper, that it was the intention of the
Vienna Cabinet to reopen the Polish question.

The Minister of Justice, in conne,•tion with the
recent amnesty granted for press offences, has issued
a Circular to the chid public prosecutors,
which he lays stress upon the ftct that, whilst
past offences have been leniently de•.dt with, yet for
;he future the press laws must be carried out to their
fullest extent.

The Minister hopes that the jury in press offences
will properly comprehend their duties.

INDIA.

CALCUTTA, April 27.
The memorial to the Secretary of State, adopted
at an influential meetng held here on the 18th inst.,
Asking him to di a`low the income tor, aad to ap-
point a ro3al conLnisdon to cmsider the causes of
the unsatisfacbry position of Indian finances, has
received uovards of 5,000 big() a! tires.
the press continues to con lemn the income tax.

CALCUTTA, April 28, 11 a.m.
After the conc!usion of the engagement between
the Viceroy and the Maharajah of Cashmere, rela-
tive to the transit duCe,, Mr. Forsyth proceeds to
Yerkand as Envoy Extraordinary. Tile Govern-
ment of Bengal has sulrmitted a proposal to the
Gove.rument of ludic to abolish the I3oard of
venue, for which it is ixoposed to substitute a com-
missioner.

BOMBAY MAIL.

GIBRALTAR, April 27.

The Peninsular and Oriental Con,pany's steamer
Ceylon, from -outhampton 23d inst., arrived at six
and leaves' at nine p.m. for Alexandria. She ex-
perienced fine weather. All well.
The steamer Swuie hai arrived here with 545 tons
cargo and 555 i;wisengers. All well.

B I:ENOS AYRES, March 26.
Exchange on London, 501 ; ditto Paris, 525.30.
MONTEVIDEO, March 29.
Exchange on London, 52i ; ditto Paris,
545.46.

AMERICA.
(By Cable).
WASHINGTON, April 27.

The floor of the Court of Appeals in the Capitol
at Richmond fell this morning through to the Hall
of Delegates below. Forty persons, including a
nu►nber of memberi of the Virginia Legislature, are
reported as kille t, and 150 others as injured.

NEW YORK, Auril 27.

The failure of the Funding Bill, passed by the
Senate, is now considered certain, the Committee of
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
having decided to recommend a substitute for the
measure.

The Hamburg and American steamer Cimbria
arrived out at 6 p.m. yesterday.
The Cunard steamship China arrived here at 6
a.m. to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1141; the highest quotation during the day
was 114/ ; the lowest, 111.
Sterling Exchange on London
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882
1885
1867
1081
138
Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland 23lc
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour—Extra State, $4 60c. to $5 20c. Corn—Old
mixed, $1 13c

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inois

The rise in bonds is owing to very easy money, and
large purchases by savings banks.

THE ENNISTYMON MURDER.
Several persons have been arrested on suspicion of being
concerned in the foul murder at Ennistymon, Ireland.
Blood-spots have been found on some of their clothes.
London, England, 1870-04-28

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, April 27.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High-
uyss Princess Louise, drove out yaterday afternoon.
Her M•lj sty walked and drove this morning, ac-
couipanied by Princes Beatrice.
The other members of the Royal Family also
went out.

Their Royal Highne-ses the Prince and Princess
of Wales returned to Marlborough House yesterday
from Sandringham.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(REL"'ER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE.

PARIS, April 27 (Evening).
The Government has decided that the electors
are not to be required to deliver up their cards
to the bureaux when giving their votes at the
plebi3cite.

The strike of the found.,rs and mou!dets con-
tinues, and it is expeetA that the mechanicians
will join them, while the stokers and drivers on the
niilways and the omnibus drivers also demand an in-
creasy of wages.

A certaio number of sugar refiners on strike
created a disturbance yesterday evening, and had to
be dispersed by the police.
13oURSE, April 27.—Three o'clock—The mar I et
•losed as follows :

per Cent.
per Cent s 74 40
End of month 74 50
iredir Mobilier „ 240
Transatlantic 2OO --
!milt Fancier l3OO
Paris Gas.. 1675 -
Suez Canal 291 25
RAIL WA
" '

Bank Shares 2825
ItAl'ati wives SG 70
Anstrian Fives
Ottoman Loan
Do.. Debt 49
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred —

Orleans
Western
Northern
Strasburg
Lyons and Me.literraus•an
Southern.....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
tioman

Cash
970
655
1185
6161
10)81
610

..... 7B6i
412*
69
London, England, 1870-04-28

THE SUEZ CANAL.

