Monmouthshire Merlin

c°^prR. T» ^APITY AGAINST THE LTFE OF t PaRIS a BiIPEROE OF THE FKENCH. 30th, 5.10 p.m.—A young man, i°mProt11i ° yeai's old, was arrested last night, and P the ar Slllg papers were found on him which led $ape 8}„ 8t of two other persons. Several others ji ^hicij ,,Ce fled. It is said that a conspiracy, with :l1 'S Ulixnfi 6 International society of Working Men }i 6itrat Up, has been discovered. Cartridges of 0t ^tiof potas- have been seized. The judicial in- It, T4 gatio" is now going on. 0i arre official journal of this evening announces the f !'JUnd Laurie in Rue des Moulins. On him were » in r a loaded revolver and letters irom per ons $> a.vows h-n compromised in the late p:ot. Baune ^;vera| Is intention to assassinate the Emperor. ii Seizutes acc°mp!iccs have been arrested. L irge of bombs, revolvers, and exp o ive 11 tiiiPe i have been male. Many more persons The ] £ tested. p tl"iage^p.eror and Empress drove out in an open 1' exp'^18 afternoon, and were loudly cheered. 10 v ^ARXs 'etaent prevails. tw terda-y iPtil 30-—The person who was arrested ffl tr enty-two Qot a soldier but a young Frenchman, f0> e catne tG^eajs of age, and a licenti ite in science. 12 terr 'gated from London. Upon being in- VmPt the E, 6 Emitted to-day his intention to at- 0t > r's life. The police found upon $PJV° have ], s implicating several other pe sons. huaj)irig- A6n arrested, but the rest succeeded in t>ate "f no+a^^ty °f bombs, cartridges, and 0 oA^l;iS, been seized. ■j t,A-ains the f ^11 Venin?- — The Journal Offici d some time past the ¥ & Cy agaW Possession of a clue to aeon- Jf at Emperor's life. Yesterday aivi an indivvf^ ^^ey arrested in the Rue A i'! laEagi7^1 named Baurie, recently t m°nev aJ and foUad in his possession a 4 ditio7, 0f PebrUa^i QJOst implicated in the con- donK the TP y ^ast. This document, m ad- < au I h ,lespectin' ;als made by Baurie, leaves no tii- '• reSolnt- ? motive of his a rrival in France, atf„ 1011 immediately to carry out the 5 < [ uals wpt„ UlPt- The same evening other indi- ^t tlj^ j, e arrested in the Quarter de Belleville. J Qi Sldenee of one of them tlie police seized a 1 Jjovvfj °mbs and a certain quantity of explos ve COD, ei"' with a receipt for its preparati )n. This Q P'racy appears connected with the former plot. C^^Jud eial inquiry is nearly terminated, and the j a, l0-t' organisers of the Paris section of the illegal i ^?°iation, L'Internationale, the head-qqarters of J bee°^ have been established out of France, have lKarrested." ( evening's journals state that the letter 1 CoiW. BJentioned is signed by Gustave Honreus ^a.S8e' Sarvady, Murat, Heligen, Germain, and the. ttaJWy also mention among those arrested Y°IQ Cormuschi, who had been expelled territory, and who recently contributed of M,Csttowards the expenses of the Com- oni M 6 on the Plebiscite. to shavelf ls Evening.—The following parti- ^assin^6611 obtained respecting theconspiracy It, '^sid 6 Emperor. The individual at lissel,, LIlce the bombs were discovered is named ^f.^e l'or A1 8 house is situated in the quarter of L lce arrived ^rt,er °f pere La Chaise. When the 0c lce "^ere im re Roussel called for help, and the l bn Ju6180^, ^?ediately surrounded by a number 1 nW, Weie rescued the prisoner. Twenty the cj Orce cal ery well made, and of an ex- jOr8mi bon^ lated at five times beyond that of ti0 teeQ C have be?nnibers of the International Associa- .SoJu-Qlade n tested, and eleven other arrests j, lblHg: Bar, 8 m°rning. The firs' accounts de- Jj Ct- Vle as a soldier and deserter were cor- jv and afs a corporal in the 7th Regiment of the oaths' iJv, ter having been condemned to six a ^^Qinpfi1!118011111611^ he deserted. He was again dp ast year for a breach of trust, and he 5,etal nf irted last year. He was present at the A Tlct°r Noir. .Hs of this evening says that a letter is ^h. wl!^De(i by Gustave Flourens, and dated April if ^at" oives instructions relative to the mode i °rit.L g the bombs. It also says that the au- 0,»iKo have proof that Flourens paid for the iC: I C*°^d I1 -^pril 30.—Yesterday evening a densely I meeting was held at the Theatre Folies- I The audience sang the Marseillaise," I arrests were made. I ^nif of the Left have addresed a I V°te i^° to the army, praying them to give a I H is he forthcoming Plebiscite. I t!tetUr>tSlertec'- that the origin of the rumour of an I v mP«ror vaviu^ been made upon the life of the I desert^k^' arose from a young soldier who I I 6^Vfer. 6 ing arrested, carrying a leaded ■ j X &ig I SOUQ^ to he^tS that he came from London, and ■ s- the bearer of compromising docu- I meeting of the Warwickshire Chamber I W ^e u J 0Q Saturday, a resolution was passed I ence of Pt18 best calculated to increase the ■ hlishm hambers of Agriculture would be the I 4 alwaveilt of local branches, forming part of I tether represented at the county chambers. ■ ^solution condemned the abolition of ■ v^Hii-o; enses, as calculated to facilitate the I thbesxtrn of crime. ■ !E i,1RE ATBACUp-—Early on Sunday ■ a fire was discovered on the premises ■ oS onS Mills, Bacup, belonging to Messrs H ^Ht^Jth and Sons, and it spread with such ■ RNV/ at hoth large cotton mills, and an ex- ■ fl it>ervWfaving' shed were, along with the ma- ■ .aiHoa j destroyed. A man who was passing saw ■ ^he in& from a window in the mule rootr., I u^ide^ave an alarm. The fire had, however, made headway, and from the stone built mill a couple of wooden gangways, which ■ a hrick mill opposite. This, too, was soon ■ '8*. whilst at the back a long weaving th The house was attached to tus w ^ains, but the pressure was so weal ■ comparatively of little use. A large 0 'belonging to M> ssrs. Sutcliffe and Sou, ■ &e'and. it was with great difficulty H destruction. It is supposed that the ■ r°m the over-heating of a flue. The los% ■ r^C^C ft about = £ 15,000, is covered by insurance* f 500 people will be thrown out of work. 44, e one or two Deople injured. ,'I I,"

