The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-29 00:00:00

DETENTION OF A CORPSE FOR RENT.

upon Mr. Patteson taking hiA seat on the bench at
Greenwich Police-court on Monday, a poor woman made
application under the following circumstances. The
applicant said that her husband had left home
for Birmingham to seek work. At the time of
leaving they occupied a room in the house of Mrs. Billups, a
midwife, at Deptford. On Tuesday last a child, seven
months old, died, and the corpse had been cofiined. The
goods she had in her room had been sold to a person who
allowed her the use of the same until her husband could
repay the money advanced, and as she owed 30s.
rent, and her landlady (Mrs. Billups) had threatened
to distrain on the articles of furniture, on Friday
last she removed some of them to another house. When
the undertaker went for the corpse with a
hearse the landlady would not, open the door, and
afterwards told the relieving officer that she would not
allow the corpse to be taken away. Mr. Patteson in-
structed Inspector King to see Mrs. Billups, and to inform
her there was no pretence for detaining the corpse for rent
due, and that it was to be given up, her remedy being upon
the articles of furniture left in her house.

Sir James Fergusson will not leave England for
South Australia till November.

The army worm has appeared in portions of
Georgia, and is doing serious damage to the late cotton
crop.

Sir Frederick Halliday has, we (Scotsman) un-
derstand, been appointed a member of the Indian Council
—an appointment which is, of course, incompatible with a
seat in Parliament.

A clerical candidate for a lectureship was called
upon to preach before the trustees. In order to show his
cleverness he chose for his text the single word " but." He
thereupon proceeded to show that no position in life is with-
out opposite trial, and illustrated his text by many passages
from Scripture. Naaman was a mighty man, bat he was
leper, &c. when the candidate came dawn from the
pulpit the senior trustee politely remarked, " Sir,
you gave us a most ingenious discourse, and we
are much obliged to you, but we don't think you will do
for us."

Some days ago at a Dumfries fair a young woman,
too obviously "from the country," was seen standing with
a very perplexed air at the pillar letter-box in Nith place,
in front of the Mechanics' Institution. She was observed
to knock several times on the top of the iron pillar, pos-
sibly expecting that some communication would be thrown
open from the interior for the transaction of business, but
obtaining no response she passed round to the oppOsite
alide, and, raising the cover of the slit in which letters are
placed, she applied her mouth to the aperture and called
out loud enough for the amazed bystanders to hear, ",Can
ye let me hae a postage stamp ?"

On Saturday a singular accident occurred at the
cricket-i oad Coalpit, near Sheffield. This is a new colliery,
and the headgear having been fixed, the tempo►ary "legs,"
used in the sinking of the shaft had to be taken
down. The ropo was fastened to it, and after passing
over the headgear was attached to a "crab" more than
a hundred yards off. A dozen men were stationed at
the crab to regulate the descent of the "legs," but when the
timber, weighing about two tons, was' partly lowered it
overcame the resistance of the men, and the two arms of
the crab were whirled round with great velocity, throwing
off and striking the men, one of whom, Richard Binns, was
killed almost instantly. FouK or five others wore more or
loss injured.

A ftuther discovery of coal (says the Nottingham
Guardian) has been made in the neighbourhood of
this borough. A geologist and colliery engineer, who
has been mak'ng a profess!oual survey of Old lias-
ford, finds that the coal teams extend under - lauds
now occupied by buildings, and that the minerals
therein are of great value. This quite upsets the theory of
coal not lying on the east side of the valley of the river
Leen. A few years ago coal was found, and is now being
obtained by the Duke of Newcastle from his pits at Shire
Oaks ; and more recently the Nottingham Waterworks
Company have been sinking for water adjoining to Bulwell
Forest, and found coal.

