The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-15 00:00:00

THE THURLES MURDER.

Detailed reports of the Thurles murder state that the
accused Glissons were evicted from their farms IV',
Mr. Clarke, D.L. ; and possession was taker"
on .the 10th. Kirwan, the deceased, was employed'
as bailiff in taking possession ; and he remained in charge
of the premises on Monday. He was last seen alive at one
o'clock on that day ; at six he was discovered in one of
the outhouses, his brains dashed out with a large stone,
which lay near. He appears to have been struck from
behind while locking the outhouse. No positive information
implicating the two Glissons has yet been obtained, but
they are retained in custody.

DILLWYN AND THE BLACICSMITEIS.-010
other evening, in Castle-square, Swansea, a man named
Davies, a blacksmith, was in altercation with a woman,,
when he struck her violently in the face. Mr. De-1a"
beche Dillwyn, son of Mr. L. L. Dillwyn, M.P. for the
borough, happened to come up to the spot, and, seeing
the woman struck, he immediately raised his fist,
and brought it down heavily a time or two
upon the face of Davies, who turned upon his assail-
ant. He was assisted by several of his comrades,
who, hustling Mr. Dfllwyn, rendered lira comparatively
powerless, and he was at length taken into the shop of
Mr. Alewood, chemist, blinded with blood, and his face
very seriously cut and bruised. In the meantime WI
assailants decamped at double quick pace, or they would
otherwise have been roughly treated by an indignau,
crowd, which by this time had assembled. It was found-
that the injuries received by Mr. Dillwyn were of 89,
serious a character that surgical attendance was rendered;
g.ecessarv.

UONVERSION OF THE _KING OF THE BASIITOS.---
L'Esperance says that the celebrated chief Moshesh,
King of the Basutos, has been converted to Christianity-
The old and constant friend of our French Missionaries,
who for so many long years had given them so many
proofs of affection, without having himself accepted the
faith which they preached, has at last given himself to
the Lord Jesus Christ. The means employed by the
Spirit of God to lead him to the foot of the Cross were the
sufferings of the war, and those long and cruel trials which
have been followed with so painful an interest by all tilos?
Christians among us who sympathise in the sorrows and
joys of our missionary societies. Moshesh has by ths
time, or will shortly, receive baptism.

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CONSCIENCE MONEY.—It is quite common to Seel
in the leading journal announcements that certain sura"s
(sometimes very large) have been received by the Chan'
cellor of the Exchequer as " conscience money." But an
all the sums so acknowledged the voluntary offerings 01"
repentant defaulters? By no means. When the income-
tax commissioners discover, as they not unfrequently 11°'
that a man has understated his income, they mulct him,
a certain sum, supposed to be equal to the tax evaded.
Instead of causing the penalty allowed by the law to ba
inflicted, the commissioners give the defaulter the option
of crying peccavi, and the unpaid income-taxthus recovered
is sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer under the
name of " conscience money."

RETROSPECTIVE. There is now not a single peer
in the three kingdoms whose accession to his title dates
from the last century. The senior members of the Peer-
age, in respect of their accession, are the
Marquis of Tweeddale and the Duke of Leinster,
who came to their titles in 1804, Lord C 1314-
william in 1805, and Lord Gage in 1808. The privilege.
of franking letters was abolished, at the introduction
of the penny postage on the 10th January, 1840 ; and withthe single exception of Dr. Sumner, the ex-Bishop 01•
Winchester, not a prelate of the English or Irish Bane;
is now alive who ever was entitled to " frank
his correspondence. Out of the thirty oldest baronies
in the English Peerage no less than nine are held.
by Roman Catholics—viz., Beaumont, Vaux, Camoye,
Stourton, Petre, Arundell,Dormer, Stafford, and Clef'ford. Besides these, the title of Teynham was in Roman
Catholic hands down to nearly the end of the last cote
tury. The following list shows the date of election of
the head masters of some of our chief public schools :-"`
Eton, Dr. Hornby, 1867 • Harrow, Dr. Butlers
1860 • Winchester, Dr. Ridding, 1865 ; Westminster, Dl'
Scott, 1855; Charterhouse, Dr. Haig Brown, 1863; St'
Paul's, Dr. Kynaston, 1838
_; Merchant Taylors', Dr'
Hessey, 1845 ; Shrewsbury, Rev. H. W. Moss, 31. A-1
1866 ; Rugby, Dr. Hayman, 1869; Highgate, Dr. Dyne'
1837; Durham Dr. Holden, 1853; Haileyburi
College, Dr. Bradby, 1868 ; Marlborough College,
Mr. lradley, 1858 ; Brighton College, Mr. Griffith,`
1856; Rossall College, Mr. R. Henniker, 1869 '
13ppingham, Dr. Thiring, 1853 ; Sherborne, Mr. Harper,
1850 ; Repton Dr. Pears, 1854 ; Cheltenham ColleZt
Mr. Jex-Blake 1868 ; St. Peter's School, Yorki ,
Elwyn, 1864: Bromsgrove, Mr. Blore, 1868 ; Bradfield,,
Dr. Hodson, 1869; Canterbury, Dr. Michenson, 18590
Guardian.
A STRANGE STORY.—Le" Gautois relates that Aonle
workmen engaged in demolishing an old house in the
Quartier Saint Victor, in Paris, came upon a nest 0
adders, containing some hundred of these reptiles, at the
bottom of an exhausted well. In the midst of this snake Ile4
was found a skeleton, which had probably fallen into the
well years ago, and the flesh of which had been devoured
by the adders. Strange to say, in the hand of the skeleton
was a pocket-book of red morocco leather, in which,,
when opened, there were found forty bank notes for one
thousand francs each, a woman's likeness, and a letter
which had been almost entirely eaten by the reptiles, the
only fragment remaining decipherable being the word
"Do not make known the plot." A judicial inquiry 13.3"4
been commenced.
STRIKES IN FRANCE.—The strike at Creusot,
diminishes daily, and M. Schneider is expected to retail
to Paris. The state of affairs at Fourchamtault an
Torteron is very unsatisfactory. Two thousand workmen
have attacked the works of the company and committed
the same outrages at Rambourg and Boiques which thei,
had already done at Fourchamtault. The workmen o'.
Torteron having forced a passage across the bridge I/
tween the Nievre and the Cher, have joined those 0
Fourchamtault. The troops have taken possession of the
works. It is said that this strike is due to the machine,:
tions of the Friendly Societies of Belgium and England'
TREATMENT OF CHRISTIANS IN JAPAN.--
The
Philadelphia Ledger of MaTch 31 publishes the followini
paragraph :—" The Japan Gazette, brought by the 135
arrival at San Francisco, says—' The Japanese Govern.'
anent, as generally reportedt appear to be taking active in„,ete,:
sures for the total suppression of native Christianity.
news of the raid at Urakami no sooner reaches tic
than we hear of similar doings from various parts 01.
the kingdom. Some ten days since about 200 of then°
Christian believers were landed at Osaka, a little belol -
the Castle, and thence conveyed to prison. From Avhe
we could learn respecting them they were from Bize''
eyshin, and the adjacent provinces : they had bees
dragged from their homes irrespective of age or sex, ell,
were not even permitted to bring with them °the!. tys
the garments they had on at the time.''