The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-12 00:00:00

Ortrooolitan 6ossip.

ine remarks under thil head are to be regarded as the el.
Videgoo of indepeo4 teat opinion, front the pen of a geutleman
:•, whom we have the greatest .11hdence, but for which we
',manholes's ;to uot hold ouraelvea respouaiblej

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The attitude of the House of Lords in regard to the
Irish Church Bill has for some time peat been a theme
for gossip, speculation, rumour, prophecy, and com-
ment, but, writing at a critical time, it is hardly worth
while to add to the mass that has been already written
on this subject. It may fairly be added, however, that
it is abundantly clear from many considerations, that
the majority of their lordshipi must be opposed to the
measure. But it dues not therefore follow that this
numerical majority will assert its power, and carry
out the warfare with the House of Commons to the
bitter end, and the balance of opinion leads to the con-
clusion that their lordships will accept, under protest
as it were, a measure in favour of which the House of
Cernmons and the cuuntly appears to have made up
their ruinds. But a truce to cpeculation so soon to be
superseded by fact.
Lord Clarendon has spoken authoritatively on the
relations between England and America, and the pub-
lic mind appears somewhat easier than of late. Most
people will agree with the Foreign Secretary that the
speech of Mr. Sumner was " ridiculous and absurd,"
and be glad to hear that this rabid oration was de-
livered under "no ministerial influences whatever
and it will readily be admitted also that Lord Claren.
don properly estimates the effect of that speech when
he says that it has called forth a determination in Eng-
land not to allow our national honour to be affected,
while Mr. Reverdy Johnson's speeches have called
forth a spontaneous expression of good feeling towards
America. The public are now, however, becoming
anxious that there should be something more than
speeches, and that this long.pending Alabama question
should be settled
It is not aurprising that the House of Commons on
Friday night came to a conclusion in which nothing
was concluded,—except the debate—when the question
came before them whether certain museums,
should be opened on the after part of Sundays. It
is a most difficult and delicate question, calling
forth the strongest religious opinion on the one
site, and equally strong anti.Sabbatarian (no other
term expresses it) opinion on the other ; and it can
be easily understood that many of our representse
tives would be only too happy to avoid the necessity of
voting either one way or the other. And our repre-
sentatives hail their way. Mr. Gregory, who advo-
cates the Sunday opening of museums, commenced
his speech by remarking that it was a matter of regret
that many gentlemen who wished to record their
opinions on this subject wouldnot have the opportunity
.f &dug so. Cheers and laughter followed this sally of
irony, for it is a rule of the House that on the motion
to go into committee of supply only one amendment
can be carried; and this had already been done. But
there was no necessity to count out the House, which
was the sorry conclusion at which hon, members
arrived. Those who take an interest in this question
will not now be able to tell who are in favour of Mr.
Gregory's motion and who are against it, seeing that
"as hon. gentleman" or it may be two hon. gentle-
men ultimately succeeded in getting the House
counted out. It is rather curious that the public
are never informed who this " hon. gentleman"
is. Some nameless person steals up to the Speaker
and arks that the House be counted. Then some hon.
members rush in and others rush out, according to their
desire to continue the debate or stifle it. On the first
effort on this occasion a few members were suddenly
added to the number while the process of counting was
going on, and 39 were found to be present besides the
Speaker; but a little while afterwards a second at-
tempt by the same or some other " hon. gentleman"
was successful, and Mr. Gregory took nothing by his
motion. I, for one, do not regret this result. The
question is one on which public opinion on either side
has not yet been sufficiently expressed, and the House
of Commons ought not to be called upon to pronounce
judgment on a matter on which the public mind has
not yet been made up.
The influential deputations which the other day
waited upon the Colonial Minister and the Home
Secretary, to urge upon them the advisability of
Government aiding the Emigration movement, affords
another proof of the deep interest the public now take
in this question. The leading points insisted on were,
that emigration to our own Colonies, rather than to
the United States, will be highly beneficial to those
colonies and to the mother country; that private enter.
prise is insufficient to promote emigration sufficiently,
and that therefore it is the duty of Government to
waist emigrants. No one can be surprised that the
two members of the Ministry thus appealed to spoke
very cautiously, urging that such a proposal demanded
very careful consideration. On the other hand, the
Duke of Manchester no doubt glees expression to the
prevailing opinion, when he says that what is wanted
is this—that arrangements should be made with the
Colonies to settle our emigrants on their lands, that
they should have money to start with, and that the
cost of the land should be credited to them. This is
an old idea, and it has partly been acted upon
with great success', and if Parliament could
but agree on some plan to develope the idea
and adapt it to modern wants, a great boon would
be conferred on our working families at home, who find
it so difficult to get a living. A very important fact
was stated by Mr. White, a Canadian Government
emigration agent, that the 2,500 or 3,000 people who
had gone ont to Canada this year had found immediate
employment. This fact shows how unmensely import.
mast are the negotiations for transferring to Canada the
Hudson's Bay territory. Referring to this territory,
a public writer says it is "a vast and princely domain
into a corner of which we might pack such pigmy
countries as England or France," and he speaks of it
as "enriched with spaces of land as fertile as the corn.
growing plains of Hungary, as level and trackless as
the prairies of the west." In fact, to speak within
bounds, there is a territory nearly as large as Europe
available for agriculture and the arts and pursuits of
civilisation. Earnestly is it to be hoped that the nego-
ciations now in progress for annexing this vast territory
to Canada, and no opening it up to European emigra-
tion, may be carried out. The subject is now attract-
ing increasing attention among the working dames in
London.

