The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-11 00:00:00

THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC,

A public meeting on the liquor traffic was held in the
Town Hall, Windsor, last night, the vicar in the chair.
Resolutions condemnatory of the licensing system and in
favour of Sir Wilfred Lawson's permissive liquor bill were
supported by Mr, Thomas Chamberlain, J.P., ex-mayor,
Rev. Thomas Brook, General Cary, of Cincinnati, and
others. A petition to Parliament was adopted.

THE EMJCIATION QUESTION IN BIR-

MINGRAM.

A crowded and somewhat disorderly meeting of working
men was held in the Town-hall, Birmingham, last night,
to discuss the education question. A resolution in favour
of the national schools of the future being free as to ad-
mission, unsectarian as to teaching, and compulsory as to
attendance, was carried. An amendment approving of
the Government bill, and supporting religious education,
being lost by a large majority. Mr. Odger spoke in
favour of the resolution.

At the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, yes.
of day, Lord Ardniillan presiding, James Thomas Hardi •, a
commis ion agent of Leith, was o' arged with the forgery of
bills of exchange and promiss ry notes to the value of
£43,6.2 ls. 6d. ; and, further, i h uttering them to the
ank of Scotland, Le!th. The I. risoner pleaded guilty to
forging and utterin A: bills, amounting in all to £32, ,06 1 • s
10d , and he was sentenced to 25 years' penal servitude.

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A pleasing anecdote is told of the manner in
which the late Sir James Simpson wet the opposition
offered by certain Calvinistic olljectors on his first pro-
pounding the theory of 'the application of chloroform
surgioai operations. The ground taken by the
eminent physician's opponent was that in check-
ing the pain in connection with " visitations of
God," he contravened the decrees of an all wise Creator.
His reply was effective enough to satisfy the protests, he
said :—" That the Creator, during the procesS of ,extracting
the rib from Adam, must neeeisatily have adopted a some-
what corresponding artifiCe—`.` for did not God throw
Adam into a deep, Sleep."
A telegram from Calcutta says •khe diaabled steamer
Sirius, from Liverpool, arrived there on Monday.
The of Prussia was one of the Sovereigns
who telegraphed to the Emperor Napoleon their congra-
tulations on the subject of the discovery of the plot.
A parliamentary return just issued shews that
the total gross income of the endowed ch4ritiga in Mon-
mouthshire is £6,827 a year.

A account the
Calcutta says the discontent on
income tax continues unabated, and indig-
nation meetings are being held in various parts of the
accofgrtahme infer Q
country.
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It was stated the other day that the King of
the Hellenes had presented Mrs. Lloyd with £l,OOO
from His Majesty's private purse, but it now appears,
from the letter Airs. Lloyd received from the prime
Minister of Greece, that the act was that of the Greek
Government.

An infant two monthg old vas taller to the Royal
Free Hospital last night suffering from a severe wound in
one eyelid inflicted by a rat. The child's fingers were
also scratched and bitten. 'lt had been left in bed by its
mother, and a neighbour happening to go into the room,
saw two large rata on the bed. They. ran away when
disturbed, and on the child being examined it was found
that it had been injured in the manner described.

DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders
of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended
by the medical profeasion in preference to French brand Sup-
plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quolatnns
on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis-
tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings,
Strand, W.C.