The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-11-25 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The official translation of the Queen's title in main
Is to be Eaisar-i-Bind, in Hindi, Hind ka Eaisar.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at which
all the Ministers were present.

There is again some talk of supplying London with
salt water at the cost of £lOO,OOO.

Wealthy Parisian ladies now have models of their
figures by French artists, and leave their models with their
dressmakers.

The dyeing of animals is now quite common in Paris.
A lady in that city recently drove four horses dyed a brll
heft magenta. Dogs are dyed mangey-enta. -

The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the
receipt in Ths Times (as "Conscience Money '') of the first
halves of Bank notes for £205 from "A. B. C."

Lloyd's agent at Kertch, in a telegram dated 20th
November, 230 p.m. reports :—" Torpedoes placed near
battery, loose. Gunboat stationed to conduct vessels through
Kertch Straits. None should enter unguided."

During the last few days an unusually arge num-
ber of woodcocks have located in Godstons districts, Surrey,
and sportsmen have bagged many couples of these German
visitors.

On Saturday, at the meeting of the Metropolitan
'Asylums Board, it was reported that upwards of 140 small-
pox patients were in the Slockwell Hospital, and 167 in that
at Homerton.

The amount of the collections at the late Colston
anniversary at Briatol was £11,184 151. 61, viz. ;—Anchor
(Liberal So clet) ), £1,100; Dolphin (Conservative),
£1,284 163. ecl. ; Grateful (Neutral), £BOO.

Mr. Justice Hawkins was on Saturday sworn in as
one of the Barons of the Exchequer, having been trans-
ferred to that division of the Iligh Court from the Qaeen's
Bench.

At Belgrade on Monday the birthday of General
Tchernaleff was celebrated with much ceremony, a Te Deum
being sung at the Cathedral In the evening there was a
reception and a banquet at the palace.
The expanses incurred by Lord Mayor Cotton, of
Lonion In maintaining what 1.3 supposed to be the dignity of
his office, are set down at At 17,000. We are told that this is
a smaller sum than usual, and that Sir A. Leak spent more
than £22,000.

The marriage of Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Lady
Katharine Eliza Gordon, youngest daughter of the late
George John James, fifth Earl of Aberdeen, and sister of the
present Peer, was celebrated on Tuesday at the parish church
of St. Mary Abbots, Kensington.
It seems doubtful whether Austria will be officially
represented at the Exhibition which the Parisians propose
to hold in 1178. Owing to the depressed state of trade it is
uncertain whether the required amount will be voted by the
Iteichsrath.i

Prince Milan is reported to have received from St
Petersburg despttches which appear to have caused him
considerable anxiety. Immediately after their receipt
General Tchernayeff and the Midsters were susamoned, and
had a long conference with his Highness.

"Mignon to Kitty.—Why don't you write se
promised ? Am anxiously waiting for a few lines as to your
welfare —P. F. to A. D.—No note since Oct. 10th. I fear
some mistake or have you forgotten the Pets? I shall hope to
see you on Thursday.—Yours, P I."—Advertisements in The
Times

Mr. Morley, M.P., has issued an address upon
retiring from the School Board for London, in which he bears
testimony to the ability, integrity, and devotion of its mem-
bers, and expresses his belief that the policy of the Board
has been a wise one, and in harmony with the feelings of the
great bulk of the people.

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It is stated that Germany has declined any partici.
nation in the Paris Exhibition of 1878. The Is ational
Z eitung (Berlin) professes that the Imperial Government, in
Slits refusal, has solely taken into consideration Germany's
interest, as France considered hers when she planned the
Exhibition without having previously communicated with
foreign rowers.

