The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-06 00:00:00

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IRISH CHURCH.

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The Late nixes learns from a "well-informed varter"
that -Mr. Gladstone's scheme for the disestablishment and
disendowment of the Protestant Church in Ireland
is completed in its outlines, and only requires to bi
embodied in the shape of a bill or bills. According to eel
contemporary, " the ultimate -appropriation of the conffr
cated property will not be determined now ; 13°
left for the decision of a' future Parliament,
when a disposable surplus exists, which cannot be
for many years. Disestablishment is to be immediate;
disendowment is to be by degrees, as benefices lapse by theA
deaths of the present incumbents. The disestablieb6"
Church is to be free to govern itself and to determine ittg
own creed, upon precisely the same basis as any other sec':
for a sect it will then become. The Roman Catholic Will
be the only real Church in Ireland, because it will be the
only hierarchy."
The same paper contains the following :—" It is nai'l
that Lord Westbury has undertaken the championship in
the House of Lords of the High Church party. We ceir
gratulate them on the acquisition of so powerful 311
advocate. It is remarkable in one respect. Who docg
not remember Sir R. Bethell's wonderful fight for the
Divorce Act in the House of Commons, successfully eele
ducted against the energetic and resolute opposition of the
High Church party, led by Mr. Gladstone and Sir *1
Palmer? He who was then their most pow erful opPenend
will now appear as their most powerful champion, an
Mr. Gladstone will be at the same time engage d in destroy'
ing the Church he then so ably supported."

THE ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING FIELD'

Plenty of detail of the accident which was recorded yo'
terday, to Sir Charles Slingsby and others, is supplied 1'
the local papers. The Leeds Mercury gives the story et 4 "
column and a half. Shortly, however, the story is this t.'
The York and Ainsty foxhounds—one of tho most favourite
packs in the West Riding—met in the morning, about 1,;
o'clock, at Stainley House, half-way between Harrogate an
Ripon. There was a good field, including Sir C. Slingsi9
the popular master of the hounds ; Viscount Down°, of
Denby Lodge; Lord Lascelles, of Harewood ; Sir G. W°sll:
well of Newburgh Park ; Capt. Vyner, of Newby Hall, .
No fox was found until the party reached Monkton Wye'
but the game once started a capital run was had of about as
hour's duration, in the direction of Copgrove and New
Hall, the residence of Lady Mary Vyner. On approachieS
the hall Reynard crossed the river Ure, and the hounds f°
lowed. Several of the huntsmen attempted the ford, sc/nle
distance up the stream, but Sir Charles Slingsby, and the
majority of those who were close up, made for the ferry'
which is almost directly opposite Newby Hall, and signalled
for the boat to be sent across. Swollen by the late
rains, and to a great extent diverted from its natal"'
channel, the river swept along with a strong deep Curren;at this point some fifty or sixty yards broad. With
a moment's hesitation, however, the master of the 1101173 a-
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sprang into the boat on its being piloted across by tie
Newby Hall gardener and his son ; and this example
so largely followed that in a very short time some fiftee:
or, sixteen gentlemen, with their horses, crowded into -
vessel intended to accommodate only half that nunab°3'
Those who entered the boat were— Sir Charles Slingsbi:
Ovis (the whip) Sir George Womb Well, Captain Vyner,
:Aare Vyner, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Robinson, Major lifussinde°
Captain Molyneux, the Hon. Henry Molyneux, Captain 1-(eli
Mr. White, and some more of the York officers. Viscolo
Downe, Lord Lascelles, an I several othcre, who welB
either unable to find room in the boat or had their doe
is to its safety, remained on the banks awaiting its refurfi•
Ere one-third of the distance had been traversed Sir CI-13144e
Slingsby's horse became restive, and kicked the animal
belonging to Sir George Wombwell. The latter—a bigk.,;
mettled chesnut—returned the kick with interest, ands °,llB
thing very like a panic among the animals took place.
boat was swayed first to one silo and then to tb
other, and finally it was fairly -turned bottom 1iPv741'371
Several of both gentlemen and horses were imprisenct
under the boat, which remained bottom upwards. lan3°Dg
those under the boat were Sir Geo. Wombwell and an offic',r
sd
from York whose name is not known, but who was very bad')
kicked by the horses whils under the boa'. Sir C. Slingsby
was seen by the spectators on the bank to strike out for [be Ora
posite bank, but when nearing it he threw up his hands, an
the last seen of him was his body floating down the river
with his head and legs under the water. None of the others
drowned were seen at all. Sir G3orge Wombwell, C3Ptal,
Vyner, and the two officers from York got upon the botto7o
ofthe boat, and were afterwards got ashore. One of the hors',
also swam to the shore. The whole of the other horses,
lieved to be 11 in number, were drowned. Every effort 1;
made by those upon the bank to rescue the unforturWa
gentlemen. Those who could swim, cast their coats, fete
plunged to save their friends. Lines, formed of whips, Irei,
tied together and thrown within reach of the drowning 1/i
and several beams of wood which fortunat ly lay scatte et
about were quickly launched on the stream. Mr. linit°,,lf
on shore by means of the chain across the ferry, whilst et'l.o
were rescued by the means adopted for their safety front tat
banks. Six lives are set down as being known to be lost, btle
there is uncertainty as yet as to who went into the beat'
names of those who are known to have been drowned "-a,
Sir Charles Slingsby, Bart., of Scriven Park • Mr. E. Lloy
of Lingcroft,. near York; William Ovis:(first
whip); Igil7 et
Warmer (gardener at Newby Hall) ' • William Warr 13
(son of the above). Sir Charles Slingsby was a et°cire
Conservative, and during the recent election took an ge.:
part in promoting the canvas of Mr. Lawson the canclLLi,--:hte
for Knaresbro' ; and of Mr. Denison and Mr. Fieldon, Itr'ee
members for the Eastern Division of the West Riding. 110
was the tenth baronet, son of Charles Slingsby, EsqlLal
was second son of Sir Thomas Turner Slingsby, elg
baronet. Born 1824; succeeded his uncle, Sir Tho
3.
1835; entered the Royal Horse Guards 1843, became Ileae
tenant 1845, and retired 1847; is a deputy-lieutenant and
",.
magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire. Sister, 11'1. 1,6
—Emma Louisa Catherine, married 1860 Captain Les clt
The first baronet, Sir Henry Slingsby, was a stautlitba
loyalist, and was beheaded for attempting to bring about
return of Charles IL
At the inquest, held yesterday, a verdict of " Ane'-e
death" was returned.

