The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-07 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

Letters of administration of the personal estate and
effects in this country of the Hon. Ulick Canning De
Burgh, Lord Dunkellin, have been granted by her
Majesty's Court of Probate to his father, the Marquis of
Clanricarde, K.P., P.C., Lord Dunkellin having died
intestate. His lordship, who had retired from the mili-
tary service, was lieutenant-colonel of the Coldotream
Guards, formerly aide-de-camp and State steward to the
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and -was also appointed
aide-de-camp to Lord Canning in India. He served
in the Crimea in 1854-5 ; represented Galway in
the House of Commons since 1857, and died at the age of
40.—The will of Peter Pantia Ralli, Esq., merchant, has
been proved under £500,000 personalty. He has left the
whole of his property to his wife, whom he appointed
sole executrix.—The will of James Fallows, Esq., of
Sunny Bank, Longsight, Manchester, merchant, was
proved in the Registry at Manchester, and the personalty
sworn under £lOO,OOO, the executors being his partner,
John Keymer, and Thomas Johnson, of Manchester, corn
merchant. The will and codicil are both dated March
6, 1867. Ho has left very liberal charitable beg:tests : To
the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Dispensary, £1,000;
and a like bequest to the Manchester and Salford Town
Mission, to the Manchester Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
to Henshaw's Blind Asylum, Manchester, and to the
Church Pastoral Aid Society. To the British and Foreign
Bible Society, Salford and Pendleton Royal Hospital, and
the Jubilee, or Ladies' Charity School for Girls, each £5OO.
He has bequeathed the sum of £lO,OOO to the Manchester
Diocesan Church Building Society, regard being shewn to
New-cross Ward, St. Michael, Holt Town, in Berwick ;
and also left to several parishes legacies of £lOO each, to
be applied to the use of Sunday and day schools. He has
made provision for his sister and nephews and nieces, and
leaves the residue to be divided amongst six of his nephews
and nieces. To each of his executors he has left a legacy
of £l,OOO. All legacies are to be free of duty.—lllustrated
London News.

THE ATI EMPT 70 BLOW UP TEE
DUNDEE MAGAZINE.

The Dundee Advertiser states that on Wednesday last,
about mid-day, it was discovered that a quantity of tow
bad been placed close to the innermost door of the Dundee
Powder Magazine ; .0111; the tow had been set on fire, its
smouldering embers remaining ; that the door and floor,
both being of wood, were somewhat, charred ; but that,
providentially, the fire had not continued sufficiently long
to burn through the door, or communicate with the gun-
powder.

The magazine is a building of small size, and of the
form of an oblong. It is surrounded by a wall of the sam..
shape, in the east and west ends of which there are door
ways. The distance of the walls from the magazine proper
on the north and south sides is only some two yards, but
there is a greater space at the ends. The magazine propel
is entered from the east end by two doors. The first or
outer door enters into a passage, and before admission to
the interior of the building is obtained a second door has
to be opened. As soon as anyone passes the second doer
he has access to the powder, and it should be mentioneo
that there are generally from five to seven tons of this corn
bustible in the magazin-. .The regulations under which
the magazine has been kept are these :—The key of th.
door in the west end of the wall was in the custody of th.
keeper of the magazine, Michael Waters, while the ke-
of the door in the east end was in charge of the sentry fo)
the time. The key of the outer door of the magazine wag
kept by the military, and the key of the inner, door by the
keeper.
At noon, the keeper of the magazine called for the pur-
pose of taking away some powder. The sentry was informed
in the usual manner, and followed the keeper to the maga-
zine. About the subsequent proceedings there is some
difference of opinion. The military state them as follows:
The keeper, after passing through the door in the outer
wall, left the sentry, who next saw him inside the maga
zine, in company with a young man named Robert Gow.
When the sentry found that the keeper was able to gain
admittance to the magazine without the use of the mili
tary key, which was considered indispensable, he thought
there was something wrong, called the guard, and had thr
man taken to the orderly-room immediately, where, how.
ever, he was instantly released. The account of the cir.
cumstance given by the police differs materially from that
furnished by the soldiers. They state that the keeper
passed the sentry, who opened the east wall gate to him,
an! accompanied him to the entrance to the magazine. He
says he told the sentry that Robert Gow had gone by the
Lochee-road, and that he had therefore to open the west
gate to admit him. He was accordingly admitted, anclWaters
states that all three—on the outer door of the magazine being
opened—saw the tow at the same moment. 'Waters says
that he lifted the tow and put it in his cap, but scarcely
had he done so when the sentry ran away, called the guard,
and a scene such as we have described occurred. It is
alleged, however, that there weremore keys in use than there
ought to have been. As soon as the outside door of the
magazine was opened, a piece of tow rolled up was found
close to the foot of the inner door in a smouldering con-
dition. It had apparently lain for some time, as a
portion of the wooden floor between the two doors and
the foot of the inner door was charred. The
material was removed without the slightest delay, and the
matter was brought under the notice of Captain White.
An investigation was at once instituted, but it led to the
implication of no one. That the tow was placed where it
was found by some one who had the means of opening
the outside door of the magazine, there can be no doubt.
Had not the burning material been thus timeously noticed,
it is impossible to estimate the destruction of life and
property that would have ensued. We understand that
the matter is to be reported to the Sheriff, who, in all
probability, will ask the Procurator-Fiscal to inquire into
it.

