The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-23 00:00:00

THIS EVENING'S NEWS.

THE MONEY

ET

AND
:_IIOMM RCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

A THIRD RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)

A railway accident occurred shortly after ten o'clock
last night, at Knighton Junction, situated about two
miles from Leicester. An
.engine was engaged shunting
some goods waggons, to make up a train for the South,
when on crossing the points at the south end of the junc:.
tion, on the up-line, one of the:waggons struck the points,
causing several of the waggons to be thrown down a steep
embankment, and also to block up the line until nearly
one o'clock in the morning. Passenger trains to the North
were delayed, as they had to, be worked for some distance
to Wigston Junction on the South line. No personal
injury was sustained.

errY, Two o'CLocx:.

Consols are flat at yesterday's decline. Railways dull:
Foreign Bonds are depressed and drooping in value.
Consols are now 921 to 921; ditto [Account, 921 to 92i ;
New 3 per Cent. Reduced, 921 to 92k ; Bank Stock;
234 Jo 236 ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss. prem. India Five
per Cents., 1101 to 111; ditto Four per Cents., 102*
to 1021 ; and India Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem.
In the Foreign Market Italian 1861 are 581 to 59 ;
Spanish 1867 Loan, 31i to 311; do. 1869, 311 to 311 ;
Peruvian, 91/ to 92k; Portuguese, 33 to 31i ; Brazilian,
91* to 92f ; Egyptian, 1868, 821 to 821; New Peruvian;
to prem. ; Quicksilver, to 1 prein. ; Turkish;
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THE ACTION AGAINST GOVERNOR EYRE.
To-day the. Court of Error, composed of the Lord Chief
Baron, Barons Martin and Channell, and Justices Wiles
and Smith, gave judgment in the case of Phillips v. Eyre.
It will be remembered that this was an action for false
imprisonment and for personal injuries sustained by the
plaintiff in the island of Jamaica during the insurrec-
tion. The defendant was governor of the island, and the
persons acting under his authority had arrested the
plaintiff when the island was in a state of
rebellion. An Act had been passed which
gave an indemdity from civil process to all parties who had
acted in good faith to suppress the rebellion. The question
now before the court (and on which the Court of Queen's
Bench had given judgment for the defendant) was whether
a right of action lay against the governor for injuries sus-
tained by the plaintiff.
Mr. Justice Willes delivered a very long and elaborate judg-
ment in which the Court unanimously affirmed the decree
of the court below in favour of the defendant. By
the common law it was the duty of every citizen to do
his utmost to maintain order ; and whatever
he did honestly and in good faith, his acts would be sup-
ported and justified. A person entrusted with the
government of a colony and preserving the lives and pro-
perty of the people had a most hazardous task to perform
when open rebellion broke out, and to hesitate or tem-
porise might bring about disastrous consequences. By
acting at once a governor might save life and property
out of all proportion to the mistakes he made. The
danger once over, every measure he had effected might be
challenged as violent and unnecessary at the suit of indivi-
duals, and the Governor would have to establish the legality
of his action. That might be hazardous and ruinous to the
Governor ; but it was perfectly within the competence
of the Legislature to declare such acts legal; and this
was what had been done in the present case by the act of
indemnity in question. The learned judge then went
into all the authorities, and after disposing of the objec-
tions raised by the counsel for plaintiff (Mr. Quain,
Q. 0.), his lordship announced the judgment of the
Court below to be right. Governor Eyre is thus released
from all pains and penalties.

