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Now ready, in 1 vol., Bvo., with illustrations, 155.,
TRAVELS OF A. NATURALIST IN JAPAN
AND MANCHURIA. By ARTHUR ADAMS, F.L.S., Staff
Surgeon, R.N.
"An amusing volume. Mr. Adams has acquired a body of in-
teresting information, which he has set forth in a lively and
agreeable style. The book will be a favourite with naturalists,
and is calculated to interest others as well."—Daily Ne*s.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for JULY, 1870.
No. DCLVII. Price 2s. 6d.

CONTENTS

Army Enlistment Act.
Earl's Dene—Part IX.
Getting Out of the Smoke.
John—Conclusion.
Lecky's History of Morals.
DoMe and the Two Smiths.
The Lords and the Irish Land Bill.
Note to our Review of " Lothair."
W. BLACKWOOD & SONS, Edinburgh and London.

Just Published, 2 vols. Demy Bvo, cloth, with Maps and
Illustrations, 305.,
THE WARS OF SUCCESSION OF POR-
TUGAL AND SPAIN, from 1826 to 1840 ; with résumé of
the Political History of Portugal and Spain to the present
time. By WILLIAM BOLLAERT, F.R.G.S., Cor. Mein. Univ.
Chile ; Ethno. Socs. London, New York, &c.
London : Edward Stanford, 6 and 7, Charing Cross, S.W.

Just Published Crown Bvo, cloth, price 4s. 6d.,
AWINTERJOURNEY TO. ROME AND
BACK, with an account of the opening of the (ECUMENI-
CAL COUNCIL, and glances at Milan, Florence, Naples, Pompeii,
and Venice. By WILLIAM EviLL.
London : Edward Stanford, 6 and 7, Charing Cross, S.W.

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London, England, 1870-06-29

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London, England, 1870-06-29

THE CURRAGH OF KILDARE.

The Government having made up their minds to
enclose the great plain of Kildare, known as the
Curragh, the extent of which covers 5,000 acres,
a bill" has been introduced by . Mr. Chichester
Fortescue for the purpose. For many years past
the pasture lands have been used by landed proprie-
tors in the county Kildare as grazing grounds for
sheep. Latterly, however, the farmers in the neigh-
bouring counties finding that but little restriction
was offered to anyone who drove a flock of sheep to
the plain of Kildare, resolved to mingle theirs with
the rest. In consequence of this step the. Curragh
soon became flocked with the ovine species, and in
1867 things went on so comfortably that owners of
all sorts of cattle led their animals out to the pasture.
In a brief time the grass disappeared, and the incon-
venience to the troops, who, when firing at the butts,
were always shooting down mules, asses, goats, cows,
or sheep became so annoying that the Government de-
termined to exercise their prerogative to the Crown pro-
perty, and to enclose the whole lands, •in the centre of
which the Curragh camp is situated. Commissioners
were appointed to inquire into all claims of pastur-
age and rights of way, and the bill now prepared is
meant to confirm their award and to make their deci-
sions supportable by law. The Government,
although they will vastly improve the appearance of
the plain and the quality of the pasture, by enclosing
it, and by only allowing the rightful parties to use it
for grazing purposes, and that, too, for sheep alone,
will be at considerable expense in the matter..
The compensation to be awarded for rights
of way, to the numerous small and large
proprietors round the Curragh will be serious,
but the sums of money that will have to be given
to the owners of racehorses, in lieu of their privilege
to exercise any number of steeds on the soft turf of
the Curragh Edge will form a far more lugubrious item
in the State's accounts. Irishmen will certainly have
reason to be grateful, if the Executive will consent
to improve the 5,000 acres of spare land in "Kildare,
as Mr. Fortescue hopes they will do.
London, England, 1870-06-29

THE BELGIAN CABINET.