I notice that there has been yet another trapeze ac.
cident, a man who was performing at a music.hall at
Windsor hating fallen some twenty feet, suffering
severe injuries. I suppose " the liberty of the subject',
would be regarded as endangered were Parliament to
prohibit these dangerous performances, but till they
are made illegal they will be continued on the principle
of demand and supply. The element of danger is the
chief attraction, deny it who will.
A pleasant feature of outdoor life at this time of the
year is the school excursi.in to some rural resort. This
is a travelling age, and we are apt to speak of every-
body now travelling by railway and visiting country
or city friends as the case may be, but in the crowded
courts and alleys of London, the slums of Westminster
and Lambeth, and the densely packet rows of little
bonses at the East End of London, there are thousands
of children who never have a chance of seeing the
beautiful fields, and charming hedgerows and dells that
we to be found only a few miles off, except when kind
friends get up an excursion in vans or by railway. It
is now a common sight to see half.a-dozen vans in pro.
cession, packed full of happy children on pleasure
bent, bound for some breezy Common or some large
field, where they will enjoy themselves to their hearts'
Content, as they never enjoyed themselves before,
except when they went in the same stj le last year to
loins similar place. Thousands of pounds are spent in
this way, during a few weeks, on London children alone,
but it is niouey well laid out, and it is a pity that such
visits are so short and far between.
The Metropolitan Board of Works did a strange
thing the other day—bound, I suppose, by red tape.
A large slab of Roman tesselated pavement had been
found in Walbrook, and application had to be made to
this high and mighty Board before it could be placed
in some museum. "If the mountain will not go to
Mabomet," says the Eastern proverb, " Mahoinet must
go to the mountain." If this tesselated pavement would
not go the Board, the Board must go to the pavement,
it might have been thought. Not a bit of it. The
Metropolitan potentates had a piece chipped off, and
sent up to them for inspection at their office in Spring
Gardens ; and the tesselatsd pavement, now in the
Guildhall Museum, bears evidence of this refined
vand dism. Surely the absurdities of routine and red
tape can no further go. The A then aum is answerable for
asserting this statement, which, it is to be hoped, may
turn out to be exaggerated. Perhaps& part id the Roman
pavement had previously been broken off, and the
Board, thinking they could best exercise their critical
powers in their own office, had the piece sent up to
them.

No DISTINCTIONS ON ACCOUNT OF SEX ! A
Woman's Suffrage Convention was held in Boston,
U.S. on the 21;th ult., at which a letter from Mr. J.
B. Mill was read, stating that the writer hail no present
intention of visiting Ainerici, but that if he ever con-
templated such a visit, nothing would give him greater
pleasure than to exchange marks of sympathy with
those who were endeavouring to establish the 'claim
of sal human beings, independent of sex, to the full
rights of citisenship and freedom of competition on
equal terms for all social advantages." Among the
swakers at the convention were Ralph Waldo Emerson
and Wendell Phillips. A resolution was passed that
a constittitumal amendment 'ALM hem been prepared
'he 14,n. U. NV. Julian, prohibiting political dim-
- Mtne on IS colt, tof sex, sbould tak. recedence in
Congress of say nailonal question of mere politicil ex-
pediency.

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A RICH RINKER.—The personalty of the late
Mr. Scott, banker, bee been sworn under £1,400,000.
He bequeaths to his nephew and partner, Edward
Henry Scott, his banking business in Cavendieh•
square, and appoints him residuary legatee. He also
directs that alit= of £.500,000, 3 portion of which was
left from the estate of testator's grandfather, Sir Claude
Scott, Bart., shall be retained in the banking business,
and that his nephew, Edward Henry Scutt, ehall re-
ceive therefrom an interest of 4 per cent. ; the princi-
pal sum, after his decease, to devolve to the said
nephew's wife and children. Among the bequests is
a considerable sum to charities, &c.

