biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-31

OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS,

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Meyerbeer's Diuorah.
ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—Roberto Ii Diavolo. 8.3) p.m.
HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book.
And A Kiss in the Dark.
ADELPHI—At Seven, Free Labour.
PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest
Mamma.

LYCEUM—At 7.30, His Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At 8 37,
Little Faust.

OLYMPIC At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner.
1 he 'Varsity Boat Race.
OtIETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde.
QUEEN'S—At Seven, My Wire's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown.
STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts. Benilw. rth.
VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos.

ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage
WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH Brk( K. Egyptian Hall, Pie
eadilly, every Kvening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn
jogs at 3 Admission Is, 2s, 3s.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 ; Wed.
nes:lays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.
Zo LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-perk. Open daily (except Sun.
daye).
6Add.mission, ls. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under

ADAMII TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till
:;.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, is.; extra
Gd. .
London, England, 1870-05-31

A NEW OCEAN CABLE.

The prospectus of a new cable uniting England with
the United States will soon be made public. It is a light
one, patented, and it Li proposed to make Wales and
Rhode Island its termini. The capital stock of the com-
pany, which is styled the ,New York and London Tele-
graph Company, is £650,000, or about one-seventh of the
capital stock of the Consolidated Franco and Anglo-
American Cable Company. This will, it is believed,
enable the new company to do business at a much lower
tariff than at present prevails. Lord Dudley is chairman
of the company; Sir W. Canning, engineer. Ex-Senator
Arnold, of Rhode Island ; William T. Blodgett, Eugene
Kelly, H. G. Marquand and G. Ticknor Curtis will be
the New York directors of th& undertaking. The cable is
contracted for, and will, it is
,expected, be laid before
September 1, 1871. Able cable men express the belief
that great difficulty will be experienced in finding a favor-
able landing on the coast of Rhode Island, on account of
the shoal water and an chorage, and some point in New
Jersey, near Sandy Hook, has been named as most
feasible for the American terminus. Connection could
then be made with New York, the great centre of tele-
graph business, by means of a land line, thus avoiding the
expensive tariffs over land lines in Rhode Island.
London, England, 1870-05-31

through during the present session. There was a com-
plete absence of all detail to give an adequate notion as
to the position of the courts after the change;
and with respect to the framing of the rules the mode
proposed he considered a delegation by Parliament of its
duty to the Privy Council. The bill, he contended, could
not come into operation until the New Law Courts were
built, and therefore he hoped the motion for the com-
mittee would not be pressed.
Lord WESTBURY also advised the withdrawal of the
bill for the present session, but Lord PENZAnCE said if the
noble and learned lord on the Woolsack waited for the
completion of the New Law Courts before he proceeded
with the measure he would have to wait for about ten
years. He supported the motion for going into committee.
After some further discussion, the House went into
committee on the bill, Lord CAIRNS intimating that he
should oppose it on its next stage. The whole of the
clauses were agreed to after some amendments had been
made, and the bill was reported accordingly.
London, England, 1870-05-31

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEMNG, IVJ A Y 31,

to say that there was a difference of opinion as to the ex-
pediency of the action of the member for Ayr.
Mr. CRAITFORD was content to leave his conduct to the
verdict of public opinion.
THE NAVY ESTIMATES.

The House then went into Committee of Supply on the
Navy Estimates. The sum estimated to ci, fra3' the
expenses of the Admiralty Office for the year endii,L. 81st
March, 1871, was £159,368.
Sir JAMES ELPHINSTONE was authorised by Admiral
Hobart to say that had not the fleet in Greek waters been
reduced the late murders could not have occurred. He
strongly denounced the false economy of the Admiralty,
as did Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS.

Mr. SAMUDA complained that the management expenses
were very heavy.
Mr. CHILDERS said the strength of the fleet in Greek
waters had not been reduced by the present Administration.

Mr. CANDLISH moved the reduction of the vote by
£BOO in respect of the assistant constructors of the navy.
During the debate a passage of arms occurred between
Mr. Baxter, the Secretary to the Admiralty, and Sir Jchn
Hay and Mr. Corry, in reference to charges which the
two latter hon. gentlemen had made against him in the
Purchase department.
The orignal sum was ultimately agreed to.
The estimated expenses in connection with the Coast
Guard service, Royal. Naval Coast Volunteers, and the
Royal Naval Reserve were £196,955.
After .a short discussion the money was voted.
The estimated expenditure as to the victualling yards
at home and abroad was £69,267, and the sum was granted.
£57,730 were voted to defray the expenses of medical
establishments at' home and abroad ; £18,122 were devoted
to defray the.expenses of the marine divisions.
The sum of £16,678 was the expenses of martial law and
law charges.
On the question that £118,791 be granted to defray
charges in connection with miscellaneous services,
Sir J. ELPHINSTONE moved that the Chairman report
progress, but the motion was withdrawn.
A long discussion then took place on the question of a
gratuity of £5OO to Mr. Read. Mr. Childers explained
that it was for work done before Mr. Reacl became a
salaried officer of the Government. The sum was even-
tually agreed to ; and at five minutes past one progress
was reported, and the House resumed.
London, England, 1870-05-31

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, May 29.
The Queen went out yesterday morning with Princess
Beatrice.
In the afternoon her Majesty, attended by the Hen. Eva
Macdonald, drove out.

