The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-15 00:00:00

DIPLOMATIC CHANGES.

Several changes are rumoured in the Diplomatic world,
chiefly among French representatives.' M. Bouree and
‘11„° Marquis de Montholon, who now now represent
France at Constantinople and at Lisbon, have
both been appointed Senators. In their stead
Viscomit, de la Guerroniere, who is now at the Brus-
jAelB Embassy, will go to Constantinople, and M.
-4trmaud to Lisbon. AT. Bertheney, who is
now at Washington, will succeed Viscount de la
Guerroniere at Brussels. M. Prevost-Paradol, as hasbeen
already stated in several journals, will go to the American
capital.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
MR. FOWLER, M.P., ON EDUCATION.
Mr. Fowler, M.P. for Cambridge, met a number of the
Nonconformist members of his constituency last night at
the Guildhall, Cambridge, to discuss the education ques-
tion. The meeting was opposed to compulsory education,
except where parental neglect was proved, and even in
Such cases objected to religion being taught in rate-sup-
Ported schools. Mr. Fowler said he would rather go out
of the House of Commons, and never re-enter it, than
vote for mere secular education, which would be only
tolerable if there was no alternative between secular edu-
cation and no education at all. The meeting, which was
a ticket meeting, lasted three hours.

I,IE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON WORKING

MEN'S MISSIONS.

Lad night the Bishop of Manchester addressed a
crowded meeting of working men in the Free Trade Hall,
Manchester, in connection with an undenominational
evangelistic mission to working men. Several leading
dissenters were amongst the company on the platform.
11. is lordship explained the part he took in this mis-
sion by saying he was not merely a bishop of
"te Church of England, but bishop of a
aincese in which at least one million of the popu-
lations were unprovided with church or chapel accomoda,
tier'. He deplored the alienation of the working classes
from the Church; aud, admitting the fact, said they must
hot be nice as to the agency by which these classes should
be reached, so long as it was conducted in soberness and
,leceneY. He then spoke of the desecration of the Sabbath
worldng men, by drinking, -gambling, and betting,
who, he said, risked their hard earnings in what was
nothing better than a scandal, 'upon horseracing in which
f, People were concerned but rogues and thieves.
°llB lordship cautioned the coadjutors of the mission
against revivalism, sensationalism, and false excitement.
Ile commended the mission because it was not meant to
found a new sect, but simply to gather in the neglected,
and prepare them for chnrch membership-

At a meeting of the Ryde Town Council held
yes-
terday, it was unanimously resolved to send a letter of
sAYllll3athy to Mr. Thurlow under his present bereavement.
4'l the same meeting a long discussion ensued with
ILe?"icl to Captain Forrest, the Chief Constable of Hamp-
're, who refused to send a portion of the force under his
command to assist in keeping the peace at Ryde
and Newport on the day of the Isle of Wight election
the Sanction of the Home Secretary having been obtained
'Ol the purpose of sending additional protection. The
visit of the Portsmouth " lambs " to Ryde was also dis-
cussed, and the Watch Committee was requested to take
steps to find out at whose instigation the visit was paid,
that such persons might be held up to opprobrium, and if
.
vauishment.

THE MEN IN WOMEN'S CLOTHES.
thrilltsh morning a communication was received stating
b ,at e gentlemen proposed as bail by Mr. Abrams, on
ecalf of Louis Charles Hurt, were fully worth the
j,,°llut required, 21,500. Mr. Abrams applied to the
drams at Chambers, stating that the Treasury had with-
`4l.fatre
rthe forty-eight. hours' notice, and on the completion
custody!cognisances the defendant Hurt was released from

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CITY

GAS WORKS.
This
the ~taerning, at 12 o'clock, Mr. W. J. Payne resumed
auJeurned inquest on the body of John Clifford, the
unfortunate lad who lost his life at the City of London
Gas Works. According to the evidence given by the wit-
tresses, it was not at all clear whether the accident was
caused by the wind or by the removal of the props, by
Which the top of the upper portion of the holder was
supported during the time the process of scraping was
going on. The learned Deputy Coroner summed up, and
remarked upon the conflicting nature of the evidence, and
the jury, after consulting, returned a verdict of Accidental
Death, and that greater care ought in future to be taken
to prevent similar occurrences.