The River Thames in the neighbourhood i;
Windsor is receding, but the rush of °waters frool t

western country is still very great.
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SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—" We learn," sa- Ate,
Gaulois," that a frightful accident took place on 'rue% (1
on the new Versailles road, between Louveciennes :01
Port Manly. At the moment that the sth Beg' n 1
Cuirassiers, when on a promenade, were defiling in C°1114,-0
an enormous tree fell, cutting one man literally in
and seriously injuring three horses."
According to the Levant Herald, it is now defii;
tively arrranged that the Prince and Princess of 14
will visit Constantinople after their tour in EgYPt%,,, to
application, it says, has 'already been made to the -,ge
to allow the frigate in which they will perform the v°,o
to pass the Dardanelles, and this permission has of cf„-
been granted, the vessel being for the time 01114'1109
merely as a royal yacht, and her passage to the BesPhorto
in no way infringing, therefore, the rule lately laid civet•
respecting men-of-war. This is a courteous way of

coming a possible difficulty.
THE DERBY DIFFICULTY SETTLED, The -v 11-,9
the
question has been arranged on terms almost preciseli
same as those originally demanded by Mr. Studd, the
m% p
difference being that the 21 years' lease at the gl,,vv-oci
year rental is terminable at 7 or 14 years if the ',l*-600,
Stand Association think fit. Half the bonus a
received by Mr. Studd will be given away in two
DianO
the first a weight for age stake, called the Walton
Sweepstakes, having £750 added, and the Six gi',..e'ttet
Handicap, £5OO added. The competitors for the
race are to be handicapped by Admiral Rous.
A singular story comes from Sheffield. Two to
vj
Marples, of Baslow, and James Greenwecfr,;#ll
Dronfield— have been missing for some weeks, guiv-ok
efforts to trace them have proved unsuccessful. Oil vreit
nesday the body of blarples was seen to pass over thei,oclV
at Baslow, and when recovered it presented 6 ~".joefi
ingly mutilated appearance. The belief at once 01""ajid
that the unfortunate man had been brutally murclelflovd4
his body afterwards thrown into the river. The tbo
were no doubt caused by the body being tossed about ' oer,
swollen and tui bulent waters, and at the inquest held le
day a verdict of "found drowned" was returned.
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CUSTOM-HOUSE WASTE.—OH Wednesday -a5O ...-
Customs authorities of Greenock, finding thernseiv;io9
possession of nearly sixty boxes of tea which the Piliodt
owner had been unable or unwilling to redeem freni to
chartered a tug steamer with orders to conveY the t cl'he.
the tail of the bank and there commit it to the deer' Wei?
tea, it appears, was of an inferior kind, known in the 0010
Indies as " Coolie tea," from its being supplied to the c oaf
therein lieu of a more fragrant and stimulating article ;el` (4'
not being able to get a speedy market for it in Greenool2o De
Glasgow, the owners found that to pay the stowage w _refots
to pay more than to tea was worth, and they tl'u•esti°
allowed it to fall into the hands of her 113,.1,0°:
Customs' authorities, who could hit upon no other' ofw
dient of disposing of it than the simple and effeeT tog
of burying it under the waters of the Clyde. nef he
was accordingly paid to carry the tea to the middlert-ev(l.;
Frith, where, along with the boxes in which it NOSI 'het
it was duly sunk. The tea was of no great valli:t hove
would have fetched a few pence per pound, or 11" 4
sOl
been handed over to a poor-house or some of thelasv eg o
associations, to distribute among the destitute che iKoce!
Glasgow or Greenock. As it is, the tea and taid fQ4
have been destroyed, e 2,0 the -authorities have 1?
dentroyipi ttt,