The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-20 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The following characteristic advertisement appears
in a New York paper the party who took a fancy to
my overcoat was influenced by the inclemency of the
weather, all right ; but if by commercial considerations. I
am ready to negotiate for its return.—JOHN BROUGHAM,
No. 305, West Fourteenth-street."

The volunteers of Scotland have appointed a depu-
tation to wait upon the Secretary of State for War, to
ask for an increase in the capitation grant by at least 10s.

A blind carpenter, named Laurence Vodden, aged
fifty, was attacked by a bull at Boater& Devon, on Thursday,
and received such injuries that he died on the following
day.

An attempt haa been made to poison the President
of Nicaragua and his family.

An Austrian paper says that the Hereditary Grand
Duke of RLLIIiia is attacked will the same malady elkith
carried off his elder brother at Nice.

A Cuban young lady is said to have run off with
one 01 the junior cap. Intim bourbons.

The Saturday Review warns the Cabinet that it mud
do much more than propose • good Irish Church bill lilt is
to earn a high reputatn on.

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The number of deaths registered in London last
week was 1,426, being 156 below the estimated number, and
205 less than were reported In the previous week. The mean
temperature of the air during the week was 47.5, or 8.6
above the average of the last fifty years.
The United States Senate has decided that it hue
no power to grant Mrs. Lincoln a pension of 5,000 dolt,
which she has petitioned for.

Lieutenant Warren's last letters from Jerusalem to
the secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund give an
account of the results of excavations made at the foundations
of the eastern 1. all f the Temple area. The rock at this
point Is about seventy feet lelow the present surface of the
ground. A shaft was sunk fox, liftry-three feet through a
quantity of antis, and a gallery was then driven to the
Ilaram wall, which it reached about six feet to the north of
the south-east angle. item several dressed slimes were dis-
covered in excellent preservation, with lefteit in red paint
aud other marks upon them. All these characters and
letters have been sketched and sent to the British Museum
for examination. It is hoped that many more may be found,
as any Inscription, even of a few worts, at this depth, mutht
hoof great value. Lieutenant Warren conjectures they May
he only mason's marks.

The Ruesian Government, aided by the Synod, is
doing its best to set its house in order, theologically at least,
The " orthodox " clergy, it appears, have long been a stand-
ing disgrace to the country. They are for the most part
degraded both intellectually and socially. A beginning has
I been made by raising their salaries, so as to enable them to
devote more of their time and thoughts to their own educe-
, lion. Hitherto their children have been obliged to adopt
their profession, and they have therefore had to keep them
to a very advanced age: from this burden they are now re-
leased Clergymen's children are no longer to be counted
among the active clergy, all has hitherto been the case' in-
deed, they may choose any study or pretension for which
they feel inclined. It Ls hoped that this nod other reforms of
a similar kind will do something to [flee the ortlaalm
clvtia," WWI wally awl tutyllautwall

"To Recl•Coat.—A parrot has safely flown to the
Wed.— .‘ Naughty, Naughty Bobby. bring back the keys,
and all will ho torgiven."—Advertisenienti in The 7'iines.
.

The corn crop of the United States in 1:4118 is offici-
ally estimated at 905,178,000 bushels, as compared with
767,820,000 bushels In 1867.
A " son 44. an English lord," it is announced, has a
cave on the hank 1,1 the river at Cornwall, Connecticut, in
which he has settled with his family for the winter.

The Mayor of Brighton has received an intimation
from the chairman of the Brighton Railway Company, :kir.
Lahr& informing him that the directors of the railway cur-
puny have decided, in addition to reducing third.claas
return bares, on making a large reduction in return fares
generally by all classes, between London and Brighton, and
bet ween Brighton and surrounding stations.

The proprietor of the Unirersa/ News, a Roman
Catholic newspaper, has commenced an action against the
Roman Catholic bishop of Birmingham, for n libel on the
paper contained in one of the biahop's pastoral letters._

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The Habeas Corpus Act has now been suspended in
Ireland during three years The first Act was passed iii
February, leen, and the measure has since been renewed
from time to time, with little or no opposition.

