The Sun. — 1870-06-14 (London, England)

THE REPORTED MURDER OF A CONSUL.—The rumoured assassination of the United States Consul at Yedo has been contradicted, a burglar's visit having originated the report. The Standard is informed that the Rev. H. Wilson one of the curates of the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, of Frome, has been formally received into the Church of Rome.  ------The mackerel fishery has been prosecuted off the eastern coast this year with variable results. On one day, however, last week as many as 25,400 fish were landed at Lowestoft.  It is stated at Oxford that the youthful Egyptian Prince, Hassan, who is now in residence at that University, intends to complete a three years' residence at Christ Church.  Mr. Peel Dawson, M.P. for the county of Londonderry has been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Derry. Tho new Lord-Lieutenant is a nephew of the late Sir Robert PeeL  The foot and mouth disease has broken out in Longleat Park, Leeds, where 400 head of cattle have recently been taken in for summer grazing. Every precaution is being taken, and the park is closed to the public.  The death is announced of Commander Henry Wall, 8.N., in his sixty-fifth year. This gallant officer received the thanks of both Houses of Parliamert, in conjunction with the First Lieutenant of the Thetis, on board which vessel he was serving, for having, in 1825, saved by their exertions 107 sail of merchantmen which had been cast ashore in a heavy gale in the Bay of Gibraltar.  The new City terminus of the Metropolitan District Railway will be at the junction of Queen-street and Cannon-street, or about 200 yards from the Mansion House, the new Queen Victoria-street affording a direct approach to the station.—Railway News.  A serious fire, which resulted in the destruction of a great quantity of valuable farming implements and agricultural produce, took place on Saturday morning at the farmstead of Mr. Anthony Hancock, at Stubley, near Dronfield, Sheffield. Damage to the extent of £BOO was done.  The Manchester Courier says that a building firm in that city recently received a threatening letter, informing them that they would be served in the same manner as Mr. Johnson. A strict watch was kept on their premises, and several men found inside the yard have been arrested.  A. woman, named Reed, residing at Exeter observed, on Saturday morning, the legs of a man hanging over the side of a water-butt in a court in which she lived. On looking into the butt she found that the man was her husband, who was dead. It is supposed that he committed suicide.  A. testimonial is about to be presented to the eminent surgeon, Professor Partridge, F.R.S., by the old and present students of King's College and King's College Hospital, to mark the sense they entertain of his services to the institution and to themselves personally during a period of forty years.  Proceedings have been taken in -the case of " Martin v. Jackson," to bring the appeal of the Rev. Mr. Jackson, the rector of Ledbury, before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Unless the cause be hurried on, it cannot, on account of the arrears, be heard for about a year.—Worcestershire Chronicle.  At one of the Liverpool railway stations, while several thousand persons were awaiting, a young woman from Rochdale, Sarah Aspinall, accidentally fell, owing to the crush, under the wheels of a train that was being backed into a departure sliding, and had both her legs shockingly mangled. She died four hours afterwards.  We are glad to notice (says the Musical Standard) the frequency of small and comparatively unostentatious meetings of country choirs for evening choral service. Regarding many of the larger gatherings it may be justly held that the musical result is, in no way commensurate with the trouble expended upon preliminaries. Meanwhile more care should be taken to exclude all but grave and steady chants and sober hymn tunes with more distinctive melody about them than many now enjoying a fleeting popularity among the " authors' friends."  rrHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at j_ w. SMITH'S "Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden 'own.