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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-02

FOREIGN

SAVINGS' BANK BILL.

Mr. STANSFELD, in reply to an hon. member, said that
the announcement of the second reading of the Savings
Bank Bill last night by one of the morning papers was a
mistake. The second reading was proposed to be taken
on the 2nd of May.

NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr. NOEL, a new writ was ordered to
be issued for East Devon, in the room of Lord Courtenay.
PEACE PRESERVATION (IBELAND) BILL.
On the Lords' amendments to this bill being taken in
consideration,
Mr. GLADSTONE said he should not object to any of the
alterations made in the bill, except one, and as that
clearly infringed the privileges of that House, involving,
as it did, the principle of taxation, he therefore should
move that particular amendment be disagreed to.
Mr. MOORE said he had a motion on the paper with
respect to the bill, and he should like to know whether
that was not the proper time to bring it forward.
The SPEAKER informed the hon. member that the pro-
per time for him to proceed was when they arrived at
the particular part of the bill to which his motion directly
referred.
The amendments of the Lords were then read, but the
*suggestions and explanations were made in such a low
tone of voice that the greater portion of the members
teen'ted to be at a loss - as- to the . proceedings
that were taking place. At length Mr. M`Cul-
lagh Torrrens asked that he might have the
privilege of at least hearing what was being done, as cer-
tainly a great number of those around him were quite in
the dark as to what was doing. Mr. Recorder Gurney
made some observations relative to Clause 39, and tho
Solicitor-General for Ireland said it had been omitted as
surplusage. Ultimately the whole of the Lords' amend-
ments were agreed to, except the one referred to by Mr.
Gladstone, and which was to the effect of giving
an appeal to the judge of assize from the presenta-
tion of the grand jury with respect to assessment to be
• made for the compensation of the family or relations -of
murdered persons.
A committee was then appOinted, which consisted of
Mr. Gladstone, Mr. C. Fortesc-ue, tie' Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and other members to draw up reasons for
the Commons disagreeing, with the amendment re-
ferred to.
London, England, 1870-04-02

SMALL-PDX IN PARIS.

The small-pox in Paris has lately made great
ravages. It is now, however, diminishing. Eighty-
six deaths were recorded from the disease in the week
ending March 20th, which number was less than
that of the previous week by twenty-six.
It is said that the scourge has loft visible
traces behind it in the faces of persons you meet daily
in omnibuses or the parks. A proclamation issued
by the municipality, exhorting everyone to be
re-vaccinated, describes the small-pox as an epidemic,
but many of the faculty dispute the accuracy of this
term. A well-known physician, Dr. Bonniere, writing
to the Gaulois, affirms small-pox to be strictly and
exclusively contagious.
London, England, 1870-04-02

THE DIVISIONS.

The several divisions in the House of Commons on
Thursday night were marked by strict party adherence.
On the question of morning sittings before Easter
the Opposition made a great party fight, the Govern-
ment winning by 260 to 172. Most of the chiefs on
both sides took part in the division. The contests in
committee on the Land Bill attracted fewer numbers,
with the exception of the motion to report progress
on Mr. Gladstone's amendment proposing to subject
to the custom of Ulster any holding, not in that
province, where a similar usage might be proved to
exist. On this point the Government won by 271
to 186.
London, England, 1870-04-02

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(Tins Dar).

WESTMINSTER.

AN UNPLEASANT " LEGACY."—Louisa Crane, a
woman about 40 years of age, was charged with
unlawfully knocking at 4, Wilton-street, Knights-
bridge. Jas. Harding, 34, Hans-place, Sloane-square,
said she came to the house of Mr. Joseph Harding, in
Hill-street, last night, and violently knocked at the
door for some time, insisting upon being admitted,
and declaring she had a right there. The police were
called, and she was taken into custody. In explana-
tion it was stated that the defendant had formerly
lived in the house with a member of the family,
lately deceased, and as she 'possessed a key of the
street-door she persisted in entering the house to
the great annoyance of the present residents. The
magistrate told her she had no right to go there, and
having fined her Hs. for the disturbance, cautioned
her for the future.
London, England, 1870-04-02

SPORTING INTEL LIGENCF.

CITY BE TTIN G. —'2ll IS DAY.
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
100 to 12 agst Orphan (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Douglas (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Tim Weaver (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sunflower (taken)
20 to 1 agst Candidate (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Salliet (taken and offered)
BOAT RACE.
6to 4 on Oxford (taken)
NORTHAMPTO NSF-TIRE.
4 to 1 agst Briton (taken and offered)
11 to 2 agst Midsummer (taken)
7to 1 agst Falkland (offered—take Bto 1)
100 to 12 agst Faganini (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
3 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered—take 7 to 2)
20 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (offered—take '25 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Blandford (offered)
20 to 1 agst Siderolike (offered)
25 to 1 agst Starter (taken and offered)
.50 to 1 agst Moran (offered)
50 to 1 agst Captivator (offered)
TWO THOUSAND.
3 to 1 agst Kingeraft (wanted)
7to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered)
9 to 1 agst Stanley (offered—take 11 to 1)
11 to 1 agst Camel (offered)
500 to 40 agst Sunshine (offered)
20 to 1 agst Normanby (offered)
DERBY.
1200 to 100 agst Sunshine (taken)
20 to 1 agst Captivator (offered)
1000 to 45 agst Astolfo (offered)
40 to 1 agst Claudius (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Bridgwater (taken)

FLAT RACIN
AP:

_4 FIXTURES.
ZIL.

