The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-25 00:00:00

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The half-yearly meeting of this society was held in
London yesterday, Mr. Thompson in the chair. The
Prince of Wales ha ring been elected president for next
year, the report was read. It stated that "since the
general meeting in December, 4 governors and 42 mem-
bers have died, the names of 189 members have been
removed from the list, 138 members have been elected,
SO that the society now consists' of 75 life governors, 74
annual governors, 1,409 life members, 3,888 annual
members, 15 honorary members, making a total of
5,451, being a decrease of 97 names. The funded capital
stands at £16,027 19s. 7d. in the New Three per Cents.,
the sum of £2,000 remains on deposit with the society's
bankers, and the cash balance in their hands on the
Ist instant was £3,243 Ils. The Leicester meeting
to be held from the 16th to the 22nd July promises
to exceed that of Bury St. Edmunds in the imple-
ment department. The entries of horses, cattle, sheep,
pigs, cheese, butter, and wool will remain open as usual
till the Ist of June. Mr. Larking, the representative
in England of the Viceroy of Egypt, having announced
the anxiety of his Highness to offer a prize cup to
be awarded by the society at their next show of
agricultural implements, the council have resolved on
accepting the offer of his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt,
of a prize for the best implement for the cultivation of
the soil by steam power, combining strength with sim-
plicity of construction, for use in. foreign countries, where
).hour for repa!ro is difficult to be procured.' This
cup, which is of the value of abou,kAlso, will be cnmpetetl
for at the Leicester zneetitg, and finally awarded at the
e.iourned trial after harvest."
1;ort was adopted.

;.;.ratib,--according to " An Lustralian Cynic," who
'tes to the Spectator—is mad. That is to say, the rulers
a Australia are mad, and the people arc the same. This
- ..),a7.ness wa.s breught on by the visit and attempted
assassLiation of Primo Alfred. It has resulted in absurd
speeches by public men and wretched d3ggerel in the
n-vspapers, denouncing the crime which has been Com-
mttel It has brought forth a bill for the stppression
of treason and sedition, which ought never, in the
opinion of the writer, to have been passed by any
legislature, but which was almost without opposition passed
through all its stages by the Assembly and the Upper
House in New South `Vales on the same clay, and received
the Royal Assent early next morning. This Act renders
anyone proposing separation from the mother country liable
to penal servitude for life, makes it a misdemeanour to
refuse to join in a loyal toast, with a penalty attached of
two years' penal servitude ; and any person publishing
F'' 'lions matter, whether with bad intent or not, is made
L. .)le. to imprisonment for three years.

Everyone knows that the immediate cause of the
o,334i_iiau war was Lord Russell's neglect to answer a
letter in which King Theodore made proposals of marriage
to Queen Victoria. By a curious coincidence, it turns out
that, though the Queen is not to share his Majesty's
throne, she is to possess his crown. That trinket is now
being sent home as a present to our sovereign. This is an
arrangement which Theodore could hardly have antici-
pated, and would certainly not have approved.
An explanation of her Majesty's journey to Scotland in
the height of the London season is volunteered by the
Imperial Review. According to this authority the Queen
went to the north solely in consequence of the medical
advice which had been tendered to her.

The deputation which waited upon the Duke of Marl-
borough, Lord Devon, and Mr. Gathorne Hardy, " to
urge a remedy for the complicated nature of the present
laws of health," have drawn attention to a matter which
will doubtless obtain full consideration in a Reformed
Parliament. The difficulty of carrying out the existing
laws where the local authorities were either inefficient,
obstinate, or powerless to act, was pointed out, and it was
suggested that a royal commission of inquiry should be
appointel. A hint was also given that for the interests of
justice it would be well to encourage the special education
of " experts " in matters of sanitary laws and skilled evi-
dence on medical questions by the official employment of
such officers. The Duke of Marlborough, in reply,
thanked the deputation for the suggestions, and said that
" perhaps" the Government would adopt that of a royal
commission.

Mr. Mitford, the member for Miiihurst, has been one of
the most active members of the Legislature in promoting
the extension of the Contagious Diseases Act of 1866 to
the civil population. An association was lately formed for
this purpose, and at a recent meeting, over which Mr.
Mitford presided, it was stated that upwards of 500 mem-
bers had now joined the organisation, which now com-
prised within its ranks many eminent Churchmen, a large
number of members of the Legislature, and the chief
medical and philanthropic gentlemen of the large cities of
the kingdom. A communication from Sir John Paking-
ton, the War Minister, was read, chewing the great de-
crease of contagious diseases since the passing of the Act,
in several towns, among the soldiers and sailors. The
Duke of Cambridge is to be invited to become the presi-
:lent of the association.