634 to 631.
In the Railway Market Caledonians are 77 to 774;
Great Eastern, 40/ to 401 ; Great Northern, 122 t 01123 ;
Great Western, 712 to 72 ;, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
133 to 134 ; Brighton, 434 to 441; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 152 to 16 ; London and North Western,
1291 to 1291 ; London and South Western, 91 to 92 ;
Metropolitan, 70 to 701 ; Midland, 1302 to 1304.
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 161 to 161 ; British
India, 14 to 11 ; China, 21 to 21 dis. ; Falmouth, 91 to 92.
Foreign Mining Shares are steady. St, John del Rey
is quoted at 254 to 261 ; Rossa Orande, Ito 1 dis ; Port
Philip, 4 dis. to par ; Frontina Bolivaia, 4 to 1 ; Eclipse,
par to 4 prem. ; Don Pedro, 24 to 24 prem., and Anglo-
Argentine, par to I prem.
In Bank Shares Alliance are quoted 141 to 151 ; Anglo-
Austrian, 15 to 17 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 30 to
31; Consolidated, 41 to 5 ; Imperial Ottoman, 41 to 41 ;
London and County, 501 to 514; London and Westmin-
ster, 62 to 63 ; London Joint Stock, 344 to 351; and
Union of London, 391 to 404.
Canada Five per Cents. are quoted 981 to 991 ; New
South Wales Five per Cents., 1031 to 104.4; New Zealand
Five per Cents., 991 to 991; Queensland Six per Cent.,
112 to 113 ; Victoria Five per Cents (1891), 104 to 1041 ;
ditto Six per Cent., 1111 to 112.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 904 to 904; Ten-
Forty Bonds, 874 to 88 ; Erie shares, 1811 to 19 ; Illinois,
113 to 114 ; and Atlantic and Great Western Bonds, 28
to 29.
The Scrip of the New Honduras Railway Loan is 21 to 3
prem.
The New Buenos Ayres State Loan is firm, at 1 14
prem.
In Miscellaneous Shares, General Credit are quoted 41
prem. ; International Financial, 14 1 dis. ; Hudson's
Bay, 121 121 ; National Discount, 114 12.
With regard to the French crops and the statement that
the yield is likely to be only one-third below an average
other correspondents take a more unfavourable view, and
consider that one-half is lost. In the Central Departments,
which produce most wheat, the result threatens to be
very bad, while in the north and south it will be better.
It has been notified that the Governor and Committee
of the Hudson's Bay Company intend to recommend
that the £300,000 received from the Dominion of Canada
be returned to the shareholders, but that in the present
uncertain state of affairs at Red River they do not pro-
pose to declare a dividend at the ensuing meeting.
It is understood that many payments in full in antici-
pation of the instalments, have been made upon the
Roumanian Government Iron Bridges Annuity.
It is notified that the transfer books of the Imperial
Continental Gas Association (Limited) will be closed for
a period fourteen days from the Ist of July, prepara-
tory to, the allotment of new shares and the issue of new
certificates.
The transfer books of the Telegraph Construction and
Maintenance Company (Limited) will be closed from the
27th inst. to 4th of July, preparatory to the payment of
a dividend, which, it is stated, will be at the rate of 16s.
per share.
The ordinary general meeting of the Alliance Bank
, (Limited) will be held on the 21st of July.
At the meeting of the British Linen Company the

balance of profit and loss account for the year ending
April was stated at £136,072, out of which a dividend has
already been declared. A further distribution was an-
nounced for the half-year at the rate of 11 per cent. per
annum, in addition to a bonus of 2 per cent. The Rest
now amounts to £346,219.

At the first meeting of the creditors under the bank
ruptcy of M. W. H. Cotterill, the solicitor, Mr. James
Waddell, accountant, was appointed trustee. The liabili-
ties were stated in court to be about £lOO,OOO.
At the meeting of the Royal Exchange Assurance
Corporation a dividend of 21 per cent., free of income
tax, was declared for the half-year, making, with the
Christmas distribution of 4, a total of 25 per cent., for the
year, free of income tax.

THE NORTH-WEST OF INDIA.
News from the North-west Provinces of India
announces fresh disturbAnces among the Wuzeree tribes.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EN ENING; J UNE 23, 1870.

THIS MORNING'S NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS•

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
BUDGET OF THE CITY OF PARIS.
The proposed loan of 520 millions of francs in the Bud-
get of the City of Paris has been sanctioned by the
Committee of the Corps tegislatif. It will he conducted
in the usual manner.

SLAYEItY IN SPAIN.
At yesterday's sitting the Spanish Cortes agreed to the
bill for the abolition of slavery. During the debate Senor
Castelar delivered an able speech in favour of the imme-
diate suppression of slavery, but the Cortes rejected his
proposal.

FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
According to a statement of the Courrier of Constanti-
nople as many as 2,000 persons were lost in the fire.

HOME NEWS.

[CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.]
TRADE DISTURBANCES IN CORK.

Disturbances took place hi Cork last night in connec-
tion with the tailors' strike. The excitement originated
early in the evening, when a collision occurred between
some operatives and a foreman in one of the closed
establishments, the latter producing a revolver. During
the evening large crowds remained in Patrick-street, and
after nightfall an attack was made on the establishments
of master tailors in Patrick-street and Winthorp-street,
by an enormous mob, which commenced an attack with
stones, and, as the upper windows of the shops were
closed, proceeded to tear down the shutters, and make an
assault upon the doors for the purpose of wrecking
the establishments. A large force of police ap-
peared under arms, and repeated charges had to be
made before the mob could be dispersed. Stones were
thrown at the police, many of whom were struck and se-
verely injured. The mounted police were brought to the
aid of the foot police, and at about twelve o'clock, the
riot/acthaving been read at eleven, the streets were cleared
and tranquillity restored. Several of the rioters were ar-
rested. Much damage was done to the establishments of
Messrs. Fittzpatrick and Lee, who were the chief objects
of the attack. The operatives have been much excited by
a report that German tailors had been engaged to fill their
places.

ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
COLLISION NEAR NEWCASTLE.
A collision occurred yesterday at Heaton Junction,
two miles from Newcastle, between two excursion trains
from Berwick and Tynemouth. Both trains were proceed-
ing to the Newcastle races. The first-named ran into the
last-named train, and drove several carriages off the line,
smashing them in. Several persons were injured, two
of them seriously. Fortunately the Berwick train was
drawing up at the Junction, or the accident would have
had more disastrous results. The cause of the accident
is stated as neglect of signals.

