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HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, July…
HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, July I860. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. Their Lordships met at four o'clock, for the pur- pose of hearing the Royal assent given by Commis- sion to various public an 1 private bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of St. Albans, and Lord de Tabley. Viscount Evers- ley entered the House while the proceedings were fc'oing 011, but remained standing at the door, with- out taking his usual seat. Shortly after fonr o'clock, Colonel Clifford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, was directed to summon the attendance of the Lower House, and shortly afterwards the Speaker, accom- panied by the Sergeant-at-A rms, and about twenty Members, appeared at the bar. The Commission was read by the Clerk at the Table, and the RoyaJ assent was then given with all the usual formalities. The first bill to receive the assent was an Act to put an end to the Establishment of the Irish Church, and to make provision in respect thereof, and also in respect of the College of Maynooth. AGRARIAN CRIME IN IRELAND.—The Marquis of CLANRICAF.DE called attention to the inefficiency of the police and magisterial arrangements for the pre- vention of crime or detection of criminals in Ireland. He stated that the constant occurrence of agrarian outrages in Ireland, and the inability of the authori- ties to detect the perpetrators, were a disgrace to the country. During the last fifteen months, commencing with the murder of Mr. Featherstonhaugh, and ending with the attempted murder of Mr. Warburton, there had been fifteen outrages of this character. Although eleven persons had been killed, and three severely wounded, only two of the perpetrators had been brought to justice, and no life had been forfeited for so many lives taken. In 1865, there were 87 agrarian outrages in Ireland in 1S67, 123 and in 1868, 160. The impunity with which murder and outrages were committed showed that the executive Government were powerless, and that assassins were all-powerful. He urged that there ought to be more efficient con- stabulary for the prevention and detection of crime, and that theGovernment should place themselves more in communication with the loyal resident gentry. Lord DUFFERIN said that he could do no more than repeat to the Noble Marquis, as on former occasions, that the Government deeply deplored the constant oc- currence of these outrages. They were prepared to consider any plan for repressing them which could be submitted to them, and they were at present consider- ing a, scheme for extending the police system by the employment of secret police. Of course it could not be exdected that he could enter into the details of the scheme, but he would again assure the Noble Marquis that no measure would be neglected by which the authorities could bring the perpetrators of these atrocious crimes to condign punishment. EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL.-Lord PENZANCE moved the second reading of the Evidence Amend- ment Bill. He explained that the object of the bill was to enable the parties in a divorce suit to give evidence Lord CHELMSFORD pointed out that there was this difficulty in the case—that where a woman had broken the marriage vow she would not hesitate to commit perjury.After some conversa- tion, the bill was read a second time. The Bankruptcy Bill and the Imprisonment for Debt Bill passed through committee. The Endowed Schools Bill, the Medical Superan- nuation (Ireland) Bill, the Fines and Fees Collection, the Local Government (Supplemental) Bill, and the High Constable's Office Abolition, &c., Bill, were read a third time and passed.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY,…
HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, July 26th. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. — The House were summoned by Black Rod to attend the Royal Com- mission in the House of Lords. On the return the Speaker announced that the Royal assent had been given by Commission to the Irish Church Bill, which was received with very loud cheers from the Minis- terial benches, but in solemn silence by the Oppoai- tion. CONSULAR FEES.-In reply to Mr. Stevenson (S. Shields), Mr. Oi'WAY (Chatham) said that the British Consuls at Huelva and Xeres had been in the habit of exacting fees under three heads, two of which had been declared to be illegal. In the case of the Tytie, of South Shields, the Consul had been ordered to re- pay 4s. 3d., which lie had done, and the money could be sent for by the Hon. Member of the Foreign-office. WORKSHOPS' ACT.—In reply to Mr. Sainuelson (Banbury), Mr. BRUCE (Renfrewshire) said that it would probably be necessary to extend the provisions of the Factory Workshop Acts, which expire in July, 1870, but he could not promise to undertake the great risk of consolidating the whole of the laws relating to the employment of women and children. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.—On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. GRAVES (Liver- pool) called attention to the necessity for further ac- curacy in statistical returns for trade and navigation, issued by the Board of Trade.Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE (Reading) pointed out the great difficulty of collecting these returns, and whilst admitting that the monthly returns were not sufficiently accurate to enable mer- chants to base or regulate their transactions upon them, he contended that the annual returns gave a very fair and adequate impression of the trade of the country in general. He, however, intimated that the Department would be very glad of any assistance or suggestions to render the returns more useful.Mr. Bazley (Manchester), Mr. Hermon (Preston), and Mr. Candlish reiterated the complaints of Mr. Graves. Mr. RAIKES (.Chester) moved for a select committee to inquire into the circumstances under which a con- tract or agreement was made by the Officer of Works with the Venice and Minario Glass Company Limited for the decoration of the central hall of the Palace at Westminster. As the Government did not oppose the motion, being desirous of a full inquiry, he need not press home his case but it had transpired that the President of the Board of Works (Mr. Layard) had very irregularly entered into a contract with this company, and it was desirable that the mat- ter should be fully inquired into, inasmuch as the Right Hon. Gentleman had himself very recently been a shareholder of the Company.Mr. LAYARD said he had not the slightest objection to the inquiry. The question. had been under the consideration of his predecessor, and the contract was entered into by the architect and not by the office of Works. He indignantly repudiated the statement of the Hon. Member, which onght in common fairness to have been held over until the matter had been investigated. When he was in Italy he had paid great attention to the secret of the ancient mosaics, and became acquain- ted with a valuable discovery which had been made. This discovery would, in a fine art point of view, be of the greatest value to this country, considering the effect of its climate, and his object in forming the committee was to promote fine arts. The first person who recognised the value of this discovery for this country was the Queen, who directed it to be used in the Hyde Park Memorial to the late Prince Consort. The result would be also seen in Westminster Abbey and, where everything else had failed, he believed, it would be most successful in decorating the walls of the Houses of Parliament. On taking office, he had disposed of his shares, but the names of the share- holders would show that the object of the company was the promotion of the fine arts; and when Mr. Barry proposed to adopt it in the House of Parlia- ment, he at once consulted with several persons of authority, and with their approval gave his sanction without the slightest secrecy to the proposal, which was afterwards also sanctioned by the Treasury. Ho was not ashamed of the transaction in the slightest degree, and he courted the fullest inquiry Mr. WARD HUNT (Northampton N.) congratulated the Right Hon. Gentleman upon having so satisfactorily explained a matter which, at first, bore an unsatis- factory aspect, and with respect to which there were unfavourable reports afloat. He hoped the motion would not be pressed.Lord Elcho (Haddington), Mr. M. Chambers (Devonport), and Mr. Scourfield (Pembrokeshire), expressed a similar opinion, and the motion was withdrawn A very interesting conver- sion^ place on Major McGuires camping system ana Ins hammocks were strongly advocated by Mr. Knight (Worcester W.) Col. Annesley (Cavan), General Herbert (Kerry), but Mr. Grant Duff(Elgin) intimated that the opinion of the authorities in India was not unanimous as to its merits.. SUPPLY-The House went into Committee of Sop- ply. On the vote of £ l3d 150 for National Educai iou 1 C ucallOn in Ireland, Mr. MAGUIRE (Cork) complained of the condition in which the National teachers were left, who, he stated, were worse fed, clothed, and housed than ordinary labourers After a short con- versatioii, the vote was agreed to, as were also several other votes, connected with the Public Work Depart- ment in Ireland. THE TELEGRAPHS BILL.