The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-30 00:00:00

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty Geom.() thA First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIUS NVIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART IFIDGSON, Esq Sub Governor.
CHARLES JOIDI MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

Robert. Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
Willia-n Davidson, Esq
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edl mann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam

DIRECT ORS.
William Tetlow Hibbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egorton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord J osceline Wm. Percy.
Cbarles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Some; Esq,
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
,uel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will ex-
pire on the 9th of July.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
F. nIING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
This Corporation affords to the Assured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGP LONDON. •
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

On Tuesday the ceremony of consecrating three hishora,
all of them for the colonies and dependencies of the
British crown, took place in Westminster Abbey. The
Archbishop of Canterbury, who was the officiating pre-
late, was received in the Jerusalem Chamber at a
quarter before ten by the Dean and 'Canons, and a
procession was then formed to the choir. The bishops
elect—Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland; Mr. S. E.
Marsden, Bishop of Bathurst (New South Wales) ; and
Mr. W. Chambers, Bishop of Labuan, took their places
outside the altar rails, and the voluntary was played.
The Archbishop of Canterbury commenced the
communion service (morning prayer having been said at a
quarter to eight), and the sermon was preached by Dr.
Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield. After the sermon and the
first part of the consecration service, the anthem,
"How lovely are the messengers" (Mendelssohn)
was sung, and the new bishops were presented
to the Archbishop. Then the anthem, "Awake, awake,
put on thy strength, 0 Zion" (Wise) was sung, and the
three bishops designate were admitted to the episcopal
order. The " Veni Creator" (Attwood) was then sung,
and the Holy Communion was administered.

THE IRISH CHURCH BILL.

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The Duke of RUTLAND Las given notice that ne will
propose to leave out. Clause 2, which declares that the
union of the Churches of England and Ireland shall be
dissolved.
The Earl of BANDON has also a notice on the amend-
ment paper to the same effect. Besides this, he will
endeavour to postpone the disestablishment of the Irish
Church until the Ist of January, 1872.
Earl STANROPE.—In Clause 27, to propose that on ap-
plication being made by any congregation of the Esta-
blished, the Presbyterian, or Boman Catholic Churches,
the commissioners shall be empowered to provide, if they
think fit, a suitable residence for the minister of any such
congregation, and to purchase glebe land not exceeding
15 acres for the same. He will also propose a clause pro-
viding for compensation to the Observatory of Armagh, in
consequence of the rectorial tithes of the parish of Carling-
ford ceasing to be renewable.
Viscount LEINSTER will propose that in case of the
retirement or the removal from office of the present dresi-
dent or vice-president, or any of the existing masters or
professors of Maynooth College, he shall be entitled to
receive from the trustees an annual sum equal to two-
thirds of his salary at the time of his retirement or
removal.

The Bishop of GLOUCESTER and BRISTOL.—At the end
of Clause 2 (the disestablishment clause) he will move to add
that neither the dissolution of the Union nor anything con-
tained in the Act shall be construed to prevent anyone now
ordained or hereafter to be ordained from officiating or
holding preferment in any diocese in England and Wales,
if he shall have obtained the consent, in writing, of the
bishop of the diocese and of the archbishop of the pro-
vince.

Lord SOMERHILL (Marquis of Clanricarde) will propose
that in any instance in which there is not at present A
houses of residence or glebe lands to the extent provided by
the Act, it shall be lawful for the commissioners to pro-
vide such glebes. He will also propose that it shall be
lawful for the commissioners to provide glebe lauds for
the lloman Catholics and Presbyterians. To Clause 68,
which deals with the surplus, he will move to leave out
the principal portion of the clause, and to substitute words
to the following effect :—After the commissioners hare
ascertained the net surplus, they shall report to both
Houses of Parliament, and until such report shall have
been made, the determination of the mode and -purposes
to which the surplus shall be applied or distributed shall
be postponed.
Lord S A LTERSFO nn (Earl of Courtcun).—To omit from
the title the words "and in respect of the Royal College
of Maynooth." He will also endeavour to leave out
Clauses 39, 40, 41, and 42, which contain the terms of
compensation to the Maynooth College.
Lord O'NEILL—To extend the time given for applying
for private endowments from six months to two years,

The intelligence comes from lowa that Mrs.
Bloomer has abandoned her principles by again donninv
petticoats.

There is no foundation, says the Dar, for the
statement that Mr. M. W. Ridley, M.P., is about to be mar-
tied to Miss hardy.

DEEP SEA AND COAST FISHERIES.—The Com-
missioners for the Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ire-
land have published their report, in which they believe
that, considering all the facts, the general conditions and
results of the fisheries during the past year will be deemed
satisfactory. What is required to give a new stimulus is
the providing means for immediately communicating to
fish factors when good takes have been secured, and of
rapidly trausmitting the produce to good markets. Elec-
tric telegraphs would, in their opinion, supply the former,
and cheap tramways the latter, want.