The Athens Messenger contradicts the report that a
treaty of alliance offensive and defensive has been signed
between Servia and Greece. The latter country, it says,
will no; abandon its erpectant'attitude, unless Europe should
sacrifice the Greeks of Turkey to rival or hostile nationalities;
but it trusts to the justice of the guaranteeing rowers to
avert such an eventuality.
It is stated from Paris that private advices have
been received there to the effect that, after the review held
on Thursday last, the Emperor of Russia had a conversation
with the French Ambassador, in which he declared that he
would only send his troops to enforce, if he could not other-
wise obtain, a lastingly Jest and improved position of the
Christian population of Turkey.
At a raeeting of the Edinburgh town council a rem).
lotion was passed instructing the Lord Provost's Committee
to urge upon the Government to take immediate steps for the
erection of such defences on the Firth of Forth as would
protect life and property on the east coast ef So9tland in the
event of a war with any foreign Power.
A Correspondence has taken place between Admiral
Elliot, President of the Thuncierer Relief Fend, and the
Archbishop of Canterbury, in which the latter, although
regretting that he cannot see his way to making a personal
request to the clergy to have collections in their churches in
aid of the fund, intimates that if the committee should
desire to appeal to them such a course would have his full
approval

The Spectator pours balm upon the ruffled soul of
the British farmer by informing him that it Is not the Dory-
phora deverameata, but the Doryphora juneta, that has
arrived in England from America Not to put too fine a
point upon it, it is not the potato bug, but an allied species
—a sort of high-toned first cousin—who is above potato diet.
At a meeting of the Nottingham Town Council it
has been deoided to erect new buildings in the town for the
spread of the higher branches of education amongst the
people. The entire cost of the buildings will be £40,000,
towards which an anonymous donor has contributed £lO,OOO,
for the purpose of covering the cost of that portion of
the building which shall be devoted to university extension.

Travellers in Constantinople always notice the
large number of shoeblacks who meet you at every corner.
Strong, hearty men as well as boys place their boxes in front
of you, and insist upon giving your boots a polish. Probably
no steamer plies on the Bosphorus without having one or
two shoeblacks on board. The matcbsellers are only
second to them in numbers. Men seek employment in a
great many positions which in Europe they have abandoned
on account of the opening out of more profitable work. The
great majority of house servants are men.

An investigation has been held at the " Hope "
Tavern, Banner-street, London, relative to the death of
George Curtis, egad 19, an apprentice.—The mother of the
deceased said her son had formed an attachment to a young
woman who died suddenly a few weeks ago. This loss
preyed upon his mind and threw him into a desponding state.
—Samuel Phillips said he lived In the same house as the last
witness and the deceased. On Thursday morning on enter-
ing the wash-house be found the deceased suspended by the
neck from a rafter. Fe cut him down, but life was extinct
Tne Jury found a verdict of "Suicide whilst in a state of
unsound mind."

Soundings have been taken in the English Channel
with a view to finding the exact depth of the sea, and to
examining the nature of the sea bed, In connection with the
projected Channel Tunnel No less than 3,257 specimens of
the bottom formation have been taken, and these will be
classified in order to compile a chart of the sea bottom. The
shaft on the French side (at Sangatte) has reached a depth
of 125 maims (41011. ), thee leaving only ICM to complete the
distance at present contemplated.

Captain Palin. the chief of the Manchester
constabulary, has just laid his annual returns before the
watch oommittee. The total number of robberies of all
defcriptions reported to the police during the year was
5,t77, being 203 or 3 7 per cent. more than the preceding
year. The value of the property reported to be stolen was
£17,301, being £2,177 more than the previous year, and
the amount recovered through the police was £5,992, being
an increase of £785 over the previous year. The number of
persons proceeded sgainst before the magistrate was 28,123,
being an increase of £2O over the preceding year.

Lieut. Colonel Lord Abinger presided on Monday
night at the pIIZ3 distribution of the Liverpool Rifle Brigade
In St. George's Hall. MI lordship spoke strongly in favour
of the volunteer movement, looking upon the citizen army
as a prop to the regular one. The only danger that he saw
was that people might think the volunteers could walk alone.
and so be disposed to let the army deteriorate. With respect
to the Eastern Ques!lon, Lord Abinger said that 11 Russia's
aims were personal aggrandisement war would ensue, but if
she simply sought to enforce good government in the Chriatian.
provinces of Turkey peace would he maintained.