—On the motion for going into Committee on the Telegraphs Bill, Mr. W. Fow- ler complained strongly of the terms of the agreement made with the Telegraph Companies.Mr. A. Tor- rens moved that the Bill be referred back to the Select Committee. The House divided, when the amendment was rejected by a majority of 148 to 23, and the House went into Committee.On Clause a discussion arose with respect to the description of signals to which the monopoly should apply.TLe committee divided, when the amendment was agreed to by a majority of 123 to iû, which virtually decided in favour of complete and permanent monopoly.The other clauses were passed after some discussion, The Habitual Criminals Bill and several other Treasures WIBI e Alv ULW41 4L iltuat),
I HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday,…
HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday, July 27th. Iuisit LAND TENURE.—Lord DITNSANY moved 'the second reading of the Tenants' Purchase by lu- stnlmen's Bill.After some remarks from the Maruuis of Clanricarde the bill was withdrawn; as was also the Tenure (Ireland) Bill. On the motion of Lord HOUGHTON, the County Courts Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, 1SC8, Amendment Bill was read a second time. On thn motion of Lord XORTHBROOK, the Con- tagions Diseases Bill was read a second time. The report of the amendments in committee to the Bankruptcy Bill, the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, and the Prevention of Gaming (Scotland) Bill were brought up and agreed to. The Debts of Deceased Persons Bill, the Poor-law Amendment (Ireland) No. 2 Bill, and the High Con- Office Abolition Bill, were read a third time j and passed. The Shipping Dues Exemption Act 1S67 Amend- ment Bill, the Cinque Ports Act Amendment Bill, and the Act, 186:3, Amendment Bill were read a second time. NEW ZEALAND.—The Earl of CARNARVON called attention to the present position of affairs in New Zealand. He analysed the despatches in the Blue Book recently published at some length, expressing an opinion that the surrender of the control of native affairs, although perhaps somewhat premature, must now be accepted as a necessary fact, and that the present policy, which had been pursued by several successive Secretaries of State, would ultimately be acauiesced in by the colonists, when the present irri- tation had subsided, not only as the best but as the only one which would be adopted. He suggested that a commissioner armed with similar powers to those with which Lord Durham was sent to Canada, and Sir H. Storks to Jamaica, should be sent to New Zealand. Earl GRANVILLE complimented the Noble Earl on the jndieious character of his observa- tions, which were calculated to strengthen the policy of Her Majesty's Goverment, which had been gen- erally approved of by the country. He would not now say more than that the Government intended to adhere to that policy. He trusted that the difficulties; of the colony, and the irritation in it, would only be temporary, and that the Colonial Government would learn the real nature of the responsibility which it had assumed, and adopt measures of conciliation to- wards the natives, which would put an end to the state of briifindage rather than war which prevailed in it. .The BiSHCP of LICHFIELD said that the state of the colony of New Zealand was so serious that its case demanded not so much the rigid and just but the merciful and compassionate consideration of the mother country, more especially as the latter had never discharged inspirit the duties which she had originally assumed towards the natives. He suggested that a district should be assigned to the native kiug, and that legal powers should be given to him to frame laws for the government of the natives. He gave a very in- teresting sketch of the policy pursued under the auspices, or larher the neglect, of the Colonial office towards the natives, which evidently made a consider- able impression on the House, showing that none of the obligations assumed by the treaty of Waitangi had been carried out on behalf of the natives that their intestine wars had been allowed; that incessant intrigues had been fomented for the sake of acquir- ing laud, until the natives themselves, to put an end to the anarchy which prevailed amongst them, set up the King movement. He then described the state of the marauding bands now in rebellion, and expressed an opinion that it was beyond the means and power of the colony to put them down and, under all these circumstances, he urged that the colony had a claim on the mother country for aid in maintaining the Queen's peace and the supremacy of the Crown. The policy of the Government was virtually an isolation of New Zealand from the rest of the Empire, and, in practice, a dismemberment of it.After some remarks from Lord LYVEDEN, the subject dropped. EQUALISATION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.— On the motion of Earl FORTESCUE, an address for a despatch relating to the equalisation of weights and j measures was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Tuesday, July 27th. DIVIDENDS ON GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.— In reply to Mr. Kinnaird (Perth), Mr. A YRTON (Toner Hamlets) said that a proposal was under the consider- ation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for changing the system of paying the dividends on Government securities by the Bank of England, and remitting, as in the case of railway and other companies, dividend warrants to the holders of such stocks. INDIAN RAILWAYS.—In reply to the same Hon. Member, Mr. GKANI'DUI'E (Elgin) stated that a rail- way to Darguling had been recommended by the Gov- ernment of India, and a preliminary survey had been sanctioned, with the view of extending the Eastern Bengalltailway from Kooshtea. THE CHANNEL AND MEDITERRANEAN FLEETS. —Captain EOERTON (Derby E.) asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Board had considered the proposal understood to have been contemplated by their predecessors, of bringing together the Chan- nel and the Mediterranean fleets during some part of the summer mouths Mr. CHILDERS (Pontefract) said that although he had no official information of what was before the late Board of Admiralty on this subject, he had reason to apprehend that a proposal to bring together the Channel and Mediterranean fleets was under consideration once or twice, but a difficulty prevented it from being carried out, the difficulty being that the commanders-in-chief of the two squadrons were vice-admirals of nearly the same standing, and there was some objection to bringing them together in one fleet. The present Board of Admiralty had considered the proposal, and if the state of public business would permit, his gallant friend, Sir Sydney Dacres, and himself intended to go out at the end of August with the Channel squad- ron, with a view of meeting the Mediterranean squad- ron for a joint cruise. THE CHURCH IN THE ISLE OF SKYE.-In reply to Mr. Cameron (Inverness-shire), Mr. BRUCE (Ren- frewshire) gave the authority upon which lie had made a statement to the effect that the attendance in the Quoad Sacra Parish Church of Watermish, Isle of Skye, consisted of only two old men. His authority was a petition, signed by 194 persons resident in the parish, and by the only two heritors in the parish, which petition stated that the congregation consisted of two old men, one of them the clerk of the kirk ses- sion, and the other the beadle. Since then lie had re- ceived other statements of a contradictory and con- flicting character. The report on supply was brought up and agreed to, as also was a report upon Parochial Schools (Scot- land) Salaries, Expenses, and Grants. The Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill was then considered in committee, and occupied the rest of the sitting.
