The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-23 00:00:00

wickehire Hunt l7

I Windsor Grand Military
and Open
Derby Spring
I Baschurch 2B

,CH.
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Margate 23
West Somerset 2l
Cheltenham
Southdown Hunt
Cambridge
_!IL.
Grant National Hunt I Knighton
(Bedford) 2 Abergaveuny
Roy.Artillery(Woolwich) 3 Hatnbledon
Bromley
Aldershot
Croydon Spring
Hendon
OCTOBER.

Bromley 1 J Ealing l5

DECEMBER.
St. Albans 1 Ealing 26
Kingsbury

Foreign Alai! Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

n.ustralla and New Zealand, via Southampton..... Jan. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles ......... Feb. 13.
Ditto, via Panama ...... .......... ...Jar,. 23.
Brasil, Buenos !lyres, and Monte Video Feb 3.

Ditto, by Freaoh paoket
Cape Verde. by Brazil packet .
Cape of Good Elope. A.s.seasloa, and St. ileleas Jaa
China, Penang, and Slnktpore, via Southampton Feb 3
Ditto, via Marseilles
Falkland Islands Feb. 3.

Liibraltar, via Southampton Jan 2;
Indla.via Southampton ...... Jan. 21
Ditto, via Maraeil:es
Malta, e:gypt, ....
Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 21.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Rope, and Natal, via

douthaMpton

Ditt marseitles Feb ifl
N ewfouudis Lc.
Portugal . . ........ Feb. 3
Ditto, by priN > is ship to Oporto ...
Ditto .tto to Lisbon
United States, unada, California, dm., by British
&act
Ditto, by L Lited States paoket
Ditto ditto 'New York;
Ditto auto Niw York)
Ditto ditti (Baltimore)
Ditto, by Canadian packet
West Coast of Africa, 3ladelra, and Tenerilfe Feb. 3.
West Dailies and Paatio (except Mexico and Baha-
Jan. 2S.
mas)
Jan. 2S.
Cubs and Ilexioo
~,,Feb. 3.
Bstiamas, via New Y ......................
Bermuda, via Halifax ...............

Mr. Tritton, banker, of Lombard-street, has
offered Lieutenant-Colonel Palmer, of Nazing-park, to
raise a troop of yeomanry cavalry to join the West Essex
regiment.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT A THEATRE.—A sad an I
fatal accident has occurred at the Theatre Royal,
Leicester. It seems, from the evidence adduced at the
inquest held on Tuesday evening before the coroner, Mr.
J. Gregory, that on Saturday night the theatre, which is
now under the management of Mr. G. H. Ashton, was
extremely full, and that the deceased, Henry Payne, a
youth about 12 years of age, at his own request, accom-
panied his father into the gallery for the purpose of
witnessing the performance of the pantomime, "Little Red
Riding Hood." In the course of the entertainment, owing
to the crowded state of the gallery, the deceased and about
30 others were let into the "side slips" adjoining, and
while there, looking over the front on to the stage, it would
seem that some mischievous youths sacceeded in carrying
unperceived into the gallery, from the lobby, a large and
heavy door for the purpose of making a platform from
which to obtain a better view of the performance, but
which overpowered them and fell with considerable force
on to the back of the deceased, crushing him severely
against the front of the gallery, and causing him to sustain
severe internal injuries, from Which he died on Tuesday.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," and
Mr. Ashton promised to secure the door, and to pay the
funeral expenses of the unfortunate youth.
A Nevada miner recently had his leg caught
under a rock, and being rendered helpless was eaten
by a panther.

ME FENIAN ARRESTS AT DEPIFORD

The following appeared in our latest edition of yester-
day :

This Afternoon James Richardson, 2, Queen-
street, Deptford, Florence M'Carthy, 3,5 Princes-
street, Deptford, and Maurice Lytellton, 103, New-
street, Deptford, were placed before Mr. Maude, at
the Greenwich Police-court; charged with treason-
felony.