Croxton Park 1
Northampton 5, 6
West Drayton 7, 8
Thirsk 7, 8
Liverpool Hunt 9
Durham 18, 19
Lichfield .. ... 18, 19.

I Knighton 19, 20
Newmarket C is to 22
Catterick Bridge 21, 22
1 Abergavenny 21, 22
Eastbourne 22
Cardiff 26, 27
I Croydon 2e, 29
AY.
Wyo 19
I Doncaster l9, 20
Harpenden ... 20, 21
I Bath 24, 25
Stamford ...
26, 97
1 Croydon 'p6, 27
Epsom 31 to Juno 3

Newmarket Ist S 2 to 6
Edinburgh 7
Chester 10 to 13
Winchester ...10, 11
Salisbury ...12, 13
Chelmsford 17, 18
York l7, 18

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

(TIII.S DAY.)

PUTNEY, Saturday, 12 Noon.

Nothing has been done by the crews this morning,
save that Cambridge have been out for a paddle, and
the Oxonians are saving themselves for a grand trial
over the course this afternoon.

Ther Cantabs will go out and try starts, &c., with
the London Rowing Club 12-oared crew.

The Marine Conservancy have made every ar-
rangement for the safety of the crews and spectators,
and we are now in a position to inform our readers
that only two steamers will follow the race, one for
the members of the press, and another for the um-
pire and University men.

The names of the competitors, with latest weights,
are :--

OXFORD.

at lb
1. R. W. Mirehonse, University ll. 1
2. A. G. Lewis, University
3. T. S. Riker, Queen's
4. 7.'. E. Edwards-Moss, Baliol
5. F. G. Payne, St. John's
6. S. W. 'Woodhouse, University
7. W. D. Benson, Baliol
8. S. D. Darbashire, Baliol
T. 11. Hall, Corpus, cox 7 8
London, England, 1870-04-02

APPOINTMENTS.

Archdeacon Durnford will be succeeded in the
canonry of Manchester by the Rev. N. Woodward, of
St. Nicholas College, Shoreham, who is well known
in connection with the foundation of Middle-class
Schools. Mr. Francis W. Rowsell has succeeded Mr.
Antonio Brady, as superintendent of contracts of the
Admiralty. According to the Dublin Evening Mail
The O'Donoghue emphatically denies that he has ob-
tained, or expects to obtain, any appointment from
tho Government. He hopes to represent Tralee in
Parliament for many years to come. The rumour of
his being offered a Colonial Governorship gave rise
to some excitement in the Green Island, for it was
thought the promotion had been given as the reward
of recent support, or in other words, that The
O'Donoghue had sold Ireland.

THE GAME LAWS.

The constant agitation of any given subject may
perhaps tend in the end to cause a more favourable
feeling towards the most impossible aims. But
for this belief, it would be difficult to
understand what object is to be attained by
a number of members affixing their names to the
back of a "Bill for the Abolition of the Game Laws.'
Mr. Taylor, Mr. Jacob Bright, Mr. White, Mr.
M'Combie, and Mr. Dickinson are the enterprising
gentlemen who have framed a simple and sweeping
measure on the subject. The preamble declares
that in consequence of the laws protectinr,
certain wild animals, the latter have increased tot'
such an extent as to be very injurious to the culti-
vators of the soil, and that the preservation has
contributed greatly to the demoralisation of the
people, by affording continual temptation to breaches
of the law. It is proposed, therefore, to repeal the
-whole of the thirty-two Acts which form the present
Game Laws.

aiscussea' -by the rrefibytery. of Stilling.Whal die
unfortunate gentleman has done to be thus dragged
before the world, it is difficult to understand,
nut Am uampbell 6mith declares there is evidence
applicable to his "manner," his " affectation," and
the impossibility of his being heard by all the
members of the congregation. His sermons are said
by the same person to be very simple, full of
"school-girlishness and utter silliness." There is,
not a " touch of poetry" in them, nor one "tincture
of emotion ;" no logic except as a matter of
semblance, nor one consecutive or coherent
thought. The substance has been taken from
other writers, and the function of Mr. Gunu
is to make bold abstracts of better sermons, and to
turn the thought of higher and better writers into
" mere ditch-water compositions." The Pall Mall
Gazette remarks that sermons such as those described
are common enough in our pulpits, and we are never
SO severe on them as this.
London, England, 1870-04-02

➢SODRRN GEOGIIAPHY.