A. country cannot be called thoroughly well off
when it possesses only one party strong enough to
take office ; and Belgium, happy and prosperous
though it is, labours under this disadvantage. The
Liberal Cabinet of M. Frere Orban has resigned,
but nobody seems likely to fill his place. The
clericals and the Radicals form the opposition.
They would command hardly a bare majority,
if they were combined; and they cannot well com-
bine. The Radicals are in favour of an extension of
the suffrage and the reduction of army expenses; the
clericals hold an exactly opposite policy on both
points. It is to be hoped that the difficulty will be
got over, for Belgium presents by far the best speci-
men of the English style of government on the Conti-
nest, and all ELglishmen must wish the little country
to keep clear of Ministerial troubles.

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London, England, 1870-06-29

THE EDUCATION QUESTION.

"A Catholic," who believes that tho religious
difficulty in the Education Bill is not so much one of
principle as one of dexterity in framing the working
machinery, has submitted a plan to the nines which

he thinks will meet the case. He would provide out
of the public funds for only that portion of education
which is common to all and necessary for all—
instruction in the purely secular elements
of primary education alone. The Govern-
ment should encourage the religious bodies
to give religious instruction at their own cost

in all State aided and rate-supported schools to the
extent of one hour daily, the time to be fixed by law
and free access to be given to the premises. In most
schools it will be found, says " A Catholic," that two
apartments will serve the purpose, and that practi-
cally it will turn out that Catholic and Protestant
will alone suffice to mark the division. 4.. practical
exemplification of this scheme is at present to be
seen in .a school at Edinburgh, conducted by a joint
committee of Protestant and Catholic gentlemen.
For twenty-three years the school has been con-
ducted in harmony, and there is no reason why what
has been done in one place should not succeed in
another.
London, England, 1870-06-11

COUNTY ELECTIONS.

The Standard thinks that the two county elections
decided yesterday give a most significant testimony to the
growth of Conservative opinion. They alter very little—
and, considering the largeness of the majority of which
the Government disposes, we may even say un-
appreciably—the relative strength of parties in the
House of Commons ; but they show that the policy
of the present Government is becoming more and more
distasteful to the constituencies of England. These elec-
tions will, we trust, stimulate Conservatives everywhere
to lose no chance, to omit no exertion. They show that
the good cause is gaining strength everywhere. They
promise, as the result of the pains and efforts which are
demanded, the victory of the principles, to promote
the establishment of which those labours are under-
taken. The position is a most hopeful and encouraging
one. We have not gained many seats since the general
election, but we have shown that our strength has greatly
increased ; and if only Conservatives throughout the
United Kingdom work as they have done, we may
fairly calculate at the least upon a large Conservative
majority for England at the next general election,
and hope for a majority in the United Kingdom. But, we
repeat, because we feel that we cannot lay too much em-
phasis upon the warning and the appeal, there must be no
slackening of efforts. These victories must encourage to
greater exertions. They must not be allowed to generate
a false confidence.
The Datly News believes there can be no doubt that the
electors of the Isle of Wight and of South Leicestershire
have justified the fears of their friends and the hopes of
their enemies. The tenant-farmers of these two consti-
tuencies have said ditto to their landlords. The frogs
have voted for King Stork. The geese desire to be re-
presented by the Fox. Recollecting a worthier past we
must hope for a better future. Time was when
the counties of England were the strongholds of
the Liberal party, and concentrated within them-
selves the political independence of the country.
In the election of 1831, nearly all of the 82 county mem-
bers for England were reformers. Of the present county
representatives of England, three-fourths are Tories. The
yeoman of the period preceding 1832 was the type of
sturdy British independence. The tenant farmer
since that date is the chosen exxample of political servi
tude and timidity. Full of courage and spirit on any
other occasion, and before any other men, he is too
often abject and craven in the presence of his landlorb,
or, more terrible being still, his landlord's agent,
in the canvassing week or on the polling day.
The elections for the Isle of Wight and South Leicester-
shire prove the unabated force of the disease, and the
urgent need of the remedy which Lord Hartington's Bill
proposes to administer.
London, England, 1870-06-11

THE DRUIDS AT SUNDERLAND.