A CHAN ER OF HORII.OIta.—A New York cor-
respondent, writing on the 26th ult., says
'I he hut forty-eight hours have been singularly crowded
with horrom in New York and its lie glibourhood. Two per-
sons have been killed the street tram way passenger cars
Iwo pers.), ri In high position have comniitted ,uielde, There
have been three brutal murders hi the" shuns." Two immense
tires have occurred at pctrolcum winks. involving a los., of a
million of dollars and four lives. A passenger atertiner came
in coll Pion yesterday In the East River, with a tug and barge,
and immediately sank. Very soon afterwards a steam-tug
exploded her holler at the foot of Wall-street, severely, and
probably faintly, injuring three men on board. Last of this
chapter of accidents, the Cunard steamer Route, canting up
to her dock, having just arrived from Queenstown, at tell
o'clock in the morning, ran into an Austrian vessel, the Figlio
Maggiore, laden with a cargo valued at £50,000, directly off
the Battery, and sank her in three minutes. •
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Tue gIJTHERLAND GOLD/. I KLUS.— The diggers
complain that they have some difficulty in keeffing op
the average find of gold (says the Northern Ensign).
But the fact is that the men are in general very secret
as to what they are doing, and try to avoid the subject.
They feel the position they are placed in very keenly,
and one need not be surprised at their fighting shy on
this point when they have declared already to the col-
lector of the Crown royalty that their find is miserably
small. A few new hands are daily arriving and taking
out claims, and the number of licences now issued for
the month has run up to 261, which, however, is some
20 or 40 short of what was granted last month. Many
of the diggers appear to be getting dispirited about the
business, few or none of the claims turning out better
than the old. The most tantalising thing about the
whole affair is that, search where they m ty, gold is to
be found sufficiently plentiful to yield wages of about
El a week, but not in such quantities as to come up to
the exoectations of the diggers, inany of whom have
made £5 a day and disinterred 4:100 nug.eets in Cali-
fornia, Australia, and New Zealand. Unless richer
deposits are met with 'pion, many of the old hands will
desert the business and turn their attention to some-
thing else; but the country people will look forward to
the Kildonan diggings for many a day to cm ine as a
valuable resource to fall back upon when the fishing or
other trades may fail them. the diggings have had
the effect of causing a great influx of bakers, butchers,
and grocers to Helmsdale, filling up all the vacant
shops and causing a demand for dwelling houses.

THE SCEOKEY (,F BICECLES.—HuueIn aorrouis.
it is seen on all hands, keep pace with human progress,
the new /node of transit being no exception to the uni-
versal law (says the Lancet). Within the last few
mouths both in this country and in France, surgeons
have had to treat a great variety of injuries, the results
of accidents from the bicycle ; souse of them being, in
one sense, special and peculiar to the novel ridts at-
tendant on the machine--the position of the rider, but
more particularly on his relation to the law of balance,
whether in progress or retrogression, on the level.
ascent, or descent. Dislocation of the upper extremities,
and especially of the radius have been the most com-
mon; some few fractures of the ulna have, however,
been observed, with severe sprains of the wrists. In
some instances the lower extremities have been injured,
sprains being more common than fractures. General
shock of the nervous system has been sustained by
others in consequence of a complete capsize, the bicycle
running backwards down an incline, unseating the
rider Ma manner directly the opposite of a head-pitch.
AN AMERICAN SKIT.—The New York Evening
Past says :
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So violent and furious are the Americans, since Mr.
Sumner's speech, that in social circles, and in private conver-
sation, a proposal is seriously discmsed which threatens the
most awful consequences to England and its people. It is
suggested here, and by prominent Americans, that unless
England will at once pay off our whole national debt and re-
imburse the slaveholders for the loss of their slaves, the
American Congress shall pass a decree changing the course of
the Gulf Stream, and shutting i.ff England, Ireland, and
Scotland entirely from the ameliorating effects of that truly
American stream of lukewarm water. If this threat should
he carried nut, England would, it is well known, become a
second Iceland; and we therefore advise all Englishmen, the
moment the negotiation falls through, to hasten at once
with nag and baggage, to this land of the free and home of
the brave._ _ .

AN UNFORTUNATE PROVISION.—It lately oc-
curred to the management of the Royal Alfred
Theatre (says the Poll Mill Gszetc) that the severity
of toe rule "No children in arms admitted" might
be mitigated for matrons of dramatic tastes by pro-
viding a special cloak room where they could leave
their infants, just as other ladies leave their shawls
and bonnets. A creche was accordingly institu:ed in
the theatre, with an experienced nurse to welcome the
little strangers and attend to their wants. A small
charge was made for each of them, and the mother re-
ceived a ticket, on presentation of which the child was
returned to her. The experiment, however, has been
attended with unforeseen results which have com-
pelled its abandonment. We learn (rote a notice
which has just been posted at the theatre that, whlle
mothers have been glad to avail themselves of the new
cloak-room, they have forgotten to go back for their
babies. The result is an seetualulation of infauts,
which the manager now threatens to send to the
workhouse "if not claimed within three days, and all
expenses paid." "No more children," it is added,
"can be taken care of as previously announced."

