The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-09 00:00:00

rTIE STOITRIIRIDGE OBSICRVER.

-who had offended him. Self.restraint under provoca-
tion was notto be expected of a man who had lived in
the indulgence of lawless passion. It is, indeed, re-
markable that all the parties to this tragedy in
the violation of the laws of society and in disregard of ,
the sanctities of family I.fe. Hinson was not married
to the woman who bore his name, and who became his
victim while he had a lawful wife. Boyd enjoyed
the reputation, much coveted by some men, of being a
" devil id a fellow among the women." The murder of
the unsuspecting couple may be said to have been a
public act, all its stages, from the attack on Boyd as
he left the railway station to the shooting of the
woman, having been witnetised by one or more persona
who appear to have been paralysed with fear. As
there will apparently be no difficulty about the evi-
dence, it is to be hoped that the course of justice will
be clear and short, and public attention find a more
wholesome object than the contemplation of the details
of murder.

choice of the workhoutie or the prison. e petitioned i
the Magistrate to send him back to Millbank. But the 1
Magistrate decided that he bad not infringed the ;
Habitual Criminals Act. He had failed to qualify
himself for Millhank. There waa no place for him 1
but the workhouse ; this undeserver had not merited
, the gsoL
Now the dietary of a gaol does not a present consist ,
I.f three meals aday ; the chief of them a dinner with 1
three cour.es and a deasert. In addition to meat, when ,
meat is given, there is Do soup end fish, nor ally pud•
ding, nor is Champagne ever Mtn winced at table; the
very kitchen wines are ahsent, and tbeir place is not
even aupplied by bitter ale. It is almost needless to
say that on the removal of the cloth, no roae.water
ev. r goes round. Clearly, therefore, a prison is an
abode far from luxurious. What then must a work-
house be, when a prison is preferred to it by a man
who knows what a pruion is? Such a place that the
fear of it must needs make every but a vers c.mscientious
1 paw peril in resolve to keep out of it as long as he can,
honestly if possible if not by crime.—Punch.
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The inquest on the bodies was concluded on Wednese
day, when the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful
murder against Frederick Hinson for killing Wiliiam
Douglas Boyd and Maria Death."
The Coroner then made out his warrant for the corm
mittal of the accused to Newgate, there to await his
trial on the capital charge.

THE BISHOP OF OXFORD IN
LIVERPOOL.
On Sunday the Bishop of Oxford preached a sermon
in St. Nicholas' Church in aid of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel. The church was crowded
to excess, and many could not obtain admittance. His
Lordship chose for hie text the 29th verse of the 3rd
chapter of Daniel: " Because there is no other God that
can delirtr after this sort." He commenced by sketch.
lug the awful character of the fiery ordeal through
which the three young Jews—Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego—had to pass. He then said that he had
chosen the subject because it brought before them very
remarkably the life which each one was leadirm here,
with itschanges and itstewptations. This plain of Dora,
what was it but the plain of time spread out between
the two rivers which walked the past, and the coming
eternity, and each one of us upon that plain of time
had life, reason, responsibility, conscience. The golden
ini ge was the world, and men worshipped it, justifying
this or that on the ground that the society in which
they lived would not allow them to do otherwise.
And round about this golden image of the world came
all kinds of sweet and seductive noises—the sounds of
harps, sackluts, and dulcimers. They were told that
they might worship their own gods if they would wor-
ship those of the world also, and no longer protest
against the worship of other gods by their fellows.
And those who remained firm hereto had to pass
through a fiery ordeal of malevolence, false testimony,
and unkindness, even bean those they would fain love
and sympathise with, lie implored them to remain
faithful to the end, even as did the three Jewish heroes
of oil. Ile concluded by appealing ft.r assistance to
the Gospel Propagation Society, whose labours were
now sorely restricted by their lack of funds.
At the conclusion of the service a collection was
made.

—.wank. Agaesiz immediately recited his own early tin has assigned one of the clerks to the busineee of
history; how his father had provided a place in a bank classifying and arranging the autobiographies of tie
for him on his leaving college, how he had begged firet employes id that department, elicited by the circular
n
for one year more of study, then for another, and whe seet round Koine time ago, termed the ' Department
he got a third his fate was fixed. 'And Mr. W.," Catechism." The other day Acting Secretary Riclierd-
said Agessiz, "if it had not been for that little firm- win issued an order modifyieg the catechism by erasing
ness, I should to-day have been nothing but a banker." the question :`• What age are mm?"y in so far as it
Somehow the mayor looked rather foolieh. applies to ladies. Some of 'he lady clerks objected to
this part of the catechism, and trot • friend to r - pre-
A LlOtiT M.sTTER.—It is alleged that an i•uven-
tbm has recently been made whereey sewage, la sionis sent to Mr. Richanisou the enibarresieing posatii in in
which the true answer to suoli a question would place
process. is eenveited into gas. Setting the Theme,.
