The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-14 00:00:00

TRIAL FOR MURDER.

William Rumble, a corporal in the 9th Foot, was tried
on Thursday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, for
the manslaughter of James Wood, who was shot at Drog-
heda on the 20th of November, during the election. A
detachment of the 9th Regiment, with hussars and con-
stabulary, escorting voters to the poll, were attacked by
the mob, and the officer in command was knocked down
insensible, while several soldiers were wounded. Two
soldiers fired without orders. The prisoner and a comrade,
named Bonello, were charged with the offence, but Bonello
was liberated. The trial lasted the whole day. The evi-
dence was conflicting. Mr. j3utt defended the accused.
At half past seven o'clock, the jury, after five minutes'
deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

President Grant's father fills the humble office
of postmaster of Covington, an insignificant town in
Kentucky.

THE DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MINISTER.—
Mr. B. Moran was presented to Lord Clarendon on
Thursday by Mr. Johnson as Chargi, d'Affaires ad interim,
of the United States until the arrival of Mr. Motley. Mr.
Johnson will leave Lomton on Wednesday next for
Southampton, and will sail thence on the Saturday follow-
in the North German Lloyd's steamer Ohio, bound fir
Baltimore.
ANOTHER BRIDGE ACROSS THE MERSEY.—
Messrs. William Low and George Thomas, civil engineers,
have submitted to the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board
a letter, and very comprehensive plans, illustrating their
scheme of crossing the Mersey by means of a railway
suspension bridge from Liverpool to Birkenhead. It will
consist of three spans, the centre one I,Booft. in length,
and the others 960 ft. each, and will be 140 ft. above high
water mark. The bridge would unite the various railway
lines in Lancashire and Cheshire. It will be under two
miles long, and the total cost is estimated at £1,750,000.

A large number of unemployed workmen, together with
their wives and families, embarked yesterday on board the
steamer Cleopatra, now lying in the Victoria Docks.
They are chiefly inhabitaitta of- the East-end of London,
and are about to emigrate to Canada. The number of the
party is about 240, and of these 12 are assisted out by the
British and Colonial Emigration Fund. The total number
assisted by this society, by means of paying a whole or a
part of their passage-money, amounts up to the present time
to 2,00. Among those gone out are eighteen boys
from the Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Boys in
Great Queen•street. The Quebec agent of the- Refuge
will meet the boys ou their arrival, and will procure them
situations in various employments in the neighbourhood of
the city.

THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.

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The struggle between the coalowners and miners
of the South Yorkshire district is being carried
on with great severity, and in the case of some
of the unionists with great hardship. At the collieries
of Mr. B. Ifuntsman, where prior to the strike nearly
800 men were employed, the struggle is a very severe
one. Mr. Huntsman has sent emissaries to Staffordshire
and other parts of the country, and they have engaged
men to work on the collieries on strictly nonunion and
free-labour principles. Mr. Huntsman has five pits alto-
gether, but now he has only two of these, the principal
ones, at work, instead of the full complement
of hands he having only 300, and these as
a rule are very inferior men. Fresh lots are
coming up every day, and in all probability Mr. Hunts-
man will soon have as many hands as he had before the
strike. On the other hand, the unionists all remain firm
to their cause, not one man having deserted the ranks;
they receive their weekly allowance from the union with-
out intermittance. The unionists maintain that the
" blacks" whom Mr. Huntsman now employs, in-
stead of doing him any good, will, as they are not
experienced miners, merely swallow up his capital without
any commensurate return. At the Thorncliffe Pits, where
800 men are locked out, the dispute is as far off termina-
tion as ever, as is the case at Denaly Main, where 300 men
are looked out. At the latter place 600 loaves of bread
are distributed gratis to the unionists by the inhabitants
every week.

NATIONAL SPORTS.

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The chief feature of the speculation on the Derby has
been the installation of Belladrum as second favourite.
The price of Pero Gomez is, it is true, just a point above
that of Belladrum, but the latter is supported to by far the
heaviest amount. At York the Russley horse was backed
at 5 to 1 to £5OO, and even money was laid that he heats
Pero Gomez. In London 90 to 20 was frequently taken,
and a point beyond this figure would have commanded a
good deal of support. The training reports speaks favourably
of Belladrum. On Tuesday he had a canter of a mile, and
afterwards a three-parts speed gallop of a mile and a half,
moving in excellent style, and pulling up sound and well.
It is settled, too, that the public favourite shall have a
first-class jockey, for Daley, who won so many races on
Belladrum last year, will have the mount at Epsom.
If the horse keeps well, he will undoubtedly come to the
post, and will run a fair race. Whether he has much
chance of winning is a point on nl►ich some of the best
judges express themselves doubtfully. Better jockey.
ing might have landed Lim a winner in the
Two Thousand ; but it by no means follows that he
ought to win in the Derby. The course is longer, more
difficult, and more trying to a horse with
defective pipes. The rage in favour of Pretender
has calmed down considerably. Two to 1 was offered
on Wednesday without response ; but he was heavily
backed at 7to 4 on for a place. The reports from his
training quarters represent him to be doing good work.
On Tuesday he did a mile gallop at half-speed three times,
pulling up in the best condition. But of all the three
leading favourites Pero Gomez is in the worst odour.
The bookmakers evince an unmistakeable desire to lay
against him. 4 to 1 was offered to any amount and
declined ; but it is noticeable that a point beyond this
would have been freely accepted. A report was spread
abroad that Sir J. liawley's horse was injured, but
there does not seem the slightest foundation for
such a statement. Both on Tuesday and Wednesday he
did two miles at a great pace, going in excellent form.
The remaining candidates for the Derby require little
comment. Thorwaldsen has gone back in the quotations
after a brief period of prominence, but he will
undoubtedly start to make the running for
Pretender. Ethos is backed at 25 to but
Martyrdom cannot find support at this figure. Eysh-
worth is pretty much in the same position. The Drum-
mer, Bosworth, Duke of Beaufort, and Perry Down are
all in the friendless division at 40 to 1. 500 to lis offered
against Consternation. _ . _ -

