biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-09

THE LATE MR. LLOYD.

An address of sympathy and condolence has been pre-
sented to the County Court Judge of Bristol, the father
of Mr. E. Lloyd, one of the victims of the recent murders
by Greek brigands. It is signed by Mr. Commissioner
Hill, Mr. Serjeant Pullin, the members of the
local bar, and solicitors of Bristol, to the num-
ber of eighty-eight. Mr. Lloyd has sent the
following reply :—" Frenchay, 2nd June, 1870. My
dear Mr. Hill,—l am deeply grateful to yourself and the
gentlemen of the bar and the solicitors of Bristol for the
concern and sympathy they have so kindly expressed in
the address you have forwarded to me. The calamity
which has befallen me and my family, with all the de-
plorable circumstances attending the catastrophe we
deplore, has, indeed, occasioned a sorrow which can find
its alleviation only in time and in humble submission to
the Divine will. It is, however, a melancholy satisfaction
to receive such a testimony as is afforded by your address
of the common feeling which prevails of the fortitude of
the victims of an act of violence and treachery, in con-
templation of their impending fate—a fortitude strongly
exhibited by my lamented son in a letter addressed
by him to me and his mother on the morning of
the day on which the fatal end was accomplished, in which
he bids us a most affectionate farewell, and commits to us
his wife and children, as a " sad legacy," with a com-
posure and self-possession that exhibits a mind undisturbed
in the midst of circumstances calculated to alarm and dis-
compose an ordinary mind.—l am, my dear Mr. Hill,
your very obliged and humble servant,
"E. J. LLOYD."
London, England, 1870-06-09

TAE FIRE IN QUEBEC.

Our correspondent there furnishes some particulars
of the great fire in Quebec. The fire originated in a
baker's shop, spread, with the ass'stance of a strong
east wind, over a street about forty feet in width, in the
suburb of St. Rock's, and in a few hours destroyed
Over 400 houses. The fires engines and attempts of all
kinds, including the blowing up of houses with
gunpowder, were utterly useless in staying the pro-
gress of the fire : it made its way to the banks of the
river St. C harles, and ended by destroying two new
compoSite vessels nearly ready for launching,
considered the finest ships ever built at Quebec. The
actual loss is over 000,000 dollars, and that of the
insurance companies 250,000 dollars.
London, England, 1870-06-09

EXTRADITION BILL.

The Attorney-General's bill on the extradition of
criminals makes provision that the Act shall be
applied to any foreign State by order in council,
where an arrangement has been made regard-
ing the surrender of any fugitive criminals. A
fugitive criminal is not to be surrendered who is only
convicted of a political offence, and the requisition
for the surrender must be made by some person
recognised by the Secretary of State as a
representative of the Foreign State. Cases
under this Act are to be heard by a police
magistrate, and the magistrate is to commit
if the evidence is such as would justify a committal in
an English court, but the prisoner will not be sur-
rendered for fifteen days in order that opportunity
may be given to apply for a writ of Habeas corpus.
Among the list of extradition crimes are murder
and conspiracy to murder, manslaughter,
forgery, counterfeiting and altering, and also utter-
ing; embezzlement and larceny; obtaining money
or goods by false pretences ; crimes by bankrupts
against bankruptcy law; fraud by a bailee, banker,
agent, factor, trustee, or director or member or
public officer of any company, made criminal by any
statute ; rape, abduction, child-stealing, burglary
and housebreaking, arson, and robbery with vio-
lence.
London, England, 1870-06-09

(From Judy.)

Why did not Macgregor win the Derby ?—Because he
could not pass Muster.

Talking of a great general, who was braver than he was
wise, a friend of Judy's said, "He did not invent gnu-
powder, but he's not afraid to smell it."

(From Fun.)

A LONG Jos.—This is from the Bombay Gazette :—" At
Lahore the Maharajah of Cashmere presented the Duke
of Edinburgh with a shawl for the Queen, the like of
which, accordinc, to our Lahore contemporary, was never
made. Three hundred shawl-weavers had worked on it
incessantly for three years, and many of them lost their
sight through the fineness of the work ! Its actual cost in
Cashmere is estimated at 25,000 harrisingha, the harris-
ingha being equivalent in value to 10 annas." No wonder
the poor fellows went blind when employed in so harris-
ingha labour !