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Wheat harvest has already commenced in mid- Devon. On Friday last Mr. J. Lee, of Warrens Farm, Crediton, reaped a field of eight acres; and Mr. Hellier, of Dunsford, began reaping on the same dav. Winter oats, which have been generally sown this year, are already nearly harvested. On Saturday, two men, named Plimmer and Brisks, in the employ of the Great Western Railway Com- pany, were apprehended at Shrewsbury, charged with a series of thefts from trains running over that Com- pany's lines. It is stated that among the things stolen are some hundreds of bottles of wine. The obituary department, after continuing for a century, has been dropped out of the G untie man's Magazine. It will henceforth be continued in The. Register, which will be published by Messrs. Hard- wicke, of Piccadilly, and edited by Mr. Walford, a former editor of the Gentleman'a Magazine. We are glad to state that the Premier's late illness was merely an attack of diarrhoea. Dr. Andrew Clark attended the Right Hon. Gentleman on Friday morning-, and again on Saturday. Mr. Gladstone is suffering from slight weakness, but it is hoped that in a few days his health will be completely restored. Near Fo^toria, Ohio, lives a gentleman aged 106 years, by his own account. He has a son aged about SO years, and another about six months. He married his present wife abont nine years ago, and now gives as his reason for taking a young wife that he thought; he might get old some time, and need to be taken care of. Sunday was the anniversary of the birthday of the Duchess of Cambridge, when her royal highness at- tained her 72nd year. The Prince and Princes of Wales paid a visit to the Duchess, and during the day her royal highness received numerous visits from members of the aristocracy. In the evening the Duke of Cambridge had a select dinner party. It is stated that the Jewish Theological Society, comprising the most learned Rabbis in Germany, re- solved at a recent sitting at Breslau to prepare an en- cyclopaedia of the Talmud, for the purpose of facili- tating and encouraging the study of that portion of their national literature, which was lately introduced to the notice of the public in this country with so much success, and deserves to be better known. The Duke of Argyll held out to the Indian commit- tee of the Society of Arts last week the prospect of a liberal scheme lor the promotion of agricultural im- provement in India. It will most likely resolve it- relf into several large agricultural societies, in which the milivo priitcesaud zemindars will be invited to join, anil which will be largely subsidised by the government, for holding exhibitions and carrying on model farms.
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THE DUDLEY HUSBAND POISONER. The following letter has been sent by the con- demned woman, Fanny Oliver, to her father, who lives at Ilandsworth :—"The Worcester Prison, July 24. My dear- father and mother, and dear brother, I received your letter, and am sorry to hear that my poor dear mother was worse; but I hope she is better. My dear mother, I am better thank God for it, for God gave me grace to bear my trouble. Dear motljej-, though I am condemned to die, I fear it not; for God knows that I am innocent and he will raise my soul in heaven. Dear mother, 'do not fret for me, for I was only lent to you, and now my Heaveuly Father wants me. "l'lio' d;:rk my path, and sad my lot, L-t me be still, and murmur not, Or [sic] breathe the prayer divinely taught.' Dear mother, I hope that we shall meet in heaven, where no trouble comes. Dear mother, they are all so kind to me, and God is with me. Oh I love Him more and more, for I love Him more than yon all in heart. May God bless you all, and pray to God to help you. Though I shall never see your dear face again, dear mother, in this world, yet I hope I shall in heaven, for I am going to die for that, dear mother, I am innocent of. Yes, dear parents, I am innocent. God knows I am, and I wish some one would take it up, and hear what I have got to say. Then they would know that I was innocent. My trial is an unjust one. -L My dear father and sister has written to the Governor, and she will come with you, and I should like to see my dear brother, and tell him about his heavenly Father. I should like to see Mr. Parry. As soon as you can, come to see me, your poor innocent child, for God knows my time is short in this world. My God, my Father, whilst I stray, Far from my home, in life's rough way, Oh, teach me from my heart to say, Thy will be done. Tho' dark my path, and sad my lot, Let me be still, and murmur not.' Oh may the Lord be with you all, dear mother. I have plenty of nice food, and they are all eo kind to me and the Lord. Come on Monday, if you can, my dear friends, pray for your innocent child. My dear brother, be strong, and pray to God to make you so and a child of God, for your poor sister's sake. We may never meet again in this world,but Ihope we shall in heaven. Good bye, my dear brother, and my dear father. Good bye, dear mother-Rood bye. I wish I could see your dear face once. Good bye, my dear mother, for ever !—From your poor innocent child, "FANNY OLIVIA. Come to see me."
