The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-05 00:00:00

COMMITTEES.

The Coroners' Bill, the Felony Bill, and the Mortgage
Debenture Act (1865) Amendment Bill passed through
:omrnittee.

OYSTER AND MUSSEL FISHERIES' BILL.

This bill was read a third time, and passed.
The House then adjourned at six o'clock.

SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

THIS DAY.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 k.:OVS.

Tamara f
Lord Hawke
Aberdeen .....

Flyaway Jack..
Old Sam ...
Orphan

Void.
MAIDEN PLATE.

Ten ran.
MAY STAKES.

Thirteen ran

... 3

2
3

CITY BETTING.—Turs DAY.
CHESTER CUP.
4 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered)
200 to 40 agst Muster (taken)
10 to 1 agst Starter (offered)
100 to 8 agst Glenfalloch (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Wild Flower (taken)
25 to 1 agst Vestminster (offered)
9 to 1 agst Hodgman's lot (offered—take 10 to 1)
DERBY.
6 to 4 agst Macgregor (offered—take 700 to 400)
7to 1 agst Sunshine (offered)
1000 to 40 agst Camel (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Muster (taken)

NEWMARKET MEETING.-YESTERDAY.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS.

Lac
PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES.
Toison d'Or
Bertha
Bradgate
HANDICAP PLATE.

Skipjack
Far away

Vintner

Five ran.
TWO-lit-OLD PLATE.

Alcyone f
Rambling Katie f
Sister to Verdure 3

Twonty ran.
PLATE OF 100 SON'S.

Countryman
Lady Highthorn .

Six ran.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
CHESTER CUP.
425 to 100 agst Sabinua (taken)
600 to 100 agst Muster (taken)
9 to 1 agst Starter (taken)
100 to 6 agst Wild Flower (taken)
100 to 6 agst Formosa (take 20 to 1)
25 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (taken)
1000 to 40 agst Cherie (taken)
40 to 1 agst Locksley (taken)
40 to 1 agst Socrates (taken)
50 to 1 agst Our Mary Ann (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Blandford (offered)

L'lllstoire announces that Al. Cernuschi, the Italian
4xliker who has been expelled from France has subscribed
another hundred thousand francs to the Anti-Pldbiscitary
Fund.

The Cork Herald says that Captain Mackay, the.
Fenian prisoner, is again suffering' from the rigour of pri-
son life, and that he is in hospital for the third time since
his imprisonment commenced.

A. few days ago a cow belonging to Mr. Henry
Weaver, Dunham-o'-th'-Hill, Cheshire, gave birth to a
calf with six legs. Both cow and calf were reported am
doing well.

Thlity guineas premium are being paid to effect
insurance on the ship Catherine Vankin, which left Ams-
terdam for Java on November 16th, and by the lase
advices had not arrived out.

The death is announced of Lady Cotton Colt, the
wife of the Rev. Sir H. V. Colt, Bart., vicar of Hill,
Gloucestershire. She was the daughter of Dr. F. H.
Northern, of Lea House, Staffordshire, and was married
to Sir H. V. Colt in 1844.

The North German Gazette says, with regard to
the health of Count Bismarck, that the jaundice from
which he suffered is gone, but it has left such a degree of
weakness as to prevent the Chancellor from returning to
active work for some considerable time.

An Eleventh Commandment—says a correspon.
aent of Notes and Queries—is to be seen on the wall of the
chancel of Chisledon Church, in North Wilts. It is
needless to add that it is " The New Commandment,"
mentioned in St. John xiii. 34.

The Echo says that the Queen of England, the
King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia have sent
congratulations to the Emperor of the French expressing
satisfaction at the failure of the recent plot to assassinate
him.

