The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-11 00:00:00

THE SUN,' 1 r LONDON,' TUESDAY' tVENING, JUNE 11, 1861.

the enfranchisement of Chelsea and Kensington !
Announcing, at the same time, that, in the event of
Ministers being unable to realize their intentions in
that way, he should ponsider the ground cleared
before him for his own reserved proposition—

namely for the enfranchisement of the London
University. Things begin to look more propitious

indeed for that proposition. Of course there are
plenty of other rival propositions on the cards as
well, almost as many as, if not more than, the
number of horses running for the last Derby. But
the political odds now show (now, 1. e., that
" Chelsea and Kensington" has been scratched)--
that the " London University" heads the list as
Favourite. Some outsider, not yet thought of as a
winner, may yet win, it is true, after the

fashion of Kettledrum. But the Dundee of the

hour is certainly as yet the London University.
On Thursday the winning or losing of the coveted

prize will be decided, so far as the awarding
of the seat itself is concerned. But—supposing the
University of London really to be endowed with
the electoral franchise for the returning of one re-

presentative—the contest will then and there be

localised as in each of the other localities empowered

,o send a member to the House of Commons—the

contest will then and there be localised into

a struggle between the supporters of the

rival candidates of Liberalism and Conservatism.

Remembering which simple matter-of-fact conse-

quenee o' the coming award—supposing it to be

announced on Monday next as in favour of the Uni-

versity of London—the Conservative party, we can-
not but remember this also, with a qualm, would

enter upon that contest having in their favour the

prestige of having cleared the way before Sir J.

GRAHAM, so that he had the opportunity (which
he could never have otherwise possessed) of securing
to the University of London the boon of its
enfranchisement.

Mr. S. ESTCOTJRT has not lost much time in pre
senting all concerned with the draft of a Bill on
Church Rates ; a bill from which he augured such
good results that he called on Sir JOHN TRELAW-
NY to postpone the third reading of his bill for a
fortnight, that the Church-rate-paying world might
have a sight of it. Well, what have we ? First,
an owners' rate, for the repair of the fabric and its
appurtenances, payable by the tenants, to be de-
ducted from rent. Secondly, an occupiers' rate to
be paid by all who are members of the Church
vestry. The members of vestry are defined to be
all, briefly, who do not exempt themselves by hand-
, ing in a notice that they decline to be members of
the vestry. This vote is to be made for any pur-
poses pertaining to the worship which the vestry
may think good. The assessment is to be that of the
poor-rate, and the mode of enforcing it the same.

It seems to us to require little political sagacity
to predict that these proposals will fall through.
With all their professed zeal for the Church, the
owners in great numbers will not relish being made
the actual payers of the rate. Indeed, a large part
of them will tell their tenants, could such a proposal
be carried, that they paid the rate before, and if
they refuse to do it now, why, it will come to a
quarrel, or they will add it to the rent. The dis-
senting owners of property, if not so numerous, are
yet numerous, and for them there is no exemption
from contributing to a fabric rate, when the fabric
is one, perhaps, which, if they are hot nonconfor-
mists, they would rather treat as CROMWELL'S
t
troopers did in their time. Churchmen who are
Owners will not like the plan, and owners who are
not Churchmen
occupiers'
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protest.avc,
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fact,
the exploded ticketing ein system ; though w do
Mr. ESTCOURT the justice to acknowledgee w
it
is in its mildest form; but the thatll
objections will al-
ways be valid against marking
off the people by law
into sectarian sections. Why, too, the Dissenter
may ask, am I to be at the trouble of doing what I may easily forget, and so make myself unwillingly
liable ? Why am Ito be held liable unless I pro-
test annually, any more than the Churchman is to
be held liable for my worship unless he protest
prior to my collection day ? Indeed, whJy,
on this
question is he to have a prima facie claim on all
parishioners while I am, not to have the same ?
The Bill does not get rid of the old sore. It is a
felt injustice that the Churchman should have
power to tax his neighbour by law at all. How
can the Church landlord, or the Church blacksmith,
look the Dissenting landlord or the Dissenting
blacksmith in the face, and tell him that his religion
is so much the better of the two that the law with