on fire may be, therefore, viewed as tweeds', end hens Many of the clerks, it is said, took umbrage
it the entire lilac. ediegii, but, so far ise kitown, imly
doubtless, also proetable. Perhaps, the the itiventioe
nme haa been so much offended DA to resign his position.
may he turned to such good use that our sewaire may
It is expected that when the answers are properly
he bureed before polluting our fair riv• r. We now
throw it to the dogs by wasting it at Barking. By classified a number of removals will be macle.
converting it to gas we should certainly establish the THE LATE MA. QUM OF HASTINGS AND THE
fact of our enlightenment. The cost of gas at present BoolotikEins.—On l' uesday an application was made
is so heavy here in London that nobody but millionaires to Mr. Allen, the chief clerk if Vice Chaniellor James
can afford well to make light of IL —Punch. emicerning claims' for racmg &ids amounting ton about
ElO,OOO. In the suit for the admiffisiration of the late
marquis'S estate before the Mannter of the Rolls time
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE !—A very strange acct-
dent and most miraculous escape are reported flow
the town of Jamaica, Long Island. A negro, waa given till the 20d of October to file evidence
named Carter, was digging a well, and when he of disputed claims, Messrs. Steele and Nichols, the
had sunk it about forty feet the earth caved in and well-known bookmakers, claiming for £lO.OOO. It
was stated that there were several other claims to be
buried him alive. A large number id persons volun-
gone into. The Chief Clerk said he should give till
teereil to dig him iiio, but no one believ“l hie life would
the 92nd to file evidence in support of clues, ; and that
be saved. They worked all night, finding it necessary
would allow time for those to be replied to in time for
to eh( ire up the sides as they descended. Next morn-
the hearing on the 2nd of November. Order was made
jug they were astonished tohear the buried man calling
to them to hurry up, saying he was at the bottom, accordingly.
knee-deep in water, wedged in and unable to move. Is THE MUD.—On Sunday a somewhat ludi-
An iron pipe was immediately run down to him, and crone incident occurred at the St. George's Basin,
by this means he Was supplied with air. The rescuers Liverpool. A woman who was suffering from the
worked with a will, and finally rescued him after effects of drink jumped from off the pier into the basin,
thirty-eight hours' burial. A large stone had failen with the intention, it is supposed, of committing suicide
on hie breast and wedged him in. The escape is re- by drowning. It was low water at the time, and
garded as wonderful. instead of getting into the water she became ern-
i e i bedded on the mud at thY bottom of the basin.
THE " CHURCH OF PROGRESS "—ln London, mat.
time,
numbers of people were passing at the
Sunday evening, a new religious society under the above among them being some Spanish sailors,
title, was inaugurated at St. George's Hall, I emigham. "
place, by Mr. B. Langley. The object of the society, as one of whom jumped after the woman, but
in place of rendering her aswistance he also stuck
explained by the chairman in a rather lengthy address, feat. A second Spaniard then tried to render assist-
' was to provide rational Senday evenings' occupation
ance to his comrade and the woman, and to avoid
i and amusement for the pulilic generally, totally regard-
their fete he went down a ladder. When he got to
the bottom he began to waste to the 'there, but failed
I less of sectarian or priestly distinctions. histructive
lectures would, he said be delivered, sacred IMISiC
to reach thene and in his turn was firmly embedded.
would be provided, and everything, in short would be
Thia eight caused some amusement to the onlookers,
done both to improve and to amuse the people. After
and after coneiderable difficulty the " three miullarks"
the chairman's address the secretary read letters from
were rescued by means of ropes. They were taken to
Lord Anihrtley, Sir John Bowriug, Mr. J. S. Mill,
the receiving house, where the Yemen was found to be
and one or two other persons of politicial or social
distinction, all approving of the objects of the society, more seriously Mut than the men. She gave several
but excusing their absence from the inaugural meeting names and addresses, so that it is not known who she
on various grounds. Lord Atnberley was to have is, and she also said that she had been separated from
her husband for three months.
presided, but was unavoidably detained at the Social
Science Congress at Bristol. After the address, a STEAM VESSELS.—Ari official return shows that
selection of sacred music was given by Miss Cole, Mies down to the let of January' 1869, there had been
Frankleyn, Mr. Mason and an efficient chorus. The registered at the ports of the United Kingdom 2,916
hall was about two-thirds full. steam vessels, their aggregate registered tonnage being
• e 904,191 tons, and their gross tonnage 1,341,1(16 tons.
A WATERSPOUT.—" Observer,",, writing irom .