•
LADVenTignmENT.J—llenceforth no one will doubt the valuable
properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica
Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings
it has already received from Invalids whose position had been
deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope,
whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years
of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "Gazette
du Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1366.—" The health of
the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all
other romed'es, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's
Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful
at every meal. It has pt odaced a surprisingly beneficial
effect on his healtk, and his Holiness cannot praise this
excellent food too highly." We extract a few out of
more than 63,000 cures:—Cure No.. 53,216, of the Marchioness
de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away,
debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad
digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ner-
vous agitation. Cure No. 1,
m 771: Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord
Lteutenant of Waterford, of any years' dyspepsia. N 0.49,832 :
" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness,
asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms. sickness, and
vomiting.—Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts,
b
of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spittinq of
olood
liver derangement, and partial deafness Important Cal,ittitinong
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The fo. - by 111 Bela
to one of his constituents, who had remonstrated against
his subscribing to the Eyre Prosecution Fund:— /
" Dear Sir,--I have received your letter, and have no
right to complain of the severe tone you have thought fit to
adopt. Throughout this unhappy Jamaica business I have
been well aware that my course has been highlyclisapproved
by some of my most respected supporters ; but I rain sure
you would have despised me, and I should have.despised
myself, had I, feeling so intensely on this sn'nject, have
suffered that consideration to silence me. G2l one point
you are completely deceived. I have not, its you think,
denounced Mr. Eyre for his conduct timing the sup'
pression of the disturbances. So far from it, I have re.
peatedly said that much allowance was duo to a governor
:11 a tone of great panic and emergency, and I have
lelibcrately refrained from cormarmting on his conduct
during that crisis. On the Jther hand, I have never
wavered in Cie opinion that tb .!re ought to be a judicial
investigation into his condi Let in putting 350 men and
women to death after his ,own official statement had
aninameed that all disturl- anee and danger was at an end.*
'That conduct may be s'isewn to have been justifiable—
nay, to have exhibit(, admirable force and firmness.
Great numbers of the:iwise and good think so, and you
agree with them. 7Sut am I really wrong in my opinion
that acts of that kind ought to be examined, not in a news-
paper con tro vers. ;`but by a competent tribunal? Candidly,
now, would n0'..70u feel that yourself had these persons
not hem negi,oes but Irish or Englishmen? So,long as
the demand for that investigation was made 'upon a
charge of. Murder I refused to concur in it,' When
that ch urge was dropped and the investigation was
demanded upon a simple charge of misdemearaerar, I could
not-with honour have stood aloof. You urge that, the
attempts to prosecute Mr. Eyre in Shropshire, and General
Nelson in London having been made and filled, it is cruel
persecution to continue such endeavours, On this point I
have felt the greatest hesitation. rntre is, I admit, a
shocking look almost of malignity in arch persistence. It
is, however, my deliberate judgmentithat acts of the kind
referred to ought not to be condonel from anyregard,how.
ever honourable and humane, for the feelings of the actor.
It would be very painful to me t a/suppose that these pro.
ceedings would entail pecuniars. ruin upon Mr. Eyre's
family. Happily, it is notori,.ar that sums vastly beyond
all possible cost are at his dis'dcrial. I, for one, shall be glad
to learn that the present Gc.as rnment has undertaken his
defence. Many of Mr. il:7; re's warmest supporters are
my personal friends. I a..ctritit and admire their chivalrous
spirit. But let me, one the other side, assure you what I
know to be true, th'At Mr. Mill and his coadjutors are
swayed by no base towards Mr. Eyre, but by the
most disinterestedizablic spirit and sense of duty. They are
and will be subje A to an almost overwhelming torrent of
public indignati'm. Now, lam painfully deficient in that
`pure and pe erect courage' which is the first of politital
virtues, and Lahlink from a timidity of which I am my self
ashamed fruit the irritation this step will excite. Still, I am
not so meat a coward as not to challenge my fairshare of the
obloquy and expense which these proceedings mustAnvolve,
when I 'believe them to be founded in justice, and highly
important for the protection of our subject races. I feel
it due to myself to publish this letter, not that I expect to
convince anyone that I have acted rightly, but in the
hope of its chewing the more candid of 'those who have
condemned me that I am not influenced by the cruel
malignity which many seem to supposc.... I have carefully
excluded every'word that might seem to prejudice the case).
—I am, dear sir, yours very faithfully,

" CHARLES BUXTON.
" P.S.--T ought to say that I write without any concert
with the Jamaica Committee, to •which I do not belong." 1'

* Vide the Appendix to the.; Report of the Commis:
sioncrs and Ofl-►cial Despatch.

LAW ARM POLICE.

