The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-19 00:00:00

_ GOVER2VMENT AND THE TELEGRAPP.4

The Marquis of Hartington has given public notice Oa6
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application is t 3 be made to Parliament in the preseo
session for leave to introduce a bill and pass an -Act
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effect the following objects :-1. To alter, amend, extelli:
and enlarge the powers and provisions of the Telegrgl-
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Act, 1868 (hereinafter called the Act of 1868), m 1,41 if ' need
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be, to vepeal some of the powers and provisions of such PT.,
2. To make better provision for the protection of the pubail
Revenue, to arise under the provisions of the Act of 18;
and of the proposed Act. 3. To confer on the Postinaste".
General the exclusive privilege of collecting and trari:
nutting, for money or other valuable consideration,
sages by electric and other telegraphs throughout t"
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, an,.4:1
create exemptions from such privilege. 4. To Pou:
the establishment of any new undertaking and the fall'.
tion of works for the purpose of collecting or transmitting,
for money or other valuable consideration, messages 1e
electric and other telegraphs in the United Kingdom;and,
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extension of any existing works belonging to any comP all,';',
corporation, or persons, for the conveyance of message.s:;
electric and other telegraphs in the United Kingdonl fo
money or other valuable consideration ; and to extingillse
all rights and privileges connected with such eistini)
works ; and to confer, vary, or extinguish other rights
privileges in connection with the carrying into full 013 d
complete effect the objects and purposes of the intenci:t
Act. The solicitor to the Post Office is to act in t'g
capacity for the bill, and Messrs. Wyatt and lies
Parliament-street, are the parliamentary agents. I

BEVOLLECTIONS OF THE SIAMESE

TWINS.

A correspondent of Land and Water furnishes snail
interesting particulars of his acquaintance with :if
Siamese Twins. In the year 1830 he lived for some vie:
under the same roof with them, and was in daily p
course with the " good gentle creatures,,, At that tiOeit
there was nothing painful in the contemplation of
misfortune. Being lithe and supple, they were caPabiet,
enjoying much freedom and even variety of moveine-ti
Their lively dispositions made them most amusing eti;
panions, and they were wont to mimic the odd retat'ro
made of them in public. Even at that period Chang 11;
less active than his brother, and would afford entertain
went to lookers-on by putting his foot on a chair, °ts
saying in a voice of mock authority, "Eng, tie my slic'e;;
a request which was always complied with. One eveniA.,
a merry party of half-a-dozen or so assembled,
Siamese Twins and the narrator being of the party. 5°.,133,1
thing being said of a hill in the neighbourhood, it 'le
resolved to visit it, and having clambered up, the WlWej
party, the Siamese in the centre, started off full oPe
over the smooth and steep descent. In the midst tber,
came upon a hurdle fence, four or live feet high, bef°6l.
which all the party except the twins suddenly stoPPt;
they, " with the agility of young deer, leaped over ,',;(1
On going to the Egyptian Hall the other day, the h'et,
of their young days was painfully shocked at
appearance of the twins, and the contrast Eng
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piesented to the image in his mind. Pjlt
having unfortunately grown an inch or two tie
than Chang, the constant leaning on one another I's:
brought about a deviation in the spine of each, ancl.4l:ll
ligament that unites them has grown more rigid ;T:1,
time, so that they cannot move so freely as in other aitif
These painful impressions have been, however, gre!,",
diminished since he has seen them in their quiet hnwoet
affectionate and happy, retaining the Christian nanlet:
their friends after forty years of absence, and careful
shew how kindly they had been remembered. Th°tl,e
Chang and Eng are very intelligent, their long resiciAe-by
in a remote part of the States has kept them unspoiled
the world and its ways, and to their friend they have 'lO
none of the attractiveness of the " Siamese youths_
knew and loved so many years ago.