Dandle, on the 4th Oct., says : l'he date of build
is ranges from 1823 tsi 186 e ; the oldest
the Ann and Jane, of Newcastle, of '27 tons. The
Some of your readers may he interested in being In
formed thM, ainnog the meteorological phenomena of the- cliatitmo! the names is a loyal lint. Three veseels bear the
iod
Her Majesty, 16 that of Victoria, and there are
per, a mageincent watempout was seen at this place to-
day about 12 45 p.m At first it was a long flair ,w, trunk-
12 Queens, four British Queens, 11 Princes of !Vales,
shaped mass, nowhere noire than half a degree In ereailth, Revell Aiberts, eight Alexandras, and namesakes of
having its base distinctly perceptible in a ilense cloud. and other members of the Royal House. There are two
its apex pointing ai witwara. about threeeourths of the Dagmars, and two Densitarks. Our own country finds
item was inclined at a small angle to the vertical, and the re-
Mailli nig tapering portion was nearny horizantal. It w. then upon the waters 10 Albious, three Anglia-s, an England,
five Cambriaa 10 Britannias, a Oveat Britain, three
a Milk mass throughout, but after a few minnutes a light streak
Caledonias seven Scotias, five Erins, three Ilibernius,
appeared down its entire length. This gradually widened
sAof
tee.. to
.14i:re
threethe wmtet
minutes
ern appearancethe .wmolptrhteoalloinwo,ttotbaet.a &Weisman, and
are four
fo'Puart
Britons,rieks,anael
Tarueßßriraitnot,B,oroimhe. Then_
threethere
tine bend ; the lower portion sank behind some ire., while an Irishnuen. Of birds and beasts and fishes we have
the upper and priecipal portion, now consisting of two dark
fringe., was drawn up into the cloud, the va of each three Hawke, a Sea Hawk. a Sea Swallow, seven Lions,
es, us, ,
ascetiding rapidly in spiral li pournes, .d in a most Shigulariy ight T gers three Camels five B lldog four Bees
striking manner. A short straight portion of vapour that two Ants, six Dolphins. Heroes of sacred and profane
hung from the same cloud was afterwards drawn up in a story are represented. There are ten Sam-sons, five
similar nianner. The phenomenon must have lsited nearly Ajaxes, three Apollos, two Cabs one Tubal Cain,
ten minutes It Was preceded by a alight shower of rain. besides three Arida four Fairies, and four Fairy
There has been cload throughout the day, bm ut no thunder
lightning, and very little winiL Queens. Lords and ladies id high and low degree have
given their names to our ships; dukes and earls, Paul
A littv BATTLE WITH DISEASE.—Just at the Jones and Paid Pry, Anne Smith sad Susan Gibbs,
moment, says The Times, when the medical schools of Kates and Nelly's, Galileo and Euclid. There is one
the kingdom were beginning the work of a new session Bridegroom, but two Beidis •' one Nun, and last, not
Dr. Budd addressed the Social Science Congress at least, an Irish steamer, Number thie.
Bristol on a professional question of extraordinary inn
portance. In fait, the importance of the theory or
__THE MoTHER OF THE FUTURE KING OF SPAIN.
The mother of Prince Thomas of Savoy, whose elec.
propoeition contained in this address, can hardly be
tion to the throne of Spain appears now a likely event,
measured or expressed. Dr. Budd proposes to extin-
daughter of King John of Saxony, lost her husband,
guish almost at a blow, certainly within a brief period, the popular and much-regretted Duke of Genoa, in
at least one seventh of the diseases afflicting mankiud,
1855, and re-married ten months later the Marquis de
but that is by no means the limit of the engagement.
Ropallo. Ferdinand of Savoy, father of Prince
seventh, one-third i
It appears already probable that, instead of one-
Thomas, as gallant a soldier and true-hearted an
d our maladies may be brought
Italian as ever breathed, had little to leave his widow
under the sentence of extirpatien, and there is nothing
and two children, wno were educated in a wing of the
uulikely in the idea that the class niay be continually
Turin Palace, with the simplicity and rigid attention
enlarged year after year, as our powers of discrimina.
tion increase with our scientific knowledge. Dr. Budd to economy which their mother 'a email income neces-
sitated. On the removal of the Court to Florence, the
treate the theory of infection and prevention in certain
Duchess continued to inhabit the Royal Palace at
specified diseases as absolutely certified lie expresses
Turin, where she attracted but slight notice until the
no miggiviegs, and makes no reservations. He affirms
selection of her daughter Marguerite as the future
that in the disorders classed as infectious the poison is
Queen of Italy brought her prominently forward.
actually disseminated an he describes, and that "in all
essential points the law of propagation is perfectly The Duchess has been a beautiful woman.
made out.' He bestowed no time upon prof or argu- To DRINKERS OF SODA WATER. - Those indi-
went, as if taking it for granted that the allegations viduals who delight in soda-water and sherry or soda-
admitted of no denial. Fever, small•pox, measles, water and brandy, and are under the impression that
cholera, whooping-cough, and other diseases ere the action of the emits will neutralise the mischief done
communicated by the diesemination if material by the other part
broken
the conapouLid, sh
poisons, which dissemination can be stopped. That, they
m brief was his position. lean upon reed .