The A.M.D. of Druids terminated their sittings at Sun-
derland yesterday. After a discussion of two days on the
proposal to alter the constitutional rules and centralize
the Board, it was resolved by 10,637 votes to 8,839 to ad-
here to the present constitution. Sheffield was elected as
the seat of the Board of Management, and Bolton for
A.M.D. next year. Mr. Geo. Wood was elected Grand
Master, and Mr. Thomas Cooper Vice Grand Master.
London, England, 1870-06-11

CHARLES DICKENS.

The best and most learned critique, says the Telegraph,
which can be pronounced upon the labour of the brain
now reposing, is this same instinctive, instant, and
real public sorrow, which proclaims his genius
without error, as tears testify to eloquence and
embraces translate affection. What could anybody
say about the character and influence of the
writings of Charles Dickens which would equal the
first simple words spoken in the home, the street, the
railway station, the field, the barrack, the prison, the
hospital, the workhose, the palace, the public library,
the school room, as men and women on Friday exchanged
phrases of astonishment and lamentation? And the secret
of his power is written with his own hand, in the latest
lines which he gave us :it was Sympathy. His nature
found nothing common or unclean in aught which
was good enough for God to have created. He, more
than any writer of his time, was " dowered with
the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn ;" and in his latest
green-clad number—we are forced to say his last—he puts
into the mouth of Mr. Crisparkle what may be called the
very testament of his experience, as it is the explanation
of his renown. Says he, "The wisdom of love is the
highest wisdom ever known upon this earth ;" and the
last words of the last page read, indeed, strange and
solemn now ; they are, " Comes to an end—for the
time."
London, England, 1870-06-11

ANOTHER FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.

A melancholy boat accident is reported from Ryde.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Hunlow, jun., son of Alderman
Hunlow, of the town, went out with two friendsin a small
sailing boat, which suddenly capsized about a mile from
land. All were lost.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE ELECTION.

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Paget .••
Heygate •••

▪ ... 1,775
▪ ... 1,576

Two o'CLocK.
Liberal Return.

Paget ... ... ... ... 2,207
Heygate .•• ••• ... 2,437
Conservative Return. _ .

Paget .
Heygate • • ••• ••• •
THREE O'CLOCK.
Liberal Return.

~ 2,194
~ 2,566

Heygate ••• •••
Paget ••• ... ... ...
Conservative Return.

. 2,728
~ 2,340

Heygate •• • 2,832
Paget ...2,339
FOUR O'CLOCK.
Conservative Return.
Heygate ..• •• • ... 2,955
Paget ••• •• • ••• ... 2,421
Final state of the poll. Conservative Return :
Heygate •• • ••• 3,292
Paget ... • ... 2,570
No Liberal return was issued at 4 o'clock.
At the last general election Lord Curzon polled 3,223;
Mr. Pell, 3,111 ; Mr. Paget, 2, 859. Mr. Heygate did not
address the electors at the close of the poll, but Mr. Paget
did in Leicester Market-place. He confessed his defeat,
but could not say by how many votes he had been beaten,
owing to the imperfect management of the telegraphs.
A lthough defeated now, as was said in another place, it
was for this time only. They who laughed might win, and
so with the Liberals. It was the last time they would
be defeated for South Leicestershire, and the Conserva-
tives knew it, when the ballot came into operation.

ISLE OF WIGHT ELECTION.
NINE O'CLOCK.

... 276
... 257

Cochrane (C.)
Moffatt (L.)
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Conservative return, not including Yarmouth.
Cochrane (C.) ... ."520
Moffatt (L.) ... ... 481
Great excitement prevails. Fifty "lambs" and forty
policemen have arrived from Portsmouth. Sixteen police-
men are on their way from Southampton. One hundred
and fifty special constables have been sworn in.

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Liberal return.

Cochrane

... 690

Moffatt

668

• •• ••• • •••
Conservative —Return.

... 646

- ... 990
... ... 853

... 1,011
... 958
London, England, 1870-06-11

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AMERICAN SHIPS.