A COiXOiS M.LL liuit-N 1' 1 OWIS. On Monday one of the most destructive fires which have ever occurred in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire took place at a mill at Westhoughton, a village situated about midway between Liverpool and Manchester. The building was the property of a limited company, known as the Westhoughton Co-operative Cotton Manufacturing Company, the proprietors being principally gentlemen rtsident in Westhoughton and the adjacent villages. The spinning "portion of the mill, five storeysin height, was one°of the finest structures of the kind in the county, and had attached to it an extensive weaving shed, store-room, and offices, with a number of cottages adjoining. The fire commenced a few minutes after eleven o'clock in the upper storey, but its origin could not be learnt at the time this report was dispatched. The flames immediately obtained a strong hold, and spread very rapidly, attracting the attention of persons several miles distant. A telegram was immediately dispatched to Bolton for engines, and, although they arrived a few minutes after twelve o'clock—about an hour after the fire broke out-there was then little left of the mill excepting the outer walls. The fire had spread to the store-room, most of the contents of which, however, had been removed by the hunds. A copious supply of water was obtained, and the weaving shed, which adjoins the store-room, was entirely saved. The value of the property destroyed is estimated at about .£30,000, and the shed saved is worth £ 10,000. The insurance will nearly, if not quite, cover the loss. The inmates of the cottages adjoining the mill were in great terror, and removed the whole of their household goods but, fortunately, the flames did not reach these premises. Neany 500 hands will be thrown out of employment.

Major General the Hon. J. Lindsay arrived at Montreal on the 6th instant, and issued orders tak- ,ng over command of the troops in Quebec and On- tario. Major General Lindsay, before leaving Eng- land, was, we understand, invested with full powers to take what steps he might think proper with re- gard to the formation of the force to be despatched to the Red River, which will be under his command. It is not improbable that after the transfer is made to the Dominion of Canada General Lindsay will be appointed to the governorship of the North-western Territory, and not to return to England until peace is fully established.—Army and- Navy Gazette. THE TRAMWAYS BILL.-The Tramways Committee have reported their resolutions to the House, and also the bill, with various amendments. These re- solutions are to the effect that the Government bill is to extend to Scotland; that provisional orders for the construction of tramways are to be grante by the Board of Trade and confirmed by Parliament that the consent of two-thirds of the municipal cor- poration or other local authorities is to be required; that the Board of Trade may institute a locil in- quiry that the Board of Trade may proceed to grant a provisional order, notwithstanding the ob- jechon of the local authority; that the marimvm tolls are to be fixed in the provisional order. There are various other resolutions as to the locus standi of certain parties, and to the maximum tolls. THE ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.— Several cases were heard on Monday, before V ce- Chancellor James, respecting claims made against this company by participating, and non-participat- ing policy-holders.—TheVice-Chanceilor,in deliver- ing judgment, said that the question at issue in the first case was as to the manner in which the am unt of compensation cla'ms by a policy-h .Ider could e estimated. He thought the non-participating poll y holder should be placed in the same position which he o cupied in the Albert office, or another Substan- tial office. As regarded the second class of claims, it had been contended that, as the contra, t had been made that they should participate in the pro- fits of the Albert, thev were entitled to be indemni- fied fully for the los-s they might sustain by a breach of that contract; but as the Albert had lost the opportunity of making profits, they must suffer for the risk they ran. The claims of the polic holders must precede those of the other creditors of the Company, and in all cases the calculation of damages should be made on the bases of the normal health of the party assured. However, in ca^es where the health had failed subsequently to the assurance, the subject required some further con- sideration. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-The annual meeting of the above Society was held on Monday, in Exeter Hall; Mr. W. S. Allen, M.P., in the chair. The large hall wns filled to overflowing.-The Rev. Mr. Wiseman read the report, of which the follow- ing is an abstrrctThe home recei; ts for the 'car had amounted to £109,326 3s. 3d. and the foreign rece pts to £ 36,424 12s. 5d., making the total in- come amount to £145,750 17s. 10d., being less by £,-)98 than that of last year. The expenditure, in- cluding the cost of the Canton and Hankow mis- sions, the m ssions in Italy, and the new mission- house in Paris, had been jBl 45,577 4, lOd.; leaving a, small balance towards tbeaccumulal ed(leficieii,-ies of former years, which amount to £ 19,573. Seve- ral large legacies and donations are included in the rec ipts. The report detailed the w rk of the mis- sions on the continent, in the colonies, the United States, China, the East and West Indies, &c., which had been for the most part of an encouraging and satisfactory character. The Rev. Dr. Jo -son, the president of the Conference, moved, and the Rev. Dr. Stacey, of the New Connexion, seconded the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. The Rev G. Parkes, Rev. H. Fowler, Rev. E. Jenkins, Rev. J. Denny, and other leading We-leyan minis- ters subsequently addressed the meeting. IMPRISONMENT FOR LIBEL.—The case of The Queen v. Shimmin came before the Court of Queen's Bench on Monday. This was a criminal information for libel, tried at Liverpool, when the defendant was found guilty, but sentence was deferred. The defendant now appeared to receive the sentence of the Court. Mr. Shimmin was the printer and publisher of a paper at Liverpool called the Porcu- pine, and the prosecutor was Mr. Fernie, managing director of the Merchant Trading Company. The Company wele the owners of a steam vessel called the Golden Fleece, which was lost off Cardiff, with 2 017 tons of coal on board, by the water get ing in at one of the bunkers. A Board of Trade inquiry took place into the loss, which resulted in the asses- sors finding that, from some cause or otner, out which they could not ascertain, one of the coal ports in the bunkers was forced open, and they ac- quitted the officers and crew of blame. There af- terwards appeared in the Porcupine an articleheaded Marine coal-scuttling," and in it the writer, after referring to other inquiries of the sa'-ne kind, men- tioned the Gulden Fleece in terms whicn, Mr. Fernie contended, applied to him, and charging him with having been concerned in scuttling the vessel for the purpose of obtaining the insurance, which was greater than her value.