The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1870.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
STORMS IN NEW SOUTH
WALES.

News from the Australian colonies, d-,tcd May 20.
reports that severe floods have occurred in New
South Wales, by which great damage has been done
and many lives have been lost. Sydney itself is
partly submerged. There has been apparently a very
severe storm, as the loss of the Walter Hood is re-
ported off Jervis Bay, thirteen lives being lost with
her.

THE VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT,

The Victorian Parliament re-assembled at the
end of May, and the Ministers had the majority.
The Budget shows an expenditure of £3,400,000
against an estimated revenue of £3,500,000.
Business is improving, with the exception of min-
ing interests.

Lancashire was held at Preston, on Saturday. Mr. R. T.
Parker was, chairman. The amount promised is
£1,560 13s. The sum actually received in subscriptions is
21,183 16s. The chairman said he had received the con-
sent of the Duke of Devonshire to form a committee. He
also stated that he had seen Mr. Foley, the sculptor, who
said that the cost of the statue would be £1,200. It was
resolved unanimously, on the motion of Colonel Greene,
seconded by Mr.. Hernby, to adopt the rJcont-
mendation of the general committee that the testimonial
should talse the form of a statue. On the motion of Mr.
!laneliffe, the Mayor of Preston, seconded by Mr. Hernby,
a resolution was also passed expressing approval of the
appointment of the statue committee, which is to consist
of the Duke of Devonshire. Colonel Patten, Colonel
Greene, Lieutenant-Colonel Crosse, and Messrs. Holt,
Harkie, Sharp, and Parker. On the motion of Canon
Parr, seconded by Mr. T. Fair, it was resolved that the
statue should be placed either in Lancaster or Preston.

PORTUGAL.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

Much has been said in the English press against what
was called " the pronunciamento of Marshal Saldanha,"
in Lisbon, by which the Duke de Loule's Cabinet was
overthrown on the 19th of last month. Indeed, if matters
stood there at all, as some of the English papers seemed
to suppose them to stand, in a regular, thorough consti-
tutional way, no doubt such military outbreaks,
either to serve any political scheme, or to gratify the per-
sonal ambition of their leaders, would be most digraceful
and dangerous. But the political conditions of Portugal
have been, from a distant date, a continual and perma-
nent unobservance of all constitutional rule. The fallen
Ministry had themselves risen to power by the most un-
constitutional means, nor was it in any way the expression
of a party-triumph in Parliamentary debates, or a conces-
sion of the royal prerogative to the public opinion. The late
Ministry had been imposed on the country and on
the King, by the unceasing and undermining intrigues of
the Palace " Camaritha," which surrounds an unexpe-
rienced and timid young monarch, as the present King of
Portugal is.
If amidst the members of the late Administration there
were some intelligent and useful men, they have been
most unfortunately sacrificed for the moment by the
policy of the Premier, whose very name was enough to
render the Administration unpopular and disliked in the
extreme.

The country was already in a dreadful state of alarming
excitement. Insurrection had already broken out in dif-
ferent provinces, and the blood of several victims had
already been shed at Avada, Castro Daire, and Machico.
New serious disturbances were threatening at every
hour, while it was evident that the Government, who
caused them by its unpopularity and violence, could not
even reckon any longer upon the army to repress the
popular risings. Anarchy would soon follow, and a civil
war was impending.
It was then that the Duke de Saldanha came forward
to stop by a decisive and sudden blow the fatal and fast
running course of dangerous events.
In doing so we can say it was not the general nor the
Duke, neither any party of the army, nor the army, itself,
who have imposed on the King the dismissal of the late
Government ; in fact, it was but the whole nation ; it
was the public opinion ; it was the loud speaking symp-
toms of a general conflagration ; and the voice of the un-
happy victims who were from their graves claiming for
justice.

The ready and spontaneous adherence of the army, and
of the people, from every part of the country, to the
movement of May 19th, so rashly commended by some,
evidently shows how very much mistaken were those who
who had seen in it not a noble national proceeding but
simply the personal ambition of the old general, and a
violence of constitutional rights; it is plain enough that
he was not acting for himself, but for his country ; for its
independence—nay, for the crown, for the throne, and for
the King himself. The hour had come ; he knew it was
time, and by his courageous and brave resolution, much
of evil and of wrong has been spared. What a civil war
in Portugal would be only those who are well ac-
quainted with the country can tell. For the sake of
Portuguese independence, and for the sake of them who
have their fortunes connected with Portuguese pros-
perity, may God avert such a blow as a civil war in
that country ! _ _

What policy Saldanha will now follow, how many
mistakes he can make, or how many wrong steps he may
take, only time can tell; we must not forejudge. But
there is no doubt, that, if he wishes (and we may hope he
does), he can bring many a blessing upon his nonntry. He
is assuredly the only one, in its present condition, who
can by his prestige, and by his influence, both in the
army and in the nation, establish a strong, moral, and
thoroughly constitutional administration, to last for some
time ; and so give to Portugal a chance of quiet and rest,
from those uninterrupted changes of factious party rulers
which have been tearing the unhappy country for more
than 20 years.
At any rate, the Duke de Saldanha has already done
that one great good, for which the country has shown it-
self grateful, he has at least, by his daring resolution,
avoided civil war.