The scheme to subsidize American ships, has received
a telling blow in Congress. Mr. Farnsworth made a
strong point in the statement that the effect of the pend-
ing bills would be to hire men to build the ships, and then
to hire men to run them—all for the benefit of the iron
and timber interests of Pennsylvania and• Maine. Mr.
Logan came out energetically in opposition to the bill,
and appearances seem to indicate that the subsidy scheme
will fail. There can be no objection to allowing a draw-
back of duties paid on all foreign materials used in the
construction of American ships, or of giving all foreign
postage to American ships which shall be designated to
carry the mails, in obedience to official requirements.
But all the proposed subsidies, bounties and drawbacks
which have been proposed, will not solve the problem of
the decay of American commerce, or enable American ship-
builders to compete with those of other nations. That
can only be done by the operation of the laws which
regulate the world's morkets, and which are beyond the
reach of Congressional legislation.--New York. Times.
London, England, 1870-06-11

AMERICAN SHIPS.

The scheme to subsidize American ships, has received
a telling blow in Congress. Mr. Farnsworth made a
strong point in the statement that the effect of the pend-
ing bills would be to hire men to build the ships, and then
to hire men to run them—all for the benefit of the iron
and timber interests of Pennsylvania and Maine. Arr.
Logan came out energetically in opposition to the bill,
and appearances seem to indicate that the subsidy scheme
will fail. There can be no objection to allowing a draw-
back of duties paid on all foreign materials used in the
construction of American ships, or of giving all foreign
postage to American ships which shall be designated to
carry the mails, in obedience to official requirements.
But all the proposed subsidies, bounties and drawbacks
which have been proposed, will not solve the problem of
the decay of American commerce, or enable American ship-
builders to compete with those of other nations. That
can only be done by the operation of the laws which
regulate the world's markets, and which are beyond the
reach of Congressional legislation.—New York Times.
London, England, 1870-06-11

THE REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL.

A meeting of members of the Bristol Liberal Associa-
tion was held yesterday, when a vote of condolence
with Mr. Robinson on the loss of his seat was passed.
Mr. Frederick Terrell, Mr. Robinson's chairman, pro-
posed that Mr. David Kirkman Dodgson should be asked
to come forward as a candidate. The resolution was car.
tied unanimously. Mr. Robinson sent to say he would
work heartily on behalf of Mr. Hodgson. A meeting of
Mr. Odger's friends was held last night, when it was re-
solved to take him to the poll. Mr. Odger announced by
telegraph that he would be in Bristol to-day. It is
expected that Mr. Hare will stand as the Conservative
candidate.
London, England, 1870-06-11

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FRANCE AND ROME.

The French papers publish the following communica-
tion from Rome :—" The statement is perfectly correct
that a despatch has been sent by M. Emile• 011ivier, ad
interim Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Marquis de
Bonneville, French Ambassador to the Pope, but the
contents of it have been inexactly given by the Augsburg
Gazette. The document is dated at the beginning
of May, and is not at all in opposition with the views
previously expressed by Count Daru ; it refers to
the efforts made by the preceding Minister to prevent
difficulties arising, and expressing the profound regret that
the attempt had not been successful. It goes on to state
that henceforth all controversy must be considered as
closed, and that the representative of France has no
further step to take with regard to the Pontifical Govern-
ment. Contrary to what has been announced, M. 011i-
vier's despatch contains nothing about the separation of
Church and State, nor as to the recall of the troops from
Rome. Since receiving those instructions the Marquis
has not made any communication to the Court
of the Vatican ; but in his conversations with
the French prelates he has not concealed the
fact that if, as representing a Government which has no
State religion, he abstains from all intervention in the
affairs of the Council, he is perfectly convinced that the
bishops should make every exertion to defend the ideas
which respond to those of their Government, so as not to
allow themselves to be absorbed by the majority and to
ensure, as far as lies in their power, the triumph of their
opinion, by obtaining some modifications in the details
of the " Schema." The fact is believed here that the
Duke de Gramont, since his appointment to office, has
also Sent certain instructions to the.Morquis."
London, England, 1870-06-11

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PAYING WAGES IN PUBLIC HOUSES.