The Princess of Wales drovo out yesterday morning.
In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales dined
with the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Stafford
House.. Ie attendance were the Countess of Norton and
Lieut.-Col. Teesdale.

PARLIAMENTARY INCIDENTS.

THLRD READING OF IRISH LAND BILL.

Without a division, and amidst enthusiastic cheer-
ing from the Liberal side of the House of Com-
mons, the Irish Land Bill was last evening read a
third time, after an earnest and animated speech from
the Prime Minister. The Premier's quoted couplet
from Dryden, anticipatory of the time when the
beneficent influences of the measure would become
apparent in the sister island—

A. flood of /nom), that o'orflowa our joie,
Calm in its rise, and fruitful as the Nile"—
:old magnificently.

CLEARING THE HOUSE.

Without waiting for the promised motion of Mr.
Gilpin, the Quaker member, in reference to the
absurd power still at the command of any one of the
national representatives, to clear the House of Com-
mons of strangers, and thereby to turn out among
others the whole body of the Reporters. Mr. Henley,
last night; brought this important matter again
under the consideration of the popular branch of
Parliament. If the power should still be retained in
the hands of a single member, it ought to be a pri-
vilege exclusively accorded to the Leader of the
House, and to him only.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY.
The Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi's
dinner and evening party, to meet his Majesty the King
of the Belgians and H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge,
Lady Isham's dance at 12, Upper Brook-street, Mayfair.
The Countess of Caledou's ball postponed from yesterday.
Mrs Goodman's first dance. . _

The first Guard's Club annual dinner at Willis's Rooms.
The 18th Ilussars' annual dinner at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, at eight p.m. precisely.
London, England, 1870-05-31

THREATENING A MAGISTRATE.

At the Leeds Police-court yesterday Mr. Bruce, the
stipendiary magistrate, produced an anonymous letter he
had received on Saturday complaining that he did not
render justice to working men, and hinting that he may
be shot some day, The letter was written in an illiterate
style, but Mr. Bruce was of opinion that it was the pro-
duction of a person of better education than the writer
professed to be.
London, England, 1870-05-31

ARRITALS AT EPSOM.

The following horses have arrived in addition to those
already here : —Perfume, Cymbal, Defamation f, Bay Ro-
land, Carfax, Hygernia c, Normauby, Imperatrice g, King
o' Scots, Camel, Sphynx, Thor, Starlight f, Camerino c,
Melbourne f, Ardrastus, Sarsfield, Queen of the Village f,
Tit Bit, Vedette f, Amsterdam f, Penguin, Star of India f,
Baymiuster, Aberdeen, Kingcraft, Wandering Bret ze, Bonny
Swell, Bab at the Bowster f, Caller Ou f, Bonny Bell f,
Seville. Pandora' Sister to Paudore, Chanoinesse, Tamara,
Semolina, First Lord; Rose of Athol, La Rose, Miss Pen-
hill, Prince Imperial, Viscount4Nobleman, Sybil, Ossifrage,
Palmerston, Skipjack, Claudius, Jester' 'Astarte, Flyaway
Jack, Macgregor, Sunthine, Sunlight, Seamstress f, Seam-
stress colt, Sunflower colt, Semolina, Tympanum, Rambling
Katie f, Tabernacle, Rataplan f, Reform, Tibthorne, Black
Boy, Belladrum, and Bab at the Bowster f
Expected—Prince of Wales, Albany, Demidoff, and
Bicycle.
London, England, 1870-05-31

UOVURNMENT

Three per Cent Consols 941 941
Do. for Accotmt ....94 941 94
Three per Cent Acted 921 92
New 3 per Cent
Exchequer Bills,March, par spm
Do., June
Bank Stock
India 5 per Cents
Cau.6pcJan.&JulYlB77-84 1071108
Do. 5 per cent do. ni 99
Domin. of Can. 5 c 1903 971 9%
New S. W. 5p c IpB7l-76 102 108
ew Zealand bp c 1891 ll2 114
Do. 5 per cent 99 100
Consolidated
Queensland 5p c 1882
Victoria 6 p c Jan.& July 11511161
Do. 5 v o do. 104 104

Bristol and Exeter B2 84
Caledonian 741 75
Great Eastern
Great Northern
Do. A
Great Western 73 741
Lancashire &Yorishire 132 133
L. B. and South Coast
Lou. Chat., and Dover
Lon. and North-Westeni 13011311
Lon. andßouth-Western 911 921
Man., Shef., and Lincoln 574
53
Metropolitan 7 714
Midland
North-British 371 38
North-Eastern Consols
Do. Leeds —
Do. York —

BANKING COMPANIES.
to
Agra Bank (L) A .... lot ni 10 Imperial Ottoman 5l 51pra
Alliance (Limited) .. 141 15 20 Lon. Char. of Austrlia 24i 251
Anglo-Austrian 16 18 pm 20 London and County 50 51
Anglo-Egyptu (Lim) 24! 24 15 London Joint-Stock 34 361
British N orthamrcu 54 56 , 20 Lndu & Wstminstr 631 641
Ch.of India, Australia 17 18 10 Metropolitan B3 91
Char. Mere. of India 30 31 20 Midhend (Limited) 1 dis, par
City
Colonial
Consolidated (Limtd) 1 fpm 25 Union of Australia.. 46 47
Mug., Scot., & A.ust. 0 17 181 15 Union of Loudon .. 40 41
merial (Limited) lBf 191
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1
21
1
200
London, England, 1870-05-31

CRYSTAL PALACE.-THIS DAY.-
SHILLING OPERA. " Faust."—The FAIRY ROSE GAR-
DEN. 3,000 of the newest and choicest roses in pots. Their
fragrance pervades the entire building.
Palace open for admission from .. .. 10. 0 till 7. 0
Fairy Rose Garden open from .. .. 11. 0
Display of Terrace Fountains .. .. .. 2.15
Gounod's Opera Faust .. .. .. .. 2.45
Festival Organ for Promenade .. .. until 8. 0
DOTE.—Tbe Palace and Grounds never more worthy a visit.
London, England, 1870-05-31

COUNTY MAGISTRATES.