--
The Builder says island-making is the order of tire
day. Every isthmus in the civilized world
seems destined to have its throat cut.
Panama has long been doomed, Corinth
is a mere matter of time, and before
long we may have to correct our geographies
by describing Spain as an island. The last project, it
notices, is for a canal from the Bay of Biscay to the
Mediterranean, through 100 locks, the ships being
towed by locomotives on the banks at
four miles per hour. The Builder adds that Greece
is all alive with the idea of cutting through the
Isthmus of Corinth, and that the King of Prussia
has decided, with the advice of the Council of
Ministers, on carrying out the projected canal from
the Baltic to the North Sea. Here our contempo-
rary very naturally takes breath.
London, England, 1870-04-02

THE REVENUE AND THE BUDGET.

The revenue for the financial year that has just closed is
exceptionally large. It is ten millions sterling in excess
of what the nation contributed ten years ago, when the in-
come-tax was at almost double its present rate, and when im-
posts yielding several millions annually were still unrepealed.
It would seem clear that the cloud which has been hover-
ing over our finances is slowly passing away. For the
first time since 1866, our revenue spews symptoms of
recovering its old elasticity. Mr. Lowe's prudence in
producing his budget may perhaps prevail over
his desires, and make him hesitate to rely on
a continuance of the present return of prosperity.
Should hia estimate his resources for the forthcoming
twelve months at about £71,500,000 he will have still a sur-
plus to dispose of amounting to more than £5,000,000.
£1,500,000 of this will be absorbed by the remission of the
remaining Abyssinian penny from the income tax. It is
gratifying to find that the same year which sees a revenue
far beyond expectation has witnessed an expenditure much
below that anticipated.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND TIM
RITUALISTS.

The Church Times publishes the following letter, which
has-been addressed to several of the London clergy :
" London, House, S.W., March 29, 1870. 'My dear sir,
—lt has but very lately come to my knowledge that
the appeal from the late decision of the Court of Arches
in the case of Elphinstone v. Purchas, which I had
supposed to be general, is limited to those only of the
articles on which the judgment was against the promoter,
and that the judgment on all the other articles, not being
appealed against stands as the authoritative exposition of
the law touching the points to which whose articles
relate. The decision, therefore, materially affects your
duty and mine, ' unless, indeed,. you have already
altered certain ceremonies hitherto in use in your church,
and I should be very glad if you could" meet me and
several other clergymen of the diocese, who are similarly
affected by the judgment, to discuss the subject at
London House on Saturday next at 2.30. I should much
prefer the meeting to be private, as a friendly conversa-
tion ; but if on consultation with the other clergy
invited, you should wish to bring a legal adviser with you,
I shall not object, provided that you inform me in good
time. The clergy to whom I have written are Messrs.
Going, Mackonochie, Lowder, Nihill, and LeGeyt,
but I shall be happy to see any others whom the late
decision may affect. I am, dear sir, faithfully yours,—
J. LONDON.
London, England, 1870-04-02

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
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SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, BART.
London, England, 1870-04-02

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

Among the wills and bequests noticed in this week's
Illustrated News are those of the Earl of Antrim, whose
personalty in England was sworn under £25,000. He
appoints trustees to hold all his baronies, lordships, castles,
mansions, and lands in the county of Antrim for
his eldest son, the present earl, provision being made for
his younger children.—The will of Mr. H. Johnson, of
Alexandria, Egypt, agent for her Majesty's Government
in India, was proved under £9,000 in this country.—The
will of Mr. S. Bailey, of Norbury, Sheffield, was
proved. under £120,000. personalty. He has
left to the Sheffield General Infirmary £2,000 ;
Sheffield Dispensary and Hospital, £l,OOO ; Sheffield
Lancasterian Boys' School and Girls' School, each £5OO ;
and to the Aged Female Friend Society, £5OO ; and be-
queaths the residue of his p_roperty to the town trustees
of Sheffield.—The will of W. Per, late of Birchgrove
Colliery, Llansamlet, Glamorganshire, and of Hill House,
Templecom; Somersetshire, was proved under £35,000
personalty.
London, England, 1870-04-02

SPAIN.

MADRID, April 1.

In to day's sitting of the Cortes Senor Rivero
promised to reply to-morrow to Senor Figuera's
interpellation on the present crisis.
The House is occupied with the discussion of the
Election Bill.

A split has taken place in the Republican party
on account of the Socialistic tendencies of some of
the members, who propose, that a manifesto should
be published urging the formation of a Federal
Assembly, whereby great autonomy would be ac-
corded to the provinces.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, April I.—Three o'clock—The mark
closed as follows :

41 per Cent.
3 per Cents 73 85
End of month 74 05
Credit Mobilier 277 50
Transatlantic 195
Credit Fancier 1297 50
Paris Gas 4815
Suez Canal 295

RAILWAYS

Orleans .
Western .

Bank Shares 2BlO
Italan rives 55 80
Austrian Fives 66 50
Ottoman Loan
Do. Debt 47 50
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred —

Northern.

Cash
1015
650

1194
London, England, 1870-04-02

NEWARK ELECTION.

-
The contest at Newark yesterday terminated in
the return olnf the Liberal candidate by f
a respectableday
majority. the part o
Mr. Serjeant Sleigh, the Conservative, com-
peted on equal terms with Mr. Bristowe,
the leading Liberal, Sir George Grey being far
behind. But the latter retired, and then Mr. Sleigh's
hopes fell. lie lost ground every hour. The result
leaves the balance of parties undisturbed, for Mr.
Davidson, the late member, was a Liberal.