ISHOCKING TRAGEDY IN THE ISLE…
SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN THE ISLE OF MAN. A case of murder and attempted suicide of a very painful nature occurred at Douglas on Sunday morn- ing. The wife of a car driver, named Samuel Stuart, first murdered her son, a lad about five years of age, then attempted to cut her throat, and afterwards to drown herself. Stuart, his wife, and their son Samuel, the deceased, occupied a wretched room in a wretched tenement situated in Back Sand-street, in Douglas, not very far from the shore. They had two other children, but they did not reside with their parents. Both Stuart and his wife ^j-ereof drunken habits, and quarrels were of common occurrence between them, the husband being accustomed to treat his wife with great brutality. For several weeks past the couple had been drinking freely, selling article after article out of their one room for the purpose of procuring drink. About a fortnight ago the man met with an accident, in consequence of which he was admittted as an indoor patient in the General Hospital. The wife, however, continued her course of dissipation, and gradually disposed of every article of furniture in the house. On Saturday night, soon after twelve o'clock, a woman who occupied the room above heard the little fellow calling out, "Oh, don't, mother, don't, mother." As it was a frequent habit of the woman's to thrash the boy, she did not attempt to go down stairs to interfere until she heard the noise of struggles. She then jumped out of bed, and, calling another woman to her assistance, rushed down stairs. They found the door of the room closed, but by means of a large aperture in the door could plainly perceive the body of the child lying huddled in one corner of the room. The poor little fellow's throat was cut from car to ear. Life was then quite extinct. The woman Stuart had rushed down on the shore, and she at- tempted to cut her own throat, but the attention of a girl being drawn to the woman's actions, she threw down the weapon and rushed into the tide. The girl's cries brought assistance, and the woman was rescued. Little hope is entertained of her recovery.
--i VOLUNTEER ACT AMENDMENT…
VOLUNTEER ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The following is the text of the bill, introduced by Captain Vivian and Mr. Secretary Cardwell, to amend the Volunteer Act, 1863 Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Ma- jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by'the authority of the same as follows 1. This act may be cited as "The Volunteer Act, 1869." 2. This act shall be construed as one with the Volun- teer Act, 1863, in this act referred to as the principal act, and that act and this act may be cited together as the Volunteer Acts, 1863 and 1869. 3. Where any person neglects or refuses, on demand made by one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, or any person authorised in writing by him, or on demand made by the commanding officer or adju- tant of a volunteer corps or administrative regiment, to deliver up any property (whether arms, clothing, appointments, ammunition, or public stores) which is public property, or the property of such corps or ad- ministrative regiment, and has been issued to such person or is in his possession or keeping as an officer or volunteer, any justice of the peace may, upon rea- sonable ground being shown for a suspicion that the property is to be found on any premises, issue a war- rant under his hand empowering the person therein named to enter upon such premises and search for the property, and the person so empowered may enter and search accordingly, and shall seize such property, if found, and remove the same with all convenient speed to such place as may be directed by the Secretary of State, person, officer, or adjutant who made the de- mand. Notwithstanding any such seizure and re- moval, the same penalty may be enforced against any person, and the value of any such property may be re- covered from the person neglecting or refusing as aforesaid, in the same manner as it might have been under the principal act if this act had not passed. The jurisdiction under this section may be exercised by any sheriff or magistrate who under the principal act has jurisdiction with respect to the recovery of a pen- alty. 4. A demand for the purposes of this act may be made by the delivery of a written notice to the per- son upon whom the demand is made, or by leaving the same at his usual or last known place of abode, or if no such abode is known, by affixing the same at the orderly room of the corps or regiment to which he be- longs or belonged, or at the place where notices re- lating to such corps or regiment are usually affixed. 5. Section 29 of the principal act, which relates to the wrongful buying and selling of any property (whether arms, clothing, appointments, ammunition, or public stores) which is public property or the pro- perty of a corps or administrative regiment shall ex- tend to the pawning and taking in pawn of such pro- perty and the said section shall be construed as if the words buy," "sell," and "selling," included taking in pawn, pawn, and pawning respectively. 6. The commanding officer of any corps or admin- istrative regiment may appear in any court, or before any justice, sheriff or magistrate, by the adjutant or sergeant-major of such corps or regiment, or any member of such corps or regiment authorised in writing under the hand of such commanding officer.
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The wheat and barley crops in Middlesex, Surrey, Berks, Bucks, and the neighbouring counties are rapidly ripening, and in a few days harvest operations will commence. The crops are in a remarkably good condition. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT BUXTON.—On Sun- day afternoon, whilst a party of young men were ba- thing in an old reservoir near Buxton, two of them were observed to be struggling in a deep spot, and before assistance could be rendered they sank. The water was drawn off the reservoir before the Lodies could be got out of the mud which had accumulated at the bottom. The young men are said to be bro- thers, sons of a mason living at Burbage, near Buxton. LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP CLIO, OF HULL.-A tele- gram was received on Saturday night by Messrs. Horn- stedt and Garthorne, the owners of the steamship Niobe, stating that she had put in at Wisby Island, Gottland, with her bows stoved in, having been in collision with the screw steamship Clio, which had sunk, losing all hands but six. The Clio was outward, and the Niobe homeward, bound, and it is supposed the Clio would have about 25 or 26 hands on board. This vessel was built only a few years ago by Messrs. Earle, for Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, and Co., and naving gone on shore, was sold to a Dundee firm for £ 4,000, we believe. She was got off by the purchasers, and subsequently sold to Messrs. Bailey and Leetliam, we believe for £8,50U. Since then she has made at least one voyage to Taganrog and back, and was now bound out probably to a Baltic port. As to the exact position or circumstances of the collision we are at present uninformed, or as to who are the six men taved.—Eastern, News.