Those who speak of him, and of the late events, in
other terms, must know vei y little indeed of that country,
unless they prefer to sacrifice truth itself to their political
or other private interests.

THE BRITISH AND COLONIAL EMIGRA-

TION SOCIETY.

Another meeting of the Executive Committee of the
British and Colonial Emigration Society has beeu held
at the Mansion House under the presidency of the
Lord Mayor. A letter from the Rev. J. Cohen, Rector of
Whitechapel who accompanied a party of emigrants to
Canada was read. They reached Quebec at six
o'clock on a Saturday afternoon and nearly the
whole of them, 750 in number, had left for
Toronto by the same hour on Monday. The Govern-
ment carried them to their destinations free of expense
in every instance. It appeared from statements made at
the meeting that by the end of June 3,600 intending emi-
grants will be registered on the books of the society. Of
these 2,000 have been already despatched, and 1,300 more
will go during the month. It seems that Mr. Goschen
has made an excellent suggestion, and that is that the
society should carry out a kind of Home Emigration if it
may be so called, by the removal of working men from
parts of the country where work is slack to districts
in the North and elsewhere, where labour is scarce,
and dear. Two hundred men from the East-end clubs
have been sent to the mines of Mr. Pease, M.P., in
Durham, and have succeeded well. After some inte-
resting discussion had been held, and the immense value
and extent of our Canadian possessions alluded to, the
Lord Mayor suggested that the citizens of London should
contribute a handsome challenge cup yearly to be shot for
by Canadian riflemen. It was resolved that the heads of
the volunteer movement should be communicated with on
the subject.

Martin Curley, an Irishman, has been committed
to the Knutsford sessions for wounding Mr. John Woods,
a member of the firm of Algar and Woods, tailors,
Warrington, at Appleton; on Sunday last. It is under-
stood that the prisoner mistook Mr. Woods for a farmer
named Poole, towards whom he entertains an ill-feeling.

The St. Gothard railway will connect Germany
with Italy, by means of Switzerland. Prussia attaches
great importance to the. work, and has given a subsidy of
20,000,000 f. to it. The French regard the proceedings
with a jealous eye, but the Government can do nothing
directly to stop the undertaking.

It is rumoured in Fermanagh that arrangements
are being made to obtain the Lake Erne Hotel, on the
shores of Lake Erne, Fermanagh, as a summer residence
for the Prince of Wales. The hotel is the property of Mr.
D'Arcy Irvine, the gentleman who has made himself so
conspicuous by his irratic conduct, and who is now under
arrest pending the appointment of a commission to inquire
into the state of his mind.

On Thursday morning a bathing accident occurred
in the river Dea, which resulted in the death of Dr. Hare,
of Overton. The deceased young gentleman was, in con-
junction with Mr. Clayton, of Overton, bathing in the
river, near Overton-bridge, five miles from Wrexham,
when he was attacked with cramp, and although a good
swimmer, was unable to save himself. He was drawn
out of the river shortly afterwards, dead. Dr. Hare was
a native of Belfast, and had only resided at Overton for
about twelve months.

By the time the great amphitheatre at Kensington
Gore shall have been completed, its directors will have a
voluminous catalogue of names from which to choose its
ultimate designation. It was originally projected as the
Central Hall of Arts, but has come to be officially known
as the Royal Albert Hall. Cole's Circus, Cole's Folly,
and the Cole Hole are among the more popular terms
applied to it. The City Press christens it the Hall
of Omniscience ; a daily newspaper dubs it the
Kensington Circus, and a member of the Metropolitan
Board varies the title to the Kensington Panopticon ;
with the Times it is the New Colosseum ; the Examiner
nicknames it the Round House ; the terms, Jelly Shape,
and Great Dis(h)-cover(y) in Architecture, are also ap-
plied to it ; and the Daily Hews, with an intuitive guess
at its destiny. describes it as the West-end Alhambra.
The Hall, it is believed, will be opened by the Queen on
the Ist of May next year.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHANTILLY RACES.-SUNDAY

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The Emperor, Empress, and Prince Imperial were pre-
sent, and splendid weather prevailed, the following being
the result of the day's racing :
Grand Prize of Paris, un Object d'Art, the gift of his
Majesty the Emperor, and 4,000 sovs in specie added to
a Sweepstakes of 40 sovs each, 24 sovs ft, and 20 sovs
only if declared by midnight on the Wednesday pre-
ceding the race, and 4 sovs if declared by midnight on
the Ist of May, 1870; second to receive 400 sovs, and
the third 200 sovs out of the stakes; colts to carry
about Bst 91b, fillies about Bst. About one mile and
.
seven furlongs. 247 subs.
_ _ _ _

