The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-28 00:00:00

THE QUARREL AT THE ADMIRALTY.

The Pall Mall Gazette says the statements published by
the Standard and Telegraph respecting the resignations
at Whitehall are inaccurate in some respects. It is
quite true that Sir Spencer Robinson has withdrawn
his resignation, but the case is quite different with the
Chief Constructor of the Navy. That officer was on the
point of leaving town for Plymouth, on a visit to Prince
Adalbert,when Sir Spencer Robison decided on remaining
at the Admiralty, and this course was so unexpected by
Mr. Reed that he took time to consider his position under
the altered circumstances of the case. We have good
reason to believe that he will prefer to complete his re-
signation.

We have authority to state that, in consequence
of the death of the Earl of Clarendon, the Queen's State
Concert at Buckingham Palace, announced for Wednes-
day, the 29th inst., has been postponed until Wednesday,
the 6th July.

It is reported that Mr. George 0. Trevelyan has
resigned his post as Junior Lord of the Admiralty, the
reason assigned being a divergence of opinion with his
colleagues in regard to the Elementary Education Bill.
BRINSMEAD'S " HISTORY OF THE PIANOFORTE."—In
our notice of this charming little volume in The Sun of
the 23rd inst. the author's name, inadvertently misprinted
as Edgar Brinstead, should have appeared correctly as
Edgar Brinsmead.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, June 27.
Admissions by season tickets, 1,328 ; ditto, on payment,
2,810; total visitors, 4,138.

The great Rose Show of the Royal Horticultural
Society will be held in the gardens at South Kensington
to-morrow (Wednesday, June 29th), when nearly £2OO in
prizes will be distributed. Prizes given by his Grace the
Duke of Buccleuch are also offered for groups of fruits
and flowers, or both combined, for the decoration of the
dinner table. The entries are numerous, and the show
promises to be a very successful one.
The barometer has decreased round the whole coast
of England. The winds have now veered northwards, and
they have been freshening almost hourly. Rain has fallen
in the North of England, and in Scotland. Temperature
has slightly increased. At eight o'clock on Sunday morning
the thermometer registered 56 degrees. On Monday
morning it had risen to 60 degrees. There are signs that
it will fall again immediately.

On Saturday were published two additional blue-
books, containing correspondence relative to the state of
the slave trada throughout the world. They confirm
and still further illustrate the statement already made
officially that the trade is fast dying out in all directions.
Even on the east coast of Africa, and in the Persian Gulf,
where it is most active, it is fast declining. On the west
coast it may be said to be almost extinct.

Amongst the last batch of parliamentary papers
issued is a return of expenditure of the municipal corpora-
tions in England and Wales, report from the select com-
mittee on currupt practices, the sevneth report from the
general committee on railway and canal bills, and a bill,
as amended by the select committee, to amend the acts
for the valuation of lands and the levying of assessments
in Scotland.

Orders have been given (says the North German
Correspondent) for the construction of a new ironclad
frigate, with four pieces of ten-inch rifled cannon in two
revolving turrets, and three rifled 24-pounders, two at
the bows and one at the stern. After the completion of
the Ariadne in the Dantzic Dockyard, a new corvette will
be laid down as a companion ship to the latter. The iron-
clad frigate is to be called the Borussia, and the new cor-
vette the Louisa.

A. man named Oliver Wynn, a foreman carpenter,
in the employ of Lord Tredegar, was on Saturday com-
mitted for trial to the next assizes, by the Newport
magistrates, on a charge of having sent a threatening
letter to a fellow employe, named White. Wynn's griev-
ance consisted in the fact that White was about to take
possession of a house from which the prisoner had been
evicted. The letter, a document remarkable for its
originality of expression as well as maliciousness of in-
tent, prayed that " God would send the curse of shame
and misery and poverty and remorse " upon White
" the short time that he had to live, and eternal misery
hereafter."

CRYSTAL PALACE.—A special grand display of
fireworks will be given this evening (Coronation Day)
with the usual magnificent effects of the illumination of
fountains and grounds. The afternoon, up to the time of
the fireworks at half-past nine, will be fully occupied by
Randegger's comic operetta, the " Rival Beauties," a
billiard match between Messrs. Cook and Roberts, per-
formances by the Coldstream Guards Band, and that of
the company, &c. The much-admired floral and scenic
arrangements of the great stage will be illuminated as on
Saturday, and the Palace will be lighted up for promenade
until eleven o'clock.

THE RECENT ACCIDENT IN RICHMOND PARK.—
The following are the latest particulars respecting the
condition of the gentlemen injured by the upsetting of the
private coach or "drag " in Richmond Park :—Mr. Hodder
(of the Morning Post), whose skull was badly fractured,
still lies at the Richmond Infirmary in a sad state, though
hopes are entertained of his recovery. The heat of the
weather on Wednesday and Thursday affected him very
ranch, and caused an increase of inflammatory symptoms.
Mr. J. Allen (also of the Post), whose leg was broken, re-
mains at the Castle, Richmond. There is a prospect of his
being able to leave his bed in a week or so. Captain Ha-
warth, whose ribs were fractured, and who was otherwise
seriously injured, is progressing favourably. Mr. C. Hunt
(City Press), who had a sprained ankle and fractured rib,
has been able to resume his duties, but is still lame. Mr.
Edeveain is still obliged to remain indoors by his sprained
ankles. Captain Hunt has recovered, and so has Mr.
Miles Beale.