MR WILLIAM RUSSELL, BART., M.P.—The application

for an injunction to restrain two petitioning creditors of Sir
William Russell from proceeding to adjudicate
him a bankrupt, was argued before the Chief
Judge. His -Lordship, after hearing counsel,
said in the first question presented to him as to the
validity of the proceedings at the meetings of creditors, no
question existed in his mind that what had been done was
quite within the intent of the act ; the appointment of a
receiver and a committee shewed that no means were neg-
lected to care for the estate and the interests of the creditors
generally. The first petitioning creditor having neglected to
appear and oppose a former motion for injunction to re-
strain his proceeding until a meeting of creditors had been
held, was estopped by his act, as such meeting had not
yet been held. The second petitioner had shown no
reason to disregard the opinion of the majority of the cre-
ditors, who, it appeared, were acting en a bona fide
manner. Their interests could not be disregarded, and an
order would be made restraining the petitioner from pro-
ceeding until the 26th inst.

A CURIOUS QUESTION OF LIABILITY.—In the Court of
Exchequer, in the case of "Stansfeld v. Rolling,"
singular point has been raised as to the liability of a shop-
keeper for the death of a dog under the following circum-
stances. In August, 1869, Miss Stansfeld visited
the bakery and confectionery shop of Mr. Rolling, at
Clifton, for the purpose of purchasing some confectionery,
and was accompanied by a very valuable spaniel dog,
belonging to her father. The defendant had a quantity of.
Battle's Vermin Killer placed underneath the counter,:
in his shop for the purpose of destroying rats and mice,
with which he was troubled. Plaintiff's dog got under
the counter, and seizing a piece of bread and cheese which:
was covered with poison, he was immediately taken with,
symptoms which resulted in his death. The;
plaintiff recovered damages from the county courts
judge, who considered that defendant had not taken due;
precaution to prevent dogs, &c., from getting under Mal
counter. The Court. however, reversed this decision,;
and gave judgment for the defendant, as their lordships!
considered that he was perfectly justified in placing they
vermin-killer underneath the counter of his shop, for the,
purpose of ridding his establishment of noxious vermin,
and could not be held responsible for any consequences
resulting to the'pet spaniels, &a., of customers who visited,
the spot.
ACTION AGAINST A GOLD MINING COMPANY.—Mr.
Montagu Chambers, Q.C., moved in the Con* of COmmott,
Pleas for a rule nisi for a new trial in the case of VLles '
boisnet v. the Ovens Gold Quartz Mining Gompany
(Limited), which was lately tried at Westminster before
Zr. Justice: Willer when the jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiff'kr £2OO. Leave was was reserved to move.
to seteside t Mverdict, and to enter it for the defendants,:
or fon new trial, on the grounds--First, that there was,
no evidence to go to the jury of a fraudulent misrepresen-'
tation ; second, that the plaintiff was not entitled to re-'
cover the money independently of a fraudulent misrepre-
sentation • third, that the Judge misdirected the jurt; and,
fourth, that t the verdict was against the weight of evidence.
Mr. Justice Wiles left the question of special agreement'
to the jury, who found there was none, in the face of this
fact. The company has never been wound up, has not
worked the mines, and is doing nothing. Over £3OO only
has been received for shares. The Court intimated that
they would communicate with Mr. Justice Wines on the
point of the verdict being against the evidence.

ATTEMPTED MURDER. - Two charges of attempted
murder have been brought before the Metropolitan
police courts. A butcher named Fountain cut
the throat of a woman named Henrietta Comby,
in Cavendish-street, New North-road. The wounded
woman ran across the street to a man and his wife who'
were walking along together. The man pursued roun-'
tain, but before he could catch him he cut his own throat
with a razor. The woman was seriously wounded ; the
man less severely. He was remanded. No reason is
given for his conduct. The other case occurred in
Lambeth, where a cabman, who was in the habit of
drinking, stabbed his wife while intoxicated, and wa&
committed for trial.

AN EXPLOSION. —The London Steamship Company
have been summoned at the Mansion House for having
refused to pay William Wilkinson, an engineer, in their
employ, the sum of £26. The complainant was third..
engineer on board the Italia, which sailed for Malta last.
autumn. There was an explosion on board.,
during the voyage, and thii complainant was•
seriously injured ; having to remain in the'
hospital at Malta for three months. The ship meanwhile
sailed without him, and he now claimed the wages due
to him since last September. The Lord Mayor said it
was a hard case, but the court could not help him. The
company were only bound to pay him the sum due at the,
time of his accident, which was lls. 6d.

