The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-31 00:00:00

THE ADMIRALTY.

There is a report that the Admiralty contemplate,
as a measure of economy, having in all ships a general
messtnan, wlio will cater for the captain and officers.
Thirty-eight admirals of different grades will, it is
stated, be removed from the Active List. to-morrow
,or soon afterwa-ds. Rear. Admiral Houston has
declined to accept the new scheme.

. lii 3 Royal Ilighness the Prince of Wales:will pre-
side on Monday next at the Society of Arts, at the committee
appointed at the request of her Majesty's commissioners, to
organise the educational division of the annual international
exhibitions, commencing in 1871.1 . _

Summons have been issued for a Cabinet Council
on Saturday next, at the First Lord of the Treasury's
official residence in Downing-street.

No improvement, we regret to say, is recorded in

he condition of General Grey.

Sir John Hay's compulsory retirement at the age
of 49 shows the anomaly of the Order in Council under
which ho is compelled to retire, when it is rememb3red that
Sir Thomas Cochrane, aged 81, and Sir Houston Stewart,
aged 79, are retained on the Active List, to the former
of whom Sir John Hay was flag lieutenant 26 or 28
years ago, and to the latter flag captain about twelve
years ago. _ _

Plinee Pierre Bonaparte intends, it is said, to
reside in Brussels. He has a house in the Avenue
Louise, where preparations are going on to receive him
and his family.

The objections of Mr. Bernal Osborne to two of the
sureties offered on behalf of Mr. Smyth were heard yester-
day,' before Master Burke, who characterised the objections
as frivolous, and condemned Mr. Osborne in costs.

The Tower Subway was to have been openel this
morning, but Mr. Barlow, tho engineer of the works, being
anxious to make some further exptihnouts, the under river
lino is not yet finally thrown open for traffic.

A Dumber of the discharged dockyard hands
are about to proceed from Chatham to Pruss'a, to be
employed by the Prussian Government in naval ship-
building.

The Town Hall at Croydon, an ancient red brick
building, in which tha assizes of the Home Circuit
were held alternately with Guildford and Kingston, and
the petty sessions, and in which the municipal business
of the town was transacted, was this morning destroyed
by fire.

THE REPRESENTATION OF PEEBLES AND SELKIRK

—There is a report in Peeblesshire of the probable retire-
ment of Sir Graham Montgomery from the representation of

the joint counties of Peebles and Selkirk. The hon.•baronet
is ill. The name of the Earl of Dalkeith was mentioned as
probable successor to the present member.

. _ .
The head master of 'Marlborough College says that
he school has not beer_ broken up.
A telegram from Alexandria says the traffic through
he Suez Canal is increasing.

Mr. Sedeant Cox has undertaken the duties of
Deputy Asgistant-o uage of tne iviiacuesex sessions for the
remainder of the present sessions, on account of the death
of Mr. Payne.

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The female weavers on strike in Glasgow it is said
are about to resume work, their employers having pro-
mised to make full inquiry into their grievances. The.
joiners' strike shews signs of settlement.

Mr. Lockyer, who was sentenced to a year's im-
prisonment for intercepting his former fiancée's letters,
has (says the Ayr Advertiser) just been liberated. It will
b 3 remembered that the trial took place shortly after Mr.
Lockyer appeared as a Radical candidate at the general
election.

lzzet Pasha, late governor of Jerusalem, has been
condemned, for dishonest practices in his government, to
three years' exile in Kutahia and to 6,000 ducats damages,
and his assistant, Alustapha, to five years' exile and10:006
ducats dauiagres. .

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CLAREMONT, March 30.
•
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Peairice, went out this morn'ng.
Her Majesty drove out i❑ the afternoon, accom-
pnnied Ly Princess Louise, and attended by Lady
Churchii.

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited-the City
of London Middle Chtis Schools, Finsbury, yester-
day aft.rnoon.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, MARCH 30 (EVENING).
The Francais of this evening states that several
Senators intend proposing important modifications in
the Senatus Consultant.

The (pinion Nationale announces that General
Wimpffen, commanding the province of Oran, has
started with an army of 6,000 men for an expedition
to the frontier of Morocco.

BOURSE, March 30.—Three o'clock—The markt
closed as follows :

4i per Cent.
3 per Cents 73 95
End of month 73 97f
'.:relit Mobilier ~ 265
Transatlantic 2OO

Credit Foncior 1297 50
Paris Gas 4805

Suez Canal
325

RAIL WA

Bank Shares 2805
Itt.Fan gives 55 75
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan
Do. Debt 47
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
, Deferred ...
Cash
... 10121
6481
1186-1-
616 i
10314
631*
541
805
4,n
70
82

Orleans
Westorn .
Northern.
Strasburg
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

AMERICA.
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)
PHILADELPHIA, March 30.

The President to-day issued his proclamation, de-
claring the 15th Amendment, enacting negro suf-
frage, to be ratified. And part of the Constitution
Bill, admitting Texas to the Union on the same con-
ditions as Virginia, was passed by Congress and sent
to the President. A telegram from Texas reports a
raid by the Comanche Indians on the western border
of the State, and a massacre of more than forty
families.