The increase of travel consequent upon the depar-
ture of winter, brings into full light the advantages
of the Suez Canal. During the last month,
says a correspondent of the Eastern Budget
at Port Said, 52 ships, of 47,101 tons,
with 565 passengers, passed through the canal, not
including the Mecca pilgrims. The greater part of
these ships were English, the Austrian flag having
only one representative. Two vessels, one of them
a steamer belonging to the Messageries, met with
slight injuries, while the only serious accident befell
the Italian vessel Vendetta, which struck beneath two
coral reefs near Jeddah, losing seven men and hav-
ing to put back for repairs. The Mecca pilgrims'
numbering about 4,000, have . arrived at Port Said on
their return journey, • and is satisfactory, after
the frightful tales about epidemics whichs
and of
fe thhaexm,
heard in connection with these worthies to be told
they are all in good health. One thou
came from Jeddah in the steamer Babel, belonging
1-o the Governor of Bagdad. .
London, England, 1870-04-28

ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE GREEK BRIGANDS.

We have hitherto forborne, says the Standard, from
touching upon a matter which after all concerns ourselves
ratlier than the public; partly because we have hoped
against hope up to the last, partly because we hesitated
to intrude upon the sanctity of a terrible private grief.
But some of our readers may have recalled during the last
week the interesting letters which have appeared in our
columns at intervals during the last six months from our
correspondent at Athens, and may have expected some
fresh details of the tragic incident, which is filling all
men's mouths—a telegram or a letter—from the same
source. Alas ! the hand which penned those letters is now
cold in death : the writer slain by the bullet of the Greek
robber and the treachery of the Greek Government. Mr.
Lloyd's last letter appeared in our columns on the 9th
instant. In it he described truthfully and impartially
the working of the ballot in Greece. In a private letter
he alluded to the prospect of his undertaking an excur-
sion under the most favourable auspices into the pro-
vinces, and promised us a description of the character of
the population and the country through which he might
pass, "if the brigands permitted." How that excursion
has ended we all know. Happily Mr. Lloyd was spared
anxiety about his wife and child. Of their safety he was
assured, and that assurance must have to some extent
supported and cheered him in his last moments. It is
difficult to write in cool blood about this murder, in which
a Government is all but an accomplice. All that remains
is to exact the fullest penalty from the guilty, and to
secure compensation for the widow and the orphan. We
feel that the British Government needs no appeal, under
such circumstances, to demand and enforce the fullest
redress that is possible.
London, England, 1870-04-28

JURYWOMEN.

The experiment of placing women upon juries has
drawn from a great opposer of the policy tho follow-
ing admissions. Justice Howe referring to a recent
trial at Cheyenne, over which he presided, confesses
that he is obliged to say that the women jurors
acquitted themselves with such dignity, decorum,
propriety of conduct, and intelligence, as to
win the admiration of every fair-minded citizen
of Wyoming. They were, he observes, careful,
painstaking, intelligent, and conscientious. Their
verdicts were correct, and after three or
four criminal trials, the lawyers engaged in
defending prisoners began to avail themselves of their
right of peremptory challenge to prevent women
from being empanelled, so strict had they shewn
themselves in enforcing the law. He adds that,
after the grand jury had been in session two days,
the keepers of dancing saloons and gamblers fled out
of the city in dismay, to escape indictment from the
women grand-jurors.
London, England, 1870-04-28

EAST SUFFOLK.

The Conservatives, who have so long had it all
their own way in East Suffolk, have some difficulty
in finding a candidate in place of the Hon. Major
Henniker. Sir E. C. Kerrison, who was confidently
counted upon, declines to come forward. The hopes
of the party are now turned to Mr. Hunter Rodwell,
Q.C., and, should he decline, to Mr. Wilson, of
Longhorn Hall.
London, England, 1870-04-28

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U heron
Medora

Five ran.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS.
April 25, at 9 a.m, Wamba, out of the Somersetshire
Stakes, Bath.
April 25, at 9 a.m., Lady Superior, out of Chester engage-
ments, 1870.
April 25, at 9 a.m., Gipsy, out of Croydon eng'gements.
April 26, at 0.17 p.m., The Guide, out of all engagements.
April 26, after 6 p.m., b c by Artillery, out of Leonora,
out of Epsom Derby and Grand Prix, Paris.
April 27, at 9 a.m., Martyrdom and Robespierre, out of
Prince of Wales's Stakes, Newmarket.
April 27, at 9 a.m., all Captain Machell's horses, out cf
the Grand Prix, Paris, 1870.
April 28, at 9 a m., Etruscan, out of the 2,C00 Guineas
Stakes.