.f that in nine w cases
out of ten so -water no called is simply water saturated
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—When the fleet was
leaving Queenstown on Thursday a young lad named requires soda-water to contain fifteen grains of soda to
carbonic acid gas. The Brituk PhurmacoPeria
the bottle. This is oda water. The mixture commonly
Robert Smith, who wan watching their departure from
sold as such dues nothing of the kind. Why not call it
the main royal yard of a Nova Scotian vess 1, fell aerated or gas-water? and we could then ask for, and
from aloft, a heisht of 70 feet. In the descent his
perhaps obtain, what we want.
body struck [40414 801110 of the rigging anti snapped with
T• aITIOs —A Cana-
it ; then tm falling a nst a seaman who was in the uiain DREADFUL SCENE AT AN ....XS ..
yard he nearly cal sized him, and next came mein a dim despatch reports a horrible scene at an execution
piece of tinffisr before tinally alighting on the di ck. at Quebec on the 18th ult.
the timber was smashed, and the fall being thus Poitras, the murderer of Quellette, was executed at Murrayinde
Sir' ,krn the peor lads scapeil with comparatively trifling Boy on Mited‘a.y,
.I.:,peto.!ijsrelfaLtzitireiots.shlptoirosnisotfe
religion
it injtiries. He was at once removed to the hospital. and
dui:Lille holVit f ecce to lace with his fate on the scat!, bld, when
it was ascertained that two ribs were broken, and that he confessed his guilt and repented. The execution Wag
the patient suffered from slight concussion of the brain. characterised by a psiolul and brutal incident. The rope
There appears to be no doubt but that he will recoser. was left too long, so that when the trap fell POitt as fell to
the ground on his knees. ne was taken up again and the
SUICIDE OF M. Do PRE.—The Belgian papers i.,,,,, shortened, so that when he fell the second time the ISW
• record the death by his own hand of a man who was was vindicated. The executioner, from Montreal, was said
;widely known in England anil France, anti whom to to have been intoxicated at the time of the execution.
' know
ph wdu ee to feel high regard andc affectionengineer M. AN IRISH JUDGE.— Cornelius O'Dowd, in Black-
Friday morning went to an armourer's shop at Ant-
J.e Pre, the well-known , on
wood for October, mentions the ease of a student of
erinity College. tried before Lord Guillamore, for a
I werp, and bought a revolver. He loaded it deliberately,
petty theft. The defence was his station in life, hie
I and after chatting with the gunsmith strolled out of the prepossessing appearance, and his family. The judge
ship. He went straight to the moat, placed his hat
charged in these words : " Gentlemen of the jury, this
lon the ground, put his watch and pocketbook in it, is a short issue. The prisoner at the doek is a young
, and shot himself through the head. He fell back into gentleman of attractive manners and irreproachable
i: the water, and when pulled out in as stone dead. M. connexion, who stole a pair of silk stockings— and you
Idu Pre had for some time past been subject to fits of ssg, had accordingly."
depression, but no one dreamed that his long and "";!
honourable career would have so tragic a termination. A M B livingt
Sr.ST. HELENA HEAT.— T. LIM, a
Soles, Lower Alps, has sent specimens of what he
I THE PANTIE MASSACRE.—The only new facts
calls St. Helena wheat to the editor of a provincial
in connection with the Pantin murders are the dig. newspaper. The description he gives of it is that it
covery of a correspondence between Tranpinann and Lsi one central. ear, and round this spout nine or ten
Kinck, senior, and of a valise belonging to the latter. others. It is bearded, and each ear, or rather cluster
It had been left early in September in the care if the
of ears, growing on one stalk contains from a hundred
station master at Soultz, in Alsace, by two individuals, to one hundred and twenty grams. There is, accord-
one of whom is eupposed to have been Treemmaen, and Mg to him, a double advantage in growing this grain,
the other Kinck himself. Since the murders' the in- that it requires a much lees quantity of seed, thin
habitants of Pantin have organised a patrol of volun- sowing being essential to its proper development, and
terra every night. On Sunday morning some of those that the crop greatly exceeds that obtained from
amateur police brought an individual armed with a long
knife to the station ; anii a rumour that one nif Trauso ordinary wheat.
mann's accomplices had been arrested spread rapidly SuiPPING OF SPECIE AT COLON The homeward-
through the place. The man had, however, otily been bound steamers to New York usually carry a great
caught stealing cabbages. Two men have been fined deal of specie, and it is interesting ta watch this being
25f. each for hawking portraits of the victims of put on board. It comes across the isthmus in baggage
the Pantin murders without a licence. waggons guarded by troop., and in these conveyed on
RSES PRESENT CRIMINAL board by Indian labourers. The silver is in the form
COMMON SENSE 1,1..
