The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-22 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE BALFOUR OF BURLEY PEERAGE.—The House of
Lords have allowed the claim to the Balfour of Burley
peerage, an Act of Parliament having been passed reversing
the attainder, which was the sole obstacle to claimant's
making out his case.
CHARGE • OF LIBEL.—In the Court of Queen's Bench,
on Monday, a. libel case was heard. The plaintiff, a
builder, named Mather, brought an action sgairst the
writer of two letters which appeared in the Builder and
the Building News, impugning the manner in which
Mather was carrying out a contract for which they had
both competed. The plaintiff having admitted the truth
of some of the charges, agreed to submit to a nonsuit.
A TRADE TABLET.—Mr. Bass, the brewer, has just ob-
tained a verdict in the Court of Exchequer. A publican,
whose goods were sold by auction, sold one of Messrs.
Bass's trade tablets, which he had for exhibition, and
defendant, who bad purchased the tablet, resold it in spite
of a caution. The object of the action was not so much
to recover the value of the tablet as to settle the law on
the point. A verdict was given for the plaintiffs.
SHOCKING CEUELTT.—At the Liverpool Police-court, a
day or two ago, John Fox was brought up, charged with
gross cruelty to a calf. The prosecution was conducted
by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The prisoner was engaged in removing some calves from a
truck at the Edge-hill Station, and because one of them
did not come out readily, he thrust an iron-pronged stick
into one of its eyes, and forced it out. The case being
proved, the bench ordered Fox to be sent to prison, with
hard labour, for three months.

her Majesty the Queen will, it is expected, re-
turn to ?almond in the first week of August.

The Viceroy of Egypt is expected to leave Paris
for London to-day. His ilighne.s will stay at Bucking-
ham Paloco, and on Saturday will be present at the Windsor
review, and probably ding with the Queen.
►SALE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE DUKE OF
NEWCASTLE.—A sale of the effects of the Duke of New-
castle, which will extend over four days, has commenced
at his Grace's town mansion in Carlton-house-terrace.
Some 4,000 ounces of plate, with a variety of race-cups,
horses, carriages, &c., are among the lots to be offered.
Miss VIYNIZ REAM'S STATUE OF PRESIDENT
LINCOLN.—Miss Vinnie Ream, the young artist to whom
Congress awarded the commission for the statue of Presi-
dent Lincoln, which is to grace the rotunda of the Capitol,
sails in the Java to-day for Liverpool, en route to Home,
where the statue as modelled by her is to be cut in marble.
—Neu; York Times.

A TAILOR'S APPEAL—SOH-10 11011SC3 on the south
side of Ludgate-hill, London, are doomed to demolition, one
of them belonging to a tailor in a tolerably large way of busi-
ness. The unhappy tradesman has posted in his shop window
the following pathetic announcement :—" I /isestablishc d
this eel:. Poor Tailor. No retard for vested interests. No
apiwal to the House of Lords."

TIIE SIMIEVALTY.—The election of sheriffs for
Middlesey. takes place on Thursday next. The candi-
dates are Mr. Alderman Causton and Mr. Valentine.
There is a third aspirant for the honourable office in the
person of Mr. Frederick Perkins, of Russell-sit:are. Mr.
Perkins is Mayor of Southampton, an office which he now
fills fur the fourth time.

DISCOVERY OF A SICELETON' IN IRELAND.—A
Dublin correspondent writes :—" The skeleton of a
human body was discovered by a man who was cutting
turf a few days since at Clonkellum bog, within two
miles of Newbliss, county Monaghan, It was imbedded
at a depth of three feet below the surface, and no doubt is
entertained that a murder was perpetrated near the spot
at some psdod.",