biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-14

AUSTRALIA.

We have received, via Brindisi, in anticipation of the
Australian mail, advices from Melbourne to the 29th of
March. The principal portion of the news has been
already received by telegraph. The Melbourne Argus, in
its summary for Europe, states that Victoria has been
suffering severely from the drought, but in New
South Wales there have been severe floods.
The firm of W. Degraves and Company, millers,
merchants, and owners of squatting property, temporarily
suspended operations, with liabilities to the amount of
£350,000. Their difficulties have, however, been arranged,
and they have resumed business. A pedestrian match for
£l,OOO and the " Championship of the World," between
John Gregory Harris, described as the Australian cham-
pion foot-runner, and Frank Hewitt, the English
champion, had taken place at Melbourne in the
presence of twenty thousand persons. The match
-9nsisted of five flat races, and ended in a draw.
Another Ministerial crisis had occurred at Melbourne,
..nd it was thought the MacPherson Ministry, which had
not been in office many weeks, would be forced to retire,
and in itsplace a strong coalition Cabinet, comprising the
foremost men of the present and of the late Government,
would resume office under Mr. McCulloch, the leader of
the Opposition. The rock on which the present Ministry
has split is that of excessive expenditure. The adult
male population of Victoria does not exceed 250,000
souls yet the outlay required to govern them does not
fall much short of four millions sterling, or rather more
than £l5 per head of taxation. Were it not for the
onstant production of gold the colony would
:le seriously embarrassed. The legislators are unwilling
to impose a land tax for fear of alarming immigrants.
The settlers if they invest all their money in land and
nortgage it as they generally do,suffer from the high rata
of interest, and in case of a few bad seasons they lose their
freehold. The system of selling Crown lands
by public auction stimulates a system of gambling
lnd there is no first-rate land to be had
us the open market except at exorbitant prices. A heavy
land tax on those who do not farm their own land is
thought to be indispensable to the welfare of the country.
Several heavy failures are announced in consequence of the
banks suddenly calling in advances and declining to con-
tinue the usual discounts.
London, England, 1870-05-14

TO CAPITALISTS and OTHERS.---To -be
DISPOSED OF (through unforeseen circumstances), a
FREE PUBLIC HOUSE, well established, in a highly desirable
situation, and do ng a good trade, which could be greatly , nd
most profit ibly extended.
Whether for occupation, or investment, such a genuine oppor-
tunity seldom offers.

Ad-dress (post paid) to G. S., care of Mr. Smith, 11, Duke-street,
Adelphi.
London, England, 1870-05-14

Just published, price is 6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, In illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks.
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical dircular."
London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Beyiew. Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other
Journals, recommendinsits universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.
London, England, 1870-05-14

Votes for Women.

The House of Commons once more revelled in
joyous independence over the Women's Disabilities
Bill, which was thrown out on Thursday night, on
the motion for going into committee. All party dis-
tinctions were broken down, and the members went
into whichever lobby seemed best in their
eyes. A. formidable array of Radicals of
the Jacob Bright, Dixon, Dilke, Fawcett, and
P. A. Taylor type; formed part of the minority of 94
which supported the bill, and with them were, as
before, united such stout Conservative pillars as
Mr. Charley, Mr. Staveley Hill, the Hon. G. J. Noel,
the Conservative Whip, and others. But it is
noticeable that after the Government declared
against the change, no very great men voted in its
favour. Against the measure was a lotto. list, 220, of
Conservatives and Liberals combined, together with
the leading members of the Ministry.
The Ayrton and Barry Dispute.
The dispute between Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Barry
respecting the right to possess the original drawings
of the Houses of Parliament assumes a more personal
character as it progresses. Mr. Barry now publishes
a letter from Mr. Layard to do away with the suppo-
sition which, he says, has arisen, that dissatisfaction was
expressed by Mr. Ayrton's predecessor With the manner
in which he performed his duties. Mr. Layard says in
his letter to Mr. Barry that he had every reason to
be satisfied with the manner in which the latter dis-
charged his work. It would seem that in paper as in
other kinds of warfare, the original question too often
becomes lost sight of. •
London, England, 1870-05-14

FUNERAL OF SIR JAMES SIMPSON.

The funeral of Sir James Simpson took place at Edin-
burgh yesterday. The procession, which numbered over
sixteen hundred persons, included representatives of the
civic, academic, and literary bodies, many of them wear-
ing their robes. The coffin was borne upon an open cata-
falque. There were large crowds in the streets,
.and the
windows of the houses along the line of the route were
filled with spectators. The shops in the city were closed.

LONGFORD ELECTION.
CLOSE OF TUE POLL.
Greville, 1,218. Harman, 918. There was great excite
went in Balymahon, anclii one gentleman escorting a sup-
porter of Mr. Harman was violently assaulted.

