The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-26 00:00:00

PHANTOM WARFAUE.

It was recently announced that the insurrection in
Cuba was utterly overpowered, and that no serious
hostility to the Spaniards need be apprehended from
the rebels. This news, which gave rise to unlimited
joy at Madrid, was followed by another intimation
to the effect that the Spaniards, on their own
admission, had been severely beaten by the
insurgents. This delightful confusion of accounts is
intensified by other communications from Cuba. A.
correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette has seen a
letter written by a Spaniard in Cuba, who is against
the rebels, but who acknowledges that things are
not getting on so nicely as the Madrid journals
represent. The rebellion is still serious. The writer
says the Spanish troops have been worsted in several
encounters, and that a part of the island is totally in
the hands of the rebels. It seems absolutely neces-
sary to leave the Cuban insurrection a blank, for it is
impossible to gain any true intelligence about it.

THE WIMBLEDON RIFLE MEETING.
The annual prize meeting of the National Rifle Asso-
ciation will commence on Monday, July 11, on Wimble-
don Common, and will continue till the evening of Friday,
July 22. The usual presentation of prizes and review
will take place on the following day. The rules and
regulations for the Queen's Prize and the St. Georges
Challenge Vase, the two great contests of the meeting,
were published on Saturday morning. For each of these
prizes every company and independent sub-division of
Volunteers is entitled to send two of its efficient members
as competitors. Commanding officers may likewise nomi-
nate two efficient members of the battalion. Where any.
company or sub-division does not nominate its full comple-1
ment of representatives, the vacancies may be filled up
members of other companies in the same battalion. The
entrance fee which gives a right to two sighting shots, will
be—for the Queen's Prize, £lls. 6d., and for the St. George's
half a guinea. Entries must be made on the prescribed forms
and no entry will be accepted after 7th of June. In-
tending competitors may each get, on and after the 30th
of April, 200 rounds of the same kind of ammunition as
will be used in the contests, at the rate of 4s. Thd. per 100
rounds. The applications must be sent through the usual
channel to the control officer in charge of the nearest
Government powder magazine. 'ln England there are
magazines at Aldershot, Bristol, Bull Point (Devonport),
Chatham, Chester, Dover, Hyde Park, Marchwood (near
Southampton), Preston, Portsmouth, Sheerness, Tyne-
mouth, Woolwish, and Weedon. In Wales—Brecon,
Newport, and Pembroke ; and in Scotland—at
Edinburgh, Fort George, and Stirling Castle. The
contest for the St. George's Challenge Vase will be
under the same conditions as last year, and the prizes will
be of the same number and value. Competitors may'
he nominated as for the Queen's Prize, and the entries
will close on the 7th of June, and no alteration in the
nominal return will be allowed after the 3rd of July.
The Dragon Cup will be competed for by the sixty com-
petitors who make the best scores in the first stage. Lieu-'
tenant-Colonel C. H. Lindsay, in issuing the regulations,
appends to them no less than three N.B.'s, none of which
are of sufficient importance to call for a rota bene. The
International Match for the Elcho Challenge Shield will
take place between representatives of England, Ire-
land, and Scotland, and gentlemen wishing to compete
for the honour of representing England may apply to Mr.
W. Wells, M.P., 22, Bruton-street, or to Mr. H. Parsons,
Forest, Lodge, Ashstead, Surrey. The eight who repre-
sented England last year, the winners in the second stage
of the Albert, winners of the Dudley Cup, of the Cam-
bridge Cup, and the Army Rifle Wimbledon Cup, will be
entitled to compete, and to these will be added as many of
the best register-makers as will bring up the number to
twenty-four. Prizes will be given in connection with the
comoetition.