—Mr. Justice B;ackburn sentenced the defendant to one month's imprison- ment in Kirkdale Gaol, as afirst-clasa misdemeanant. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL TEM- PERANCE LEAGUE.—The annual public meeting of the National Temperance League was held on Mon- day night in Exeter Hall, London, S. Bowley, Esq., in tbe chair. The hall was crowded. Mr. Rae (secretary) read the report, showing that the tem- perance movement is gaining ground, particularly among the medical profession, and with the leading clergy of the Church of England and Dissenting denominations. On the 20th of February crowded eoncrcgationslistened to the advocacy of temperance principles in St. Paul's Cathedral, Mr. Spurgeon a Tabernacle, and the large Wesleyan Chapel in City- road __T heChairman said the meeting was not held so much to convince the public as to encourage and animate each other in the cause they had at heart. It was the wealthy part of the community, the edu- cated and refined, who were mainly to blame for 1 he depraved taste of society in regard to intoxication, therefore he hoped such classes would take part in the reformation. He was glad the medical profes- sion was coming round to their side, and hoped the Christian Church would shake off the indifference they now displayed. Though he did not work in the legislative part of the movement he near.i y hoped the United Kingdom Alliance would be suc- c. ssful. The Rev. J. G. Gregory (Chelsea) urged the importance of ministers of the gospel practising total abstinence, for tne sake of example to their flocks. Stirring addresses were also delivered by the Revs. S. Romilly Hall, Manchester A. H. Mac- h an Glasgow Joseph Crossfield, of London, and other ministers and gentlemen, the proceedings being most enthusiastic throughout Mdlle. Marie Sass, having completed a successful j number of appearances in Italy, has returned to Paris, whither she will depart for Russia, whence she has received an advantageous offer from the Italian Theatre, St. Petersburg, for the autum sea- gon.—Musical Standard. GREAT BOAT RACE ON THE TYNE.—The open boat race between Harry Kelly, of Putney, and John Bright, of Newcastle, for R200 and a level bet of £100, took place on Monday afternoon, and was witnessed by many thousands of spectators. The course was from the High Level Bridge to Scots- wood Suspension Bridge, four miles. It was a splen- did race half the distance, but immediately after- wards a foul occurred. Ultimately Kelly passed beneath the bridge with a lead of fully five leng hs. Both men claimed the race on account of the foul, but Mr. Johnson, the referee, gave his de- c,sion in favour of Kelly. THE QUORN HUNT.—On Saturday last, Messrs. Tattersall sold by auction, at the Kennels, Quorn- don, the whole of the horses connected with the late Quorn Hunt, in consequence of the retirement of Mr. J. C. Musters, the master. There was a large assemblage of gentlemen, but the bidding was very slow. Thirty-one lots were offered, and the highest price obtained was for Valesman, who was put up for 250 guineas, and sold for 300. Proctor made 270 guineas while the animal making the lowest 1 price was Fenella, which fetched 23 guineas only. Mr. Copeland, the new master, Jonly made two un- important purchases. The total sum realised was 3,631 guineas. 3,631 guineas. MISSING FOR FOUR MONTHS AND DEAD AT HOME AT LAST.-The American newspapers report a curious case. A man named Colt, living in New York, disappeared on the second of December last, being last seen by the conductor of a car apparent- ly going towards his home. The relatives and his wife made every exertion to find Colt, without the slightest success. A' out the time her husband disappeared, Mrs. Colt noticed that the outhouse door, which fastened with a spring-lock, was shut, and as she had no key, she was unable to open it. The natural grief and anxiety attending the fruit- less search for her missing husband, caused Mrs. Colt to pay no special heed to the circumstance, and she made no effort to open the door. Mr. Coit still continuing to be missing, his wife and children were c finally compelled, after an interval of some three weeks, to leave their residence and seek another more suited to their changed circumstances. The second floor which thev had occupied was not relet and still remains untenanted. On Tuesday (April 12), several boys residing in the neighbourhood en- gaged in a game of hide and seek," and one of them in the course of his play peered through a y I knot-hole in the side of the out-house already spoken of, and was surprised to see the form of a man therein. The police weresuhsequently notified, and broke open the door, and discovered that the man was quite dead and slightly black in the face. It proved to be the missing Colt. The process of decomposition had in some unexplained manner been greatly retarded. THE ATHENIAN MASSACRE.—The Levant Herald g-,yg :—The brigands of ?entelicus are in luck. A wealthy Irish peer, a brice of secretaries of lega- tion, and a couple of other well-born Englishmen form such a bag as theseclasswal sportsmen have not made for years. Tie neare t approach to it was the ^aoture, 18 or 20 nonths ago, of a yatching- party in the Morea, and strne time after that of M. Ana 'nostopulo, the ex-Mnister of Finance. But the former escaped, if we-emember rightly, for the trifling ransom of 15,000)r 20,000 drachmas, and the Minister for some 8,00 or 10.000. Such a take, however, as has now beti made at Marathon, is worth the whole of these, vith a caravan of Cook's tourist's thrown in, as thee captors evidently know, and hence the demand foriuch a ransom as, if paid, may float the brigand broters into the Chamber, or even into office. There is t e further difference, too, between the present litte adventure and oth' r similar ones, that the Gree Government, which has proved its inability or wat of will to stamp out this plague of the country, all most probably have to pay the piper, since to is apathy or the conni- vance of more than one of s members-we sp' ak of past Cabinets quite as m\\h as of the present one—belongs the blame, an therefore the equila- ble responsibility, for the stee of anarchy of which this outrage is a result. M. Dutzj, the Minister of War, is libelled, or his relatics with this particular band are more intimate and retprocal than he would probably care to acknowledge Be this as it may, the incident is an nnfortunatfone for the Zaimes Ministry and for Greece. If had happened in Turkey, what an outcry woul have been heard against the Porte! But brigaxg in Attica and the Abruzzi are as much matters of-)urse as partridges j or blackcock. [ CAN DRUNKENNESS VITIAT AN ACCIDENT POLICY ?