The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-10 00:00:00

LATV AND POLICE.

AN ALIEN CASE.—In the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on
Wednesday, a suit of some interest was tried before Vice-
Chancellor Stuart, A bill was filed by Mr. Sharp, the
trustee of some property, and its object was to determine
whether the Baron de St. Lanvetir, being a foreigner,
who had married an English lady, was entitled
under her will to the benefit of a life interest in a bequest
of some land at Ealing. An alien being by law incapable
of holding land in England, the case turned entirely upon
the question whether the property was to be treated as
real or as personal estate. As real estate the bequest to
the baron was void, and the property, being copyhold,
either went the customary heir or escheated to the Crown.
As personal estate the Baron was entitled to a life inte-
rest. The Vice-Chancellor, after referring to the par-
ticulars of the deeds affecting the case, said that
it was evident the lady's intention was to give the
property to her husband, and be felt bound to put such a
construction on the will as would give effect to that inten-
tion. He should, therefore, declare that the property was
disposed of as personalty, and that the husband was
entitled to a life interest in the proceeds of the sale.
A MORTGAGE DIFFICULTY.—In the case " Perrin v.
Burbey," before Vice-Chancellor Alalins, a bill was filed on
behalf of an infant to set aside a mortgage which had been
given by the trustees of her late mother's marriage settle-
ment, on the ground that such mortgage was taken with
knowledge of the settlement. The principal question in
the case was whether a person having an equitable
interest in an estate was entitled to priority over another
person who subsequently obtained an equitable mortgage
and the title-deeds from the apparent owner of the estate,
without auy notice of the prior equitable interest. The Vice-
Chancellor dismissed the bill with costs, being of opinion
that the plaintiff had failed to prove knowledge of the
settlement. His own opinion on the question was against
that of the authorities, which had decided that an equi-
. table interest had priority over an equitable mortgage. t
A REGISTRATION APPEAL. -In the Court of Common
Pleas, on Wednesday, the only remaining registration
appeal was heard. It was from a decision of the revising
barrister for the northern division of Lancashire, against
the claim of James Bayliffe to be placed on the list of
voters. The claimant was the owner of some land which
was mortgaged. He was paying off the principal in stated
sums, and the objection to his claim was that the annual
value of the estate was only £8 12s. 2d., while his yearly
payments amounted to £l2 ; so that the estate could not
be • worth to him the necessary " 40s. a year
at the least above all charges." The argument
in his favour was that, if the mortgagee could pay the
interest and had a surplus beyond, he had that amount to
spend by the year, and if the surplus was over 40s. he had
a vote. It made no difference whether he spent the sur-
plus in paying the principal or in any other way. The '
counsel asked for a decision of the court, which would
settle such cases in future. The court took time to con-
sider its judgment.
A ItAnwaY CASE.—At the Mansion House, on Wed-

nesday, Dr. Pearce, a physician, was summoned by the
South-Eastern Railway Company for neglecting to alight
at Cannon-street, to which station he had paid his fare,
and refusing the excess fare which was demanded at
Waterloo. It was shewn that the train did not stop at
Cannon-street, and therefore the Lord Mayor dismissed
the summons.

ORANGEMEN ARRESTED.—OnWednesday night I
thirteen Orangemen were arrested in Belfast for drumminc,
along the Shankhill-road in this town. The constabulary
were obliged to draw their swords. The mob stoned the
policemen, some of whom are severely cut. The prisoners
were escorted by a strong body of policemen armed with
rifles, and were conveyed to the head police office.
SINGULAR MORGANATIC MARRIAGE. Letters '
from Lisbon announce the morganatic marriage of Don
Ferdinand, ex-King of Portugal, with Fanny Essler.
This, says Galignani, must be a second union, as the cele-
brated dancer had accepted in 1854, if we remember
rightly, the hand of a rich Prussian banker. The other
sister, Theresa, surnamed the Majestic, became the wife
of Prince Ada'bort, brother of the King of Prussia. Fanny
wad born in 1810, so that she has now al raved at the age
of 5). Rumour, xvhen she was yonn,g, placed the Duke de
Reiclistadt among 4 her warmest admirers.

COLLISION ON A RAILWAY.—At noon, on Wed-
nesday, a fast train, known as the London newspaper
train, from London to Leeds, was run into at Woode,ford
Junction, five miles from Leeds, by a London and York
goods train. The latter had drawn up in a siding to let
the Midland train pass, and before the latter had started
again tile fireman of the London and York set his engine
in motion. It ran into the Midland engine broadside, and
both were forced off the metals. None of the passenger;
were hurt. The traffic was stopped for nearly two hours.
The first news of the accident received in Leeds was that
a fast train had run into a luggage train, and a good deal
.f painful excitement existed, the non-arrival of tht
London papers at the usual time appearing to confirm the
worst fears.

311SCELLANEOUS NEWS.

TILE POLITICAL CRISIS. .
The Owl says that the division in the House of
Lords on the Irish Church Bill will be a close one,
and. adds, "there is no doubt that the Peers have
taken fright at the storm that was raised by the
announcement of the decision come to at Chester-
field House. Some of Lord Derby's late Govern-
ment refuse to obey his orders, and already the
names of five-and-twenty Conservative peers are
known who will take no part in the division and
there is no doubt that before the decision of the
House is taken the Conservative ' Cave' will be
overflowing."