The Daily News thinks that Mr. Gladstone's answer to
Mr. Cross will completely remove the painful impression
caused by the appointment of Mr. Fenwick and Mr.
Schneider to the magistracy in the Duchy of Lancaster.
The Government made only partial amends for a political
blunder by immediately cancelling the appointments ; it
has now made complete amends by abolishing the system
which made such blunders possible. The ordinary method
in the appointment of county magistrates is that they
shall be recommended by the Lord-Lieutenant, and ap-
pointed by the Lord Chancellor on such recommendation.
But in the Duchy of Lancaster, which has a Chancellor of
its own, the recommendation of the Lord-Lieutenant has
lately been dispensed with, and the Chancellor of the Duchy
has made the appointments on his own responsibility. Mr.
Gladstone now announces that the old system has been
restored, and that henceforth the magistracy of the
Duchy, like that of other counties, will be appointed by
the Chancellor of the Duchy on the recommendation of
the Lord-Lieutenant. Lord Dufferin is to be congratu-
lated on the change. The Chancellorship of the Duchy
of Lancaster, as a merely historical office, does not be-
stow on the politician who fills it any knowledge of the
county and its needs. The Lord-Lieutenancy, on the
contrary, is usually held by an inhabitant of the county,
who has every opportunity of knowing something of the
persons who may be recommended for the magisterial
bench. It is therefore most desirable that so long as the
Great Unpaid are nominated at all they should be nomi-
nated on the old custom ; and it is to be hoped that the
custom will not be departed from till neither town mag-
nates nor country gentry any longer administer amateur
justice for their own amusement, but town and country
alike rejoice in a responsible and official magistracy.
London, England, 1870-05-31

CRYSTAL PALACE.—Last day but one for
ls. 6d. TICKETS for Thursday's Great Combined Day and.
Evening F6te. These and June guinea season tickets, admit-
ting on Thursday and to other great fdtes in contemplation for
the next few months, and generally until May 31, 1871, at the
Palace, 2, Exeter Hall, and following agents :
Baker-street, Moutrie, 55 1 London-bridge, Stanley, Termi-

Brixton, Peaice, 2, Briiton-place
Camberwell, Griffith, The Green
Chancery-lane, Cox, 102
Charing-cross, Mitchell, 39
Chelsea,Macmichael,2o7,King's-

Lower Norwood, Barker, The
Library
New Bond-street,

4 Chappell, 50
Cock, Addison

road
City, Keith, 48, Cheapside
„ Good, 60, Moorgate-street
„ Hays, 4, Royal Exchange-
buildings
„ Letts, 8, Royal Exchange
„ Marratt, 63, King William-
street
„ Mead, 73, Cheapside
„ Todhunter, 22, Gresham-
street
„ Cook, 98, Fleet-street
Croydon, Warren, High-street
Islington, King, 86, Upper-st.
Kensington, R. Station, Russel-
road
Warren's library
Knigiitsbride, Westerton, 27,
St. George's-place

' Lacon, 168
Old. Bond-street, Mitchell, 33

011ivier, 19
Oxford-street, Duff, 147
Paddington, Key, Bishop's•

road- , .. , _
Peckham, Stansfield, High-st.
Pimlico, Hopwood and Crew,
82, Buckingham Palace-road
Regent-circus, Brighton Rail•
way Co.'s office, 28
Regent-street, Cramer, 201
11 Weippert, 266
St. James's Hall, Austin

Vigo-street, Hanimond
Westbourne-grove, Melliship,
37
Wigmore-street, Nimmo, 3
London, England, 1870-05-31

RRIAGES.

On the 26th inst., at Ipswich, Samuel Thomas Harwood, Of
Battiswood Hall, oldest son of Thomas Harwood, E,(1"
BeMead Hall, Suffolk, to Fanny Maria, eldest daughter
of the late James Curling, Esq., Albert-square, Clapho.
On the 26th inst., at Holy Trinity Church, Paddington,
F. Travers, Esq., son of the late Major-General Sir
Travers, K.C.8.. to Eleanor Cecilia Anne, daughter
the late H. Price, Esq.; Commander R.N., of The 31°°
ings, Menai Bridge.

DEATHS.
On the 28th inst., at 7, Arlington-street, the Hon. Frtinci°

Petro, aced 64.
On the 27th inst., suddenly, at Westminster, Samuel Laiug
jun.. Esq., barrister-at-law, aged, 27.
—OO

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London, England, 1870-05-31

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Publishing Office, 4, Ave Maria-lane.
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T-IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of
.J
the past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU-
TION contributed to the saving of 1,592 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 43 vessels from destruction. It has now 2.0 Lifeboat
Station• under its management. CONTRIBUTIONS for their
support will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis and Co ,
Coutts and Co., Berries and Co , by all the London and country
bankers, and by the Secretary, RICHARD LEWIS, Esq., at the Insti-
tution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.
London, England, 1870-05-31

TRADE AND NAVIGATION.