TOE LONG Bow.—" That's a good gun of yours
stranger, but Uncle Dave here has one that beats it."
"Au how how far will it kill a hawk with No. 6 ahot?"
"I don't use shot or ball either," answered Uncle Dave
himself. "Then what (lit you use, Uncle Dave?"' I
shoot salt altogther. I kill my game so tar with my
gun that the game would vile betore I could get it."
RATHER COMPLIMENTARY !—Mr. Sumner has .
been receiving some letters about his Alabama speech.
The following is a specimen :
" London. Sir,—l enclose an article from one of our
papers, which contains a proper view of your speech. Sr
myself, allow me to say that, in my opinion, you are a
thieving, cunning, Yankee scoundreL Yours respectfully,
AN ENGLISHMAN."
, Mr. Sumner has also received several letters from
Canada of similar import.
MISS SHEDDER'S CASE.—On Tuesday Miss
Shedden addreased the House of Lords for the four-
teenth day. The Lord Chancellor had informed her
that their lordships have consulted together very
anxiously as to the course they should adopt. They
were all of opinion that a great deal of unnecessary
time had been occupied by her, and serious complaints
had been made by suitors in the next causes ready for
hearing. Their lordships were also of opinion that she
ought to conclude her address, when her father would
be heard. Their lordships had decided that they could
not now hear counsel on her behalf. That, his lordship
said would be contrary to the rules of the House, Mitts
Shedden having in 1867, when counad were being
heard in her behalf, taken her case out of their hands
a3cl argued it in person.
THE BIRTH OF THE BELGIAN PRINCE.— A
Brussels letter gii es the following details :

The joy caused to the Ro3 al F.intily by the safe delivery of
the Countess de Hamlin has been all the greater that the
case was a difficult one. The high dignitaries siunnuitied to
attest the birth had been waiting a long time when the door
of the patient's chamber suddenly opened, and the Queen caw
out with a radiant countenance, i iclalioluig,"llat happi-
timi, gentlemen, It Is a boy !" tier Nlajentt had been arxions
be the first person to announce the fortunate intelligence
For the moment only a provisional rrocCs verbal wax
drawn up; but the act di el ding the birth was subse.
quently prepared by the mime to nonage, that had been
invited to the palace of the Count de glaniire. The young
Pi ince is to take for his principal name that of Ball.lollill,
and his title will in tre Omni de Hainaut. Count cle FIN.I.IIe
ban placed the sum of 60001. at the disposal of the Bingo-
toaster 4,1 Brlll.oB for distrirution “Moitgllt Snell poor law,
lies o• the capital and environ, as had a chat Writ on the 31..1
and 4th that The King of the Bel_ lona will be godfather
to the young Prince, and the Prole,. de Hohenzollern
Sigmaringen, mother of the Countess de Flandre, godmother.
A deputation of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives has
waited Oh King Leopold 11., with an address of congratula-
tion on the occasion of the birth of the Count de Flandre's
son.

THE WAY TO SPEND MONEY !—A collection of
costly jewels was last week dispersed under the hammer
of Messrs. Deberohatn, Store, and Sons, at their Great
Metropolitan Auction Mart in London. The following
were the more conspicuous objects and the sums at
which they were sold :—Lot 793, a set of five magni-
ficent brilliant stars. 200 guineas; 798, two matchless
rubies, 4 carats, 63 guineas; 8 di, loose brilliant., 18
carats, £l2l 10a; 805, two fine drop-shaped brilliants, 3
nerats, 32 ; 826, a fin- brilli int and pearl
Boston bracelet, wish pendant locket, 30 guineas; 845,
enrinus antique emerald cross, 20i guineas ; 846, a pre-
sentation aquamarine and disco 'nil ring in fine old
setting, 21i guineas ; 848, a pairid single-stone brilliant
&Alton ear tops, 170 guineas; 849, a pair of brilliant,
pear-shaporl ear-drops, r 5 guineas ; 852, arose diamond
star brooch, 321 guineas; 853, a ruby of remarkable
size, set with two luetnors brilliants, as a ring, 30
guineas; 860, an enamelled gold and diamond flexible
bracelet, deeigned in crown and monogram, 42 guineas;
861, a large sapphire, with brilliants, as a star, 421
guineas ; 862, a brilliant and sapphire horse-shoe pin.
241 guineas ; 863, a lozenge-shaped emerald surrounded
with brilliants, ass ring, 41 guineaa ; 867, a ruby, of
large size perfect shape, and of the rarest colour and
lustre, being in every respect a matchless stone, set in
fine gold as a ring, 350 guineas; 873, an emerald and
brilliant ring; 50 guineas; 874*, a Ix Lliant of 13 grains,
as a ring, 126 guinea's.
DRI.ADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.— On Mon-
day morning, Mr. Thomas All reel Hazlehurst, sou
of Mr. Hazlehunet, soap manufacturer, Runcorn,
was seated in she carriage of a trip train in which
his father's workpeople were going to Buxton.
and had the curiosity to put his head through the
carriage window to see the Length of the train. Just
' at the instant he came into collision with the buttress
of one of the bridges spanning the line. His skull was
fractured in a frightful manner. On arriving at Cheadle
' the train pulled up, and the unfortunate gentleman
was placed under the care of a medical man, but he
was not expected to recover.
UNLIMITED WATER POWER.—An engineer of
' this city proposes to employ the waves of the ocean ass
' motive power for running mills, factories, Stc. His plan
' is to build on the beach (at Long Branch, Rockaway,
or elsewhere) a dike several hundred feet in length,
against which the waves of old Ocean are privileged to
. break as wildly as they will, but are not to be allowed
to recede. In the sea face of the dike are the openings
of conduits which conduct the water to a reservoir
within the dike. A canal mom the reservoir reco.nducts
the water by &circuitous route to the ocean, to turn, on
its way, the wheels of as ssa,,y mills IPA can be built on
the canal banka—New York Times.
Feta PIOHT.—As you ore strong, be merciful.
Beat your carpets if you like, but don't hit 'an when
they're down I—Judy.
THE ECONoMY OF ADVERTISING.—POP many
years performances on the organ at St. George's Had
Liverpool, have been given twice a week. Some
months ago ,the corporation, in.• tit of economy,

