The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-14 00:00:00

THE SAPPHO-CAMBRIA YACHT RACE,

The yachts left Cowes this (Saturday) morning at four
o'clock ; and were towed to the east end of the Isle of
Wight. There was a strong breeze blowing from W.S.W.,
and it is repor'ed that it is a heavy sea in the Channel. At
ten o'clock the Cambria returned under easy canvass with
sails set, and on passing Ryde Pier she hauled down her
sidling flag and hoisted the flag of the Commodore of the
Royal Harwich Yacht Club.

THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF
MR. BUXTON, M.P.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

To-day Alfred Shelley White, aged 27, was
brought before Mr. Flowers, under a warrant issued
under the Extradition Treaty, charged with felo-
niously shoDting at Mr. Charles Buxton, M.l'., on
the 19th of April last, with intent to murder him.
The prisoner, when placed in the dock, appeared
in an excessively nervous state, and, from his vacant
and dejected appearance, he seemed to be a per-
son of unsound mind.

Inspector Druscovitcb, of the detective depart-
ment of the police, said the prisoner was given into
his custody at the Prefecture of Police, and on being
asked his name said it was Alfred Shelley. He (wit-
ness) showed his warrant, and also told him
he was a detective police officer, and that
he was about to convey him to London
upon the authority of the warrant he held, in which he
was charged with attempting to murder bis late em-
ployer, Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P. The only reply
the prisoner made was " Yes," When the prisoner
•was arrested a revolver was found upon him, and on
a further search four bullets, fitting the chamber of
the weapon, were found wrapped up in paper in one
of his pockets. The pistol and bullets were shown to
him, and when asked some questions relative to
them, said they belonged to him, and be had signed
a declaration to that effect.

William Gamble, a footman in the service of Mr.
Charles Buxton, said the prisoner was, up to the day
on which the attempt was made, in the employ of
that gentleman as secretary.
Inspector Druscovitch said be did not intend to
offer any further evidence on that occasion than that
which was absolutely necessary to justify a remand.
The prisoner, on being asked by the magistrate,
declined to say anything in answer to the charge.
The Magistrate then formally remanded the pri-
soner, and he was removed from the bar.
During the short examination he appeared to be
in a wandering, dreamy state, and totally indifferent
to the proceedings.

Mr. Fechter's return from America is daily ex-
pected. His career has been successful, as he has entered
into an engagement to go back again in the autumn.

Bell's Life hears that, o❑ account of the continued
illness of Mr H ene, his entire stud of horses in training,
including Bismark, Acorn, Hawthornden, and some highly
bred two year olds, will be sold without reserve at Albert
Gate on the Thursday before the Derby.

Mr. E. M. Ward's picture of " Judge Jefferys aud.
Richard Baxter." and Mr. Fri,h's picture of Mrs. liousby as
Princess Elizabeth, in "'Twist A is and Crown," have been
purchased by Mr. Brooke, of Kenwood Tower, Highgate.
The sum paid for the first was £1,500, and 350 guineas for
the second.

Renforth, the champion sculler, offers to row any
man in the world on the Tyne, and beat him by six lengths
at the finish, for £2OO a side.

Last night a serious fire broke out in the Metro-
politan Steam Saw Mills, Borough-road. The engines were
set to work, but the whole of the mills were destroyed, and
the factory nearly gutted. Some houses in the neighbour-
hood were also much burnt,

REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH.—The Liberal
party will hold a meeting next week to definitively select a
candidate to whom the party may, if possible, extend united
support. Three Liberal candidates are now mentioned—
Mr. Tillett, Sir T. Buxton, and Mr. E. Warner.

The Melbourne Argus tells that on the news of
Sir Charles Darling's death raaching Melbourne, the Go-
vernment, in accordance with the popular wish, proposed a
provision of £l,OOO a year for Lady Darling, and a settle-
ment of £5,000 on her four sons. The bill was passed by
general assent through both Rouses, only one dissentient
being found. The Governor has given the Royal Assent to
the bill.

A disturbance arose yesterday at the Fenchurch-
street Station between the officers of the Blackwell Rail-
way Company and the drivers and proprietors of non-
privileged cabs. The company eject the non-privileged
cabs, and the league, resenting this, held a meeting on
Thursda, and resolvei to demand admission. Eight
cabs were driven up yesterday morning, and g t into the
ground, owing to the chain being down. An officer ran to
fasten the chain, and a general fight ensued, severe injuries
being inflicted on both side . The City police arrived,
and took two men into custody, but the inspector dismisse
them, and advised the company to take out summonses
which the Lord Mayor refused to grant. Cross-sum-
mouses for damages done ¶o the sabs were afterwards
applied for.

THE PROPOSED REPUBLICAN MEETING IN HYDE-
PARK.—Last night a meeting was held at the Hall of
Science, St. Luke's, when the following resolution was
agreed to :—" That this meeting having before it the official
declaration of the Home Secretary that there was no truth
n the statements made in the official journals, and in some
of the English papers, that the French Government had
demanded the extradition of M. Flourens, deem it unneces-
sary to hold the proposed meeting in Hyde Park on Sunday,
but at the same time desires to express its great sympathy
with the Republican party in France and its efforts to pro-
mote a republic in that country."

ATTEMPTED MURDER IN MAlDSTONE.—Yesterday
morning, Edward John Dry, aged 18, attempted to murder
his grandfather by firing a pistol at him. The bullet passed
very near the old man's head, and the unhappy youth ex-
pressed regret at his failure. He has been latterly in the
habit of staying out at night, and his grandfather (with
whom be had lived from infancy) locked him out. He will
be brought up for examination at the Town Hall to-day.

On Thursday afternoon some persons employed
in the washing barges near the Pont d'Arcole, remarked
two men, apparently workmen, walking by the side of the
river disputing with great animation, an I on a sudden
disappearing under an arch of the bridge. A moment after the
report of a pistol was heard, and several men, amongst
them an inspector of police, hastening to the spot
found the body of a man lying dead in a pool
of blood, with the face horribly mutilated. He was
recognized by his dress as one of the two men noticed
by the washerwomen; the other had disappeared.
A doctor, who soon after arrived, declared that death had
resulted from the discharge of a pistol point blank in the
face of the victim. The corpse was taken to the Morgue.

SUPERSTITION IN THS NINETEENTH CENT U RY.—
After the hearing of a few night charges at the Thames
Police-court, Mr. Lushington li tened to the appli atio s of
many seeking warrants and summonses and soliciting ad-
vice and assistance. An Irishwoman, dwelling in one of
the miserable ccurts off Rosemary-lane, asked the magis-
trate to arrest Biddy Coghlan for bewitchi g her hen,
which died yesterday morning, and enchanting the eggs of
the bird, at the same time producing several eggs, which
had nothing peculiar in their appearance, except that they
were smaller than usual. Every egg was bewitched by her
evil neighbour", and she killed the he by her spells.
Mr Lushington would hear no more, and told the foolish
woman to go about her business. " What shall I do with
the eggs?" asked the woman. " Take them home and conk
them for your husband's dinner," exclaimed an officer of the
court, gently pushing her out of the building. "Faith,
now," said the woman amidst derisive laughter, "am I
going, think ye, to put the devil into my husband's inside ;
shu e there is a devil in each egg." She retired much dis-
appointed that no steps were taken to punish Biddy, the
" wicked enchantress" of her hen and eggs.