FURTHER DETAILS.
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.
Between ten and eleven o'clock this morning a collision
took place on the Tynemouth Railway, near Newcastle,
between a passengertrain from Tynemouth and an excursion
train from Berwick. The signal was put up for the Tye-
mouth train to stop until the Berwick train had passed over
the points from the North line on to the Tynemouth
branch, but, instead of doing so, the driver of the Tyne-
mouth came on with his train,apparently thinking that he
could pass before the North train came up. Just then the
train from Berwick came in sight, and the driver of the
North train, seeing a collision inevitable,turned off the steam,
but the train could not be stopped in time, and it ran into
the Tynemouth train, breaking several of the carriages to
pieces. A large number of passengers were injured, but
none very seriously. The line was blocked for about an
hour and a half, and a great many trains with passengers
to see Newcastle races were detained.

COMMEMORATION AT OXFORD.
The honorary deg,reee of D.C.L. was yesterday con-
ferred at Oxford on the persons whose names have several
times been published. Sir William Jenner also received
the honour. The Rev. Canon Liddon was seemingly a
great favourite with the undergraduates, who cheeredliim
ood
again and again. Mr. Lowe was not so popular, as his
reception shewed, but the behaviour was g throughout.

THE ALLEGED MURDER AT WAKEFIELD.
On Thursday Johnson, the supposed murderer, was again
brought up for examination, and after three witnesses had
been called on his behalf, he was committed for trial at
the next West Riding Assizes. He again protested his
innocence, and on being removed from the court he was
rather violent.

THE FIRE NEAR WORTLEY, LEEDS.
A fourth woman, injured in the fire at the cap manu-
factory of Mr. Mann, near Wortley, Leeds, yesterday, is
dead.

REFUSAL TO PAY VOLUNTARY CHURCH-
RA TES.
At a meeting of the Cambridge University Union it
has been determined not to pay a voluntary church-rate

MISADVENTURE WITH A GUN.
A serious gun accident happened at Merthyr yesterday.
Mr. Davies, landlord of the Crown Hotel, was in the
stable-yard with a boy of 14, named Thomas, when the
latter playfully pointed a capped fowling-piece at him and
pulled the trigger. The gun was loaded with powder and
shot, and Mr. Davies received the charge in his face and
chest. He was severely hurt.

VISIT OF M. DE LESSEPS TO LIVERPOOL.
M. de Lesseps is to visit Liverpool on Friday and will
stay until Monday. He will attend a banquet at the
town-ball on Friday, and receive addresses from the com-
mercial bodies on Monday.

THE PERMISSIVE
BILLPROHIBITORY LIQUOR
A crowded meeting was held last night in the Victoria
Hall, Exeter, to support the adoption by Parliament of
Sir Wilfred Lawson's bill. The Bishop of Exeter presided,
and delivered an able address in favour of the principle of
the bill. Mr. Edward Vivian, J.P., of Torquay ; Pro-
fessor Newman Clifton and Dr. F. P. Lees, of Leeds ;
Mr. J. P. Uran, of Plymouth ; and Mr. Raper, of Man-
chester, attended on behalf of the Alliance, and addressed
the meeting. Resolutions and a petition calling upon
the Legislature to pass the measure were enthusiastically
adopted. The Rev. J. Jones, the Rev. S. Bl`Farlane,
Mr. J. Bickford, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Rae, Mr. Chambers, and
others took part in the proceedings, which were charac-
terised by great e arnestness in favour of the bill.

The Rev. W. Brewster has been appointed to
the living of Middleton, vacant by the appointment of
Archdeacon Durnford to the Bishopric of Chichester.

The honour of knighthood is about to be con-
ferred on Mr. John Briggs, lately Chief Clerk of the
Admiralty ; and on Mr. Antonio Brady, lately Superin-
tendent of Contracts.

'I he excessive heat of the weather, combined with
the exposure to the glowing heat of the furnaces, caused
a number of men in the iron works in the South Stafford-
shire district to leave their work yesterday morning. It
is stated that a number of the puddling furnaces will be
let down till the weather becomes cooler again.

THE LATE LORD ARTHUR CLINTON.—Suvera
communications have been forwarded, implying a
want of confidence in the statement respecting Lord
Arthur Clinton's death. We have, however, obtained
intelligence from Christchurch which leaves no doubt as
to the fact. - - -

The Gaulois reports a short conversation which
took place the other day at Asoot between the Princess of
Wales and a French attache, who was over-elated at the
victory of Sornette. "That admirable race, Madame,"
said he, " revenged us for Waterloo." "True," answered
the Princess, "but at Waterloo you ran better still."
A fire took place last night on the line of the
North London Railway at Highbury. A spark from
a locomotive is the supposed cause of the fire,
which destroyed eight sleepers. A serious fire
broke out between ten and eleven o'clock last night
on the premises of Mr. Harris, an upholsterer, in Old-
street, St. Luke's. A large workshop at the back was
destroyed, and the eight-roomed house in front was, to-
gether with its contents, very seriously damaged. The
loss will principally fall on the Sun, Phoenix, and Alliance
offices.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ITOUSE OF COMMONS.—VtjEDNESDAY.
Mr. DODSON took the chair at five ,ninutes past twee