all its mighty penalties must uphold the of C and

leave the other to shift for itself. The Methodist

knight of the anvil would contend that joRN

sington of one of the Foun vacant seats left at
the disposal of the Legislature by reason of the
bribery and corruption proved years ago against
the notorious boroughs of St. Albans and Sud-
bury, followed also years ago by their ignominious
disfranchisement. Against this proposition rose
the amendment, which triumphed so remarkably
last evening, when a clear majority of 103 in a
House numbering altogether (Tellers, Speaker, and
Chairman of Committee all included) 453-275
voting distinctly for the amendment and 172
against it.
So that a general taboo has been pronounced
in the House of Commons after due de-
liberation—a formal taboo, at any rate for the
time being, against the formation into a borough of
the populous, wealthy, and in very many respects
it is not extravagant to say, important and en-
lightened suburbs of Chelsea and Kensington. No
matter that the estimated rental of those parishes
showed a total of £657,830. No matter that
according to the last census the inhabitants of
Chelsea number as many as 63,000, while
the inhabitants of Kensington number no less than
70,000—showing a total population for the two
parishes of 133,000. No matter that the sum contri-
buted by that population to the general and local
taxation is shown to have attained an aggregate
11 of £1,000,000. All the arguments advanced by
Sir GEORGE LEWIS and his supporters utterly
failed in convincing the Committee of the advisa-
bility of according a member to those important
parishes of Chelsea and Kensington. The Opposition
haughtily swept aside any argument in favour of
this suggested appropriation of one, of merely one
of the FOUR vacant seats now in course of distribu-
tion. And a hope consequently dawns at last upon
the University of London that that seat of learning
shall henceforth, in its turn, yield a seat in the
House of Commons to some chosen representative.
The right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle
acted fairly enough, we cannot but think, in the
course pursued by him between the conflicting
claims held forth—for that one vacant seat by Chel-
sea and Kensington on the one hand, and on the
other by the University of London. Between these
two suggested constituencies, though one of them
(the latter) was put down to be suggested—(suppos-
ing the opportunity should offer) by himself—be-
tween the two, Sir JAMES GRAHAM almost avowed
that he stood as bewildered, let us say, as Captain
MACHEATH himself between the rival
charms of POLLY PEACHUM and Lucy
LOCKIT. With a perference in his own mind for
the latter, that is for the University of London, the
right hon. baronet yet voted with Government for

A magnificent enterprize has now been adven.

tured upon, in the chartering of the Great Eastern
as a troop ship, by her MAJESTY'S Government.
So that this leviathan of the deep after all will
assume to itself a position, will be enabled to dis-
charge duties,„Rf waltipal importance. It is a
matter of regret that poor BMX:ILL could not huva
lived to see the day when his masterpiece should
thus have been stamped by the timbre of
approval of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government.
It is by reason of the doubtful, if not in some re-
spects alarming, state of things in America, along
the Southern boundary line of our own possessions,
that the Great Eastern is to be at length chartered
thus for the conveyance to the coast of Canada
forthwith of three entire regiments ! But that the
dimensions of the Great Eastern are now familiar
to the general multitude, the mere mentioning of
that simple fact would read very much like an ex-
travagance. A vessel capable of carrying across
the Atlantic in one voyage three whole regiments
of infantry, one would, but a very few years since,
have expected to read of only in the pages of some
aquatic Baron MUNCHAUSEN. As it is, recollect that

it is the Great Eastern [by the way, now, a really
preposterous misnomer under the circumstances !] re-
collecting that it is The Great Eastern that is an-
nounced as about to carry at one passage across the
Ocean Three Regiments and a corresponding force of
Artillery, bag and baggage, horses and all the requi-
site materials—wonderful though this account is in
itself, it is yet one marked on the very face of it by
its perfect credibility. We cannot bat rejoice at
this intelligence for very many reasons—for the
sake of the national interests, here at home, and
yonder in Canada—for the sake of the long dubious
fortunes of the Great Eastern herself—for the com-
fort of our troops while upon their sea-voyaging—

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and even, we will say, for the honour of the
Government that has decided upon entering on
this novel adventure.