THE " Lowar FiEm."—Two members of the "long
firm " have been sentenced at the Central Criminal Court
to seven years' penal servitude, and twelve months' im-.4
prisonment with haxcl. labour rcropegtlyely, for conspiracy.

THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE
CONSPIRACY.

A ministerial manifesto on the conspiracy has been pub-
lished in the Journal o.fiUiel. It runs thus :—" The
system of the Revolutionary party is known. It consists
in attacking every act of the Government. If that party
attempts a disturbance, it is the police that has provoked it.
If it organises a conspiracy, it is the Government

that has invented it. A man has been arrested at the
. moment he was seeking an opportunity to assassinate the

Emperor ;he avows his criminal intension. Newspapers
of a certain character persist, none the less, in denying the
fact of the attempt. Bombs are found. It is the police
which has fabricated them. But the person who cast
them comes forward and gives precise information res-
pecting them. Will that convince the incredulous ?
No, because they are wilfully incredulous. It is the duty
of the Government to put the public on its guard against
electioneering manceuvrea. A legal investigation is being
actively carried on, and as this new attempt is but a
sequel to the conspiracy of February last, the preliminary
inquiry into which has been completed, the public mine
will speedily be furnished with all the materials for
arriving at a sound conclusion."

The Siecle doubts whether the conspiracy will prove to
have been worth while, and avers that in Paris those who
reckoned on the effect produced by the grand displays of
zealous journals are already undeceived, while the news
received from the provinces is excellent. There is not
the smallest symptom of panic. Everyone understands
the plebisoitary bombs hang fire. But "if the plot was
was serious, what reason is there for changing
our opinions about the plebiscite, Because the
deserter Barrie intended (which we doubt) to at-
tempt the Emperor's life does that make the forty-
five articles of the Senatus-Consultum less mischievous ?
Are the French people in consequence to surrender their
rights and their liberties ? What can the solemn protest
on behalf of our freedom have in common with
the plot of the deserter Baurie ? Does a free
people change its policy for such events ?
Do not crime and folly exist in all times and under all
regintee and how much greatershould be our civic firmness
when there is no convincing proof that there was an plot at
all !" Unless the Siecle is much mistaken, the Emperor
after the experiment of the Bth will be less eager to resort
to Plebiscites.

The Liberte says. however serious the affair, it is desir-
able to and against exaggeration. All the bombs given
up by M. Lepet have been seized, and there is no indica-
tion that any others exist. It is necessary. then, to leave
justice free to do her wor7, and not to pass from complete
scepticism to exaggerated alarm.
The Temps remarks that the journals which support the
Plebiscite manifest an extraordinary anxiety to keep
public attention rivetted on the conspiracy during the few
days which intervene before the Bth of May, and to make
a powerful impression on the popular imagination, while
the Government appears to favour their hasty and partial
revelations. The result may shew them that they are
mistaken, and the votes obtained through fear or pity will
be mach less numerous than is supposed. The Liberal
party sees no change in the situation, and there is nothing
in common between the plot and the plebiscite.
The Journal des Debats says it is very important that
not the possibility of a doubt should exist as to the reality of
this plot. It is very necessary that before the voting takes
place, that is before the end of the present week, nume-
rous and decisive documents should be published, that
peremptory proof of its genuineness should be brought to
the knowledge of the electors through the press. It is
necessary that at the moment when we are called upon to
vote there should not remain in the minds of men of good
faith any question as to the accuracy of the facts related by
the papers. At the outset detected conspiracies and abortive
plots are always beneficial for the Government against which
they are directed, as their first result is to terrify public
opinion, and make everyone feel the necessity of pro-
tecting society against such inveterate foes. But later it
too often happens that the Government, fresh from the
danger it has escaped, restricts itself to trying to pro-
tect itself more effectually for the future, and indulges in
reactionary manoeuvres, which soon deprive it of the
support, not only of those who rallied round it in the
hour of need. but also of a great number of its steadfast
friends.