of stolid bars about a foot and a half long, and
TREATMENT.—Mins Florence Nightingale writes in a half a foot in, thickness, being just as much as these
recent paper issued by the Howard Association : labourers can carry. While watching this process once,
"It always appears the greatest non-sequitur to give, for we saw an unfortunate labourer, in stepping from the
Instance, to a forger, five years' penal servitude—that is,
gangway to the steamer lose his balance and fall into
provision and lodging in prison. What has that to do with g " " • h li• •' •v1
his crime? Hut if you sentence him to repay, say twice time the water with is precious freight. Very little alarm
am..unt he had stolen, his sustenance to he repani mean- was manifested for the Indian, but a great deal for the
while to the Sate, out of his earnings, arid let him go when- silver. They were bistli, however, recovered ; the In.
ever he had dope so. Beta would be soniething like a dian swam ashore, and then divine, fastened a rope
In-
reformatory hut," adds Miss Nlghtingale, " hitherto the around the glistening metal by which it was hauled
object of our law seems to have Wes to teach that it is
dearer to work than to et...i." rip From two to three hundred of these bars are
g perhaps thus embarked. The gold is enclosed in square
LICENSED BEGOARS.—A Scott kb custom of by
gone days manic again to light in the co oaken boxes.—Notes of Travd—Across the haunts of
urse of the tie- pa-.slim.
denimgiven before a Parliamentary Committee last
Session—a system of licensed begging. Before the ANOTHER TRAGEDY AT PANTIN.—A fresh crime
Scottish Poor Law Act of 1845 it was the custom in was committed at Pantin last Friday evening. Two
most of the burghs for the poor to go about on certain men had stolen a leg of mutton from a email eating
-
daps in the week and get their halfpenny or their penny house, and were making off with it, when anti her indi-
at the different shops. It was a recognized mode of vidual who had left the establishment at the same time,
maintenance of paupers. Sometimes persons were and had observed the act, remarked to them that tkeir
struck off the roll of paupers relieved by the managers supper would not cost them dear. "If you saw us,"
of the jesor, and a badge or ticket was given to them as replied one of the thieves, "you shall not tell," and
a licence to ask alms within the parish; and the Act of drawing a knife he plunged it into the throat of the
1672 •firected that this " ticket" should be given if the stranger. The confederates then made off. The
contributions at the parish church were not sufficient wounded man is not expected to recover.
to entertain persona unable through age or infirmity to NEGLECT OF VACCINATION.—In London, On
work. Bid even without badges being regularly Tuesday, three prosecutions under the Vacienation
granted the paupers were allowed to beg on one or more
days of the week in most towns. At St Act occupied the attention of the magistrate at the
. Andrew's, in Thames Police-court. The defendants were all called
lieu of this licensed tweging, which was found to be a npon to show cause why an order should not be made
daily annoyance, a box was carried through the town for the vaccination of -their children. In one cage a
every Saturday for collecting alms for the poor. medical certificate was put in from a Dr. Reed, stating
A SthOULAR TRIAL—The Supreme Judicial the child in question not to be in a fit stiste for vacce
Court in Session at Dover, New Hampshire, has tried nation. The solicitor for the prosecution objected to
the case of Ricker v. Freeman—an action brought by the certificate being admitted, as it was given by an
the plaintiff against the defendant for injuries sustained opponent to vaccination. The magistrate said he
11 years ago, when the parties were schoolboys; of about should regard the certiecate as mere waste-paper, and
twelve years of age. The evidence showed that during make the order for the vaccination. The defendant,
the recess of the echool which they attended, the boys preferring to pay the penalty, was tined 20s. awl coats.
were "skylarkine" on the stairs, in the course of which In another cage, a woman, although not " unfriendly"
IFre e m an threw Ricker eo violently that he fell upon to vaccination, objected to its being carried out in the
some hooks in the wall, one of which entered his neck case of her child, as it WILS iIL A medical certificate
and did him so much injury that he has never recovered which the magistrate deemed a proper one, was ad,-
from the effecte of it. The damages were laid at 5,000 mitted.
dole., and the action has been deferred till this late day A NierTEP. ots CONSEQUENCE.—TO remove all
when the parties became of age. The jury returned a poasible cause for the howl which has been raised
verdict for the plaintiff, and gave him damages to the against vaccination, by all means revert for vaccine
amount of 3,250 dole. No malice was imputed to the lymph to the c,ow. That fluid, as obtained from the
defendant. arm, may not be what it was in the time of Jenner,
, SUICIDE AT NIAGARA FALLS.—A man between having, in three-gnarters of a century very possibly
I twenty-five and thirty-five years of age, registered at degenerated.—Punch.
