The Press. — London, England, 1858-11-20 00:00:00

A Courant ItlisztxE occurred at a recent wedding breakfast in Liverpool. The bride's father handed to her a note for 1,0001., which the lady very properly transferred to ber husband. He deposited it in his waistcoat pocket along with a 51. note, intended for the officiating clergyman. Before departing for the wedding tour, the bridegroom handed the clergyman one of the notes in requite for his services, and gave the other note to his father for safe keeping. On hi s a rrival at homy the clergyman (so the story goes) presen t e d his wife with the note, as he had pre viously promised to do, for the purpose of pur chasing a new dress ; her astonishment was great, on unfolding the note, to find the amount was 1,0001. Of coarse the mistake was immediately repaired. &RUBIES BROOKE, writing to a friend in Norfolk, says: ...." I am improving, and, they say, shall recover; but the sands of my life are nearly run out, and my active businesa, over, so it signifies but little whether the end be earlier or later by days, months, or years." THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH is still "in difficulties." A communication from Valentia says :—Up to the present the length which has been underrun in order to substitute the shore end, has, strauge to say, been found uninjured, though it is not expected that this will prove the case when the whole twelve miles shall have been recovered and replaced with the stout cable. It is of course looked upon as certain that laying down the shore end must improve the condi tion of the whole cable, else, of course, the expense and labour of submerging it would never be at tempted. Even in its present state the signals re ceived at Valentia are occasionally as distinct as those of some overland wires, and should any im provement take place when the shore end is added on, there are many who profess themselves confident of working through the whole wire for some time to come at least. ME FOUNDATION - STONE OF A MONUMENT TO THE UTE EARL OF ELLESMERE was laid at Worsley on Wednesday. A great concourse of people were pre sent at the ceremony. The octagonal shaft, which will form the principal feature of the monument, is to rise to a height of 132 feet, and the site of it is Wren's Wood, one of the loftiest eminences in the neighbourhood, and like the church will be seen for many miles round. The Earl of Ellesmere was pre sent, and most of the leading inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The ceremony commenced with singing and prayer, after which Mr. Webber, the architect, presented the trowel to Mr. Fereday who spread the cement and adjusted the stone with the usual formalities. Mr. Fereday Smith delivered an appropriate address on the occasion. An illumi nated parchment scroll was placed in a cavity under the stone, bearing the following inscription : "Ellesmere Memorial. The first stone of this monu ment, erected by subscription, to the memory of the Right Hon. Francis Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, was laid by Fereday Smith, Esq., this 17th day of Novem ber, 1858." To this simple record were appended the names of the committee. As UNSOLVED MYSTERY IS revived by a local Con- temporary :—About eight years since the whole county of Sussex was in a state of ferment at the supposed murder of Mr. Griffith, of the Rook Brewery, Brighton. The circumstances under which this gentleman came to his death were enveloped in great mystery—a mystery which has not been solved to this day. It will be recollected that be was re• turning home from Horsham, and had called at Henfield in the way of business to receive money and orders. On the high road at Newtimber, near the Devil's Dyke, he was found dead, having been shot through the heart. The horse and gig with which he was travelling were found at some distance away, the reins were cut, one step of the gig was bent, and from the disordered state in which every thing was left it was surmised that Mr. Griffith, who was a powerful man, had been attacked by robbers, and that a severe struggle had ensued, in which the unfortunate gentleman had been assassinated. He was known to have had a considerable quantity of money on him at the time, and also a watch ; but when his hotly was discovered both money and watch were gone. The latter had been attached to a chain, and portions of this chain were left on the neck; and the inference was that great violence bad been used in effecting the separation. This watch was found on Monday last in the mud of a pond at Nntknowl, by a man who was " muddling." The pond is close to the turnpike-road along which Mr. Griffith passed on the night of the murder, and about three miles distant from the spot where his oody was discovered. The watch was a gold one, and the dial plate and hands are quite destroyed, but it is iden tified by the remaining poi tion of the chain, which was hanging to it. The discovery of the watch does not in any way serve to elucidate the mystery which still enshrouds this singular murder. A NOVEL REMEDY FOR SEASICKNESS appears in a book just published by M. Jobard. The author states that sea-sickness is not occasioned by any chemical agent, such as a peculiar effluvium emitted by sea water, the condition of the stimonslooll4 THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 20, 1858. such like ; and that, consequently, no medicine can relieve it; but that it is caused by the mechanical action of the bowels, which are made to vibrate by the heaving and pitching of the vessel, and to strike against the diapbgram. The liver and gall•Lladder, thus exposed to repeated percussion, emit a larger quantity of bile than usual, and retching is the ne cessary consequence. M. Jobard, therefore, simply proposes to tie down the intestines so as to prevent their jolting, which may be effectually done by two belts, one passing under the thorax, and the other between the legs. M. DE ROTHSCHILD, according to a Paris letter in the Brussels Independance, has sent through the re presentative of his house in the Pontifical States, the sum of 10,000 francs to M. Mortara, to enable him to continue his exertions for the restitution of his child, without sacrificing the interests of his family. THE GREAT BELL OF WESTMINSTER has, at length, been finally hung in its appointed position in the clock•tower, and was on Thursday rung for the first time in its new position. The rope of the clapper was passed down to the clock chamber, where Mr. Denison, setting to work with a will, made the bell speak in tones not likely to be forgotten soon by those who heard them in the belfry. The first stroke was slight, but afterwards it came peal after peal in a tremendous volume of sound that was actually pain ful. It seemed to swell and grow upon the air with a vibration that thrilled every bone in the listener's body with a painful jar, becoming louder and louder with each gigantic clang, till one shrunk from the awful reverberations as from something tangible and dangerous to meet. Many went upon the