POSTAGE ON PRINTED MATTER.
Mr:Gladstone has announced in the House of
Commons that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is
sanguinely hopeful of being able to make provision
for the issue of a halfpenny postage on printed
matter. The Echo confidently expects that a bill
authorising such an issue will be passed
during the session. High time, too. We are the
last nation in the cheap-postage race. Though there
are immense quantities of printed matter waiting
for a reasonable rate of distribution, yet the Post-
office will not take it. The number of letters
despatched is in the proportion of twenty to one of
printed parcels. Surely Mr. Lowe and the Marquis
of Harlington ought to be glad of securing fame on
such easy terms.
London, England, 1870-04-02

THE EPIDEMIC AT MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE.

The Rev. G. G. Bradley, Master of Marlborough
College, writes to the Times to contradict the state-
ment that on thirty cases of scarlatina appearing,
three of which ended fatally, the authorities
proceeded at once to break up the school
and send the pupils to their respective homes. He
says that on the occurrence of the first fatal case a
letter was sent to all the parents, acquainting them
with the state of things, and informing them that
there was no intention of dispersing- the school,
but that if there was in any case any
special cause of anxiety, leave of absence would
be granted if applied for. On the occurrence of
the second fatal case, a printed circular, was sent'
giving permission to any parent whose son was not
"presumably protected by a former attack," to recal
him. It was added that " all possible means would
be taken to prevent any boy who was at all
unwell from travelling." Of cour3e, observes
the writer, a very large number of
persons sent for their sons, and he suggests
that the editor of the Times would scarcely have
thought the authorities justified in concealing the
calamity or in refusing to listen to a parent's wishes.
lle adds that a large number have left their boys
there, and that not a single master is off duty except
those who have nobly devoted themselves to the
task of nursing and watching the sick.
London, England, 1870-04-02

ELECTION NEWS.

Mr. Kennaway is the Conservative candidate
for the seat which Lord Courteney's resignation leaves
vacant. He is the son of Sir John Kennaway, of
Essol, Ottery St. Mary's, and late of the Western Cir-
cuit. No competitor has yet announced himself. At
Bristol it is designed to petition against Mr. Robin-
son's return on the ground of bribery and treating.
The Bristol voters seem to have " stood the market"
as unblushingly as those of Norwich. The supply of
votes, in fact, was so large that the market became
quite flat, quotations fell to half-a-crown, and the
petitioners affirm that scores were purchased at that
figure. This business, it is said, was particularly
brisk about noon on the polling day. It was at that
hour that the tide turned in favour of Mr. Robinson.
London, England, 1870-04-02

RELATION OF THE STATE TO SCIENCE.

A conference has been held at the Society
of Arts in reference to the relation of the State
to Science, and the necessity for official inquiry
into the subject by Royal Commission. A.
paper was read by Lieutenant-Colonel Strange,
F.R.S. This paper stated that the movement for
an inquiry into the state of science in England
originated at the meeting of the British Associa-
tion at Norwich in 1868. Colonel Strange said
that of late the tone of public feeling was in favour
of extending, instead of restricting, the functions of
Government respecting scientific objects. The meeting
was addressed by the chairman (Lord Henry Lennox,
M.P.), Professor Williams, Professor Balfour
Stewart, the Astronomer Royal, Dr. Miller, Dr.
Mann and Mr. G. Boiley. A resolution was adopted
to the effect that the Conference of the Society of
Arts desires emphatically to affirm the conclusion of
the British Association, that a Royal Commission
to inquire into the relations of the State to science
is very desirable, and to recommend that the score
of the inquiry be made as wide as possible.

A SMILE PROM PRUSSIA.

I!Sr.Hammond,who has been before the Select Com-
mittee on Diplomacy, has achieved a wonderful feat.
ne has actually made Prussia smile. According to the
statement o fa correspondent,the evidence o f that gentle-
man ab. out the necessity of maintaining a "mission" at
Dantzic, as if that old Prussian seaport town were
the capital of an independent State, was too much
even for our phlegmatic and impassable neighbours,
and they have condescended to be greatly
amused thereat. The correspondent in question
gives the following as the solution of the mystery.
During tho Crimean War, he says, England feared
that gunpowder and other articles contraband of
war would be• Sent to Southern Russia through Prus-
sia, and she accordingly appointed agents to watch
the harbours and the Prusso-Russian frontier, some-
times not without success, for the high prices of salt-
-petre, lead, &0., in Russia induced many merchants
to speculate in those articles. At that time the
British Embassy at Berlin stationed diplomatic
or. semi-diplomatic agents at Dantzic, and
hired quarters there, perhaps in order the more
' semrely to carry out its surveillance in that town.
All these arrangements ought naturally, says the
correspondent, to have dropped when the war was
over. The same authority suggests a job between
the Ministry and its Berlin Embassy. But would this
have raised a smile from Prussia ?

EDUCATING VOTERS.

President Grant has followed up his Special 'Mes-
sage to Congress on the decline of American commerce
via another on theincremolAmerican voters, . The
London, England, 1870-04-02

EMIGRATION.

