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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-07

MR. FORSTER.

The Daily News thinks that Mr. Forster's speech at
Bradford deserves attention both from the supporters and
the opponents of the measure. The Bradford discussion
epitomised the whole of this dispute. It is a difference
among friends ; a question of more or less ; a disagree-
ment as to how much can be done between those
Who agree in the main as to what should be done.
The hope which was expressed by Mr. Forster's
constituents that he would pass his bill this year, and
their expression of gratitude for the immense step in ad-
vance which the bill proposes to make, fairly represented
the predominant feeling of the country. The bill gives
for the first time, a national system of primary in
atruetion. Nearly 20 years ago Mr. Cobden said in a speech
at Manchester. " There are but two principles on which
You can carry on an education system in this country, or
in any other, with the slightest approximation to justice.
The one is, if you will have a religion, to form
Your plan so as to pay for the teaching of all
religions ; the other is, to adopt the secular system, and
leave religion to voluntary effort. The Government bill
is an attempt to reconcile these conflicting principles by
satisfying neither, and the choice now before the country
to adopt the secular system, and leave religion to
voluntary effort" at once, or to do so after some years of
strife and confusion, in which religion itself will be dis-
credited, and the system of Government interference with
it will receeive its death-blow.
London, England, 1870-06-07

GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE.

The Post declares it is commonly of little use to preach,
and, above all, to preach moderation, to French poli-
ticians ; but perhaps the incidents of the last week will
serve to show its necessity. Trivial and little creditable
as they are, they will have done good service if they teach
the members of the Corps Ldgislatif to be more tolerant
of and generous towards a Ministry placed in a trying
Position, with a difficult task to perform. At the same time
the Ministers themselves, and M. 011ivier above all, have
something to learn. They are too thin-skinned by far,
and too much inclined to encourage their adversaries
by " rising" to their irritating baits. A little more
indifference to criticism, and a little more deter-
mination to disregard all opposition that is not
Plainly in earnest, and directed against its existence,
would enable the 011ivier Cabinet to go its way much
more surely and steadily, and might save it from scramb
ling discussions which, like that of Saturday, although
they end satisfactorily enough for the Ministry, serve
no other good purpose, and always leave evil fruits
behind.
London, England, 1870-06-07

HOLBORN AMP HITHEATRE.

An entertainment entitled "The American Ethoscope"
has been produced here, which will be largely patronized
during the holiday season. It is an enlarged production
of that generally known as " The Ghost Illusion," which
was introduced some time ago by Professor Pepper. In
the Great Mirror on that present occasion we have a com-
pressed representation of "Faust' and "Marguerite ;" the
music being sung by Mr. G. Loder, Signor Angyalfi, and
Miss Sarah Nelson. There is also a second part, which
consists of a variety of the most comical and fantastic
illusions, which, with the admixture of dancing and the
violin performances of the Albanos, produces an enter-
ment of a very excellent and pleasing description.

YACHTING.
NEW THAMES YACHT CLUB.

A provision having been made in the regulation for the
schooner race that should there not be sufficient entries
for the second-class, the vessel or vessels entered should
compete in the first class, rating at not less than 100 tons
—both class prizes being given (2160 and £50.) Count
Batthyany's Flying Cloud, the only vessel entered for the
second class, will necessarily be included amongst the
competitors on Friday, the list being as follows
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Cambria lB6 ... Mr J. Ashbury
Egeria
Gloriana
Flying Cloud

The Post says that the Marquis de Lavalette will
permanently continue to represent the Emperor at the
English Court.
The Musical Standard says that a new operetta,
having the exceedingly original title of " Adam and Eve ! "
has been produced by Paul Heyse, and successfully put
upon the boards at Munich.
HONEYMOON IN GAOL.—A young woman named
Hams was married the other morning in West Hartlepool.
The same day she was apprehended for stealing a quantity
of household linen and wearing apparel belonging to her
to
late master, in whose service she had been upwithin a
short time of her marriage ; consequently, she is spending
her honeymoon in gaol.

(ADVERTISEMENT.]—Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—
How is health to be preserved, or won when lost ? The
human body is made of nerves, vessels, and bone, all of
which are formed from the blood, aided by the glands.
These Addison compares to a bundle of pipes and strainers.
To cleanse and clear these from all obstructions and im-
purities is the art of medicine. Holloway's medicaments
happily effect this object ; not one of the infinitude of pipes
and strainers escapes their purifying power. They
thoroughly remove all noxious matters, and expel all cause
of disease. They act most beneficially on every organ.
The pills internally, and the ointment rubbed on the
glands, restore vigour to the body and cheerfulness to the
mind.
London, England, 1870-06-07

SMALL-PDX IN PARIS.