April 28, at 9 a.m., Wistaria, out if the Grand nix,
Paris.

The following assumed names have been registered, Mr.
P. Noah, Mr. Hunbourne.
FORFEIT LIST.— The forfeits of the following horses have
been paid: Shoebury, Glenlivat, Sour Grapes (to qualify).
GRAND MILITARY (Rugby) MEETING.—The objection to
Knoekany for the Grant Military Hunt Cup has been with-

drawn.

WEST DRAYTON.—The objection to Adventuress for the
Selling Hurdle Plate has been decided by the Stewards
as follows:—" We are of opinion that the weight of evidence
in the case brought before us respecting the Hurdle Race at
West Drayton is decidedly in favour of Minster, and award
the stakes accordingly. (Signed) Room EYKYN, C. F.
RUSIIOI.7T.

WEIGHTS FOR THE

Age st lb
See-saw ... 5 8 12
Tabouret ... 5 8 6
Cardinal York ... 4 8 4
*rhotwalsden ... 4 8 2
•Good Hopo ... 4 8 0
Lord Hawthorn ... 4 8 0
Silenus 6 7 12
Cock of the Walk 5 1 12
Ventnor ... 4 7 12
Fervacques ... 6 7 9
Cecil 5 7 9
President Lincoln 5 7 7
Cap-s-pie ... 5 7 4
Vestruinster ... 4 7 4
Glenfalloch ... 4 7 4
ben-Au ... 4 7 0
Van Amhurgh 6 7 0
Far Away ... 4 7 0
Phantom ... 5 6 12
Lily ... 5 6 9
Choral ... 5 6 9
Hobart ... ... 4 6 9
Sylva ... 4 6 9
Consternation ... 4 6 6
Those horses marked thus
the knowledge of their owneri

FLAT RAM

Newmarket let S 2 to 6
Edinburgh 7
Chester lO to 13
Winchester 10, 11
Salisbury 12, 13
Cholmsford 17, 18
York 17, 18
London, England, 1870-04-28

ALDERSHOT SEWAGE.

Mr. Rawlinson has reported to the Secretary of
State the result of his inquiry as to the alleged
pollution of the River Blackwater by sewage
permitted to flow from the Camp Farm.
After hearing evidence on the subject, he
considers that as an agricultural experiment the
Camp Sewage Farm is a success, land of no
agricultural value in its natural state having been
made with the sewage worth a rental of £25 per
acre per annum. The cost of bringing the
land into this state, breaking up the subsoil
crust, washing out the protoxide of iron, levelling
the surface, and forming the sewage carriers, has been
about £5O per acre, occupying some three years of
time. The sewage from the town of Aldershot
pollutes the river Blackwater, he admits,
at a point above the Camp Sewage Farm,
because it is. allowed to flow into the
stream without any of the solids being separated, and
any nuisance arising from the foul state of the
river descends the stream. The allegation, how-
'ever, made by the Local Board of Aldershot, that
the Aldershot Camp Sewage Farm is a nuisance
has not been proved. The medical evidence, does
not attribute disease to the Sewage Farm irrigation,
although at times there is said to be a perceptible
smell over the land irrigated.

INFRINGEMENT OF THE SANITARY ACT.

The fine of 40s. inflicted by Mr. Tyrwhitt on a
woman who had conveyed her child stricken with fever
to the hospital in a public cab affords, so far
as it goes, a salutary and satisfactory lesson
that there is no flaw in the law respecting how the
offence is to be dealt with. At the same time the
difficulty which undoubtedly exists in sending
sick persons from one place to another
is a matter that should have the serious consideration
c the parochial authorities, if not of the Legislature.
Dr. Aldis, who is to be commended for taking up the
matter, stated that there were two conveyances pro-
vided by the parish expressly for such cases—one for
smallpox, the other for fever patients. But suppose
that Asiatic cholera should visit us this year, then
the arrangement mentioned by Dr. Aldis would
be simply absurd. In the case tried before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, the woman evidently knew that she
was evading the law ; and until either the parish
authorities willingly co-operate in rendering the
working of the Sanitary Act effectual, or the Legisla-
ture steps in to compel them, the fears and affections
of the people will be the very means of perpetuating
the offence.
London, England, 1870-04-28

A MEMBER FOR BARNSLEY.