There Is at present quite a stir among the Masons on
the Continent in consequence of a statement, given on the
authort,y of the Freemason, that the Countess Mittel), a
highly educated lady, has been initiated into a lodge sub-
ordinate to the Grand Orient of Hungary She was regularly
proposed and seconded, ballotted for, elected and admitted
in due form. The matter corning to the knowledge of the
Grand Orient, was further complicated by a declaration that
the initiation was null and void, as a woman is disqualified
from becoming a Freemason. As the countess w4a actually
received, the question is, Can her lodge now keep her out?
It was decided at a meeting of representatives of
friendly soieties held at Sheffield on Saturday evening to
make an effort to procure the repeal of certain provisions of
the Poor Law Amendment Act, which, it is contended, will
deprive the family of a pauper lunatic of the friendly society
benefits which be has intended to secure for them, and will
make them applicable to his own maintenance. Mr. Mun-
della, M.P., who attended the meeting, disputed the con-
struction thus placed upon the Act, but he promised to
bring the matter before the Government, and expressed his
belief that the grievance complained of had only to be pointed
out in order to be remedied.

Colonel Henderson, C.B. speaking on Monday
night at the 4th anniversary of the London Cabmen's Misslon,
to a large number of cabmen and their wives, said that although
drunkenness among that body was, not on the increase, it
was not on the decrease, as there were 13,000 CiBo3 of
drunkenness last year; but he hoped before long to see such a
long list greatly diminished, as there was undoubtedly a steady
and gradual improvement among the men. There was one
point to which he wished to draw particular attention, and
that was the marvellous improvement that had occurred in
the return of lost property since an alteration in the lost
property rules had been made. In 1870 only 3,500 articles
had been brought to SA)tiaudyard, whereas dui tog the past
twelve months 16,000 were deposited at the same place. The
present hackney carriage regulations, he thought, were just
both to the cabmen and the public.
The Home Secretary was entertained on Monday
evening at a banquet in the Town Hall, Birmingham. In
responding to the toast of his health. Mr. Cross, in referring
to the policy of the Government with respect to
the Eastern question, asked what minister in his senses
would r;estre anything but peace—what English Minister
but woul‘i strain heaven and earth to maintain peace, which
was essential so the prosperity and welfare of the kingdom
The sole desire of her Majesty's Government since the
breaking out of the war was to localise the struggle and
prevent its becoming Earopean, and so far they had suc-
ceeded. Owing chiefly also to English influence the Wished-
for Conference had become an accomplished tact.

At an influential meeting of the ratepayers of Fleet-
wood a motion was carried by a large maj )rity against the
formation of a school board for the district

A former angsr refiner, nmed Legaay, has just
died, leaving 400,000 francs ior new public fountain&

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We (Globe) understand that ex• Colonel Valt.ntin-
Bpker will in a few days return to England from Const %au.
ople, on a temporary visit.

Inquisitive Scotch School Board officer to laP)eraian
parent—" Was your boy born in Glasme ? " 'No, LOT, au' 1
hope he never will be !"

A telegram says that the floor of a crowded theatre
at Sacramento, in Calitcrqb, fell in last Saturday night.
Seven persons were killed and 103 kJ tired, many of the latter
fatally.

From accounts received in Calcutta, it appears that
12V00 persons are estimated to have perisheu during tire
cyclone which recently devastated the south-eastern part of
Bengal.

Captain Nano, we (Ath,cnceton) are glad to hear, is
writing an account of his Arctic Expedition.
There is a post-office in Delaware into which you
can drop a letter with full confidence that it will travel
ninety-five miles, and be changed into three different mail-
bags, before reaching the next office, two miles off.

There exist in France 6,210 druggists' shops, of
which 2,121 are of the first, and 4,089 of the second class. In
18E6 the total number was only 5t03. Cslculating the popu-
lation of France, this gives one druggist to every 10,000 in-
habitants.

The Berlin, Post states that several gentlemen hive
arrived at SS. Petersburg from tho United States, and have
applied to the Government of the Czar for Letters of marque
to be employed against English shipping in the event of
war.

The Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs stated on
Saturday, in Congress, in reply to a question, that Spain was
in no way disposed to sacrifice her treasure or the blood of
her rulajects for a cause which did not affect her national
honour.

A new form of steam pump, for service on ship-
board, is being tried at Portsmouth. It can eject 300 tons
of water per hour, and be easily duplicated, according to
the number of the boilers. It is thought that had an arange-
ment of this kind been on board the Vanguard that war-ship
might have been saved.
The executive of the Durham Miners' Association
and the Coal owners of that district have jointly appointed
a barrister with a salary of £3OO a year to sit as an in-
dependent person to hear evidence upon any dispute that
may occur between employers and employed.

