The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, -FEBRUARY 1, 1870.

THE ST. PANCRAS INQuittY.

The inquiry at St. Pancras still continuer, and on Mon-
day Mr. Bere, Q.C., who is conducting the inquiry, said he
had received instructions to continue it. Dr. Ellis
was now charged with immoral conduct with one of
the nurses, and he in his turn charged the guardians with
so frightening the woman to compel her to make these
charges that she attempted to commit suicide, and also that
they endeavoured to prevent her from giving a true state-
ment when before the magistrates. The Inspector ob-
served that as these charges were serious he should require
strict legal proof, and advised the guardians to obtain
professional assistance.—Dr. Edmonds said that as he
was now implicated, he should refuse to conduct the
case for the Guardians in these subsequent charges.—
Evidence of overcrowding was given, it being sworn that
patients laid on the floor and in baths.—A Mr. Grose
declared that he saw the body of his sister, Lavinia Brett,
twenty-four hours after her death. It had been dissected.
but was still warm. Of course this statement caused a
cross-examination ; but the witness adhered to his story,
and added that it was in the month of October whenit
took place.

THE TAMWORTII, PENRYN, AND SOUTH•

AMPTON ELECTION PETITIONS.

Lord Chief Justice Bovill in the Common Pleas
on Monday, read the judgment of himself and Mr.
Justice Brett in these cases. Application had been made
in each for a review of the taxation of the costs of the
successful parties. His lordship said that no doubt it
was the intention of the Legislature that the taxation
should be liberal in favour of the successful party.
There had been allowed for fees to the leading
counsel, 100 guineas, and the junior counsel 75
guineas each, these sums being much less than
those which had been paid. It would be wrong to lay
down a general rule that the allowance should in all cases
be uniform, but there was no objection to the master
saying that in all ordinary average cases such sums should
be allowed. The Southampton case, however, seemed to
stand upon a somewhat different footing to the others,
the proceedings being so very voluminous, and the
Master ought therefore to reconsider his decision upon
the principle which had been laid down. The Master
had acted upon the principle that only one consultation
should be allowed, but the court thought that in some
cases it might be reasonable to allow for more than one
The taxation should also be reviewed as to allowance for
preliminary expenses. The result would be that all the
rules would be absolute to review the taxation upon on.
point or other. Mr. Justice Willes, in his judgment, which
was read, said that he saw no ground for reviewing the
taxation, except as to allow for consultation.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 15