During the last week the small-pox in Paris has been
on the decrease. The number of deaths were still ex-
cessive, there being as many as 173 victims to the disease
from the 29th of May to the 4th of June. The decrease
in the general mortality was 80.

[The following appeared in our Special Edition of last
evening :—]

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, June 5.

Yesterday a demonstration was made by five thousand
adherents of Marshal Espartero• They went in procession
with flags and banners. There has been a separation be•
tween the Unionist and the Alphonsistas, and the former
will take the title of Septembristaa•
London, England, 1870-06-07

THE POLICE AND THE. puinac.

"An Unbiassed Man" relates an incident of
which he states he was an eye witness, and which
adds another to the numerous instances lately re-
corded of brutal conduct on the part of the police. He
says he was walking along Regent-street with a friend
when two policemen came up and seized hold of a
young man and young woman who were talk.
ing. The constables, . having obtained firm
" grips," shook their victims, flung them against
the shutters, and threw them upon the pavement
by turns. They were then dragged round Foubert's
Place towards Marlborough Police-court. The wit-
ness and his friend followed with a view of giving
evidence, but suddenly, to their surprise, they
found that the prisoners were released. On
speaking to the policemen one of them made an alle-
gation against the prisoner, which the witness states
he can declare on oath was false. The treatment of
the two persons by the officers, he adds, was inhuman
and ruffianly. This is certainly an extraordinary
story, and one that should be verified before the
police authorities.
London, England, 1870-06-07

THE FENIAN PRISONERS' INQUIRY.

The Amnesty Association has applied to the Sec-
retary of the Treason-Felony Prisoners' Inquiry
Commission to permit some person on behalf of the
friends of the prisoners to be present for the purpose
of offering evidence and putting questions to the wit-
nesses who may be examined. The secretary has
stated in reply that the Commissioners, after due
consideration of the proposal, do not consider
their granting such an application would
promote the due investigation of the subject.
They will, however, be ready to receive from the
friends of the prisoners, or any one acting in their
behalf; any statement in writing which may be
thought deSirable. Further, if the friends of the
prisoners desire to tender any witnesses for exami-
nation, the commissioners will ,consider any applica-
tion forwarded to them to that, effect. They add
that care will be taken to give due notice to each
prisoner a reasonable time betbre his examination,
and so to conduct such examination as to enable each
man to give his evidence in the most,free and. uncon-
strained manner.

TRANSFER OF THE GAMBIA TERRITORY.

The transfer of the Gambians to the dominion
of the French is an act which certainly
demands an explanation from Lord Granville.
All we know at present is that about the Ist of May
1E1,4 a French gunboat with several officials

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from Senegal arrived at Bathurst, the capital
of Gambia, to take the preliminary steps
for transferring the colony to the , Frei]eh
dominion. This, it is said, was the first
intimation the inhabitants had of any such
intention on the part of their rulers. The
Gambians, it appears, entered a protest against
being made compulsory Frenchmen, and the British
public have a right to an explanation as to the cir-
cumstances under which such an apparently arbi-
trary proceeding has been carried out.

THE NEW LIBERAL CLUB.

The preliminary arrangements for establishing a
Junior Reform Club are now understood to be com-
pleted, and it is confidently believed that a large
number of aspirants for admission to Mr. Gladstone's
new stronghold will be immediately forthcoming on
the opening of the building. It is said that the
Conservative Club is also contemplating the insti-
tution of another satellite; and the apparent deter-
mination of both parties to carry on a con-
test by meeting clubhouse with clubhouse,
is no less an evidence of the prudent and
wise plans of the political leaders, than of the desire
'of the gentry of England to respect and rally round
the first men of their party as best they may be able.
Unlike the clubs under the Georges, which were aris-
tocratic gaming houses, rather than political arenas, the
clubs of the last forty years have well served the pur-
poses for which they were instituted. The necesity
of dealing indirectly as well as directly with one's
parliamentary supporters has acted most beneficially
in the interests of the country, and the day is pro-
bably very far distant now when the " Reforms " and
" Carltons " will cease to be indispensable adjuncts
to the English system of Government.
London, England, 1870-06-07

THE GREEK MASSACRE.