Foot and month disease, which had been nearly
stamped out from the herds of cattle in Surrey (says the
Standard) has broken out within the last few days among
dairy stock, and is supposed to have been disseminated by a
drove of Welsh cattle travelling through the county.
Mr. Gladstone visited the Wrexham Exhibition on
Monday afternoon, accompanied by Mrs. Qladstone and
other members of his family. He expressed himself much
pleased with his visit. Haying been requested to take part
In the closing ceremonial on Monday next, he regretted his
Inability to do co in the present serious position of public
affairs.

The Maidstone Museum has lately been enriched by
the additdon of several interesting obj3cts, including two
pieces of the Waigatte coal brought home by the steamship
Pandora from Disco during the recant Arctic expedition,
and kindly presented by Captain Allen Young through the
curator of the museum.

The death is announced of Mt. Robert Barclay, of
Reigate, a member of the Society of Friends. Mr Barclay
had been for some years engaged in writing a "History of
Quakerism," which was almost on the eve of publication. It
was Intended in it to show the close connection between
Quakeriam and the other forms of mysticism and enthusiasm
prevalent in the seventeenth century.

Every three months the French railway companies
sell cif all merchandise not accepted when delivered (says the
Court Journal). The northern railway advertises "a barrel
of holy water from Lourdes" will be knocked down to the
highest bidder. A priest ordered the water, intending to
bottle and sell it to the fidges at A local shrine. The barrel
was not delivered in time on the saint's anniversary, so vul-
garly speaking, he refaced the goods.

A pretty widow (residing in Paris), whose husband
has been dead several years, received a beautiful bouquet the
other day. The man that sent it saw her pass that evening
with the bouquet of fhwers in hand. "I am so pleased to
see you with them," said he, and a thousand little cupids
dimpled in his eyes. "Yes," she replied, "It was very kind
of you; I always knew you liked him; I am taking them to
his grave. "—Court Journal.

The following telegram from Admiral Ryder, dated
Nagasaki, 20th November, WAS received at the Admiralty on
Monday :—" Her Majesty's ship Lapwing has been reported
lost in great gale near Chefoo. No lives lost. Charybdis
and gunboat gone to assistance."

The American Correspondent of The Times says that
General Sherman, in reporting his military operations
against the Indians, states that, excepting bands under
Sitting Bull and Orazy Horse, all the hostile Sioux are sub-
Jagated and in a more manageable condition than ever be-
fore. General Sherman is confident that these bands will
be captured before the winter ends.
A serious accident occurrel on the Snnderland and.
Newcastle branch of the North-Eastern Railway early on
Wednesday morning. A coal train from Sun&rland had got
off the line, and while it was being dr.LFged along, a heavy
gods train from Newcastle came up on the down line.
After several trucks had safely patted the injured coal
waggons, the wheels of one of the latter slid on to the up
line, and, in consequence, some eight of the goods trucks
were thrown down the embankment. No lives were lost.

Dr. J. Russell Reynolds writes as follows to The
Times :—"ln the present state of the public health I think
that it is of the utmost importance to correct a misappre-
hension, very widely spread, of a sentence taken from a
letter written by Mr. Gladstone with regard to vaccination;
and, therefore, I am glad to be able to say, with his sanction,
that he no more questions the use of vaccination, which is
practised and repeated in his family, than he questions other
well-established medical doctrines and practices."

" We are authoriz,td to state that there is no founda-
tion whatever for the report that the Factory Act has been
suspended in the Royal Arsenal, and the boys withdrawn
from their attendance at school, in consequence of pressing
demands for ammunition. We are also requested to state
that the increased supply of cartridges now required is con-
sequent on the adoption of the Martini-Henry rifle for Her
Majesty's troops in India, and la duo to no other cause."—
Mondays Times.