1 the Cataract House an Carl Schurz, New York,
I recently took a carriage and started for A c
the new SUS. A
Rw ANDIDATE FOR THE SPANISH THRONE.—
pension bridge, but changed his mind and went to the • BIM Impel states that an iemate of
_one of th
e
ferry and crossed to Canada. In going over he re- prwons in St. P, et ereh urgh haa oh tamed damages to
marked to the ferryman, while looking up at the fella, the amount of five roubles from a friend who neglected
that he could walk over on the edge of the fella He t,o forward a letter to the Spanish Cones in which the
went to the l'able Rock, took off his coat, laid it on a v
risoner offered himself as a candidate for the throne.
piece of timber which is in the water there, and gave is letter was as follows :
his money and watch to a boy who wan standing by •I am the nobleman Von Robert, and con 4ee uently an In-
s divitivauty I have acted for some years an sutormtendent
walked into the water, which is shallow and about ten ot the p st(atation at Krawiny, and have gabled nothing by
feet from the brink sat down or slipped, down and shot it hut 14% criminal actions ,which vouchea for my
over the the precipice. Some Persons were below the sheet ries.; ; besides this I have served in a regiment of hussars
of water at the time. His body remained on the rock and a regiment of grenadiers I have been in custody live
below for several minutes, and could be seen by the years (four in prison). I speak three living languages
people who were behind the sheet, but was then nue"tlY• turetuMY fm" °Ala.tic Prenn"a"ina' and nIY t""
washed off. a n f
o expreraion ; therefere when lan on the throne
of Spain I shall not compromise the Spanish people, whom I
CAN A Pm BE A FREEHOLD f—At the revision hove to love as my own, by a miserable exterior.
court for the Northern Division of Staffordshire, at SUICIDE AT A POIJCE OFFICE.—On Saturday an
Hanley, a question was raised as to the right of pew-
owners in St. John's Church to vote an freeholders. G
SUICIDE
was held at Liverpool on the body of Alfred
Nada Ile, 19 ears ofof Me. Henry
It was (stated that there had been a regular traffic in t'i'l"rills'''lt age,
eon
Nu: o , jeweller, appear« d that receptly the de.
the pews, some of which had been sold for £l5O each• ceased had fallen into somewhat irregnlar habits, and
the purchasers beiog desiring of acquiring votes. Mr• on the morning of Monday week his fir her had OC,allioo
Sheeleffi the barrister, said it was inconsistent with the to reprove him for coming home in a state of intoxica-
rights of the church that a person should have such ay • • •
• tem the previOUS evening. He then west out, and his
estate in a pew in the church as would eetitle him to a father never saw hi , n
vote for knights of the shire. There had been a Con- worn.. _ magain alive. oThursday a
yeyance, under a special Act, of a right to sit in a gave the deceased and another young man into
custody on suet icion of being '
certain pew, list no right to v. ,le, Tine vote was die- sits f • .' illegally ln posses'
loved, in 0 jewellery, anil when the officer was raking
them to the bridewell they were met by the deceased's
As EMBARRASSING Quornow.—The Appoint- ibrceher who accompamed them. At the
Lent Clerk Clerk of the Treasury department at Washing tation'tke fridser primmer WWI teeing Sellealsok wksa

the deceased was observed to take a bottle from
hist pocket and swallow the contents before any-
thing could be taken to prevent him. He Wag asked
what he had taken, and he replied, "Prussic acid."
His brother said, "Surely, you have not taken
poison ?" and he replied, "Yes, I distilled it inyself."
Medical aesiatance was then obtained, and everything
possible done for the unfortunate young man, but in
half all hour he died. In his possession a dagger, a
loaded cane, and a loaded pistol were found. He had
, alas, left memoranda which indicated mental slier-
' ration. The jury found that the decea-ed had corm
mitted suicide whilst in an unsound !state of mind.
CATTLE IMPoRTATiON.—The only way in which
reform can be brought to bear is by a rigid inspection
of all stock first, at the point of embarkatii nin Ire-
land, and then again at the part of landing iii Britain.
In every cage in whish animals were lilt ou board
sound, and debarked in an injured condition, the double
inspection would furnish to the owner good ground for
bringing an action againat the company 8in...i1l whose
thismanageineut and watt of proper accommedation
the injury was calmed. One or two successful actions
in this way would inevitably react upon the general
traffic management for its effectual reform. What-
ever the Irish breeder might gain by the salvation of
his store stock from grievous loss of value during the
short period of exportation, the English graziers would
be still more advantaged in being enabled to purchase
beasts of better quality in a more healthy and promising
condition, and thus all parties, excepting graziers in
Ireland, are interested in applying the humane clauses
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Chamber of Agriculture Journal.