The accounts of the trade and navigation of the United
Kingdom for the four months ending 30th April, 1870,
have just been published among the parliamentary papers.
They are divided under several heads—articles free of
duty, articles subject to duty, computed real value of
principal articles imported, exports of British and Irish
produce, and their declared value, shipping. and articles
charged with excise duties. The variations in the import
of corn are considerable. In the four months
ending April 30th, 1868, the imports of corn
were 1,796,431 cwts. In the same period of 1869
they rose to 4,179,910, and in this year they were
2,719,069, while barley and oats shewed little variation in
the three pears. The import of raw cotton, which dimi-
nished by 700,000 in 1869 as compared with 1868, increased
one million cwts. between 1869 and 1870. The import of
paper, which was only 77,898 cwt. in 1868, was this year
109,833 cwt. The imports of iron and steel have some-
what increased, while silver ore has falleh from
£36,416 value to £11,244. Silk has largely
increased, and timber • diminished. West India
sugars shew fluctuations proving that the trade stands in
need of the changes introduced by Mr. Lowe's last
budget. The'exports of British and Irish produce shew
page after page of closely printed figures whose amounts
and whose declared money value are reckoned in many
instances by millions. The total amount of cotton yarn
exported in the first four months of 1870 was 59,475,167,
and its declared value £4,876,900. The declared value of
the 2,053,777 lbs. of cotton manufactures exported in the
same time was £18,170,056. Less gratifying is it to find
under the head of duty paid spirits that the total quantity
"retained in the United Kingdom as beverage only" is
steadily increasing being in 1868, 4,963,856 gallons, and in
1870 5,422,232 gallons.
London, England, 1870-05-31

BIR7'HS.

On the 27th inst., at Compton-place, Sussex, Mrs. Ceci
Foljambe, of a son and heir.
Ou the 27th inst., at Heavitree, Exeter, the wife of O. li°W*
tiler Crofton, Esq., of a son.
London, England, 1870-05-31

1912
1861

Adair
Mahon

Quarter-past Three o'Clock.
(Conservative Return.—All Districts.)
Mahon 2729
Adair
The Conservative return at five o'clock was :
Mahon
Adair
The following is the complete Conservative return of
the polling :
Mahon
Adair
The following is the Liberal return :
Mahon
Adair
At the last election Mr. Major Henniker polled 3,650 ;
Mr. Adair, 3,321.
London, England, 1870-05-31

THE WHITSUNTIDE RECESS.

In reply to Mr. Bouverie,
Mr. GLADSTONE said it was quite necessary that several
votes should be taken on the navy estimates before the
Whitsuntide recess, especially vote 11. If the House ad-
journed at its rising to-morrow it would be necessary to
meet at two o'clock.

SLIGO AND CASHEL DISFRANCHISEMENT
BILL.
The second reading of this bill was postponed for a
'ortnight.
London, England, 1870-05-31

NEW ZEALAND WAR MEDALS.

Zr. JONES-PARRY asked the Secretary of State for
War, when the New Zealand medals would be distri-
buted among the 65th and .40th Regiments. 4
Captain VIVIAN said the medals were delivered to
the 40th Regiment on Friday last, those for the 65th
Regiment would be distributed by to-morrow week.

POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. CROSS asked the First Lord of the Treasury whe-
ther such arrangements had been made as would prevent
for the future political appointments to the magistracy in
the county of Lancaster.
Mr. GLADSTONE said that it had been made known
t.hat the present mode of appointments was unsatisfactory
as proposed to return to the ancient practice—to go
°a* to the wisdom of our ancestors. (Laughter.) The
appointments for the future would be made by the Chan
cellor of the Duchy but upon the recommendation of the
Lord Lieutenant. He hoped the change, which might be
considered permanent, would prove satisfactory.

COPYRIGHT.
Mr. MACFIE asked the Under Secretary of State for
°reign Affairs if negotiations were in progress or com-
pleted for international copyright arrangements with the
-United States of America.
Mr. OTWAY, in reply, said negotiations were pending
between this country and America with the view of con-
"'ding a treaty for international copyright.

PATENTS FOR IMITATORS.
Air. T. HUGHES asked the Secretary to the Board of
Trade whether he could hold out any hope of protection
being extended to unpatented inventions of workmen
which might be exhibited at the forthcoming Workmen's
International Exhibition.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was his intention to
introduce a bill for such a purpose.

ARMY ENLISTMENT.
Colonel BARTTELOT moved an address for returns of the
number of men who enlisted within the first year of the
.13assing of the Ten Years' Enlistment Act of 1847, shew-
ng llow many re-engaged and completed their period of
twenty-one years : and, of the number of men who enlisted
u 11857, sheaving how many are now leaving, their services
"Piling in 1871.
The motion was agreed to.

STEAM FUEL.
Mr. LIDDELL asked the first Lord of the Admiralty
Whether there was any objection to lay upon the table,
in
a compendious form, the results of a series of experi-
mental trials made during the last twelve months on board
her Majesty's steamers Urgent and Lucifer, at Ports-
mouth, with Welsh and North Country coal ?
"I
A ~ r• BAXTER, in the absence of the First Lord of the
'n-omiralty, replied that there was no objection to lay on
the t ,
e tne results of the experiments, which had been
of an instructive and interesting character.