ENGLAND EXPECTS.-A furious correspondent sends us
this clipping from a contemporary :—" England is being
now washed away by denudation. It is only a matter of
time when the sea will once more roll over it, and bury its
cities, its lives, its loves, its treasures, its beauties, its ages
of organic creations in the depths of the ocean, there to
remain till some future changes of the earth's surface raise
it once more to the wonder of beings who may then be
existing on this ever-changing planet.—Herdma's Specula-
tive Cosmology." Our -friend asks us by what right this
foreign craft runs us down. He adds—" Herd-ma, in-
deed ! Tell, your grandma !"
London, England, 1870-06-09

London—W TwEnniz. 337. Strand.

-EGGS OF- ALL THE BIRDS WHICH BREED
IN GREAT 1311 TA IN'. By a Clergyman. The classical,
common, and local names, with description of nest, and various other
interesting particulars ; 17ti utlines, printed on thick paper fox
pSinting, offering a most instructive and delightful amusement to
young persons. Price Cd. Tinted, Is. Post free for stamps

Loudon—W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand.

XYOUNG ENGLAND. Complete in three hand-
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London, England, 1870-06-09

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 9. 1870

of the advantage of free trade if admitted universally
among nations, looks with alarm on the exclusion by a
hostile tariff of British manufactures from foreign coun-
tries, and considers that the present commercial policy de-
mands investigation." Mr. Leach again atttempted to
gain a hearing, but was hooted down. It was then pro-
posed by the conveners of the meeting to 4djourn it to the
30th instant, but the first resolution was declared to be
carried by 500 to 1. The meeting, which was the noisiest
ever held in Leicester, closed with passing a vote of confi-
dence in Mr. Paget, the Liberal candidate for South Lei-
cestershire.
London, England, 1870-06-09

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and M anageresa, Mrs. Swanborough
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING HEART,.
Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Burton a. d Santley.
Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, Terry,
Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, GoAall. Met-
(wife, and Moore.

Messrs
London, England, 1870-06-09

RAILWAY GRIEVANCES.

The management of the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway is calling forth very serious
complaints from season ticket holders and others who
must of necessity make use of the line. A train, it
is said, is rarely if ever started to its time, and never
arrives at its destination when due. Indeed, instances
are known when trains conveying business men reach
the West End a full half-half hour beyond
the time guaranteed in the company's tables. The
situation of travellers on days when festivities
are going on at the Palace, or when a Derby race is
to be run, is extremely deplorable. On these occa-
sions the season ticket holders are not apparently
once thought of, and all the inconvenience to
them is caused for the sake of a few
pleasure-seekers, who, however, pay for their ac-
commodation. On June Ist the company, it is said,
took off forty trains from the line without previous
notice, and regular passengers had to get to their
business and home again at night as bes
they could either by the trains,
malting several hours, or by other conveyances,
riUnder the circumstances it is snarcely to be wondered
at that shares once worth 2130 are now worth only

of ter
London, England, 1870-06-09

BUCHAREST AND GIURGEVO STATE
RAILWAY BONDS.
Holders of Bonds wishing to receive in London payment of
the Coupons and Drawn Bonds, falling due on the 13th July
next, must deposit their Coupons and Drawn Bonds on or before
the 21st June, at Messrs. C. Devaux and Company, 62, ging
William-street, City.
Those persons who have not anticipated the payment of the
last instalment on their Scrip by that date, and have not thus
obtained their Bonds, must give notice in writing by that period
to Messrs. C. Devaux and Company that they wish to receive in
London the payment of the interest, due on 13th July.
London, England, 1870-06-09

EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.
THE Court of Directors of the East and West
India Dock Company HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the
TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be SHUT on WEDNES-
DAY, the 15th day of JUNE, and OPEN again on SATURDAY,
the 2d day of JULY, 1870.
By order of the Court,
GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary.
Ea and West India Dock House, Billiter-street,
June 7, 1870.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION.
Established 1840.
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-sheets 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 ....................
The invested fund, after payment of all claims,
exceeds

£64,000
19,000

415,000

The who of the profits divided among the members
Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured
amounting to £lOO,OOO. WM. TIIOS. LINFORD, Secretary.
15, Moorgate-street, June 1, 1870.
London, England, 1870-06-09

THE NEW DEAN OF ROCHESTER.