The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh -has just caused to
he issued a placard offering £lOO reward for information that
shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of ally person
or persons, who, on the night of the 2.14 and 3rd iuet.,
trespassed on his estate at Eris well In search of game.
A chemist uf Sheffield, named Godley, who was
shout to undergo an operation for a diseased! bone of the
leg, had chloroform administered to him at his own request.
lie had not inhaled it mole than three minutes when the
heart became paralysed, land death, otcourse, ensued. The
quantity given was exceptionally small, and tile patient's
heart and lunge had been carefully examined before the
administration. 'rho fatal result was attributed by one of
the surgeons at the inquest in great measure to the effect of
fear, and the Jury returned a verdict that the deceased died
from paralysis of the heart.
The once celebrated Hungarian insurgent leader
Gorgey is now actively engaged in scientific pursuits, and
pretence to have entirely withdrawn from politics. It is
reported at Penh, however, that the Emperor, having a very
high opinion of his military talents, has expressed a wish
that he should be consulted on various important matters
relating to the organisation of the new Hungarian army.
Gdrgey is still very unpopular with his countrymen.

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Viscount Jocelyn was thrown out of scab on Mon-
day eveniuir in Hay-Hill, Berkeley-aquare, London, and it is
feared his spine is injured. His lordship was taken to Lady
Palmeraton's residence in Park lane, and for a time suffered
considerable pain, but he is now going ou favourably.

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The friends of Mr. Thompson at Bradford decline
to submit the claims of that gentleman as against Mum of
Mr. Miail to a test-ballot, such as lately took place at
Manchester. The issue will therefore have to be leolled at
the polling-booths. Mr. Nitall's committee have adopted a
resolution that no public-house or beer-house shall be en-
gaged as a committee .room.
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The Bradford town council on Tuesday agreed to a
petition to Parliament in favour of the granting of beer-
house licences being transferred from the revenue officers to
some local authority, and to another for the abolition of the
hinitinga.

Air. Gond, county coroner of Cornwall, held an
inquest at Launceston on Monday on the body of the Rev.
Charles Carpenter. The deceased had dropped down dead
while on his way from his home at Germansweek to LlAM-
ceston, istance of three quarters of a mile. The metiical
evidence showed that death was owing to the rupture of
a blood vessel, and a verdict accordingly was returned. Mr.
Carpenter had been perpetual curate of Germansweek
twenty-six years. He was in his sixty-third year.
The utmost eagerness was exhibited in Dublin on
Tuesday afternoon to obtain a glimpse of the Queen's Speech
at the earliest possible moment. The anxiety was much
greater than is usually witnessed on a similar occasion, and
the terms of the Royal Message were earnestly canvassed in
public places.
It 113 considered almost certain that a Royal Com-
mission will be appointed to inquire into the electoral
corruption wlittli has been proved to exist in Norwich. In
the meantime the writ will be suspended.
The Church News, of Wednesday, in some remarks
on the Bishop of London's speech at Sion College, earnestly
hopes that no Ritualist will leave a stone unturned to give
bishops of this matt as much trouble as possible. "If they
give," it says, "we will give: if they take we will take. But
we are not going to quietly submit any longer to the orthodox
Episcopal bullying of the last twenty years."
What is known as the 'lrish Convent Case" hoe
! been postponed in consequence of the illness of Slits French,
who is suffering from measles, and consequently not able to
appear in court.

The stonemasons of Bradford are determined to re-
sist the action contemplated by the masters with reference
to certain operative union rube.
.tme,tinie ago the master!

gave notice that after the first of May this year they wculd
cease to abide by the restrictions as to sub-contracting,
piecework, and dressing ; and the operatives, on their part,
have resolved to adhere to their present rules in" every re-
spect." l'oless some arrangement is come to, the result of
these counter-resolutions as ill be a serious strike throughout
the greater part of the West Riding.

Lord Bich° Bays there is a rumour that it is in con-
templation to limit the Volunteers to 100,000 men, and at the
same time to increase the capitation grant.

The President of the United States has accepted the
office of arbitrator between England and Portugal in the
African boundary dispute.

Out of 200 Members of Parliament recently elected,
no less than 41 were educated at Eton College. Harrow
sends 15; Rugby, 16; Winchester, 3; Westminster, 2; Char-
terhuuse, 3; Shrewsbury, 2; total, 82. St. Paul's and 51er-
chant Taylor's send none.
The folbwing advertisement of a celebrated wine
merchant is to be read in the St. Petersburg morning
papers Champagne-Pattl. The llouse of Jules Maim
and Co. This wine, dedicated to Madame Patti, is sold to
the public, who are warned against spuilous imitations, and
requested to observe that the portrait and facsimile of
Adeline Patti's signature adorn each bottle of the genuine
article."