THE LIVERPOOL "PORCUPINE" CASE,

LONDON, MONDAY. ,

This was the day for which notice was given for sen-
tence in the case of "Regina v. Skimmin." On Mr.
Justice Blackburn taking his seat with his brother judges
in the Court of Queen's Bench, he announced
that the Lord Chief Justice would not be able
to attend before Thursday next, when sentence
would be pronounced. Meanwhile the recognisances
Mr. Skinnim would be extended. It will be remembered
that Mr. Skinnim was found guilty of libelling Mr. Fernie
in the Porcupine, a satirical Liverpool journal, by insinua-
ting that certain vessels of the Merchants' Trading
Company, of which Mr. Fernie was chairman,
had foundered, and had been unfairly dealt
with ; the defence was that the remarks applied
generally to the system of sending ships td ,sea ill-found
and otherwise in a dangerous condition.

A THEATRICAL LAWSUIT.

LONDON, MONDAY.

In the Court of Common Pleas to-day Mr. Joyce moved
for a new trial in the case of "Cameron and Wife v.
Leslie." The female plaintiff, before her marriage, was
known in the theatrical profession as Miss Kate
Hickson; and the defendant, Mr, Henry Leslie,
is a dramatic author at present manager of the'
Royal Amphitheatre Liverpool. He wrote a
play, called " The Necklace of Pearls," for Miss Hicksonk
but, after delivery and payment, the lady returned it for'
alterations to be made. She subsequently brought an
action, for defendant's alleged neglect to deliver the menu•
script back within a reasonable time. The case was tried
before Mr. Justice Keating and a common jury, who'
awarded the plaintiff £4O damages, being the
exact amount received by the defendant in the first.
place for writing that piece. Mr. Joyce's motion,
was based on the ground that the damages were excessive;
and Mr. Justice Keating said that was certainly his im-
pression at the time of the trial. A demurrer was also
pleaded, that there was no consideration for the altera-
tion of the piece, and it was contended that such services
rendered by the defendant were a mere act of courtesy.-7
The Court granted a rule for a new trial.

THE BEWICKE CASE AGAIN.
LONDON, MONDAY;

A motion for a new trial in the notorious Bewicke case
was made to-day in the Court of Common Pleas, by Mr.
W. Cooper. Mr. William Bewicke, of Threepwood Hall?
Northumberland, was, about ten years ago, sentenced
to penal servitude for an alleged attempt to murder
some bailiffs who had distrained upon his
effects. The bailiffs were afterwards convicted
of perjury and conspiracy, and Mr. Bewicke received a
free pardon and compensation. A year or two after he
received his freeekm he married a Miss Jones, daughter
of a Welsh solicitor. In 1868 Lord Penzance decreed a
judicial separation, on the ground of Mr. Bewicke's
adultery. When the question of alimony came
up, Mr. Jones, the father of Mrs. Bewicke,
gave evidence as to the rents and income
of Mr. Bewicke ; but the latter gentleman declared they
had been placed far too high. After the order had been
made, Mr. Bewicke wrote letters imputing perjury to his
father-in law and addressed a letter to him thus :—" To
old
libelPe wasrjur Jeroncoems,mLelnanceedll, y,aSnoduttlhiery,
Wjuales.a"warAdnedaction
for Mr.
Jones £.500. It was now contended that the
damages were excessive, and that they were
awarded rather as a punishment for Mr. Bewicke's violent
conduct in Court. His counsel also expressed Mr.
Bewicke's regret at having spoken in improper terms of
Lord Penzance. The Court took time to consider their
decision, and in the meantime they will consult Mr.
Justice Byles, before whom the case was tried.

young man, named William Yates, was engaged
in placing a large coping-stone on a mill chimney, forty-
two yards high, at Bolton, when the stone became over.
balanced, and striking deceased on the chest, hurled him
to the ground, killing him instantly,

The tramp James Wilson, alias M'Gregor, appre-
hended at Rotherham last week for begging, who is sus-
pected of having murdered John Miller, toll-collector,
Blackhill, Perthshire, in December last, has been removed
to Scotland. Superintendent Stewart, of Dumblane, ar-
rived in Rotherham on Sunday with a warrant for his
apprehension. He has been identified from his t.hototirailh,
thq Q* 1.1144 Q 41190

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