The announcement in the Post, that the Rev. Dr.
Scott, the Master of Balliol, had retused Mr. Glad-
stone's offer of the Deanery of Rochester, turns out
to be incorrect : a special postcript to the Guardian
states that the rev. doctor has accepted the appoint-
ment. He will probably make an excellent dean. He
was educated in Christ Church College, Oxford.
obtained the Craven Scholarship in 1830, and the
Ireland Scholarship in 1833. In the same year he
took a first-class 8.A., and became M.A. in 1836.
He was ordained deacon in 1835, and priest in 1836;
was Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral from 1845, and
became Master of Balliol College nine years later. As
joint author with Dr. Liddell, of "Liddell and Scott's
Greek-English LexicOn." the new Dean is universally
known. Dr. Scott was rector of Duloe, Cornwall,
from 1840 to 1850, and is the author of several
volumes of sermons.
London, England, 1870-06-09

ALARMING OCCURRENCE AT THE
ALHAMBRA.

Upon making inquiries at noon yesterday it was clearly
ascertained that the whole of the unfortunate young ladies
who met with injuries the previous night during the grand
ballet entitled " Fleurs du Jardin," at the Alhambra
Palace in Leicester-square, were progressing under the
unremitting attention of Mr. S. S. Noakes, the house
surgeon at Charing-cross Hospital, most favour-
ably. No fatal case had taken place, as had
been rumoured, and it is satisfactory to state
that there is not the least apprehensions entertained by
the medical staff of the hospital that any of the young
persons have sustained mortal mounds- The worst case
of the whole is that of Miss Kate Graham who, besides
having sustained a fractured arm, is severely bruised about
the legs and lower part of the body. Miss Anne Sands,
whose ribs were broken, have had the fractures reduced,
and is going on as well as can be expected. Miss Fanny
Abrahams, who was also taken to the same hospital, has
been found not to be so severely injured as was at first
considered. The other sufferers, from careful inquiries,
are all going on well. From an investigation made the
occurrence arose entirely through the cellermen having
neglected to put up the regulating iron rods under the

stage.

RELEASE OF THE MESSRS. BONELL.
SPANISH BRIGANDS FIRED UPON.
The following telegrams have been received in
London :

"MADRID, June 7, 3.40 p.m,
" The two Englishmen, Messrs. Bonell, who were cap-
tured by brigands near Gibraltar, have both been released,
and were at Puerto Santa Maria, on their way to
Gibraltar."

MADRID, June 7, Evening.
Mr. Bonnell, sen., has regained his liberty, and arrived
to-day at Puerto Santa Maria, near Cadiz. The bri-
gands near Gibraltar attempted to capture two English
officers of the garrison, but they were rescued by the civil
guards, who fired upon the brigands, wounding one and
capturing another. The English and Spanish Govern-
ments have made arrangements to prevent Gibraltar
becoming a haunt of brigands, as formerly it was of
smugglers.
London, England, 1870-06-09

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VRNEST GRAHAM: A Doctor's Story. Contain-
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London, England, 1870-06-09

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees—Meser. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T-
Thorn —THIS.. EVENING, at 7 30 the New Farce of CUP.
BO A.RD LOVE, by F Hay. After which, at E.ght o'Clock a
new and original Comedy, in 'Three Acts, entitled TWO
RO ES. o conclude with the new and successful Burlesque,
DON CARL S; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs.
H. J. Montague, It. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, a!td T.
Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt T. Lavis, and A.
Newton _ _ _

Prices—Stalls, 7s ; Balcony Stalls bs.; Boxes, 35.; Upp r
Circle. 26.; Pit, is. 6a.: Qalliry, 6d. No Charge for Bookin.,
Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30
London, England, 1870-06-09

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,-PRNEST GRAHAM : A Doctor's Story. Contain-
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Peculiar'. inptations of Student Life, and intended to warn as well
as diveit the youth of the Profession. Written by a Physician.
Crown Svo., in handsome cloth, price ss. Post free for stamps.
London, England, 1870-06-09

LOST DOGS.