ARRIVAL OF THE BODIES OF MR. HERBERT
AND MR. VYNER.

The bodies of Mr. Herbert and Mr. Vyner were landed
from the Delta at Southampton yesterday. A procession
consisting of the Mayor and Corporation and other offi-
cials, and the relatives and friends and representatives of
the deceased—including Earl Carnarvon, Hon. Auberon
Herbert, Mr. Vyner, Mr. Herbert, and Mr. Cyril
Graham—followed the remains to the railway-station,
where they were temporarily deposited in a room hung
with black, and lighted with groups of wax candles. The
shops along the light of route were closed, and minute
guns were fired.
London, England, 1870-05-14

THIRD READINGS.

The Ecclesiastical Patronage Transfer Bill and the
War Office Bill were read a third time and passed.

KENSINGTON GARDENS.

The Duke of RUTLAND asked if it was intended to take
away a portion of Kensington Gardens for the purpose of a
road being made.
Earl DE GREY said he was informed that the statement
was altogether incorrect ; it was not intended to take away
any portion of Kensington Gardens, but it was not impos-
sible that a portion of Hyde Park might be added to them.
There was no intention to form a road through the centre
of the gardens. _ .

The; lordships adjourned at twenty-five minutes to six,

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FnmAY.

The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four
o'clock.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Mr. CANDLISH gave notice that on the House going
into committee on the Parliamentary Elections Bill, he
should move an amendment for the purpose of providing
that votes at municipal elections might also be taken by
ballot.
London, England, 1870-05-14

MR. RUSKIN ON WOMEN.

Mr. Ruskin, at the close of a recent lecture on war,
addressed to the Royal Military College, Woolwich, made
the following remarks to the ladies present :—" You may
wonder, perhaps, that I have spoken this night in praise
of war. Yet truly, if it might be, I for one, would fain
join the cadence of hammer-strokes that should beat
swords into ploughshares ; and that this cannot
be, is not the fault of us men. It is your fault Wholly
yours. Only by your command, orby your permission,
can any contest take place among us. And the real, final
reason for all the poverty, misery, and rage of battle
throughout Europe is simply that you women, however
good and religious, however self-sacrificing for those whom
you love, are too selfish and too thoughtless to take pains
for any creature out of your immediate circles. You fancy
that you are sorry for the pain of others. Now I just tell
you this ; that if the usual comae of weir,
instead of
unroofing peasants' houses and ravaghig peasants'
fields, merely broke china upon your ewn
drawing-room tables, no war in civilised countries
would last a week. I tell you more, that, at whatever
moment you choose to put a period to war, you could do
it with less trouble than you take any. day to go out to
dinner. You know, or at least you might know, if you
would think, that every battle you hear of has made many
orphans and widows. We have none of us heart enough
truly to mourn with these ; but, at least, we might put on
the outer symbols of mourning with them.
Let but every Christian lady who bas con-
science toward God vow that she will mourn, at
least inwardly, for His killed creatures. Your prayer is
useless, and your church-going mere mockery of God, if
Lou have not plain obedience in you to your conscience.
et every lady in the happy classes of civilised Europe
simply vow that, while any cruel war proceeds, she will
wear black—a mute's black—with no jewel no ornament,
no excuse for an invasion into prettiness ; ] tell you again
no war would last a week."

Nature says that the number of entries for the
examination for women at the London University, which
takes place during the current week, is seventeen, against
nine last year. Of these, twelve will be examined in
London and five at Cheltenham.

Admiral Russell Henry Manners, F.R.S.A., has
just died in his 70th year. He became rear-admiral
(retired 1i5t).1855, vice-admiral 1862, and admiral 1865.
Admiral Manners married, 1834, Louisa Jane, daughter
of the Count de Noe, a peer of France.
London, England, 1870-05-14

THE LONGFORI; ELECTION.

The polling at Longford commenced at eight o'clock this
morning, and proceeds slowly. No returns have yet been
received from Granard and Ballymahon. The state of the
poll at Longford polling booth at ten o'clock was given as
follows :-
111 r. Greville-Nugent l7l
Mr. King Harmer

TERMINATION OF THE WEARMOUTH STRIKE.
The strike at Wearm-uth Colliery, near Sunderland is
ended ; the men, th's morning, attended the office, and
offered to be re-engaged on the old terms.
London, England, 1870-05-14

