The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-23 00:00:00

TIIE RUMOURED FENIAN PLOT.

The frustration of a supposed Fenian plot at Newcastle,
as already announced by telegraph, is thus referred to in
Thursday evening's edition of the Northern Daily Er press :
—The movements of the Fenian sympathisers in this dis-
trict have aroused the suspicions of the authorities, who have
been on the alert of for some time ; and their suspicions are
confirmed by the arrival in Newcastle of a quantity of
firearms, addressed to the keeper of a public-house in
the lower part of the town, who is supposed to have
Fenian proclivities. The police, we understand,
have seized the consignment, which came from
Birmingham, and of the despatch of which, no doubt,
there was some information. About 200 rifles were
found among the articles seized, and orders have been
issued for the police authorities to keep a strict watch upon •
the proceedings of the discontented Irish in this district.
There is every reason to fear that some movement either
in Newcastle or elsewhere has been contemplated, but the
activity of the police may frustrate the designs of the mis-
guided men.
The Liverpool papers state that on Thursday forenoon
a quantity of powder vas discovered in a pit in the
Borough-road, Birkenhead, under circumstances which
have given rise in the neighbourhood to a considerable
amount of gossip. It appears that some boys, while
playing in the road, observed two men of foreign
appearance throw a number of small bags into the pit,
and then hurriedly take their departure, as if afraid to be
seen. As the bags immediately sank, the curiosity of the
lads was excited, and they began to "fish" the bags out
of the water. About thirty bags were discovered, and to'
their astonishment each contained about 11b. of gun-
powder. Several of the bags were taken to the police
office, but no clue to the persons who threw the powder
into the pit has been obtained. Some persons have
associated the affair with Fenianism. It is certainly
extraordinary that such a quantity of powder should be
thrown away in the manner stated.

The petition praying for the remission of the sentence
of five years' penal servitude, passed upon John Crow, of
Gateshead, for the murder of his wife, has been un-
availing.

The rumour announced in some Gateshead papers, and
in the London press, that Sir William Hutt, M.P., was
likely to be raised to the peerage, is untrue. The
Gateshead Observer, the liberal paper, which discredited it
in the first place, now denies it upon authority. The hon.
gentleman stated in public at the last election, that he
had refused the honour of being elevated to the Upper
House.

Dr. Unger, one of the first botanists in Gernianv,
was found a few days ago dead in his bed at Gratz
(Austria). An examination of the body showed that he
had been strangled, but the motive of the crime remains
a mystery. A drawer containing some papers of value
was found open, but nothing had been abstracted.
The Law limes Is surprised at the EconomisCit
suggestion that Sir Roundell Palmer's support should be
purchased by the Government. Seldom has a more in-
sulting suggestion been adventured. Sir Roundell Palmer
is deliberately recommended as a man whose opposition
should be, and might be, bought off. Does the Economist.
sume that Sir R. Palmer's opposition to portions of the
Irish Land Bill is not honest?

Bondholders of the San Domingo Loan and others
interested in that Republic will do well (the Financier
says) not to attach implicit credence to the statements
transmitted from New York and Philadelphia, to the
effect that the question of the annexation of San Doming.°
to the United States has been practically decided in the
negative. According to some of the private telegrams,
there is still a strong prospect of the measure being
decided upon.

THE EARL OF WINCHELSEA.—The Earl of Winchelsea's
affairs have been again before the Court of Exchequer. •
The question was whether certain goods seized at the suit
of Mr. Calisher, at Eastwell Park, Kent, the seat of the.,
Earl of Winchelsea, were the property of his lordship or,
of the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Turner, trustees of the.:
Winchilsea estates. The case was tried last term, a ver-
dict being returned for theplaintiffs. Mr. Manisty, Q.C.,
now moved for a new trial on the ground of misdirection.
He contended that the deeds conveying the goods were'
void, being a mere contrivance to protect the property.
A rulenisi was granted.
THE TABLET AND THE RITUALISTS.—The Tablet;
has an article on conversions not altogether flattering to
the Ritualists. At first sight, it says, them seem to'
profess all Catholic doctrine, and it is truly shocking
because
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out of it in good faith. Here is an admission for Exeter
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Tablet, hotgever, finds there is one fundamental truths
hich the Ritualists do not perceive, and that is the'
authority of the Church. It therefore exonerates them
from the charge of insinserity, and thinks they are doing
good service by mixing with the masses, removing their
traditional prejudices, and paving the way for the national'
adoption of the Catholic faith.
A. shocking accident lids occurred in Essex-street,
Hoxton, owing to the falling of a house, by which one
man was killed, and a girl so seriously injured that it is
feared she cannot survive. Several men were employed
in pulling down fifty houses that had been condemned by
the local authorities, when a wall suddenly fell outward
upon the pavement, killing one of the workmen. Some
of the bricks fell upon the girl who was passing, breaking
several of her ribs, and inflicting other injuries.
A. letter from Rome in the Cologne Gazette
mentions tnat two converted French Jews, the brothers
Leman, who are now at Rome, lately succeeded in obtain.'
ing the signatures of 50G bishops to a postulat um, entreat-
ing the Council to address an earnest invitation to the
unfortunate people of Israel, calling on them to recognise
at length in Jesus Christ the Messiah they have so long
vainly expected. The brothers have been permitted to
present the document to the Pope, who has promised W
ley it before the Council.

EMIGRATION FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
In the course of a very good speech on emigration al,
Richmond, Sir William Denison called attention to the
need of some outlet for the surplus energy and capital of
the middle class, He said wish, 'however, to draw
your attention to a class to whose interests but little
attention has hitherto been paid, but which is gradually
assuming an important position owing to its numbers and
the character of those comprising it. I mean the middle
class, or what may perhaps be more correctly termed the
professional class. I mean to include in this body, not
merely the learned professions, the Church and the law,
nor active professions as the army and navy, but all that
great body who labour more with their heads than their
bands, and who, while they get from such labour a suffi-
cient return to enable them to live and educate their chil-
dren, can only leave to these the heritage of brains, the
produce of which is in many cases far in excess of the
demand. A single instance will shew the extent of the
charge in the demand for the labour of this class which
half a century has produced. In 1820 the King was wil-
ling to give gratuitous instruction to a class of young lads
called cadets. They were trained at the Royal Academy
at Woolwich, and received pay at the rate of 2s. 6d. per
day, out of which the cost of their board was defrayed,
and, after a certain period of instruction, they received
commissions in the artillery, or engineers. In 1869 the
state of things was changed. Great additions had been made
to the strength of the two corps above-mentioned, yet,
notwithstanding this increase of demand, the supply of
candidates for admission was so far in excess of the
demand that while seventy-six young men of from seven-
teen to nineteen were allowed to enter the academy, 260
who also offered themselves were refused admission merely
on the ground that there was no necessity for their services.
This is but a type of the state of things which prevails
generally among the class I allude to, and I think that I
have a right to say that so far as regards both the middle
class and the working class the supply is in excess
of the demand ; while of capital, the fact that it is seek-
ing for employment everywhere, that the Emperor of
Russia, who wants a few millions, had £50,000,000 offered
to him, is sufficient to shew that of this also there is an
excess in the supply. Emigration, therefore, which
would carry off a portion of our surplus supply of men,
would be a dear benefit to the middle class and the work-
ing class ; and as its tendency is to create a market for
our manufactures it would be a great, though indirect,
benefit to the capitalists also.