'Two years ago a London dog that lost its master also
lost its life. Hundreds of innocent dogs were slaughtered
by the stern command of the Chief Commissioner of Police
—the bodies were used as manure, and vast crops of pro-
duce are supposed to have been obtained by thus sprinkling
the earth with the remains of fidelity and intelligence. It
always appeared to be a somewhat ruthless proceeding,
and we are not sorry to hear that a more sensible and
humane system is to be adopted by direction of. Colonel
Henderson. Stray dogs are in future, whether muzzled
or unmuzzled, to be taken into custody by the
police, and conveyed to the police-station. The
inspector on duty is to take a description of the dog, and
to circulate it throughout the force. The dog is then
to be sent at once to the " Home for Lost and Starving
Dogs "at Holloway. If the dog wears a collar with an
address upon it the owner is to be communicated with,
and the animal will be entertained at the station for three
days, when, if not claimed, it will be sent to the Home.
As we are about to treat stray clogs with a certain amount
of kindliness and consideration the least they
can do is to meet us half way and behave with
that unobtrusive gentleness which as a rule they observe
and which has made them the most popular of beasts. The
best course a lost dog can adopt is, without one angry
bark or bite, to go straight to the nearest police-stati,
wag his tail, and whine at the inspector, who, although
he cannot replace his natural master, will, we are sure,
do all that a tender constable can do to assuage the
affliction of the bereaved animal.—Pall Mall Gazette.
London, England, 1870-06-09

Mr liailty's Buskiii, Bst 51b

Won in a cantei.
The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous: One mile.
Mr H. Wright's Transgressor, by Wild Dayrell—
Editha, 3 yts, 7st 101 b
Mr T. Stevens's Barcelona, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
Mr Dillon's Victoria, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (J. Payne) 3
Won in a canter by ten lengths ; a bad third.

LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END.
WEDNESDAY.

A few transactions on the Royal Hunt Cup and Grand
Prize are all that came under notice, but in no case were
outlays extensive :
GRAND PRIZE.
7 to 2 agst Bigarteau (taken)
9 to 2 agst Recorder (taken and offered)
7to 1 agst Coutts (taken and offered)
7to 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Nobleman (taken)
ROYAL HUNT CUP.
12 to 1 agst Typheous (taken and offered).
12 to 1 agst Dolphin (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Tim Weaver (taken.)
25 to 1 agst Alpenstock (taken).
25 to 1 agst Countryman (taken)
100 to 3 agst Prince Henry (taken)
100 to 3 agst Lady of Lyons (taken)
100 to 3 agst Dunbar (taken)
40 to 1 agst Make Haste (taken)

CITY BETTING-1X
iEDNESDAY.
GRAND PRIZE.
3to 1 agst Bigarrean (offered)
4to 1 agst Sornette (offered—take sto 1)
sto 1 agst Recorder (offered)
Bto 1 agst Coutts (offered)
Bto 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken and offered)
500 to 40 agst Nobleman (taken and offered)
ROYAL HUNT CUP.
10 to 1 agst Typbceus (offered-1 00 to 80 taken and
wanted)
1000 to 80 agst Dolphin (taken)
20 to 1 agst Uncas (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Tim Weaver (taken)
25 to 1 agst Blacklock (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Alpenstock (offered)
30 to 1 agst Moonstone (taken)
30 to 1 agst Carfax (taken freely)
100 to 3 agst Blne, Bell (taken)
100 to 3 agst Vagabond (offered—take 40 to 1)
200 to 4 agst Rupert (taken)
200 to 4 agst Pandore (taken)
Vestminster and Mount Pleasant said to be scratched.

JEWEL ROBBERY ON THE GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY.

. _
Considerable • uneasiness has been caused among the
officials at the Carlisle Railway Station by the disappear-
ance of two boxes of jewellery in course of transit from
Birmingham to Mr. Fritschler, jeweller, Carlisle, per the
London and North-Western Railway. One of the boxes
contained two gold watches and the other 14 gold rings.
No clue as to the thief was obtained until a lad, about 13
years of age, a message boy in the station telegraph office,
named Norvel, confessed, on being interrogated, that he
was the pilferer of both the boxes. He had stolen the
boxes containing the watches first, and after abstracting
one watch had burned the box. He, however, persists in
saying that there was only one watch in it, and it is
thought that he must have burned the other watch along
with the box. He hid it on the railway bridge at the
end of the station. As to the rings, he had appropriated
one which fitted his finger, and he then threw the other
thirteen away. Eleven of them are still missing. Other
felonious acts have been traced to the boy, who has been
at times sent from the station to the Central Post-office
with telegrams and the money to pay for them. Instead
of taking the messages he has destroyed them and appro-
priated the money.
London, England, 1870-06-09

PROTEST IN THE COUNCIL.