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| ALARMING RAILWAY COLLISION. On Saturday morning a serious collision occurred af Clifton Junction, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. A number of empty carriages had been shunted on to the up line for one of Stanley's excur- sion trains, and as the engine was proceeding alonz the down line in order to get to the front, the seven a.m. passenger train from Manchester to Liverpool and Southport dashed into it with great violence. Several of the passengers received severe contusions but with the exception of a lady, named Bradbury, who had been on a visit to Manchester, all of them were able to proceed on their journey by the next train. Mrs. Bradbury, however, was so seriously cut and bruised about the face that it was found neccssary to send her back to Manchester. The driver of the engine of the empty carriages, James Clougli, together with the stoker, jumped off, and escaped unhurt; but the driver of the passenger train, Richd. Partington, remained on his engine, and was somewhat injured. Considerable damage was done to the rolling stock, the wheels of both engines being knocked from under them and the engine of the passenger train was thrown across the middle way. The down line was blocked for three hours, the traffic in the meantime being all worked upon the up line. It is said that the danger signal was up, but that the driver of the passenger train failed to observe it. On the lust occasion of a collision at Clif- ton Junction, in 1853, there were six persons killed and fourteen injured.
DARING ESCAPE IN A RAILWAY…
DARING ESCAPE IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL. A most daring escape of a prisoner took place in a short tunnel between Barnsley and Penistone, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, on Friday evening. It appears that a young man named John Elliott was apprehended on Thursday at the Peni- stone Market,on suspicion of having stolen a bay horse. On Friday he was taken before the sitting magis- trates, and was remanded to Nottinghamshire. He was then handed over to the Nottinghamshire police, who escorted him by the 6.25 p.m. train on Friday night from Barnsley. The prisoner and two poiict- men got into the train, the prisoner being handcuffed with both hands together. All went on well until the train entered a short tunnel on the route between the Silkstone station and the Barnsley junction. At this time the prisoner and the two officers were in one compartment by themselves, the former being close to the officers. During the short interval which elapsed from the train entering t he tunnel to its again emerg- ing the prisoner managed to escape in the most daring manner. It is believed that as soon as the train entered the tunnel he got over into the next compart- ment, broke open the carriage door, and jumpeil out. The carriages were not lighted, and on the train get- ting out of the tunnel it was stopped, and, aided by liglits it was again moved back into the tunnel. The searchers seem to have made up their minds for find- ing the mutilated remains of the fugitive. On search- ing the tunnel, he was, however, nowhere to be found, and although every possible step has been taken for discovering his whereabouts, up to Saturday afternoon he had not been apprehended.
!RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR BAKEWELL.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR BAKEWELL. A shocking accident occurred between three and four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in the Haddon tunnel of the Midland Railway. It appears that a boy named William Cutts, aged 17 years, son of William Cutts, fishmonger and greengrocer, No. 2, Duke-streei, Derby, left that town with a quantity of fruit, which lie intended to sell at Matlock bank. In the same compartment was Henry Southgate, a plate-layer, who resides at Rowland, near Bakewel). Southgate was a little the worse for drink. On coming through the tunnel between Matlock Bath and Matlock Bridge, Southgate took some plums of Cutts's which were in a basket under the seat. On getting out of the tunnel Cutts accused Southgate of having stolen them. This Southgate at first denied, but Cutts finding them in his pocket, he confessed it, and said he would give him half a crown on arriving at Matlock bridge, stating he would have to change a half sovoreign. On arriving there Cutts got out with his basket, but Southgate not paying him as promised lie got into the same compart- merit with him, telling him lie should give him into custody on anivillgatBakewel1. On coming (hrough Haddon tunnel, Cutts heard Southgate trying the win- dow on the next side the six feet way," and on pas- sing under one of the shafts of the tunnel observed that Southgate had got out on to the footboard through the window. On arriving at Bakewell he gave infor mation to the railway officials, and, along with one of the porters and a gamekeeper, proceeded down the tunnel to took for the missing man. On neariug the second shaft from the Bakewell end of the tunnel, they came upon the body of Southgate lying between the rails of the down line (Derby to Manchester) in a fearfully mutilated condition, the head being com- pletely crushed from off the body, and the fragments scattered along the rails for a distance of fifteen or twenty yards the left leg was nearly severed from the boly above the knee. The body was removed as soon as possible and conveyed to the Castle Inn, Bakewell. Southgate leaves a widow aud four children to lament his untimely end.
! rIlE HAYDOCK COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
rIlE HAYDOCK COLLIERY EXPLOSION. The inquest on the bodies—57 in number—of the men and boys killed by the explosion in the Queen Coal Pit Haydock, near St. Helens, on Wednesday week, was formally opened on Saturday, by Mr. C. K Drif- field, district coroner, at the Ram's Head Inn, Hay- dock. There were present Mr. P. Higson, the Go- vernment inspector of mines Mr. Clarke, mining engineer to Sir Robert Gerard, Bart. Mr. Mercer, proprietor of the Park Lane collieries Mr. Cliadwick, mining engineer, and Mr. Isaac Billinge, underlooker at the Queen Pit, where the explosion took place. When the Jury had been sworn, the Coroner briefly addressed them. He said lie need not tell them what was the object of the inquiry about to be held, which was simply to make an inquiry — and as stringent a one as possible, he believed, would be made into the circumstances of the deaths of the 57 deceased. See- ing who the jury were, he felt the utmost confidence that the inquiry, as far as it could be made, would be mnde with satisfaction to the country. As to the cause of the deaths, further than that they were the result of an explosion occurring in the nine-foot mine, he was at present entirely ignorant, and he was not aware that any clue at all had been found to the cause. He had heard the word powder mentioned, and that was all, but that did not lead him to suppose for an in- stant that the explosion had not been in the main from fire damp. However, it was for the jury and himself to ascertain, as far as they could from the evidence, not only what had occasioned the presence of gas, or whatever the explosive matter might have been, but also what had occasioned its ignition. Whether or not they would be able to arrive at a satisfactory con- elusion on these points remained to be seen. They did not always get at the bottom of those things, but it was the more urgent that they should do all they could in the case that had occurred, which was, per- haps, the most lamentable in its character, as far as numbers were concerned, that had occurred in that neighbourhood, occurring as it did not long after an inquiry into the cause of the deaths of nearly 30 other persons. Mr. Higson, the Government inspector, would no doubt be present at the inquiry, and he (the Coroner) felt certain that they would be in good hands, and that he would do all that a mining inspector could do to elucidate the matter. The evidence taken was merely as to the identifier) tion of the bodies, so as to permit of their burial, Thomas Reed, one of the men engaged in the pit, iden- tilled 42 of the bodies, and he stated in reply to some questions, that he left the pit at four o'clock on the morning of the explosion, and met the fireman (who had been killed), who was descending as he was going up. When he left, the ventilation and everything else appeared to be all right.—The other bodies were iden- tified by other witnesses; and the inquest was then adjourned to ten o'clock on Wednesday morning. Of the 57 deceased, 29 were killed in the niue-foot or Roger workings, 26 in the six-foot or main head, and two at the pit's eye. The deaths were caused in three different ways. The greatest number—namely, 27-were suffocated, 19 were burned to death, and 11 were burned and blown. The bodies were interred on Saturday afternoon in the various cemeteries of the neighbourhoods in which the deceased had lived.