APPLICATION FOR DISTRESS AGAINST A

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RA TLWAY COMPANY.
Mr. Selfe delivered judgment in the case of Todd, of
the Metropolitan District Railway. This was a summons
calling upon the railway company to show cause why a
distress warrant should not issue against their goods and
chattels for non-payment of costs taxed by the Master of
the Court of Queen's Bench after a hearing of investiga-
tion before the Under Sheriff of Middlesex and a
special jury, who awarded Mr. Todd, a builder,
£2OO damages for loss sustained by the works of
the company. The Act of Parliament bearing upon
the question seemed to be somewhat anomalous
in its procedure, as the verdict of a jury as to damages
may be set aside by the decision of a superior Court, and
Can only be recovered by another action at law, while
'tinder the statute the costs payable under the inquisition
may be recovered by warrant of distress before the magis-
te.
Air. Belle
in referring to the circumstances of the ap-
Plication, observed that Mr. Newman, who appeared
or the claimant, argued that the magistrate had no dis-
cretionary power in the matter, but must issue his
teZarrant of distress, while Mr. Smythe, who represented
company, held that the company appeared under pro-
before the sheriff, contending that the claimant
ad no right to compensation, and that no costs
Were Payable where the claimant was not entitled to
ev?MPensation. He (Mr. Selfe) thought Mr. Smythe's
reed' of the law was correct, that where no damages were
-33;4.11,.3T Vayable no costs could be payable, and therefore he
a 'B6 alamiss the application, leaving 'Mr. Newman to
PPIY fora mandamus, when the whole question could be
reargued.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(THis DAT.)
ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Mr. Henry Lindsay, of the
kin „IL
Arms Hotel, Bridge-end, South Wales, hotel
I,aper, Was charged at Marlborough-street before Mr.
Yrwhitt with disorderly conduot, and Mary Jewin, who
refused her address, was charged with being drunk and
assaulting Police-constable Horidge, 37 C. The constable
said he saw the female prisoner in Ryder's-court, drunk,
Bald on Persuading her to go away she refused, and struck
ilita; the male prisoner also pushed him about. Lindsay
2aid that knowing the female and seeing that she was in
'date
of intoxication, he was trying to get her away
When the constable came up and took them into custody.
TYrwhitt fined Jewin 285., and Lindsay ss.
41- bESPERATE THlEF.—Alfred M 'Manus, a desperate-
-1 100
20 years of age, was charged at the West-
Police-court, Police-col with stealing a pair of boots, value
68;1,6d.; further with assaulting the prosecutor and the
police, George Louis Vermulin, manager to Mr. School-
bootmaker, 4, Queen's-road, Chelsea, stated that last
a pair of boots had been stolen from outside, and
going
pout saw the prisoner running away with the boots
"48 hand. He followed him into White Lion-street,
then Prisoner tore the ticket off the boots, threw them on
i
bt,,• floor, and commenced a violent attack upon him,
at
7;g and bruising his arm, and throwing a washing pan
..nra
Ice During this time a number of prisoner's
lircilcends collected, got witness down on the ground and
of ked and maltreated him, and but for the timely arrival
a constable he believed he should have been murdered.
The
Prisoner was committed for trial.
I,.__„NGRATITUDE AND ROBBERY.—Richard Hughes, who
be a public-house and hotel manager in Eastbourne,
w—r,toteaen
h,
etideriosoeykinagnd other places, and Mary Ann Potter,
tar were eh woman, carrying an infant in her arms,
arged at the Thames Police-court with stealing.
ka
R:e quantity of property belonging to Mr. Frederick
Ste a solicitor's clerk, of No. 23, Arbour.square,
ktt Ito It appeared that the male prisoner had been
harn
Rayney in his prosperous days, and that he
sev nEt!isLed Hughes in the ban of adversity. About
solletZ'veelcB agGI Hughes and the woman whom he repre-
ai:ede :teoi_rn
saa his wife came to him and said they were starving
great distress, and begged of him to give them
t
Mr. Rayney listened with feelings of pity to the
i
with destitution related to him, provided the parties
the: '3°d meal, took them into his house, and provided
a r with clothes. He allowed them to have the use of
fa2°l3l, and assisted them in every possible manner as
'as a limited income would allow. This kindness was
repaid
by' their robbing him of several articles of wearing
hair and a number of trinkets he much valued, as they
"en the property of his mother. The female
and her, it was said, was the heiress to a large property,
140,,,,11 a few days would have received a large sum of
"`"'3'. Both prisoners were remanded.