The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-01 00:00:00

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, May 0.
Gold• closed at 114 i ; the highest quotation during the cIN,
was 114 f ; the lowest 114 g.
Sterling Exchange on London lo9i
Five-Twenty U.S. Bonds, 1882 ll2l
Ditto 1885 llll
Ditto 1867 ll4
Ten-Forty ditto 1867 lOBl
Illinois Shares
Erie
Cotton, Middling Upland
Petroleum, Standard White 270
Flour, extra State
Corn, old Mixed $1 14e.

(CENTRith PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
AQUATICS AT CAMBRIDGE—STRANGE SCENE'
The University boat races at Cambridge yesterday wereci
of a somewhat sensational character. On the sec°l'o
division races at the start second Trinity drifted acr°'t
the stream and fouled a barge, and on attempting to
he
away from third Trinity the boat capsized, and rill ly
crew were thrown into the water, but were 111110,,
enabled to swim to the shore. There was consideral;
confusion amongst a large number of the succeeding b°3
in the division. There was only one bump.

BURIAL OE SIR JOHN SIMEON. Thr
The remains of the late Sir John Simeon, M.F.
the Isle of Wight, were on Monday afternoon deP°site
in the family vault at Calbourne Church, Isle °
Wight, in the presence of a large number of spectati
The Rev. C. M. Wilson, Rural Dean and Vicar of C 5 t'
bourne, was the officiating clergyman, and the reAe
Laureate, Mr. Tennyson, was among the mourners.
number of the county magistrates, the mayor and coil;
ration and borough justices of Newport and Ryde, ti
principal inhabitants of the island, and about fifty 0f.,,
deceased's tenants formed part of the funeral processi°l;
The bells of the churches were tolled, and the 611°Pt
of many of the tradesmen in Ryde, Newport, Ventji"
and the other towns of the island were closed.
The Liberals of the Isle of Wight have fixed upon 3'
Moffatt as their candidate at the approaching election'
The addresses of Mr Moffatt and Mr Cochrane, the Con,
servative candidate, are expected to appear at once.

DEATH FROM SOMNAMBULISM. tb,ol
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Yesterday Mrs. Ann Bryant, of West Teigrn°n',,l
aged 68, died from injuries received on Monday night fr°
a fall, the result of somnambulism. She had risen fr?„.
her bed without rousing her husband, and opened the `the
dow, apparently with the intention of walking °ll,tre
roof, but missed her footing and fell to the ground, Ivue
she lay until the morning.

4. of
Edward Driver, clerk, late in the employuleil",rj
Richard Noverre Bacon, proprietor of the Norwich Aler';,l
newspaper, was charged at the Norwich Police 0°"0.
yesterday with embezzling money, the property of his eTm
ployer. Prisoner was remanded till Saturday
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accused was formerly a clerk at the Norwich I.lni°ll
Office.

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At a meeting of the Stirling Town Council on -- 15
was resolved to throw open the richly endowed hospiti'—:.
the burgh for educational purposes. A scheme was
pounded for the establishment and endowment of gal- 11
tary and advanced schools to furnish education tO ;le
classes at a nominal fee. The amount to be placed atoll
disposal of the Council, after satisfying annuitants, wed
be £4,640. This action was taken under the
Schools Act. Endolv

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Lord Chief Justice Bovill yesterday morninva
of
pointed Thursday, the 9th of June, for the purPnsjot
hearing the argument about the test ballot at Bristol, the
added that of course there must be no delay in sending
special case to the court.
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PROOF POSITIVE.—Wife (who has been r
up")—" Weil, this is a pretty time to come hero' 1:111-4
o'clock !" Husband (who has taken nothing but one
of a curious compound spoken of by himself as "
warra")—"Wha' you mean, madam,e
by 'Forklock fr,
I
fort'nly for you, madam, it she ', pp s' curiousleao ve,
parsh'd Big tieu, madam, and heard it strike One (hie) 643
nal times, madam ! !"—Punch and Judy.
DEMOLITION OF A MARTELLO TOWER AT
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An important experiment with gun-cotton was "13 dated
terday, at Rye, d'pon the marten() tower No. 30, r°P
famous by a previous experiment with Pr Galo's
explosive miN ture of gunpowder. This tower, the 011
which were 12 feet thick at the base, was entirely:ll"i Ihre°
demolished by 2001bs. of gun-cotton, divided' into
go.
charges and fired simultaneously by electricity. into
vo'
cotton was in five-inch discs ; and none of the debro,ads
even single bricks, was blown ~way to the extent of 50 Y
from the building. , Verb/
CRYSTAL PALACE.—The day between the °tip()
and Oaks Dace dayB is invarially rendered very attr!,itorB
at tho Palace owing to the great number of country. Irr' will
to London for the Lace week. To-morrow's attractionsweca
combine an operatic performance, a billiard match best cos
the chpion playes Cook and Robert,r. jog
and the firstdisplayr of fireworks and illjuminated fouo ::',od
The pyrotechnic di play will be on a more maguifice o'v)ocic*
extensive scale than ever, and will commence at nine
extensive
The Coldstream Guards band will attend.