The Manhattan Club bids fair to be a useful in-
stitution to us correspondents, for the public are
more interested in a row than iu the Governor's
meseage, and if one man slaps another on the face,
and a woman is found to be at the bottom, we
correspondents have a lively time of it. Before I
hint at another affair, I must tell you how Mr.
Bateman's has been settled. Ile made a trip to
Washington in all the pomp and c:rcuinstance of a
stage manager, and returned shortly after to New
York. On learning that the Club had decided on
expelling him, with his characteristic promptitude
and decision he sent in his resignation, and he is
no longer a member of that institution. It is
asserted that two or three gentlemen have within
the year been expelled, and this is procuring for
the Club an unenviable reputation. Mr. S. L. M.
Barlow applied an epithet to Mr. Parker when
playing cards, for which he afterwards apologized,
but Mr. Parker declined to accept his apology, and
the Bateman-Cranston affair having been dropped,
this comes opportunely to keep up the excitement.
There is a horrid plot out on the part of the Board
of health against the confectioners, from whom
candy has been bought and analysed, with the view
to ascertain what quantity of poison it contains.
Robert Wainwright, an Englishman, singularly
enough imitated his wife in dying suddenly in bed,
at No. 18, Thames-street. His wife died on the
4th inst., as is supposed, from disease of the heart,
and he died on the Bth from, as is said, the same
cause. The scandal of the week has been the pro-
ceedings of a crazy clergyman. The Rev. Horace
Cooke, pastor of the Methodist Church, Seventh
street, disappeared some days ago with a young
lady, a daughter of a Mr. Johnson, only budding
into womanhood. It appears evident that Mr.
Cooke is not in a sound state of mind, his brain
having, perhaps, been injured by the use of opiates.
He told his wife he was about to elope, and that
she would be surprised at his choice. Ile carried
away only $2OO with him, but that appears not to be
due to his recklessness or improvidence, for he took
every Gellt 030 hbriallT had. Pai.....a.avxl La. Ru.
employe in a dry-goods establishment, but having a
taste for elocution and a soul above carpets, he took
to the stage, whence he soared to the pulpit. He
was earnest and eloquent, and for years conducted
religious services first near, and afterwards in,
this city. When the scandal became known,
the ll'or/d took it up in the sensational style,
raking up all the circumstances of Cooke's career,
richly garnished from the stores of a fervid ima-
gination. The writer evidently thought with the
public that Cooke's destination was Europe, and
that he was little likely to appear or to reply in
New York. lie was shown to be a hypocrite, to
have seduced others, to be the betrayer of innocence
wherever the opportunity offered. He was the
frequenter of low resorts of vice, and he hadalready
met this girl at an assignation house. He was the
correspointmt of panel-thieves who mercilessly
blackmailed him. His life, in short, was two-fold ;
a villain of the deepest dye on the one side, to whoa)
every crime was familiar, and a saint, a fervent
preacher, and a saver of souls on the other. Judge
of the writer or somebody else's consternation at
finding himself suddenly confronted by the crazy
parson,pistol in hand ! Cooke's conduct since his re-
turn shows him to be labouring under intense
excitement, and if he had not his pistol to shoot
somebody it was no fault of his. Ile got hold of
an editor, Mr. Croly, but a friend of the rev. gentle-
man had already abstracted his pistol, and his
state, which I can only call delirium tremens, hail
so weakened him that he had not the strength to
inflict any personal injury, so be shook Mr. Croly,
who escaped from his hands and gave him over to
the police. He was brought before Justice Cox,
at the Tombs on Thursday, but as Mr. Croly did
not appear, Mr. Cooke was discharged, and walked
away with some friends, the court being densely
crowded. Ile was interviewed, as was his wife,
the girl, her father, his mother; in fact the houses
of the relatives had to be protected against the
enterprising reporter. Mr. Cooke denies that,
he seduced Miss Johnson, the girl being as pure
after the escapade as before. he wrote, ear-
nestly asserting this, while declining to say a
word in exculpation of himself. To establish this,
and a sort of delirious wish to tear up an editor of
the iVorld as lie would a copy of the paper, are the
leading symptoms of his case, and as lie is at large,
I hope, for the sake of the fraternity, that nothing
dreadful will happen to the World. The poor girl
was restored to her parents, having taken an early
lesson in the deceitfulness of man. The annual
meeting of the Tribune proprietors was held on
Tuesday, $50,000 being divided. The estates of
the two deceased proprietors were credited—that
of the late S. T. Clarke with $22,850, and
that of the late A. D. Ilichardon, with $B,lOO.
Horace Greeley's salary, as editor, has been raised
to $lO,OOO per annum, little enough, considering
the extraordinary talent and the arduous services
given by that gentleman. Nor is he the only
of talent who has had a rise during the week, for
his friend the Rev. Henry Ward _Beecher has had
his stipend set at $20,000 per annum. You see that
Mr. Beecher has the whip hand of his congrega-
tion, after the annual auction, for when they
have paid high premiums for their seats, a threat
to leave them sitting there is of course sufficient.
Apropos of Richardson, INlTarland is to be tried
before JudAe Ingraham, at the March term of
Oyer and Terminer, and he will be defended by
John Graham. We have bad a lively weather re-
port from Professor Thatcher, who tells the public
to prepare for earthquakes, and to hear news of
great storms in Europe. The temperature is mild
beyond precedent, but the season throughout has
been marked by extraordinary vicissitudes, and the
late thaw is but one of these. The " Street" has
been inundated with sensational telegrams from
Paris. News of riot and bloodshed in every
form has been spread, but speculators cannot
impart animation to their operations, for no
one believes the private telegrams. Mr. James
Lenox, who lives in Fifth Avenue, has given
tyro acres between Seventy-second and Seventy-
ninth Streets, with $300,000 towards the build-
ings to be erected for the Lenox Library, which
he asks the Legislature to incorporate by Act. He
has a valuable collection of books and paintings,
and these he gives to commence what he hopes will
one day rival the best libraries of Europe. The
munificence of Mr. James Lenox has only been ex-
celled by Mr. George Peabody, and can scarcely be
said to be equalled by Mr. Cornell, for he is spend-
ing $1,000,000 on an hospital. Mr. Peabody's ex-
ample in doing the work during his life, and not
leaving it to be done by others after his death, has
probably stimulated Mr. Lenox; but his collection
with which he endows the library to be called after
his name is one of great value, and obtained only
after much travel and research.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.