agreed to discontinue the short advertisement published
in the three daily newspapers of the town. The result
was that the council saved £34 in advertising, and
lost L'2so in the receipts. The Corporation being
convinced of the folly of their economical experiment
have now directed the advertising to be resumed.
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDZ.—A young man re-
cently committed suicide at Tavytown. U.S. in a very
determined manner. He first shot himself in the
right side of the head, the ball glancing from the skull
and penetrating the scalp, making a wound of about
two inches in length. Finding that ineffectual, he
fired again, the ball striking in the centre of his fore-
head, fracturing the frontal bone, and causing corn.
pro-don of the brain ; the ball remaining partially em-
bedded in the skull, from whence it was extracted in a
flattened state. AA the second shot did not produce
instant death, the left breast received a third bullet
below the heart and near the fourth rib : and this not
having the desired effect the pistol was lowered to the
fifth rib, and the fourth leaden meipenger passing
through the lungs, penetrating the bronchial artery,
caused instant death, from excessive hemorrhage.
When found deceased's vest was on fire and toe re-
volver lying by his side.
A STRANGE ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD.— The
Berlin correspondent of the Globe writes :

A strange process, of which you have perhaps heard, and
in which an English life assurance company Is interested,
has for some days enga led the attention cf the Berlin public.
A bookbinder bound himself in writing to two merchants to
destroy himself after six months by means of a poisonous
berry, traces of which are not easily discovered. For this
his accomplices insured his life with two companies, and the
sum was to be divided between the two fine fell..ws and the
family of the future suicide. In order, however, to justify
the iusurance, the latter drew hills which pretended a debt
to the accomplices, and the acceptance of which was forged.
They thought the thing was without danger, as, on the din.
covery of the forgery, the forger would already be beyond the
reach of human justice. When, however, the time for ful-
filling his purpose came, his courage failed the would-be
self-murderer, and he drew back clinging to life. His two
accomplices had now the audacity to denounce this forgery
before the justice. By this, however, the whole transaction
came to light. The tribunal has not yet pronounced judg-
ment, and the decision is awaited with interest.
ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE OF A CONVICT.—
One evening last week, shortly before the time
for the convicts employed on the extension works
at Chatham Dockyard leaving their work, one of the
number, a convict named Peter Crane, under sentence
of seven years' penal servitude, anoceeded in effecting
his escape. The convict was employed in a gang with
several other convicts, and seizing his opportunity he
eucceedeal in eluding the vigilance if the keepers, and
making his escape. On the circumstance being reported
at the prison, a number of convict warders and others
were despatched to search the neighbourlioo.l, in order
to effect his capture. After a minute search over the
extensh di works, the prisoner was ultimately discovered
concealed in a Mewed mawpit, and conveyed back to
the convict prison, St. Mary's, where he will receive
the punishment awarded to convicts attempting their
escape.
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SOCIAL STATISTICS OF IRELAND.—The Irish
Registrar-General has issued his report of the number
of tuartiages, births, anl deaths in Ireland in 1868.
The marriages were 27,752; births, 146,108; deaths,
86,803. The total numi ter of births given represents a
ratio If only 1 in every 3794 or 264 per cent of the
estimated population in the middle of that year; and
the (Maths afford a ratio of only 1 in every 63 86, or
157 per cent The entire number of marriages regis-
tered gives a ratio IA 1 in every 200, or 50 per cent. of
the population, the number lof Batman Catholic
marriages (26 and 27 Vic. cam 90) affording a ratio of
only one marriage to every 220 of Roman Catholics;
and the number tif Protestant marriages (7 and 8 Vie.
cap. 81), a ratio of one in every 150 of Protestants.