The Hellenic community have presented Mrs.
Lloyd with 22,570 and an address, in which they
express their sincere perSonal condolence with that
lady, and assure her that they would not attempt
to disturb the privacy entailed upon her by
the recent melancholy affair in Greece, were it
not that they considered that the suddenness of gr.
Lloyd's death might have caused anxieties in the
alleviation of which they hoped it would be allowed
them to aid. Mrs. Lloyd has sent a reply to the com-
munity thanking them for their kind thoughtfulness
and gift. She says it was a Greek gentleman
who first afforded her help (of which she was greatly
in need) at Athens. Mrs. Lloyd concludes her letter
by saying that although nothing in this world can
console her for her irreparable loss, the benevolence
and consideration of the Greek merchants of London
have diminished the care for her children's future)
which still Presses heavily upon her.
London, England, 1870-06-07

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London, England, 1870-06-07

THE NEW VACCINATION BILL.

Mr. Candlish's bill for amending the Vaccination
Act of 1867 looks wonderfully like compound-
ing an offence punishable by law. Its prin-
cipal clause is its third one, which provides
that " no more than two orders shall be made under
the 31st section of the Aat of 1867 for the vaccina-
tion of any one child." The effect of this clause is
simply to limit the penalties for non-vaccination of any
child to two fines, after the payment of which in any
given case the law will have no further power to en-
force vaccination. This is nothing more nor less than

a sou to anti-vaccination agitiitors, and is as
illogical as it is -undignified. If vaccination be a
right thing, and the State considers the well-being
of society demands its enforcement, the State ought
to have the power of repeating the punishment
until the law is obeyed. If it is not right, let theiLct
be repealed altogether.
London, England, 1870-06-07

PORTUGAL.

Marshal Saldanha has asked for the convocation of a
Constituent Cortes, and he likewise demands that there
should be an increase in the army of thirty thousand men.
he does not state the reasons which urge him to take this
step which appears a somewhat incomprehensible one, the
country being in dread of foreign invasion, and its finances
requiring care instead of extravagance in the details of its
expenditure.
London, England, 1870-06-07

London--W. TwEEDIE. 337, Strand.

STRUGGLES OF A VILLAGE LAD, THE.
Shewing that nothing is difficult when you try. Il;uminaod
fancy cover, is. ; cloth hoards, is. lid. Post free for stamps.
London—W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand.

GRUFFEL SWILLENDRINK EN ; or, The
Reproof of the Brutes. By Alfred CI, owquill. Containing
sixteen Hand-coloured serio-comic Illustrations, A very amusing
and instructive bock on the Temperance Question. Price Is.. Post
free.
London, England, 1870-06-07

GREAT RAILWAY DISASTER.

A railway collision of more than ordinarily destructiv
character occurred a few days since on the Baden Rail-
way. A mixed passenger train from Constance entered
the station at Murg at four o'clock in the afternoon. An
engine and tender from Waldshut proceeding to Bale fol-
lowed at some distance. When the passenger train had
entered the Murg station the usual danger signals were set,
but the driver of the engine which followed, who had, it is
said, been drinking, did not notice them, and ran into the
station, where the locomotive dashed into the rear of the
stationary train, and a fearful scene of suffering and death
was at once produced. Three carriages filled with pas-
sengers were completely crushed, the last one bean forced
into that before it. When the smoke and dust caused by
the collision had cleared off it was found that nearly
sixty passengers were more or less buried under the
wreck of the carriages. One young girl was taken
out dead, and twelve other, were dangerously injured.
One man had both thighs broken, and died after under-
going amputation a few hours later. One gentlenjan,
Dr. Ruff, of Waldshut, was mortally hurt, and has since
died. The wounded, nearly thirty in number, were taken
to hotels, where they were attended by surgeons sum-
moned by telegraph from the nearest towns, The towns-
people were so furious at the misconduct of the engine-
driver that it was with difficulty they were restrained
from enforcing Lynch law, but ultimately he was conveyed
to prison to await his trial.

•
THE LATE ACCIDENT IN SWITZERLAND.
Some further details are published of the late fatal
accident on Monte Salvadore. It appears that Mr.
Roycls, accompanied by his sister and cousin, while
ascending Salvadore .on the 25th ult., through
some mistake missed the first turn and got on
to the wrong side of the mountain, but scrambled on,
hoping to hit the right path. They pushed on until near
the top, for it was becoming dark, and they thought if
they reached the summit they could then discover the way
down. Unfortunately, however, there was a perpendi-
cular rock, which the young ladies could not climb, and
Mr. Royds returned to them. They then tried to find
their way down as they had gone up, chiefly by water-
courses, &c. When part of the way down, it then being
quite dark, they thought they saw a cottage, and made
towards it ; it was, however, only a rock. Mr. Royds
was then leading. Up to that time one of the youno,
ladies had gone first, but, having stumbled, she
had fallen behind. Mr. Royds leaned forward
to try and feel for a path, when the ladies
heard the noise of a slip and a shout ; he
had disappeared, To their calls there was no
response. How the poor young ladies got down they
scarcely know ; it was long after midnight when they
reached the hotel. One of them then started with men
and lights to find Mr. Royds. Failing to discover the
spot, some of the men returned for the other young
lady, but the body was not found until ten o'clock next
morning. The body of Mr. Royds was interred at
Lugano.
London, England, 1870-06-07