The National Intelligencer is dead, and an effort
is being made by the Democrats to establish a paper
here in the interests of the party. Some canvassing
has been done among the Democratic Congressmen,
with what success I know not. A weekly news-
paper, the New Era, will soon be out, under the edi-
torship of the Rev. J. Sella Martin, aided by Frederick
Douglass in the interests of the coloured citizens.
The Nipsic and the Guard are to form the Darien
expedition, and are to sail from Philadelphia on
the 20th. The natives of the Isthmus are said to
be hostile to foreigners, and the surveyors will need
the protection of these steamers. There was an
enthusiastic meeting of 3,000 persons on the sub-
ject of the Great Industrial Exhibition last Satur-
day, and speeches were made by Colonel Forney and
by General Howard. Our Consul at Revel has
informed the State Department, in reply to appli-
cation for space in the Exposition Building at St.
Petersburg, that it is for Russian products and
manufactures only. Judge Withe, who was ap-
pointed for the Michigan District, has declined, as
he prefers being a State Judge, and Judge Emmons
of Detroit has been named in his stead. The Hon.
William Strong of Pennsylvania is to succeed Jus-
tice Grier, whose retirement dates from the Ist of
February. Some trepidation was caused in the
Adams Express Company's office by the mis-
laying of a package of U.S. Bonds for over
$20,000. It had been forwarded from Bos-
ton, and had been received at the Washington
office, but not transmitted to the Treasury, its
destination, when it mysteriously disappeared. In
alarm the banks were notified and a circular issued.
The package had, however, dropped into a niche
which it exactly fitted, and was not discovered till
an attempt was made to open a drawer. Mrs.
Grant's reception on Tuesday was well attended,
several ladies aiding her. Mrs. Boutwell, Mrs.
Cox, Mrs. Fish, Mrs. Creswell helped, as did Mrs.
Borie. The President attended after the Cabinet
meeting. The weather has been very cold early in
the week, a great change halving taken place from
the previous unusual mildness of the season, while
another change to rain has taken place. Col-
lector Casey has left for New Orleans, having set-
tled his political differences with his Congressional
delegation. Supervisors Bayley of Oregon, Dwyer
of Ohio, and Cowan of California, are here on
business ; so also are Admiral Godon of the Brook-
lyn
Navy-yard, Surgeon-General Samuel Beck of
New York, and James Watson Webb ; but the ;.
most interesting of the arrivals is that of E. Lopez,
son of the Dictator of Paraguay. Ile desires diplo-
matic intercourse to be renewed with Paraguay, I
but simultaneously with his arrival has come the
news that his father has been driven out of Para-
guay, and his Government has ceased to exist.
Bishop Simpson is staying with Senator Harlan.

Two gentlemen, from Philadelphia, have been
urging the President to appoint Benjamin H.
Brewster in place of Judge Hoar, but the Presi-
dent feels disinclined even to withdraw Mr. Hoar's
nomination for the seat on the Supreme Bench,
leaving the Senate to take action in the matter,
and he made a very cool reply to the intimation
that if Mr. Brewster was appointed Pennsylvania
would support his re-election to the Presidency.
General Banks has returned and taken his place in
Congress. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the
House awaited his arrival an I sat immediately
afterwards, when Cuba was discussed, on which the
General's opinions had evidently not changed from
those he held before his departure. He is much
gratified, however, at the tone he everywhere ob-
served in Europe regarding American affairs, and
the favourable impression this has made on the chair-
man of the Foreign Affairs Committee will have a
beneficial effect. Indeed he openly states that all
existing differences could be settled at once, mean-
ine-, I presume, that there is nothing to bar an im-
ine'diate adjustment even of the Alabama claims.
Among the applications to Congress is one from J.
Ross Browne for $12,000 of Celestial service. Evi-
dently he rates liviugin the Peking paradise at a high
figure, for he stopped there little, but for that little
wants much. However be is not in harmony either
with the Executive or the Legislature,w hich isagainst
his chance of success. Mr. Greeley has been here
to consult with the Postmaster-General on matters
of such importance as to have drawn together the
principal postmasters. Some twelve changes are
recommended, of which one is a large reduction of
the rates on newspapers mailed by the publishers
in bulk. A registration system is advised, an agent
for dead-letters in all post-offices, the use of enve-
lopes stamped with the writer's name, fees for
money-orders to be reduced to five cents for all
below $lO, the pay of letter-carriers to be re-
adjusted, authors' manuscripts to go at the
same rate as book manuscripts. Petitions con-
tinue to pour in to Congress against the franking,
privilege, and 131311 y members do not relish the as-
pect this subject is assuming. The old bill to estab-
lish an American transatlantic mail line has been
reported to the Senate divested of what was consi-
dered - objectionable, the Government not being
liable for the bonds of the company, while it retains
the ocean postage in trust for payment of the com-
pany's bonds. The steamers are to be built of iron,
double in form, and to be finished ia a year. A
bill has been introduced by Mr. Wells, of Mis-
souri, for the transport, at the rate of printed
matter, of MSS. and correspondence to news-
papers and periodicals. Last Wednesday there
was a State dinner at the White House ; next Wed-
nesday there will be another. The last was chiefly
to the Cabinet; the next will be to Senators, Represen -
tatives, and Supreme Court Judges ; and a third on
the following Wednesday will be given to the Dip-
lomatic Corps. Senator Chandler left last IVed-
nesday on learning that his father had died at
New Bedford, New Haven, aged 95. From Nova
Scotia a delegation has been discussing the duty on
bituminous coal with the Ways and Means Com-
mittee. Our colonial neighbours argued that if
closer relations are desired to result in annexation,
the United States should show a more friendly spirit
in legislation. The ground taken by the Blue Noses
is the reverse of the argument generally advanced,
that if the United States desire this annexation they
must exclude the products of the British Possessions,
and starve the colony into their views. Pennsyl-
vania and Nlaryland are in the field in opposition.
The Ways and Means Committee, two against six,
have refused to abolish the duty ; there were three
against five in rejecting fifty cents per ton, and $1
per ton was lost by a tie vote. Governor Camp-
bell,
of Wyoming, arrived here yesterday. Henry
Wetter has been appointed Secretary of New
Mexico. Mr D. A. Wells has answered the charge of
misrepresenting the wool clipfor 1869 and the weight
of the fleece per sheep. His statements were copied
from the Bulletin of the Woollen Man ufacturers' As-
sociation. Speaker Blaine has given a reception,
which was largely attended, though we have had
weather wet enough for the last day or two to
damp all festivities. The non-receipt of telegraphic
news from the West was attributed to a severe
storm, but it has been hinted that the storm was
with the operators, who still keep on strike.

