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

THE DERRY RIOTS.

The inquest held on the men killed in the Derry riots
has just terminated. Mr. Thompson, a magistrate,
deposed that Constables Byrne and M'Cutcheon were
each two, and Patterson M'Laughlin, Potters, Price,
O'Reilly, Reid, and Hanran were each one round of
ammunition short when examined on Wednesday
night. The mounted man, O'Donnell, carrying a
revolver, was one round short, and the two disabled
men, Sorrogan and Kilcawley, were one short. The
solicitor applied to have them placed under arrest, to
prevent " maintaining" evidence, which was granted.
Watson deposed that stones were thrown from the
Protestant side to Butcher's-gate, and saw a man like
a policeman with his arm extended as though firing a
pistol. He thought the constabulary caused the panic.
Martin, an apprentice boy, deposed that the people
did not wound the police ; he was himself on
Butcher's-gate an hour. Ferguson, governor of the
apprentice boys, deposed that he has been armed with a
revolver since the day of the last election; his life had
been threatened frequently ; he was out on Wednesday
night, and asked the boys to leave Butcher's-gate. The
boys complained that they were not armed well enough ;
they did not think there would have been occasion for arms
that night. Hancock, who was wounded in the hand,
deposed that Moneriell fell beside him ; he found slugs in
his own coat on Sunday morning. Mr. Glover, solicitor,
appiled to have Murphy's deposition given in evidence, bilt
the resident magistrates declined for the present, as
Murphy is not expected to recover. The jury found that
the deceased came to their death from the bullets of the
constabulary, and expressed an opinion that the authori-
ties were to blame for not exercising proper precaution for
the preservation of the peace. They believed the police
received provocation, but not such as to justify them in
firing without giving warning,

The Earl of Clarendon has authorised the denial of
tLo statement that Cencul Swiehoo has been recalled on
Account of Lis proceedings in. Formosa. Consul Sninhoo
has not Wen recalled.

The Great WeEtern Railway Company recently
complet( d. the conver,ion of the whole of the northern divi-
sion of its ( xtensive s 3 stem to the narrow gauge. During
the past mouth tho goods traffic increased to the extent of
£12,600 as compared with April, 1868—a result materially
attributable to the uuiforn ity of gauge.

The Eight,llev. Dr. J. F. Turner, who has recently
been consecrated Bishop of Grafton and Artnidale, as sue -
cessor to Dr. Sawyer, who was drowned, will preach his
farewell sermons at the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry, on
Sunday next, and will immediately afterwards proceed to his
distant diocese.

The Church Congress will hold (as has already
been announced) their annual conference this year in
Liverpool. The programme in a rough state has been
issued. The meetings are fixed to take place early in
October, and they will extend over several da) a. Among
the distinguished persons already announced to read papers
on interesting subjects are the Archdeacon of Chester, Bev.
Dr. Blakeney, Mr. Raikes, M.P , the Deans of Chester and
It pen, &c. It is expected that about four thousand clergy
and laity will attend the conference.

SCALDED TO DEATH.—A roan was scalded to
death a few days I,a,k in a manufactory of perfumery at
Montreu 1, near Paris. The deceased was standing ou a
plank across a vat of boiling lees for the purpose of taking
out a portion of the liquid with a large iron ladle ; some
of the soapy composition had, however, been spilt under
his feet, and cause him to slip and fall in. Although he
was taken out immediately he was already dead. and
frightfully disfigured.

The third general anniversary meeting of the mem-
bers of the London Free and Open Church Association was
held on Tuesday, at the offices in Norfolk-street, for
the purpose of electing Vice-Presidents and Council,
and for other business. Amonst the Vice-Presidents
elected were Lord Dufferin, the Duke of Manchester,
the Earl of Bective, Lord Eustace Cecil, M.P., the Emil
of Glasgow, Viscount Harding°, Sir J. S. Pakington,
M.P., Mr. Thomas Hughes, 3.1. P., the Right Hon. 11. A.
Bruce, M.P., Lord do Tabley, Captain the Hon. R. W. Gros-
venor, M.P., Mr. J. S. Hardy, M.P., the Earl of Limerick,
Mr. Locke, M.P., the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., the
Earl of Roeslyn, Viscount Templeton, Mr. W. H. Dyke,
M P., the Marquis of Hartington, M.P., the Bishop of Peter:
borough, the Dean of York, ex. An executive Council was
elected.