Accounts from British Columbia mention a great
rush to some new gold discoveries at a place called the
Carriboo region, on the Fraser River. Considerable
amounts of gold had arrived thence at Victoria.
On Saturday a small party of the 3d Cheshire
Rifles (Captain Chambers, Wallasey) went to the shore
between the Red Noses and Leasowe, for the purpose of
ball practice, the rifles used being the long Enfield. Mr.
Richard Cooper, landlord of the Ship Inn, was engaged to
mark, and his son George, a boy about nine years of ago,
was employed to carry a danger signal flag. During the
firing the poor boy was shot dead.
FALL FRO3I A HEIGHT OF 250 FEET.—The
.247-o(therit Ensign my's " A most
from instant death, though attended with serious results,
took place at Freswick on Saturday. Donald Mowat,
fisherman, aged twenty-nine, went to the rockhead to
shift a horse that was grazing, and from some cause yet
unexplained, fell over the rock, and was precipitated a
distance of from 250 to 300 feet. Soule hours thereafter
his mother was surprised at his absence, and looking in the
direction where he had gone, found he he had disappeared.
Alarmed, she ran to the locality, in company with the
family dog, which led the anxious mother to the exact spot
where he had fallen, and looking over the cliff she observed
him lying at the bottom of the precipice, quite motionless.
The rock being inaccessible a boat was speedily manned,
with the view of taking home, as was believed, the mangled
body of the unfortunate man. lie was found, however,
alive, but speechless, and strange to say, no marks were
found on any part of his body except his legs. On being
taken home Dr. Stobbie, from lieics, was sent for, and
promptly attended, and has hopes of the poor man's recovery.
On examining the locality where Mowat fell it was found
that he had first struck on a grass knoll, a distance of about
60 feet from the top of the rock, after which he must have
fallen a height of about 200 feet. Should Mowat recover,
his escape will be one of the moat extraordinary ever re
corded.

SUSPECTED POISONING NEAR, LEEK.—Thomas
Gould, a man of rather weak intellect, resided at Shaw-
cross, near Leek, in a house adjoinin; that of his brother-
in-law, Charles Milward. Gould was in the receipt of
10s. a-week under his father's will ; but for some time he
had been allowed to go in a condition so filthy as to attract
the attention of his neighbours. 11r. Heaton, of Leek,
by direction of a magistrate, went on Friday to in-
quire into the case, but on his arrival he found that
Gould had died on the previous thy. No intimation of
this fact had been given to the police, and on Saturday
the corpse was interred without their knowledge, and
contrary to the wishes of a brother of the deceased
residing at Hartington. The suddenness of the death, and
the rapidity with which it was followed by the interment,
excited suspicion, and the body was exhumed.-31r. Heaton
had made a post mqrtem examination of the body, and re-
ported that there were traces of disease such as might alone
have accounted for death, but that he found much irrita-
tion in the stomach and intestines, which, in his opinion,
was the proximate cause. He could not, however, arrive
at a positive conclusion without an analysis of the parts so
affected. The inquiry was consequently adjourned, and the
contents of the stomach have been forwarded to Mr. Lomax,
of Stafford, for analysis. In the house of Milward a paper
has been discovered containing arsenic.— Stafordskire
Advertiser.

ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS OF DONEGAL.—On
Saturday evening, about 6 o'clock, the Marquis of Donegal
was at the head of his regiment, the Royal Irish Volun-
teers, as they were marching out of the square at Somerset-
house for the Saturday afternoon drill. Upon turning into
the Strand his lordship's charger slipped and went down on
its side, unseating its rider and throwing him violently on
the pavement. He soon recovered himself, however, and
declining the assistance of the crowd by whom he was im-
mediately surrounded, he remounted, and was again at the
head of his regiment, beforo the rear-guard was aware of the
accident.