A case which has just occurred at the Greenock
Police-court calls attention to the reprehensible cus-
tom of paying wages in public-houses, which unfor-
tunately prevails in too many places. A labourer
was charged with a breach of the peace in a spirit
shop, and with assaulting the owner. The shop
was used by some employers in the neighbourhood
for paying their men,and it appeared that an arrange-
ment had been made that the men should run
up a score for drink, and the sum should
be deducted from their wages on pay night. The
defendant wAnt into the shop and put his name down
for a joke. This caused confusion and he struck the
landlady during the struggle. He was sentenced to
ten day's imprisonment, but in passing sentence the
baillie passed a just censure on the demoralising in-
fluence of paying wages in public houses. The
men and their families suffered greatly through this
system, and he should like to see it put down. It is
to be hoped that public attention will be directed to
this evil habit which puts impediments in the way of
temperance among working men.

WOMAN'S RIGHTS,
"A Weak-minded Female," who is not intimately
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to know what sort of being the latter is. In what
state does she keep her wardrobe, and is she au fait
in the small matters of darning and making button-
holes? This old-fashioned gentlewoman has
prejudices. The " Rights of Women " is
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and, she fears, uncharitable ; and she asks,
" What are these people thinking of who wish to
unsettle arrangements that have worked well for
long a time, and, because things are now in an ab-
normal state, are trying to make matters worse
by introducing other arrangements which
may tend to promote the happiness of
the few, while they imperil that of the many ?" The
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host of feminine rivals. They will easily
hold the
ground against the strongest of the women. A°
to lawyers, she is prophetic, that even Macaulay's
New Zealander will fail to discover the bust of a female
learned in the law.
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CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Liberal Return.

Mr. Cochrane (C)
Mr. Moffatt (L)

... ... 1,303
... ... 1,280

THE REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL.
A meeting of members of the Bristol Liberal Associa-
tion was held yesterday, when a vote of condolence
with Mr. Robinson on the loss of his seat was passed.
Mr. Frederick Terrell, Mr. Robinson's chairman, pro-
posed that Mr. David Kirkman Dodgson should be asked
to come forward as a candidate. The resolution was car.
ried unanimously. Mr. Robinson sent to say he would
work heartily on behalf of Mr. Hodgson. A meeting of
Mr. Odger's friends was held last night, when it was re-
solved to take him to the poll. Mr. Odger announced by
telegraph that he would be in Bristol to-day. It is
expected that Mr. Hare will stand as the Conservative
candidate.
London, England, 1870-06-11

A GOODS TRAIN ON FIRE.

A goods train on the South Devon Railway caught fire
to-day, near Plympton, and the contents of three trucks
loaded with vitriol were destroyed.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES CONSUL.
John S. Fiske, United States Consul at Leith, was
brought up to-day at the Edinburgh Police-court, and
formally remanded on a charge in connection with the
Boulton and Parks case. He will be conveyed to London
to-night.
London, England, 1870-06-11

SCULLING AT OXFORD.

The final race for the Oxford University Challenge
Sculls took place this evening between Mr. A C. Yar-
borough, Lincoln College, the holder of the sculls, and Mr.
Chapple, Brasenose, the survivor of the other competitors.
Yarborough, who was the favourite, won easily by thirty-
five seconds.
London, England, 1870-06-11

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.

The second match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club
was sailed on Thursday. It was open to first-class
schooners and yawls belonging to members of the Royal
London Yacht Club, the prize being a handsome silver
salver, value 100 guineas. For the first time during
the present season wind and weather proved favourable
—a somewhat exceptional feature in Thames matches—
and the race was fairly sailed out over the prescribed
course from Rosherville round the Mouse light-ship and
back. The following half-dozen clippers entered and
started:—

1. Egeria, schooner, 142 tons.. Mr. J. Mulholland.
2. Cambria, schooner, 185 tons .... .. Mr. J. Ashbury.
3. Gloriana, scbooner, 125 tons.. .. .. Mr. A. 0. Wilkinson
4. Gwendolin, schooner, 174 tons .. .. Major Ewing.
5, Flying Cloud, schooner, 72 tons .. Count Batthyany.
6. Druid, yawl, 72 tons .. .... Mr. T. Groves, jun.