A HIGHLY-RE-TECTABLIE " DIFFICULTY."—An
American papdr record. the following:—

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A shocking affray took place in Harrisonville, Cass Comity.
stissourt on, S.Pirdav evening. A lawsuit between George
Preston and George W. Lindsay had been decided in the
morning favourably to the latter. John and Je•se Preston,
sons of the plaintiff in the suit. doeged Lindsay all the after-
sown, armed with revolvers—the latter try in, to keep Out of
their way ; but, shout nine o'clock in the evening, one of the
Preston, went into the Hotel where Lindsay was stopping,
took hold of him and pulled him out of Main, and imme-
diately the other Preston shit Juni through the body, inflict-
ing a mortal wound. Lindsay then drew &revolver. end first
shot the Preston that had hold of him, and then the other,
both through the body. Lindsay and John Preston are, be-
yond doubt, wort illy wounded ; Jesse Preston at knit very
dangerously. AU the parties are reported as "highly res-
pectable.'

Too Tnum.--The Blue Ribbon of the Turf too
often heroines the blue ruin of thousands—Judy.
ATTEMI'TED WIFE MURDER. —On Saturday
night, at Barton-on-Humber, a working shoemaker,
named Sinclair, attempted to murder his wife, by at tb-
hing her in the left side with a knife. Sinclair was fin
some years in the Federal army, during which t,me his
wife, who hal for years previously earned her own
living and that of her family, sought for and obtained
magisterial protection for the property which she had
acquired in her husband's absence. Coming home at
tie close of the American was, he attempted, as he had
often done before, to break up the house. He was told
that there was a home for him RO long as he chose to
conduct himself with propriety, but that seemed not to
suit his purpose. He threatened to murder his wife,
and was sent to prison, in default of finding sureties.
The prisoner was sent a second, and even a third time,
and on Saturday he carried out his threat, as above
stated, and the woman lies in a precarious condition.
THROWING VITRIOL DI A GIRL.—A sad affair
happened in a worst.l toil at Wakefield on Monday.
A girl named Hannah Chadwick, and a lad named
Nottingham, are both employed at Messrs Fallon and
Shaw'm atorwt.,l mill. During. dionee.hour a quarrel
arore between them, and the girl threw a quantity of
wat-r upon the lad. Smn afterwards they re•com-
menced work, but in a short time the engine was
stopped for a strap to be put on. During this interval
, of leisure the lad appears to have been determinist to
have his revenge on the girl. He went into the dye-
house, and, seizing a quart jug almost filled with
vitriol, he went to the girl and threw it over her. She
was dreadfully burnt about the hi-clot and neck, and
now lies in a dangerous state. The lad was taken into
custody.

Loss OF THE STEAMSHIP " MlESlSSlPPl."—lll-
telligence from Martinique, vi d St. Thomas, reports
that the steamer Mothartppi, which left Rio Janeiro
on the 25th ult., hound to New York, ran oshore near

th.st place on the night of the 12i.h inst. Her passen-
gers and crew, as well as her mails, were transferred to
a Fren.ili war vessel, which arrived opportunely, but it
was feared that the steamer would prove a total loss.
The mails have been sent on to New York rid Havan-
nah. The Mississipp, WaA built at South Boston in
1862. She was bars-rigged had four bulkheads, an,
her hull was wholly of iron below the second deck. She
was of 1,060 tons, new measurement, and was com-
manded by Captain G. B. Slocum. The Mississippi
was, or is, one of the steamers belonging to the New
York and Brazil Steamship Company, and was rated
first-class.