Arrangements are being made for conveying the
emigrants who are shortly to proceed to Canada in
Government troopships. These emigrants will con-
sist of men discharged from the dockyards and War-
office establishments, who, with their wives and
families, will be provided with passages on the pay-
ment of £2 for each adult. The Lords of the Admi-
ralty have appropriated two of her Majesty's troop-
ships to this service, the first of which is expected to
sail from Portsmouth about the middle of next
month, and to arrive in Canada shortly after the
opening of the season, which is the best
time for settlers to reach the Dominion.
Apropos to this subject it is noticeable that the out-
flow of Irish is proceeding with renewed activity.
Four steamers have this week taken from Cork
some fifteen hundred emigrants. The Cork Exa-
miner says the rush westwards is likely to assume
proportions as great as the old exodus ; and the
change, it adds, is all owing to the Coercion Bill, or
Act, as it may now be called.
London, England, 1870-04-02

BIRTHS.

---
DIGIllt —On the 31st ult., at Chalmington House, Dorset-
shire, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Digby, of a son.
RoumrsoN—On the 31st ult., at King's Lynn, Mrs. T. C•
ltobertsou, of a daughter.
London, England, 1870-04-02

THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL AND THE LEAGUE.

The John Bull declares that in the Government Educa-
tion Bill the question now is whether Mr. Gladstone
means to sacrifice his high-minded colleague to the bigotry
of the obstructives, or carry a great measure by general
consent at the risk of losing the sharp end of his Tail ?
His language, as usual, is open to a variety of interpreta-
tions. Passing over the real objections of the League,
and heaping coals of thanks upon their heads, he begged
for the withdrawal of their amendment on a promise to
consider of a ' time Conscience Clause.' "What the
League understood by this they have taken good care to
publish at the meeting in St. James's Hall. They have
obtained, they say a complete separation of the religious .
teaching from the general school course, and gratitude
for this great gain, they mean to press all their other de-
mands in Committee, at the risk avowed by Lord Russell
of defeating the Bill for the present session. Possibly the
League mistook the Premier as much as the Femans mis-
took him in supposing he had promised to govern Ireland
on . Irish ideas. But it is very unfortunate that a
man in Mr. Gladstone's position, with his
apparent command of words, should be so • often
misinterpreted. The Church party has been a little too
eager to close with a great practical scheme brought for-
ward by_ the strongest Government known for many
years. Unless" a speedy solution can be obtained of the
doubts engendered by Mr. Gladstone's coquetting with the
League, the Church may resign herself to the anticipated
defeat of Mr. Forster's measure, and reserve her strength
for the more genuine controversy promised next year. We
shall be sorry for Mr. Forster and the cause he has so
honestly at heart. But the House of Lords is strong
enough we trust to throw out a bill introduced on the
principle of combined religious and secular education, and
transformed, after the Second Reading, into the opposite
principle of separation. In the House of Commons too,
we must warn Conservatives that they cannot shirk the
division from a fear of offending Dissenting constituents,
without forfeiting the confidence of Churchmen. We do
not write so many letters to our representatives as w,
ought perhaps, but they may depend upon it 'the issue
a vital one, and we are thoroughly in earnest.
London, England, 1870-04-02

FRANCE.

PARIS, April 2.

It is believed on good authority that the Senatus
Consultum will be submitted to the ratification of a

The Committee of the Senate appointed to report
upon the Senatus Consultum is composed of M. M.
Baroche, Bondet, Drouynde Lhuy, Behic, llevienne,
Maupas,'Magne, Chasseloup, Rouher, and Banchard
the majority of whom are favourable to the measure.
CREUZOT7 April 2.

Assemblages of women and children continued
yesterday evening, and stones were thrown at the
military patrols. The Procureur Imperial and the
Judge d'lnstruction have arrived.
London, England, 1870-04-02

10th constitutional amendment gives the iTanchise to
no fewer than four millions of coloured citizens. These
do not form an enlightened part of the community,:
though there is no evidence to prove that they are in
any more deplorable state of darkness than many of
the New York IriSh. But President Grant wishes
the new acquisitions to do their duty as
electors ; for the Republican form of govern-
ment, he says, can endure only when
intelligence and education are widely diffused
amongst the people. He calls on Congress to take
measures to promote and encourage popular educa-
tion, and urges people to see that all possessing poli-
tical: rights shall have an opportunity to acquire
knowledge, as by such means only can the benefit
contemplated by
.the 15th amendment be secured.
It is a pity there is no one to display similar anxiety
on behalf of our own electoral treasures at Bridg-
water and Beverley. Ours is not a Republican
Government, but it is hardly likely that it will the
more endure unless some enlightening- measures are
taken. And appliances for the instruction of British
voters would be doubly valuable, for they might be
turned to the advantage of candidates as well.
London, England, 1870-04-02

MARRIAGES.