The selection of Lord Harrowby, an independent
peer, to move the rejection of the bill, has this
advantage for the Conservative peers, that it leaves
individual peers to act upon their own responsibility
without an open desertion of their party. On the
other hand, such a large number of them are likely
to take advantage of this liberty that the fate of
Lord Harrowby's amendment is by no means certain.
The defeat of Lord Derby and his friends in the
Upper House would be so severe a blow that it is
almost certain not to happen. If there is any
probability of it, they will probably withdraw from
the position, and allow the bill to pass into com-
mittee.

The Daily Telegraph declares that it has never
wavered in its conviction that the Peers would pass
the second reading, and that conviction is
strengthened by the events of the last few hours.
The gravity and manifest anxiety of the Conserve-
tive party, and the opinions of such weighty men
as Lord Devon, prove that the party is by no means
united, and, if not, it will not reject the measure.
The Morning Advertiser says with reference to Lord
Harrowby's notice of motion: " This looks as if the
Lords were in earnest with regard to their
rejection of the measure ; but it is not the
general impression, even in Conservative circles,
that they will proceed to the perilous extremity of
throwing out the bill. The belief is that the
rejection of the bill will be moved, and that a debate
will be commenced which will last till Saturday
morning ; but it is thought that when the Uonser-
vative peers have unbosomed themselves by the
expression of their abhorrence of the measure, the
amendment will be withdrawn, and the real opposi-
tion to the bill be reserved till it goes into com-
mittee." The Daily News, however, declares " there
is little room for doubting that Lord Harrowby's
motion will be made, and that it will be pressed to a
division. The result is by no means clear. There
is sure to be a great Conservative secession. "Whether
it will be large enough tosonvertthe Liberal minority
of last year into a majority, cannot be predicted.
The Lords themselves are in the dark." The
Morning Post thinks that the Lords would have a
perfect right to alter some of the details of the bill
in committee, notably the Maynooth clause, which is
disliked by several of Mr. Gladstone's followers ; but
the Post has little doubt that the principle of the bill
will be affirmed, and that the Irishmen who have
come over from Ulster will get nothing for their
pains except the consciousness that they have done
their best to bring about a breach between the
House of Lords and the nation. The Herald and
the Staaclard will not admit that Lord Derby
has reconsidered his determination of Saturday, but
scarcely deny the assertion of the Times, that he has
reconsidered it. They complain of the argument of
the leading journal that the principle covers the
details, and that it is impossible to make any substan-
tial amendment of the bill, and they say that if this
be so there is nothing to be gained by going into
committee, and that the Lords have no other alter-
native than absolute rejection, or unconditional
surrender.
A correspondent of the rites, who signs himself
" L.," points out what he calls the two prevailing
fallacies which are just now bruited about. Many
Liberals look forward with some satisfaction to the
rejection of the Irish Church Bill on the second read-
ing, because they see that the Lords will forfeit
the power of amending it when it comes before
them again in August. This, "L." says, is true, but
it does not exhaust the question. The passing of
the bill over a hostile majority by the calling up of
eldest sons and the creation of other peers will be a
coup d'etat perfectly justifiable, he thinks, under the
circumstances, but still a coup d'etat ; and before
they rejoice at the immunity of the bill from
amendment, they must be persuaded that the
amendments the Lords could now introduce with
success if they abstained from negativing
the second reading would be so serious
that a coup d'etat is a lesser evil. The next
mistake which, according to this correspondent, is
being made, is one by the Conservatives. They will
throw out the bill, they say, because this will skew to
the Irish farmers that Mr. Gladstone is not omnipo-
tent. But " L." thinks the rejection of the measure
will have a contrary effect. If assent to it be refused
this month and the bill be passed in August, the Irish
would be convinced that the Premier was omnipotent.
On Tuesday a public meeting was held in
Paddington for the purpose of petitioning, the
House of Lords against the disestablishment of
the Irish Church. Lord eland Hamilton pre-
sided, and spoke strongly against the measure,
but said they must pause before they asked the
house of Lords to throw it out, as it had been
passed by large majorities in the notice of Com-
mons. It was necessary for the Lords to act
independently if they wished to preserve the free
Constitution of their country. He declared there
was not the smallest foundation for the state-
ment that the Lords had given way, and that an
authoritative denial of that statement had been
telegraphed to every part of the country.
He added that his father, the Duke of Aber-
corn, meant to enter his solemn protest and
vote against the bill. Mr. Charley, M.P., pro-
posed a resolution to the effect that the meeting
viewed the bill before Parliament with regret and
alarm, which was carried after some observations
had been made. It was then unanimously agreed
upon that a petition should be presented to the House
of Lords denouncing the Irish Church Bill, and call-
ing upon the Peers to arrest all hasty and perilous
legislation upon the subject, so that the country
might have time to consider the measure.
THE EARL OF LIMERICK AND THE IRISH CHURCH
BILL.

The Earl of Limerick, like Earl Nelson, repudiates
the great love for Free Churches which has been
attributed to him. lle declares, in a letter to the
Herald, that whatever his opinion may be as to the
difficulties arising from a connection between the
Church of a minority and the State in Ireland, he
does not regard as undesirable in all instances the
connection between Church and State. The Earl
also corrects the statement contained in all the
reports, that the meeting refused to hear any speakers
but men of mark who challenged the policy of
resistance. He says that every peer present, who
desired it, had the opportunity of expressing his
opinion on the subject before
TEforietts.emeeting.
SUNDRY

The Owl states that Mr. James Murray, 0.8.,
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, intends to retire shortly upon a pension, and
will probably be succeeded by the Hon. T. 0. W.
Spring-Rice.—The same paper mentions that the
petition against the return of Lord Hyde for Brecon
will be withdrawn ; and that no sensible progress can
be made in the inquiry into the cost of the Abyssinian
war until next year, because all the principal
witnesses are in India.