IMPORTANT TO SHARETOLDERS.—III the Court of Com•
mon Pleas the case of Briekman v. Chambers and Others
was beard. The action in the first instance -was tried
before Mr. Justice Smith to recover back calls, amounting
altogether to £6 per share, on twenty shares taken by the
plaintiff in the General International Agency Company
(Limited), on the ground that the prospectus, on the
faith of which the defendant applied for the shares,
contained false and fraudulent statements.. Among
the defendants was Captain Polly, RN., wtrose name
appeared as one of the directors on the prospectus, which
induced the plaintiff to take shares ; and the prospectus
also stated that the first issue had been 25,000 at £lO each,
and that application had been received for upwards of one
half of this issue. The company failed after the plaintiff
had paid up £6 on each of his shares. Subsequently
the plaintiff found that the representations of the
prospectus were false, and he brought an action
to recover back his money from the directors whose names
were attached to that prospectus, and against Captain
Polly he recovered a verdict, with £l2O damages, the jury,
on the evidence, finding that he had been guilty of no
moral fraud. A rule nisi for a -new trial having been ob-
tained, the case came on for argument. For the
plaintiff it was held that, being a director, Captain
Polly, in a manner, pledged himself to the•
accuracy of the statements made in the prospectus;
whilst, on the other hand, it was contended on behalf of
the defendant that he had taken shares on the faith of one
prospectus, and having afterwards been made a director,
he had taken it for granted that the prospectus subse.
quently issued was similar. The court gave judgment for
the plaintiff, and said that the case was not one of law,
but the question was one for the jury entirely. The rule
was therefore discharged.
CURIOUS CASE OF DAMAGE.—At Clerkenwell, Samuel
Cohen, a piecebroker, was summoned before Mr. Barker
for having on the 15th instant cut out his initials on the
solicitors' table at the Middlesex Sessions. The damage
was laid at Is. The defendant pleaded guilty, and said
that his senses must have been gone when he was guilty of
such a foolish act. Mr. Barker ordered him to pay the
damage, is., a penalty of 2s. 6d., and the costs, 25., or in
default to undergo five days' imprisonment in the House
of Correction.

ALLEGED CHILD MURDER.—At Hammersmith Police:
court, Isabella Davidson, a domestic servant, was charged
with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child. The body
of a child was found in the garden of the Park House,
Fulham, and conveyed to the union. Suspicion fell on the
prisoner, and she was charged with the murder, and, in
answer to the accusation, said, " Oh ! what will they do
with me; shall I be hang ?" The body when found was
enveloped in three wrappers, one of which was drawn
tightly over the face and head, and the nose was coin-
pressed very much. The surgeon in the case said that the
body was that of a child apparently ten or twelve months
old, and it had been suffocated by the cloth over its face.
The prisoner was remanded prior to being sent for triaL

THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AND THE THAMES EMBANK.
TENT.—In the Court of Exchequer the case of the Duke
of Buccicuch v. the Metropolitan Board of Works
came on for hearing. His Grace sought to recover
the sum of £8,325, being the amount awarded to him by
Mr. Charles Pollock, Q.C., as umpire; the sum men-
tioned being for costs of the award for being deprived of
the use of a jetty or pier running from Montague House,
Whitehall, tb the Thames, and for shutting and obstruct-
ing a landing-place. The argument on the demurrer was
of a public highway like that formed on the embankment
taken first, and raised the question whether the substitution
in lieu of the jetty or pier and a direct view and access
across the river, really did injuriously affect the duke's
property. The arguments are not yet finished.
AN ADVERTISING WIDOW.—At the Marylebone Police-
court, Frederick Barry, an elderly person, described as a
doctor, residing at Somers-place, Edgware-road, and
Amy Rose Stewart, who said she was a widow,
appeared to summonses for having fraudently ob-
tained the sum of £174 19s. 4d. from Walter
M`Klein. The prosecutor said that about the 15th
of April. last be saw the following advertisement in the
Times:—" OfFer.—To Visitors, &c.--A lady, occupying a
superior house, close to Hyde Park, containing billiard-
room, bath-room, &c., will accommodate a lady or gentle-
man with residence, board, washing, &c., equal to that of
a West-end hotel, for twelve months, continuous or during
two seasons, in return for an advance of £2OO to enable her
to complete her handsome furniture arrangements. Letter,
first, to Mrs. Butler, post office, Hyde Park, W."
Wit-
ness went and looked over the woman's house, which he saw
was only partially furnished, and offered to lend her the
required sum, provided there was good security. The
female prisoner said she was a widow, of very respectable
connection, and had private property in Edinburgh,- and
she was in expectation of receiving a large-sum of money.
Witness proposed a bill of sale on the furniture, but she
did not answer him, and in a letter declined making such
an arrangement, saying
testify t
ngtiiat her landlord
hergood h a had
character;
rknownacte;
her for some time and -
Would
and the witnen replied, that perhaps under those circum-
stances. the bi:l of sale ought to be done away with if
nu:
the landlord (the male prisoner) would give a guarantee.
Mr. M`Klein afterwards went to the " widows house,
and there saw the other prisoner, who said that he was
her landlord, and knew her to be a person of good means,
and he would give a guarantee. He talked about having
money in the Consols, but never mentioned that the
woman was in debt. The case was adjourned.

TITE EMPRESS CHARLOTTE. —The Empress
Charlotte takes, every morning early, a long drive in the
neighbourhood of Laeken in an open carriage. The
health of the princess appears to become more and morq
satisfactorv,

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