-- -
The opposition in the Council have addressed a
strong protest to the Pope, complaining of the arbi-
trary course adopted, wt ereby fifty Fathers were
prevented from speaking on the dogma of Infallibi-
lity by the sudden closing of the general discussion.

[The following appeared in our Special Edition of las

evening :—]
PROTEST OF THE AUSTRIAN CONSUL AT
BUCHAREST.

The Austrian Consul-General has made a protest to the
Roumanian Government on the subject of the illegal im-
prisonment of two Austrian Jews, and threatens to take
decisive measures if they are not liberated.
London, England, 1870-06-09

SUICIDE THROUGH BETFING

An inquest has been held at the College Arms, Crown-
dalo-road, Camden-town, on the body of Charles Carlton,
aged 35, a waiter at the St. James's Hall Restaurant,
Regent-street. Charles Cartman, a friend of deceased,
said the latter was crying last Sunday night,
and had evidently something on his mind. De-
ceased would not tell him then what was the mat-
ter, but promised to do so on the Monday. Witness
never saw him again alive. Arthur Hare, who lodged at
74, Drummond-street, in the same room as deceased, said
he appeared very much disturbed on Sunday night, and
continued alternately walking up and down the room and
writing till 3 o'clock in the morning. On Monday night
witness found the room door locked, and being requested to
burst it open did so, when he found deceased hanging from.
the cupboard door by a rope. From the subsequent evi-
dence it appeared that deceased first cut his throat with a
razor, which did not have the desired effect. He changed
his shirt, putting the bloody one in the dirty linen basket,
and then proceeded to hang himself. Inspector Char-
wood produced a letter addressed to Mrs. Slingsby, in
which he said he had lost all his money on the races (the
Derby and the Oaks), and in boat-racing, billiards, and
gambling-houses. In a second letter, also addressed to Mrs.
Slingsby, the said, " Things may turn out different from
what they were when I lived with you. My brother will
pay all my debts. I owe at Drummond-street 19s. 3d. I
hope and trust in the Lord he will pardon me, for no one
else will in this world. Address to my brother, John
Carlton, Newby-hall, Ripon, Yorkshire. I cannot my
payments meet, so Ido this act." Inquiries were made
for the brother, but he had left the address given four
years. The medical evidence showed that death was
caused by suffocation. A verdict of " Suicide while of
unsound mind" was returned.

The marriage of the Marchioness of Hastings
with Sir George Chetwynd, Bart., was solemnised this
morning, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, in the pre-
sence of the Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey, Vis-
count Sydney, Lady North, the Misses Chetwynd, and a
brilliant assemblage of nobility and gentry.
MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S ENTERTAINMENT.—
The very clever entertainment, " Ages Ago" and
' " Beggar my Neighbour," at the Royal Gallery of
Illustration, is advertised for the last performance on
Saturday, June 18, when the former piece, will have
reached its 202 d representation. On the following Mon-
day a novelty, from the pen of Mr. W. S. Gilbert,
entitled " Our Island Home." Mr. German Reed has
composed the music. The plot, we hear, is of novel and
ingenious construction, and enables every member of the
company to appear in propria persona.
London, England, 1870-06-09

DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY.
Issue of £255,000 Perpetual Six per Cent. A Debenture

Stock.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LISTS OF APPLICA-
TION for the above will be CLOSED on SATURDAY NEXT, the
11th June, for London, and on MONDAY, the 13th June, for
country applications.
For the Devon and Somerset
R.
R. M. MUGGERIDGE, Secretary.
No. 13, Little Queen-street, Westminster, London, 6th June, 1870.
London, England, 1870-06-09

THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET.
Sole Lessee. Yr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck. NO t_4OING NO SUPPER: )Ir.
Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Eda aid Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F.
Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynne.
Aft,r which, at 8 precisely, B4RWISE'S BOOK: Mr. Sothern,
Mr. Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Buckstone; Miss
C. Hill, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne
And (by desire) A SECULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, &c.
Concluding with A. IKSS IN THE DARK.
London, England, 1870-06-09

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London, England, 1870-06-09

THE ABYSSINIAN MEDAL.