l'Ains, Jan. 27, 1870.

For the past few days the American element in
Paris has been in a great state of excitement as re-
gards the presentation at the 'fuileries and the first
Court Ball. The urbanity of Minister Washburne
and his courteous secretaries has been fairly put to
the test, many of our fellow countrywomen being
possessed with an idea that the only care of a
foreign minister is to see that his fair constituents
are well introduced into Court circles. As an in-
stance of this, I can state from positive evidence
that ono wtirtiky drune rtypres6ed herself shocked
that Mr. NV ashhurne did not go duwn in person to
the Grand Hotel after same lady who had
no one to escort her to the Tuileries Ball. The
number of invitations were specia'ly limited by
order, and all the Ambassadors and Alin'sters
were equally the objects of obloquy to their disap-
pointed countrymen and women. I am informed
that the Austrian Ambassador demanded 1,800 in-
vitations, and perhaps secured 160; the Russian
and Italian in the same proportion. As for our
own Representative I can only express the opinion,
from the appearance at the Tuileries last night,
that he has earned golden opinions, for the Ameri-
cans ruled the roast. At 8 the presentation com-
menced, and the following ladies and gentlemen from
across the water had the opportunity of returning
the graceful salute of their Imperial Majesties, after
the best fashion of our approved model at
home :—Mrs. Moore, wife of Assistant Secre-
tary of Legation, Paris; Mr. Washburne, son of
the Minister ; Mrs. N. P. Banks, Miss Banks,
Massachusetts • Miss Ella Badzer, California;
General John Meredith Read, U. S. Consul-Gen.,
Paris ; Gen. A. L. Clietlain, U. S. Consul-General,
Brussels, and Mrs. Chetlain ; Mrs. Hutchins, Miss
Stell, Mr. Nicholas Fish, Miss Fish, Miss Jerome,
Mr. Charles B. Hoffman, Mrs. Hoffman, Colonel
Harrim Ritchie, Mrs. Ritchie, Mr. L. H. Stebbins,
Mrs. Stebbins, Mr. Edward Harriman, Mrs. Harri-
man, Mr. Delpret, Mrs. Delpret, Mrs. Potter,
Mr. Dundas Lippincott, and Mrs. Lippincott,
New York, in Paris ; Mr. C. M. Barclay, Mr.
G. W. Fishbach, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter, Phila-
delphia—twenty-nine in all ; more than any of our
Ministers have ventured to present at one time
before. After the presentation all united in the
ball-room, where our fair representatives enjoyed
more than their share in the mazy dance. Among
the Americans invited to the ball were Mr. and Mrs.
Paine, Mrs. and Miss Parsons, Mr. May, Mr,
Mrs, and Miss Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. William
Bowles, Chevalier Wychaft, Dr. Evans, Mrs.Eckel,
Major Dundas, Mrs. Lippincott, &c. Mrs. Donn-
ing also gave a fine ball last evening, crowded
with the beauty and grace of American society, to
which large additions were made at an early hour
this morning from the guests of the Tuileries. Some
steps have been taken towards the proper celebra-
tion of the 22d of February, of which you shall
have further notice. The sudden decease yester-
day of a young American lady from malignant
scarlet fever has to a certain extent cast a gloom
over American circles. BEN. HA MET.