The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-14 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIG-ENCE.

SOUTHWARK.—Nr. Alderman and Sheriff Cotton will
contest this borough as a Conservative candidate, against
the late members, Messrs. Locke and Layard. All the
metropolitan constituencies are now fought by the Tory
party.
CORK CITY.—Mr. William Abbott, Grosvenor Hotel,
London, has appeared as a Conservative candidate for the
city of Cork. He professes to be an independent sup-
porter of the Government, and against disestablishment.
Mr. Abbott first went to Barnstaple, but retired after
being in the town a few hours.
DUNGANNON.—The Hon. Stuart Knox, one of the most
extreme members of the Ulster Orange brigade, has just.
issued an address to the electors, asking a renewal of their
favours, and promising his strong support to the existing
ecclesiastical endowments. Mr. E. Dillon Lewis, of
London, has also issued an address to the electors. He is
a supporter of Mr. Gladstone.
HUNTINGDON.—Mr. Henry Brookes has issued an
address to the electors as a supporter of Mr. Gladstone.
Mr. Brookes is an old parliamentary and administrative
Reformer, and known in the City as a writer on commerce
'snd finance.

KINSALE. —A Mr. Robert James Brown, of London, Las
entered on a canvass of the electors of Kinsale, in opposi-
tion to Sir George C. Colthurst, who seeks re-election.
Mr. Brown professes to be an advocate of Mr. Gladstone's
policy.
PETERSFIELD.—Mr. Du Pr 6 Thornton (nephew of Mr.
Du Prti, late M.P. for Bucks) will contest this borough
with Mr. Nicholson, the late member.

BRIDPORT.—Finding the contest here a hopeless one,
Mr. Goldsmid (C.) retired on Thursday night, leaving Mr.
Mitchell (L.) in sole possession of the field.

KILUAIINOCK BURGHS.—Mr. M`Donald (L.) has retired
in favour of Mr. Chadwick (L.), who seeks to prevent Mr.
Bouverie, the late Whig member, from being re-elected.

llAnwicu.—Colonel Luke White, the Liberal candi-
date, has withdrawn. Another Liberal, however, will
contest the one seat left to the borough with Colonel
Jervis.

STATE OR THE BAROMETER.-CAUTION

TO MINERS.

The serious attention of mining proprietors and
managers of mines is directed by a contemporary to
the extraordinary height of the barometer, which
yesterday marked 30-65. The greatest caution should
be observed during the next few days, for the result
of any sudden fall of the barometer would be that the
gas, now kept back by the very great weight of the atmo-
sphere, would rush into the workings to the imminent
peril of careless miners. The terrible accidents at the
Oaks and Talk-o'-the Hill Collieries in 1866 happened after
a sudden fall of the barometer. On the 10th December
the mercury stood at 30,10 ; on the 11th there was a fall of
marly one inch, and that fall continued till the 13th.
During that interval the explosions at the above-named
collieries took place. Nearly all serious casualties
from fire-damp have occurred when great depres-
sion of the barometer has been observed. At
such times there is considerable difficulty in obtaining
proper ventilation, and as a rule a more than ordinary
amount of air should be sent down into the mines. The
managers, especially in very gaseous pits, should take
care that this precaution is attended to, the neglect of
which, under the circumstances indicated, is almost

The bachelors and undergraduates of Sidney Col-
lege, Cambridge, have returned to hall, the tutor (Mr. Ellis)
having kindly undertaken to personally inspect the quality
and quantity of the meat until the Master and Fellows are
able to make the ne?essary reforms.
THE NEW SCOTCH TRIBUNAL FOR ELECTION
OFFENCES.—The two judges appointed to sit upon election
petitions in Scotland, and to investigate and pronounce
sentence in cases of " corrupt practices" and "undue
influence," are Lords Cowan and Jerviswood.
ONE MUST GO ABROAD TO HEAR HOME NEWS.
The Bound Table (New York) says : " The Earl of Salis-
bury (Lord Cranborne) is said to have purchased The
Saturday Review with a view of making it the organ of a
new Conservative party, for which he will write the lead-
ing political articles himself. If this report is true, Mr.
Disraeli will have to take care, for his lordship, as his
polemical contributions to The Quarterly Review have
shown, wields an incisive pen."
JOHN DAY V. ADMIRAL RODS.—There is now
every probability that this action will come into court,
notice of trial having been given to the Admiral's solici-
tors, Messrs. Walters, Young, and Walters. The case has
been set down to be heard at the end of this month or the
beginning of December in the Court of Queen's Bench.
Messrs. Valiance and Valiance are the solicitors concerned
for John Day, and the damages are laid at £5,000.—
Sporting Life.

A Paris correspondent writing on Thursday
says :—" The event of the day is the letter whichM.Berryer,
in subscribing to the Baudin monument, has addressed to
the editor of the Electcur. This formidable letter runs
thus :—'Monsieur,—On the 2d Dec., 1851, I proposed and
obtained from the National Assembly, united at the Mairie
of the 10th Arrondissement, a decree declaring the dis-
missal and outlawry of the President of the Republic, in-
viting citizens to resistance against the violation of
the law of which the President was guilty. This
decree was made as public as possible in Paris. My col-
league, M. Bandit), energetically obeyed the orders of the
Assembly ; he fell a victim to them, and 1 feel myself obliged
to take part in the subscription which has been opened for
the erection of an expiatory monument over his tomb,' &c.—
BEEMYEIt.”

REQUIEM MASS FOR THE ARCHBISHOP OF CAN-
TERBURY.—The following account of a recent function in
a ritualistic place of worship we copy from the Church
News of Wednesday. Our readers, perhaps, think that
it is a joke on our part, but we can assure them that such
is not the case, and that the paragraph is taken bond fide
from the above-named print :—" St. Clement's, Cambridge.
On Tuesday a requiem mass was sung at this church for
the repose of the soul of the late Archbishop of Canter-
bury. Both then and at the ordinary daily mass a large
number of the faithful were present to pray for the de-
ceased prelate." For the Church of England this is
strong, to say the least of it.--Ircekly Register.

ANOTHER, NOBLE PEEP.—" Men," says a con-
temporary, " very seldom allow themselves to be taught
by the experience of others, or we might suppose that
Lord Hastings's tragic story would be likely to make its
impression on young men born to great inheritances.
Human nature being what it is, the only question we
have to ask is, how long will it be before we hear the next
case? Promising youths who are inclined to follow the pre-
cedent lately recorded, may find another bright example in
Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton, ex-member for Newark, and a
distinguished performer of breakdowns.' This ambitious
representative of a noble family finds, says the report, a
balance of about £70,000 on the wrong side of his account
This is a good round sum to fail for, and admirers of
freehanded and generous' younger sons will not fail to
observe that Lord Arthur is much the superior of his
brother, Lord Albert, who lately solicited the offices of the
Bankruptcy Court. Lord Arthur should have read his
Times a little more regularly. The counsels to peers given
therein would have taught him the duties attaching to his
position. £70,000 is a large sum to pay for the privilege of
being laughed at in a minor theatre.",