The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-01 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

A GOVERNME-NT MANUFACTUREIL—At Southwark Police-
court on Thursday, Mr. Clarkson, a Government pontoon
manufacturer and waterproofer, was summoned for having
carried on his business in such a manner as to render it
dangerous to the health os the inhabitants. Ho used
naptha and petroleum in large quantities, and several
inhabitants of the neighbourhood complained cf the offen-
sive smell. The magistrate inflicted a fine of and
made an order for the discontinuance of the nuisance
within a week.

A CHARGE OF POISON.—At the Wandsworth Police-
court, a labourer, named Tydeman, was charged with
attempting to poison his own child, three and a half years
old. There had been a dispute between him and his wife,
which was supposed to be the reason for the crime.
Another man was charged with being an accessory. The
prisoners were remanded.

MALICIOUS POISONING OF CATTLE.—An application of
some importance was made a clay or two since to the
Tavistock magistrates, on behalf of Mr. Diamond, of Hew-
ton House, Beerferris. Mr. Diamond has lately lost fifteen
head of cattle and horses under suspicious circumstances.
An analysis of their stomachs showed the presence of
arsenic and other poisonous matter, and an appeal was
made to the Home Secretary to obtain the offer of a reward
from the Government for the discovery of the offender.
The application to the magistrates was for a certificate
stating that the crime had been committed by an unknown
person, which was requi:cd by the Government before
offering the reward. The certificate wastgranted.

TIIE WORKING OF TEE GAME LAWS.—On Thursday, a
man, named John "Walton, was charged, at .Kidderminster,
with trespassing. The defendant was a gardener in the
employ of Mr. Lloyd, and the alleged trespass was com-
mitted in the garden where he worked. He had sat traps
in the garden to protect the plants fron the rabbits. lie
had been obliged to put plants in five times owing to them.
The ground belongs to the Earl of Dudley, Mr. Lloyd
being the tenant ; and the gardener, whose wages are 12s.
a week, was fined ss. instead of 4 and had to pay 15s.
costs.

A telegram from Hull states that six fishing smacks
belonging to the north have been lost during the late gale.
Four were driven on shore at Heligoland, whilst two wore
lost through coming into collision. The owners are Messrs.
Tooze, Haycock, Lill, llamlyn, and Willimea. It may bo
added that after the wreck Mr. Tooze's vessel, which was
estimated to be worth a thousand poundsowas sold for £2B.

THE NATIONAL EDUCATION LEAGUE.--The pro-
ceedings of the first general meeting of the league will
occupy Tuesday and Wednesday, October 12 and 13. Many
members of Parliament, and deputations and visitors are
expected from branch societies in London, Manchester,
Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Bristol, Leicester, Bradford,
Southampton, Bath, and also from Wolverhampton, Wal-
sall, and other towns. The fundamental principles of the
league are a system of education, rate-supperted, unsec-
tarian (not necessarily excluding the reading of the Bible),
compulsory and free.

THE. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.—Mr. Waller,
secretary ;a the Home Cattle Defence Association, states
that the only country out of all those from whence we
obtain our cattle supplies which is yet unaffected by the
foot and mouth disease is France. The disease exists in
Denmark, but the importation from the country is unre-
stricted. Outbreaks are reported from all parts of the
Continent of so malignant a type that it is found necessary
to suspend dairy operations.

LAPSE OF MEMORY.—A strange story has just
come to us frcm Faris. At the Opera Comique, M. Barre,
a well-known tenor, was singing with Madame Galli Marie,
when, suddenly, the tenor stopped short. The lady singer,
thinking that he had forgotten his part, whispered to him
what should come next ; but M. Barr 6 remained silent. The
curtain was dropped, to the groat perturbation of the
audience; and it was then discovered that poor M. Barre
had completely lost his memory, and did not remember one
note of his role. An apclogy was made to the disappointed
audience, and the theatre was closed.

THE BATTLE OF LISSA .—As for Lissa it was a
cavalry charge. Tegethoff's aim was to come to the
succour of Lissa ; and as the Italian fleet lay in the inter-
space, he charged through them. Being trtally inferior in
number and weight of guns, he dashed prow on, to force
his way, and went head foremost at the Re d'ltalia because
ho believed it was the flag-ship. She was scarcely moving at
the time, having stopped her course to permit Peraano to
change his flag to the iron ram Affundatore ; and
being, besides, an ill-built ship, she gave way at
once, and, cut down from bulwark to water-
line, with a yawning gulf of sixty feet wide in
her flank, she heeled over and sank in thirty-scconds with
all on board her. When the Austrians avow that the
suddenness and completeness of the calamity almost
stunned them as they saw it, we may imagine the horror
and consternation that were felt by tho Italians. From
that moment, such was the shock, the battle of
.Lissa was
decided. Nothing but long traditions of combat—nothing
but glorious experiences cf reverses converted into mere
recklesss efforts for victory, and losses stimulating men to
acts of superhuman daring—could have rallied the Italian
fleet; and these they had not. There had been no order
of battle before—little likely was it there should be one
now. Uncertainty prevailed everywhere—contradictory
signals followed each other in quick succession from the
flag-ship. The admiral hesitated to lead, and the captains
took no initiative on their side. Meanwhile the Austrians,
with a spanking breeze in the poop, sailed briskly on,
firing their small 24-pounders for form's sake. They saw
the cnsray scattered without being dispersed by them ;
thcy saw a fleet disorganised because two shir s
hod perished ; and they saw an admiral retire
from a rebuff which \vas not a defeat,—
s.nd this was the battle of Lissa ! Tege-
ihoff's aide-de-camp v.-as shot in the fore-arm,
and I do not believe another officer of tho flag-ship
was wounded. It was a gallant achievement of the
Austrians, just as it was a gallant achievement of a cavalry
force to go bang through a dense column of an enemy ; but
it was scarcely a naval action, and certainly not such in the
sense of a Nilo or a Trafalgar. Tegethoff did all that any
man could have done with such a force as ho wielded, but
not more thin' —was augured of. him from,,.his calqwlid
p&WygpAR4 alificißaltic.—Riackwoeigennite.