MISS RYE AND THE ORPHANS. Miss Rye is
pretty well known in Canada. Her proceedings have
been canvassed both in a friendly and an unfriendly
spirit, and the result has been a general impression in
the community that her undertaking in connection
with female emigration has been praiseworthy, and
that she deserves at once the thanks and co-operation
of the benevolent in both sides of the Atlantic. The
girls whom she has brought to this country have
turned out quite as well as could reasonably have been
expected, and the few cases of a disappointing charac-
ter have been laid hold of with such indecent eager.
nese as clearly to show that they were all which could
be hunted up for adverse criticism. That a wide field
in the same course is still open to Miss Rye, Or any
others of a kindred spirit, is very manifest. The
supply of female servants hi still 88 deficient as ever.
Our columns tell this every morning, and had a thou-
sand been brought for every hundred, the demand, we
are persuaded, would have slackened but to a very
limited degree. Miss Rye, however, is turning her
attention to a somewhat different yet kindred enter-
prise. As was announced months ago, she proposes
now to bring out orphan girls, selected with the
greatest care, and subjected once and again to medical
examinatiou. These she propose's to have adopted by
respectable parties throughout °Mario. and trained to
habits of industry in country homes. Ne one at all ac-
quainted with the present condition of Ontai io can at
all doubt that a very large number of such children
could easily he placed in respectable families, on the
usual well understood terms of adoption, or on these
which Miss Rye proposes, viz., food, clothes, and
schooling for so many years; then board and a certain
monthly sum in the names of wages for a further
period; and then another increase of wages till they
reach the age of eighteen, when they may be supposed
able to take their own course and make their own bar.
gain. We wish the undertaking every success.
Toronto Globe. •
FOOLISH Tr RIMY GOBBLERS !—The Roanoke
Valley records the following :
A gentleman in the neighbourhood of this town has two
male turkeys, who, having been deprived of their mates on
account of their raising young families, .went into the
orchard and got together some sticks and straw in the shape
of nests, rolled up some apples Into them for eggs, and went
to sitting ; they were missed when it was time to shut them
up for the night, and on search being made, the old fellows
were found gravely sitting on nests fulls( apples. The apples
were taken away and the nests broken up, hut they went
back the next morning and renewed their labours, and so
they kept it up. The apples were gathered up in the neigh.
bourhoi al of the nests, but they flew into the trees and beat
off apples with their wings and tilled up their nests again.
One of them, after much trouble, was broken up, but the
other still persists in sitting on the apples.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTIoN.—EarI
Fortescue and Sir Stafford Northcote, who have been
speaking lately at a harvest festival dinner in Devon-
shire, seem to be of opinion that the agricultural
labourer is better off than is suppased, and that much
ignorance is shown about his real condition; in fact
that those who think his state very deploiable are
themselves Labourers under a mistake. We hope it
is so.—Punch.
TERRIBLE SCENE.—A terrible scene was en-
acted at Yeovil, on Saturday. Mr. Geake, upholaterer,
was about to be taken to the Wells Lunatic Asylum,
by Policeaserjeant Holwill, Mr. Helyar, gunsmith. and
a friend of his. Whilst at Pemnuill Station they paced
the p!atfonn, and as the train came slowly in Mr.
Geake sprang in front of it upon the metals. The ser-
jeant and Mr. Helyar jumped after him. Mr. Helyar
fell across the metals ; the train struck him and threw
him between the train and the platform. F. irtunately
a porter named Webber seized him by the hair of his
head, and held him until the train stopped. The sees
jeant was struck by the buffer on the aix-foot way.
Mr. Geake lay between the metals, with the train
Nosing over him, when the bystanders were horrified
to see the unfortunate lunatic turn over, place his neck
across the metals, and allow one of the wheels to pass
slowly over him, crushing him to death.
MURDER THROUGH JEALOUSY.-011 the ninth of
September, at Oakland. Missouri, Dr. Lott killed
Captain Barnes, a young lawyer. Dr. Lott hal made
the acquaintance of a young lady, and Captain Barnes
was his confidant. Captain Barnes called on the lady,
and the next evening Dr. Lott called and was dis-
carded. This incensed him to a very great extent,
and he seemed to labour under the impression that
Captain Barnes had prejudiced her against him in
some manner. The next day, arming himself with a
six shooter, he said to Captain Barnes, " HaVe you not
betrayed my confidence? Answer me truly, for your
life depends upon it." Captain Barnes attempted to
explain, but before he could do so Lott fired, a ball
Mussing through the heart of his victim, causing instant
death. Notwithstanding this, he stood over the lifeless!!
and prostrate man and fired the remaining five charges
into him. He then mounted his horse and rode away.
