The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-04 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE CITY OF BOSTON. —ln the case of libel brought by
Messrs. Inman, owners of the City of Boston, for a
published letter, calling attention to the unseaworthiness
of the ship, Mr. Justice Montague Smith has ordered a
postponement beyond the 23rd, in order that the defendant

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may get evidence from Halifax.
THE CASE OF THE " FETHI BULENEe' - Vice-
Chancellor Malim had before him a motion on behalf of
the Turkish Government to dissolve an injunction which
he granted last Thursday on an cx parte application by
counsel for the Thames Ironworks, &c., Company, restrain-
ing the agent of the Turkish Government from removing out
of British waters a war vessel called Fethi Bulendi,
which than company had built for the Turkish Govern-
ment at the price of £92,000, until the latter had paid to
the former the last instalment of the purchase money,
viz., £23,000. After some conversation Mr. Glasse And
Mr. Waller, the counsel for the plaintiffs, consented to the
dissolution of the injunction and the dismissal of the bill
without costs, on payment of a cheque for £20,562 to the
plaintiffs, the Turkish Consul guaranteeing the payment
of any further sum which might be proved to be due to
them.

CUTTING A SUBMARINE CABLE. —Sir Robert Philli-
more has delivered judgment in the Court of Admiralty
in an action brought against the owners of the ship Clara
Killam for cutting the submarine cable between France
and England. It appeared that when near Dover, the
ship was caught in a storm, and her anchor be-
came entangled with the cable, which one of the sailors,
at the captain's order, severed to get the anchor clear.
His Lordship held that the Clara Killam was to blame
for the damage done. The Elder Brethren of the Trinity
House, by whom he was assisted, advised him that the
anchor might have been slipped from the cable. The
matter was left to the registrar to ascertain the amount of
damage done.

THE VICAR OP CAMBERWELL—At a recent sitting in
bankruptcy in the case of the Rev. James Williams, the
vicar .of Camberwell, an order was made for staying the
bankruptcy proceedings which had been instituted by
Mr. C. J. Dimond, solicitor, of Henrietta-street, Caven-
dish-square, a judgment creditor for about five hundred.
pounds. That order was appealed against, and on Satur-
day last was revoked by the Lord Justice. Application
was yesterday made to restrain the proceedings under the
liquidation petition, a meeting of creditors being fixed for
that day. Mr. Registrar Spring-Rice (sitting as Chief
Judge), whose decision had been overruled, as stated
above, granted the injunction asked for. The rev, gentle-
man's liabilities are stated at nearly £.20,000, including
£15,000 due to the trustees under his wife's marriage
settlement. The living is in sequestration.

COMIC PAPERS.

(From Punch,)

ToucHiNo.—" Confound the war !" says Mr. Hardi),
one won't be able to leave the country."
<<IILEN MILITARIS.—Among military news from Paris.:
It is stated that officers have substituted stripes on their
shoulders for epaulettes." Officers who rave for needless
war deserve to have stripes on their shoulders of another
sort than those which, substituted for their epaulettes,
suggest the idea of striped hyaenas.
ACT C2ESAR AUT NULLUS. —One reason fur the war
has been alleged to be the fifty thousand "Noes" which
in the recent plebiscite were voted by the army. Well,
clearly, if the Emperor has been led by the noes, he will
hardly find much favour in Europe.
DELIGHTFUL FOR UNCLE ToM (who has not the " ac-
quired taste" for children, and has just arrived, hot and
tired, and very late for dinner.—Nephew : " 0 Uncle !
we've come to help you dress, and Baby's coming too, and
we've brought the new puppies to shew you, and
Mamma says dinner will be ready in five minutes !"

(From Judy.)
ODD THOUGHTS ABOUT ODD THINGS. ONE FOR
HIMSELF.--The extraordinary project of treaty between
France and Prussia, published by the Times, by which it
was proposed that the two big Continental Powers should
gobble up the little ones, has startled all Europe. It is
very similar to a story we have heard before, viz., how
Aaron's rod swallowed up all the other rods. ut the
author of this pretty scheme, whoever he may be, must
look out that his little essay in the rod business doesn't
turned out rather badly for his own back.

Pear Admiral W. Houston Stewart, the Admiralty
Superintendent of the Dockyard, Devonport, has been
summoned to attend at the Admiralty.

The Lord Chancellor's rectory of Llandevaelog
Fach' Brecon, has become vacant by the death of the
Rev. Thomas Butterfell Hosken, M.A. It is worth about
£4OO a year.

The potato disease has exhibited itself rather ex-
tensively in the county of Mayo, but as the time is past
when it has usually been most destructive, a hope is en-
tertained that it will not seriously spread.
'i he Irish police have arrested: a man named
John Gregory, a gatekeeper at Colonel Forde's residence,
on suspicion of being the murderer of Gallagher, the
bailiff. The bag in which Gallagher carried his money,
was found near the gatehouse ill which Gregory lives.
He was intimate with Gallagher, and had been in his
house a short time before the murder.

The Marquis of Westminster has allowed the
authorities of the South Kensington Museum to select
for exhibition any pictures from the Grosvenor gallery
for which spake can be found. Many of the finest
works have been accordingly removed, and will be exhi-
bited in a few days.
THE NEW LORD JUSTICE. —Though the patent
of the new Lord Justice is in course of preparation, it is
understood that it will not be submitted for her Majesty's
signature till the next Privy Council, which will be early
next week ; consequently the learned Lord Justice will
not, it is anticipated, take his seat till next Michaelmas
term.

The news of the first battle caused great excite-
ment in London yesterday. A roaring trade all day was
driven by the newsboys, who with much war enthusiasm
vended each successive edition of the journals at something
like double its proper cost. The first definite news of the
battle—that it had ended in the capture of Saarbriick—
came through a Central Press Telegram.