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS,

The Times believes the revolutionary attempts in Paris
will serve the interests of the Emperor more than all the
affirmative votes of the Plebiscite. He may recognise
now that the Plebiscite was a mistake, and his dynasty,
so far as it is concerned, is not so well off as it was on the
Ist of May. But Napoleon is always lucky, and the
Plebiscite has strengthened his position by provoknlF
these absurd demonstrations of the Revolutionists whicu
terrifyithe friends of order, and convince the middle classes,
who are the real strength of France, that their interests
are identical with those of the Imperial dynasty.
The Daily News remarks on the loss of the Wonier?„'s
Disabilities Bill, and says that the nature of women Nylll
become more developed if a free course is left open 1°
them. There is no cause to think that politics would form
an exception to literature, art, or society in regard to its
influence on women. Mr. Gladstone's course in respect to
this measure is just what it was with regard to other im-
provements, and when the occasion requires it he will be
ready to modify his views, as he has so often done before
on important topics.
The Telegraph concludes, from an examination of the
additional correspondence on the Greek massacre, that the
immediate cause of the captives' death was either the
extraordinary folly of the officials at Athens in stimulating
their officer to action when absolute inaction was necessary,
or an equally extraordinary misunderstanding of instruc-
tions on his part. The papers now before us say little as to,.
any atonement for the wrong. The punishment of
the assassins has been begun, and will, it may
be hoped, soon be thoroughly accomplished to the teror
of every brigand in Greece. But a searching investig'n-
tion, which shall spare neither age nor sex, is the only
satisfaction which can be accepted on behalf of our mm'"
dered countrymen.
The Standard is satisfied with the result of the election
for the county of Longford, because the point at issue Nval.,
whether an Imperialist or Nationalist should triumph. lb
considers that greater interests than mere party question:
are at stake, and a politician like Captain Harman cann°,_
be supported. The true Conservative policy canno
uphold the views of the Nationalists. To agitate for
repeal is virtually to attempt to bring about the dissolu-
tion of the Empire. To repeal the Union would be juju'
rious to England and fatal to the prosperity of Ireland.
The Post trusts that those who purposed to meet in Hyde.f-
park to-morrow will think better of the matter, but
unfortunately they should persist in their determination, g
believes the Government will be ready to meet the erne,'"
gency. The English nation will wait for some time before
it gives up its time-honoured custom of affording a shelter
to foreigners, but these refugees must not take advantage °f
the hospitality extended to them. At any rate, the working
man of London need not interfere in the question, which doeS
not directly concern them.
London, England, 1870-05-14

SPORTING IN TELLIGENCF,

CITY BETTING—THIS DAY.
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst Toison d'Or (taken and offered)
sto 1 Bar one (offered)
DERBY.
500 to 400 agst Macgregor (offered)
9 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered—take 10 to 1)
10 to 1 agst Camel (offered-1,100 to 100 taken)
100 to 6 agst Prince of Wales (offered—take 20 to 1)
22 to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Palmerston (wanted)
25 to 1 agst Bridgewater (offered—take 1,000 to 30)
1000 to 25 agst Cymbal (offered)
2000 to 10 agst Sarsfield (offered)

PLACE BETTING.
200 to 106 an Macgregor (offered—take 250 to 100)
3 to 1 agst Ortinel (taken)
4 to 1 agst Prince, of Wales (offered—take sto 1)
sto 1 agst Palmerston (taken to £100)
sto 1 agst Normanby (wanted)
to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken)

CHESTER RACES—YESTERDAY.
Handicap Plate of 50 tams. Half a mile. Ten subs.
Mr W. G. B nnett's Sunflower, by Kettledrum—May-
flower, 8 yrs, 7st 21b (Gradwell) 1
t 2

Mr E. Bower's Benevolence, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b
Mr R. Peck's Blanche
Maurice also started. Dead heat with the first two.
Cowbermere Plate of 60 cove; winners extra; entrance 3
sovs. Five furlongs. Twenty subs.

Mr Dawson's Morphia, by Macaroni— Wensleydale, 3 yrff,
Est 131 b (Hunt) 1
Mr W. G. Bennett's Brother to Vex, 3 yrs, Bat Blb

(tilradwell) 2
Mr Lawrenee'salsmael, 4 yrs. 7st-Sib (Kenyon) 3
Realite also started.

Badminnton Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 200 added;
for two yr olds; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst
61b; winners extra, with allowances. Half a mile. Fifty
subs.