ASHER. - CRAWFORD —On the 31st ult., at Fdinburgh, Ale3E-
ander Asher, Esq., advocate, Edinburgh, to Caroline Julia
(Minnie), eldest daughter of the Rev. Chas. H. Crawford,
rector of Old Swinford, Worcestershire.
HARVEY—WHEELER-On the 30th ult., at Barnstaple, W. O.
Harvey, of Lincoln's- inn, barrister-at-law, to Enitr,ntl,
Zoller, youngest daughter of the late Gervaso Wheele
Esq.

DEATHS.
MERRIMAN —On tho 80th ult., at Knutsford, Charles A'

Merriman, Esq., aged 55.
MURRAY--On the 31st ult., at Waterside, Dunifrieeshire!
.Rear-Admiral A. Murray, aged 61.

London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREW.-e , of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tau SUN Office, No. 112, Strand'
in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tho County of JiliddleseV*l
Saturday, April 2, 1870,
London, England, 1870-04-02

TIER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, April 1.

The Queen, accompanied by her. Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise, went to London, and paid a
visit of condolence to the Hon, Mrs. Grey at St.
James's Palace.

The Princess of Wales drove out yez,tel day.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(REUTE it's TELEGRAMS.)
PORTUGAL.

LISBON, April 1.

The King, in opening the Cortes yesterday, an-
nounced that a proposal for the reform of the House
of Peers would be brought forward, and that the
best attention of the Ministry would be given to the
grave state of the public finances.
London, England, 1870-04-02

ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR.

The Lancet, referring to the subject of consuming
the entire wheat grain in place of that which is now
commonly used, says that whilst it has on more than
one occasion commended the use of entire wheat
flour, and condemned that of mere starchy
compounds, especially in the case of the young, it
has counselled the subtlest pulverisation of the
branny portion of the grain, so that its irritant
qualities may be destroyed. Our contemporary says
that Professor Attfield has just made the careful
analysis so much needed, determining the
changes undergone through the agency of
cerealin and. in the cerealin itself. The result is as
follows. He finds that this flour au naturel contains
15.2 per cent. of moisture, 14.1 of gluten, 1.62 of
phosphate, and P9l of cerealin. By the appli-
cation of heat, as in gentle roasting, a
portion of the Attural moisture_ escapes, and
the starch is in part changed. The amount
of moisture is 10.8 per cent. of the gluten, 15
of phosphates, 1.65, and cerealin 1.2 in the roasted
flour, which, in fact, is richer in flesh and bone form-
ing substance than before. Moreover—and this is a
most important fact—six-tenths of the cerealin re-
mains in the soluble state, to act as the digestor of
starchy foods taken into the stomach with it. As
regards the state of the cerealin in cooked flour, the
fine ground flour of the entire wheat grain is proved,
therefore, to be altogether the most desirable for
ganeral consumption.
London, England, 1870-04-02

THIRD EDITION.

The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published
in tim for dolivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

ITALY.

(BY EEUTEIt'S TELEGRAM.)

ROME, April 1 (Evening).
The Civilta Cattolica publishes an article with the
object of proving to the wood that the unanimity
of the Fathers on the question of the personal in-
fallibility of the Pope is not necessary, a simple
majority being sufficient to define the dogma. ,
London, England, 1870-06-06

HALF-PENNY POSTAGE CARDS.

The Government proposal to bring out a half-
penny postage card has set all the stationers by the
ears. " Some others" of that ilk consider that
explanation is needed of the fact that one
firm have received orders to prepare within
a certain, period a large number of the new
halfpenny stamps, while no opportunity has been
afforded to their fellow manufacturers to tender for the
supply. They would also like to know the
amount the authorities have sacrificed by thus

JUNE 6, 1870.

withholding the transaction from the usual compe-
titon. " Another stationer " complains that whereas
the Government agents are not called upon
to pay for the stamps in advance, their cost
being generally eight times the value of the
material to which they are affixed, it is impossible
for a non-agent to obtain a capital on the profit thus
locked up. "A Tax-payer" defends the Government
practice on the ground that it can make a better
bargain for the public, through its agent than other-
wise.
London, England, 1870-06-06

QUACK ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Telegraph does not as yet furnish a satisfac-
tory explanation of that quack advertisement affair.
It will be remembered that a day or two ago at
Guildhall, a man named Orr declared that
a certain advertisement of a nauseous cha-
racter had been inserted in the Telegraph
for thirtyshillings (much above the ordinary charge),
and that he could get any advertisement inserted by
paying a sufficiently high price for it. The Telegraph
denied that any such advertisement had appeared.
The man Orr the day after handed to the magistrate
a receipt for twenty shillings for the insertion, not
of the precise advertisement in question, but of one
of precisely the same purport, though different in
form. Whereupon the Telegraph publishes the
following:—
With reference to the case of Mathew Orr, recently re-
ported in these columns, it is necessary to repeat what
has been already stated here, and what was originally
stated by Mr. Montague Williams, that the advertise-
ments brought under the notice of Sir Robert Carden
never did appear, and never could have appeared, in this
paper. In what way Orr is to be dealt with, not only for
his statement of falsehoods, but also for the manner in
which he obtained insertion of a different advertisement
in a disguised form, and which wholly escaped the notice
of the head of the advertisement department, is a matter
now under consideration.