-This question, which one of consid r- able importance to ina "ranee coIDtnies, was areu<%d in the Court of Exchequer on Sat-day. The Acci- dent Insui-ance Company, LimitetWere the defm 1- ants in an action on a policy of i;urance agairst accident for £ 300, which was triedefore the Lord Chief Baron in Middlesex, when 1verdict was re- turned for the defendants. The plptiffs were the executors of a man who met with death in this manner :-One night he was drinkinin the Plough Tavern at Winslow, and between jelve and one o'clock, when he was described as btg « half seas over," he retired to the yard and t\re fell, he, d foremost, into a cesspool which happed to be un- protected, and he was suffocated. TJ policy con- tained a condition to the effect that e Company should not be liable if the death of thesstirecl was caused by a voluntary and wanton <po=ure" of himself to obvious and unnecessary risk d danger; and the question was whether the decead, by get- ti^g drunk, voluntarily and wantonly e>jSed him- self to the injury which led to his death. The de- fendants showed cau-e against a rule lich bad been obtained for a new trial, on the ound of misdirection and that the verdict was ajnst the evidence. On the one side it was conte ec} that when the deceased drank until he was i\ble to take care of himself, and brought himif to a danger which a sober man would have avoiq that amounted to a voluntary and wanton exposu^nr]er the terms of the policy on the other said, tl^rs.u g-u, ment was that although the clrunkennessilht have contributed to the accident, yet he cot Tlot be said to have voluntarily and wantonly e:)sed himself when in that state to the danger whi pg. s ilted in his death. The getting drunk was vm- tary, but the actual exposing of himself tc-he danger was involuntary.—The Court took tin.^ consider their judgment. A GAME CASE.—In the Court for the Considt. tion of Crown Cases Reserved, on Saturday Inst, ) case of the Qneen versus Rae came on. The prisoi was convicted at the Derby county sessions stealing a dead partridge. A number of gentlemi were out shooting at Kirk Halllam. One or otht of them shot a partridge, and the bird, after towei ing, fell in a field belonging to Colonel Newdegate one of the party. The prisoner, entering the nel( f'h" MO/1 T\lr"iI FHP VIIRRI TITV FLRMNOOL FRW t,1" l.'U" J-4. "-J"4. -1: -Jj..L'1Jj. prisoner contended that there was no case to sup- r port a charge of larceny that if there was a spark of life in the bird at the moment when it was picked up, it co"ld not be larc ny it was uncertain who gave the bird its mortal wound. The jury found that there was no evidence to prove who shot tie bird; that when the bird was picked up by the pri- son r it was alive, but in a dying state, and so dis- abled that it could not escape; and, thirdly, that the prisoner took the bird fraudulently, and with intent to defraud the owner of it. The question for the opinion of the Court was whether the bird was the subject of larceny, and whether the property in the bird was sufficiently laid in Colonel Newdegate. Lord Chief Justice Bovill said that if the indict- ment had simply stated that the prisoner had stolen a partridge it would have been bad, because a bird or an animal in a wild state was not the subject of of property. The requirement in the indictment of the words dead partridge" was not one of form, but of substance, and necessary to make the steal. ing in this case one of larceny. The bird was wounded before it died, and when it was then picked up or caught by the prisoner it was impossible to say it was anything more than a wounded bird. The proof required to establish the case had failed, and the conviction must be quashed.—Mr. Justice Willes was of the same opinion. It was never intended to make poachers who took game thieves as well as poachers.—Mr. Justice Byles, Mr. Biron Cleasby, and J usticeHannen concurred.—Conviction quashed. A voung man named Alexander Carrodus was iharged at the Bradford Police Court on Tuesday ( ivith having broken into an auction-room in the ( :own and stolen .£30 worth of silver plate. He was demanded. j J. Yan deVelde, of 46, Castle-street, Leicester- square writes to the London Telegraph that his only daughter, under 15 years of age, left, or was decoyed from, his bor ce on the 21st March, and has not since benn heard f THE AFFAIRS OF SIR WM. RUSSELL, M.P.-This matter was brought before the Chief Court of Bank- ruptcy again on Tuesday, in respect to the pet;tion of Mr. A. G. Pooley, merchant, of Cloak Lane. The accounts, as made up and filed, show the following statement of the insolvent's position To creditors unsecured, .£62,293 14s. lid., creditors fully se- cured, .£527,572 19s. 2d. the estimated value of their securities being .£642 550 creditors partly secured, £ 1,693 14s. 5d. their securities being va- lued at £1,150; other liabilities, .£18,071 3s. 9d. creditors current, &c. £ 1,184 19s. liabilities on bills discounted, estimated at £9,847 5s. 7d. mak- ing the total unsecured liability £ 92,940 17s. 8d. To the credit of the estate is set out By stock in trade at Billiter-street warehouse, £ 500; book debts about £11,000, estimated to produce only £ 1,000 furniture and fixtures, £200; proper, £ 1,500 surplus from securities in the hands pffully-secured creditors, .£114,977 Os. lOd. dependent on the pro- perty being delicately handled, and sold in building Lots, at different periods. The case was adjourned. 'DISCOVERY OF ROMAN REMAINS.