Mr Graham's Lady Atholstone, by Blair Athole—Silk-
stone, Bst 131 b (in 71b ex) .. (Morris) 1
Captain Maclean's ns Jack-it.-the-Box, 9st (in Mb ex)
(Jeffery) 2
Mr Kay's Hesperia, Bst llb (Gradwell) 3
The following also ran : Balquhiddar, Alexandra
Honeydew, Paesano, Caradoc, Grandee, and Calot.
Stewards' Cup of 200 sovs. Grosvenor Course.
Mr P. Rice's Not Out, by Umpire—Surge, 3 yrs, Est 71b
(ilson) 1
Mr G. Dawson's Fearnought, 3 yrs, Est 71b ........(Webb) 2
Mr W. Feaster's George Oebaldes on, 4 yrs, est 91b
(Snowden) 3

Flippant also ran.
Ladies' Purse of 3 sovs end), with 50 added. T.Y.C.
Mr W. A. Baker's Prior, by Camerino, dam by Great In-

quisitor, 4 ire, 7st 121 b (7£5)
Mr U Boynton's My Uncle, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (£1,..0)
(Cameron) 2
Mr Raworth'A Emily, 4 yrs, ist 31b (£75) .....(Cradwell) 3
Filou and Syren also ran.
(Cobalt was weighed for by Ashworth, but the latter was
thrown on the way to the kost, and the gelding did not
start.)

Sulby Plate of 100 sous. Half a mile.

Mr Ray's Grandee, by Knight of St Patrick—Spring
Blossom, Bst Lolli
Mr Wynne's Baron Audley, Bst 101 b . (G Jarvis) '2
Mr J Lincoln's Brag, Bst 71b ...... ........... ..•( Kenyon) 3
Blue Ruin, S litude, Lady Temple, and Baron Audley
also ran.

Wilton Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 50 added;
winners extra. Seven furlongs. Twelve subs.
Mr Ray's Cawdor, by Van Galen—The Thane, 5 yrs, Bst 61b
(Morris) 1
Mr G. Boynton's My Uncle, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Cameron) 2
Mr E. Bower's Witchcraft, 5 yrs,:tsst 81b (G Jarvis) 3
Brother to Vex, Disturbance, and Royal Lad also ran.
London, England, 1870-05-14

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London, England, 1870-05-14

MR. RUSKIN ON WOMEN.

Mr. Ruskin, at the close of a recent lecture on war,
addressed to the Royal Military College, Woolwich, made
the following remarks to the ladies present : You may
wonder, perhaps, that I have spoken this night in praise
of war. Yet truly, if it might be, I for one, would fain
join the cadence of hammer-strokes that should beat
swords into ploughshares ; and that this cannot
be, is not the fault of us men. It is your fault. Wholly
yours. Only by your command, or by your permission,
can any contest take place among us. And the real, final
reason for all the poverty, misery, and rage of battle
throughout Europe is simply that you women, however
good and religious, however self-sacrificing for those whom
you love, are too selfish and too thoughtless to take pains
for any creature out of your immediate circles. You fancy
that you are sorry for the pain of others. Now, I just tell
you this ; that if the usual course of war, instead of
unroofing peasants' houses and ravaging peasants'
fields, merely broke china upon your own
drawing-room tables, no war in civilised countries
would last a week. I tell you more, that, at whatever
moment you choose to put a period to war, you could do
it with less trouble than you take any day to go out to
dinner. You know, or at least you might know, if you
would think, that every battle you hear of has made many
orphans and widows. We have none of us heart enough
truly to mourn with these ; but, at least, we might put on
the outer symbols of mourning with them.
Let but every Christian lady who has con-
science toward God vow that she will mourn, at
least inwardly, for His killed creatures. Your prayer is
useless, and your church-going mere mockery of God, if
you have not plain obedience in you to your conscience.
Let every lady in the happy classes of civilised Europe
simply vow that, while any cruel war proceeds, she will
wear black—a mute's black—with no jewel, no ornament,
no excuse for an invasion into prettiness ; I tell you again
no war would last a week."
London, England, 1870-05-14

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London, England, 1870-05-14

MR. RUSKIN ON WOMEN.

Mr. Ruskin, at the close of a recent lecture on war,
addressed to the Royal Military College, Woolwich, made
the following remarks to the ladies present :—" You may
wonder, perhaps, that I have spoken this night in praise
of war. Yet truly, if it might be, I for one, would fain
join the cadence of hammer-strokes that should beat
swords into ploughshares ; and that this cannot
be, is not the fault of us men. It is your fault. Wholly
yours. Only by your command, or by your permission,
can any contest take place among us. And the real, final
reason for all the poverty, misery, and rage of battle
throughout Europe is simply that you women, however
good and religious, however self-sacrificing for those whom
you love, are too selfish and too thoughtless to take pains
for any creature out of your immediate circles. You fancy
that you are sorry for the pain of others. Now, I just tell
you this ; that if the usual course of war, instead of
unroofing peasants' houses and ravaging peasants'
fields, merely broke china upon your own
drawing-room tables, no war in civilised countries
would last a week. I tell you more, that, at whatever
moment you choose to put a period to war, you could do
it with less trouble than you take any day to go out to
dinner. You know, or at least you might know, if you
•would think, that every battle you hear of has made many
orphans and widows. We have none of us heart enough
truly to mourn with these ; but, at least, we might put on
the outer symbols of mourning with them.
Let but every Christian lady who has con-
science toward God vow that she will mourn, at
least inwardly, for His killed creatures. Your prayer is
useless, and your church-going mere mockery of God, if
you have not plain obedience in you to your conscience.
Let every lady in the happy classes of civilised. Europe
simply vow that, while any cruel war proceeds, she will
wear black—a mute's black—with no jewel, no ornament,
no excuse for an invasion into prettiness ; I tell you again
no war would last a week."
London, England, 1870-05-14