T lie reform of abuses in the public offices now being
carried out is no new scheme, for in 17+3 lilt brought in a
bill by which he hoped to save at least £40.000 a year.
" The article of stationery," said he " will astonish the noble
Lord 'North when I tell the (louse that he alone, as Chief
of the Treasury, cost the public the year before last no less
than £1,300 for stationery. One article of the bill is 4::340
for packthread alone!"
" Great Expectations" might be fairly enough
elected as the title of the political drama 00 which the
curtain will rise to-day. There have been sessions in which
the Ministers of the day promised as much. There have
been political (Jcl,lSl,ll', when some single questions not less
imp°, taut than the Irish cloirch has fined men'. minds
with hopes awl fears, ant we do not recall any year in
which the public demand for reform was so varied, so reso-
lute, so searching, and so mimite.—Daity re/et/rank.

An return just published at Florence stntee
that the ii,inber of National schools in Italy to 1866 Wriq
31,117, with 1,217,870 pupils. in 1861 there were 31,804
schools, with 1,178,743 pupils. The number of children
under fourteen years of age is 7,750,000. In France and
lielgiqin one .nit of nine of the population goes to school,
In Pruabia one out of six, in the Netherlands one out of
eight, in Spain one out of thirteen, aunt in nary one out of
eighteen.

/Assam Schuster and Son, in a letter to The Times,
state that on Monday, at 11 35 am, they sent a telegraphic
message consisting of thirty words to their Calcutta corre-
spondents, and at 6.50 p.m., the same day, received a tele-
gram from Calcutta acknowledging the message of the morn-
itm., awl answering it In detail.

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SORIC articles of jewellery, of the value of £lOO,
which were stolen some days ago from the Edinburgh
Museum of Science and Art, have been recovered. It appears
that the robbery had been committed by two French thieves,
who handed over the booty to a woman named Cairns, for a
sum of £7 105. They only got, however, £1 100. on account,
and on afterwards demanding the balance of the sum, Cairns
refused to give it. The thieves then left Edinburgh. and
sent a letter to the police giving information, which led to
the discovery of the Jewellery. Cairns is in custody.

The Law Tinws saym that the case tf Sauna v. Starr
and others illustrates the injust ice of the present scale of
payment to jurymen. It is monstrous that a juror should
be engaged for a fortnight on a case and be Isglly entitled
to no snore than a guinea for his trouble and loss of time.

A man boa been mentenced to three months' impri-
sonment at Vienna for speaking what the French call
lemerement of Maria Theresa (deceased A.D. 17O), in a public:-
home!

The mqueat on the bodies I,f the old man and his
granddaughter, who were murdered at Islackwall, was con-
cluded on Monday, and a verdict of wilful murder returned
against John Cooper, the husband of the deceased woman.

A telegram has been receivtd by the Atlantic cable
stating that the steamer Nellie Stevens was burned on Thurs-
day nieht, in last week, on the Red River, Arkansas ;iisty-
three lives were lost, and forty-three persons were saved.

There is At this moment in the hospital at Biatre
an old man who has slept with, ut interruption for the last
three weeks, in spite of the unremitting efforts to rouse him.
Every vital function except that of breatlung is suspended.
Ile has grown rather fatter than the reverse. Ilia pulse is
low, but he retains a fresh and healthy appearance.
The fortune the Princess Baciocchi has left to the
Prince Imperial amounts, report says, to seven millions of
francs fil2Bo,ooo‘. Report also contradicts this, and now
says, that the Princess, who lived up to her income, was far
from rich, and that beyond a small estate near Trieste she
leaves scarcely enough to pay legacies !
It is stated that the Irish Church Disestahlishment
Bill will be brought in about the Ist of March.

Them seems to be some possibilty of one very
beneficial result following the recent electior inquiry at
Bradford, viz., the discontinuance at future co tests of the
use of public-houses ns committee rooms. A neein : has
been held at that town, presided over by the ma, or, to advo-
cate this alteration, and it was stated that several of the
more influential politician. in the borough were resolved not
to take part in election matters If public-houses were en-
gaged It was also stated that the licensed victuallers
themselves had taken the initiative by adopting resolution
recommending their brethren hi the trade not to entertain
election agents in the future.

On Sunday afternoon Mr. Richard Cotton, a trainer
ef racehorses at Newmarket, threw himself out of a railway
train near Stanstead, and died about an hour afterwards.
His wife is an inmate of Fulhourne Asylum, and he had
lately urged as an excuse for drinking rather freely that he
had heavy troubles to bear, lie leaves three or four
children.

