The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-15 00:00:00

THE BRIGANDS IN SPAIN.

Correspondence from Gibraltar brings full details of
the attack upon two English officers whichwas telegraphed
a few days since. It seems that on the evening of the 6th
two officers of the garrison were coming back from the fair
at Algesiras,when they were attacked by a party of ruffians
who killed one of their horses and endeavoured to capture or
at least to rob them. The officers, however, succeeded
in effecting their escape on the other horse. This happened
close to the Spanish lines, and an alarm soon brought out
the guard. Two men, one having a bloody knife, were
captured at a drinking shop. One of them tried
to escape but was shot down by the guard. Great un-
easiness prevailed owing to the lawless state of the
country. The Messrs. Bonell arrived at Gibraltar
on the morning of the Bth, completely worn out
with fatigue. • A friend who had accompanied
the elder Mr. Bonell to pay the ransom
stated that when they arrived at Caiiz they deposited
the 27,000 dollars with the English Consul, and went to
an hotel, the Fond de los Tres Reyes. The friend, Senor
Varrese, was then told, by whom is not said, to put
a mark on his hat and walk about until he met
a man with a similar mark. He did so, but failed to
find his fellow. However, on entering the hotel again the
captain of the brigands appeared with three subordinates,
and received the money, the men disposing of it in their
sashes. Mr. Bondi was then told that his nephew would be
sent to Puerto Santa Maria, and he must go there to meet
him. The nephew was at Xeres, and the brigands returned
there with the money, which they ordered the prisoner
to divide into five equal shares. Having done so, he was
told where he was, for he had been kept in igno-
rance of his whereabouts and directed to proceed by
train to Puerto Santa Maria, where he would find his
uncle.

- The Norfolk Circuit (Mr. Baron Channell and
Mr. Justice Keating) has been fixed as follows :—Oak-
ham, Monday, July 11; Leicester, Tuesday, July 12 ;
Northampton, Saturday, July 16 ; Bucks, Wednesday,
July 20; Bedfordshire, Monday, July 25 ; Huntingdon-
shire, Thursday, July 28 ; Cambridge, Saturday,
July 30 ; Bury, Wednesday, August 3 ; Norwich,
August 6.

It is supposed that a clue has been discovered be-

tween the .Workmen's Association in Vienna and the
democratic Socialist Committees of Paris. The seizure of
compromising documents by the police is said to leave no
doubt of the alliance which exists. The day and hour of
the late disturbances in Paris were known in Vienna be-

forehand. A sort of catechism has been given to the
soldiers which informs them what to do in case of a
rising, so that they may afford assistance to the people.

The distribution of barometrical pressure has
scarcely changed, but the temperature has become de-
cidedly warmer, especially in the east and north. Mode-
rate breezes from the south-west still continue on the
English coast ; while the easterly wind in France has
backed to the north. The sky is clear in the south and
east, but cloudy elsewhere. The temperature in London
at eight o'clock yesterday morning registered five degrees
more than at Valencia, in the south of Ireland. This is
not generally the case.

The Bishop of Exeter attended a meeting held in

the Cathedral'City yesterday, on the subject of education.
His lordship said he was in favour of a most stringent
conscience clause, believing that parents ought to feel
that the ultimate responsibility of giving their children
the benefit of a religious education rested upon them-
selves. There must be concession, but the limit was
maintaining the religious character of schools. Bible
instruction should be given in school hours. Dean Boyd
spoke against compulsory education.
The American correspondent of the Cologne
Gazette, writing of the Fenian invasion of Canada, says ;
" General Sherman, who has had opportunities of hear-

ing from the President on the subject, is said to have
declared that O'Neill—and probably also the other leaders
—will be made to feel the whole strength of the law.
Nothing could be more desirable for this is the only
way to put an end to these childish and criminal pro-
ceedings, which can never produce any other result be-
yond costing a dozen people their lives from time
to time, and robbing the Irish servant maids of their
savings."

A. gentleman residing in Palace-road, Roupell-park,
expresses a hope that somebody will explain, if any one
can do so, the extraordinary incident which he proceeds
to relate :—" On Saturday, the 11th inst., between 10
and 11 p.m., a formidable rifle bullet was lodged in my
bedroom, passing through two sheets of plate glass,
blinds, curtains, &c., life being thereby imminently en-
dangered, and property necessarily to some extent
damaged." It is possible, the writer thinks, that some
volunteer returning from drill with a loaded rifle, took
advantage of the open ground in the neighbourhood,
and imprudently discharged his weapon.

The Court of Assizes at Aix (Bouches-du-Rhone),
has, just tried a man named Limperani, for the murder of
a priest named Mattei, curo of Carcheta, in Corsica,
who was found with his head nearly severed
from his body, his house having been robbed of 5,000
francs. The accused, and a man named Cialdivini,
were arrested, and tried at Bastia, when Limperani
was condemned to imprisonment for life, and the
other was acquitted. A new trial was ordered at Aix,
but Limperani only was now indicted. The accused
denied all
.participation in the crime, but the jury
declared him to be guilty, and the former sentence was
confirmed.

RIOTOUS ASSEMBLY OF IRISHMEN IN NEWCASTLE.
The Northern Daily Express says between nine and ten
o'clock on Sunday night the inhabitants of Bill Quay were
thrown into a state of alarm by the arrival of several
bands of Irishmen, who came by different routes from
Hebburn and Jarrow, Each batch numbered from 20 to
30 men, and the greater part of them were armed with
heavy bludgeons, whilst some carried revolvers and
pistols, shewing clearly that some mischief was meant.
They concentrated their whole strength in a certain part
of Bill Quay, and it was then seen that they numbered
over a hundred. They speedily commenced operations by
firing. off some thirteen or fourteen shots, part of them in
the air and the remainder against a house end, evidently
with the view of drawing out the enemy, which, it was
soon observed, consisted of nearly the whole of the Irish
residents in the place, and against whom the Jarrow and
Hebburn party expressed strong feelings of hatred. The
Irishmen of Bill Quay turned out spontaneously about
two hundred strong, and matters wore a serious aspect
when P.C.'s Kilgour and Nelson, of the Durham County
Constabulary, stationed at the Felling Shore, arrived on
the scene. At the first sight of the police the strangers
beat a precipitate retreat, leaving several of their
bludgeons behind, which were taken possession of by the
officers. Information was despatched to. Superintendent
Squire, at Gateshead, at the commencement of the affair,
and he at once proceeded to the spot with a party of a
dozen police constables, but the rioters had fled before
they arrived at Bill-quay. The object of the row is
scarcely known, but it appears it is connected with the
removal of a woman from Hebburn to Bill-quay, bringing
with her two young girls, whose friends and acquaintances
thought she bad no right to take away. The assembly
of the men had been premeditated, as they arrived almost
at the same moment from different points.