The inhabitints of Barnsley are making energetic
efforts to obtain representation of the borough in
Parliament. A large meeting has just been held on
thesubject. Several speakers drew attention to the im-
portance of the town, as a seat of the linen
m lnufacture, and the centre of one of the richest
mineral districts in the kingdom. The meeting
appointed a deputation to wait upon Mr.
Gladstone, and urge upon the Government that in
the event of any other borough being disfranchised,
the claims of Barnsley should be entertained. The
town-council are also petitioning Parliament to the
like effect.

. . PEACE PRESERVATION.
Thei"• Amation of the Irish Executive placing
s
certain i rids under the Peace Preservation Act
ineludeseveral parishes in Longford, a great part of
Cavan, two baronies in Sligo, parts of Rosscommon
and King's County, and the whole of Meath, West-
meath, and Mayo. These precautions are not
too soon. Crime has been pretty rampant since Parlia-
ment passed the Coercion Bill, the chief effect of
which, indeed, seems to have been the reform of the
Nationalist rapers. Two murders have occurred
during the week. Various outrages and traces of
Fenianism are noted. Mr. D'Arcy Irvine, the land-
lord who has made himself notorious by various
eccentric transactions of late, and who recently gave
his tenants notice that he was about 'to take the
estates into his own possession, has received a letter
informing him that a man has been selected to send him
to his " long home," if he carries out his threatened
eviction. Needless to say, that the usual pictorial
representation of a coffin headed this pleasant mis-
sive. Mr. Irvine is quite convinced that the letter
did not come from his own tenantry. The editor of
a Liberal journal published in Cork has received a
letter threatening his life, as a punishment for the
manner in which he has maligned and libelled his
countrymen. On the whole there is every reason
for the prompt enforcement of the Act, now that the
Executive have got it.
London, England, 1870-04-28

SURREY AND SUSzEX HUNT MEETING.
WELTER CUP.

Thundercloud

Derby Day 2
Aeronaut
Five ran.
SELLING HANDICAP.

Adventurer
Malcolm
2
Poacher a

Coprolite
Sarcolite ......
Lady Middleton

Six ran.
CLAIMING PLATE.

1
.. 2
8

Ten rau.

LATEST BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
2000 to 1G agst Hawthornden (taken)

EGLINTON HUNT MEETING.

GLASGOW PLATE.

Blackwall
Vance
2
Re turns

Ten ran.
WELTER CUP.

Hymen
Kelvin Grove
Verulam 3

Four ran.
FARMERS' PLATE.
London, England, 1870-04-28

WESTMINS FER.

Henry Stewart, between six and seven years of
age, was charged with begging. Miss Louisa Cour-
tenay, of 21, Sloane-street, Chelsea, said she had
noticed the prisoner in a deplorable ragged condition
all_the winter, and bad often tried to catch bim beg-
ging, hut failed. He, however, begged of her again
as she was passing through the street, and she gave
him into custody, thinking, if he was an orphan, as
he said he was, that she might ges him into the Boys'
Home, to which she was a subscriber ; but it now
appeared he had a father. He stepped forward de-
cently clad, and forming a striking contrast to the
wretched apparel of his son, and so was the mother,
who said she went out to work, and could not keep
the boy at home, although she had tried her utmost
to do so. Mr. Arnold remanded the boy for a week.
Miss Courtenay said she would try to provide a
school for bim.
London, England, 1870-04-28

THE TIVUCK SYSTEM IN SCOTLAND.

The second series of reports on this subject by the
special commissioner of the North British Daily Mail
clearly shows that the practice of disguised truck has
in no way abated; indeed, it seems rather to
have gained. ground. It seems likely that so
long as they can evade the Truck Act, and.
remain undisturbed in the prosecution of so lucrative
a business, those who are in the habit of employing
it will continue to do so. Under the present law,
they enjoy a complete immunity in most cases, work-
ing men being usually too poor to prosecute. And, in
fact, the Act will be set at defiance until the public
authority, whose duty it is to enforce the law,
chooses to take up the matter. The commissioners
of the bclisivo that_ low Bays ,40
London, England, 1870-04-28

IRELAND AND THE UNION.

