The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-08 00:00:00

ELECTION NOMINATIONS.

The nomination for the Isle of Wight took place on
Tuesday in front of the Guildhall, at Newport. Mr. A.
H. Estcourt, the deputy sheriff for the island, was the re'
turning officer. The crowd was somewhat more
numerous than usual. Sir H. P. Gordon, Bart., norm'
nated Mr. Cochrane. Mr. Charles Seeley, M. 4,"
nominated, and Mr. Bonham Carter.
seconded Mr. Moffatt. When Mr. Baillie Cochrane
presented himself he met • with much interror
tion. Partial silence was obtained.by the influence of the
Mayor and the Liberal magnates, but both candidal
were much interrupted. The crowd was goo
natured. The show of hands was in favour of Air'
Moffat, and a poll was demanded.
The nomination of candidates for the representation of
South Leicestershke took place on Tuesday, at ten
o'clock, on the hustings erected in front of the Castle,
Leicester. The returninc, officer was the High Sheriff,
Mr. Edward Basil, Farnham. Major Noel proposed an
Mr. John Dove Harris, M.P., seconded, Mr. T11°1122115
Tertis Paget, as a fit and proper person to represent
the county. Mr. E. F. Dawson proposed and Mr*
R. H. Chapman, seconded the nomiation of Mr.
Unwin Heygate. Both candidates shortly addressed the
crowd, which numbered over five thousand persons. gr'
J. C. Paget spoke in support of Mr. Gladstone and adhesion,
to free trade. Mr. Heygate preferred an independen'
position, and an inquiry into the hostile commercial tariffs'
Mr. Paget was in favour of secular education ; Mr'
Heygate adirocated education with the introduction of the
Bible in schools, and feared that the subject was yet D'
long way off settlement. He advocated a compronkse
and the Government Bill as originally proposed. the
show of hands was decidedly in favour of Mr. Page:,
The proceedings were orderly, and utterly devoid of par"
display. The poll is fixed for Friday.