Hundreds of families have been rendered homeless
by the late fl )ods at Aberdeen, and at a meeting of magis-
trates on Saturday to consider the case of the sufferers, a
letter was read from Colonel Biddulnh, expressing Her
Majesty's sympathy with them. and (-firing £25 should a
public subscription be opened for their relief. The town
clerk was instructed to return thanks for Her Majesty's
gracious offer, and to say that a public subscription will not
be needed.
The old High Church party hag sustained a severe
loss by the death cf the Rev. William Gresley, vicar of B )yn
.11t11, and prebendary of Lichfield. He was the author of a
number of books, both of a devotional and amusing character.
When St. Paul's, Brightup, was first built, Mr. Greeley was
the regular Sunday, morning preaPher there. He was a
writer in the English Churchman, and he is undentood to
have very much disapproved of the more extreme Ritualist
practices of later days.

In answer to R. W. Boyd's challenge to row on the
Tyne for the Championship of England, John Higgins reminds
Boyd that the championship of England has always been
contested for on the Thames. He is willing to meet Boyd or
any other man according to the terms of his challenge of
the 18th inst. but he declines to row on the Tyne under
any circumstances.

The Great Northern Railway Company propose to
apply at the next session of Parliament for powers to con-
struct a new line of railway from Spalding to Lincoln—about
32 miles. The new line will open up a large and populous
district between the loop line and the Sleaford and Bourn
and Grantham and Lincoln lines.

An order has been issued that boys entering the
navy between the ages of 16 and 16} years arq to be not less
than sfc. lin. In height, instead of 5 feet, the ritinimum fixed
by the last order. It has been determined that in future
petty officers and seamen when on duty shall receive an
allowance of ss. per day, viz, 3s. 6d. for food and is. 6d. for
lodging. •

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The Earl of Warwick, in addressing a meeting over
which he presided at Birmingham on Tuesday night, con-
gratulated the country on the fact that in the present
critical position of foreign affairs the Cmservative party,
supported by a powerful majority, was in cffice. Whilst
admitting the maladministration of the Porte, he depre-
cated the attempt which had been made to fasten upon her
Majesty's G yvernment the responsibility of the Acta of the
Turkish authorities.

At a meeting of the inhabitants of Portsmouth on
Monday night, the Mayor in the chair, it was resolved to
entertain the crews of the Alert, the Discovery, and the
Pandora at a dinner on the 30th inst.—lt a "Welcome
Home" meeting given to the Good Templar' of the expedi-
tion, Mr. Robinson, the Chief Constructor of the Dock) ard,
presiding, William Malley, of the Alert, in relating his ex.
periences, said that amongst the men who escaped scurvy,
and did any sledging worthy of notice, were four teetotallers,
who et,joyed perfect immunity from all sickness, establishing
beyond the shadow of doubt that the intense cold of the
Polar regions could be endured without stimulants.
Their It)yal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales *visited Norwich on Monday, siith the double object
of attending a public meeting on behalf of an extension of
the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and of enabling the
Princo to preside, in his capacity of Grand Master of the
Freemasons of England, at the installation of Lord Suffield
as Grand Master of the Freetnicsons for the province of Nor-
folk. An address of welcome was presented by the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Burgesses of Norfolk to their Royal Hlgh-
nesse. en the arrival of their train at the platform of the
railway station. The Prince and Princess took luncheon
with the Bishop of Norwich at the EpisccpAl Palace, and
afterwards visited the Cathedral