A correspondence is published in the Eastern
Morning News between Mr. Norwood, M.P. for Hull, and
the Treasury, with regard to the County Courts Admiralty
Jurisdiction Act. Mr. Norwood, who is the author of the
Act, asks when the Lord Chancellor intends putting it
into op ration. To this question Mr. Nicoll makes re-
ply on behalf of the Treasury :—" Soon after the
passing of the County Courts Admiralty Jurisdiction Act
I received directions from the Lord Chancellor to write to
the Judges of the different circuits in which there were
seaports, and request them to forward the names of the
courts in their respective circuits which, in their opinion,
should be appointed to have Admiralty jurisdiction, and
to state the districts which should b© assigned to them.
Upon the return of the Lord Chancellor to town, these
answers will be considered and a scheme proposed. Whether
the scheme will be published before submitted to her Ma
jesty in Council in the shape of an order I do not know, but
I think it likely that it will bp."
CRICKET IN AMERICA.—TIIO Netv York Herald
thus discourses on the visit of the "All England Eleven"
to America :—" In regard to their success in winning
matches on their tour, there is but little doubt of their
being victorious in every contest, though their task is not
the comparatively easy one that the ' eleven' of 1859
had. Previous to the advent of the former eleven,'
considerable curiosity was manifested in this country
to see the celebrated All England Eleven play. Then
cricket, as a field sport, enjoyed a popularity it
does not now by any means, one cause of this change
being the fact that we now have what we did not then
possess, viz., a national game of ball ; one too, which,
in the quickly-played, lively, and exciting contests it
yields, and in the manly attributes of pluck, courage,
endurance, activity, and judgment required to play it skil-
fully, rivals any game or sport now in vogue—cricket,
according to the opinion of the large majority of our
citizens, appearing, by contrast, a tedious and uninterest-
ing game. That a different and more favourable condition
of things for the interests of cricket would have existed
had our resident English cricketers observed a less exclu-
sive and more liberal policy of action in the government
of their clubs, we have not the least doubt. But instead
of this being done, an English exclusiveness has marked
the government of the' leading organisations, while no
encouragement has been afforded young players, or the
least effort been made to Americanise the game, by ridding
it of the tedious and annoying delays incident to it. as
practised in this locality."
There appears to be no doubt as to the popularity of the
King of Prussia in Northern Germany. At Hamburg
he has received a welcome so hearty, that it took him quite
by surprise. At Altona, in Holstein, he was equally well
received.

Charles IV., King of Norway and Sweden, as the
Norwegians say—King of Sweden and Norway, as
the Swedes say—is just now visiting his Norsk capital.
The beautiful fjord is gay with flags and bunting, and the
rather ugly Greek building which does duty as a palace,
and is generally left to the care of one sentinel, is alive
with guests. The Norwegians are, though the founders
of our proudest nobility, the most democratic people in
Europe. They have abolished nobles in their own
country, and they hire a king at so much a
year, who opens for them the National Assembly,
the Storthing, which is really their sovereign. King
Charles, nevertheless, always receives a hearty welcome
at his triennial visitations. lie is probably the hand-
somest sovereign in Europe, and is remarkable for his
bonhomie as well as literary talent. This last quality is
shared by his wife, a member of the Dutch loyal Family,
and a firstrate linguist. Their only child, the Princess
Louisa, does not inherit her father's good looks, but is
decidedly plain. She is now betrothed to the Crown
Prince of Denmark, brother to the Princess of Wales.
The Dai/g ffrezes appears to have a superfluity of core-
spondents. One has just been travelling north from
Madrid to St. Sebastian ; another has been travelling
(special) south to Madrid. Writing on the 25th and the
2(lth, they seem to have heard rather less of the insurrec-
tion than we hoard. All the telegraphs were then in
the hands of the Government, who would not allow any
but favourable information to be transmitted. Conse-
quently, the correspondents were so little able to appreciate
the gravity of the insurrection, that they did not apprehend
it would lead to the abdication of the Queen, much less to
anyshange in the dynasty,

THE Cl7} OF LONDON REGIS 7 RAT lON.

(THIS DAY.)

The Revising Barrister for the City held his
Court this morning.

ST. BARTHOLOMEWS HOSPITAL.