CORRY V CREMORNE.—This case is appointed for
hearing in Dublin to-day. The petitioner, Mrs. Mary
Steuart Corry, widow of the late Thomas Charles Steuart

Corry, of Rockcorry Castle, county of Monaghan, prefers a
claim for dower against Lord Cremorne out of certain lands
sold to the respondent by her husband in the year 1831. A
very large amount of money is involved in this case, which
is of great interest, as being the supposed key to another
action—of ejectment on the title, which is pending, brought
against Lord Cremorne by Dr. T. C. S. Corry, of Victoria-
street, Belfast, and which involves a sum of upwards of
£lOO,OOO inesne rents, in addition to the possession of the
estates in the county of Monaghan. For the first trial,
to-day, there have been retained the following eminent
counsel:—For the petitioner, Messrs. Whiteside, Q.C.,
Berkeley, Q.C., Brady, Q.C., and James Thompson; for
the respondent, the Solicitor-General, Sergeant Sullivan,
Messrs. Brewster, Q.C., and Tudor.
REV. MR. SPURGEON._A certain elderly minis-
ter from the country called upon Mr. Spurgeon and con-
gratulated him upon his success, but said it was a pity he
advice, wbicla Mr. S. seldom receives with
indulged in eccentricities, and so on—in short, gave him t
some fatherly
patience. On this occasion he took threepence from his
pocket and said : "Dr. B---, the other day I was so an-
noyed by an organ-grinder that I gave the man threepence
to go away. Now, will you take the same sum, or shall I
make it sixpence 2" The doctor immediately brought his
lecture to a conclusion, and now relat,:s the story with
great glee,

WESLEY'S Hymn-book did ten times more for the
people's souls than the prayer-book, and that the
circuit preacher warmed his heart, while the clergy-
man froze it. And the two landlords, in politer
language, would differ equally about the religious
and social advantages of the worship they preferred.
In fact, house religious liberty, and much more,
equality, are utterly inconsistent with powers of
taxing conferred on one section of religionists and
not on another. Mr. ESTCOURT'S whole
plan, however, flies in the face of Mr. BERES-
FORD HOPE'S resolution, carried by the
Church institution this day week. It was then
and there agreed that worship and fabric should not
be separated in the rate, and the " rural deans"
were referred to as the judges in the matter.
But the truth is no law is needed if churchmen
desire merely to bring themselves under legal obli-
gation to pay a Church-rate proportioned to their
poor-rate. It is the simplest thing in the world.
Any lawyer's head clerk would do it for them in a
few:minutes. He would get a half-crown stamp, and
draw up an agreement between the Churchwardens
and all who signed the agreement that they bound
themselves to raise the sum required, iri the pro-
portion of their poor-rate assessment. Let, there.
fore, those who want coercion put themselves volun-
tarily under it—but let them not assume that all the
parishioners deserve coercion if they do not take
the trouble, or forget, to protest against Church-
rate handcuffs.

altered.

ELATEST NE WS.

PARIS, JUNE 10,

There is every reason to believe that the death of
Count Cavour will. hasten the recognition of the
new kingdom of Italy on the part of France.

PARIS, JUNE 11.
The Moniteur of do-day publishes the following
official declaration :

"The Emperor, considering the peaceful relations
existing between France and the United States, is
determined to maintain a strict neutrality in the
conflict between the Government of the Union and
the States which pretend to form a separate con-
federation."

The Moniteur also publishes several articles
specifying the measures of neutrality which French
subjects are to observe.

TURIN, JUNE 10,

The new Ministry has not yet been constituted.
A report is current that Baron Ricasoli will assume
the Presidency and the portfolio for Foreign Af-
fairs, and Signor Menabrea of the Marine.