THE PUBLIC HEALTII—Last week the rate of
mortality in London was 21 per 1,000, while in thirteen
other large towns of the United Kingdom it was 24.
Birmingham is again the healthiest, and Glasgow the
most unhealthy, town upon the list. In the metropolis
there were 2,165 births and 1,283 deaths. The latter were
less by in than the estimated number. The deaths from
zymotic diseases were 265, the corrected average number
being 317. Eight deaths from small-pox, 20 from measles,
42 from scarlet fever, 4 from diphtheria, 81 from whoop-
ing-cough, 19 from typhus fever, 21 from enteric fever, 7
from simple continued fever, and 10 from diarrhoea, were
registered. Six persons were killed by horses or vehicles
in the streets. The mean temperature during the week
was 51'9, or 3'3 above the average. Between the highest
day and lowest night temperature there was a range of
more than 35 degrees.

A. disgraceful scene occurred in the village church-
yard at Cradley, near Birmingham, on Sunday. For some
time great misunderstanding has been caused by the sexton
(Mr. Charlton) demanding the burial fees before the corpse
is borne to the churcbyard. Last week a Mrs. Walker died,
and her funeral was appointed to take place on Sunday. On
the arrival of the mourners at the churchward, Mr. Charlton
demanded the usual fees, which were refused. He closed
the gates of the yard, but these were forced open by a
large mob, numbering altogether about 5,000 persons. This
greatly incensed the sexton, and as the corpse was car-
ried up the steps to enter the church, Mr. Charlton kicked
at the coffin and broko two of the handles off. A clergy-
man, who was performing divine service in the church
at the time, kindly buried the corpse, after which
another scene occurred. As tho pave was being
filled, the sexton's son declared that if ho had been
present ho would not have allowed this to have been done.
He then made a movement as if to eject the corpse out of
the grave, but was himself seized by the infuriated
mob and thrown into it, and many of the roughs
who had secured spades, shovelled the dirt on to him
vigorously. Mr. Charlton then rushed to the rescue, but
was at once collared and thrown into the grave with
his son. The roughs then began to shove the dirt on to
both, when a policeman made his appearance and charged
the mob, who, giving way, Charlton and his son rose from
the grave and made good their retreat. The event has
caused the most intense excitement in the place, and pro-
ceedings before the magistrates will shortly be taken.
AN INTELLIGENT DOG.— An Italian journal re-
lates a curious instance of canine intelligence which
occurred during some late operations against the brigands
in the province of Naples. A detachment of cavalry
baying arrived about daybreak at a small wood in which
they had reason to believe that a number of bandits were
concealed, observed a little dog, which had been evidently
placed on the watch, rise up and bark furiously, at the
same time running about in all directions. The soldiers,
perceiving that the animal was giving the alarm,
hast,ned forward, but only found in the interior of the
wood traces of the recent departure of the party of which they
were in search. The officer in command, vexed at missing
an important capture, drew his pistol and fired at the four-
, footed sentinel, which, with a howl, rolled over on its
back an.l lay completely motionless. The squadron con-
tinued its march, but a quarter of an hour later, one of
the men, happening to turn round, observed the same dog
they had just before left for dead on the ground dodging
about behind the trees in their rear, as if to watch them.
The animal was captured and found not to have had a hair
touched by the shot fired at it ; it had evidently feigned
death in order to be able to continue its functions of
vedette. The prisoner's life was not only preserved, but
the captive was admitted into the regiment, and will be
taught to render service in discovering the haunts of its
19Truer masters.