The time allowance was 20 secs. per ton up to 100 tons,
and 10 secs. per ton between 100 and 200 tons ; yawls to
have one-fifth of their tonnage added. The yachts
ultimately rounded the winning post in the following
order :

H. M. S.
Egerlia
Cambria 5 3 50
Gloriana 5 15 12
Gwendolin
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The Egeria took the prize, having saved her time with
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THE EDUCATION BILL.

The Irish Land Bill having been relegated to a
placid atmosphere, the battle of the schools seems
imminent. So at least, thinks Mr. Vernon Harcourt,
who has written a long letter to the Times,
in which he lays a good deal of blame upon
the shoulders of the Government, for the un-
satisfactory position of the Education Bill. The
hon. and learned controversialist fears that the
Commons' Committee on the bill will become little
better than a free religious faction fight, simply for
want of the guiding hand and voice of those from
whom the House of Commons has a right to expect
district counsel and aid. Mr. Harcourt says the
question really at issue in the number of con-
flicting amendments proposed to be made
is not one of detail at all, but of
principle, which he puts in this form, " Is the reli-
gious education to be given in rate-aided schools to
be denominational or undenominational, sectarian or
unsectarian in its character ?" Of course Mr. Har-
court thinks the solution lies in the selection of some
mean between the two extremes, and has a phrase at
his command—" undenominational and unsectarian."
True, this is vague, and the definition illogical, but
this is the fault of the phrase, not that of Mr. Har-
court.
London, England, 1870-06-11

PAYING WAGES IN PUBLIC HOUSES.

A case which has just occurred at the Greenock
Police-court calls attention to the reprehensible cus-
tom of paying wages in public-houses, which unfor-
tunately prevails in too many places. A labourer
was charged with a breach of the peace in a spirit
shop, and with assaulting the owner. The shop
was used by some employers in the neighbourhood
for paying their men,and it appeared that an arrange"
ment had been made that the men should ru
up a score for drink, and the sum show
be deducted from their wages on pay night. The
defendant went into the shop and put his name MO
for a joke. This caused confusion and he struck the
landlady during the struggle. He was sentenced to
ten day's imprisonment, but in passing sentence the
Willie passed a just censure on the demoralising •in"
fluence of paying wages in public houses. The
men and their families suffered greatly through this
system, and he should like to see it put down. It is
to be hoped that public attention will be directed to
this evil habit which puts impediments in the way of.
temperance among working men.

WOMAN'S RIGHTS,
"A. Weak-minded Female," who is not intimately
acquainted with any strong-minded one, would like
to know what sort of being the latter is. In whet
state does she keep her wardrobe, and is she au fait
in the small matters of darning and making button'
holes? This old-fashioned gentlewoman hes
prejudices. The " Rights of Women" is
a subject that always makes her angll'
and, she fears, uncharitable ; and she asks'
" What are these people thinking of who wish to
unsettle arrangements that have worked well for se
long a time, and, because things are now in an ab-
normal state, are trying to make matters worese
by introducing other arrangements which;
may tend to promote the happiness of
the few, while they imperil that of the many ?" The
"Weak- minded Female" gives the opposite sel
comfort, for she assures us that men need not per-
sonally fear the result if they are threatened with a
host of feminine rivals. They will easily hold the
ground against the strongest of the women. As
to lawyers, she is prophetic, that even MacaulaY's
New Zealander will fail to discover the bust of a female
learned in the law.
London, England, 1870-06-11

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Conservative Return.

Heygate

Paget

FOUR o'CLocR.
Conservaive Return.

