The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Some of the newspapers yesterday, advo-
cating the objects of the bill "for placing the em-
ployment of women and children in bleach works
under the regulations of the Factories Acts," which
I, in conjunction with Lord Ashley, have had the
privilege to introduce into the House of Commons,
inform their readers that " the second reading" was
to take place after Easter. That information is a
mistake, and may mislead sonie of the promoters of
the measure. I have therefore to request that you
will have the goodness to announce that Wednesday
next, the 21st inst., has long been fixed for the
second reading.—l am, &c.,
JOSEPH CROOK.
House of Commons, March 16.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary honoured the performance
at the Royalolympic Theatre withtheir presence last even-

The Countess of Caledon arrived at her residence
on Carlton-house•terrace a few days since from Osborne.
The Countess of Dunmore and family are shortly
expected in town from Dunmore-park, Stirlingshire. ller
ladyship has taken a mansion on Carlton-house-terrace for
a term of years.

Lord Londesborough has arrived in town from
Grimston, Yorkshire. His lordship will leave town early
next week for the Continent.

Lord and Lady Wensleydale entertained a select
circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in Park -
street. Later in the evening her ladyship had an assembly.

Lord and Lady Overstone will leave town in a
few days for Overstone-park, Northamptonshire.
The Baroness de Clifford and the Hon. Mrs. and
Miss Russell will return to town on Tuesday next, from
Kirby-Mallory, Leicestershire.

The record of recent ecclesiastical preferments
contains an announcement which we cannot regard other-
wise than with unbounded satisfaction : it is the appoint-
meat of the Rev. William Wordsworth Talfourd to the
living of Winceby, Lincolnshire. The appointee is the
second son of the departed poet and judge, the living is in
the gift of the Lord Chancellor. _ _

Air. Cobden is expected to arrive in Paris, from
Cannes, on Tuesday next, to meet M. Chevalier and the
principal free-traders of France.
M. JULLIEN.—We hear that this eminent musi-
cian, in whose behalf a subscription was being collected, is
no more. Ho died, we believe yesterday, in a lunatic
asylum in Paris.

Exchange quotations from China have been re-
ceived yesterday, dated Feb. 15. The rate at Hong Kong
was 4s. 91d., showing no alteration, but at Shanghai it had
receded from 6s. 61d. to 6s. 41d., and was therefore between
2 and 3 per cent. more favourable for this country.

Ennis, the steeplechase rider, died on Thursday,
from injuries which ho received whilst riding at Coventry
on Wednesday. He has left a wife and three young children
quite unprovided for.
ACCIDENT TO A RACE HORSE.—On returning
from Coventry, and passing through London on Thursday,
Joskin was run into by a cart, and so severely injured that
It is doubtful whether he will be enabled to continua his
racing career.

THE GREAT EASTERN.—This vessel will now be
quickly completed and despatched to sea on her first voyage,
the whole of the new capital, in the shape of preference
shares, having been subscribed for by the present proprie-
tors of the Great Ship Company.
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW CROSS. Lord
Clarence Paget, the Secretary of the Admiralty, has kindly
placed at the disposal of the council of this school a naval
cadetship for competition amongst the sons and grandsons
of naval and marine officers.

THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.—The Hon.
Edwin Lascelles, the chairman of the West Riding magis-
trates has called a meeting of that body, to be held at
Wakefield, on the 23d inst.. " for the purpose of taking into
consideration whether it is advisable that the whole West
Riding should foim one constituency, as proposed by the
intended Reform Bill, 'or should be divided into two sepa-
rate districts, each returning two members to Parliament."
THE LATE FIRE IN CHEAPSlDE.—Yesterday Mr.
W. Payne, the coroner of London and Southwark, held an
official inquiry in the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall,
respecting the cause of the late calamitous fire which oc-
curred on the forenoon of the 27th of February last, at 227,
Wood-street, city. Several witnesses were examined, and
the jury returned the following verdict :—" That the fire
was accidentally caused by an explosion of gas from want of
proper caution being taken by the Great Central Gas Con-
sumers' Company's servants."
THE LORDS' COMMITTEE ON CHURCH-RATES.—
Yesterday the proceedings of this committee and the
minutes of evidence were printed. The report has already
been published. The witnesses examined this session were
the Rev. W. Champneys, Mr. C. Erwin (churchwarden of
Rotherhithe), G. Coode, Esq., Sir E. L. Parrott, Bart.,
Toulmin Smith, Esq., and T. B. Bunting, Esq. The
minority in the committee opposed to recommending any
measure—virtually the auti-church rate minority—consisted
of Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Monteagle, and L3rd
Lyvedera
TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND INDIA.—
The first private telegram between India and England, via
the Red Sea route, was received at Lloyd's to-day, dated
Calcutta, March 10, thus reducing the communication be-
tween the chief Presidency of India and the capital of Eng-
land to a period of six days. 'When the entire line of tele-
graph wire has been laid the period of communication will
be reduced to two days. The telegram referred to was as
follows :—" Calcutta, March 10.—Ship Red Gauntlet,
bound to London, burnt and scuttled. Some cargo will be
saved."