THE LORD JUSTICE'S COURT.
Mr. WINTERBOTHAM asked the Attorney-General whe-
ther his attention had been called to the state of the Court
Of -A-PPeal inChancery; and whether he was aware that there
had been only one Lord Justice of Appeal since August last;
ifh he was aware that dissatisfaction was felt at causes being
heard on appeal by one Lord Justice sitting alone ; and
Whether the tiovernment intended to appoint at once
ahother Lord Justice in the place of the late Lord Justice
Belyryn,
London, England, 1870-05-31

Brigandage in Spain.

The excitement and anxiety felt by the friends of
the Messrs. Bonnel is still very great in Gibraltar.
There is good reason for uneasiness, since no commu-
nication of any kind has been received from either
captives or captors since the first demand for ransom.
It is supposed that the brigands are now hiding
among a range of hills lying to the west, known only
to smugglers and adventurous sportsmen, who go
there in search of the ibex and other game. The
Spanish authorities are actively pursuing the
brigands, we are told, though how they can be in
pursuit of men whose route is unknown is not clearly
explained. The leader of the bandits is a
constant visitor at Gibraltar, and is said
to be well known to the guards on the
outposts. In this respect the Gibraltar drama
resembles the Marathon tragedy, and the active
measures taken by the authorities produce little
satisfaction. The Governor of Gibraltar has visited
the relatives of the two gentlemen seized, and
assured them that no efforts should be wanting
on his part to restore their unfortunate friends.
London, England, 1870-05-31

FRANCE,

PARIS, May 30.
The Minister of the Interior presented a bill relating to
the Mayors.
The attention of the Ministry was directed to the in-
crease of small-pox in Paris, and asked for gratuitous
vaccination and the adoption of various remedial and pre-
ventive measures., _ _

In reply, M. Chevalier de Valdrome said that the Go-
vernment were using every precaution.
Prince de Latour d'Auvergne and the Duke de Lamont
la Forie have been attacked by smallpox.
The Duke de Grammont has arrived.
It is said that M. Cern uschi will be allowed to return.
The Moniteur Universal states that the Irreconcilable
and Left parties have been invited by the members of the
Constitutional Left to arrange a common programme of
action.
The Bourse elosed at 74f. 82c.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
THE EAST SUFFOLK ELECTION.
The election of a representative to serve in Parliament
for East Suffolk was proceeded with yesterday. Theyandi-
dates were Sir Shafto Adair (Liberal), and Lord Mahon
(Conservative). The following results of the polling were
issued throughout the day :
Half-past Eleven o'Clock.
(Liberal Return—Thirteen Districts.)
Adair
Mahon 9BB

Twelve o'Clock.
(Ganeral Returns—All Districts.)
Adair ll9B
Mahon 1059

(Half-past Twelve o'Clock.
(Liberal Return—All Districts.)

Adair.

1552

Mahon

1532

Quarter-past One o'Clock,
(Conservative Return.)

Adair...

Mahon .....

Half-past One o'Clock.
(Liberal Returu.)

1779

1792
London, England, 1870-05-31

ST. JAMES'S HALL.

Miss Neilson has commenced her dramatic studies with
the most brilliant success. Her first programme was selected
from the most classic dramatists of Europe. The reading
was accompanied by illustrative anecdotes and remarks, and
the pieces chosen were from " The Provoked Husband," by
Vanbrugh and Cibber ; "The Death of Wallensteid,"
Schiller; "The Taming of the Shrew," Shakespere ;
"Phedar," Racine; and "Love for Love," Congreve. Tra-
gedy and comedy thus alternated, and both were given it
the most artistic manner. Miss Neilson appeared to have a
preference for tragedy, as she seemed to throw her whole
soul into the delivery of the selection from Racine. The
conflicting passions were finely dep cted, and the entire
audience attested their appreciation of her great talent by
the most enthusiastic applause. While so grand in tragedy,
Miss Neilson read the scenes from " Love for Love" with
the greatest piquancy, and thus triumph succeeded triumph
till the programme was exhausted. The musical portion of
the entertainment was simply the pianoforte, but it was
intrusted to Mr. Lindsay Sloper, whose splendid perform-
ance of the various selections was the theme of general ad-
miration. Altogether the first Dramatic Study was so great
a success that we entertain the hope that the series will be
, a much longer one than was originally intended.
London, England, 1870-05-31

V MOSES and SON,
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- LONDON.
CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE.
NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET.
CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD.

COUNTRY BRANCH
BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.
London, England, 1870-05-31

THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BILL.

Tile Poet considers the blot in the High Court of Jus-
tice Bill is that it confers far higher powers, and, in fact,
leaves to the Privy Council to determine what shall be
the nature 'of the High Court, its functions, and its pecu-
liar jurisdiction. The objections taken by the Lord thief
Justice to such a course have not been met by any of the
amendments introduced by Lord Hatherley, and the bill
still remains open to the same objections as when first laid
on the table of the House of Lords. When the bill was
committed Lord Westbury and Lord Cairns quitted the
House, and the various clauses were assented to witl. nit
even the show of criticism or opposition. It is,
qowever, apparent that a measure thus passed by the
Upper House cannot and should not command the
confidence of the public. No one can ignore the services
which those noble and learned lords would have rendered
in dealing with the bill in Committee, and every one must
feel that it was only under a sense of imperative duty
that they took so exceptional a course. It is certainly
unfortunate that two of the ablest lawyers sitting on
opposite sides of the House should have entered so sielifi-
cant a protest against this most important measure, and
it might be well for the Government to consider whether,
looking to all the circumstances of the case, it will be
wise to attempt carrying the bill any further this session.
On the motion for the third reading Lord Cairns will un-
questionably move its rejection, and the circumstances
under which it has been carried through Committee
will not improbably induce many to give him their
support.
London, England, 1870-05-31

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MAY 31, 1870.