Heygate ... ... ... ... ... 2,955
Paget ... ... .. ... ... 2,421
.
Final state of the poll. Conservative Return :
Heygate ... ... ... ... 3,292
Payget ... ... ... ... ... 570

ISLE OF WIGHT ELECTION.
NINE O'CLOCK.
Cochrane (C.) 276
Moffatt (L.) 2,7
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Conservative return, not including Yarmouth.
Cochl ane (C.) ... 520
Moffatt (L.) ... ... 481
Great excitement prevails. Fifty "lambs" and forty
policemen have arrived from Portsmouth. Sixteen police-
men are on their way from Southampton. One hundred
and fifty special constables have been sworn in.
TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Liberal return.

Cochrane ..
Moffatt ..

... ... 690
...
... 6GB

Conservative Return.

.__
Cochrane ___
... _ ... 723
Moffatt ... ... ... ... ... U 46
ONE O'CLOCK.
Conservative Return.

Cochrane .
Moffatt

Cochrane
Moffatt

990
853

Two o'CLocK.
Conservative Return

... 1,011
... 958

CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Liberal Return.
Mr. Cochrane (C) ... 1,303
Mr. Moffatt (L) ... 1,280
No Liberal return was issued at 4 o'clock.

At the last general election Lord Curzon polled 3,223 ;
Mr. Pell, 3,111 ; Mr. Paget, 2.859. Mr. Heygate did not
address the electors at the close of the poll, but Mr. Paget
did in Leicester Market-place. He confessed his defeat,
but could not say by how many votes he had been beaten,
owing to the imperfect management of the telegraphs.
Athlough defeated now. as was said in another place, it
was for this time only. They who laughed might win, and
so with the Liberals. It was the last time they would
be defeated for South Leicestershire, and the Conserva-
tives knew it, when the ballot came into operation.
London, England, 1870-06-11

WHY THE CITY OF BOSTON SUNK.

At a meeting of the Polytechnic Branch of the Ameri-
can Institute recently Mr. Wyatt read a very'important
and interesting paper upon the subject of " The Ship of
the Future." After speaking of the great "contest now
going on between the three leading nations of the earth—
England, France, and the United States—for the carrying
supremacy of the seas, and chewing very clearly that the
late war was the cause of our being behind-hand in the
race, , Mr. Wyatt said that it would be but a few years
before the United States will have gained all 'and more
than she ever lost. England, he said, is building nothing
but iron ships, while we still cling, and wisely too, to
wooden ones. Aside from the grand difficulty experienced
in keeping the bottoms of iron ships clean, the sudden
changes of temperature have such n great effect upon
them as to render them actually unsafe. He was, he said,
clearly of the opinion that to this great defect in iron
ships might be attributed the loss of the City of Boston :
for, coming, as she undoubtedly did, into the immediate
vicinity of icebergs when her whole hull was heated
through by her furnaces caused so sudden and great a
contraction as to break her into pieces. This theory, he
said, had been clearly demonstrated in our monitors during
the war.
London, England, 1870-06-11

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WHY THE CITY OF BOSTON SUNK.

At a meeting of the Polytechnic Branch of the Ameri-
can Institute recently Mr. Wyatt read a very important
and interesting paper upon the subject of " The Ship of
the Future." After speaking 'of the great -contest now
going on between the three leading nations of the earth—
England, France, and the United States—for the carrying
supremacy of the seas, and shewing very clearly that the
late war was the cause of our being behind-hand in the
race, Mr. Wyatt said that it would be but a few years
before the United States will have gained all and more
than she ever lost. England, he said, is building nothing
but iron ships, while we still cling, and wisely too, to
wooden ones. Aside from the grand difficulty experienced
in keeping the bottoms of iron ships clean, the sudden
changes of temperature have such s great effect upon
them as to render them actually unsafe. He was, he said,
clearly of the opinion that to this great defect in iron
ships might be attributed the loss of the City of Boston :
for, coming, as she undoubtedly did, into the immediate
vicinity of icebergs when her whole hull was heated
through by her furnaces caused so sudden and great a
contraction as to break her into pieces. This theory, he
said, had been clearly demonstrated in our monitors during
the war.
London, England, 1870-06-11

NO KING FOR SPAIN.