Mr. White, the treasurer of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, applied to be inserted in the elec-
toral list of • the City on the ground that
he occupied a house in the ward of Farringdou-
within. In examination Mr. White stated that he
was treasurer to the hoTital by virtue of the office.
Ile occupied a
_house on their premises in
Smithfield. He was a tenant, and not a ser-
vant. The office he filled was perfectly hono-
rary, and the only conlition was that he Should
occupy the house. His predecessor had sometimes
lived there, but he had a house at Cheshuut.

Mr. llarper (Conservative) supported the claim,
and contended that it could not for a moment be
insinuated that where a gentleman was the sole
governor of the whole establishment, and every one
was obliged to obey his orders, that he was other
than a tenant. With regard to the regulations,
there was a distinction to be made, as to whether
they were mandatory or permissive ; in this case he
urged they were permissive, "for this service you
may occupy the house ;" but there was no com-
pulsion iu the matter. Mr. White was clearly
entitled to be put on the register.
Mr. Ledger (Liberal) denied this qualification,
and urged that the house was a remuneration for
services rendered, and that his occupation was that
of servitude, and not of tenancy.
The Revising Barrister said it seemed to him
that Mr. White was in the same position as that of
the surgeon, and that he must refuse the applica-
tion. The Rules said, " You shall reside in the
house ;" " you shall pre.ide at all courts," &c. This
was a restriction, and, as far as the law at present
went, he had no power to place him on the re-

gister.
Application refused.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR-THIS DAY.

The ceremony of electing a successor to Alder-
man Allen to fill the distinguished position of Lord
Mayor of the City of London took place this morn-
ing. The Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, the Sheriffs,
and the chief officers of the corporation having at-
tended divine service at the church of St. Lawrence,
Jewry, from thence proceeded to the Guildhall,
where the election from time immemorial has taken
place. The mode of election is for the Livery to
select two names from amongst those aldermen
who have " not passed the chair," and from these
the members of the Court of Aldermen select the
person upon whom the civic dignity is to be con-
ferred. The aldermen next in rotation for the
honour are Alderman James Clarke Lawrence, of
Walbrook, and Alderman Dakin ; and, without
some special circumstance should wise, the alder-
man standing first in order is always elected.
There Lave been departures from the ordinary cus-
tom, but in the present instance there was no rea-
son to suppose that ancient usage would be departed
from. The Lawrence family has been particularly
fortunate in civic honour, for since the arrival of
the father of the present candidate, who worked
as carpenter with 'William Cubitt, for the
honour of being elected chief magistrate
for the richest, the oldest, and noblest cor-
poration in the world, it has furnished
no less than one sheriff and two Lord Mayors in a
comparatively short number of years.
The usual proclamation and warning for all ex-
cept liverymen to leave the hall under pain and im-
prisonment having been made,
Mr. JONES occupied a- considerable portion of
time in putting a series of questions to Alderman
Lawrence, in doing which he took the opportunity
of passing a glowing eulogium on him: for
the great exertion he had already male in
defence of the liberty of the City, and
asked whether after his elevation the citizens might
depend upon his aid in carrying forward the great
question of technical education, and that he would
defend their charters and endeavour to settle the
question of bridge master.

Alderman LAWRENCE sail it would be his earnest
endeavour to help on the movement mentioned
by Mr. Jones. !le knew of n better purposes to
which the growing and increasing funds of the
livery companies could be applied than in extending
the knowledge of technical c lucation amongst the
working classes of the City of London. 'With re-
spect to the defence of their charters he could only
refer to the course he had already pursued when
matters of importance were under consideration.
(Cheers.)
The names of the Aldermen eligible for the office
having been put,

Sheriff M'Anritun declared that the election had
fallen on Aldermen James Clarke Lawrence by a
large majority, and Alderman Thomas Dakin.
(Cheers.)
The result of the election having been communi-
cated to the Court of Aldermen for approval,
the court afterwards selected Alderman Lawrence
for the office.

On the return of Aldermen to the Guildhall, the
Recorder announced that the Court had selected
Alderman J. C. Lawrence for the office of Lord
Mayor for the year ensuing. The Town Crier
then called forth Alderman Lawrence to state his
willingness to perform the duties.
The LORD MAYOR elect said he felt deeply the
honour his fellow-citizens had that day conferred upon
him, and that it would be his greatest endeavour
and highest pride to further the interests and in-
crease the prosperity of the City of London. He
felt sure that in the performance of the duties of
his office he might count on the support of his
fellow-citizens. (Cheers.)

