The Sun. — 1869-05-31 (London, England)

ROMANTIC CASE OF ADOPTION.  Some remarkable litigation is expected to result from a case which has just been brought to light in Liverpool. It is said to arise out of the disputed succession to some heritable property in Ireland, left by a gentl,man in that country to a lady and her husband, not long since returned from Australia. Forty years ago a stonemason, named M'lntyre, left Glasgow to settle in Dublin. There ho married a young woman named M'Ghee, of humble b:rth. A year or two afterwards 3.l'lntyre and his wife, accompanied by their daughter, went out to Australia. At that time the only means of access to the colony was by transport ships, conveying convicts from this country, and these vessels, in addition to the convicts, occasionally carried a few passengers. In one of these ships M'lntyre and his wife and daughter embarked. In the course of the voyage the surgeon's wife, who had no family, took a great liking to iiPlntyre's little girl. The ship was wrecked, M'lntyre, his wife, and the surgeon's lady being amongst those who perished. The surgeon escaped, and he rescued the child. After an interval of six months the surgeon and his little charge arrived in Australia, where he ultimately realised a large fortune. lie brought the child up as his own, and rem_ iued there long enough to see her the wife of a wealthy colonist. Having done this the surgeon returned to Ireland, his native country, and purchased a large estate in the county of Wicklow. Ho then sent for his adopted child and her husband, who obeyed the summons; and not long after their arrival he died, bequeathing to them the whole of his properly. Some of the Scotch relatives of the surgeon now claim the properly. Within the last two or there weeks three persons have arrived in Liverpool from Australia, echo have been brought over specially as witnesses in the case if they should b.; required. The will of the (lector is disputed, as in the document the lady is treated as his child.  , The City of London meeting in oppuition to the Irish Church Bill is fixed for Monday, the 7th of June, at half-past ono o'clock, and is to be held in the gloat Cannon-street. The chair will be taken by Mr. John Chubb (a Wesleyan) of St. Paul's-churchyard.  The inquest on the body of Eliza Bowen, the woman who, as alleged, was outraged and murdered by a man named Hall, at Wednesbury, on the night of the 27th or the morning of the 28th of February, has concluded. The jury did not agree to a verdict. Eight were for a verdict of wilful murder against Hall. Four refused to return such a verdict.  A lad not fifteen years of age, who had been in the service of Messrs. Oates and Blakeley, woollen manufacturers, Dewsbury, on Friday forged a cheque upon his employers, got it cashed at the branch of the Huddersfield bank, and decamped. Up to a late hour on Friday he had not been captured.  A tolerably smart mot is attributed to our present Foreign Minister. Mr. Sumner, after living into advanced age a bachelor, married, three years since, a young widow of great personal attractions. Recently the man and wife have, on the ground of incompatibility of temper, separated. Lord Clarendon being asked what impression Mr. Sumner's late speech had made upon him, answered, " I have read it, sir, with much interest, and have formed from it a very high opinion of—Mrs. Sumner."  One of the largest collieries in the country--the Monkwearmouth Colliery—is stopped ow:ng to a strike. It is the deepest colliery in the north, and nearly 1,000 men and boys aro employed. In April the men agreed to a reduction, which they now seek to have returned, on the ground that the wages are insufficient to maintain them. The masters, however, state that they are not receiving a sixpence return for their capital, and that they cannot afford, in the present condition of trade, to pay more than they agreed to do in April.