By our latest advices we learn that General Prim-
regards the declination of General Espartero to accept the
Spanish crown as final, and recommends the consolidation
of the Spanish regency. As at the same moment our
advices inform us that there is very serious objection,
inside and outside of the Cortes, to the confirmation of
plenary powers in the hands of Serrano, the inference is
that, quite in accordance with what we hinted some time
ago, General Prim himself may be the man of the future.
But there is more than this in the present tendency of
Spanish affairs. The Napoleonic dynasty rises like a giant
refreshed with wine from the recent plebiscitarY
contest in France. Almost simultaneous with
its success occurred the Saldanha revolution in
Portugal and the suggestion of an Iberian union.
The Portuguese Deputies of the old Chamber
have separated with solemn pledges against a
subordination to Spain, but not, it may be remarked,
against any union which should recognise the autonomy
of their country while combining its strength for good
results with that of their cousins beyond the Spanish
frontier, who are of the same religion, speak a language
very similar to their own and have some traditions in
common with them. The disorders in Spain and in
Portugal have recently afforded France nearly as good 5
pretext for interference as that which has called her troops
to Italy, and should those disorders continue and the
regency be found impracticable under certain conditions,
why might not the preponderating influence of France be
exercised in a peculiar way? Spain seeks for a leader.
and General Prim, in something of that capacity, has had
frequent counselling at Paris. Could he not prepare
the way for a plebiscitum in Spain which might result in
the selection of a Napoleonic prince to head the nation
How would the candidature suit the idea of a political
fraternisation of the Latin race? Stranger things than
this have happened. A brother of the First Napoleon
was once made King of Spain by force ; suppose that a
cuusin of Napoleon 111. should rise to the same eminence
by popular vote, and that his rule should, in time, cover
the entire Iberian peninsula ? Would the latter reallY
lose thereby, or would the security and peace of Europe
be any the worse off for an arrangement that would re-
pose upon so many guarantees of strength and order?,
This is a question which may have more significance and
be more nearly in accordance with the French Emperor's
new map of Europe, bearing the ante-date of 1872, than
most people imagine.—New York Herald.
London, England, 1870-06-11

THE THRONE OF SPAIN.

A meeting of the partisans of the two rival can
d:dates put forward to the throne of Spain
was held at Madrid yesterday evening. It
was reported that the Duke's supporters in-
tended to propose him as king to the Cortes
to-day-, and that in case of a refusal they meant to
propose that the Regent should be invested with full
regal powers. An explicit declaration from Marshal
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THE EDUCATION BILL.

The Irish Land Bill having been relegated to a
placid atmosphere, the battle of the schools seems
imminent. So at least, thinks Mr. Vernon Harcourt,
who has written a long letter to the Times,
in which he lays a good deal of blame upon
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satisfactory position of the Education Bill. The
hon. and learned controversialist fears that the
Commons' Committee on the bill will become little
better than a free religious faction fight, simply for
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district counsel and aid. Mr. Harcourt says the
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unsectarian in its character ?" Of course Mr. Har-
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grossest ignorance. Colonel Knox called him jackal to
the Government. Mr. Dodson did not interfere, and Mr.
Anderson did not say thatle would sooner be a jackal
than a jackass. Sir Henry Hoare's proposal to omit the
vote of £8,900 for yeomanry cavalry led to a long and
somewhat acrimonious debate, none the less vehement
qr the absence of that doughty generalissimo of
farmers, Sir Henry Edwards, unseated for bribery. Sir
Henry Hoare got small support ; only the very
advanced Radicals voted with him ; but, marvellous to
relate, Mr. Anson (who for some reason or other bas
dropped his military title,-though -well earned on the
battle-field, as his Victoria Cross testifies), was Sir Henry's
fellow-teller. This is not the line which this distinguished
Adullamite usually takes, and lie must have felt rather
funny when he saw the company that he had got into.