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

The management of this popular theatre may be
congratulated in having added another to the now
lengthy list of successful pieces which it has pre-
sented to the public from time to time. Mr. H. T.
Craven's two-act comedy, " Barwise's Book," which
was produced a fortnight ago, has now thoroughly
established itself, and now nightly draws a crowded
house. Without possessing any of those very pro-
minent and striking features which have appertained
to some of the pieces in which Messrs. Buckstone and
Sothern have delighted Haymarket audiences,
Barwise's Book " is certainly entitled to be
considered pleasing, inasmuch as it goes
easily and has plenty of situations. It will
be hardly necessary to say that the acting of
the piece is excellent in every particular. The
Charles Mulcraft, a gentleman by profession, of Mr.
Sothern, and the more rustic Robert Cuckfield of
Mr. Buckstone being most effective representations
whilst the• characteristic parts of Mrs. Mulcraft, a
lady by inference, sustained by Mrs. Frank Matthews,
and Miss Robertson's Ellen Petworth are equally
excellent ; Messrs. Chippendale, Kendal, and Comp-
ton, and Miss Fanny Gwynne are also pleasing. The
comedy is preceded by "No Song, No Supper,"
and followed by Mr. Morton's popular farce, " A
Roeugsuel.a r s
The
,'
in which Mr. Sothern convulses the
h
performances close with a " Kiss in the
, i '
a which terminates a very agreeable evening.

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London, England, 1870-05-14

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London, England, 1870-05-14

Votes for Women.

The House of Commons once more revelled in
joyous independence over the 'Women's Disabilities
Bill, which was thrown out on Thursday night, on
the motion for going into committee. All party dis-
tinctions were broken down, and the members went
into whichever lobby seemed best in their
eyes. A formidable array of Radicals of
the Jacob Bright, Dixon, Dilke, Fawcett, and
P. A. Taylor type, formed part of the minority of 94
which supported the bill, and with them were, as
before, united such stout Conservative pillars as
Mr. Charley, Mr. Staveley Hill, the Hon. G. J. Noel,
the Conservative Whip, and others. But it is
noticeable that after the Government declared
against the change, no very great men voted in its
favour. Against the measure was a long list, 220, of
Conservatives and Liberals combined, together with
the leading members of the Ministry.
The Ayrton and Barry Dispute.
The dispute between Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Barry
respecting the right to possess the original drawings
of the Houses of Parliament assumes a more personal
Character as it progresses. Mr. Barry now publishes
ai letter from Mr. Layard to do away with the suppo-
sition which, he says, has arisen, that dissatisfaction was
expressed by Mr. Ayrton's predecessor with the mariner
iii which he performed his duties. Mr. Layard says in
his letter to Mr. Barry that he had every reason to
be satisfied with the manner in which the latter dis-
charged his work. It would seem that, in paper as in
other kinds of warfare, the original question too often
becomes lost sight of.
London, England, 1870-05-14

Mr P. Rice's Not Out, by Umpire—Surge, 3 yriktist 71b

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Mr G. -Dawson's Fearnought, 3 yrs, Est 71b ...(Webb) 2
Mr W. Feaster's George Othaides on, 4 yrs, cat • 91b
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Flippant also ran.
Ladies' Parse of 3 sous etch, with 50 added. T.Y.C.
Mr W. A. Baker's Prior, by Canierino, dam by Great In-
quisitor, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (7£5) (Kenyon) 1
Mr G Boynton's My Uncle, 5 yrs, Bst 911) (.£l. 0)
(Cameron) 2
Mr Raworth's Emily, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (.£75) .....(Uradwell) 3
Filou and Syren also ran.
[Cobalt was weighed for by Ashworth, but the latter was
thrown on the way to the 1 oat, and the gelding did not
start.]

Sulby Plate of 100 sous. Half a mile.

Mr Ray's Grandee, by Knight of St Patrick—Spring
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Blue Ruin, S litude, Lady Temple, and Baron Audrey
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Wilton Handicap of 5 sous each, 3 ft, with 50 added;
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Mr Ray's Oawdor, by Van Galen-12171s Thane, 5 yrs, Bst 61b
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London, England, 1870-05-14

SPAIN.