-The excava- tions that are being made at Bath for the construc- tion of the new Pump Room Hotel have brought to light some very interesting Roman remains. The most valuable results are the determination of the south and west limits of the great temple, and the discovery of some ornamental stonework so similar to that which appears upon the temple of Jupiter Stator at Rome as to suggest the probable date of the Bath Temple. The plan of the forum and the course of its surrounding ways may now be traced with sufficient accuracy to enable the antiquary to construct a tolerably perfect plan of Aquae Solis, at the time when it was the grand watering place of Roman Britain. A great many fragments of flat sheets of Roman glass have been found, which bear al the appearance of having be n rolled or cast. It seems impossible to doubt, with this evidence before us, that the Romans employed glass for the purpose of lighting their houses as well as in the construc- tton of drinking vessels. The Roman glass has a. peculiar blue tint and is semi-opaque. LIABILITIES OF MASTERS.-In the Court of Com- non Pleas, before Chief Justice Bovill, and Justices Eeating, Smith, and Brett, sitting in banco, the case of "Conchman v. Sillar and another" was heard. The cause of action arose from the follow- ing circumstances In June, 1868, the plaintiff ap- prenticed his son to Messrs. Sillar and Bateman, who were general and colonial brokers, and pa, d a premium of £ 99 19s. The term was for two years, and in the course of that time Mr. Sillar retired from the business, which was thenceforth carried on by Mr. Bateman. The plaintiff thereupon sued to recover damages upon the ground that the de- fendants, by dissolving partnership, had broken their covenant that they would jointly teach the plaintiff's son their business. Tue question raised by the Court, upon demurrer, was whether, under these circumstances, the plaintiff was entitled to maintain his action. Mr. Garth, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. J. Brown, Q.C., for the de- fendants. The Court held that the d ssolution of partnership disabled the defendants from being able to perform the r covenant, and, therefore, that the plaintiff c uld recover. Judgment was accor- dingly given for the plaintiff. 11 FELONY BILL.—Mr. C. Forster's Felony Bill has been amended by a Select Committee. Originally the enacting part consisted of only three lines, pro- viding that hereafter no conviction of felony shall cause a forfeiture of the lands and goods of the per- a n convicted. In our complicated system of law very little is done in three lines. The bill now con- sists of 31 clauses, and fills ten folio pages. Among the additions are c auses providing that the Court may award to persons aggrieved a sum not exceed- ing £100 by way of compensation for loss of pro- perty through felony, the sum to be deemed a judg- ment debt, due from the convict, and the court may condemn the felon to pay the costs of the prosecu- tion. During the imprisonment under the sentence the convict is to be incapable of alienating or cha g- ing his property or maintaining any suit and the crown may appoint an administrator. The adminis- trator may make compensation ( uch sum as to him shall seem meet) out of the property to any person alleged to have been injured by any alleged crim nal or fraudulent act of the convict, the claims to he investigated in such manner as the administrator shall think fit, and his decision thereon to be bind- ing. He may also make allowances for the support of the family of the convict. If no administrator is appointed, justices may appoint an interim cura- tor of the property, with a view to the benefit of the convict or his family, or to the due and proper ad- ministration and management of his property and affairs. A BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LABOURER.—On Monday, at the Uxbridge sessions, a case was heard in wh ch two carters, named John Saunders and Thomas Hammond, of Loudwater, Bucks, were char-rod with assaulting- a toll-taker. Mr. Baker Smith, for the defence, wished to call one defendant to give evidence in behalf of the other. The bench acqui- esced, and Hammond was put in the witness-box, when the f llowing strange colloquy took place. The Clerk From what I know of this class of men I think I must hesitate before swearing him. (To witness): Do you know the nature of an oath ? Witness (rubbing his head) I dun'no what you mean—The Clerk: Can vou read-have you read the Bible P Witness No.—The Clerk: Can you write r Witness No.—The Clerk Well, vou know your name, how do you spell that ? Witness I dun'no. The Clerk: Have you ever been to church ? Witness Yes, once or twice when I was a young 'un.—The Chairman We cannot take that man's evidence, Mr. Smith.—Mr. Smith But, sir, he can- not be so bad as tint. I will put the questions in a different form. (To witness) Now, my man, tell me, do you believe in future rewards and punish- ments ? Witness seemed now more perplexed than ever. and dId TInt _M\. ftTwi + V* rv VQTTO you ever heard of a God or a devil ? Witness: I dun'no^—Mr. Smith Do you know how old you are ? Witness: I be more nor 20.—Mr. Smith I think I must give him up, your worships.—The witness was then ordered to stand down. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. — The annual general meeting of the members and friends of the Church Missionary Society was held on Tuesday morning, in Exeter Hall. The Earl of Chiche-ter presided, and was supported by Lord Lawrence, the Bishop of Ripon, Bishop Crowther, Baboo Keshub Chunder Sen, Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and other gentle- men.—The Chairman congratulated the society on the progress which its missionary agents had made !jn converting the native populations in various Sarts of the world. Still there were manvoneninsrs r labour-the great need being more men and er pecuniary resources.—Mr. Hutchinson read e report, which stated that the ordinary income the year had been £141,828 10s. 7d. the ordin- V expenditure, £157,247 9s. 8d. deficit, 1869-70, 5,418 19s. Id. surplus, 186R-69. £3,302 5s. 2d.; j deficit, 1869-70, £ 12,116 13s. lid. The Society 156 missionary stations, 203 European laymen, g, 1lmasters, &c., 8 European female teachers, l,t native and country-born Christian catechists af-each ers of all classes not sent from home, and a. 17.000 communicants. Complete returns of tb^beokuta and New Zealand missions had not befe,eceived. The society had withdrawn from 87 sions, chiefly added to parochial establish- ment the West Indies or transferred to the nati ^yjurch in Sierra Leone, containing 10 native c er 356 communicants, and 12,866 scholars.