The men having been placed in the dock, they
were formally charged with attempting to ad-
minister the Fenian oath to a young man named
James B:indall, an American, with the view of in-
ducing him to commit treason-felony.
James Bandall was the first witness called. He
said he was a draper's assistant. He had been
in England five months. He lived in Deptford.
He had chose to live in Deptford because he had
friends living there. He knew Maurice Lylell-
ton for a week. He met hint in Iligh-street,
Deptford. Ile (witness) was wall:lug ni, and
down before the White Swan, and he spoke to
Lytelltou. He caid it was very damp, but that he
would soon be in America, where it was frosty.
Lytd;ton said America was in a bad state, and asked
me if I was a Fenian. I told him that I 311.0u1d not
satisfy any one who I was, as I did not know who
I was talking to. Lyteilton replied, " That is right,
if you knew the trouble I have been in you would keep
your mouth shut." He then said, " Will you see me
again." I replied, " I don't think I shall have time to
see you, as I am off to America." lie said, " I should
like to see you before you go." We then separated.
I met him afterwards several times in High-
street. We spoke about America upon those occa-
sions, but said nothing material. On Saturday last
I saw Lyteilton in the King William in Welling..
ton-street. A man was with him who is not pre-
sent. Lyteilton introduced me to that man, who
asked me to drink with him. Lyteliton said, " This
is my Yankee friend," and soon afterwards the man
he introduced me to asked if I was a Fenian. I said
I should not satisfy him. That man said that he
himself was a head centre, and that Maurice Lyteil-
ton was only a corporal. lie asked me if I would
like to be sworn in as a Fenian. I told him I
did not know what the oath was, but that I should
like to hear it. After that there was a little dis-
turbance in the house, and then we all went to
the King's Head, Church-street. There the man
not here asked me if I would go home to supper
with him and he would show me six or seven re-
volvers which he had a patent for. I told him I
would not go with him, that it was getting late, and
that I should go home. He then asked me to meet
him on Sunday at one o'clock at that house. I then
left him outside the house, and on the Sunday at
half-past one o'clock I went to the King's Head,
and found Maurice Lyteliton, James Richardson,
M'Carthy, and the other man. They were all
standing in front of the bar. This was the first
time I had seen either M'Carthy or Richardson
The man here asked me if I would take the oath.
I told him I did not know what the oath was ; he
said " you shall have it then if you like." I replied
" No," not at present, for I must get home." He
said, " Oh, no, lets go to the King William," and
we all five went there together, and we had some-
thing to drink. The same man and Maurice
Lytelltou then asked me to go into a private room,
for they wanted a little private conversation. [The
prisoner Lyteilton here requested that the landlord
of the King William should go out of court. This was
at once complied with, and the examination was
resumed]. They asked for the key of the room, and
upon going in Lyteilton asked me "If I was a de-
teezive." I replied " No." Lyteilton then took
out a memorandum book, and he put down my
words, viz., " I swear by my God I am not a detec-
tive." Upon that the man not here took a small
Testament out of his pocket, and handed it to me
and said, "This is for you to take the oath." I
said, " I don't know what the oath is, and I should
like to hear it read ever." Lyteliton and the man
not present then both took hold of the book,
and Lytteilton administered the oath to the man to
show me what it was. Lytteilton did not read the
oath, but he said it from memory as follows :
" You will forswear all allegiance to the Sovereign
of Great Britain, and take up arms against the
British Government in the Fenian cause, and
defend the rights of Ireland when called on, so
help your God." The man kissed the book,
and then handed it to Inc. I took hold
of the book, and the man not here repeated
the same word to me, and asked me to kiss the
book. I said, "I can't exactly understand what
you said." Ile asked me if I was a damned fool,
and M'Carthy said, " Any one can see that you aro
an Irishman, don't be a thinned traitor to your
country—kiss the book." I replied, "I will not,"
and he said, " Then you are a -- traitor." Some
one then came to the door and insisted upon having
it opened, as it was nearly three o'clock. The door
was locked, but one of the men in the room opened
it, and we all left.

After some further evidence, the prisoners were
remanded.

FOREST TREES.