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

ST. ALB.AN'S RACES.-MONDAY,

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Match-50 sovs each, 25 ft. Last half mile.
Mr J Batten's Ajax, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (car Bst 81b)
(T. Pegg) 1
Mr W. Eames' Acorn, 5 yrs, 95t...
Won in a cant3r by a length.
The Railway Claiming Plate, of 30 sovs—weight for
age, with allowances. Thies quarters of a mile
Mr W. Costyn's Billy Pedder, by Stockwell—Touch
and Go, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (240). (Gradwell)
Mr T. Coslet's Figleaf, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (240) (Coslett) 2
Mr J. Nightingall's Aversion, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (240)
(White)
Lord of the Manor also ran.
Won easily by a length.
The Whittingstall Plate. About one mile and a quarter.
Mr G. Masterman's My Uncle, 5 yrs, 7st 61b
(Cameron) 1
Mr Barber's Disturbance, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (West) 2
Mr Hunt's Coprolite (late Kirk Alloway) 4 yrs, sst 101 b
(G. Jarvis) 3

Lady Fanciful and Ring also ran.
A Handicap Hurdle Race. About a mile and three

quarters.
Mr A. Barton's Guy Fawkes (late Chassepot), by Rata-
plan—Minnie, 4 yrs, 10st 81b (Mr A. Yates) 1
Mr Jas. Batten's Ajax, 5 yrs, lOst 71b
Mr White ns Aldershot, 5 yrs, lOst 21b . ......(Potter) 3
Rho and Aintree also ran.
A Selling Maiden Hurdle Race. About one mile and a
half.

Mr Betts's Roquefort, by ic,rlesan—Cincinnati, 6 yrs,
12st 61b (240) ............... . . ... (Mr Cheston) 1
Mr W. Costyn'T First Fiddle, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (£4O)
(J. Potter) 2
Mitchell weighed for Adjutant, but the horse refusing
to jump in his preliminary canter he was not taken to
the post.
The Stand Handicap. About one mile.
Mr G. Masterman's My Uncle, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (in 101 b
extra)
A Hurdle Race Plate. About a mile and three quarters.
Mr A, Barton's Guy Fawkes (late Chassepot), 4 yrs,
10st 101 b {in 71b extra) . . (Owner) w.o.
London, England, 1870-06-07

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS-THIS MORNING.
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY.

The Times, in alluding to the disastrous fire at
Constantinople, anticipates that if the Pera 'mbassy
be really no more, future ambassadors will have to
content themselves with a more modest reFidence. They
will be, to our thinking, none the less comfortable.
and the influence of England will scarcely suffer
even in that capital of extravagant palaces. The Am-
bassador has also, it must be remembered, an excellent
house at Therapia, on the Bosphorus, where the Embassy
'usually goes to reside about this time of the year. It was
In the tremendous conflagration which destroyed the greater
Part of Pera 39 years ago that the last British Embassy
was destroyed. That fire also swept away numbers of the
old wooden houses, and made way for the new c;ty of our
time.. It was on the 2d of August, 1831, that a fire began
111 a house beyond the Great Burying-ground, at a con-
siderable distance from the town. The wind carried the
sParks, and the houses, dry as tinder under the summer
sun, took fire in every direction. As in the present
ease, the British Embassy was a building standing
by itself, but nothing could resist the force of the flames
Which were rolled against the Palace from the wooden
houses around. It was totally destroyed, and then the
lire spread into the body of the town. The French, Rus-
sian, and Prussian Embassies, all first-class houses, were
destroyed, and, indeed, every European Mission in Pera,
except the Austrian. The number of persons who
Were made homeless was 80,000. The British and Rus-
sian Embassies rose from their ashes more magnificent
than ever. The latter remains ; ours is gone. We must
Console ourselves if our great rivals now surpass us in the
external signs of grandeur and influence.
London, England, 1870-06-07

