The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-20 00:00:00

SALISBURY RA CES-(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
60 HANDICAP PLATE.

Romsey
Felicitas

1

Petra

3

Four ran.
WILTON PARK STAKES.

Cecilia
Lovebird
Chere Arnie a

Eight ran.
LONGBEAT STAKES.

Schism 1
Charles 11.

Birmingham
Eight ran.
QUEEN'S GUINEAS.

..• •
Bevis
Fisherman t
Eight ran.
LONGFORD CASTLE STAKES.

Mainstone _
Lady Falconer ...• 2
Skittles 3
Four ran.

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place
EupponOCK
CLOCKS this APPLICATION ELECTRICITYL.Adiscussion
subject
at the Mersey Dock Board yesterday, Mr. Bold
o• movin a resolution in favour of the application of electri-
city
to the clock on the summit of the Victoria Tower, in
order to ensure more perfect accuracy in the dropping of
the time-ball on the top of the same tower. The resolution
was adopted.

VALUE OF LAND AT BIRKENHEAD.—The Mersey
Harbour and Docks Board, at their meeting yesterday,
sanctioned the purchase of 2,460 1-3 d yards of land on the
margin of the Morpeth Dock at Birkenhead for the sum of
£5,538, being at the rate of £2 68. per square yard. Mr.
Boult, one of the members of the board, questioned the ex-
pediency of the purchase, and said the terms were high.
Mr. Brocklebank, chairman of the Works Committee, re-,
plied that the land was bought on the best possible terms,
and was very much wanted by the engineer for the purpose
of widening the Morpeth Dock, and carrying out the
scheme for improving the dock accommodation at Birken-
head.
It will have been noticed, from the facts stated
the
Powere effect
ce
et
yesterday in reference to the neutrality question, that an
tahnastwetrhehaeshabreteenringigveenf
vbeyssethles
Government,
belligerent
emment'to
unquestionably involve their
war,
lOrvinansePrs"tsin tohre SpenrealsthiiePssofwnillisdemeanour. With regard to
the question, if coal is to be considered a contraband of
the Foreign-office declines giving an answer, and would
prefer that shippers should act on their own responsibility.
This, perhaps, is the wisest course. Any Sovereign State
may, if it can show valid reason, decide for itself the nature
of articles that are to be treated as contraband. France or
Austria will therefore be at liberty to seize any vessel that
o
under a neutral flag may be engaged in carrying coaletd°
other belligerent, and if, upon the matter being
be-
fore a properly constituted prize court, reasnneobr;i_dentoce
can be adduced that the ()ergo, or any 13o?
3,1%;;,_
assist the enemy in his warlike operations, it
for no protection from his own Government-
to find a solution in this
fiscated, together with the vessel, and the o eronittr
ptellioeoyk
obviously, is to leave the question
y to check our trade,
way. We do not want volun
a time may come when we
while, on the other hand,
safety to treat coal as
contraband, there is no occasion own
to commit ourselves
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THE WRECK OF MONA.—The Wexford
f wein„day gives some additional particulars
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vessel, having obtained access
a the fore-hatchways. We have not been able
in
nf Constitution
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the
to the ho
communicate personally with the men so engaged, but
to
informed that the greater number of the unfortunate
we era
passengers would seem to have met their fate in the after
divers from
ib;Lfivtephis ill-fated
part or the ship and the cabins, where their numerous
bodies are to be found in all the awful groups that
the imagination can picture as resulting from such :a
catastrophe as the one that befel these poor creatures.
Yesterday the body of an elderly woman floated to the sur-
face, and having been seen by the officers sent down by Mr.
Coghlan, Collector of Customs, it was immediately secured,
placed in a coffin, and despatched to Wexford, in charge of
Mr. Goodall, tidewaiter. Upon its arrival here about five
o'clock an inquest was held thereon before Dr. W. Ryan
and a respectably jury, at the house of Mrs. Murphy, on the
Quay. The only evidence adduced was that of the boatman
who secured the body, and an immediate verdict of" Found
drowned" was returned. Mr. Coghlan was in attendance,
and after the close of the inquiry gave orders for the inter•
ment of the body at Coolcots. From the dress of the de.
ceased, on whom was found nothing to lead to identifica•
tion, it would appear that she belonged to the lower class of
life—probably a farmer's servant or something similar. The
body did not appear to be much decomposed, although
having been in the water nearly three weeks. The elmir
money found on her was two sovereigns, which had been
wrapped up in a piece of linen rag and stitched to the
stays."
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church in Margarfit-street, the opening of
the 28th
ALL SAINTS, MARGARET-STREET.—f
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