The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-20 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

CONVICTION OF PRIZEFIGIITERS.—At the Notts Quarter
Sessions, two men, named John (alias "Bony") Flint and
James M`Nara, have been charged with being engaged
n a prize-fight on Monday, the frith instant. On the
morning in question, at about half-past six o'clock,
Sergeant Allwood and Police-constable Porter were
on duty in Thorneywood-lane, near Nottingham,
when they came upon the prisoners, who were
fighting, surrounded by thirty or forty men. On seeing
the police they decamped, but were followed by the
officers, who (guided by the sound of their voices) came
upon them again in Scout-lane. The prisoners were
stripped. Sergeant Allwood, after seeing two rounds
fought, proceeded to apprehend them, and after some
resistance succeeded in arresting M`Na.ra ; Flint was
apprehended in Nottingham during the day by Detective
Hulse. Prisoners pleaded guilty, and were sentenced to
two months' imprisonment with hard labour.
FORCERY.—A sad case of forgery was investigated by
ibe Lord Mayor. A youth named Way, the son of highly-
respectable and well-to-do parents, in the employ of Mr.
Devaux, a wine merchant in Whitechapel, cashed a forged
cheque for £278 145., at Smith and Payne's bank. This
took place in March last, when the prisoner absconded, and
had not been heard of until, on Sunday last, he called
at the Mansion House and gave himself up. He pleaded
guilty, and offered, on behalf of his friends, to repay
the money with interest. He was, however, committed
for trial.

INJtSTICE.-A case which shews that the rule of red
tape is not yet at an end was mentionedat the Westminster
'?lice-court. A respectable old man stated that on the lith
September, his son, 20 years of age, was sent to prison
an an unfounded charge of having been a deserter.
The man for whom he was then mistaken had since beer
arrested, yet his son was still detained in prison. On thf
12th instant he made the facts known at the War Office,
and was told that the young man would be liberated on
the following morning. He had not, however, been
kieleased, and the applicant now wished to know what wm
to be done. By the direction of the court a letter was.
written to the War Office, calling the attention of V
authorities to the matter.

THE HEALTH OF THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—
We are informed that the Bishop of Exeter is very ill,
and that he is not likely to recover. The btatement which
appeared in the Guardian a few days ago, " that he is
gradually sinking to his rest," is understood to be true.
although it has been denied—Western Morning News.

The Scotsman publishes a letter written by Lord
Westbury to Mr. Anderson, Q.C., in reference to his lord-
ship's refusal to serve upon the Royal Commission or
Scotch Judicature. Lord Westbury is annoyed that hit
right of precedence to the commission was set aside, and
he complains somewhat bitterly of the manner in which
he has been dealt with by the Lord Advocate.
Great as was Mr. Gladstone's work last week the
task he bas set himself this week is, at least, as formidable
To-day he addresses the electors at Leigh. On Wed•
nesday, at 2.30, he will meet the electors of Ormskirk
and, at 6.0, these of Southport. On Thursday he will be
present at the banquet given by the Liverpool American
Chamber of Commerce to the American Minister, at the Law
Association Rooms, Liverpool; and, en Friday, he will ad-
dress the electors at Wigan.

The London and North-Western Railway Com.
pany are carrying out the recommendation of the jury at th,
inquest arising out of the Rugby accident. On the nume•
rous inclines on the branch between Leamington and Rugby
dron spikes have already been substituted for the modern
trenails, the employment of which Captain Tyler, the office'
of the Board of T 1 ade, said had caused the accident ; and
the joints of the nails are being fished at different point:
along the line.

A sad domestic tragedy has been enacted neat
Goole, where the wife of a sailor, whose mind Lad evi•
dently been unhinged 1 y the fear of poverty, took het
two grandchildren, aged four and seven, to the banks o.
the Ouse, threw the elder boy into the water, and
with the other child walked into the river until the cur-
rent, which was running strongly at the time, carried
them both away. The scene was witnessed at a distance
by a woman who was unable to reach the place in time tc
prevent the unhappy woman accomplishing her object.
THE GENERAL ELECTION.—The committee of the
Scholastic Registration Association has passed the follow
ing resolutions :—"That it is expedient, in the prospect o 1
a general election, to remind schoolmasters throughout the
country of the valuable opportunity thus presented of
enlisting the future members of the House of Common'
in favour of such a bill of scholastic registration as shall
give to the public the means of discriminating between
duly qualified teachers and incompetent empirics." "That
the committee recommend to the association to introduce
a bill into Parliament early next year."

THE CHANNEL BRIDGE.—It is stated in the
Courrier du Pas de Calais that some important experiment'
have taken place in illustration of M. Boutet's system
for a bridge across the Channel. The power of resistance
of a single wire of coir cables and of a tress or plait of
:Wes was successively tried. The company present,
some of whom were engineers well competent to judge,
were astonished with the results, which clearly esta•
olished a very great proportionate increase in the
power of cables when combined on M. Boutet's
system.

THE " COUNTESS OF DERWENTWATER."—A WOOd
house, fitted up with great care, having a partition acrosi
the middle, and suitable doors and windows, has been
placed at the end of the countess's tent. It was visited
and inspected by a large number of inhabitants, all of
whom expressed themselves astonished at the neatness of
the " Countess's house." No obstacle was presented to
the placing of the house. It is understood that a meeting
)f the Hexham Highway Board will be held on Tuesday
to consider the case. It is reported that even amongst
that body majority is in favour of no action being taken.
An amusing feature of the case was that when the watchers
)n the opposite side of the road saw the wood house
put down, they pulled down their tent and set about
mnstructing a more substantial one,-279rfhfrn Atily
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