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THE CARDINAL DIFFICULTY,

The Telegraph observes that the religious teaching is the
Cardinal difficulty of the educational question. Here is
the one dangerous rock ahead. Let that reef be passed,
and the bill is safe. And passed it will be—for this rea-
son, if for no other, that, whether Mr. Forster's solution
of the religious difficulty be finally satisfactory or not,
it is more satisfactory than any other; and, indeed,
is the
,only scheme which the House of Commons
as a body, and the country as a whole, will accept. It
Would, indeed, to use Mr. Forster's language, be a mon-
strous thing if the Bible—and not merely Bible reading,
but Bible teaching—were excluded from the day schools.
16 is useless for the political Dissenters and the
secularist* to make a demand which the Govern-
ment cannot, which Parliament will not, grant. Even the
Bradford deputation must know that the clamour for such
a prohibition of Scriptural instruction is but an idle
Mockery. It is not denominational education that the Go-
vernment Bill sanctions, but, as Mr. Forster himself
Says, the principle that parents may, if they choose, have
religious teaching given by the same man who gives the
other teaching, and in the same school." We do not
Say that such a solution of the religious difficulty is per-
fect, or that it may produce no questionable results ; but
if the plan should not work well, we can amend it.
Meanwhile the motto of true Liberals must be " Pass
the bill while we can ; establish the system of education
for every English child; watch its working with jealous
care, and let it be improved and developed by that light
Which statesmanship itself will derive from practical ex-
perience."
London, England, 1870-06-07

THE ELECTIONS.

Two county elections are still pending in England
—for the Isle of Wight and South Leicestershire.
In the former constituency the claims of the " sub-
jected " sex have been brought before the Liberal
candidate, Mr. Moffatt. But Mr. Moffatt will not pledge
himself. It was urged on Saturday night that single
women and widows, as they possessed the property
qualifications of the members of the sterner sex,
ought to possess electoral privileges. Mr. Moffat
asked his questioner what he would do in the case of
married women who had property independently of
their husbands; should they have votes ? He
was answered in the affirmative.. Mr. Moffatt
observed, that in that case this question arose,
" Why should one married lady have a
vote and not another ?" It was_ manifestly
unfair, he thought. But Mr. Moffat forgets that
the same " unfairness" holds in the case of men.
Why had a tea-pounder a vote, and not any other
householder ? Why has now a householder a vote,
and not a person who is neither .a householder nor a
qualified lodger ? Why, in short, is there a line drawn
anywhere ? In South Leicestershire the nomination
takes place to:day, and the polling on Friday. The
fight in this division is expected to be very close.
London, England, 1870-06-07

THE GRANVILLE HOTEL, ST. LAWRENCE-
ON-SBA, RAMSGATE, ISLE OF THANET, the most comfort-
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and furnished from the designs of Welby Pugin. Ball-room,
Billiard-room, and Roquet Lawn, facing the Sea, and overlook-
ing the German Ocean.
London, England, 1870-06-07

THE GREEK MASSACRE.

The Hellenic community have presented Mrs.
Lloyd with £2,570 and an address, in which they
express their sincere personal condolence with that
lady, and assure her that they would not attempt
to disturb the privacy entailed upon her by
the recent melancholy affair in Greece, were it
not that they considered that the suddenness of Mr.
Lloyd's death might have caused anxieties in the
alleviation of which they hoped it would be allowed
them to aid. Mrs. Lloyd has sent a reply to the com-
munity thanking them for their 'kind thoughtfulness
and gift. She says it was a Greek gentleman
who first afforded her help (of which she was greatly
in need) at Athens. Mrs. Lloyd concludes her letter
by saying that although nothing' iu this world can
console her for her irreparable loss, the benevolence
and consideration of the Greek merchants of London
have diminished the care for her children's future ,
which still presses heavily upon her.
London, England, 1870-06-07

THE IMPROVEAIENT IN TRADE.

It is not, perhaps, known that large numbers of
the unemployed of London have within the past few
weeks been drafted to Middlesborough and the other
iron districts in the North of England. The demand
for labour has become greater than the various
localities referred to can meet, and they accordingly
have extended already more help to the poor
of the metropolis than all the emigration
societies who have been so charitably
assisting artizaus and their families to get to
Canada. The cause of all this is the extraordinary revival
of the iron industry of England, which is said never
to have had brighter prospects before it than now.
The mills and puddling furnaces at Cleveland, Lan-
cashire, Wolverhampton, and Middlesborough, are
all in active operation, and the orders at these places
from Russia, the United States, India, and the
colonies extend.into next year. This news must be
very gladdening to Englishmen, especially to busi-
ness men, who will hail with delight any sign of in-
vigoration in trade. It is only to be hoped that.the
toiling operatives may, after their sore time of dis-
tress, be allowed fair play, and that the improved
circumstances of the labour market will be allowed
to benefit alike employers and employed..
London, England, 1870-06-07

OCEAN TELEG RAPHY.