• CRICKET.—A very good match between the All Eng'aud
Eleven and Sixteen of Oxford University has ended in a
draw. The University made 95 and 154. The Eleven
131, and 25 for one wicket. The Oxonians are strong in
batting ; W. Eyett's especially being a tower of strength
to them, but their bowling-is weak, and their fielding as a
whole bad. A match between eleven colts of the South
and eleven of the North was won by the former. It
brought out a very good bowler—Shoesmitb, of Sussex.

A Cabinet Council was held to-day at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, Downing-
street.

The confinement of the Comtesse de Flandres is
expected very shortly, and with great interest in regard to
the succession to the Belgian throne.

The expenses of the candidates at the late Brad-
ford election aro published. Those of Mr. Miall are £1,603,
and those of Mr. Thompson, £2,356 ; total, £3,939.

Mr. John Bright has declined the invitation to
visit Sunderlatd for the purpose of laying the foundation
stone of the proposed Victoria Hall at that place.

The racing town of Doncaster will shortly have
its Free Library. The Town Council on Wednesday made the
necessary order for levying a library-rate of one penny in
the pound.

The Free Labour Society, formed by Colonel
Maude to oppcso Trades' ITuions, is in extremis. The com-
mittee issue an address calling upon employers to help the

movement.

St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, has been re-
suscitated, and the new council have appointed as its Prin-
cipal the Rev. William Saumarez Smith, M.A., Fellow of
Trinity College, Cambridge, Vicar of Trumpington, and
formerly chaplain to the Bishop of Madras.
Mr. J. C. Cobbold, who was for many years
M.P. for Ipswich in the Conservative interest, has been
attacked with gout and a ca►bunclo on the back of the
neck. The hon. gentleman, who is under the care of Sir
William Ferguson, is considered to be in a somewhat critical
state.

From a return published on Thursday it appears
that the total amount of duty paid on Fire Insurance in
Great Britain and Ireland during the year 1868 was £964,514.
Of this sum the Sun-office paid £120,637, the Liverpool,
London, and Globe £95,705, the Phoenix £75,168, and the
Royal £73,868.

At an early hour on Wednesday the Sheffield
Ragged School, erected by subscription in 1856, and at which
500 scholars regularly attended, was destroyed by fire.
Nothing but the outer walls are left. happily all the in-
mates of the building were aroused and rescued. The origin
of the firo is not known.

An extraordinary accident occurred on Wednesday
at Speke Tower Farm, tear Liverpool. The boiler of a
steam thrashing engine exploded, and the fire scattered from
it ignited a waggon load of hay close by. In attempting to
remove it, the burning straw was upset, and it fell upon a
poor woman, who was burnt to a cinder before she could be
reached.

An interesting return relating to the new Courts
of Justice was published as a Parliamentary paper on
Thursday, from which it appears that since 1865 a sum of
£885,000 has been advanced from the Exchequer for
expenses to the site, &c., of the new Courts of Justice.
All but £3,000 of this has been paid to the Exchequer out of
the Surplus Interest Fund of Suitors of the Court of Chan-
cery. The expenses have amounted to £885,000, of which
£820,000 went for purchase of the site, and £30,000 for legal
expenses.

MILITARY EDUCATION CommtssioN.—A meeting
of the Commission was held on Tuesday last. Present—
Lord Dufferin (ehairmau), Lord E. Cecil, M.P., Lord De
Roe, Sir C. Russell, Sir D. Cameron, Major-General Eard-
ley Wilmot, Major-General Ilaytliorne, Dr. Butler, Mr.
Lake, and Id, utenaut -Colonel Chesney. The secretary,
Lieutenant Ilozier, was in attendance.
CAB IZEFonm.—The Council of the Society of
Arts propose to appoint a day, after the Whitsuntide
holidays, for discussing any practical measures for im-
proving the cab system in the metropolis. Any person
who may desire to submit proposals for discussion, are re-
qm.sted to communicate theta iu writing to the secretary
of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, ou or before
Saturday, the 29th inst.
THE LYNN POISONING CASE.—The coroner'sin-
quiry on the body of Langford closed last night. The
jury returned the following verdict :—" That deceased
(lied from diseases from which ho bad long been suffering,
but that his death was accelerated by strychnine given by
hip wife, she being of unsound mind."

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of
"The Railways (Extension of Time Art, l8ti8." an :EX-
TRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Com-
pany will be held et the Offices of the Company, No. .17,
Vietor7a- street, Westminster, in the County of 3.tiddlesex, on
FRIDAY, the 28th day of May, 1869, et Eleven o'clockin
the forenoon precisely, for the purpose of authorising en
applicition twat° Board e.,f Tride by, or on la half (4, the
Company, for an extension of the time limited I,r tho
purchase of the lands required for the Bale-ay auti,oiised
by "The New Romney Railway Act 18E4" and of the
time limited for the completion of the works thereof.
Bated this 14th d:ty of May,'lB69.
By Order.
J. WILSON THEOBALD, Seiretary.
oflic.!s of the Company, 6, Victoria-street,
Westminster, S.W.

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