MEIROPOLITAN GOS.slP—Thursday.

As I intimated in my last letter Mr. Moncreiff has ac-
cepted the judgeship in Scotland vacant by the melancholy
death of Mr. Patton. The new judge will not be greatly
missed from the House of Commons, for though a
somewhat able man, he was not popular. Indeed
after representing Edinburgh for nearly ten years,
he found himself so little in favour with
his constituents that he had to take refuge in one of the
university seats, Glasgow and Aberdeen. There he won
only by a neck, and there is very little doubt but Mr.
Gordon, his opponent, would have beaten him if the late
Government had not gone out of office, and Mr. Gordon
with them, while the election was progressing. There will
probably be a severe contest for the vacant seat now. Mr.
Gordon stands again, and will probably be opposed by Mr.
Smith, of Jordan Hill.
It is remarkable just now how many M.P.'s there are
with whom their constituents are at present dissatisfied.
First and worst is Mr. Harvey Lewis, who though he has
been denounced for falsehood and fraud by a judge,
and though he has been requested to resign, still sticks to
the borough of Marylebone, and represents it by being
permanently absent from England. Then there is Mr.
Cadogan, the member for Cricklade, whose dealings were
brought to light in the famous action for libel tried a few
months ago, and who still writes M.P. after his name,
and I believe continued to shew himself in the House of
Commons while it was sitting. Third on the list is Mr.
Sheridan, M.P. for Dudley, whose connection with tha
Albert Insurance Company needs a very thorough explana-
tion in order to satisfy his at present irate constituents.
Lastly, there is Mr. Cave, M.P. for Barnstaple, who is
involved in the same concern, and who, after publicly
promising his constituents to explain his relations with the
Albert, left the town without doing so and has not yet
made his reappearance, although weeks have passed since
notice was first directed to the matter. All these gentle-
men, who, by the way, are Liberals, have fallen into their
present difficulties in very similar ways, by loving financing
not wisely but too well.
The speeches of the Marquis of Hartington, Lord
Clarendon, and Mr. Cardwell all point in the same direc-
tion, and shew that the extreme propositions put forth by
certain so-called friends of Ireland with respect to the land
question will not have any countenance from the Govern-
ment. According to present appearances, the bill will be
of a very moderate character, and will in all probability
disappoint those thorough Hibernians who think that the
land was made for them alone.
It is probable that there will be a vacancy for the Edin-
burgh and St. Andrew's Universities constituency very
shortly, as Dr. Lyon Playfair is likely to get the Master-
ship of the Mint, vacant by the death of Mr. Graham.
There, too, the contest was severe, Dr. Playfair beating his
Conservative opponent, Mr. Swinton, by only 255 votes on
a total poll of 4389. Should Waterford city become
vacant by the rumoured appointment of Mr. Blake to an
inspectorship of fisheries, the Liberals I imagine will be
able to retain the seat, as Mr. Blake and Mr. Delahunty,
the sitting Liberal members were a long way ahead of
Sir H. Barron.

There is still nothing certain about the bishoprics.
A paper, usually well-informed, mentions that in all
probability Dr. Wilberforce will go to Durham, and
Dr. Baring, to Winchester. I have heard nothing
to confirm this, and think it extremely unlikely. In the
first place, Durham is worth £5OO a year more than Win-
chester ; next, Dr. Baring has already been translated
once, and translations, except to an archbishopric, are not
now much in favour. Lastly, Durham is an essentially
Low Church diocese, and there would be no advantage in
sending a High Church bishop there. There was another
rumour very prevalent in the early part of the week—that Dr.
Jacobson, of Chester, would go tolVinchester. But I have
good reason to believe that all these reports are unfounded.
The Bishop of Oxford has received an offer to go to Win-
chester, and although he had not sent his reply a few days
ago the nature of it may be guessed from the fact that he
has let it be understood that while he will hold his
visitation in November, he will probably not hold his
ordination at Christmas. It is expected now