" HOT PROSPECTS."—BaIIs to come.—Punch.
DKATII OF A WOMAN PROM PGISONING. —An
inquest has been held at Middlesborough, on the body
id Mary Ann Hayes, who had been found dead in an
empty room on Monday. Eliza Case said that she
went to the house if atm Sharp, on Monday, and
whilst there one id the children who had been playing
up-stairs said that a woman was asleep in One of
the room.' and looked very white. She went up
with Mrs. Short, the occupier, and found the drceesee,
There was no furniture in the room, hut deceased had
a breakfast cup beside her, and a shawl under her
head for a pillow. Mrs. Short geld that deceased
had been to her house several times (luring the pre-
vious week, asking leave to warm hereelf. On Satin--
dist , about noon, she went again and asked permission
to go upetairs. Before going up deceased had a pint
of beer, with a pennyworth of laudanum in it. She
last saw the deceased about haldpast ten on Saturday
might, and then thought she had left the house. No
one saw her on the Sunday. James Hayes, the hus-
band, said that deceased was a lliol;patrd character.
She had attempted to commit suicide three than s.
He last saw her at hole a a fortnight ago, when she
took wearing apparel away worth £2. A post.mortem
examioation of the body showed that death had been
caused by oxalic acid. A verdict that deceased was
found dead from the effects of polet n was returned.
A H,ye io FaumEns.—Mr. Mechi writes from
Tiptree Hall, Kelveilon
:
'The question of economising our food and expenditure
I and Increasiiii the produce of our narveste by a diminution
I of the usual quantity of seed sown, is so important nation-
ally, that I beg to send you the following facts
acres of my whet sown with one bushel per imperial acre
• are amply luxuriant, and some portion has requirmi fla. ging
The half bushel per acre is also ample in plant, and even the
peck an acre pi (anises t.. yield abundantly. Two bushels id
oats per acre and six pecks of barley are almost too thick,
some of the latter requiring flagging. One bushel per acre
each of oats anti barley app. ars to be all sudicn nt. Those
who desire to see this and compare it with their much
thicker-sown crops will he welcome to come here and draw
their awn conclusions ll,gh farming sod deep cultivation
, absolutely denased a great reduction from the old quantities
of seed sown."
LI, TIER FROM PRINCE ALAMAYOI7.—The Bir-
mingham Goa tte publishes the following letter, which
it says was written within the past few days by the
non of King Theodore, who is now in the Isle of Wight
to a former schoolfellow. It will be seen that the
prince is not only acquiring a knowledge of the Eng-
lish language, but likewise a love for British spine :
Afton 7
My dear—,—Yon got plenty butterfly in the school T no
got Inhere, too much cold. Old )ou see snow and make
,1 snowman. me like it very much. me ride one pony oh so
stay nice. One day me go to hounds the fox run away and
dogs kill him Give my love to Charlie Good bye
A JEWiSH C.AMPION OF THE FAITH• —A scene
of disorder occurred on Sunday in the Church if the
Madeleine, Paris, during the procession of the Corpus
Christi. The clergy, in their most gorgeous vestments,
followed by young eir Is in white, were pn,ceeding around
the mu ldiug under the pillars outside, when, at the mo.
ment the cure raised the Horst, one of the spectators
was observed to remain standing with his hat on. The
beadle and several persons around invited him to be-
have with more decorum or to leave, but he replied
in insultirtg language, calling them fools and idiots.
In order to prevent any scandal, the crowd appeared at
length to have resolved not to pay any further attent
to the offender, when an individual, who had apparently
not been able to control his indignation, stepped for
ward and struck the disturber a blow in the face so
violent that two of his teeth were broken. The other
was about to return the attack when the police inter-
fered and took both the men before the Commissary of
Police. There, the champion of the Holy Sacrament
was discovered to be, not a Catholic, but a Jew. He
said that he was present 88 a simple epectator, but had
been disgusted at the insolence of the brawler, and
knowing that Christians are forbidden by their re-
ligious law to avenge injuries, he had interfered on
their behalf.
"THE (;ft-EN OF 'nig PablaD.'— The medical
and daily journals have for many years past occasionally
drawn attention to the increasing evil and danger at-
tending the use of a green pigment known in the trade
as " Scheele'e green," and largely employed in the
manufacture of wall papers ; but we are not aware
that these warnings have ever been placed before the
public in a firm noire worthy of the intereets which are
at stake. It is, therefore, with sincere pleasure that
we Woo Prim) hail Llie appearance of a very attractive
ill(' elorrtisi,uing as well as interesting little volume,
entitled " the Green of the Petio,l; or, This linens-