Loss OF AN AMERICAN SIIIP.—PLYMOUTH,
Friday.—The third mate and 17 of the crew of the Lady
Suffolk were landed here this morning out of the Meeklen-;
burg brig Mares Berout, Captain Muller, from Constanti-
nople, now in the Sound. The Lady Suftblk, Captain
Lavender, 1,500 tons, belonging to New York, from Liver-
pool, with salt for Calcutta, sprung a leak forward on Mon-
day evening last, which increased to such an extent that on
Tuesday morning she had 18 feet of water in her hold, and
finally sank. The captain' his wife, and crew, 35 in all,
' took to the boats, in long. 940 W., lat. 49 30 N., and after
buffeting about for eight hours were picked up by the Eng-
lish brig Sappho, bound to Gibraltar. Shortly after the
Mecklenburg brig hove in sight, and relieved her of the
number landed at Plymouth.
WRECK ON THE NORFOLK COAST.—PALLING,
Friday Night.—About three o'clock this morning the
schooner Eliza, laden with coals, from Shields to London,
missed stays in a heavy squall, and while in the
act of wearing took the ground, there being much sea
on at the lime. The new lifeboat belonging to the Royal
National Lifeboat Institution was manned and launched as
soon as possible, and proceeded off to the wreck, and after-
wards brought on shore the ship's crew of seven men. The
vessel is full of water, and the sea breaking completely over
her. It is, therefore, expected that she will become a total
wreck. Although the hour was so early, it was gratifying
to observe the promptitude with whisk the lifeboat's crew
turned out of their beds to go off to the moue of their
fellow-creatures. The National Institution's lifeboat on
this station, like all its boats, is in first-rate order and
always ready for instantaneous service, as was the case for-
tunately on the occasion in question.
REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH.—The heads of
the Liberal party in Norwich held a private meeting on
Thursday evening, and agreed to support Sir 'William
Russell and Mr. E. Warner as their candidates at the forth
coining election of two members for that city. Col. Adair,
who contested East, Suffolk in the Liberal interest at the last
general election in opposition to Lord Henniker and Sir
Fitzroy Kelly, had been solicited to come forward, but he
declined to accede to the invitation. The, Liberals express
their determination in the event of a contest, to abstain
from any corrupt practices, and state that they will prefer
to petition against rather than win an improperly con-
ducted election. It is to be hoped that they will perse-
vere in this virtuous resolve, and there can be no doubt
that many of the most respectable and intelligent members
of the party are heartily disgusted with the doings of former
years. At present there is no temptation for any improper
proceedings, no Conservative candidate having appeared,
although rumour has mentioned one or two gentlemen as
likely to stand on that side. Sir 'William Russell and Mr.
Warner arrived in Norwich yesterday afternoon, and were
to address a meeting of the electors last evening at the Royal
Hotel. A motion will be made in the House of CoMmons
on Monday evening for the issue of two new writs for Nor-
wich, and in the event of the application being successful,
the election will, of course, take place towards the close of
next week.

GOOD TESTIMONY TO CHARACTER.—There ara
husbands who can do justice to the qualities of their wives
under any circumstances. A Belgian journal furnishes an
example. A woman was lately accused of poisoning, and
was on the point of being condemned, when she entreated
that her husband should be .called to speak to character.
The request was granted, and the husband testified, with
superb frankness, that the best proof of the innocence of
his wife was his still beinc, alive. "I am persuaded,',' he
said, " that if my wife had the slightest inclination for
poisoning, she would have begun with me, for she has de-
tested me most cordially for the last ten years." This evi-
dence threw the jury into a roar of laughter, and produced
the acquittal of the woman,

LATEST NEW 8.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, MARCH 17.

The llloniteur• of to-day, in its report of the last
sitting of the Legislative Body, states that the elec-
tion of M. de la Ferriere has been annulled.

TURIN, MARGH 16.

Governor Farini is expected to arrive here on
Sunday next. The city was illuminated last night.

MODENA, MARCH 16.
The result of the voting in the lEmilian pro-
vinces has been proclaimed, and is as follows :
Total number of electors inscribed on the lists
526,258. Number who voted, 427,512.
For annexation to Piedmont 426,006
For separate kingdom 756
Cancelled

FLORENCE, MARCH 16.

A decree has been published convoking the elec-
toral assemblies for the 25th March, in order to
proceed to the election of deputies to the, Parlia-
ment.

CHAMBERY, MARCH 16.

The Cmerrier des Alpes announces, upon infor-
mation derived from an authentic source, that the
Ist and 2d Regiment of Dragoons, now stationed
at Lyons, have received orders to leave for Cham-
bery.

ZURICH, MARcH 16.

The Federal Council has addressed a note to
Paris and Turin, protesting against the annexation
of Chablais and Faucigny to France, as the treaty
of 1816 prohibited the cession of the neutralised dis-
tricts of Savoy to any other Power than Switzer-
land.

PESTH, MARCH 16.

Yesterday about 200 students attempted a de-
monstration in the churches and churchyards of
this city. Several students were arrested. On an
attempt being made to rescue them, the police re-
sorted to their weapons, and wounded several per-

SODS.

The population did not in any way take part in
this demonstration.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARcH 7 (Via
MARSEILLES).

The Ministers remain in office, the Grand Vizier
adopting the programme of his predecessors, who
are reconciled with him. He has also undertaken a
reorganisation of the law courts. Sir Henry Bulwer
has assembled the diplomatic corps, and spoke in
defence of the tax on European house rents. The
Ambassador of Russia strongly opposed the project,
and by his arguments convinced some of his col-
leagues.

M. Ralchinsky, the principal agent of Russian
Panslavism, has proceeded to Bulgaria to organise
an agitation in that province.
A Bulgarian journal, published by Russians, is
about to appear at Constantinople.