Major Fridolin's Sornette, by Light—Surprise, Bst 61b,
C. Pratt 1
M. Fould's Minotaure, Bst 91b Heslop 2
M. Schickler's Valois, Bst 61b Maidment 3
M. Andre's Don Carlos, Bst 91b Watkins 4
Mr. Dawson's Coutts, Bst 91b .. French 0
Mr. Bowes's Nobleman, Bst 91b Fordham 0
Mr. J. B. Morris's Prince of Wales, Bst 91b Chaloner 0
Mr. Brayley's Recorder, Bst 91b Cannon 0
Major Fridolin's Bigarreau, Bst 91b Luff 0
Duke of Hamilton's Satanstoe, Bst 91b Carrot 0
M. Staub's Cornelius, Bst 91b Peake 0
Duke de Fitzjames's Ambor (late Isocrate), Bst 91b _

Whittaker 0

Betting-6 to 4 agst Sornette, IS to 2 agst Bigarreau, 6to
1 each agst Prince of Wales and Coutts, 10 to 1 agst The
Recorder, 13 to 1 agst Nobleman, 30 to 1 each agst Don
Carlos and Minotaure, 40 to 1 each agst Satanstoe and
Valois, and 100 to 1 each agst Amber and Cornelius. At a
moderate pace Nobleman made play, followed by Coutts,
Prince of Wales and Sonnette ; Don Carlos followed these
while Satinstoe, Recorder, and Ambor succeeded, the rear
being brought up by Bigarreau. When they had ran 300
yards Sornette drew to the front, and Nobleman was
headed by Coutts, who, as well as Mr. Bowes's horse.
Prince of Wales, and Recorder, was in difficulties when
three-quarters of a mile had been accomplished. Directly
that Sornette had the English horses beaten the issue of
the race was never in doubt, and the filly drawing away
won in a canter by a length ; two lengths divided -the
second and third, and three lengths the third and fourth.
Don Carlos being placed in the latter position, a head in
front of Prince of Wales, fifth ; Recorder, sixth ; Noble-
man, seventh ; Coutts, eighth ; Satanstoe, ninth ;
Cornelius, tenth ; Ambor, next ; and Bigarreau last.

LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END.
SATURDAY.

ASCOT STAKES,

3to 1 agst Br to King Alfred (taken f )
3to 1 agst Judge (offered)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
7to 1 agst Mysotis (taken)
Bto 1 agst Myosotis (taken)
9 to 1 agst Kennington (taken)
10 to 1 agst Fleets (taken and offered)
350 to 100 agst Mysotis and Myosotis (taken)

ASCOT MEETING.
SCRATCHINGS

Bunt Cup—All Mr. Pryor's horses, Douglas, Vespasian,
Bonny Swell, and Tabernacle.
Cup—Pretender, Thorwaldsen, Newsman, St. Mungo.
Alexandra Plate—ldysotis, Thorwaldsen, St Mungo.
Princo of Wales's Stakes—Havelock, Decolletee, Oliver
Cromwell, Lucy Bertram, Firebrand, Bull Dog, Princess
Royal c, St. Leonard, Boa Chevalier, Aeronaut, Adrastus,
Mrs Quickly, Saratoga, and c by Asteroid.
Out of all engagements at Ascot—Barford, Fisherman,
Blue Stocking, Argyle, Timote, Oro, Exciseman, and Mac-
gregor.

CITY BETTING-SATURDAY,
ROYAL HUNT CUP.
to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered--9 to 1 taken and
wanted)
100 to 7 agst Dolphin (offered)
100 to 7 agst Micas (taken)
20 to 1 agst Rafale (taken)
20 to 1 agst Carfax (offered—take 2 to 1)
25 to 1 agst Alpenstock (taken and offered)
25. to 1 agst Chawbacon (taken and offerel)
25 to I agst Pandora (offered—take3o to 1)
33 to 1 agst Rupert (taken)
33 to 1 agst Plaudit (taken)
40 to 1 agst Judge (taken)
50 to 1 agst Lightning (taken)

BETTING AT MAN C HESTER—SAT uRD AY
ROYAL HUNT CUP.
10 to 1 agst Typhoeus (taken)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE
100 to 8 agst Kidderminster (taken and w)

ASCOT HEATH RACES—TUESDAY, June 14.
Acceptances for the Ascot Stakes. 2i miles.
Weights raised Ist. 51b.
Age st lb Age st lb
Musket
ChauThstrnti
Judge'
Young Fenton 4 8 4