The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-11 00:00:00

T REFORM FETE.

A meeting of the Reform Fete and Banquet
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at the Bell Inn,
the chair. The
secretary read letters from Messrs. C. S. Butler,
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Crum Ewing, M.P. ; Alderman Brown, Bradford ;
Alderman Carter, Leeds ; Councillor
Jeffery,
Liverpool ; and several other gentlemen, approving
the proposed celebration, and authorising their
names to be placed on the honorary committee.
There were now 30 members of
Parliament on tho
committee, and upwards of 50 other influential
Reformers. Ile also read a very encouraging letter
from Mr. Gladstone, expressing his hope that the
banquet would be a great success, and stating that
his best efforts in the next Session of Parliament
would be devoted to removing the •
imperfections in
the new Reform Bill. The reading of this letter
was followed by loud cheering. The secretary also
stated that he had forwarded the letter of invitation
to General Garibaldi at Geneva, and from what he
had heard he had reason to expect a favourable
reply. The Chairman said he had that day made
the final arrangements with the manager of the
Palace, and the programme for the fete was now
complete. Independent of the usual attractions of
the Palace, there would be a double balloon ascent
by Messrs. Coxwell A and.
dams a full display of
fireworks, and illuminatio'
n of the whole series of
the fountains at dusk, athleticdancing,
extra
sports,
bands, and an open-air meeting, &c. The whole of
the arrangements being •
now complete, he should
ask the committee at its next meeting
to appoint a
deputation to wait upon Mr. Gladstone to solicit
that gentleman's attendance at the banquet. The
remainder of the sitting
was taken up by routine
business, such as the distributionof .
tickets, bills,
programmes, &c. It was announced that up to the
Saturday preceding the fete the banquet tickets
would be 3s. each, but that all purchased on the day
of the fete would be

THE CUSTODY OF INFANTS. -A case came before
Chief Justice Bovill at the Judges' Chambers yesterday
respecting the care of a child named Holland, who was
brought before his lordship by the maternal grandmother
Mrs. Watson, in obedience to a writ of Habeas Corpus ob-
tained by the father of the child. The father claimed the
care of his child, and the intant had been in charge of the
grandmother since her daughter's death. The parties at
tended, and the child was accompanied by several female
relatives. Chief Justice Bovill inquired the age of the
child, who, with her friends, appeared in mourning, and
vies told she was five years old last birthday. His lord-
ship required the affidavit of the father on which the ap-
plication was made, and, after reading it, he perused several
affidavits made in answer to the application. Mr. Bolton,
who appeared for the father, said if his lordship thought an
answer had been given, ho should ask for time to answer
the several affidavits which had been produced. Mr.
Rogers, for the grandmother, had no objection, and the
case was adjourned to the 24th inst., and the child left with
her grandmother.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TIIE PEACE CONGRESS.
GENEVA, September 10 (Evening).
At the meeting of the Peace Congress to-day the
President made a conciliatory appeal.
Letters were read from M.M. Jules Favre and
Louis Blanc excusing themselves from attending on
account of their health and private business.
M. Simon invited France and Germany to come
to a good understanding on the question of obtain-
ing interior liberty.
M. Lemonnier said that the Republican system of
government alone could put an end to war. At the
conclusion of thins speech, Garibaldi embraced M.

Lemennier.
M. Fazy, the vice-president of the Congress, has
resigned his post.

KIEL, Sept. 1

Amongst the 20 Schleswig Holstein notables who
have been summoned to Berlin ten are supporters
of the present Government, eight were formerly
prominent supporters of the Augustenburg claims,
and the remaining two, Herr Kruger, from Bestoft,

and Herr Diener, from Tondern, are Danes from
North Schleswig, favourable to the reunion with

Denmark.

All the notables were members of the former
Schleswig Holstein Assembly of Estates, and two,
Herren Iteincke and Probst, were vice-presidents
respectively of the Itzchoe and Flensburg Diets.
Nearly all of them have already left for Berlin.

MARSEILLES, Sept. 10

Some of the passengers who arrived by the Cey-
lon this morning will receive pratique on Thursday
evening, and the remainder and the ship will be
admitted on Friday morning.

The British Consul at Marseilles has recei/ed a
telegram from Malta to the effect that no fresh cases
of cholera had occurred there for 48 hours.

CHINA.

SHANGHAI, July 23, via Trieste.
The embargo at Formosa has been removed.
Another port is expected to be opened.
Great alarm prevailed in the North respecting
the Niemfei, but the reports are unreliable.
The tea clipper Pak wau has run aground at
Foo-chow.

The Agamemnon, with 1,000,0001b5. of tea, has
put back with her shaft broken, and it is expected
she will have to proceed home under sail.
La Footai has been reprimanded for his non-
success against the rebels.
Taotai of Ilankow has forbidden any sales to
foreigners, except for cash.

SINGAPORE, Aug. 2.
Chow Phya, arrived here to-day, bring news o

he death of the eldest son of the King of Siam

AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, July 27 (via Trieste).
Great preparations have been made for the recep-
tion of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh.
It is reported that Victoria withdraws from the
postal arrangement. Angry debates have taken
place in the Legislative Council.

The vote of £20,000 to Lady Darling is strongly
opposed, and it is expected that it will be rejected.
The Oriental Rice Mills have been destroyed by
fire.