The Sun. — 1870-04-30 (London, England)

FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS. —At twenty minutes to twelve o'clock last night a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. John Hill, a furniture dealer and shop-fitting manufacturer in the New-cut, four doors on the east side of the Victoria Theatre. The premises were speedily destroyed. The scene in New-cut was of a most distressing character. Several of the small houses caught fire on the roof, and the poor occupants were throwing their scanty stock of goods out of the windows into the streets. A fire also took place in Tottenham-court-road last night on the premises of Messrs. Heal and Sons, upholsterers. A large amount of property had been saved. Fortunately, the front warehouses were saved  News of a murder is brought by the West African Mail. Oko Jumbo had surprised one of Jah Jah's canoes and murdered the whole crew, numbering 40.  The Bucks Militia, which has its head-quarters at High Wycombe, is not to be called out for training this spring, in consequence of the prevalence of small-pox in the town.  There has been some sharp discussion in the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture upon the subject of the Game Laws, and the general feeling appears to be against the Lord Advocate's bill.  Two persons baye been fined at Edinburgh police court, for working locomotives on a public highway, without having taken the precaution to send a man with a flag sixty yards in front to warn the persons by. Mr. W. J. Lovesey bas been appointed by the Lord Chancellor as stipendiary magistrate for the Borough of Sheffield, in compliance with the petition of the Sheffield Town Council.  The Scotttish metrical version of the Psalms was composed, it seems, by an Englishman, one Francis Rouse, son of Sir Anthony Rouse, who was one of the lay commissioners to the Westminster Assembly. At Liverpool last night, John Singleton, a sailor, in a drunken fit attacked his mother-in-law with a razor, and dangerously wounded her. He was taken to Bridewell, and there committed suicide by hanging himself. •  A. Roman despatch says that the Pope, in conformity with the unanimous opinion of the Congregation of Cardinals, has resolved not to communicatd the French Note to the Council.  The Scotsman says :—" It is now no secret that the memorandum reverting severely on the Greek Government, which appeared in the metropolitan papers on Tuesday, was from the pen of Lord Carnarvon." Mr. G. Vivian Poore, M.D. London, M.R.C.P., been appointed private medical attendant to Prince Leopold, whose health (says the Lancet) requires close medical supervision. • • • Sir George O'Donnell intends to contest the county of Mayo on Nationalist princfples. A county meeting will be held on Wednesday next to select the candidate of the Liberal party.  - A requisition is being signed in the county of Mayo, requesting Colonel Ouseley Higgins, now staying at Genoa, to become a candidate for the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. G. H. Moore.  Lord Mahon, son of the Earl of Stanhope, and the unsuccessful opponent of Mr. Gladstone at Greenwich, will probably be invited to contest East Suffolk against Sir Shafto Adair. Lord Mahon was prepared to stand in the Conservative interest for Norwich.  Two of her Majesty's' judges have consented to preside next week at religious meetings—namely, Mr. Baron Pigott at a public anniversary of the Baptists in. Regent's Park, and Mr. Justice Lush at a meeting in connection with the same body on Wednesday.  Intelligence from Cuba has been received at New York that the Spanish volunteers are in a state of mutiny, snd that Count Valmesada refused to obey the orders of Senor Caballero de Bodas, Captain-General of the island.  A large number of graduates of Dublin University held an indignation meeting yesterday. Resolutions disapproving of the recent memorial to Government in favour of the opening of Trinity College to all creeds were passed unanimously.  The subscriptions to the fund for defraying the costs of the projected inquiry upon sewage utilisation by a committee of the British Association amount now to upwards of £1,200. The committee will begin their investigation forthwith. The Weekly Register has authority for stating that after the dogma of infallibility has been promuigatecl, there will still be work enough to detain the Council another year in Rome. Archbishop Manning is expected home in the first week of July. - -•  The Rev. W. Tlornby, M.A., vicar of St. Michael's in the Fylde of Lancashire honorary canon and rural dean, has been appointed by the Bishop of Manchester to the archdeaconry of Lancaster. Canon Hornby is cousin to the late Earl of Derby.  Experiments made to ascertain what colours are, most quickly and easily perceived by the eye seem to chew that bright yellow is the colour most easily distingguished, and is therefore suggested for railway signals.— Photographic News. The agent of Lord Ormthwaite's estate, in county Kerry, Mr. George Sandes, whose sub-agent was fired at some few weeks since, dare not leave his residence withont a body guard of constabulary. Mr. Sandes has received several threatening letters within the last few days.  The Merchant Shipping Code, after being read a second time, will be withdrawn, and, it is said, Mr. Plim. soli will move for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the inspection of all unclassed ships, and to enforce the adoption of a maximum load line to be painted outside the vessels.  Dr. Hardwicke, the medical officer of health for Paddington, has instituted proceedings in four cases of neglect of vaccination ; and Mr. Mansfield, the Marylebone magistrate, in adjudicating upon the cases, expressed himself strongly against the ignorance and obstinacy which.hindered the effective tveration,9f the Act.  ffr *17,-7 Czairt. lir