The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-09 00:00:00

LANDOR PRAED

The Right. Hon. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton arrived
in town this afternoon from Kneb worth, whither he had re-
turned only a few days since, after an absence of several
months from England.
THE INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND. The
total amouit received in aid`of the Indian Famine Relief
Fund, up to last evening, is nearly £29,000, and among
the donations forwarded to the Lord Mayor in the course
of the day were—His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, £200; F.H.8., £300; Messrs. Hoare and Co.,
£100; Lord Calthorpe, £5O; Earl de Grey and Ripon,
£5O; J. James, Esq., £5O; and Sacramental Offertory,
Parsonage, Kennington-oval, Rev. Carlton Lane, £lO 6s.
9d ; and collection at the church doors, £35 6s. sd. ; to-
'other, £45 13s. 2d.
DISGAYELLING OF LANDS. The only Parlia-
mentary paper yesterday issued was a bill prepared and
brought in by Mr. Lygon and Sir Brooke Bridges, "For
the voluntary disgavelling of heriditaments of gavelkind
tenure." It is proposed to empower the owners 'of gavel-
kind lands to disgavel them by a very simple deed, the
form of which is set forth in the schedule. The schedule
contains the " deed " to be used in the disgavelling of
lands. It is a very concise affair, and conveyancers would
not be disposed to adopt the form. It renders conveyances
a very simple proceeding.
Ihe t. Petersbourg Gazette states that a young
man called the other day at a bookbinder's shop in St.
Petersburg, with seventeen portraits of the Emperor, which
he desired should be set in frames of cherry coloured velvet,
with the following inscripticn in letters of gold :—" In
memory of the enfranchisement of the serfs, March 5,
1851."

A curious instance of a thief's thoughtfulness is
reoorded in the Manchester papers. It appears that a lady
had her purse stolen whilst in Manchester, and among
other items it contained a cheque for £5O. This cheque
was returned by letter to the Manchester inspector of de-
tectives. The thief probably dared not attempt to cash it.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of £842.
THE BISHOPP.IC OF MADRAS.—The see of Madras,
which has become vacant by the death of the Right Rev.
Dr. Thomas Dealt ry, includes the whole of that presidency,
and is worth £2,500 a year. The appointment of a suc -
cessor will devolve upon Sir Charles Wood, the Secretary
of State for India. The diocese consists of 141,923 square
miles, the population 13,500,000, and the number of clergy
about 140.
METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAYS.—An acci-
dent occurred at a late hour on Sunday night on the Marble-
arch Street Railway, but was fortunately unattended with
injury to life or limb, although causing some damage to one
of the cars and a switch. It appeared that the cars were
thronged with riders on every journey throughout Sunday, to
such an extent as to induce the continuance of their running
much beyond the usual time, and as the car in question was
on its journey from the Marble• arch to Notting-hill, incon-
veniently crowded with passengers, between 9 and 10 at
night, it suddenly left the metals, and was dragged along
one of the switches, tearing up the rails it passed and
nearly capsizing against an embankment for pedestrians
opposite Hyde-park-gardens. Considerable confusion en-
sued, and the passengers refused to get out until they had
been paid off. The cause of the accident seemed to arise
from the wheels being out of gauge.

AN OLD CORUNNA SOLDIER.—Mr. J. Congreve,
of Overslade, near Rugby, in a letter to.the Times, says :
Could you give a corner in your paper to plead for an old
soldier of the Peninsular army ? A neighbour of mine,
John Devereux, formerly a private of the 7th Hussars, was
orderly to Col. Vivian, and carried despatches to Sir John
Moore at the battle of Coru.i na. He served with his regi-
ment during the war. lie has the Peninsular medal with
bars for Corunna, Orthes, and Toulouse. He is now 78
years of age, suffering under a fatal disease, and receives
for the support of himself and his wife (aged 68, and failing
in health) only 4s, 6d. a week. Some who read this will, I
feel sure, help me to cheer the last days of this brave and
most deserving old soldier. I will account for any contri-
butions intrusted to me.

RESPONSIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF TRADES'UNIONS.
—A case of considerable importance has been under investi-
gation before the magistrates at Barnsley during the last
week, ending the committal of seven persons, members of
the Miners' Association of the Barnsley district, for trial at
the next York assizes, on a charge of riot and conspiracy.
During the hearing Richard Mitchell, the secretary of the
union, who had been summoned to produce the books, was
examined, and objected to produce them. Mr. Roberts, of
Manchester, the miners' attorney-general, argued in support
of the objection that the production of the books would, is,
a charge for conspiracy, incriminate every officer of and
every subscriber to the union. The magistrates ruled that
the books must be produced. Mitchell left the court for
that purpose, but returned saying that while in court his
wife had removed his furniture to another house, and had
told him a person had fetched the books away. It is under-
stood that many of the shopkeepers and tradesmen in the
district have been compelled to subscribe to the union, not
knowing the responsibility which attached to them. It is
anticipated that they will now withdraw their support from

TIIE JOINERS' STRIKE AT BLACKBURN.—The
menuna-
nimous opinion of the body that they should continue on
strike in stillthe m
e present circumstancest
corre-
spondent is informed that upwards of 100 of the 250 on
rainout, although it is far from the
of trade. Our
strike are prepared to recommence work qt tte old rate of
wages.-410nMO6fr Guardian.

rid N E w S.

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.

The Noniteur of this morning publishes a circu-
lar, addressed by M. Delangle, Minister of Justice,
to the Attorneys-General (Procureurs Generaux),
in reference to the Catholic priests who publicly
discuss prohibited subjects either verbally or in
writing, and in the exercise of their functions.
The circular continues as follows :

" Some of them, forgetting that a priest's mission
is to watch over the religious instruction of the
faithful, criticise the acts of the Government,
provoking also mistrust and censure of the Em-
peror's policy. Others attack the Sovereign per-
sonally, overwhelming him with insults. Others
trouble the consciences of their flocks by the an-
nouncement of imaginary misfortunes."

M. Delangle recalls that such abuses are amen-
able to Articles 201 and 204 of the penal code,
which punish offences of the kind with imprison-
ment or banishment.

Ho also recalls that, although these articles have
remained unapplied, they have lost nothing of
their authority. " The Government would fail in
its duty if it did not employ them against such
hostile demonstrations."

M. Delangle concludes by charging the Attor-
neys-General to cause accounts to be rendered
them of any such infractions of the law, and, when
the facts are judicially proved, to send their
authors, whoever they may be, before the compe-
tent tribunals. •

" It is time," says the circular, " that legality
should re-assume its sway."

TURIN, APRIL 9,

The supplementary elections, the result of which
is at present known, show a great majority favour-
able to the Government.

VIENNA, APRIL 9.

The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day says :
" Yesterday the Imperial resolution was taken
with reference to the public rights of the Protes-
tants of both confessions in the German and Slave
provinces of the Empire.'

WARSAW, APRIL 7.

A great popular demonstration has taken place
before the palace of the Governor in consequence
of which the military were called out. The Go-
vernor personally exhorted the people to maintain
order and to disperso.
The people replied that they would do so if the
military were first withdrawn.

The Governor gave orders to that effect, and the
crowd then dispersed quietly.

POSEN, APRIL 7.
A monster popular demonstration is to take place
at Warsaw to-day.