A. correspondent of a provincial contemporary
states that our Government have just agreed, or are about
to agree, to a reduction in the postage between ,France
and England to 2d., and to a reduction of the charge for
telegrams between England and India by £l.
The Dublin Mail states that the exact number of M.P.'s
who wished their names put down as desiring to attend
Mr. Disraeli's meeting was 230. The number of members
actually present reached to between 150 and 160. As to
the morale of the gathering, nothing could have been more
encouraging.
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There is a paragraph in the Advertiser to the effect that
a small section of Conservatives, led by Lord Cranborne,
will co-operate with Mr. Gladstone in endeavouring to
oust the present Government. This is hardly probable.
Mr. Gladstone paid too dearly for Lord Cranborne's
alliance last year to again wish to act in concert with that
noble lord.
The Premier's letter to the morning papers must have
been received too late on Friday night to allow its
being made the subject of a leader. The Daily News,
however, devotes a short editorial to the subject. It finds
fault with both the manner and the matter of Mr. Disraeli's
famous Edinburgh speech. In most men that portion of it'
which spoke of " educating " the Conservative party would
have been considered as something like a boast. Then as
to the matter of his claim. He specifies five points, hut
his boast was broader than his enumeration. It was after
the Tory party had passed their Household Suffrage Bill
that Mr. Disraeli came forward to claim the position
of the educator of its members. Teachers do not
rush forward and claim the credit of having in-
structed people who behave ill or misuse their lessons.
Mr. Disraeli most distinctly took credit for having
prepared his party during seven years for the bill of last
session, and that bill has established household suffrage.
If the education he gave did not fulfil its end, why boast
of it? If it did, the educator intended that which it
effected. What Mr. Disraeli has now to gain by contest-
ing the substantial accuracy of Earl Russell's succinct
representation of his claim, our contemporary fails to per-
ceive. With respect to what the Premier says in his
letter as to what was " accomplished by the Act of 1867,"
the Daily News denies that the Act is regarded as a final
measure, and doubts whether, with the exception of Mr.
Disraeli, a single member of the Tory party looks upon it
as complete.

One of the Conservative weeklies intimates that should
it be found necessary at any future time to strengthen the
Ministerial ranks in the House of Lords by the elevation
of Mr. Hardy to the peerage, it might appear that, as
there is nobody in the House more specially qualified to
administer the Home Office than Mr. Hunt, the best
arrangement would be to transfer the right hon. gentle-
man to that position, and thus enable Sir Stafford North.
cote to succeed to the administration of the national
finances. _

Mr. Disraeli's amended measure for the trial of election
petitions is more favourably viewed than was its prede-
cessor. The two extra judges would, when not occupied
with their ordinary duties, be able to attend the sittings
of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, or the
Court of Exchequer Chamber, and both of these tribunals
certainly require to be strengthened: The only difficulty
would be found in dealing expeditiously with the mass of
petitions which always flow in after a general election.
In 1865 more than 40 petitions were presented, affecting
the seats of 72 members. The Nottingham committee
alone sat n days.
Up to Friday night no order for the release of Mr.
Johnston from Downpatrick Prison had been received.
The Dublin Mai says that Mr. Johnston did not appl3
for his own release, nor is it his intention to do so. Tilt
same paper reports a great meeting of the Protestant
Defence Association, which has been held in Belfast, and
points to it as " shewing that the gentry of Ulster are
earnestly resolved as the Protestant masses of that pro-
vince to uphold the institutions of the country, and the
freedom §ecuyed. by them to all classes,"

(fault f.)4

HER 11111JESTE

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 6.

'rise Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by Princess Louise and Prince Leo-
pold. .

Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise,
eft the Castle this morning at half-past 11 o'clock
for London.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
drove out, attended by the Countess of Morton.

COURT OF COJIMON COUNCIL.

A Court of Common Council was held on Thursday
,n the Council Chamber, at which the Lard Mayor
Alderman Allen) presided. •

TILE NEW BLACKIIIIARS BRIDGE.

A report was brought up from Mr. Cubitt, the
engineer of the new bridge in course of erection at
Blackfriars, detailing the progress of the works
(luting the last two months. The report was to the
effect that the works were going on satisfactorily,
but that the matters relating to the diversion of the
Fleet sewer, the connection. with the Thames em-
bankment and the railway, were in the same state
as last year. These were the only matters that
were likely to stand in the way of a speedy comple-

tion of the work.
Deputy OBBARD wished to know whether it was
not possible for something to be done to prevent
the delay that was occasioned by the connexion of
the bridge with the other works alluded to.

Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he was afraid not. It
was the old story of the railway stops the way. If
they could find the money, the works connected
with the railways would no doubt go on more
rapidly.
Deputy LOTT said he should be glad if the chair-
man of the Bridge-house Committee would inform
the court whether any of the coins that were depo-
sited in the foundations of the old bridge had been
discovered ?

Mr. HEATH, the chairman of the committee, at
first stated that a portion of the coins only had
been found. This, it appeared subsequently, was
a mistake, and the fact was that none of the coins
had been found.

In answer to a question put by another hon.
member,

Mr. HEATH stated that he believed, from all
that the committee knew at present that the new
bridge would be opened for traffic by the begin-
ning of next year. He could not, of course,
pledge himself within a few months as to the
period when the opening would take place, but
the committee would do everything in their power
to expedite the works. (Hear, hear.) With re-
gard to the approaches, there were, of course, a
good many difficulties in the way, and he was un-
able to give the Court any information upon the
subject at present.