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The family of the Earl of Roden have sustained a bereavement by the death of his Lordship's brother, the Hon. John Jocelyn, second son of the second earl. John Wrigglesworth, a farmer's son, has been com- mitted for trial at the ensuing Lincoln Assizes on a charge of shooting his mother-in-law, with intent to murder. I AGRARIAN OUTRAGE IN THE COUNTY TIPPER- ARY.—On Thursday, a surveyor from Dublin visited the lands of Lisobehane, near Tipperary, for the pur- pose of surveying and defining the boundaries be- tween the estates of two gentlemen. He was suddenly pounced upon by four men aririeifl with revolvers. He was searched thoroughly and all his papers taken away, and some shots were also fired for the purpose of intimidation; and he was informed that if he did not quit the land, they would shoot him. The gen- tleman at once withdrew. A large force of consta- bulary were subsequently despatched from Tipperary to the scene of the outrage, but no arrests have as yet been made. It is stated that the persons considered that the surveyor was making a survey of the lands for the purpose of increasing the rents. Lisobehane is situate in' a locality famed for such outrages.—Dub- lin Express,
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# MR' PEABODY AND THE QUEEN, The Pos/utt (U.S.) Post, of July 12, publishes the following :-lr would bo difticlllt for any one to pay a more delicate or graceful compliment than that which Queen Victoria has just paid to our munificent country- man, George Peabody. Mr. Peabody, it is well under- stood, left England very unexpectedly, and without allowing his departure 19 be known beyond a narrow circle of his friends. But the fact of his embarka- tion and of his extremely feeble health, found its way into the English jour nals, and soon came to the know- ledge of Her Majesty, who, with that goodness of heart which has always characterised her, and which Ameri- caus have never failed to appreciate and admire, gave immediate expression to her feelings in the following autograph nole, which, we learn, has been received by Mr. Peabody within a few days past, and of which we have been fortunate enough to obtain a copy "Windsor Castle, June 20, 1869. The Queen is very sorry that Mr. Peabody's sud- den departure has made it impossible for her to see him before he left England, and she is concerned to hear that he is gone in bad health. She now writes him a line to express her hope that lie may return to this country recovered, and that she may then have the opportunity of which she has now been deprived, of seeing him and offering her personal thanks for all he has done for the people." The note was transmitted to Mr. Arthur Helps, the clerk to the Privy Council, who adds that the Queen also commanded him to be sure and charge Mr. Pea- body to report himself on his return to England." How much there is in such an act of consideration and kindness on the part of Qaeen Victoria towards one whom all Americans are proud of to soften the as- perities growing out of public controversies between the two nations The exquisite portrait of Her Majes- ty, which she sent to Mr. Peabody two or three years ago, is now at the Danvers Institute, in the same apart- ments with the beautiful gold medal presented to him by Congress, in the name of the people of the United States. But a little note like this, coming so plainly from the Queen's heart, as well as from her own hand, has a significance and a value far above any mere ma- terial gifta, however costly.
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DISTURBANCES AT A LIVERPOOL CHURCH. There were further disturbances on Friday at the newly-opened church of St. Margaret, in Prince's road, loxtetli road, Liverpool, In the morning the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Nihill, vicar of St. Michael's, Shoreditch. What the Ritualists are plensed to call "even-song" was attended by such a number of people-the majority of whom were pro- bably induced to go in consequence of the notoriety which the church has so soon attained—that the build- ing was much crowded. There was also a large crowd outside, whose sympathies were not with the Ritual- isis, and whose presence required the attention of a good body of police. The preacher for the evening was the itav. W. J. E. Bennett, vicar of Frome Sel- vnoui. There was no interruption during the service, but in the course of the sermon loud expressions of dissent from the preacher's views were uttered, and the uproar became so serious that there was at one period a likelihood of actual violence being committed. The preacher, in alluding to the worship of the church, said what they were now trying to restore in the mode of worship depended upon some fact of history, and which could bl). proved from some material record. The "orship of the Church Gf England was not to be proved in a court of law by lawyers or by technical nicety out of a book, but it was by tradition on the record of older times and testified historically. In later times there had been very great difficulty to keep up this record, and the first beginning of the mischief was at the Reformation. Immediately this sentiment was uttered there were loud hooting and hissing, and shouts of No Popery and Disgrace- ful." People rushed from their seats in the direction of the pulpit, and it appeared as if mischief was meant to the preacher, and as if a riot was imminent. A good number, especially females, left the church evi- dently afraid. Several policemen were brought into the place, and stationed in the middle aisle, but they did not succeed in restoring order for some minutes. One man, named Thomas Lindsay, was given into cus- tody. All this time the clergyman stopped his dis- course, and stood in the pulpit calmly regarding the scene below and he remarked when the interruption took place that the interruptors just confirmed what lie had said and which they would not hear, but he had told them. At length order was restored, and the rev. gentleman concluded his discourse. Early in the evening a large staff of police was sta- tioned outside the church, under the direction of Superintendent Boyd. When the service commenced comparatively few people had assembled in front of the building, but as the evening wore on the crowd increased. Before the congregation dispersed Major Greig, chief constable, arrived, aud by his directions the crowd was dispersed. The officers throughout the evening requested the loiterers to move 011, and by this means anything like the formation of a compact body of disturbers was prevented. At times some of the crowd—whichwas composed chiefly of well-dressed youths and men, with a sprinkling of the rough ele- ment from Toxteth Park—appeared to be considerably excited. A few cries of "No Popery" were raised, and some prominent Ritualists were hooted on enter- ing and leaving the church. The crowd also groaned at the police while they were clearing the street, but beyond this there was no disturbance.