MARICE7S-7 111 S DAY.

HAY.

The supplies are quite adequate to the demand, and
steady rates aro paid. Meadow hay, 70s to 108 s ; clover,
80s to 121 s ; and straw, 28s to 348 per load.

POTATOES.

Supplies of middling qualities are ample, and the trade
quiet at late rates.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE.

Sugar.—Deliveries continue quite up to those of last
year, but the imports are heavier now than at this time
last year, and the relative deficiency is not so heavy by
1,200 as it was last week.

Tea—Only a limited business is passing, but steady
rates aro paid.
Coffee—The deliveries continue to indicate favourably
of the coffee trade, and are telling perceptibly on the rela-
tive position of stocks, the samples being reduced by one-
half within a month.

Rum—There is a fair inquiry, and the market is firm.
Dieward Island sold at is Sid, proof stock 29,300 puns
against 31,400 puns last year.
COTTON MARKET.

LIVERPOOL, Sept. 29.—Sales, probably 10,000 bale;
possibly more. Market very firm, especially American.

DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS.—We are requested to
announce that the First Commissioner of her Majesty's
Works, sc., intends to have distributed this autumn
among the working classes and the poor inhabitants of
London the surplus bedding-out plants in Battersea,
Hyde, the Regent's, and Victoria Parks, and in the Royal
Gardens, Kew. If the clergy, school committees, and
others interested will make application to the superinten-
dents of the parks nearest to their respective parishes, or
to the directors of the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the case of
persons residing in that neighbourhood, they will receive
early intimation of the uwabor of plants that can b 3
allotted to each applicant, and to the time and manner of
their distribution.

FATAL ACCIDTNT AT THE NEW SMiTIIFIELD
111AlIKET. —Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, touching the (loath of Juhu
Davidson, aged 19. The deceased was a carpenter, em-
ployed on the works for the construction of the St. Johu's-
street roadway roof of the Now Smithfield Market. On
Thursday morning he was at work on the roof, when he
fell, and was dashed to the ground. Some men ran to Lis
assistance, and carried him to the hosp'tal. Mr. Groves,
house-surgeon, said that the skull of the deceased was
fractured by the fall. He died on Saturday from the effects
of the injury. The coroner having summed up, the jury
returned a verdict of accidental death.

BOILER EXPLOSION.—A forge boiler at Moxley
Steel and Iron Works, near Bilston, has just exploded.
The works were in full op.,,ration at the timo, and the forgo
was laid in ruins. rive puthllers were killed on the spot,
and several others injured. Some aro now dying. The
ruins so still being searched,

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY.

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CE SARI IN' ITCIr.
• ' 7 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken and offered)
10'‘) to 8 a2st Blueskin (offered)
100 to 8 agst Warrington (taken and offered)
100 ti) 8 agst Beeswiug (offered)
1000 to 60 agst Paul Jones (offered)
20 to 1 agst Suffolk (offered)
25 to 1 azst Cecil (offered 30 to I—taken)
25 to 1., agst Pietro (offered)
25 to 1 agst Spy (offered--take 1000 to 30)
25 to 1 agst Mercury (offered—take 1000 to 30)
1000 to 20 agst Planet (taken three times=s,ooo to
75 taken previously)
1000 to 20 agst Donaldbain (offered-1000 to. 13

.t;:ken)
1000 to 10 agst Redcap (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Tyndale (offered)
1000 to 10 agst See Saw (offered)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
10 to 1 ttgA Eastley (offered)
1000► to 80 agst Greensleeve (offered, take 1000 to 60)
83 to 1 agst Satyr (taken and wanted)

AQUATICS.

SHEPHERD AND EAGERS.