It is with much satisfactioi that one learns that
the Queen has signified her will that the officers and
men of the Royal navy and marines employed during
the operations in Abyssinia, including every sailor
who was conveyed even into the Red Sea, with a
view to ultimate active service, shall have medals
awarded to them. It only now remains to be desired
that a like award will be meted out to the gallant
tars who were so willing to risk their lives in the
New Zealand troubles. After a long sea voyage out
to a trying climate, and an anxious period of watching,
in which they did not know the moment their assis-
tance might be required against the Maori rebels, one
would say that common justice alone demands that
the sailors and marines of the war-vessels sent to
New Zealand should have a small badge of honour.
London, England, 1870-06-09

BLUEFISH IN BARNEGAT BAY.
MANNAHAND RIVER, May 22, 1870.
The only news of importance or interest at this point is
that of the great invasion of this bay, between Barnegat
and Little Egg Harbour Inlet, by vast numbers of blue-
fish and mossbunkers. They came in at Barnegat Inlet
last week, sweeping through the bay, over flats as well as
through the channel, driving millions of bushels of bunkers
before them, and filling our coves, creeks, ditches, and
ponds in the meadows full. They continued on their course
down the bay as far as Little Egg Harbour Inlet. At
that place they drove shad on shore so that people gathered
them up by wagon loads. The bluefish were very large,
weighing seven pounds and over. Thousands of bushels
of bunkers have been gathered in the past week along our
shore, and the people are applying them to their land.
Such a sight has never been known by the oldest inhabi-
tant. They lay in creeks, ponds, &c., along our meadows
two feet deep, so you can take a common fork and pitch
them into your boat or throw them on the bank. In some
places they lay in winrows on the • meadows where the
tide has taken them, so they may take large wood scows
alongside and load them. If we had a railroad here,
instead of applying those large bluefish to our lands, we
would send them on to market. People are making
money here selling what they can at twenty cents per
bushel.
London, England, 1870-06-09

THE SPANISH THRONE.

It is certainly a triumph for the democracy of the
age to find the proudest and most exclusive nation in
Europe proposing to elect a King. If any
country might be supposed to be the strong-
hold of antiquated despotism and Divine
Right it was surely Spain, where the rigid
etiquette of the Court entailed death rather than
loss of dignity on an imperilled monarch. Yet
the Spaniards are actually debating a law for the
election of a sovereign ruler, and the debate in the
Cortes, when the question came on was naturally of
the most exciting kind. At the very outset
there was a difference of opinion. The committee
who prepared the draft of the measure were not
unanimous. The greater• part of them are partisans
of liontpensier, and they wished the king to be
elected by a majority of the deputies present,
provided they equalled the number required
for voting the ordinary laws, which is one

more than half of the Deputies admitted. By
this arrangement Montpensier, who has, it is said,
100 votes promised, stands a good chance, a 3 the whole
number of DeputieS is only 356. The minority of the
committee, who are dead against the duke, maintain
that the king-elective should have half the suffrages
of the whole number of deputies. The discussion in
the Cortes was very animated, and the amendment
of the minority was taken first. A king, said its
supporters,should not be elected under the same form
as ordinary votes were taken, bufshould represent the
majority of the nation. Senor Figueras, the Finance
Minister carried this idea still further, and suggested P.
plebiscite. When the division on the amendment
came on the excitement was tremendous, though the
question was only whether it should be taken into
consideration. Six Ministers voted No, and all the
Montpensierists joined them, but the Si's had it, and
a majority of 106 to 98 pronounced in favour of the
amendment. The trial of strength, however, will be
on the definite vote.
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THE FIRE IN QUEBEC.

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baker's shop, spread, with the assistance of a strong
east wind, over a street about forty feet in width, in the
suburb of St. Roch's, and in a few hours destroyed
over 400 houses. The fires engines and attempts of all
kinds, including the blowing up of houses with
gunpowder, were utterly useless in staying the pro-
gress of the fire : it made its way to the banks of the
river St. C harles, and ended by destroying two new
composite vessels nearly ready for launching,
considered the finest ships ever built at Quebec. The
actual loss is over 600,000 dollars, and that of the
insurance companies 250,000 dollars.
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THE SPANISH THRONE.

It is certainly a triumph for the democracy of the
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Europe proposing to elect a King. If any
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CHARITABLE MEETING AT LIVERPOOL,

A meeting was held at the Liverpool Town Hall yester-
day, under the presidency of the Deputy Mayor, for the
purposeof promoting the exemption of charities from local
rates. A petition was adopted in favour of Mr. Muntz's
measure.