MADRID, May 13 (Evening).
pohe discussion of the municipal laws has been
ti,\v°lled in the Cortes on account of the indispost-
tc:4 of the Regent. The Regent will send a message
gr the Cortes on the 25th of May. An official tele-
the fr°lll Cuba announces a Spanish victory over
rebels in the Central Department of the island.
de Insurgents lost 150 men killed and many wounded,
three guns and munition of wax were captured.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

THE RUMOULED FENIAN MOVEMENT ON

CANADA.

NEW YORK, May 13.

The Minnesota papers confirm the rumour that
bands of Fenians are preparing to march upon the
Red River Settlement. A party of three hundred
men is stationed at St. Paul's, armed and ready to
take part in the contemplated military movement.

JAPAN.

YOKOHAMA, March 22.

Admiral Hornhy while stationed here visited the
Mikado, and sailed on the 19th for Vancouver's
Island.

The Japanese budget just presented shows a de-
ficit of two millions sterling.
A rumour prevails here that Sir Harry Parkes has
been transferred to Pekin.
The barque St. Dunstan has been wrecked. Four
lives were lost.
London, England, 1870-05-14

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GOVERNMENT COMPETITION.

Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that on the 10th of June he
should call attention to the Government manufactories,
and move a resolution to the effect that it was unseemly
for the Government to enter into competition for contracts
with commercial houses.
KENSINGTON GARDENS.

Mr. W. H. SMITH asked the First Commissioner of
Works if there was any truth in the report that it was
the intention of the Government to make a road for car-
riages through Kenbington Gardens; and if he would state
between what points it was proposed to make the

ryadw ay.
Mr. AYRTON said he was not surprised at the question
considering the rumours that were in circulation on the
subject. About eight years ago one of his predecessors
in office proposed to snake a sunk road
or cutting through Kensington Gardens and the
proposal meet with a good deal of opposition. On the
subject coming before the House a division took place, the
result of which was to induce the then First Commis-
sioner not to persevere with his proposal. He
(Mr. Ayrton) voted on that occasion against
the making of the proposed road, and it
was quite untrue that he was now contemplating
doing that which he opposed on the occasion referred to.
There were some works going on, but nothing of the
nature of the scheme he had mentioned.

Lord JOHN MANNERS suggested that a plan of the
works in progress should he sent round with the votes.

MUSIC IN THE ROYAL PARKS.

Mr. STACPOOLE asked the Secretary of State for War

If it was true that the commanding officer of the regiment
now quartered at Knightsbridge Barracks does not allow
the band of his regiment to perform upon the platform
erected for that purpose in Hyde Park in the same
manner as the bands of the two last other Household
Cavalry Regiments.
Mr. CARDWELL remarked that the hon. gentleman
scarcely apprehended the import of the question he asked.
It was no part of the military duties of the band to per-
form on the platform in Hyde Park, and he reminded
the hon. member that the officers supported the band.
London, England, 1870-05-14

The Howe Earldom.

Earl Howe, whose death is just announced, was
born in 1796. His father was the. Hon. Penn A.
Curzon, his mother the Baroness Howe, eldest
daughter of the celebrated Admiral. He married
first, in 1820, the second daughter of the sixth Earl
and sister of the late Earl of Cardigan, which lady
died in 1830; and secondly, in 1845, Miss Gore,
second daughter of the late Admiral Sir John Gore,
K.C.B. By both marriages he had children. The
eldest son, Viscount Curzon, who succeeds to thm
title,- has represented South Leicestershire in the
Conservative interest since 1857. The seat was con-
tested at the general election, but Mr. Paget fell
short of the second Conservative candidate, Mr. rob
by 250 votes.
Irish Primary Education.

Just when a loud outcry is being raised against
the long delay of the Royal Commission on Primary
Education in Ireland, the Standard announces the
first Of the commissioners' recommendations,
thereby implying that the report itself will soon be
forthcoming:—" We understand that the commis-
sioners on primary education in Ireland have
just presented their report, in which it is
stated that they recommend the maintenance
of the national or mixed system, with the im-
portant and very curious exception, that in
parishes where the population is all Roman Catholic,
or where it is all Protestant, the denominational
system shall be introduced." Until we are in posses-
sion of more complete details, this brief intimation
can hardly be of service. The important point will
be to learn where the commissioners draw the line,
for so very few parishes are absolutely all Catholic
or all Protestant; that the denominational system
will fare badly if the distinction be enforced
rigorously: The report, whatever it may contain, is
undoubtedly very late. The Commission was first
proposed in 1867, and it was understood that the
business should be over in fourteen months.
London, England, 1870-05-14

AUSTRALIA.