The scullers race for £2O a-side, between George Shep-
herd and Edward Eager; both of Chelsea, the latter
manager 1.3 Mr. R. Bain, the boat-builder of Lambeth, was
rowed from Putney to Mortlake. Both are well-known in
aqua* circles, and obtained a fair amount of support from
their respective partisans, the odds at and before the start
being 6 to 4 on Shepherd.
John Phelps, of Fulham, was referee ; Mr. Rhodes
umpire for Shepherd; and W. Spencer, of Chelsea, for
Eagers. The latter lost the toss, and had the outside
berth. Shepherd at once drew in advance, and was half
a length a-head at the Star and Garter; he increased it to
the Point, where Eagers came up, and here Shepherd
caused a foul. A fine race ensued again for 200 yards,
when Shepherd again fouled, and so continued the rest
of the way, ultimately coming in half a length ahead. The
referee decided in Eagers's favour on the first foul. The
performance was but medium on both sides.

THE IRISH CHURCH ES? ABLISHMEN7 .

. Of the 1,518 benefices in Ireland having incum-
bents 146 are in Royal patronage, and 53 in Royal,
ecclesiaitical, and lay patronage in turns ; 988 are
in ecclesiastical patronage, and 20 in lay and eccle-
siastical patronage in turns ; and 309 are in en-
tirely lay patronage, including Trinity College. ,
The Archbishop of Armagh has in his diocese of
Armagh a church population of 85,583, and there
are 105 benefices having incumbents ; and in his
diocese of Clogher a church population of 65,195,
with 65 benefices. The Archbishop of Dublin has
in his Dublin diocese a church population of
100,267, with 119 benefices; and in his diocese of
Kildare a church population of 12,499, with 35
benefices. The Bishop of Meath has in his diocese
of Meath a church population of 16,289, with 105
benefices. The Bishop of Tuam has in his diocese of
Tuna a church population of 9,041, with 50 bene-
fices ; in his diocese of Kill&a a church population
of 4,724, with 15 benefices; and in his diocese of
Archonry a church population of 3,392, with 12
benefices. The Bishop of Down has in his diocese
of Down a church population of 28,868, with 48
benefices ; in his diocese of Connor a church popu-
lation of 80,125, with 74 incumbents ; and in hi!,
diocese of Dromore a church population of 44,474,
with 31 benefices. The Bishop of Derry has in
hii diocese of Derry a church population of 43,738,
with 73 benefices; and. in the diocese of Raphoe
a church population of 22,213, with 39 benefices.
The Bishop of Kilmorc bas in his diocese of Kil-
more a church population of. 31,646, with 51
benefices ; in his diocese of Elphin a church
population of 10,506, with 37 benefices, and in
his diocese of Ardagh a church population of
11,044, with 30 benefices.. The Bishop Of Ossory
has in his diocese of Ossory a church population of
8,258, with no less than 55 benefices; iu his diocese
of Ferns a church population of 14,383, with 59
benefices; and in his diocese of Leighlin a church
population of 13,022, with 57 benefices. The
Bishop of Casliel has in his diocese of Cashel a
church population of 4,721, with as many as 33
benefices ; in his diocese of Eaily a church popula-
tion of 1,414, with uo less than 20 benefices ; in
his diocese of Waterford a church population of
2,943, with
,9 beuefiees ; and in his diocese of
Lismore a church population of 4,775, with 42
t.enefices. The Bishop of Limerick has in
his diocese of Limerick a church population
of 8,679, with 53 benefices ; and in Ardfert
and Aghadoe a church population of 6,424, with
42 benefica. The Bishop of Killaloe has in
his diocese of Killaloe a church population
of 12,700, with 67 benefices ; in Kilfenora a church
population of only 251, but with 5 benefices; in
Cloufert a church population of 2,521, with 13
benefices ; and in Kilmacduagh a church popula-
tion of 434, but with 4 benefices. The Bishop of
Cork has in his diocese of Cork a church popula-
tion of 26,736, with 68 benefices ; in Cloyne a
church population of 11,746, with as many as 78
benefices; and in Ross a church population of 4,736,
with 24 benefices. The "church population" here
means the number returned on the census of
1861, as belonging to the Established Church ;
the number of attendants at church is probably
much less ; 92 benefices having incumbents are
returned as having a" church population" under
20 in number ; 48 have 20, but not so many as
30 ; 59 have 30, but not 40 ; 287 have 40, but
under 100.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, commanding the
divisio❑ at Chatham, was yesterday engaged in
making his official half-yearly inspection of the Ist
Division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery,
under the command of Lieut.-Col. W. S. Mann, at
head-quarters, Sheerness. Major-Gen. Murray,
who was accompanied by Brigade-Major W. W.
Lynch, was received by Lieut.-Col. J. W. Lovell,
C. 8., commanding Royal Engineers, Capt. F. E. B.
Beaumont, and the other officers of the staff, and
proceeded, on his arrival, to the military hospital
and other establishments, in the inspection of which
he was occupied for some time. After completing
his inspection of the hospital buildings, Major-Gen.
Murray proceeded to the parade-ground within the
fortifications, where the officers and men attached
to the five batteries forming the Depot Brigade
were drawn up in marching order, awaiting his ar-
rival. In the course of the inspection the battalion
was exercised at field-gun drill. The afternoon was
devoted to target practice, with the heavy guns
mounted on the batteries seaward.