Now, it is quite possible that the noxious notice, in
a " disguised form," might have obtained insertion.
The difficulty is about the higher rate—twenty shil-
lings for an advertisement, which, according to the
usual tariff, would not have been charged above one-
fourth.
London, England, 1870-06-06

MILITARY REORGANISATION.

For several mouths past a large number of officers,
who have consented to serve in the new Control
department or in the Army Service Corps, have been
kept in a state of anxiety and suspense as to their
future prospects, a state of things which reflects very
seriously on the conduct of the authorities. When
the necessity for reform and reduction was first
thought necessary, officers in the line were offered
extraordinary advantages of pay and position, if they
left their regiments and tendered their services to
the Control section of the Army. This branch, it
was said, would be formed by a combination of the
military store, commissariat, barrack, • and pur-
veyor departments. Nothing, however, has yet been
settled, either as to -the rank these officers
are to hold, the titles they are to claim, or the sala-
ries they are to receive. The principle on which the
divisions named are to be amalgamated for
the mutual benefit of officers and men,
though a long time under consideration, has
never yet been even approved of. A rumour
of good times coming is now mentioned by a
military contemporary, which states that a gazette
will in a . few days be issued, giving all
the decisions arrived at with reference to
the new department as well as a list of promotions.
It is to be hoped that this statement is trustworthy,
as the apparently cavalier manner in which many
officers believe themselves to have been treated by
the Horse Guards, has caused a degree of indignation
which cannot be expected to be borne peaceably
much longer. The report published by
the Army and Navy Gazette, however,
applies only to the Control division. What
is to become of the Army Service Corps, to which the
officers and men of the military train were nominally
transferred ? Why is it that the public are not told
of the satisfactory result of the Government idea ?
It can scarcely be true that the new corps is in as
queer a state in its life time as the old corps was
when its death was so ardently desired.
London, England, 1870-06-06

MILITARY REORGANISATION.

For several months past a large number of officers,
who have consented to serve in the new Control
department or in the Army Service Corps, have been
kept in a state of anxiety and suspense as to their
future prospects, a state of things which reflects very
seriously on the conduct of the authorities. When
the necessity for reform and reduction was first
thought necessary, officers in the line were offered
extraordinary advantages of pay and position, if they
left their regiments and tendered their services to
the Control section
.of the Army. This branch, it
was said, would be formed by a combination of the
military store, commissariat, barrack, and pur-
veyor departments. Nothing, however, has yet been
settled, either as to the rank these officers
are to hold, the titles they are to claim, or the sala-
ries they are to receive. The principle on which the
divisions named are to be amalgamated for
the mutual benefit of officers and men,
though a long time under consideration, has
never yet been even approved of. A rumour
of good times coming is now mentioned by a
military contemporary, which states that a gazette
will in p, few days be issued, giving all
the decisions arrived at with reference to
the new department as well as a list of promotions.
It is to be hoped that this statement is trustworthy;
as the apparently cavalier manner in which many
officers believe themselves to have been treated by
the Horse Guards, has caused a degree of indignation
which cannot be expected to be borne peaceably
much longer. The report published by
the lrnty and Navy Gazette, however,
applies only to the Control division. What
is to become of the Army Service Corps, to which the
officers and men of the military train were nominally
transferred ? Why is it that the public are not told
of the satisfactory result of the Government idea?
It can scarcely be true that the new corps is in as
queer a state in its life time as the old corps was
when its death was so ardently desired.
London, England, 1870-06-06

SPAIN AND GREECE.

Thanks, says the Telegraph, to the better management
of the officials the capture by Spanish brigands has
bad a very different issue from that which so
tragically crowned the exploits of their compatriots in
Greece. The two Englishmen captured near Gibraltai
have been released, and are now safe' again,
under shelter of the guns of .that redoubtable fortress,
and the result says something for the efficiency of the in-
ternal administration under the present so-called provi-
sional system. It is clear enough that the Minister of the
Interior wields a power which is felt far from the centre
of Government, and that the local authorities want
neither tact nor energy in carrying out their instruc-
tions. The contrast between Spain and Greece could
not be more complete. Serrano and Prim may have their
faults, but no one, even at Madrid, thinks of accusing
them of complicity with brigand arrangements. There is
no awkward fighting at cross purposes between members
of the same Cabinet, no suspicion that the nominal
defenders of the law tamper with its worst ene-
mies, and no encouragement of bandits as a reserve
with which to stir up civil war within the dominions of
a friendly neighbour. Spain is making great efforts under
serious disadvantages to secure the respect of more stable
Powers, and we may welcome every proof that she gives
of success in internal administration, as strengthening her
claim to stand on terms of equality among civilised
Tl:uropean States.
London, England, 1870-06-06

WEST DRAYTON MEETING-THIS DAY.

The following trainers will have horses at this meeting :
Stevens, Martin, Nightingall, Brown, Lowo, Rickards, Ford,
Goddard, Sherwood, Deacon, Barry, H. Goater, Holman, H.
May, Kendal, S brimpton.
Aftermath, Nigntjar, and all Mr. H. %Fright's horses have
been struck out of all West Drayton engagementc.
Inspector Tanner will be at the outer gate each day, to
keep the welshers out.