The Post observes that if the agitation for the repeal of
Union were to be revived, it might not be so easy_ for
Parliament to resist it as it was thirty years ago. TTot
only
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over. In fact; the first notes of a repeal agitation, within
the last few months, have been sounded from the Protes-
tant camp, and evidences have not been wanting on the Op-
position benches that the means adopted to cripple the Irish
Land Bill, however tolerable they may have appeared
from a party point of view, have not commended them-
selves to the judgment of Irish members who are now
conversant with the existing system of land tenure and the
feverish state of public feeling in their country. But
whatever may have been the aspirations of a people who
have for centuries tilled the land upon which they live
upon sufferance, we are satisfied that the Government
Bill, if for the moment it fell short of their wishes, would
before long be regarded by them as the greatest boon
everand theeefrrnelared upongestmeasuthem.
re of eHymeaanveirttihoeurefethraet was
will
be the responsibility of those Liberal members of
Parliament whose opposition, whether ill judged or
ill meant, may have the effect Of paralysing its provisions
or of defeating it altogether. Upon no point of Imperial
policy have English constituenciestepolrito.iyin,lcatesdistfhaadrelm:aistwteilld
with stronger emphasis than on thssdattwenhuicrhe lec-luaurtes
just.that
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Thirty attempts have been made within the last twenty
years to remedy it, but none of them have been success-
ful, and now, when we have at last a measure which
promises success, it is endangered by the very men who
are peculiarly and primarily bound to support it.
London, England, 1870-04-28

AN INDIAN ENTERTAINMENT.

Before the Duke of Edinburgh left Madras, the last
town he visited in India, he was entertained at a banquet
of an Oriental character. It was a thoroughly native
entertainment with which no European had anything to
do. The scene was laid in a pandal or large building 200"
feet in length by. 120 in breadth, having a large hall;
running the whole length of the building, an&
two aisles at the sides, the roof being beauti-
fully decorated and supported by pillars. The
framework consists of bamboos covered with 4
cocoanut leaves and tarpaulin to keep out heat and rain.
The bamboo frame is lined inside with layers of common
paper, and a layer of fine white paper laid on to form the
ground work of decoration. On this ground gold and
silver leaf, red cloth, and coloured paper were laid is
gorgeous variety by the most skilled artificers in Trichi-
napoly and Travancore. There were fountains of rose-
water throughout the hall, and a gorgeously-decorated
dais for the reception of the Prince. The building
is copied from the famous amkas or audience-
halls of the Mogul Emperor, of which remains
are still to be seen at Delhi and Agra. It
was designed by Vencatasawny Naidoo, the native
gentleman who presided over the entertainment. The
whole programme was of a characteristic nature. When
the native chiefs arrived they were received with a
flourish of torches and blue lights in the midst of which
the Maharajah of Travancore appeared, and being bril-
liantly apparelled he seemed in the glare to be robed in
gold and jewels. A hundred Nautch girls holding chatty'
of burning camphor lined the road, but the
wind being high the camphor set the visitors cough-
ing. When the Prince came on the scene the lead-
ing natives read an address written in excellent English
welcoming him to the capital of the oldest Presidency in
British India. The Prince returned a suitable reply, after
which the amusements of the eveving proceeded, a nautch
dance and fireworks, of course, playing a prominent part.
The entertainment, which was highly characteristic
throughout, was very successful.

AN ABSBONDING RAILWAY INSPECTOR.—Henry
Wood, inspector of the permanent way of the London
and South-Western Railway, has absconded, taking with
him a considerable amount of money belonging to the
company. A warrant has been issued for his apprehen-
sion. He has been in the employ of the company about
ten years.
SIGNIFICANT CAUTION.—A correspondent of the
Church Revicw calls attention to a " significant " fact.
Colonel Elphinstone, the persecutor of Mr. Purchas, died
rather suddenly ; Mr. Colquhoun, the Chairman of the
Church Association, died after a few days' illness ; and
the Bishop of London summons six faithful priests to
meet him at London House—for what purpose we are not
left in doubtand he is smitten with suddenillness. gem
itiumacialintaxotku.. al Xrcvidence.
London, England, 1870-04-28

CHESHIRE STAKES.

Age st lb
*Cocoa Nut— ... 4 6 6
Call ... 5 6 2
Lady of Lyons 3 6 2
Symmetry c 6 2
Mont Blanc ... 3 6 0
Atlas ... 3 6 0
Not Out ... 3 5 12
' Jarnao ... 3 5 12
Newsman ... ... 3 5 10
Douglas ... ...3 510
*Scarboro ... 3 5 10
Enfield ... ...5 5 10
Etruscan ... 3 5 10
Blanche ... ... 3 5 10
Patrick ... ... 3 5 10
Hunter ... 4 5 10
Jolly-boat ... ... 5 5 7
Carfax ... 3 5 7
Bruce ... 3 5 7
Sentry ... ... 3 5 7
Indian Ocean ... 3 5 7
Bawdier ... 3 5 7
Pistache ... 3 5 7

(*) have been entered without

FLYTURES.