Just as the last of the ocean telegraph projects, con-
necting the United States with South America and Europe
by the Atlantic coast, is completed, Mr. Field is on the
war-path again as the pioneer of a scheme more wonderful
than any that has gone before it. His plan is to lay a
cable from San Francisco to Shanghai, by way either of
the Hawaiian Islands on the south, or of the Aleutian
Islands on the north, as i shall be determined hereafter;
and he is said to have rec i ved already much encourage-
ment touching the feas Way of the enterprise. The
shorter submarine route is that proceeding from
San Francisco, which tending northward takes the
circuit of the Aleutian Islands. These Islands, a
little . above the fiftieth parallel, stretch nearly
across the sea to Kamtchatka, and would thus. afford
convenient resting places as well 'as a shorter submarine
route. The path by way of the Sandwich Islands, how-
ever, appears to be, for several reasons, especially of a
commercial character, in greater favour than the
northern course. By the southern course• the entire
length of cable would be upwards of nine thousand
miles, the longest stretch, unbroken, from the Midway
Islands to Yokohama, being about twenty two hundred
miles. Mr. Field is in Washington with his enterprise, and,
according to one of the papers there, has won the Pre-
sident's approval, with the condition that he shall ask
for no land subsidies from the Government. The
Chronicle, however, intimates, that the committees who
have heard the case are favourable to money subsidies
in case the work is to go on.—Boston Advertiser.
London, England, 1870-06-07

THE LAST SCENE OF A TRAGEDY.

The last moments of murderers are not always par-
ticularly edifying, though they exercise such a mar-
vellous fascination over the multitude. It is not very
often, however, that we find an instance of
such hardened recklessness and stolid indifference as in
the case of Bayon, the French murderer, who assas-
sinated a merchant named Lubanski, on the Paris
and Lyons line. The wretched criminal thought, it
appears, that as Lathauvers, the butler, who mur-
dered his mistress, had been reprieved,
his own sentence would be commuted.
But his obstinate refusal to confess his
crime, or to listen to the exhortations of the priest,
survived his conviction that his doom was certain.
He laughed with his keepers at the execution the
night Wore, and when roused in the morning said,
" All right, I expected it." Later on the priest came to
assist in his preparations, but was thrust aside, Bay on
saying " No, leave me alone, M. le Cure, I have
nothing to tell you." He stoutly refused to enter the
coach provided to take him to the place of execution,
and at last the officers yielded to avoid a struggle.
As they walked through the gates Bayou looked
round at the crowd and said " Well, why do
you not come on ? The sight costs nothing."
During the procession the priest, though unnoticed,
had continued his efforts, but in vain, and the last
words the miserable culprit uttered were addressed
to the patient and pitying minister on seeing him on
the scaffold, " No more here than in the prison."
London, England, 1870-06-07

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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUNT.-(YESTERDAY.)

The June sessions commenced this morning before the
Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the civic authorities.
The calendar is a very heavy one, and contains no less
than three charges of wilful murder, and six attempts to
commit the capital offence.
The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, remarked
upon the very many serious crimes of which the calendar
was composed, and then proceeded to refer to the horrible
murder that had lately taken place at Chelsea.
The prisoner's name is Miller, and after they had heard
the evidence in support of the indictment it would be for
them to say whether there was a prima fade case against
him, in which case they would return a true bill. Ano-
ther lamentable case which they would have ,to consider
was that of a young man named Redhead, who
stood charged with the wilful murder of his
mother-in-law, and in their decision they would
have to be guided. by the 'evidence that would
be laid before them. The other charge of murder
was that against a prisoner named Reeves, but
here it was alleged that death had been the result of ac- '
cident, and it would be for them to say whether they were
of that opinion. There was a very serious indictment against
a young man, Shelly, who stood charged with attempting
•to murder M. C. Buxton, M.P., shooting him, andanother
case of great public importance was that with which two
young men named Boulton and Park stood indicted. The
. case had excited a very great deal of public attention,
and it was of the highest importance both to the public
and the prisoners that the real nature of the case should be
clearly proved. He felt sure they in the discharge of their
duty would be uninfluenced by anything which they might
either have read or heard. There was great difficulty in
the case, and some doubt with respect to the law applic-
able to it, but their duty would be to ascertain whether
there was sufficient evidence to put the prisoners on their
trial, and, if of that opinion, they would return a true bill,
leaving the other matters to be disposed of by another
tribunal. After referring to other cases in the calendar,
some of which, he regretted to say, were of a very shocking
description, the Recorder said he was sure they would
discharge their duty in a way satisfactory to themselves
and the country. . In the event of any assistance being re-
quired he need hardly tell them that the Court at all times
be ready to render them every assistance. The grand
jury then retired.
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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEISING, JUNE 7, 1870.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL - COURT.—THIS DAY).
Joseph Page surrendered to a charge of unlawfully and
fraudulently, within three months of his bankruptcy, dis-
posing of property of the value of £2,200, with intent to
cheat and defraud his creditors.