CITY BETTING—SATURDAY.
GRAND PRIZE.
3to 1 agst Sornette (offered—take 7to 2)
100 to 30 agst Bigarreau (offered-4 to 1 taken to
£300)
9to 2 agst Coutts (offered-5 to 1 taken and
wanted)
7to 1 agst Recorder (offered)
100 to 8 agst Monseigneur (taken and offered)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
6to 1 agst Mysotis (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Newsman (taken)
10 to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken)
100 to 8 agst Five per Cent. (taken)
ST. LEGER.
4to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered)
4to 1 agst Macgregor (taken)
500 to 400 agst any two (offered)

The Duchesse de Masser has just died, at the
advanced age of 90 years. She was to wife of Nicolas
Regnier, one of Napoleon's judges, who was raised to the
peerage for his complicity in the death of the Duc
d'Enghien, &c. When the emigr6s came back to Paris
the nicknamed his Grace the Duc de Massacre.

An agricultural labourer, of Owermoigne, in
Dorset, named George Garland, was on Wednesday found
under some bushes with his throat cut ; a rake near him
had been the instrument used. On Friday he was in a
hopeless condition at the County Hospital. He suffered
from religious mania—frequently stating that he was
" under the control of the devil."

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of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended
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London, England, 1870-06-06

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London, England, 1870-06-06

STARTLING DOINGS IN CASHMERE.

Among the news from India which has just arrived is a
report of a startling communication which has been re-
ceived from Mr. Hayward, the traveller, with reference
to aggressions that have been carried on by the Mahara-
jah of Cashmere at different times within the last twelve
years in the Gilgit valley. Taking advantage
of dissensions among the ruling family in
that Trans-Indus territory, he seized the fort of
Gilgit in 1858 ; and an expedition to Yassin was under-
taken on a large scale in 1863. On the latter occasion the
inhabitants of the place, taken by surprise, were obliged
to seek refuge in a hill fort some miles distant, and were
afterwards induced to lay down their arms by promises,
that they should remain unharmed. A massacre
followed which will only find its parallel in
the history of the Indian mutiny. On the hill
side, where the massacre occurred, Mr. Heyward, seven
years after the event, counted 14 still entire skulls,
nearly all those of women and children. " The ground is
literally white with bleached human bones, 'and the re-
mains of not less than 400 human beings are now lying on
this hill." By a treaty passed in 1846—the treaty under
which the Maharajah of Cashmere is a ruler at all—" the
limits of the territories of Maharajah Goolab
Singh shall not at any time be changed with-
out the concurrence of the British Govern-
ment." The Maharajah has, however, conquered Ladakh
and Baltistan, and Mr. Hayward attributes to him " con-
tinued attempts at aggression in the direction of Yarkand
and Badakhshan. " Mr. Hayward says it is " well known
that Russian agents have already met with a favourable
reception in Cashmere ; " and he observes, " That the
Maharajah is now intriguing with Russia by the route of
Gilgit, -Yassin, Kolat, Hissar, and Bokhara cannot be
doubted."
London, England, 1870-06-06

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, June 4.
The Independence Beige thinks that the French Minis-
ters will adopt means to procure a general election in
consequence of the great difficulties with which they are
surrounded.
The King of the Belgians will not, it is reported, return
to London next month.
It is thought likely that the Belgian Ministry will resign
should the King oppose the dismissal of the Procurateur-
General.

RELEASE OF THE GIBRALTAR CAPTIVES.
MADRID, June 4.
Mr. Bonell and his nephew have been released, and are
now at Gibraltar with the Prefect of Cadiz.
London, England, 1870-06-06

DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. Issue
of £255,000 Perpetual 6 per cent. A Debenture Stock,
which -"cock is a first mortgage charge upon the whole under-
taking of the DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY, which,
in
by
per agr
peemetuity by the Bent confirmedßlST byOL Act
AND of PaEXETER rliament, is
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The Directors of the DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY
are prepared to receive Subscriptions for £255,000 (balance
unissued of £270,000) First Mortgage A Debenture Stock, bearing
6 per Cent. per annum Interest, which is issued in pursuance of
the Railway Companies' Act, 1867.
The price of issue of the Stock now offered for Subscription
is Par, or £lOO for each £lOO Stock ; it will be issued in any
amount not being less than £lOO Stock, payable as follows :
.410 on each £lOO Stock subscribed, payable on application.
10 P I PP PP „ „ allotment.
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London, England, 1870-06-06

ISLE OF WIGHT ELECTION.

On Saturday night the working men's committee met
Mr. Moffatt at the Town-hall;Ryde. Mr. Barrow, J.P.,
occupied the chair, and a conversation took place on the
various political topics of the day. Among other things the
propriety of giving votes to single ladies and widows was
discussed. Mr. Moffatt declined to pledge himself on the
subject, as it was at present in a very unsettled state. If
widows and single ladies, he said, had votes on account of
their possessing property, why should not married ladies
who had property independently of their husbands possess
the franchise; and if they had it, why should other married
ladies be deprived of it ?
London, England, 1870-06-06

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