The Weekly Intcr.Ocean gives' at length an account
of an extraordinary euiclde that has recently occurred at
Columbine Ohio. The suicide, a man apparently occupying
a respectable position, shot himself in the presence of his
wife, who afterwards gave to a zeporter an eztaordinary
account of the eircometances of her married life. From this
statement it would appear the husband commenced ill-using
his wife within a few dais of their marriage, havii g on one
occasion threaternsi her with a pistol, and on another
beaten her with a chair till it broke. Some four weeks before
he had shot lab:melt she had le3 him, on account of his
ernelty, and gone to Cincinnati, whence she returned at his
requeet, after a week's absence. On her return he treated
her worse than ever, and finally shot himself in her presence.
A public meeting to protest against the practice of
vivisection was held at the "Horns" Assembly-room, Ken-
nington, on Tuesday evening Among the speakers were the
Rev. H. N. Oxenham, the Rev. T. Hugo. and the Rey W. H.
Montgomery. The resolutions which were adopted asserted
that "the torture of the lowe r animals cannot be morally
justified on the rl3a of scientific research ; " that, "notwith-
standlog the revolting cruelties inflicted on multitudes of
animals, it is yet to be proved that any advantage has resulted
to mankind from sloth practices, either by the preventiont et
li
disease or the discovery of modes of cure;
Cruelty to Animas Bill of last session being
v wßnhC,lllytiulntie
ade-
quate to put down the cruel practice o. vivisection, the
another
measure
Government should be urged to bring in
rendering the practice altogether illegal.
Mr. F. Schumann, M.N.Sa, writes to Thc Times
o legs
from 15, Hargwyne-strest, Stockwell, London,
bfl.tWh. :—" The
h
fate of Niels Christian Petersen, who had
amputated end died on beard the Alert, where he served as
who now, haele-
interereter, will still be frail in the minds of the ptlbliC.
He left a widow and three children,is lost
their bread-winner, are living in very poor circumstances at
Copenhagen, where a Relief Committee, composed of work-
ing men, has been est ilellshed. 1 think this only needs to be
known to meet with a hearty response from the British
nation, for whose honour, and under whose flag, Niels
Christian Petersen lost his life. Donations should be sent to
Tne RAN( Committee for the Widow end children of the
late Niels Christian Petersen, 18, Revnsborggade, Copen-
hagen, Danmark?"
An inquest has been held at Millbank Prison on the
body of Mary Ann Barnes, aged 28 years. In November of
last year the deceased was received at Millbank on a sentence
of penal servitude for seven years from the Liverpool
Assizes for larceny. A short time ago she complained of
illness, was excused hard labour, removed to the infirmary,
sad placed on liberal diet, but died on Friday in last week
from the effects of consumption. She was of superior
education, and asserted the was single, and it was believed
her friends moved in a anperi)r station. She refused to
communicate with her ulatives, alleging she would die
rather than disgrace her family. A verdict of "Death from
natural causes" was found.

The Registrar General's returns shows an average
mortality for the week at the rate of 28 per 1,000 per annum.
In London ttoa death-rata was 23/, is Edinburgh 23, Glas-
gow 28, and Dublin 30. The rate in London showed a cos-
siderahle increase, which is actrihed mainly to the greater
fatality of diseases of the respitatory organs. Brighton
attained the lowest death rate, 18; while Salford remained
highest with 37, being bracketed, however, last week with
Oldham. The number of deaths from small-pox in the
twenty principal towl s rose in the last two weeks from 46 to
81. The fatal casts front this disease in Loudon showed
a considerable increase in North London, especially in
Hackney.
ovd fan

"When a donkey's in the Pound he's more tha
ever a Q aod-ruped."—Fun.

Tbe Qaeen bay been pleived to confer tbe vacant
Ribbon of the Thistle upon Sir Wlllitan Sirling Maxwell.

The Fleet at Bika 13. w is to be provided with
winter clothing. We hope ovrbaule will be included.—
Punch. -

A disturbance is reported to have occurred in South
CP.rolina, in which two officiaLs were killed while endeavou r-
ing to arrest some Negroes.

Heavy gales are reported to have been prevalent at
Madeira on the 11th of the present month, and to have con-
tioued up to the 14th instant, causing the loss of several
vessels in the Funchal roads.

The oath of allegiance now taken by the officers and
clerks of the Royal dockyards on their appointment is
ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty to be discontinued
for the future, as their lordships consider such an oath now
unnecessary.

It is a startling fact that ()car 10,000 persons of
ureound mind are confined in the lunatic asylums of the
United Slates, driven mad from over excitement by
apiritaalism.—Dr. Forbes Winslow.
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Drunkenness has so greatly 'increased in Nottingham
that the magistrates have determined to ascertain from
drunkards brought before them the name of the publican who
last supplied them with liquor.
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The aggregate admissions to the Centennial Exhi-
bition at Philadelphia were 9,789,392, of which 8,001,325 paid.
The receipts amount to 3,813,749 dols. ; the arerage•dally ad-
mission were 61,563.