It is said that Signors Fanti, Cassinis, and Natoli
will quit the Ministry, and that the other Ministers
will remain in office.

General Desparviere will, it is asserted, accept
the portfolio for War, Signor Lissouri that of Jus-
tice, and Signor Sella that of Agriculture.
The municipality of Florence will erect a mauso-
leum to Count Cavour at Santa Croce.

PARIS, JUNE 10.

A telegram dated Constantinople, yesterday, has
been received here, announcing that the Interna-
tional Conference, in its sitting of Friday last, re-
solved that the Governor of the Lebanon should be
appointed for three years, and that he could not be
dismissed without a previous understanding between
the Porte and the Great Powers.

At the end of the three years the Porte is to come
to a fresh understanding with the Powers respect-
ing the government of the Lebanon.

The Conference also unanimously resolved that
the Governor of the Lebanon might be chosen
without distinction from among the Christian sub-
jects of the Sultan in any province of the empire.
The same telegram asserts that this settlement of
the question is a definitive one.

PARIS, JUNE 10,

The Gazette de France of to-day publishes a tele-
gram stating that in the recent fight between the
Turks and the insurgents in the Herzegovina the
former were defeated. Dervish Pacha was march-
ing with 4,000 men against the insurgents, by
whom his vanguard had been beaten. His troops
were discouraged.

The Begs or sub-governors of the provinces had
refused to recognise the concessions made to the
Christians by Omer Pacha's proclamation, as being
in opposition to the dogmas of the Koran.

PARIS, JUNE 10,

The discussion on the budget for the Ministry of
the Interior was continued to-day in the Corps
Legislatiff.
M. 011ivier, opposition member, refuted the as-
sertion made by M. Keller in the previous sitting.
M. Baroche likewise replied to NI. Keller, in the
name of the government.

M. Darimon explained his amendment in favour
of the suppression of the laws for general security,
which was, however, rejected.
The budgets for the Ministries of the Interior and
Finance were then adopted.

THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS
SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 11.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ellora, Captain Joy, with the heavy portion
of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings

23 passengers.

The Mohawk sailed from Malta for Corfu on the
Ist inst. The St. Jean d'Acre and Cockatrice sailed
from Gibraltar for Tangiers on the sth inst.

Muley Abbas had addressed a letter to Spain
praying for an extension of the time for paying the
indemnity, and explaining the circumstances which
placed it out of the power of the Sultan to make
the stipulated payment in May.

Mogador will, it is said, be given to Spain as a

material guarantee.

'At Gibraltar exchange on London was quoted
501 for 90 days' sight ; on Paris, 529; on Genoa,
530; on Madrid, eight days, par: Freights un-

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, JUNE 11.
The African mail steamer Cleopatra has arrived.
Her dates are —Benin, 24th April ; Fernando Po,
29th ; Cameroons, Ist May ; Old Calabar, 4th;
Brass River, 7th ; Nun River, 7th ; Bonny, 7th ;
Lagos, 10th ; Accra, 12th : Cape Coast, 14th;
Palmas, 16th; Sierra Leone, 21st ; Bathurst, 25th;
Teneriffe, 31st; Madeira, 2d June.
She brings 2,195 ounces of gold dust, £2,500 in
specie, 47 passengers, and a full cargo of palm oil,
ivory, &c.
The United States steamer Saratoga had cap-
tured, near Congo River, the vessel Nightingale,
from Liverpool (England), with 960 slaves on board,
and ready to carry 1,600 in all.
Trade was brisk at Fernando Po. Thero was a
decrease in the exports of palm oil at Bonny,
Prices were high.
The Liverpool ship Arabian was ldst, with cargo,
off Nun River, on the 19th of April.
The Niger expedition was at the mouth of the
Nun River, and was to proceed in July.
Trade at Lagos was dull. War was being carried
on between the King and tho British. Portonova
had been bombarded and was captured on the 26th

of April.
The British war steamer Torch captured a slave
schooner on the 10th of May at Debreeka.