The defendant carried on the business of a wine merl
chant and grocer at Paddington, and he failed in 1868 for
the sum of £4,000 odd, his assets being very trifling. The
goods obtained were sent to a place described as a
" slaughteehouse," where they were disposed of for a
little more than a half of the price at which they were
invoiced to the drfendant.

The jury found the defendant guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to nine months' hard labour.

David Collin Forbes surrendered, and pleaded guilty
to an indictment which charged him with various offences
under the Bankruptcy Laws.
The Common Sergeant sentenced the prisoner to six
months' imprisonment.
London, England, 1870-06-07

LONDON, 7UESDAY, JUNE 7, 1870.

THE fall of Spain is as appalling as CRSAR'S.
" But yesterday her word might," one would have
said—

" Have stood against the world : now lies she there,
And none so poor to do her reverence."
During a whole twelvemonth her Crown has gone
a-begging. Candidate after candidate has been
besought in vain to assume the bauble and the robed
of royalty. Not one among them could be induced
to regard the vacant throne proffered for his accept-
ance as in auy way a " coign of 'vantage." Upon
the morrow of the Revolution, by which ISABELLA
was driven beyond the Pyrenees, it was said, and
with perfect truth, that the establishment of a
Republic at Madrid, in lieu of a Monarchy, was
impracticable, it might almost be said impossible—
for the simple reason that in all Spain there were no
Republicans. Progressistas and Moderados there
were, Monarchists and Constitutionalists, but no
Republicans. Thrust back upon the Regent
SERRANO, and upon his Prime Minister Punt, by
every one to whom the diadem of the Bourbon
dynasty has been profferred, that symbol of sove-
reignty is still left upon the hands of the successful
revolutionists, who yet preside over the Spanish
Government, es a thing no less obsolete of its kind
than an arquebuss or a catapult if proffered as an
implement of vt a r to an arsenal rich in arms of pre-
cision, bristling with breach-loaders and with rifled
cannon, with needle-guns and ARMSTRONGS. Spain,
foiled in her efforts to discover a king, is beginning
to think in earneat of founding a Republic which once
founded will create Republicans. The " unkindest
cut of all "yet received by the indefatigable seekers
of some new Sovereign for the Spanish nation, is the
one administered, and repeated more than once since
then, by the son of a cartwright. Such, in point of
fact, in his origin, Wbß the some-time absolute ruler
of the once haughtiest nation in Christendom, one
of the bravest of her soldiers, one of the purest of her
statesmen, the gallant 011 Marshal JOACHIM BALDO-
DIERO ESPARTERO, Duke of Victory, Conqueror of
Bilboa, Viceroy of Navarre, Spanish Prime Minister
in 1840, Spanish Regent in 1841, in the room of QUEEN
CHRISTINA, but long since retired from public life,
and reposing under laurelswon by no sinister intrigue,
but in the face of day, at the edge of the sword, upon
the open batttic-field. ESPARTERO having been
horn on the 27th of February, 1793, is now in the
seventy-eighth year of his age, and having no son to
succeed him, xi ould, if crowned King of SPAIN, in

his green old age, be merely at the best a stop-
gap for the time being. In declining the
supreme honour now thrust upon his acceptance,
the .hrave old Marshal best consults his own
dignity, while he certainly acts in a manner
consistently with the whole tenour of his
noble and historical career. The incident,

though it has come to nothing, is one eminently
worthy of remembrance. his an evidence of homage
;•nd of gratitude on the part of Spain towards her
v(nerable and stainless hero Marshal the Duke of
Vicroity—a mask of homage and of gratitude in
every way magnificent.
London, England, 1870-06-09

THE SALISBURY ESTATES.

We have of late become accustomed to seeing the
names of our oldest nobility figuring in the law lists,
but the special case which has brought the
Salisbury estates under the consideration of
the Court of Exchequer is happily in no way
connected with money lenders or sporting disasters.