NEW YORK, March 30.
The Cunard steamship Java arrived here at 8
m. to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1121 ; the highest quotation during the day
was 1124 ; the lowest, 111 f. -
Sterling Exchange on Loudon
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882
1885
1867
10-40 „
Illinois
Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland 22ic
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour--Extra State, Si 50c. to $5 10c. Corn—Old
mixed, $1 7c,

PRUSSIA AND EUSsiA.—The North Cierman
Gazette contradicts the statement which was made by a
correspondent of the A ugsburg Gazette to the effect that
a coolness had arisen between Prussia and Russia, in con-
sequence of Count Bismarck's recent explanation of his
German policy.
THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—Lord Mure has given
his decision, in the Court of Session, on the answers
lodged by the Caledonian Railway Company against the
interdict obtained by the North British Company, pro-
hibiting the running of certain trains between Glasgow
and the North. His lordship continues the interdict for-
merly granted with reference to the running a number of
trains and in regard to the Caledonian running a
4.15 p.m. train from Glasgow, has given a decision which
will enable the Caledonian to run a train earlier than the
North British, provided it does not injuriously interfere
with the train at present run by the latter company.

A SOUTH-GEIt➢IAN CONFEDER A TION.—The scheme
of a South-German Confederation, such as was mentioned
in the Treaty of Prague, is still cherished in Bavaria.
The present moment is thought favourable to the project,
which has not hitherto gained many adherents in Central
Germany. The Augsburg Gazette proposes a Confedera-
tion of the South, under the title of the United States of
South Germany, and asserts that the plan, which is based
on the following conditions, has a very exalted origin :-1.
There is to be a reciprocal guarantee of territory
2. One common regulation of foreign affairs. 3. A com-
mon military organisation under the auspices of a military
commission. 4. A common diplomatic regulation. 5.
General equality in legislative, commercial, and industrial
rights. 6. Common civil and criminal rights based as
much as possible on the North German Constitution.

A SINGULAR WEDDING.—A wedding of a novel
description has ta,keu place at Newbury. The bridegroom,
whose name is James Farr, had seen 62 summers, and was
in such an infirm state of health that he had to be con-
veyed to church in a Bath chair, drawn by his intended
wife, a buxom woman about 40 years, of age, named
Bailey. The Bath chair was drawn into the church, as far
as the font when the bridegroom was assisted out of the
chair, and with the help of the bride and sexton he
managed to reach the chancel. The Rev. Charles Boyd
performed the ceremony. It appears that in former years
the parties had cohabited together. At the conclusion of
the service the bridegroom was again placed in the Bath
chair, and drawn home by his wife, another woman push-
ing; behind. Neither of the pair were able to sign the
parish register.
THE ERIE RAlLWAY.—According to the latest
New York advices Mr. Burt, the agent of the Protection
Committee of the English Erie shareholders, was about to
commence proceedings almost immediately in the Supreme
Court of the State of New York and in the United
States Courts. " The exact nature of these pro-
ceedings," it is stated, is not known, but it is
quite certain that in their course the right of
the $50,000,000 of English-owned stock to be fairly re-
presented at the meetings of the company will be sought
to be established." Messrs. Barlow and Tracy have been
retained as counsel for the English Committee, and the
proposed proceedings will be brought before Judge Ingra-
ham, of the State Court, and Judge Woodruff, of the
Federal Court. Meanwhile it appears that a confederate
of Messrs. Fisk and Gould has been despatched on some
mission to this side.

STRANGE DISCOVERY.—As a gentleman resident
in Clerkenwell, was digging a hole for gardening purposes
in his back garden he came across the lg bones of a man.
The hole at that time was three feet deep, and upon the
gentleman digging a little more he found.that the bones
had been covered by several layers of quick lime and that
fact arousing his suspicions he at once called in Inspector
Bryant. Sergeant Rowe, and Mr. Money, the coroner's
officer, who continued • the search, and they found the
arms, shoulder blades, and back bones of a man buried in
lime. Further search was then discontinued until orders
had been received from Dr. Lankester. Near the bones
were found the remains of a rotten box. A medical man
is of opinion that the skeleton was buried in full flesh
about 27 years ago, and that the lime was used for the
purpose of burning the flesh off the bones, and so destroy-
ing the smell. No theory• has yet been formed as to
how it came to pass that a dead man was so buried in a
back garden.

A CAT AND RAT STony.—The following is given
by a fanner living near Peru, as a veritable truth, to the
best of his ability :—" He was sitting in his barn, silently
engaged in mending an old harness, when he observed his
favourite cat Torn cautiously approaching an opening
behind two barrels. Tom squatted near the point of ob-
servation, his tail moving with majestic slowness, his ears
set forward inquiringly, while his body glided nearer and
nearer the opening. Suddenly he shot forward like a
black bolt of lightning, and as quickly back again, bring-
ing with him a huge rat. The rat struggled violently
and squealed terribly, but Torn laughed, his long back
tail perpendicular. Tom laughed before he was out
of the woods, for the terrible screams of his victim
called a whole regiment of rats to the rescue. They
rushed in upon Tom from every point of the compass
too swift and too numerous to be counted. Tom was
surprised out of his discretion, and sprang up three
feet from the floor, with a rat holding to each hind leg and
the rest eager for him to comedown. lle came down, of
course, and then began a most fearful struggle. Tom swore
terribly (in cat-Latin) ; furious fell his blows. The rats
fought in silence, except when Tom's sharp teeth met
under the backbone cf some luckless wretch. Tom was
losing ground; the pressure was too great for him ; he
was down, two or three clinging to each leg, half a dozen
at his throat, and 'rats swarming all over him. At this
critical moment an Amazon eat, with her two grown
kittens, leaped from the haymow and pitched in for Tom.
This timely reinfol-coment SOOll elldtA the struggle. Tom
limped away, bleeding freely, but the dead and dying
victims of his prowess were no less than thirteen, besides
the wounded that escaped. No prisoners taken,"7-Ottaina
Bcp4tican.