A BIT OF BOTANY.—The CO/e/ViCM/1/ atitionnale,
of repute for Gout, is now in bloom' to be seen in
meadows, also in a florist's window in Cheapside. by
moat of the population whereof it is probably taken
for a crocus, come up out of season. It is however,
as its name implies, flowering quite reasonably, and is
thi refore not any wonder, like another flower, as well
as the crocus, associated with Spring, and whose un-
looked-for blowing in Paris has so astonished the Ur
tramontanes—the wild Hyacinth—Punch.
DR. WILBERFORCE'S TRANSLATION. The
Daily News thinks the public mind had an instinctive
sense, amounting almost to a foreknowledge of the
fact, that the Bishop of Oxford was to be translated
to the See of Winchester. Rumour has fluctuated in
its nominations to the other vacant bishoprics, and
has fluttered many parsonages with gentle longings
and trembling hopes not destined to be realised.
But on this point it has not wavered Ni, racing
prophet was more steady in adhering to his first choice
or more successful in Laming the winner. The whole
world, or that part of it which is interested in cede-
aiastical affairs, had made up its mind that Dr.
Wilberforce would be Bishop of Winchester. Those
who thought that he ought tobe nominated, and those
who thought he ought not, were agreed as to the pro-
bable fact. By what mysterious instinct they were
led, friend and foe alike, to this conclusion, it would
be hard to determine. There is a sort of congruity
between the Bishopric of Winchester and Dr. Wilber-
force, between one of the most venerable cathedrals
of England, in the ancient but decayed capital of the
kingdom, and its higheat Anglican prelate. A savour
of poetic antiquity and of Anslo Catholic ecclesiology
hangs ovei both. If Dr. Wilberforce had been sent to
London or to Manchester, there would have been no
slight outcry, but Winchester is thoroughly in keeping.
A CONFUSION OF TO/MUM—In the of& of
the Government tobacco manufacturer at Vienna the
clerks have to write in eleven different languages, ac-
cording to the places with which they correspond, as
follows :—German in writing to other Austrian offices,
Bohemian, to the tobacco fastories at Sedlea Go hug,
and Jalau ; Polish and Ruthenian, to those in Galicia;
Slovenian, to Klagenfurt ; Hungarian and Crotian, to
the factories east of the Leitha ; Italian, to the
Southern Tyrol; and French, English, and Spanish,
to the tobacco offices in France, the United States
and Cuba.
A DISAGREEABLE CHILD.—The American
papers give an account of a most disagreeable chila
living at Walpole, New Hampshire. The boy, they
state, is eleven years old, and is extremely vicious and
headstrong, so much so, indeed, that on the 4th ult.
he entered a room where old Mrs. Sparhawk, ha
grandmother, Was sitting with a Mrs. Starkweather,
and shot the former lady dead with a small revolver so
quickly that Mrs. Starkweathercould not tell who tired
the shot. The day after the murder a large number
of people visited the house. The boy was the lust
unconcerned person present. He mingled with the
visitors, and talked about his grandmother, all the
time "whittling with a jack knife as indifferently as
possible." All day on Sunday he denied having any
knowledge of the affair, but on Monday, at the inquest,
' with true childish candour, he confessed he was the
murderer, adding apolegitically that he wanted to get
" the old crittur out of the way." It seems that
Master Sparhawk had planned the mnrder for a
month, and that matters were brought to a crisis by a
few words he had with his aged relative on the pre-
Timm day concerning the duty of obedience.
OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENTS IN H. SPITALS.—
A Correspondent of the Daily News has written to (~,ra.
plain that a consumptive young woman, on going for
relief to the out-patient room of the Victoria-park
Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, was kept waiting
five hours, and was able to obtain a seat during only
twenty minutes of that time; and he points out with
great justice that such treatment of an invalid must
entail a great amount of suffering. We are sorry to
say that this is no isolated case, and that other Hos-
pitals of high reputation treat their patients with the
same want of consideration. In face of the revelations
we have lately had from the great City hospital, and
of what we know of others, we again assert that the
whole system of out-patient practice urgently calls for
a radical revision. The combined attraction if a great
name and of gratuitous relief brings together east
numbers of patients, who receive treatment, in many
cassea, id questionable value ; who are in the majority
of instances in a position to pay a practitioner, and so
ensure a careful investigation of their disease, without
undergoing the exhausting ordeal comphiined of
who, by afoul:fling for the occasion the position an
character of paupers, must sutler some measure of
demoralisation. Who, we ask, is li, nefited by hospitals
holding out inducements which swell the number of
their patients to such an extent that the value of their
relief is necowarily deteriorated? The hospitals are
not., for the boast of an enormous clientele is both
empty and useless; not the student., for the very con-
ditii render impossible any good clinical inatructien;
and cert ti ray not struggling practitioners!, for they are
boins sra, lolly starved out not only in the inussidiate
neighbourhood of these hospitals, but, in these days of
workmen's , trains lithe suburb' of Landon for mules
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