Lord March was on Saturday returned witb°lll
opposition for West Sussex.
It is stated that the living of St. Mary, Nelri
ton, has been conferred on the Rev. W. 1), 11.1011111;
M.A., honorary secretary to the London Diocesan Cliwbfr o
Building Society, and curate of Enfield, Middlesex.
emoluments will probably be about £2,000 per annure•
While most of the other members of Mr. °l°o
stone's Cabinet have been brought up at various lobo
schools, Mr. John Bright forms a marked exception t° to
rule. He received his early education at a small Pri`;ri
school in Yorkshire, and must have left that school irs'o.
young, as at fifteen he was perched on a stool in a 133°
facturer's counting-house to learn business.
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THE OAKS COLLIERY.—The explorers at IC°
in the Oaks Colliery a few days ago found a watch iflo
waistcoat pocket which belonged to a young
named John Harper, of Ardsley, 'whose body "I'B
covered on the 9th of November last from the first
of No. 2 Jenny. On being wound up, the watch aid 1117
seem to have sustained the least injury.
CABINET COUNCIL.—At the Cabinet Council belt'
at Downing-street on Saturday, the Ministers 10e5 eOl,
were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone ,
, the Lord (Is,
cellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Kirnberfl'
the Right Hon. 11. A. Bruce, the Earl of Clarendon,' oil
Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Dulf,fe,fr
Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right
ry
Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right
G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Hartington, and the
Hon. C. Fortescue.
At the last monthly meeting of the SocietY fbe
the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, tisji
Bishop of Ely in the chair, the business proceeded /1
tolerable smoothness until the balloting for incorpoilteo,
members arrived, when Mr. J. C. Colquhoun, the
known Protestant champion, and chairman of the Cl
Association, was rejected on the ballot, the numbersile'o,
declared to be, ayes, 29 ; noes, 40; majority against, .0
A scene of considerable excitement ensued, and t?tliff
was given to re-propose Mr. Colquhoun at 11 fut
meeting.
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ACCIDENT AT TILE SURREY THEATRE.—On $a
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day night, when " True to the Core " was finished at
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Surrey Theatre, the crowd in the gallery rushed out' ¢,l.
pressed so heavily against the barrier on the second i'7ol
ing, where checks were being given, as to force it oeivvo
its place. Of course a great portion of the crowd nple
precipitated down the lower stairs, and several Pevyt
were seriously hurt. One man had his leg broken, en3treil,
had an arm broken, and a third had his ribs fracttibet
These three were taken to Guy's Hospital. Several 0"

persons also suffered severely.
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HYDROPHOBIA IN A FLOCK OF Dla
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the past two or three months hydrophobia has been 01".401
ingly prevalent in the neighburhood of Preston, :01
especially so in the town itself. Many valuable dtitt
all breeds have been destroyed at the police-station Wpb
prussic acid, the whole number, good, bad, and indiffegfel
amounting to two or three scores, or more. About ""fi
weeks ago nine lambing ewes, the property of Mr. Drl/13:001
Bradley Hall Farm, Croston, six miles from Fre,Biteil
were bitten by a strange dog, and having since exlnh'tli
undoubted symptoms of rabies, have just been
destroyed. The lambs were preserved. ilb
" GOOSE" WHEAT. —Some years since a
goose was shot in Washington Territory, and a few gr;.?
of wheat were taken from its craw. Being veil 100
and full, they were preserved and planted. The yield
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found to he so great as to lead to its propagation, "0090
this variety, which is known in the territory as the "g ybe
wheat," has become a standard one in that section °',
country. Samples of this wheat were recently sent to jog
agricultural department at Washington. Upon exareniriel
the samples at the museum, of which there are sonlersl9o
varieties, the same wheat was found, being one 01,, g
samples sent from the Paris Exposition, and groat'
Cuenca, in Spain.—The Garclener'.s Magazine. Ojd
DULCE Domum.—Everybody knows the
Winchester holiday song beginning " Dulcd Dorntiotyo
but it is not everyone who is familiar with the step i 0
the circumstances under which it was composed. 010
traditionally reported to have been the production dr
poor solitary boy some three centuries hack, who WP:001
tained at school during the summer holidays, and 1,001
pining under the " Domum Elm" for his far-distant "/
in a day when there was no such things as railwaY° 000
telegraphs, left this sweet legacy behind him. Its , r 4.
that he died of a broken heart before his schoolfellolloo
turned to the " college ;'' but it is only fair to add
tradition is not borne cut by the tone of the stanzas //0000
compose the song, which, though loving and tenderise
decidedly of a joyous character.—Guardian. fpl
DELIGHTED BUFFALOES BRADAWLS ajel
SCIZATCHEnS.—The buffaloes found in the telegraPli eFO
of the overland line a new source of delight on the trerAtol)
prairie—the novelty of having something to 5e tele'
against. Ent it was expensive scratching fur the r tbe
graph company ; and there, indeed, was the rub, f° ije°
bisons shook down miles of wire daily. A bright /00111
struck somebody to send to St. Louis and Chicage wer',
the bradawls that could be purchased, and these xll
driven into the poles with a view to wound the al'etef
and check their rubbing propensity. Never was agr
mistake. The buffaloes were delighted. For the,'
time they came to the scratch sure of a sensation
thick hides that thrilled them from horn to Oil'
would go fifteen miles to find a bradawl. TheY„d ti)„-
huge battles around the poles containing them,
victor would proudly climb the mountainous heap °,f 00
and hump of the fallen, and scratch himself into 131185 beej
the bradawal broke or pole came down. There ha Of
no demand for bradawls fpnttir.gifr4,933,„
first invoke,