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES' MEETING AT
MANCHESTER.

A congress of delegates from co-operative societies in
all parts of England is being held at Manchester this
week. A proposal to establish a co-operative bank to
receive deposits from stores and distributive societies,
which it was reported were in possession of large surplus
capital for which they could not find remunerative and
safe investment, and to lend sums to productive societies,
which, it was also stated, were in many cases straitened
in their business for want of capital, has been the
subject of much discussion. The tone of the conference was
almost unanimous in favour of this proposal, and yester-
day a resolution was adopted, approving it, and expressing
the feeling of the meeting that the present is an oppor-
tune time to establish the bank provided sufficient capital
can be raised, and remitting the matter to the executive
for further development. Although no resolution has
been adopted on the subject, an universal feeling has
been expressed in favour of the extension of the produc-
tive societies. To-day a letter from the Bishop of Man-
chester, expressing himself in favour of co-operative
farming, was read and received with much applause.

FREE TRADERS AT LEICESTER.
Last evening a meeting convened by the Manchester
Reciprocity Association was announced to be held in
Leicester, but long before the time for commencing the
proceedings the hall was taken possession of by the
friends of free trade, who had been invited to attend.
A chairman was elected in opposition to the one proposed
by the conveners of the meeting. Incessant uproar pre-
vailed, and Mr. Leach, a working man, of Staleybridge,
and Mr. Wheelhouse, M.P., Leeds, the deputation, who
were limited by the chairman to ten minutes
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a hearing, and a resolution was proposed " That in the
opinion of the meeting the commercial policy inaugurated
by Cobden and Bright had been on the whole a
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any approach towards the old policy of protec-
tion. Mr. Leach then proposed the following resolution—
which the chairman declined to receive- " That this
meeting desires to express its sincere sympathy with
those of the working classes who are unable from want to
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LAW REFOUM.

An Ex-Judge writes to the Times on the much-
vexed question of Law Reform. The Whitsuntide
recess, he says, affords us an opportunity of taking
stock as to our prospects during the present session.
The survey is on the whole satisfactory, since public
opinion has declared in favour of the chief part of
Lord Hatherley's measures, and he need not fear the
opposition of the Law Lords, if he stand firmly to '
his guns. His scheme for the fusion of law and
equity in one great court, and eventually in
every court of justice in England, is quite safe if he
appeals to the statesmanship -on both sides of the
House to support him against the lawyers. The ex-
judge, however, does not think that all will be done
" when the fusion of law and equity is completed, The
most crying want of the day, in his estimation, is a
good Supreme Court of Appeal for the whole empire,
which should swallow up the jurisdiction of every
other appeal court from the House of Lords
downwards. It is too much to expect
any Lord Chancellor' to propose such a suicidal
measure to his peers, and this reform must therefore
originafe with the Commons., In conclusion the
writer gives a hint which should be acted upon in
these days when unnecessary delays are held to be
so great a grievance. No one has the power of
compelling the attendance of judges at the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council. The most effi-
cient of the judges have their duties elsewhere, and
their sittings are few and far between. At the pre-
sent moment no fewer than 200 appeals are lodged
for hearing from India alone, a fact which of
itself should stimulate the exertions of our Law

eformers.
London, England, 1870-06-09

THE NEW DEAN OF ROCHESTER.

The announcement in the Post, that the Rev. Dr.
Scott, the Master of Balliol, had refused Mr. Glad-
stone's offer of the Deanery of Rochester, turns out
to be incorrect : a special postcript to the Guardian
states that the rev. doctor has accepted the appoint-
ment. He will probably make an excellent dean. He
was educated in Christ Church College, Oxford.
obtained the Craven Scholarship in 1830, and the
Ireland Scholarship in 1833. In the same year he
took a first-class 8.A., and became M.A. in 1836.
He was 'ordained deacon in 1835, and priest in 1836;
was Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral from 1845, and
became Master of Balliol College nine years later. As
joint author with Dr. Liddell, of "Liddell and Scott's
Greek-English Lexicon." the new Dean is universally
known. Dr. Scott was rector of Duloe, Cornwall,
from 1840 to 1850, and is the author of several
volumes of sermons.
London, England, 1870-06-09

BOARDING OUT PAUPER CHILDREN.