A general regimental order, signed by Col. G.
Gambier, C. 13., Deputy-Adjutant-General, Royal
Artillery, has been issued from the Horse Guards,
announcing that in consequence of another accident
having occurred from the premature explosion of a
12-pounder breech-loading cartridge while at exer-
cise, resulting in the loss of the arm of one of the
gunners, his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief directs that, for the future,
each gun be sponged out after firing, previous to re-
loading, both with practice and exercising ammuni-
tion. His Royal Highness holds officers command-
ing brigades and batteries responsible that this order
be strictly adhered to. Attention is further directed
to the making up of the exercising ammunition,
which is invariably to be performed, if by Royal
Artillery, under the superintendence of an officer,
and, when practicable, by men who have been in-
structed in the Royal Laboratory of the Royal Ar-
senal, while the greatest care is to be taken that the
cartridge is of the latest authorised pattern and size,
in accordance with the War-office authority. Should
any exercising cartridges of the previous pattern for
9-pounder or 12-pounder breech-loading rifled guns
be still in possession, their use is to be discontinued.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

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GRAVESEND, Tues Jay Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 28.—Atlantic, from Quebec; Star of
South, from Calcutta ; Alpha, from Girgonti.
Art ived, Sept. 29. Giraffe, .teams, from Calais ; Carl
Fifteenth, steamer from Gottenliburg ; Lyon, steamer,
from Bordeaux ; Cologne, steamer, from Bou!ogne; Forth,
~trainer, from Minibus.
Sailed.— New Star, steamer, for Christiania; Duke of
Sutherland, for Adelaide.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind; S.W. by S., strong.
Passed, Sept. zB. —Kato Kearney, bark, from Honduras,
for Loudon.

TATTERSALL'S—Last Evening.

CESAREWITCII

100 to 15 agst Blue Gown (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Blueskin (taken and Offered)
100 to 8 agst Warringtm (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Beeswing (taken-a.tid offered)
18 to 1 agst Paul Jones (offered—take 20 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Suffolk (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Irish Queen (taken and off prod)
25 to 1 agat Pietro (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst The Spy (offered)
25 to 1 agst Nelusko (offered, take 30 to 1)
30 to 1 agst Mercury (taken and offered)
1000 to 30 agst Cecil (taken ant offered) '
1000 to 30 agst Special (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Gondolier (offered—take 40 to 1)
40 to 1 agst ll,stitutiou (taken and offered)
50 to 1 asst Stradbroke (taken and wanted)
50 to 1 egst See Saw (taken and off,?ted)
50 to 1 egst Planet (offered)
1000. to 15 aunt Gooiwood (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Guy of Warwick (taken)
1000 to 10 asst Bandmaster (taken)
1000 to 10 itzst Ecarte (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Tormentor (offered)

CA MBRID GESHIRE.
9to 1 agst Eastley (off-10 to 1 wanted)
1000 to 30 ag,3t Satyr (offered)
40 to 1 agst Dalby (taken)