The Prince of Wales will be present at the
opening of the new Dulwich College on the 21st inst.
Miss BATEMAN.-The brilliant engagement of this
gifted lady is announced as concluding on Saturday, Al°er
25. Those who have and those who have not seen h
great impersonation of Mary Warner will alike be eager
to avail themselves of the brief period yet remaining to
enjoy an impersonation pronounced by all who haVe w',";
nessed it the most natural and touching picture of woman";
devotion the stage can boast.
The Western Morning News states that the Earl of
Feversham has conferred the rectory of Kirkby, york:
shire, upon the Rev. George Body, the well-known Iligu
' Church missionary preacher. Mr. Body is a warm adveci
cate of the separation of the Church from the State, an
supported that principle from the pulpit of Westminster
Abbey on the evening of last Sunday week.
The Rev. William Whitmarsh Phelps, a senior
chaplain stationed at Murree, India, has been censured IV
the Bishop of Calcutta for some remarks he has made
the " immorality of dancing." Immediately after a b
al
had been given at the station, Mr. Phelps thought proper
to preach a sermon denouncing such reunions, whereupon
the civil and military officers addressed a remonstrance
the bishop. In a very outspoken reply to this reran;
strance, Bishop Milman states that Mr. Phelps's idea
the immorality of dancing seems to him absurd, and tut
mention of the probable inability of the husbands to wee
their wives' milliners' bills, impertinent.
STRANGE DISCOVERY OF AN ADDER.—The
men at present employed in demolishing a house upwar:l'
of a century old, at the foot of South Bridge-street, ior-
drie, discovered on Saturday a large adder coiled iii the
thatch, When disturbed it turned upon one of the wen'
and was in the act of springing upon him when he broil,' a
it down with a blow of a shovel which he fortunately I's,
in his hand. He then threw the reptile into the street
l
where it attracted great attention. It belongs to the°
species of the common viper or adder, and was about ti,;
feet long. The head was depressed, almost oval, slightg
widening about the eyes, the gape being as long as t
head. There were no teeth except the fangs in the uPP,..ee
jaw, and there was a row of ten teeth in each side of the
lower jaw. —Scotsman.
GREECE.— A Malta corresrondent sends the fol
°i
lowing extract of a letter from Chalcis, dated the 25th
May :—" As yet no tidings of the brigands ; the fact
the soldiers are good for nothing. I believe they are °II,
to us. It is said they are all wounded—Takos, the chie,,
in the head, hand, and foot. The others taken were !'
is
condemned to death on Sunday morning. Spanos andti:
band of eight 0u,.,,ht to have been taken or killed a
days since ; but the troops did nothing- more than Nv°ll'B
one, who escaped with the rest, and they have not since
been heard of. The peasants are afraid to denounce theLn;
Her Majesty's ship Jaseur is here, and leaves this even.
or to-morrow morning for the Piraeus."
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A FACT FOR WOMEN. Women, in t
their grievances, do not make enough use of the fact qa,o
they were summoned to Parliament ,in Edward 11-11;o
time. Among the summonses to Parliament in 1.361:,t;
35th Parliament of Edward 111., there is one writ
admittendo fide dignos ad colloquiam ;" and amotg
earls and barons are returned Marie Countesse de IN °l.cio
Alianor Countesse de Ormond, Philippa Countesse .
March, Agnes Countesse de Pembrook, and Kathelll2
Countesse de Athole. In the preceding year, also (on
Edward III.), there had been writs tested at Wyustoq,
the sth of April, issued to divers earls and barons, to
Archbishop of Canterbury, to several bishops and ablfi'o
and to " four abbesses," requiring their attendance of
Westminster on the morrow of the Trinity. It does
appear, however, that any ladies ever actually took the h
seats in Parliament by virtue of these summonses, althoqa
numerous instances are on record of both knights an.
esquires having sat in the House of Lords in right of the/,
wives.
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COMPLETION OF ST. PAUL'S. It has already --°
announced that the scheme for the completion of Slti./
Paul's, commenced by the late Dean Milman, has ltieelf,
been revived, and is now being prosecuted with consit,l4,4
able vigour. A very influential committee, consis'ihe
not only of some of the leading men in to
City, but of persons high in Church and 0",,e-
-and distinguished for their knowledge and prod
tice of art, has been appointed, and is now ,_uoie
at work. A public meeting in furtherance of the scoe_ci
will be held at the Mansion House, under the preside Ply,
of the Lord Mayor, on Wednesday, the 13th of Jota,
when the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winche,e
Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Gathorne Hardy and others
promised to speak.
In
THE PAUL AND FARQUHAR DIVORCE CAST tier
the Court of Divorce, Lord Penzance gaye judgment in or
case of " Paul v. Paul and Farquhar." The petitioned
was a solicitor at Bristol and Maidenhead, and marter
the daughter of a genteman of fortune at the fer,aia
place. There she became acquainted with a Cabo
Farquhar, with whom she ultimately eloped. any
a
Queen's Proctor intervened,, but failed to prove 05
collusion by the petitioner, and a decree absolute
pronounced, since which Captain Farquhar 'op
married her. She had £l5O a year settled tio,
her by her father, who died last year, and the cfnestot
now before the court was the variation of 001
settlement. The Judge Ordinary desired that the r? tile
should be paid during her life for the benefit n' to o
children, as at her death Mr. Paul became entitled pd,
life interest in the money. The order was made as
with costs against the co-respondent. 17,,a
The council of the University of Cambridge haviubnrti-
their attention called to the great danger of using P;;;Ia,
cular kinds of boats on the river Cam above Newnl'e the
recommend that the subjoined edicts should receis „a-
sanction of a grace of the Senate. Persons in stat" Prove
Tani are forbidden to use on the river Cam atiga,
Newnham any boat of less breadth of beam stottt
3 feet 6 inches. Any member of the University in.:tias
pupillari who may have been proved to have used Too,
part of the river any boat of less breadth of "to De
than that above described will render himself liable her
punished by suspension, rustication, expulsion, or, ntafor
wise. Whereas it has been found to be extremely...bolo
gerous to use boats on the river Cam above Nev
small
of the kind called outriggers, or canoes, or of a kw,
breadth of beam, notice is given that if any boat Wull°ll
or other person, shall let out for hire and for use ia
the part of the Cam above Newnham to any Pere-00
statu pupillari any boat of less breadth of beam
,„ be
three feet six inches, shall for so doing be liable tu
discommuned.

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