There are undoubtedly two sides to every question,
and it is accordingly not surprising to find the scheme
of boarding out workhouse children, unsparingly
denounced by Mr. George Bartley. This gentleman
brings forward many arguments against the plan. It
would not be, says he, so economical as is supposed,
neither would the children be so kindly cared for, as
the foster-parents would merely take them in as
a matter of profit. The contract price,
being reduced to the lowest possible rate
by energetic guardians, would only allow
them to do this by stinting and starving the children,
while, when they grew old enough to work, the
latter would find-their position became still more un-
comfortable from the competition with their foster
parents and brethren. Again, the diseased
state of the pauper children would be
likely to create an epidemic in the over-
crowded houses of the agricultural poor,
and the children must therefore remain some time
on the parish before they could be thus disposed of,
while at best only aportion of the children—those with-
out parents—could be thus provided for. All these
arguments, however, fail to touch one practical
Point—the miserably unsatisfactory condition of our
pauper children at present. Those who know any-
thing of the inner history of workhouses are well
aware that a very large percentage of the workhouse-
reared children hopelessly fail in life, in spite of the
excellent sanitary arrangements, good education, and
every other advantage boasted of. It may also be
doubted whether if these little workhouse waifs and
strays were questioned direct, they might not prove
to us that their present existence was not so very
enjoyable that they should shrink fro.a exchanging
it for something like a natural home life, however
poor.
London, England, 1870-06-09

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EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

An Irish Catholic Layman has written to the
Daily News in reference to mixed education in Ire-
land. He says that the plan of mixed and secular
education has already been tried in the Queen's Col-
lege and proved a failure. There is only a " frac-
tional representation" of the majority of the Irish
people in these endowed "mixed education" colleges.
The cause is not indifference to learning or poverty,
but the fact that the Irish people are of one mind
with their clergy, and disregard any system of instruc-
tion in which religion has no prominent place.
The recent declaration to Mr. Gladstone on the sub-
ject of education from the Catholic laity, was signed
by nine hundred influential persons of different
classes, and affords a sufficient proof that they are
totally opposed to mixed education. In conclusion,
he declares that the question is one which the Irish
Catholic people can very well settle for themselves.
If the majority of them require secular education for
their children, accompanied by religious education,
they ought to be allowed to have it, and a reservation
might be made, in order that the minority might
please themselves ; but a very small college would
hold them.

CANADA OPPRESSED BY " EXPEDITIONS."

A correspondent at Quebec sends us some interest-
ing remarks on the present condition of the Dominion
of Canada. As might be expected,the two expeditions
—if the Fenian raid deserve the dignity of such nomen-
clature have somewhat seriously checked the
prosperity of our American colony. Twice
within the short space of a month the militia
and volunteers have been called out to meet the
Fenian raid ; and the increased taxation that must
necessarily follow will press heavily in the present
state of trade. The Red River expedition too
has been delayed by the occurrence of the Fenian
movement ; and the probable expenditure is on
that account increased by some thousands of dollars.
To add • to the misfortunes of the Dominion, Quebec
has again suffered from a recurrence of the vast fires
that have rendered its name notorious for
wooden buildings and bad local management.
"At the same time (our correspondent adds) it may
be observed that the feeling elicited by these
occurrences is highly creditable, Personal interest
is, in nearly every instance, willingly sacrificed to
the welfare of the Government."
London, England, 1870-06-09

CRYSTAL PALACE IN NEW YORK.

We have several times alluded to the scheme for estab-
lishing a permanent industrial exhibition in this city, on
a scale corresponding to the requirements of the time. A
charter was granted by the Legislature last winter, and we
learn that a company has already been organised under it.
Sufficient capital has been subscribed to insure the speedy
success of the enterprise, and as soon as a suitable site
can be secureethe plan of the building will be determined
upon and its construction begun. The whole city is inte-
rested in the success of the enterprise. Aside from the
large expenditure and the employment of labour which it
will involve, the proposed exhibition will be a permanent
attraction to visitors from abroad. Our merchants, hotel
keepers, and business interests generally will be bene-
fitted, besides immense help will be given to the general
cause of mechanical science and art. It is to be hoped
that the enterprise will be carried out upon a liberal scale,
and that the building will be a prominent feature of our
metropolis, surpassing even the Sydenham Crystal Palace,
and the buildings of the recent Paris Exposition.-1V etc
York Times.