The point at issue was the amount of succession duty
which Lord Eustace Cecil was liable to pay upon a
sum of £20,000, of which he came into possession
on the death of his father, the late Marquis
of Salisbury. Certain estates were, under the
marriage settlement of the late Marquis settled upon
him for life, with remainder to his sons in tail. The late
Marquis and his eldest son, the late Lord Cranborne,
in 1855 executed a disentailing deed, and two years
later they joined in a deed to raise a su m
of £20,000 for the defendant, Lord Eustace Cecil,
the third son, in case he survived his father. In
1860 another deed removed the .condition of his sur-
viving his father. In 1866 Lord Cranborne died,
and the present Lord Salisbury, the second son,
became tenant entail of the property. In 1868 the
Marquis died, and the defendant became entitled
to his £20,000. The Crown claimed succession duty
at the rate of 3 per cent. on the ground that the true
settler of the charge was the tenant in tail, the defen-

dant's brother, who was to be treated as the prede-
cessor within the meaning of the Act. The defendant
claimed to pay only at the rate of 1 per cent. on the
ground that his father, not his brother, was the true
predecessor. However, the Court gave judgment for
the Crown, and the full amount must therefore be
paid.
London, England, 1870-06-09

LYCEUM 'THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs Mansell)
THIS EVE:‘ ING, at 7.3(1, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F.
Charles and Miss L Morgan.
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Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle.
Debreux, ➢lesdames Lennox G cy, Lawson, Lee, and Emily
Bolden.
London, England, 1870-06-09

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NEWS OF THE DACIA.

Telegrams received at Lloyd's this morning from New
York state that the report of the loss of the Dacia is un-
true, advices having been received from her at Bermuda
up to June 2nd.

The following news appeared in our First Edition pub-
ished at Eight o'clock this morning
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SPANISH BRIGANDS KILLED.

Intelligence was received at the Foreign-office last
night from Mr. Layard, stating that the brigands
who captured the Messrs. Bonell were waylaid on
their return with the ransom by the Spanish Civil
Guard. Three out of four were killed, and the
capture of the fourth is expected. Mr. Layard also
believes the ransom to have been recovered.
Other accounts state that the brigands near Gib-
ral: ar have at►empted to capture two English officers.
In this attempt they were fortunately unsuccessful,
as the Civil Guard came to the rescue and captured
one of the brigands after a skirmish. It is said that
the Governments of England and Spain are making
arrangements to prevent Gibraltar from becoming a
resort of brigands-7a precaution which appears to be
necessary. The large amount of ransom demanded
and agreel to iu the case of the Marathon prisoners
has possibly stimulated the avarice of the brigands
in Gibraltar, as they appear to have an especial fancy
for capturing Englishmen. Mr. Bonell Senior has
arrived in the vicinity of Cadiz.
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E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY PA ENING, JUNE 9,187 U

THE GREAT FIRE IN PERA.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 7
The following are further details of the great fire

The hospital and the residence of the German Charitable
Society were destroyed, and tne invalids were rescued
by the gallantry of some of the Germans, two
of whom died from the injuries received. The
American Church of the Immaculate Conception was
seriously damaged, but the copy of the Transfiguration
worked in Gobelin tapestry, and presented by the Em-
press Eugenie, was saved. A committee has been formed
for the relief of the sufferers, and a large amount has been
subscribed. All the foreign ambassadors have distributed
relief to their countrymen. The Levant Herald announces
that, according to a communication of the police, 7,000
houses have- been destroyed, and the total loss is estimated
at £5,000,000,
London, England, 1870-06-09

FREE TRADERS AT LEICESTER.

Last evening a meeting convened by the Manchester
Reciprocity Association was announced to be held in
Leicester, but long before the time for commencing the
proceedings the hall was taken possession of by the
friends of free trade, who had been invited to attend.
A chairman was elected in opposition to the one proposed
by the conveners of the meeting. Incessant uproar pre-
vailed, and Mr. Leach, a working man, of Staleybridge,
and Mr. Wheelhouse, M.P., Leeds, the deputation, who
were limited by the chairman to ten minutes
each, were unable to make themselves heard.
Only the friends of free trade were granted
a hearing, and a resolution was proposed " That in the
opinion of the meeting the commercial policy inaugurated
by Cobden and Bright had been on the whole a
great blessing to the working classes of this coun-
try ;" and the meeting condemned most strongly
any approach towards the old policy of protec-
tion. Mr. Leach then proposed the following resolution—
which the chairman declined to receive—" That this
meeting desires to express its sincere sympathy with
those of the working classes who are unable from want to
obtain the necessaries of life ; and while deeply sensible