The Keighley Guardians, who were released from
prison by the judges of the Queen's Bench, returned home
on Saturday, and were received by a brass band, to the air
Of "Se the Conquering Hero comes:"

War or no war, we really ought to come to some
understanding as to the way in which we are to spell Russian
names (remarks the Court Journal). There is the Russian
Chancellor for instance. How shall we render his name?
Most persons say, " Gortschakoff :" some write "Gortchakoff,"
other writers prefer "Gortchskow,' but the Daily News
prefers a spelling of its own, " Gorchakow." Prince Mena-
chikoff undergoes nearly as many transformations

There bas -been discovered in N,v, Orleans, says the
Picayune of that city, "The Last Supper," painted by
Raphael shortly before his death, which occurred in the
year 1520. The painting has been rudely cut from its
original frame and adjnsted to one of smaller capacity.
Under a fold was found Raphael's monogram.

A curious will was admitted to probate the other
day. It read as follows :—" I, Bridget Reilly, in my solid
senses, wills this house to my husband. House and lot, all
belonging to, and farniture." It was written on the back of
a receipted bill for groceries.
The Cardiff Board of Guardians have resolved to
distribute as far as posiible, bread instead of money as out-
door relief, it having been noticed that outdoor paupers in
receipt of money relief are sometimes summoned for
drunkenness.
The longest sentence on record was censtructed by a
Western judge. He sentenced a murderer for life, and after-
ward clapped two more years to the sentence because the
prisoner called him "no gentleman."

The Duke of Saldanha, the Portuguese Ambassador
at the English Court. died on Tuesday morning at his resi-
dence in London. He was born about 1790, and was there-
fore about 16 years of age. The Doke had taken an active
part in public affairs in Tortuga' during the last fifty years.

Princess Louis of Hesse (Princeos Alice of G-rest
Britain) and Princess Louise ( Varchioness of Lorne) paid a
private visit to the Samaritan Free Hospital for Women and
Children the other day, and inspected minutely and with
great care both the in and out departments during the busiest
time of the day, in order thoroughly to examine the working
arrangements-1u which the Prineess Louis is much interested,
having a large institution at Darmstadt under her own super-
vision, 'lbw Royal Highnesses saw two patients just about
to undergo very serious operations, as well as those others
who were recovering, and spoke to them with the kindest
sympathy.
A Correspondent sends to the Western Mail ei letter
from Newcastle, New South Wales, which intending
emigrants to Australian colonies will not regard as encourag-
ing. He describes the coal trade of that district as being in
a lamentably depressed condition, and many emigrants who
have gone out to the colony in order to better their prospects
have found it the reverse of a land of,Goschen. The demorali-
sing effects of the truck system appear to be fully realised,
and the homes of colliers and farm labourers are described as
presenting an appearance of wretchedness unknown in this
country. Queensland and New Zealand are said to be in a
still worse condition.

The Sing of Italy opened Parliament on Monday
with a speech in which he sketched a lengthy programme of
business for the session. IS includes the removal of the
forced paper currency, amelioration of the incidence of the
taxes, the developrdent of internal commerce and of
provincial and communal self government, the introduction
of new penal and commercial codes, the restraint of the
Church of Rome wherever it offends public liberty or infringes
the rights of the Government, the revision of the electoral
law so as to extend the franohlre, and the introduction of a
complete system of popular education.

Mesers. Frank Buckland and Spencer Walpole, the
commiasioners appointed by the Home Secretary, held a
public inciniry at Scarborough on Saturday as to the CRUM
and remedy of the decrease in size and number of crabs
and lobsters. Stveral fishermen were examined, and all
agreed that the law should prevent the sale of crabs under
41 inches, and that lobsters should be fear inches in the
barreL They wore of opinion that crabs "shelling" should
be returned to the tea, and also all the "berried" or spawn-
ing crabs.

Lord Salisbury and suite left Charing-cross Station,
South-Eastern Railway, by special train at 10.50 on Monday
morning for Folkestone, thence by special steamer, the
Alexandra. to Boulnge, en route for Constantinople. The
party consisted of Lord and Lady Salisburv, Lady Maud Cecil,
Lord Cranborne, and Messrs. Currie, Lee, Northcote and
Hosier, his lordship's secretaries. The train was fitted with
a Royal and other saloons, and Mr. John Shaw, manager and
secretary to the South-Eastern R,lllwai Compaany, received
the party, and accompanied them to Boulogne. A large
number of persons assembled at the station, and greeted his
lordship with very hearty cheers on his departure.