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A Vienna journal states that the Viceroy of Egypt has concluded a loan of £2,400,000 with the house of Oppenheim of Paris". At Liverpool, a few nights ago, an actor was nearly blindedby real lightning introduced into a storm scene. There will be norhing left for the sensation drama- hests by and bye but to kill an actor every night. What a line for the bill-" Another actor will be killed to. night We learn from Oxford that the eldest son of the Viceroy of Egypt will commence a course of study as a member of Christ Church in October term. His Highness will occupy a house at Oxford during his three years of residence, and will be accompanied by a suite in the same manner as the Prince of Wales in 1859. SETTING A "CADGER" ON FIRE.-A man, who had dressed himself up in papers of different colours, was begging from house to house on Friday afternoon last, at Hull. He called at the Hamburgh Castle public- house, Dock-street, and while there begging, one of the inmates, a man, struck a match and applied the light to the paper in which the beggar was dressed. The man was instantly enwrapped in flames, and his shrieks were fearful. The flames were extinguished as soon as possible, but the man was so severely burned that it was found necessary to remove him on a board to the infirmary, where he now remains in a precarious condition.—The police are in quest of the perpetrator of the outrage. MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.-One of the most marvel- lous escapes ever recorded has just occurred at Laxey Isle of Ma.i. Most visitors to Mona's Isle have in- spected the great wheel at Laxey, erected some years ago for the purpose of pumping the Great Laxey Mine. This wheel is said to be the largest but one in the world. It is 72 feet 6 inches in diameter, and 217 feet 6 inches in circumference. A few days ago water was scarce at Laxey, and consequently the wheel was only making periodical revolutions. Occasionally, however, it would give two or three turns, this hap- pening when sufficient water had gathered to work the wheel. During one of these quiescent periods a gentleman walked up to the wheel, and seeing it standing still lie got over the protecting railing and on to the interior part of the wheel, with a view to a close inspection of its construction. He had scarcely got on to the wheel when it began to move, and in an instant, before he could get off it, the ponderous piece of machinery was in full swing. Fortunately the gentleman's presence of mind did not desert him. Grasping one of the spokes, he stuck to it as if strug- gling for life, and consequently was carried round with the wheel, which made three revolutions before it stffpped. So soon as it came to a standstill he leaped off, and without saying a word, rushed away in a scared manner, as if ho expected the "great wheel" would pursue him. EXEMPTION OF VOLUNTEERS FROM TOLLS.—A case of some importance to Volunteers was decided in the Small-Debt Court, Edinbro', on Friday, by Sheriff Hallard. Captain Hills, adjutant of the Q E. R. V. Brigade, sued Alexander Renton, keeper of the toll- bar at Jock's Lodge, for the sum of sixpence, which he maintained the defender had illegally exacted from him on account of a cab in which lie was returning home in uniform from duty on the 24th ult. The case first came before the Court on Friday week last, when evidence was heard, from which it appeared that, on the day in question, Captain Hills had been officially engaged at Morningside in connectidn with the rifle competitions then going on there, and on the road home had occasion to pass through the toll-bar at Jock's Lodge. He was in undress uniform at the time, and the toll-keeper insisted on exacting toll from him, on the ground that Volunteers were only exemp- ted from payment when they were returning from duty in full uniform, and that side-arms at any rate were necessary in order that the uniform might be consi- dered full. The Sheriff continued the case till Friday when he ruledjthat the toll had been illegally exacted and gave decree accordingly for the pursuer. All that was required, the Sheriff said, to secure exemp- tion for Volunteers, was that they should be returning from duty in the recognised uniform of the corps, and this, the undress uniform which Captain Hills had worn, had been proved to be.
. TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA.
TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA. The following details regarding the of t he barr/ue Harmonia, of A berdeen, have been W nished by the surviving members of the crew 0 ill-fated ship, who were landed at Greenock on Satu^ day morning, and proceeded by rail to their hoiueS' Aberdeen:— The Harmonia, 643 tons register, Captain Te^e Ross, left Quebec for Aberdeen on 5fcli June, cargo of timber. Her crew mustered 15, all t°' Light winds were experienced until Monday eveninj?' tho 5t.li instant, when a strong breeze from E.N- sprang up. About six o'clock p.m. all the email sails were taken in, and two hours afterward the topsail was reefed; at nine o'clock stowed top' sails, mainsail, jib, &c. At midnight the wind ba increased to a severe gale, with a heavy sea runnIDg. During the night the ship sprang a leak and the crew were almost constantly engaged at the pump9' Early on the morning of the 6th all hands were to take the foretopsail off the ship. The vessel W9* therefore hove to, the crew again renewing their exertions at the pumps in order to keep down the leak- All that day the gale continued to increase in violence while the ship began to labour heavily in the tem- pestuous sea. About half-past five p.m. all hands were called to set foretopmast staysail, in the hope of being able to wear the ship. This sail, however, gave way, and it was found impossible to get the ship round, the crew were again sent to the pumps, where they remained till called by the mate to go into the cabin (a poop one) and bring out a sail for the purpose of covering the quarter hatch, which was found to have burst. At this time the sea was washing over the ship's lee side, and the deck cargo was being wathed about the deck. About half-past eleven the vessel fell over on her beam-ends, the mast being under water. Seven of the crew, who were eventually saved, managed to get on the outside of the ship'9 side, and there they remained, washed by heavy seas, for about two hours, when the vessel righted in con- sequence of the masts going by the board. It was then ascertained that the poop cabin and every t hing on deck had been swept away, and that the master, mate, car- penter, and five of the crew were missing. It is be- lieved that they were all swept away when the cabin was washed overboard. The seven survivors ultimate- ly succeeded in getting to the fore part of the ship, and found shelter under the topgallant forecastlehead. Meanwhile, the siorm raged with unabated violence. When daylight came a corpse was observed washing about the after part of the vessel. The ship was now completely waterlogged. Confined to their narrow prison the unfortunate survivors remained, often stand- ing up to their knees in water, and having neither food nor water till next day, when the weather some- what moderated. On the morning of the 8th the main- topmast-staysail was secured, and the crew succeeded in covering the topgallant forecastle with it, which gave them additional shelter from the piercing cold cast wind. During the earlier part of this day no other ship could be seen, but towards the afternoon a vessel was seen to the westward approaching them. The "house flag" was quickly hoisted, and this signal of distress being observed, the ship, which ultimately proved to be the Renfrewshire, of Greenock, Captain Littlejolin, boie down upon them, and promptly res- cued the survivors. When they were taken on board the Renfrewshire, every kindness was shown the unfortunate men, who have lost all their effects. The names of those saved are—Richard Cox boatswain j William Duguid, the steward; George Adams, A.B.; George Thomson, A.B. Chas. Ross, ordinary seaman (a nephew of the captain): Chas. Wemyss, A.B. and Walter Sutherland, A.B. They all belong to Aber- deen. The names of those who perished were-Peter Ross, master, aged 45 leaves widow and family, who reside in Aberdeen. Alex. Crookshanks, tnate^aged 80; leaves wife and family in Aberdeen. — — Simp- son, carpenter wife and family residing in Aberdeen. Alexander Robertson, cook, married; wife resides in Aberdeen. Alexander Collie, sailmaker, single be- I d longs to Aberdeen. Gordon Black, A.B. married resides in Aberdeen. Peter Gillies, A.B. single; re- sides iu Aberdeen. Thomas Higgins, A.B. married leaves widow and family, residing in Aberdeen. On the outward passage of the Harmonia, an able seamau, named John Murray, was lust overboard in the Bent- land Frith on the 8th April. He was unmarried. The Harmonia was well known on the Clyde, having at oue time formed one of the Clyde and American packet ships. She was owned ill Aberdeen by Messrs- George Mill and Co.