balustrade outside the chamber to avoid the waves of sound that seemed eddying round the tower ; but the escape was only a partial relief, the great din seeming almost to penetrate the stone work of the battlements, and jar the very place in which one stood. The first strokes seemed to create an immense sensation in the streets below, and upturned faces, dotted allover Palace-yard, amid the rows of cabs, that looked as little as peram. bulators, with a good sprinkling of loungers who came out from Westminster-hall, at once showed the interest that was taken in the great bell's maiden speech. After the first attempt by Mr. Denison the hell was struck slower but with greater force by two or three workmen, and this elicited the whole of his tremendous tones to the greatest extent, till the sound was something most awful, floating about the tower and slowly dying away like the note of a soft trumpet, till it sunk to a deep rich hum that hung about the bell long after the stroke bad ceased. In Palacayard, or still better in the Park, the harshness and uproar of the notes were modulated to a heavy deep and rather melancholy sound, not less solemn than those of St. Paul's, but infinitely fuller and grander. SECOND EDITION. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, A CABINET COUNCIL ABS held yesterday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. Tax CONVOCATION of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued by the Vicar General, Dr. Travers Twiss, under a commission from his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropo litan, pursuant to the Royal Writ, to Friday, January 14, 1859. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS met yester day. Mr. Bazalgette stated that his engineering plans and specifications for the low level sewer, on the south side of the Thames, would be ready by May next. The architect was ordered to prepare the plans for the new offices of the board at Berkeley house. The question of difficulty in constructing the middle level sewer, in conjunction with the pro• posed line of street from Old-street to liart-street, Bloomsbury, was referred for consideration to the works and main drainage committee. THE LADIRR BRIDGMAN are progressing favourably, and great hopes are entertained of the recovery of both the sufferers. MR. MOWBRAY MORRIS, a member of the bar, yesterday, at the Westminster Police-court, charged Mr. Thorne's William Capron, a gentleman residing 1131 at Petersham, with assaulting him by striking him with a stick and with his fists as he was getting ont of his cab at his owa door in James• street on the night of the sth inst. The prosecutor, who was to be married on the following day, has been suffer ing ever since from the attack. It was also stated that defendant had expressed a hope that Mr. Morris bad received a black eye to go to church with in the morning. Mr. Paynter ordered two sureties of WO/. each to be put in for the defendant's ap pearance at the sessions, and for his keeping the peace in the meantime. A SAVAGE ATTACK was made by a respectable looking young woman, whose name is Sophia Wilkin son, having a formidable knite in her hand, on a man as he was getting into a carriage to leave by the six. o'clock train at the Euston.square station yesterday morning, with which she attempted to out his throat. Foiled in this, she made a desperate effort to destroy herself with the weapon, but was prevented by a constable, who took her in custody. The prisoner was brought before Mr. Long, at Bow-street, when it was stated that she had been living with the man upon whom the assault was committed, and that he had left for Australia. The magistrate sent her to the House of Detention for a week. FRANCE. THE COMTE DE MONTALEEBERT'S TRIAL. The Court of Correctional Police has acceded to the postponement of the trial of M. de Montalembert until Wednesday next, the grounds of the application being the absence of M. Berryer, who is to defend the accused. Charles Forbes, Comte de Montalembert, was born in London on the 10th of March, 1810. He is the representative of an old family of Poitou, and his father was a peer of France, and Ambassador at Stockholm from the Court of Charles X. His mother was an Englishwoman. BELGIUM. THE ADDRESS TO THE ICING. A somewhat serious incident occurred in the sit ting of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives on the 16th inst., on the discussion of the project of an Address to the King. At the commencement of the sitting Count de Theux rose and declared that the project of the Address was not drawn up in the usual style of snch documents; that it contained insinua tions insulting to the minority and a personal provo. cation against himself ; he was, therefore, charged by his political friends to declare that the Opposition was resolved to abstain from the discussion. After making this declaration, M. de Thetur and a great number of members of the Right left the Chamber. The debate was resumed and the ensemble of the project voted by a majority of 53 votes against 9. On the names of members being drawn to present the Address to the King, that of M. de Theca was among the number. The Address has meantime been presented, and a gracious reply received from the King. INDIA. THE STATE OF ODDE. In a memorandum issued in Oude the following passage occurs :—" The Chief Commissioner desires to call the particular attention of all commissioners and civil officers to the following remarks. 'Military operations in Oude may shortly be expected to com mence on an extensive scale. The services of every armed servant of the Government will be required to aid in the speedy suppres,ion of the rebellion and maintenance of order. Probably several influential zemindars will in like manner aid with their contin gent tones." CHINA. THE CAPTURE OF TIMOR. Advices from China announce the successful landing of the French and Spanish troops, and the bombardment and capture of the city of Turon, without a single casualty on the part of the allies. It would seem as if the allies intended a permanent occupation of the place. Arrangements were making for an advancement on Hue, the capital of Cochin- China. The Hong Kong Government Gazette officially announces the blockade of the Bay and River of Turon, and the port of Chang Callao, by the French naval forces under Admiral Genouilly. The Chinese Commissioners had not arrived at Shanghai up to the 20th September, but were con fidently looked for early in October. Lord Elgin remained at Shanghai; the French and American Plenipotentiaries had proceeded to Japan. Mr. Albert Smith bad given the Hong Kong folk an entertainment, realizing upwards of 2001., which was given to the charitable institutions of the place. THE WEST INDIA MAIL has arrived by the Magda lena. She left Jamaica Oct. 25, and St. Thomas's Nov. 1. She has on freight 911,306 dolt'., 331 serons of cochineal, and thirtysil passengers, among whom are the Lord Bishop of Jamaica, and Colonel W r i g ht, BA., aw l w ife. The Magdalena eapecience4 very severe west ter ou tier passage.