The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-31 00:00:00

ROMANTIC CASE OF ADOPTION.

Some remarkable litigation is expected to result from a
case which has just been brought to light in Liverpool. It is
said to arise out of the disputed succession to some heritable
property in Ireland, left by a gentleman in that country to a
lady and her husLand, not long since returned from Australia.
Forty years ago a stonemason, named M'lntyre, left Glasgow
to settle in Dublin. Thera he married a young woman
named 111‘Ghee, of humble A year or two afterwards
M'lntyre and his wife, accompanied by their daughter, went
out to Australia. At that time the only means of access to
the colony was by transport ships, conveying convicts from
this country, and these vessels, in addition to the convicts,
occasionally carried a few passengers. In one of these ships
M'lntyre and his wife and daughter embarked. In the
course of the voyage the surgeon's wife, who had no family,
took a great liking to M'lntyre's little girl. The ship was
wrecked, 31‘Intyre, his wife, and the surgeon's lady being
amongst those who perished. The surgeon escaped, and he
rescued the child. After an interval of six months the
surgeon and his little charge arrived in Australia, where he
ultimately realised a large fortune. He brought the child
up as his own, and remained there long enough to see her
the wife of a wealthy colonist. Having done this the sur-
geon returned to Ireland, his native country, and purchased
a largo estate in the county of Wicklow. He then sent for
his adopted child and her Lasband, who obeyed the sum-
mons; and not long after their arrival he died, bequeathing
to them the whole of his property. Some of the Scotch
relatives of the surgeon now claim the property. Within
the last two or thr_o weeks three persons have arrived in
Liverpool from Australia, who have b.,en brought over
soecial'y as witnesses in the case if they slietf.d b.) required.
The will of the d'tctor is d:sputcd, as in the document the
lady is treated as his child.

, The C;ty cf London meeting in oppc.sition to the
Irish Church Bill is fixed for Monday, the 7th of June, at
half-past one o'clock, and is to he held io the great 11,11,
Cannon-street. The chair will b,l taken Ly Mr. John Chubb
(a Wesleyan) of St. Paul's-churchyard.

The inquest on the body of Eliza Bowen, the woman
who, as allege d was outraged and murdered by a man named
Hall, at Wednesbury, on the night of the 27th or the morn-
ing of the 28th of February, has concluded. The jury did
not agree to a verdict. Eight were for a verdict of wilful
murder against Hall. Four refused to return such a verdict.

A lad not fifteen years of age, who had been in the
service of Messrs. Oates and Blakeley, woollen manufac-
turers, Dewsbury, on Friday forged a cheque upon his em-
ployers, got it cashed at the branch of the Huddersfield bank,
and decamped. Up to a late hour on Friday he had not been
captured.

A tchrably smart mot is attributed to our present
Foreign Minister. Mr. Sumner, after living into advanced
age a bachelor, married, three years since, a young widow of
great personal attractions. Recently the man and wife have,
on the ground of incompatibility of temper, separated. Lord
Clarendon being asked what impression ➢fr. Sumner's late
speech had made upon him, answered, " I have read it, sir,
with much interest, and have formed from it a very high
opinion of—Mrs. Sumner."
One of the largest collieries in the country--the
Monkweermouth Colliery—is stopped ow.ng to a strike. It
is the deepest colliery in the north, and nearly 1;000 men
and boys are employed. In April the men agreed to a re-
duction, which they now reek to have returned, on the
ground that the wages are insufficient to maintain them.
The masters, however, state that they aro not receiving a
sixpence return for their capital, and that they cannot afford,
in the present condition of trade, to pay snore than they
agreed to do in April.
THE TIE E'RESENTATION OF STAFFORD. —Mr.
Charles Lamport, one of the first candidates in the field,
in a letter to Mr. H. W. Gibson, chairman of the meeting
at which the ballot for three candidates was agreed upon,
has stated that "in order to smooth the difficulty which
appears to have arisen respecting the operation of the
preliminary ballot fur the selection of two Liberal candi-
dates, and fearing that the Liberal cause may suffer from
the uncertainty and delay thence arising, I have decided
to take the initiative in retiring from the contest." Mr.
Jenkins, however, in a placard he has put out, says,
" I intend at any risk to submit my claims to the decision
of the comtituency, either at a test ballot or at the poll,
or both, as circumstances may require." Mr. Evans's
friends object to include Mr. Jenkins's name in the
ballot, and up to Saturday night the matter was unsettled.
The nomination is expected to take place on Monday next
June 7.

THE KIND - CHAUDRON SHAFT - SINKING
ArpARATus. The principle involved in this system
is that of sinking a large shaft on the Chinese plan of
sinking artesian wells ; that is to say, a tool suspended
at the end of a rope is raised up, turned a little round,
and allowed to drop. In another form the same principle
is carried out in the practice of " churn jumping" holes
fcr blasting, adopted in certain quarries. The applica-
tion of this principle to holes7ft. or Sft. diameter, however,
required a total change in the details of the apparatus and
the method of operation. The EAJiaccr, l.y means of
diagrams, gives the details of this method. It com-
prises a system of cast-iron tubbing, consisting of
superimposed rings, and a peculiar stutiing-box of moss to
establish a water-tight joint between the base of the
tubbing and the rock. Nearly all the -operations are per-
formed from the surface. A small central boring is first
made with a small tool having a number of chi:.:els
all
along its under surface. After this the boring is enlarged
by means of larger and heavitir tools having a number
of chisels at each end, and a projection in the middle,
which passes into the central boring Previously formed
by the smaller tool, and which serves as a guide. The
'ming with the tools of the smaller diameter is always
kept so much in advance of the larger boring, that the
libris from the latter shall always fall into the former,
and for this purpose the teeth of the enlarging tools are
arranged on an incline so as to produce a boring, con-
nected to the smaller boring by an inverted cone. In the
smaller boring may be suspended a metal receptacle, into
which the &brig falls, and which is withdrawn when full,
or a metal cylinder, with valves at bottom, opening
inwards, receives the dads and raises it, by working,
SkWn and PPI.