We have received, via Brindisi, in anticipation of the
Australian mail, advices from Melbourne to the 29th of
March. The principal portion of the news has been
already received by telegraph. The Melbourne Argus, in
its summary for Europe, states that Victoria has been
suffering severely from the drought, but in New
South Wales there have been severe floods.
The firm of W. Degraves and Company, millers,
merchants, and owners of squatting property, temporarily
suspended operations, with liabilities to the amount of
£350,000. Their difficulties have, however, been arranged,
and they have resumed business. A pedestrian match for
21,000 and the " Championship of the World," between.
John Gregory Harris, described as the Australian cham-
pion foot-runner, and . Frank • Hewitt, the English
champion, had taken place at Melbourne in the
presence of twenty thousand persons. The match
consisted of five flat races, and ended in a draw.
Another Ministerial crisis had occurred at Melbourne,
and it was thought the MacPherson Ministry, which had
not been in office many weeks, would be forced to retire,
and in its place a strong coalition Cabinet, comprising the
foremost men of the present and of the late Government,
would resume office under Mr. McCulloch, the leader of
the Opposition. The rock on which the present Ministry
has split is that of excessive expenditure. The adult
male population of Victoria does not exceed 250,000
souls yet the outlay required to govern them does not
fall much short of four millions sterling, or rather more
than £l5 per head of taxation. Were it not for the
constant production of gold the colony would
be seriously embarrassed. The legislators are unwilling
to impose a land tax for fear of alarming immigrants.
The settlers if they invest all their money in land and
mortgage it as they generally do,suffer from the high rate
of interest, and in case of a few bad seasons they lose their
freehold. The system of selling Crown lands
by public auction stimulates a system of gambling
and there is no first-rate land to be had
in the open market except at exorbitant prices. A heavy
land tax on those who do not farm their own land is
thought to be indispensable to the welfare of the country.
Several heavy failures are announced in consequence of the
banks suddenly calling in advances and declining to con-
tinue the usual discounts.
London, England, 1870-05-14

The Clergy in Longford.

It seems to have been all a mistake to suppose that
the Catholic clergy, warned by the decision of the
judge, on the recent petition, have abstained
from an active part in the contest which
is just over in Longf,,rd. They have been as
busy as ever, though the business has been done in
a quieter manner. No Fenian sympathisers were con-
demned to hell from the pulpit, or struck by enraged
priests. But the exertions of the Roman clergy
on behalf of the Liberal, Mr. Greville-
Nugent, were not the less earnest, their hos-
tility to the Nationalist, Mr. King Harman, was
every whit as unsparing. This unity as one man
against the Nationalist party, shows that the priests
are not disposed to part with their political influence.
If the Catholic bishop of the district asked his clergy
to refrain from interference in this election, they gave
little heed to his request. It seems, however, that he
knew better.
The State of Westmeath.

It would appear that no actual agrarian grievance
led to the series of outrages which have been at-
tempted upon Mr. George J. Hornidge, the land
agent, who cannot leave his house of late without the
protection of constabulary. In 1863 a tenant on the
farm of Sir W. R. Leeson, informed Mr. Hornidge,
the agent for the property, that he was embarrassed,
and that he must surrender the lands. He did so,
and not only was forgiven his arrears, but
was also supplied with a little money to
enable him to emigrate. Scarcely had he
left Ireland, when the Ribbonmen, probably sus-
peCting unfair dealing, threatened to take Mr.
Hornidge's life, unless he let the lands to a man in
the • parish. Tninking that as no one had
been aggrieved, the hostile feeling would
soon subside, Mr. Hornidge offered to let the ground
for grazing purposes, and his life and those of the
men who successively rented the farmlands were then
attempted. A set of determined outrages have ren-
dered it necessary that an armed body of constabulary
should be present near Mr. Hornidge's house,
and' as he has not yet handed over the lands to
the " man in the parish," he considers
that his life may at any time be taken, while the
fields, formerly occupied by the emigrant, now remain
absolutely tenantless. This state of things in
Westmeath presents a problem, which it is hard to
solve. A gentleman is repeatedly attacked, and his
house assailed by a band of ruffians,. to whom or
to whose friends he has done no injustice, and
the magistracy are unable to apprehend a single one
of the Ribbonmen, or to sufficiently protect the land,
so as to enable any tenant who takes it to feel that
his happiness and his home are secure.
London, England, 1870-05-14

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The Blue Posts Inn at Portsmouth.