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Mr. John Baldwin, who was elected Mayor of Hali- fax upon its incorporation in 1348, has died at the age of eighty-four. I The Archbishop of Prague, Cardinal Prince Schwar- zeuberg, has issued a pastoral letter condemning the agitation against the (Ecumenical Council, and maiO' taining that it is intended to promote the interests of civilisation. On Monday morning a large black do?, which has been frequently the cause of conversation on the of the Serpentine, followed a boy about 12 years aoO into the water, and seized him by the hair after the most approved method of saving life, those on shor9 considering it a good joke until Coulter and some otherS of the Serpentine Club perceived that the boy waS absolutely struggling for his life, the dog being upon his back, biting his head and holding him do«rB' Fortunately, he was quickly rescued when it was found that the dog had lacerated his head and back in several places. REMARKABLE VERIFICATION OF A DREAM.—-A few days ago a serious accident occurred in Bulnief village to a pic-nic party to Castle Howard. The party made the journey in an omnibus, and the wife of one of the men hesitated to join the party, and tried to persuade her husband not to go, because she had dreamed a dream a week before that they were in an omnibus, and were upset in going through a village and greatly injured. The man and his wife, however, did go, but on reaching Bulmer the woman became greatly excited, recognising it as the scene of her dream. The omnibus was there upset, and many of the passengers injured. The woman who dreamed was herself badly hurt, and her husband's was the worst case in the lot, he sustaining a dislocation Of an ankle. Every incident of the accident seems to have been pictured in the premonitory dream. A SERIOUS BREACH OF RULES. — The House of Lords met as a committee of privileges on Monday, to inquire into the various claims made to the Wicklo^ peerage. A witness was being examined, when Sir Roundell Palmer rose, and, addressing their Lord- ships, said that he had to make a complaint against a. person named Ellis for taking notes and then com- municating them to witnesses without the House..At this announcement business was at once suspended, and Lord Chelmsford asked that the culprit should be brought to the bar of the House. Of course his Lord- ship's request was complied with, and Mr. Ellis came forward, and, after addressing their Lordships aS "sirs," was questioned by Sir Roundell as to his ama- teur note-taking, and from his replies it was elicited that he was a distant" relation to one of the parties to the suit. He admitted the note-taking, but denied that lie had been in communication with the witnesses as to the evidence that was being given, but admitted that he had spoken to persons who would be examiu" ed.-Sir Roundell Palmer said that his instructions were that Ellis had given parties information of what was going on, which in his opinion was a very grave offence. — Lord Chelmsford, after speaking to the Lord Chancellor, said it looked "suspicious," and ordered Ellis to leave the House, and not enter it dur- ing the hearing of the cause. This little incident of course caused no little consternation to the few per- sons who, as the public," fill the small space allowed. A PAUPER'S BANK NOTE.-At the last meeting.of the Bethnal Green Board of Guardians, a letter was read from the manager of the eastern branch of the London and Westminster Bank, stating that a £ 5 note paid in by the guardians to their account had been presented at the Bank of England and payment re- fused, on the ground that they had a disputed clain* for it, and also on account of its dilapidated condition- It had been found by an inmate of the Bethnal Greeø. Wor khouse in a pair of braces purchased by him fr0111 another pauper in the house, and the braces having been washed previous to the discovery of the treasure, the note was, of course, in a very ragged conditi011- The guardians claimed the note towards the man 3 maintenance, and directed the master to take it to the Bank to ascertain its genuineness. The master having allowed the facts to transpire before the Bank autho- rities, they refused to cash the note. On the letter being read, Mr. O. Edwards moved that the directors of the Bank of England should be summoned for the amount. Mr. Ward suggested that the case should be tried before a jury, but the clerk pointed out that no good would arise from the adoption of that course, as the issue btfing one on a mere point of law, the judge would direct a verdict. Mr. Scrimg-eour thought that the best course would be to protest the note in the same man- ner as they would a bill which was dishonoured. Mr- 0. Edwards agreed with this suggestion, as it would then be known that the Bank of England had stopped payment. In answer to a question from the chair- man," the clerk stated that the Bank authorities were- boundtopay the note on its presentation. It was, in fact, a promissory note, as it contained the words, I promise to pay.' The Rev. S. Hansard said that the Bank had no legal right to refuse payment of tile note, even if the guardians had stolen it. Mr. Serid- geour moved the adoption of the course he had viously suggested, before any other action was taken for the recovery of the money. The motion was to, and the remains of the note handed to Mr. Scriro- geour, that gentleman being authorised to act in th matter on behalf of the board. I