peeted Foe in the Englishman's lime," and which is
published by Messrs. Routledge, London. The work
contains a man of evidence and information which will
be new to many, and is apparently written by one who
has had much practical acquaintance with the many
mysterious and multifarious forms of disease engen-
dered by arsenical poisoning. It reads like a work of
fiction, but the author assures us of the truth of every
atartiing incident narrated. We trust the importance
of the subject will obtain for this well-timed and
valuable work that wide circulation which it richly
merits.
DFATIIS PROM SUNSTROKE.—Tbe weather in
Jersey underwent a most astonishing change on Son-
day. For some days past, and indeed during the whole
of lent month, the weather had been extremely incle-
ment for the season. A sudden change to excessive
heat took place on Sunday. the thermometer at noon
reaching 108 degrees. Two deaths resulted from the
great heat that prevailed. In one case, Mr. Hubert,
aged sixty, was sod-teal" taken ill in St. Helieea
church, in the forenoon. The medical man declared it
Wll,l %, Case of sunstroke, and treated it accordingly.
The deceased, however never rallied, and died fv, one
o'clock the next morning. The other cos was of a
mere sudden nature. Mr. Viel, a builder, whilst
walking along the street was suildenli struck by the
sun. He fell to the ground, and died almost imme-
diately.
THE SUEZ CANAL.—It is stated that the
arrangements for the opening of the Suez Canal in
October are fully developed, and that the Viceroy of
Egypt proposes to entertain his guests with uniirece-
dented magnificence. On the banks of the canal are
to be erected lodges, constructed, tined, and decorated
so as to be reproductive of the characteristics of the
several countries to which the guests belong. Public
amusements theatres, circuses, balls, and fetes are to
be provided 'for the recreation of the assemblage, which
promises to be as brilliant as varied in its character.
It is confidently expected that the Empress of the
French will attend in person ; if this be the case, the
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria will be present.
The heir presumptive of the Italian Crown will re-
present King Victor Emmanuel ; the King of Prussia
will send a member of the Royal family ,• and the
Prince of Wales, possibly accompanied by Prince
Aithur, will represent Queen Victoria The event is,
therefoie, likely to be one of extraordinary grandeur,
and will doubtless pass off with great clat. Its inter-
national significanze well warrants these manifesta-
tions of this world-wide interest.
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SANGUINARY DUEL BrTWEEN YOUTHB.—A Flo-
rence correspondent write,, AB follows :
The barbarous features accompanying the practice of the
duel in this country have been frequently brought into notice
•by the press. We have now a treats case in point. Four •
y• intl., natives of laensa, in consequeoce of a quarrel,
which is as old as iart Carnival, met some days ago in
a field at a shunt distance from the city, after having
dined together sass tie account with eve, y appear.
ance of cordiality and good ft llowahlp. Each was pitted
agaimt his respective ads ersary, the mentions of the
eght being that after di changing their pistols the partie,
should continue the combat with their knives. In both
cases the pistols were html off %Mount •ffe,t, and the
Si' toot Oct of the drama began One pair of coni in. ante
fought with great fury, and in a few minutes Imth men were
on the ground one with five Wollada, and the other with
Bev. A fortunate accident tut an anti to the see ~,,, I 4-11-
counter, for of the Italy., coming in cootuct with a
bin ton or some other bard auh.tanee, e as broken in two, and
the horrid spectacle on their friend• weltering in lib•od seems
to hove suggested other thoughts than that of continuiti the
c tact. A medic.] luau called to the spot, gate small hapea
of the recovery of the two wounded nice.

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SHOCKI,O DRATH OP A SOLICITOR AT BRISTOL.
—Mr. Alfred Guppy, a tolicitor, who has practised at
Frequent intervals at Bristol, has wet with a shocking
death, his dead body having
.been ft mid in Saturday
in the new course of the Elver %von, at no great
distance from the front of the Bristol Gaol. Mr.
Guppy, who was id pod fetidly, being the son of is
banker of position in one if the western counties, had
received a very liberal education, and was accounted a
man of good ability. Unhappily he was much addicted
to the use of strong drinks, anti when under its in-
fluence was guilty of acts of folly and indiscretion
whicti brought his name into unenviable notoriety.
The circumstances connected with its di-csiv/ ry in the
river wire deposed to, and it was shown that on the
clothes being searched a sum if about 12s. in cash and
some other articles were found in the pockets. There
being nothing to show at all the meats by which he
came into the water, the learned coroner adj.dirned the
inquest to afford the police time for inquiry. NI ean-
tune apeculation it rife. Some consider that while in
a state of delirium he jump into the river with the
intention of drowning himself; others think that whilst
walking near the water—it might be whist going to
tne lodge of the gaol to make some inquiries—he being
its liquor, reeled over the bank, which is unprotected
by any fence, and thus met with his sad fate. All
agree that hi, end has been a very sad one. The jury
have found an open verdict of "Found dead."
A WEALTHY PAUPaR.—The guardians of the
Huddersfield Union have been grossly imposed upon
by an octogenarian, named Mary Olsitield, who,
although she had been in the receipt of parish relief to
the amount of 4s. per week, possessed the large sum of
£lO5 Is. lid., with which she appears to have been re-
luctant to part, even on the verge of eternity. She
had deprived herself of the common necessaries of life,
anti expired on Tuesday night in last week. The old
woman had been looked upon as a needy subject, and
it in a mystery to her neighbours how she has acquired
her riches.
TooSE RIDICULOUS OARMRNTS ! —Mrs. Olive
Loran, in a speech at the Brooklyn woman's meeting,
said -
I rejm t the trousers with contempt and worn. Men ruts
sufficiently ridiculous figure in them themselves. The trouble
is they .ion't like their own costione, and are envious of our
laces, jewellery, frills, and dr reset. " Trousers, forsooth
trousers?" Shake not the ridiculous garment at me. No;
no long as we can have our silks, satins, and shawls, we will
repudiate 3 our absurd bifurc led unwhisperaiges. Lock at
your swallowtail coats, stovepipe hats; and you weary. us-
hair so short, some of you, that you look precisely like
monkeys, and I don't wonder that 0110 of 'our number hat
written a book showing that animal to be the father of his
moo