- Mr. Fowler, M.P., moved, and Colonel Field, C.B., onded, a resolution adopting the report, and thank. the Archbishop of York for his presence on M°|y night last, which was adopted.—Bishop Crowt. 0f the Niger territory, moved the next resolut. affirmed that the continued pro- gress o^e mission to the Niger and adjacent livers, on by natiye agency under native episcopalperintendence, showed that upon native T^WTI reliance mainly be placed.—The Rev. i Missionary from Calcutta, seconded the re iitio £ hich was unanimously adopted.—The vJ pH' vicar of St. John's, Cardiff, and other gen\en, afterwards addressed the meeting. Information has been received in Skibbereen of a quantity of arms and ammunition concealed in the :own, and also of a meditated rising. The Rev. Brabazon Grant, rector of Rathconrah, In the county of Westmeath, has recieved a letter threatening him with death unless he dismisses all his Protestant servants. A PRESENT FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES.—A large joss or idol has been sent home from China by Admiral Keppel, as a present for His Royal High- ness the Prince of Wales, and has arrived at Sand- ringham. The figure weighs about 30 cwt., being made of metal. It is not of great height, but of massive proportions. The ornamentation is elabo- rate, and the whole details of the figure are dis- tinguished bv the painstaking minuteness which generally characterises Chinese workmanship. POLITICAL SITUATION IN AUSTRIA.—The Wan. derer says, While in Austria the political situation becomes more involved from daytodiy, while the Ger ra"s, and more especially the German peasan- try, ostentatiously show their dislike of the new Government, though the Czechs remain as sullen as ever, the way is gradually being paved for a great religious revolution in Bohemia. The Slavo- nian national church begins to show signs of life, and only too soon, far sooner, indeed, than Cardinal Schwarzenberg himself expected the apprehensions which that prelate communicated to his Holiness in reference to the question of infallibility seem likely to be realised. The idea of founding a church at first for the Czechs alone, which is to be indepen- dent of Rome without ceasing to be Catholic, is by no means new. The Czechs hope by means of a common church to tighten the national ties which have as yet held the Slavonian races of Austria and Hungary only loosely together. Whoever has fol- lowed the Hussite movement duringthelast fewyears must, in spite of its strong political flavour, have been conv;nced that, though its leaders used the name of Huss as a watchword they had no intention of reforming the Church. The purpose these men either consciously or unconsciously aimed at was the union of the whole Slavonian race by means of a national church. First of all it was necessary to break the ground which had lain fallow for centuries This has been done. The soil was loosened by the Huss demonstration of last year, a movement directed in some respects with admirable skill, and what was the result ? In spite of the brilliant and frequently enthusiastic speeches which were made and circulated by the press, in spite of the Hussite tracts distributed among the peasantry, and the energetic though secret support of the Young-Czech country clergy, the movement could not be properly set agoing, and it seemed as if last year's efforts would be fruitless when the supporters of the Na- tional Church suddenly found a new and powerful ally in Rome. What the brilliant and enthusiastic speeches of our modern Hussites could not effect, what the press could not produce by publicity, nor the Young-Czech clergy by secret agitation, Rome has achieved by stating the question of Papal infal- libility. The question has borne the healthy seed which, as it is certainly tended by the leaders of the Czech party, will doubtless strike deep root in the soil, thrive luxuriantly, and bear fruit. And to Rome the credit of this is due. The apostles of a n Itional church have also gained new adherents of intellectual and scientific mark in Dr. P;chler and Dr. Overbeck, two Russian officials of high stand- ing. Dr. Pichler is well known to the literary world as one of the greatest of Dollinger's disciples, His works entitled the History of the Eastern Church," and the Reform of the Catholic Church" are sufficient proofs of his extraordinary talents and vast knowledge. His long friendship with Dollinger has doubtless done much to strengthen his bold plans of ecclesiastical reform. It is highly prob- able that the national Slavonian chu'-ch of the fu- ture will have many points of resemblance with the Russian Church, but there will be one essential d'fference between them. While in Russia the Czar is the head of the Church, the highest ecclesi- astical authority of the new Slavonian national Church will be a synod composed of the highest spiritual dignitaries. Whether, and to what ex- tent the Russian Government is concerned in the movement is a question we canno' answer at pre- sent, but it is certain that it is well acquainted with the steps of the Slavonian national party. PERILOUS ADVENTURE IN AN OLD COAL-MINE.— The Scotsman gives the following account of an ex- traordinary adventure :-A few days ago an old miner, named John Miller, residing at Parkfoot near Denny, along with his son James, had a narrow escape from death in the extensive coal-mines at Banknock, belonging to Mr. W. Wilson. The old man, who had lately given up the occupation of min- ing, was under the impression that a portion of the coal remained unworked in a part of the coalfield where the workings had been abandoned for nearly half a century. So confident was he of the existence of this part of theseamthat he frequently expressed his intention of exploring it, although he was often strongly dissuaded from doing so. Withoutinforming any one, however, the old man and his son entered the mine by an old day level between nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon, and soon found their way into the old disused portion of the workings in search of the unwrought seam. They had never thought of the