that the arrangements for the resignation of Bishop
Sumner will be completed on the 14th of October. With
regard to Exeter, the names most in favour are Prebendary
Mackarness, of Honiton, and Archdeacon Bickersteth. I
believe the first has the better chance in consequence of
the services which both Mr. Mackarness, his father-in-
law, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, and his brother-in-law, Sir
John Duke Coleridge, have rendered to Mr. Gladstone.
For Oxford Dr. Temple is now spoken of, and the general
belief is that either he or some other " Broad" man, like
Dr. Scott, will get this important post ; although among
" High" men I find great belief in the prospects of Mr.
Liddon. I believe that the last-named gentleman was
offered the deanery of Durham. He is less likely to get a
bishopric, his health being very indifferent. I may mention
in connection with his name that some time ago he preached
a sermon befcre the Queen, in which he addressed her
Majesty in person, an incident not quite in accordance
with Court etiquette. Madame Tussaud has put the late
Bishop of Exeter into her wax works. What an apotheosis.
There was a great gathering of Churchmen at Aylesbury
this week in order to assist at the opening of the parish

church, which has just been restored by Mr. Scott at a cost
of £13,000. The Bishop of Oxford preached a very
remarkable sermon upon the words, " And then shall the
end come." He referred to the general feeling of expecta-
tion that there was throughout Europe, and especially in
France, where, instead of waiting upon God, everyone was
waiting upon the life of one man. It was remarked that
none of the county members were present at this
gathering. Mr. Disraeli's absence was particularly
noticed, Aylesbury being a town in which he has
made several notable appearances. It is possible that the
ex-Premier did not care to; meet the Bishop of Oxford so
soon after his lordship's conduct with regard to the Irish
Church Bill.

Some time ago a commission was appointed to inquire
into the pollution of rivers. Mr. Rawlinson was at the
head of it, and there was associated with him Mr. Har-
rison, engineer. Unfortunately Mr. Rawlinson commenced

the inquiry with a prejudice in favour of a certain kind of
sewerage, and when his colleague suggested questions
which might lead to answers different from those which
his chief desired, he was cut short. The end of it was a
disagreement, which led to a dissolution of the commission.

A new one was issued a short while since, Sir William
Denison, formerly Governor of Madras, being placed at the
head of it, on the condition stipulated by him that the gen-

tlemen associated with him should have no crotchets. This
stipulation was agreed to, and Mr. Chalmers Morton, the
agricultural writer, and Mr. Frankland, the well-known
chemist, were appointed his colleagues. These three com-
missioners are now making a tour of inspection.
Recently they were in a northern town of great im-
portance famous for its chemical works, and

were not a little disgusted to find how little

public spirit there was on the part of the
manufacturers with regard to the removal of their waste
material away from the river. In some works in other

towns a very large sum is now made annually by the con•

version into useful products of materials which were for-
merly thrown into the river as waste. A contractor who
has undertaken to work up these materials in candle and

soap factories is paying £3,000 a year to one firm alone for
the use of what they used to fling away.
The last party of our Volunteers who went to the Bel-
gian International Tir came back yesterday. They were
more fortunate on their return than on their outward
journey. Crossing to Ostend, they encountered the full
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force of the tremendous gale of a fortnight ago. Coming
home they found a sea as smooth as though this were mid-

summer instead of the equinox. The fetes at Liege, Spa,
and Brussels were magnificent, but the enjoyment of them
was somewhat marred by the extortion of the keepers of
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hotels and cafés. On this point there is much grumbling.

The Volunteers complain that they Were distinctly told
that accommodation could be had at a moderate figure, such

as 4 or 5 francs for a bed and breakfast, whereas in some
instances four men had to sleep in one room and

were charged 10 francs each. At the cafés from
40 to 60 per cent. extra was charged, and those
Volunteers who went to Liege thinking that they

would have a cheap holiday, were compelled to return.
At Spa the charges were much more moderate, although
the town is a fashionable watering place. At Brussels the

hospitality was most abundant and generous. One of the
most exciting incidents of the gathering was the marching

of the French contingent into Liege with their eagle
guarded by fixed bayonets. The sight would

not have been welcome in some parts of Bel-
gium, but in the industrial capital of the little
kingdom, where there is a strong French element, the
reception was enthusiastic. It is rumoured that Paris will

be the place of meeting next year. One result of these
visits is that foreign riflemen are beginning to practise
firing at long ranges. Hitherto the English have carried

off everything in that way, and they did so even at Spa,
where the firing was decidedly indifferent, owing probably
to the continued round of gaiety in which our riflemen

found themselves.

The experiment of sermons to City men, which has been
made with so much success in some of our City churches,
is now being tried in the well-known " Poultry" Dissenting
Chapel. Since Dr. Spence left this chapel for Hackney it
has been greatly enlarged and improved, and the present
incumbent of it is Dr. Parker, late of Manchester, and
author of " Ecce Dens " and " Springdale Abbey." He has
an hour's service every Thursday, consisting of a short
prayer and a sermon. The chapel is crowded chiefly by
men, but there is a considerable sprinkling of women.
In litonture there area few Wale, The AM A, F,