The Blue Posts Hotel, at Portsmouth, ren-
dered famous by Captain Marryat in his novels
of "Peter Simple " and " Mr. Midshipman Easy,"
has been destroyed by fire. The inn has,
since 1613, been the resort of naval officers
visiting Portsmouth ; indeed, its name is supposed
to have been given to it by some sea captains
who on their return to that town from the Levant
associated the blue posts of the old tavern
with the pillars of Hercules. Captain Marryat
described the hostelry on the Point at Portsmouth in
the words, " This is the Blue Postesses, where the
midshipmen leave their chestesses, and call for tea
and toastesses, and sometimes forget to
pay for their breakfastesses." There is, more-
over, a tradition connecting Admiral Benbow,
the "Father of Grog in the Navy," with the
house. This hero, while in the merchant service,
won a sea fight over the Sallee rovers, and received
a commission in the Royal Navy for his bravery.
He used to celebrate the victory at the Blue Posts
by treating his friends to "grog," a mixture said to
be the great " Benbow's" own invention. The
Blue Posts Hotel reached a high fame at the time
of Trafalgar, when Nelson's officers, passing through
Portsmouth, always made it a point to " pay their
respects" to the haunt of so many old salts.

"Free Russia."

The letter of Profess or Kapoustin, which appeared
in the Goloss, and which alleges that the people of
Russia have smiled at the errors in Mr. Hepworth
Dixon's last work, is denounced by the latter gentle-
man as a forgery. Mr. Dixon says that Professor
Kapoustin, so far from dissuading him from writing
"Free Russia," positively did everything in his power
to encourage him to carry out his undertaking.
Furthermore, he declares that at the date when the
words " smiling at errors in the book " are reported
to have been written, not a single copy of the wor k
had reached Russia.

The Last of Vie Plamtagenets.
An historical interest is attached to the record of
he death of Viscountess Dambray, widow of the

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Chateau of Montigny, near Dieppe. Tho last rem-
nant of the Anjou branch of the Plantagenets has
become extinct with this lady. Her father, Count
Deshaze, bore the arms of England on his escutcheon.
He was page to Louis XVI., and was personally
known to many now living. Her husband was
the son of Chancellor Dambray, who signed the
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of the most exciting passages of English and French
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London, England, 1870-05-14

ATTEMPTED MURDER IN SUFFOLK,

Yesterday a case of a serious character came before the
magistrates at Beccles, a man named Stephen Raven, a wood-
cutter, being charged with the attempted murder of a young
woman named Mary Ann Smith, the daughter of a labourer,
with whom he bad lodged at Worlingham, Suffolk. The
young woman is the mother of a child, now two years
old, by Raven, who appears latterly to have been in
a sullen and unsettled state of mind, the result, to some
extent, of drinking habits. On the 3d instant he
went to Smith's cottage at Worlingham. He sat in
the cottage nearly an hour, and then asked for " Polly."
Hearing that she was at work in a field close to the cottage
he went to her and began to use her rather roughly, and pro-
duced a billhook, with the remark that she had not another
minute to live. The young woman begged for permission
to kiss her child, but Raven at once struck her on the
head. A struggle ensued between Raven and his intended
victim, and the young woman succeeded in wrenching the
billhook from Raven and threw it over a fence. Raven
then produced a razor. She had a hood bonnet on, and this
broke the force of a ent made at her by Raven with the
razor, and assistance being obtained she was rescued, and
her assailant was taken into custody.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

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The Blue Posts Inn at Portsmouth.

The Blue Posts Hotel, at Portsmouth, ren-
dered famous by Captain Marryat in his novels
of " Peter Simple " and " Mr. Midshipman Easy,"
has been destroyed by fire. The inn has,
since 1613, been the resort of naval officers
visiting Portsmouth ; indeed, its name is supposed
to have been given to it by some sea captains
who on their return to that town from the Levant
associated the blue posts of the old tavern
with the pillars of Hercules. Captain Marryat
described the hostelry on the Point at Portsmouth in
the words, " This is the Blue Postesses, where the
midshipmen leave their chestesses, and call for tea
and toastesses, and sometimes forget to
pay for their breakfastesses." There is, more-
over, a tradition connecting Admiral Benbow,
the "Father of Grog in the Navy," with the
house. This hero, while in the merchant service,
won a sea fight over the Sallee rovers, and received
a commission in the Royal Navy for his bravery.
He used to celebrate the victory at the Blue Posts
by treating his friends to "grog," a mixture said to
be the great " Benbow's" own invention. The
Blue Posts Hotel reached a high fame at
ro
the time
of Trafalgar, when Nelson's officers, passing
Portsmouth, always made it a point to "pay their
respects" to the haunt of so many old salts.

"Free Russia."

The letter of Professor Kapoustin, which appeared
in the Goloss, and which alleges that the people of
Russia have smiled at the errors in Mr. Hepworth
Dixon's last work, is denounced by the latter gentle-
man as a forgery. Mr. Dixon says that Professor
Kapoustin, so far from dissuading him from writing
"Free Russia," positively did everything in his power
to encourage him to carry out his undertaking.
Furthermore, he declares that at the date when the
words " smiling at errors in the book " are reported
to have been written, not a single copy of the work
had reached Russia.