Archdeacon Rose, Canon Selwyn, Dr. Jebb, and
Dr. Kay, the latter being members of
the Lower House. The New Testament company
is composed of the Bishops of Winchester, Gloucester
and Bristol, and Salisbury, and the following mem-
bers of the Lower House :—The Prolocutor, the
Deans of Canterbury and Westminster, and Canon
Blalpsley. Various scholars and divines ara invited
to join the companies.

Fiji Missions.

"A. Fiji Cotton Planter " complains of certain

inisrepresentations respecting the work of the mis-
sionaries in Fiji. He admits that when he
first went to Fiji he was prejudiced against
missionaries and their work, but he soon
altered his opinion, and now thinks it would be hard
to say too much in favour of some of those who
are labouring on the spot. It is owing to the mis-
sionaries' labours alone that the white man has a safe
footing on these islands for trade or any enterprise.
London, England, 1870-05-31

Enoch in Search of a Wife.

We have read of " Japhet in search of a father,"
" Caleb in search of a son," and many
other curious searches, but they are certainly
eclipsed by Mr. Enoch Bailey's " search after a
wife. Enoch originally hailed from Sutton
As field in the county of Notts, but some years since
crossed, as the Yankees playfully term it, the
" herring pond" and found himself deposited in
Massachusetts. Like a sensible man, too, he
married, and became blessed with five children.
Unhappily for Enoch, however, he lost his "right
arm," as he describes his late wife, and now seeks
to replace it from the land of his birth. The means
he adopts are, however, unique, and worthy
of notice. He remembers that in England he had
seen plenty of women who would be kind to children,
and would like to come to America, and therefore
he writes to the chairman of the Mansfield Board of
Guardians to send him out from among the paupers
a good moral woman about 30. Ile gives references
as to character, and makes his promise in terms that
althost guarantee his honesty. Such a one, he adds,
" would be provided with a good home and a kind
and affectionate family, and I pledge my word I
would try to make her life such that she
would never repent trusting to the honour of a
stranger. Please answer this soon, as I feel that good
will come of it." May Enoch Bailey find that in
trusting his future happiness to a board of guar-
dians he has not been the victim of misplaced
confidence, and that the good he anticipates may
"come of it."
London, England, 1870-05-31

" Greek Meeting Greek."

If the Greek brigands have a savage and mercilfiss
way of torturing and murdering their victims, the
conduct of ordinary Greeks towards the banditti,
against whom they have inimical feelings, seems
scarcely less horrifying. To judge from a dispatch
sent by the English Vice-Consul at Missolonghi to
Mr. Erskine, the destruction of brigands, by their
fellow countryman, is undertaken on some occasions
under peculiary dishonourable and crafty
circumstances. He says that at Arakova,
in the district of Kravara, three brothers named
Shermani, and a servant of theirs, resolved
that four well-known banditti whom they had before
befriended should die. The unsuspecting victims
were accordingly invited to dine within, a chamber,
iu which loop holes had 1. een bored. At a certain
period of the feast three of the entertainers
withdrew, and the fourth, after a brief
interval, called loudly for " sweetmeats." According
to arrangement, these were not to be brought in, and
when the host left the room to ascertain, as it were,
the cause of the inattention to the visitors, a volley
was fired through the loopholes on the guests. Three
of the brigands fell in the room, wounded and
dying, the fourth, an active man, made a jump
through the window, and escaped. The treachery
of the Shermanis, though it resulted in the deaths of
three of the most famous robber chiefs at Missolonghi,
cannot but lend additional reproach to the name the
Greeks are litterly obtaining for themselves. The Sher-
i-penis will not themselves, moreover, reap
much satisfaction from their act, as the fugitive
brigand will in all likelihood obtain hordes of allies,
who will be only too anxious to join in repaying them
for their hospitality.
The Revision of the Scriptures.
- -

At the first meeting of the committee appointed
by the Convocation of Canterbury, various resolutions
and rules were ageed to as the fundamental prin-
ciples on which the revision is to be conducted. The
committee is to separate itself into two companies
the one for the revision of the Old, the other for the
.revision of the New Testament. The Old Testament
company are to consist of the Bishops of St. Davids,
Landaff, Ely, Lincoln, and Bath and Wells and of

MAY 31, 1870.

Archdeacon Rose, Canon Selwyn, Dr. Jebb, and
Dr. Kay, the latter being members of
the Lower House. The New Testament company
is composed of the Bishops of Winchester, Gloucester
and Bristol, and Salisbury, and tha following mem-
bers of the Lower House :—The Prolocutor, the
Deans of Canterbury and Westminster, and Canon
Blakesley. Various scholars and divines are invited
to join -the companies.
London, England, 1870-05-31

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS-TO-DAY.