probahlestate ofthe labyrinth of roads and passages which they would have to traverse, nor made any provision for a prolonged stay; but equip- ped with a couple of common lamps and four lucifer matches, the explorers proceeded fearlessly into the depths of the old workings in quest of their ob- ject. Having reached a quarter where the venti- lation had ceased, they suddenly found themselves among noxious gases, and to complete their mis- fortunes their lights were extinguished. The four matches were now their sole resource and these were successively struck but owing to the state of the air no light could be obtained. Left in com- plete darkness in the damp, dismal mine, with a choking atmosphere around thtm, and nobody aware of their unfortunate situation, their condition was certainly dangerous for to have remained long in the atmosphere which enveloped them would have been certain death. Fortunately, after wandering about for a short time they got into better air; but how to get out still remained a fearful question. Hour after hour the two adven- turers wandered through literally hundreds of rooms, roads, and passages without discovering any means of egress. Nor was the mere feeling of being lost in the mine, without any visible means of escape, the worst of their misfortunes. The uncertainty of their fate increased at almost every step. The falls from the roof had blocked up the passages; and wherever they went the slightest touch would bring away a loose mass of rock which might kill them instantaneously. Once was the old man caught in this way, but as the fall was slight, his son got him relieved without his having suffered much injury. Wandering, and more frequently crawling about on hands and knees for many hours without food or light, hope began to sink within them; but still they trudged on until hunger and fatigue, cold and we rendered them unable to move, and their end seemed close at hand. Meanwhile, steps were being taken outside to effect their recovery The miner's wife waited patiently during the night for their return, and when morning came she informed her neighbours of their absence, a.nd also of her suspi- cion that they were lost in the mine, as she had fre- quently heard the old man express his intention of exploring the seam referred to. She was confirmed in her suspicions by observing that the lamps and the oil-flask were gone. The whole facts she very soon communicated to Mr. John Stirling, manager of the works, andhe instantly proceeded to organise searching parties to discover the missing men. This was a difficult and dangerous occupa- tion, for unless proper precautions were taken the searchers themselves might also get lost amidst the many miles of coal waste. Marking their course wit h chalk on the walls as they proceeded, the search- ing parties, after an arduous search, came upon traces of the explorers, and steadily following up those indications, they at length came upon the son, and shortly afterwards the father was also found. The old man was in a state of utter prostration, and had to be carried out of the mine; and his son, al- though apparently not so much exhausted, swo ned away as soon as he reached the open air. The poor men were in a pitiable condition. From head to foot they were covered with mud and dirt, and their clothes torn to shreds, so that nobody could re- cognise them. They were then conveyed home, after having been 30 hours in the mine. The old man has since been confined to bed, and his re- covery is doubtful; while the son, owing to his youth and strength, bag completely recovered. • •» • • • a i following letter has toeen T&m oeived in reply to an inquiry as to the proper de-f' wP oo^r.Hous^London, <r W.C. 29th April, 1870.—Sir,—I have laid before the ,0 Board of Inland Revenue your letter of the 25th instant relative to the deductions to be made for < income tax from half-yearly payments of rent and interest on mortgages falling due since the 5th of It" this month. In reply, I am directed to acquaint to you that the deduction should be at the rate of 5d. r in the pound on the portion of the payment of renti or interest applicable to the period to the 5th April, and at the rate of 4d in the pound upon the remain- der.-I am, &c. T. SARGENT.—Mr. W. W. MorreU." CARDINAL CULLEN'S DEPARTURE FOR ROME. —R. Cardinal Cullen left Dublin on Saturday morning a for Rome. A pastoral from him was read in all the Roman Catholic Chapels on Sunday morning last, it in which he denounces Fenianism and Freemason- -p ry. He urges opposition to Mr. Newdegate's £ motion and in reference to the Land Bill says The statesmen who have shown so much love for q the public good and the welfare of Ireland by under- a taking a work of such magnitude, may be defeated B by their opponents, but they deserve our warmest thanks and the lasting gratitude of the country. In r my opinion, it would be fatal policy to do anything' L to weaken their hands or assist in driving them from power. CHASE AFTER A PRINCESS,—Le Gaulois relates an incident which it says occurred a few days since at ¡t Nice. The Princess of Monaco, who, by the advice ') of the Emperor Napoleon, recently returned to her r husband at Nice, determined, for some reasons not known, to quit him, and with her mother took seats .'t in a carriage forming part of the train for Paris. The Prince followed his wife and desired her to 1 alight, but she refused. He threatened to invoke) the aid of the gendarmes; but the Princess was in- t exorable. The stationmaster, finding the hour of departure bad already passed, ordered the carriage in which the Princess was seated to be disconnected, r and despatched the remainder of the train to Paris leaving the Prince and his wife to arrange their i'1 difference at leisure. ° ANOTHER SCENE IN THE (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. £ -According to reports received at Vienna, a speech made at a recent sitting of the Council by Cardinal Prince Schwarzenberg, created even a greater up- roar than the famous one of Bishop Strossmayer. rf He said that the time for religious wars was past, and that an epoch of conciliation was at hand. It was equally unchristian, unintelligible, and incor- ) rect to place the Protestants in the same category with heathens and Atheists. The Roman Church j' and the Roman bishops must accept a word of ad- vice on this subject from the German and Austrian prelates. The latter are in daily communication with Protestants, and know them better than those T who never see them or read their books. The pre- siding legate, Cardinal d' Angelis, here interrupted the speaker, and a warm dispute between the two cardinals ensued. The President strove repeatedly, I' but in vain, to silence the Cardinal with his bell; I and at length the bishops drowned his protests in a i storm of hisses, in the midst of which the Cardinal ,j' was carried from the tribune, half-fainting from ex- a citement, to his seat.