At a late sitting of the Societe des Ingenieurs
Civils, M. Rouyer read a paper on the process of
sylviculture followed during the last 40 years by M.
de Courval, on a surface of 2,000 hectares (5,000
acres). This process simply consists in thinning the
branches on a judicious principle. Observation has
shown that the sap only produces wood after it has
passed through the leaves. Hence in thinning
the branches the principle to be kept in view is
to prevent the sap from exercising its functions
to the detriment of the trunk. Now the nearer
the branches approach to a vertical direction
the stronger they grow ; consequently verticality
should, as a rule, be exclusively reserved to the
trunk from the roofs to the apex, so as to secure
to it, as nearly as possible, the whole of the wood-
producing power. Not only the vertical but also
some of the horizontal branches should be
lopped off with the same view ; and, as the tree
reaches a certain height, the lower branches
should be removed all round. Here also M.
de Courval has introduced an innovation. Ge-
nerally the branches are lopped off at a certain
distance from the trunk, a practice which fre-
quently leads to caries, extending to the trunk,
and thus causing the destruction of the tree.
M. do Courval cuts them flush to tke trunk, and
protects the wound with coal-tar. In this way the
solution of continuity is speedily covered over again
with new wood and bark, and no caries occur. Ac-
cording to another engineer, M. Flachat, this sys-
tem of thinning would have another advantage, that
of preventing the fibres of the trunk from grow-
ing in a spiral instead of a vertical direction, a
defect which is attributed to the action of the
wind when it is allowed too great a hold on the
branches.

THE REFORM LEAGUE.

On Wednesday evening a meeting of the League was
held at the offices of the association, Adelphi-terrace. Mr.
Edmond Beales presided, and in opening the proceedings
said that he had written to Sir R. Mayne on Monday re-
garding the suppression of certain local branches of the
Reform League. He would read the letter he had for-
warded to the Chief Commissioner of Police, to which he
had not as yet received any reply. The following is a copy
of the communication :—" Stone-buildings,lLincoln's Inn,
Jan. 20, 1868.—Sir, the council of the Reform League
have been informed that on several occasions officers
of the police have interfered, by threatening com-
munications to the landlords and in other ways,
t.) prevent branches of the League from holding their
usual legal and constitutional meetings at certain
licensed houses, and the council have requested me
to address you on the subject. I have therefore, on the
part of the council, to express their regret at the
communication which they have thus received, they not
being aware that the meetings referred to have been of a
nature to justify their being thus interfered with, and I
Lave further to ask whether this interference has taken
place by your authority, or by that of the Government,
and what are the grounds for such interference. I have
the honour to be, sir, yours, &c., EDMOND BEALES. To
Sir Richard Mayne, F..C.8." He had not, as he had said,
as yet received any answer to that communication. Pro-
ceeding to another subject, he said he was very much
pleased to be able to bring before them a programme
adopted by the Edinburgh branch of the Scottish National
Reform League. It proposed the following as the objects
of the association :-1. Assimilation of the parliamentary

electoral franchise in the counties with that in the boroughs
--that is, registered household suffrage in the boroughs

and counties. 2. Protection to the voter from intimi-
dation and coercion, and prevention of bribery by
the ballot. 3. Electoral districts of equal area
of population, with one member only to each
district. 4. No condition of personal payment of
rates as qualification of voter. 5. Increased representation
by additional members to Scotland. He cordially approved
the programme, and was confident the League would also
record its approval of the objects it proposed for consider_
ation. Alluding to the recent conference on education at
Manchester, he said he hoped that working men would no
longer exhibit any apathy as regarded the great question
of a grand system of national unsectarian education. A
resolution was then proposed that the next meeting of the
League should be made special for the consideration of the
proceedings of the late Manchester Conference on Educa-
tion. The proposal having been adopted, a communication
from the Liberal Association of Coventry was read, re-
questing that Mr. Mantle, one of the executive of the
League, should allow himself to he put in nomination for
that borough at the first election for Parliament under the
new Reform Bill. A resolution approving the proposition
having been carried, the proceedings terminated.