The Anthropological Society—At 8 p,m., a paper by Dr.
John Shortt, on the "Armenians of Southern India ;"
and a. paper by Mr. J. Stirling, on " The Races of
Morocco."

The Engineers' Society—At 8 p.m., the President's Annual
Conversazione.

THE VIVIAN-WATERFORD DIVORCE
CASE.
•

This morning, at the sitting of the. Court, Lord Penzance,
i the case of Vivian v. Vivian and Waterford, said that
he had reserved the question of costs under these circum-
stances. There had been an intervener (Col. Leslie),
but. it appeared, aftpr time being given for investigation,
that there was no ground for the intervention and the ques-
tion reserved was whether the court should condemn him (the
intervener) in costs. He (Lord Penzance) had considered
the matter, and referred to the case, which was i❑ point, of
Lantour v. Lantour. In that case the House of Lords decided
that the court had no power to condemn or intervene in costs
unless i❑ a case where the Queen's Proctor intervened
and proved collusion. He must, therefore, though reluc-
tantly, adopt that judgment; but, if it had been a matter of
discretion, he (the Judge Ordinary) would have made the
order asked for against the intervener. The rule for a dis-
solution of the marriage was then made absolute, and to
date from the 17th inst.

THE SUPPOSED MURDER IN HEREFORD-

SHIRE

An inquest was held yesterday before Mr Henry Wood,
county coroner, upon the body of the unfortunate man, who
pases by the name of " Wingey," in consequence of his hav-
ing lost one arm by accident,. After six hours' investigation
the coroner's jury acquitted the prisoner, who remains in
custody of the police for the magisterial investigation. The
prisoner, it will be recollected, was found with blood stains
on his clothes and boots. On being asked how he accounted
for t heir appearance, he admitted having been with the de-
d, who, ho said, fell down a tank and struck his head
,g„i„st a stone, where he left him. But at a post morteot
examination made by Dr Jones and Dr George, they came
to the conclusion that the wounds in the head of deceased
could n t have been produced by a fall, but were, iu all pro-
baldlity, inflicted by a heavy nailed boot or some instru-
ment.

• TAE ANGLO-CANADIAN ROWING MATCH. --Th e
articles sent out some time ago by James Renforth, stroke
oar of the champion four-oared crew of England, have been
• substantially accepted by the crew representing St. John's,
New Brunswick. The race will be-•for £5OO aside, and the
course will basix•miles long, with one turn. The race will
be rowed on the Lachine river, near Montreal, some time in
September.
London, England, 1870-05-31

DEATHS.

On the 28th inst., at 7, Arlington-street, the Hon. Franc's

Petro, aged 64.
On the 27th inst., suddenly, at Westminster, Samuel Laing
juu., Esq., barrister-at-law, aged 27.
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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the o°llll4' °f
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London, England, 1870-05-31

Fiji Missions.

"A. Fiji Cotton Planter " complains of certain
misrepresentations respecting the work of the mis-
sionaries in Fiji. He admits that when he
first went to Fiji he was prejudiced against
missionaries and their work, but he soon
altered his opinion, and now thinks it would be hard
to say too much in favour of some of those who
are labouring on the spot. It is owing to the mis-
sionaries' labours alone that the white man has a safe
footing on these islands for trade or any enterprise.
London, England, 1870-05-31

THE MURDER AT STEPNEY•

At the Thames Police Court, yesterday, William Red-
head, 18 years of age, was charged, on his ow►► confes-
sion, with the wilful murder of his stepmother, Sarah
Redhead.

Police-constable 356 K said he was on duty in Alfred-
Aceet, Stepney, that afternoon, when the prisoner ran up
to him with a rifle in his hand, and sail. "I have done it."
Witness said, "Done what?" and the prisoner replied, "
have shot my stepmother ;" and when asked where, ho said,
"At 80, Sidney-street, Stepney; and after I did the murder
I set fire to the house, and now I give myself up to
justice."

Poiice-sergeant 19 K said that a few minutes since, when
the prisoner was brought into the station-house, thorn was
an exploded cap on the nipple, and six other percussion caps
in a box in the prisoner's pocket. He called the prisoner's
attention to the rifle and caps, and he raid, " Yes, they are
mine."

Mr. Thomas Ashton, a tailor, who lives opposite the pri-
soner, deposed that ho heard the report of the rifle, and saw
the prisoner running in the direction of Milo-end.
Mr Robert Swyer, surgeon, said that shortly befor3 3
o'clock that atti•ruoon lie was calls i to the house of the
deceased. She was quite dead. There was a w and and two
fractured ribs on the left side. The ball had passed
through the chest, and came out close to the nipple • f the
left breast.

The prisoner was asked if he had any questions to put
to the witnesses. He replied, "None, sir." Ile was
then asked if he had 'my observations to nvd,e or defence
to offer. He answered, "Nothi gat all, sir."
Mr Lushiugton remanded the prisoner for a week.
The self-accused murderer is the son of a seaman, an
officer on board a ship now on its way home horn China,
whose marriage with the deceased occasioned great unhappi-
ness to his family by his first wife. The prisoner, on giving
himself up, stated that he had committed the murder on ac-
count of his stepmother's cruelty to himself and his sister.
The prisoner has been in the employment of a wine
merchant in the City.
London, England, 1870-05-31

-SHILLING OPERAS.
Lder the Direction of Mr. E. T.
2.45.