A kw days since we announced the sudden disap-
pearance of the cashier of a Etna of high standing in
Liverpool. The amount of the deficiency was then stated
to be about £3,000; Lut from what has since transpired
it appears that in addition to tlis misappropriation of his
enip!oycr's money, there aro several very heavy trades-
men's bills left unpaid—jewellers, tailors, hosiers, boot-
makers, wine merchants, &c. He has left no fewer than
three wives and three fathers-in-law behind him ; and if
rumour is correct he is accompanied in his flight bya buxom
widow, of atout 30 years of age. Lastly this runaway
cashier, whilst occupying a respectable position in society
was holding a ticket of leave.

Some interesting law cases were decided at West-
miceter on Monday. In the Court of Common Pleas a special
jury had before them an action by one Watson, a railway
contractor, against the Mid-Wales Railway Company. It
was brought to recover £20,000, on bonds bearing the seal
of the company. The secretary of the company, however,
declared that the bonds were sealed by one director, without the
authority of the board of directors. It appearing, however,
that the directors had adopted the action of their single
member, and a verdict for the plaintiff was returned for tho
amount claimed, subject to the opinion of the full court.—la
another railway case before the Court of Queen's Bench a
lady teacher of dancing and calisthenics received £1,500
damages on account of an accident at the Spalding Station
of the Great Eastern Railway. There was a hole in the
carpet of the waiting room, and she, catching her foot in it,
fell down and injured her spine.
SMITHFIELD MAILTYRS' MEMORIAL CHURCH.—
On Tuesday afternoon the Earl of Shaftesbury laid the
foundation-stone of a church for the new district of St.
Peter, in St. John-street-road, Clerkenwell. The building
will be dedicated to the memory of the Smithfield martyrs.
It was explained by his lordship and the clergy who
addressed those present that it had been abundantly
proved there was great need for a church on this spot,
and the occasion was taken of one being erected to do
honour to the pious men who were content to lay down
their lives for their faith. Captain M'Gregor stated that
within the last few days he had been one to sign a
contract for the erection of a tablet in Smithfield, near
the spot where the Protestant martyrs suffered death.
He hoped that in a short time it would be placed there.
It was to be prayed that, as that would shew the ground
where they died, this church would shew the doctrines
fur which they cheerfully yielded up their lives. The
Rev. B. Oswald Sharp, who has been very instrumental
in founding the mission, will be the minister of the church.
The subscriptions received so far will not be nearly suffi•
cient t 3 defray the cost.

BRIDGING THE SOLWAY.—The Solway Junction
Railway, which constitutes a new link of railway commu-
nication between England and Scotland, and comprises
amongst its engineering works the remarkable under-
taking of a viaduct across the Solway Frith, is
now completed, and only awaits the Government
inspection and certificate before being opened for
traffic. In March 18G5 the first sod of the new
railway was cut by the late Mr. Ewart, M.P. for the
Dumfries burghs. The great object which the promoters
had in view was to provide better through communication
between England and Scotland for the accommodation of
the ironmasters. The Scotch ironmasters require to have
imported into the district the richer ores of West Cumber-
land, and about 200,000 tons are annually transmitted
either by sea or by a circuitous route through Carlisle.
The new railway is 21 miles in length. It commences
at a junction with the Caledonian Railway at Kirtle•
bridge, about 17 miles north of Carlisle, and thence
•
passing the town of Annan, it reaches the shore of the
Solway Frith at Seefield, a distance of about a mire
and a half from Annan, and G 1 miles from Kirtle-bridge.
Then commences the great engineering work of crossing
the Frith. The width of the Solway in that part is
about a mile and a half. About a third of that distance
is crossed by a sea embankment, leaving 1,950 yards
to be crossed by a viaduct. The bridge is built of cast
and wrought iron. Hollow iron piles, about 20 feet
in length and 12 inches in diameter, the thickness of
the metals being seven-eighths of an inch, have been
driven into the bed of the sea to a depth of 17 or 18
feet, and upon these other iron pillars have been erected,
making a series of piers about 30 feet apart from each
other, this distance being spanned by cast-iron girders.
At the southern end of the viaduct the line crosses over
]lowness Moss, and this work has proved much more
difficult than the spanning of the Solway Frith. The
Moss is about a mile and three quarters broad. Great
drains had to be dug, about thirty feet deep, and when,
in consequence of the process, the surface of the Moss had
sunk some five or six feet, faggots were laid down, on which
long sleepers, eighteen feet in length, were placed, and
gradually the work was accomplizhed,after 00,000 bundles
of fazzots had been used.