The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-16 00:00:00

THE IRISH SEPARATION CASE.

The divorce case " Taylor v. Taylor " was heard again
on Monday in the Irish Provincial Court. On cross-
examination Mrs. Taylor admitted that she went out
boating, alone, with a Mr. M`Carthy, for two hours
in the absence of her husband. She also wrote a letter in a
feigned, ignorant style, with bad spelling, to her mother-
in-law, for purposes of deception. She was examined as
to her acquaintance with a Mr. Lizars. Miss Lucy
Parsons, sister of Mrs. Taylor, deposed to coarse expres-
sions used by Mr. Taylor to his wife and to her. " Both
her sister and herself gave up wearing ribbons round their
necks, as he caught them by them and almost strangled
them." While he (Mr. Taylor) was at his mother's resi-
dence, she " sent for the police to take him into custody."
Evidence has also been given as to Mr. Taylor's drinking
habits.

Mr. Trevelyan, M.P., has, according to the Daily
Beals, lately received anonymous letters of an offensive
character, written apparently by persons of education,
and conversant with military details. These, it is said,
have now begun to contain very significant threats of
personal violence.
THE COURT AT BALMODAL.—T he Princess
Louise is getting well, and the departure of the Court
from Balmoral is now fixed for the 21st or 23rd inst. On
Sunday the Sacrament was administered in the church of
Crathie. The Queen was present, together with the
Duchess of Roxburgh, the Marchioness of Ely, and
Colonel Ponsonby. The Rev. Mr. Taylor officiated.
Her Majesty supplied the silver service for the Com-
munion consisting of four cups, two flagons, and two
salvers 'for the bread. Sno lay deep on Dee side on
Sunday.
THE SICK AND WOUNDED.—The Society of Friends
have raised a special fund for the relief of the distressed
peasantry in the north-east of France, and a meeting was
held yesterday at which details of its application were
given. A sum exceeding £lO,OOO has been collected, and
for the present the operations of the fund are confined to
the district in the neighbourhood of Metz, with Briey for
its headquarters. Details of the terrible privations suf-
fered by the people were given, and it was stated that a
great deal of relief in the shape of provisions had been dis-
tributed. An urgent appeal was made for a supply of
warm woollen clothing for the winter.
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THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.—Mr. C. Reed,
M.P., presided on Monday evening at a largely
attended meeting in the Shoreditch Town-hall, assembled
for the purp3se of hearing a lecture by Dr.
Lees on the Permissive Bill. Mr. Reed thought
a thickly populated district like Hackney should
feel an intense interest in the temperance move-
ment, for the too free indulgence in. intoxicating drinks
was one of the greatest curses that the people of this
country were afflicted with. Though he might not go as
far as a good many persons respecting the restrictions
that should be imposed upon the sale of drink, he was
desirous of doing all in his power, both in and out of Par-
liament, to get rid of this curse in the best and quickest
manner possible. Resolutions were afterwards passed in
favour of the principles of the Permissive BilL

THE CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA.—The Rev. Thomas
Sharpe has been appointed Canon of Bathurst. Through
the liberality of Lord Belmore, the pinnacles of Sydney
Cathedral will be forthwith completed. The following
are the Church statistics of Melbourne diocese for the
present year :—Parishes, 56; clergymen licensed to cures,
60 ; lay readers, 8 ; consecrated churches, 44 ; licensed
churches and rooms, 67, parsonages, 30 ; residences pro-
vided, 8 ; no residences provided, 14 ; church accommo-
dation, 24,843; average number of persons attending,
21,359 ; communicants, 4,301 ; average attendance of com-
municants, 2,816 ; children on roll at day schools, 8,196
average attendance of children at day schools, 0,201 ;
children on roll at Sunday schools, 10,927; average at-
tendance of children at Sunday schools; 8,076 ; number
of baptisms, 3,343; number of marriages, 394.—The Bock.

Lord • St. Germans has requested that the following'
extract from a Western contemporary, describing the acci-
dent that happened on board H.M.S. Cambridge, on the
10th inst., wail be published " While the inspection of
Her Majesty's gunnery ship Cambridge was being pro-
ceeded with, Admiral Sir 11. J. Codrington, Captain the
Hon. F. A. C. Foley, other officers, and two of the sons
of the Earl of St. Germans stood at the entry port of
the -middle deck to watch a gun-cotton experiment
that was being made in the water, about 30
yards off. Mire pounds of the cotton (equal to 151 b. of
gunpowder) -was confined in a square box, which was placed
on an old stage piled with pieces of timber, the object
being to try what downward effect the gun-cotton would
have. The charge was exploded by means of electricity,
the battery being on the poop, and the effect was terrific.
This was the first time the cotton was exploded while
confined, and it immediately shattered the raft and shook
the ship. It smashed the sash over the sentry's walk
near the entry port, and it was found that the Hon.
Henry Cornwallis Eliot, second son of the Earl of St.
Germans, had been severely struck in the face. It was
thought that it was by the glass. Subsequently, however,
it was seen that this could not have been, for the, glass was
over his head, and he wore a high poll hat. He must have
been hit by one of the many splinters of the raft that were
sent flying- in every direction, although Mr. Eliot was the
only one of the party hurt. fie was at once removed
on shore, and received the best medical aid. His face
was much cut,_ and unfortunately -the §lght of his left
eye is Permanently destroyed. Mr. "Eliot is progressing
favourably. The gun-cotton was experimented with with
a -view to its use in a torpedo. On the sanj.e day an old
cutter was blown up by a torpedo with a 30Ib. gunpowder
charge, and not a piece more than a foot long could be
found. A St. Germans correspondent says the left eye of
the Hon. H. C. Eliot was so severely injured by the acci-
dent that it has had to be removed. The young gentleman
is going on as well as can possibly be expected,,considering
the painful nature of the operation." • •