Wye 19
Doncaster l9, 20
Harpenden 2O, 21
Bath 24, 25
Stamford ~. 26, 27
Croydon 26, 27
Epsom 31 to June 3

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.

Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet.

TIIE LATE MR. PEABODY. -
On the site of the temporary grave of George Peabody,
in Westminster Abbey, are inscribed these words ;
" Here were deposited,
" From November 12 to December 11,
"1869.
" 'The remains of
" George Peabody,
" Then removed to his native country,
"And buried at Danvers, now Peabody,
" In Massachusetts.

" I have prayed my Heavenly Father day by day
" That I might be enabled before I died to sheve my
gratitude
" ' For the blessings which He has bestowed upon me
" 'By doing some great good to my fellow-men.'
" Let your light so shine before men that they may see
your good works, and glorify your Father which is in
Heaven.' "

The text was suggested in the funeral oration of Dr.
Winthrop as that which might most suitably be inscribed
on Mr. Peabody's gravestone, and the words quoted from
Mr. Peabody are taken from the same address.
London, England, 1870-04-28

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE—Dus DAT.

This morning a very extensive conflagration took
place in the premises occupied conjointly by Mr.
Ranger, a chairmaker, and Mr. Edwards, a piano-
forte maker, situate in Britannia-yard, Essex-street,
Hoxton. The building was 60 feet wide and three
floors high. The second floor belonged to Mr. Ed-
munds. In spite of all exertions the flames con-
tinued to spread, and the fire was not extinguished
until the two upper factories were burned out and
the roof destroyed, and the lower floor seriously
damaged by fire and water. The loss will amount
to several thousand pounds.
London, England, 1870-04-28

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London, England, 1870-04-28

THE RAILWAY DUTY.

The Pall Mall Gazette considers it would be a grave error
to deal with the railway duty at all until we are in a posi-
tion to remit it altogether. It is a sound maxim in
finance that consumers get the benefit
.of large reductions
of taxation quickly, and of small remissions only slowly,
or in some cases not at all. If, then, railway passengers
are to reap the benefit of any reduction in the rail-
way duty and the reduction is only defen-
sible on the ground that it will be enjoyed
by them—it seems preferable to wait for an
opportunity when it may be possible to re-
peal the whole duty, than to content ourselves with a
remission of part of it now. The railway companies
might possibly refuse to allow their passengers to partici-
pate in the benefits of a reduction which would hardy
amount to threepence in the pound. According to our
view, they could hardly decline to give them the full
advantage of a remission of a shilling. We
hope, then, that. the abandonment of the new
tax may not lead Mr. Lowe to attempt a tantamount
reduction of the present duty. Let him simply
keep the £107,000 which he had proposed to
remit in his own hands for ansther year, and then, should
he be in a position to do so, abandon the whole tax.' In
that event we shall have little fear that railway travel-
lers will have any ultimate reason to regret Mr. Lowe's
unsuccessful attempt to deal with the railway duty since
it will have ultimately led to the removal of a tax 'a
) a.
rently paid by the railway companies, but the 'iP
costof
which is in reality borne by the travellingandina-
poses a restriction on their travelling.
London, England, 1870-04-28

JERSEY LAW.

The Royal Court of JerSay has recently been occu-
pied with a case in which one Mrs. Agar brought an
action against her house agent. With him, it seems,
she had made an agreement for the occupancy of a
house at St. Hollers for one year, as from last June.
Finling the house indifferently drained, the plain-
tiff wished to leave it, and made several in-
effectual attempts at an arrangement for that
purpose. On the 24th of November she paid
the defendant the half-year's rent up to Christmas,
a month before it was due ; and about the same time
advertised the forthcoming sale of her furniture, then
in the house in question. On the 29th of December
the defendant, without any notice, dis-
trained upon her goods for the half-year's
rent, due next June ; and upon this the
plaintiff brought her action. The Court, holding
that the publication of the advertisement announcing
the sale was a justification of the defendant's act,
gave judgment fbr him, and condemned the plaintiff
in costs. Those who are on the look-out for a cheap
residence in the Channel Islands had better read up
the decisions of the Royal Court of Jersey, which,
by the way, are written in ancient Norman-French.