Mephistopheles, Mr. H. Corrl.
Martha .. ]Nirs. A. Cook

1 Margarita .. Miss B. Cole
ISoldiers, students, &c.onductor, Mr. MANNS. Stage
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CRYSTAL PALACE..
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smith,

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Faust .. Mr. Vernon Rigby Mephistopheles, Mr. H. Corri.
Valentine Mr. A. Cook Martha .. Mrs. A. Cook
Wagner .. Mr. 0. Summers Margarita .. Miss B. Cole
Siebel .. Miss A. Thirwall Soldiers, students, &c.
Full orchestra and chorus. Conductor, Mr. MANNS. Stage
manager, Mr. Friend. New scenery by Mr. F. Fenton.
Admission to Palace and Theatre, ls., or by guinea season
tickets. Stalls, 2s. 6d.
London, England, 1870-05-31

ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

A terrible accident has recently occurred on the
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad,
near Mead's Basin. A construction train was passing
over the long trestle work over the Pegannoc River, when
the timbers gave away; precipitating the train into the
river. The cars were smashed and several persons, em-
ployes.ef the company, were seriously injured. Two are
reported to have been killed. The names of the injured
persons and further particulars of the accident have not
been obtained, there being no communication with the
point where the accident occurred, except by the country
roads and the half-completed branch railway, in the con-
struction of which the train was employed. A series of
fatal accidents have occurred on this branch since the
commencement of its construction.
London, England, 1870-05-31

A NEW OCEAN CABLE.

The prospectus of a new cable uniting England with
the United States will soon be made public. It is a light
one, patented, and it is proposed to make Wales and
Rhode Island its termini. The capital stock of the com-
pany, which is styled the New York and London Tele-
graph Company, is £650,000, or about one-seventh of the
capital stock of the Consolidated Franco and Anglo-
American Cable Company. This will, it is believed,
enable the new company to do business at a much lower
tariff than at present prevails. Lord Dudley is chairman
of the company ; Sir W. Canning, engineer. Ex-Senator
Arnold, of Rhode Island; William T. Blodgett, Eugene
Kelly, H. G. Marquand and G. Ticknor Curtis will be
the New York directors of the undertaking. The cable is
contracted for, and will, it is expected, be laid before.
September 1, 1871. Able cable men express the belief
that great difficulty will be experienced in finding a favor-
able landing on the coast of Rhode Island, on account of
the shoal water and anchorage, and some point in New
Jersey, near Sandy Hook, has been named as most
feasible for the American terminus. Connection could
then be made with New York, the great centre of tele-
graph-business, by means of a land line, thus avoiding the
expensive tariffs over land lines in Rhode Island.
London, England, 1870-05-31

THE WIDOW OF GENERAL THOMAS.

It seems that the nation has another destitute widow on
its hand; whose case appeals most strongly for sympathy
and aid. Mrs. General Thomas is said to have been left
in destitute circumstances, and her case calls for an
exercise of the same liberalty which was extended to. Mrs.
Stanton and Mrs. Rawlins. General Thomas was obliged
to rely solely upon his pay during all the time he was in
the army,, neither he nor his wife having other resources.
We can readily understand that under such circumstances
the widow should be left poor. The Washington Chro-
nicle says :—" This is not a Government which provides
Munificently for the families of its heroes, and although
Mrs. Thomas is far too genuine a lady to ever let escape a
word of complaint, it is still apparent that her comfort in
future will depend more than has been generally sup-
liosed upon the generosity of her friends."—New York
Times.
London, England, 1870-05-31

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS-TO-DAY.

The Royal Institution—A Lecture at 3 p.m. by Professor
Seeley, on "Present English History."
The Anthropological Society—At 8 p,m., a paper by Dr.
John Shortt, on the "Armenians of Southern India;"
and a paper by Mr. J. Stirling, on " The Races of
Morocco."
The Engineers' Society—At 8 p.m., the President's Annual
Conversazione.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
THE IRISH LAND BILL.

The Times does not doubt the accuracy of Mr. Glad-
stone's statement last night that the landlords of Ireland,
if consulted, would cry, " Pass the Land Bill," and re-
joices that he has declared his resolution to maintain its
substance unaltered. The House of Lords will pass it
without substantial difference. The intervention of the
State to protect the Irish tenant is necessary. If this be
ecognised, the essence of the bill is conceded ; if not, no
bill whatever is wanted.
The Standard is very indignant at the manner in which
Mr. Gladstone spoke of the House of Lords with respect
to the passing of the Irish Land Bill, and declares that he
has no right to dictate terms to that assembly. Should the
bill not pass this session, it will be the fault of the Prime
Minister.
London, England, 1870-05-31

AN ARCHDEACON UPON. EDUCATION.

The Venerable Archdeacon of Bucks, Dr. Bickersteth,
delivered his annual charge to the clergy of the diocese at
Wycombe, to-day. Referring to the educational question,
he expressed his belief that the denominational system
was the deliberate expression of the religious mind of the
nation, but that , system must be strengthened and sup-
plemented. He disapproved of educational rates as tend-
ing to extinguish voluntary efforts, and by making edu-
cation cheap rendering it imperfect. He advocated the
establishment of a conscience clause- But he protested
against a schoolmaster being fettered by a time table.
The idea of rigidly laying down a mere reading of the
Bible without comment he denounced as a sham, a pre-
tence of religion without the reality. He was not in
favour of direct compulsion, except, perhaps, in some
populous districts, The Government Education Bill