-Eastern Budget. r THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN.—The Dublin cor- ,1 respondent of the Pall MaU Gazette writes :-The,r position of Archbishop Trench is likely to become henceforward very uncomfortable. His correspon- dence with Mr. Maberly has produced considerable excitement, and a lay protest against his Grace's declared views, in addition to the clerical one, is now talked of. The tract which has caused the ..J hubbub is out of print here and an inquiry at the booksellers discovers the fact that another large t; supply has been ordered from London to meet the ~1 demand. The protestors against the Archbishop's J opinions complain of his unsoundness with regard) to the Real Presence, baptismal regeneration and t the practice of confession but in parti cular of the i description of questions suggested for self-exami- l nation" in the manual of which his grace authorised -r the circulation in his diocese. It is said that the f effect of this unhappy dispute will be to prevent many persons from subscribing to the Sustentation Fund in the diocese of Dublin. Others predict that 1; it will precipitate a movement, which there was be- fore a general desire to defer, for a revision of the Prayer-book. Others, again, speak gloomily even of a possible disruption in the Irish Church at no very distant date. A CARDINAL ON PAPAL INFALLIBILITY.—The first: printed protest by a Cardinal against the doctrine of Papal infallibility has (says the Eastern Budget) just been published at Naples, under the title of "De Summi Pontificis Infallibilitate Personali." x Its author, the Austrian Cardinal Prince Schwarzen- berg, begins by guarding himself against the view that the opponents of Papal infallibility are also the adversaries of Papal authority and supremacy; an accusation which, he says, is obviously unjust and uncharitable. He next proceeds to combat the J arguments in favour of Papal infallibility of the Jesuit Bellarmin, and especially of Dr. Manning. In opposition to these arguments he brings forward thefollowingpoints :-1. A doctrine which is neither indicated in the Holy Scriptures nor in tradition so as to be at once recognised everywhere by all—and such a doctrine is that of personal infallibility—can never be a subject of dogmatical definition. 2. The principal defect of the doctrine is that it gives the right of decision in matters of faith to the Pope alone, and thereby deprives of such right the other depositories of the apostolic office. 3. It should be remembered that neither the Pope nor the bishops are masters of God's word; they are its servants, and they must learn before they can teach. 4. Hitherto, as a matter of practice, all the popes, in- cluding Pius IX. himself, have always consulted the bishops, &c. before coming to any important religious decision but this will be impossible if the Pope is made personally infallible, for in such case he can- not ask or accept advice. 5. What is to become of Papal infallibility if the Pope should fall ill in mind or body-if a long vacancy were to occur in the Holy See; or if in consequence of a schism the validity of the Papal election should be doubtful? The pamphlet concludes by warmly urging the abandonment of the dogma of Papal infallibility as the only means of securing peace in the Church. THE Loss OF THE STEAMER SEA QUEEN, WITH TWENTY-NINE HANDS ON BOARD. — EXTRAORDI- NARY REVELATIONS.—A Board of Trade inquiry is at present being held in Newcastle into the circum- stances connected with the loss of the screw steamer Sea Queen, of London, and all the hands (twenty- nine in number) on board, on the 14th of February last, while on a voyage from Newcastle to Malaga. A large number of witnesses were examined on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last. Several wit- nesses spoke to the unseaworthy condition of the vessel during the voyage preceding the one in which. she was lost, the pumps having to be freely used, and several of the men refusing to go in her again. Others described her disgraceful state when she left the Tyne for Malaga, wanting her main-mast, being very leaky, and much overladen. The dock- master said he observed to persons standing by when she left the Tyne Docks that she was nothing else but a coffin for the poor fellows on board." During the whole of his experience he had never seen a steamer leave the docks so deep in the water, and he' said to several persons at the time that she would never reach her destination."—The widows, fathers, sisters, and other relatives of the poor fellows who were lost also gave evidence. Some stated that the men only joined the ship on the un- derstanding that she was to be overhauled before sailing. That had not been done, however; and, al- though matters were made worse by the overload- ing, the men were compelled to go or be sent to prison. One told his wife that he only went for the sake of her and the bairns," and to save him- self from being thought a coward. Another replied, when his sister entreated him not to go, I've signed articles I'm no coward; I'm only afraid of my character, and don't wish to be sent to prison." John Potter, who had a son on board as fireman, said his son told him that her side was so low that he could wash his hands over the gunwale. Wit- ness and his wife tried to persuade him from going in the ship, but he replied that he had signed arti- cles, and must go. At the sitting of the court to- day (Monday), the crew of the Cockle light-ship, and some coast-guardsmen near Yarmouth, will be called to give evidence as to the state of the steamer at or about the time she is supposed to have gone down. We need not add that the inquiry is ex- citing much interest not only among nautical men, but also among the public generally. aUiJ at uu1 %ninuu