A tragical affair took place, on Saturday afternoon,
In Warwick-street, Pimlico. Mr. Lynn, the seulptor,
having given directions that one of his modellers named
Dunbiur should not have access to the model-room unless he
was sober, the latter became violently excited, and began to
cut his throat. Mr. Lynn attempted to prevent so shocking
a deed, and sir zed Dunbar, who then stabbed his employer
in the groin, and made further attempts to stab, which were
prevented, and Dunbar was handed over to the police. lie
was taken, in a raving state, to the nearest hospital, and the
wound in his throat is so serious that he is not expected to
recover. Mr. Lyma wound also is a dangerous one.
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M. Tardiest, the celebrated chemist, has made some
Interesting and important experiments with red chick-logs
Imported from England. After extracting the colo 11l i l
matter, he introduced a certain quantity of it beneath the
skic of a dog, which died in twelve hours. A rabbit simi-
Mrly treated expired in eight hours, and a frog in four.
opening the animals, M. Tardieu re-extracted the red colour-
ing matter from their bodies, and with it dyed a skein of
silk. In his report, communicated to the Academie des
Sciences, M. Tardieu condemns the use of " coraline " the
mineral poison to which the fatal stockings owe their brilli-
ant hut deceptive bus; as an article of general commerce ;
and recommends that the importatioa of red stockings from
England be absolutely prohibited.
The new Bishop of London does not take a cheer-
ful view of the condition and prospects of the ecclesiastical
world. He stated to the President and Fellows of Sion
College, on Saturday, that it was one Urns the dream of his
life that he would live to see the differences which existi•d
in the 1 hurch disappear; but that dream is now dissipate l,
and he feels nothing but the utmost perplexity in view of
differences which are daily becoming wider, and of opposi-
tion which fa growing noire bitter and irreconcilable. His
Lordship denounced the bigotry and uncharitablenees of the
"Church press," and lamented that there is among Church-
men a decay of "real, deep, devotional feeling.'
A woman named Crawford, against whom a coroner's
jury hail returned a verdict of wilful murder for throwing
her Illegitimate chill into a reservoir a few weeks ago, gays
herself up to the police at Bolton on Monday eight. She
confessed the crime, arid says she die it because she was
unable to maintain herself and the child. Since the occur-
rence she had been working at a factory at Todington, rear
bury, but the account of the murder which appeared In the
newspapers so preyed upon her mind that she resolved to
surrender herself.
There is every proepect of our having a continuance
of cheap wheat. The French markets, wnich exercise COO'
siderable influence on 'those of 'Europe generally, are still
declining. Large deliveries are also being made from
Hungary, which has bad good harvests for two years in
I succession, and there has been a good average harvest in
Prussia. But the most encouraging and hopeful cir-
cionstanCell is the revival of agriculture In the United

The Lord Chancellor la engaged in preparing an.
prehensive measure for the reform of the law of lauk
ruptcy.
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A tv' frswLr i have made their apvearuce at
Covent (Janina Alarket, UI Loudon. They are selling at Zia.
per ounce.

The death is announced of Dr. John Epp., the
well.known homumathic practitioner, of tee, Great Russell.
street, London, whose name as that of a consistent ant
energetic reformer will be familiar to mam of our reader..

There is gmid news from India a telegram from
Bombay. despatched on Friday, the 11th , says that rain
has fallen in the north-west and central pros Woes, aud that
the apprehensions of famine are removed.

On Friday in last week, aa two men were attempt-
ing to go through the flood near (Wane bridge, at Len-
h.,rough, in the parish of Buckingham, the forea of the cur-
rent swept them away, and the men and three of the hones
Were ilrOWlled.

"We understand in consequence of the extreme
lowness of tin ir spirits, caused by the meet snubbing, tn.t
our silicon seldiers will he lulown in future as the lieu.
Is ry-tears."--lomahaack.

The lowering of the pith of the mann used in all
the music-halls, &e., of the kingdom has been put down by •
contemporary as likely to cost about •!!o,onO

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Brigham Young ha a now 23 actual wives and ill
"spiritual."

Apropos of chignons. it is not a little curious that u
nearly as possible a email v ago a writer in the Town and
COilntry Magazine sho ad have written thus :—" The
source of female depravity among us is neither more 11,
less than the abominable, shocking, barbarous, and indecent
fast ' of the present scandalous head-dresses. The basis
of this horrid superstructure consists chiefly .d goat's hair.

A New York paper state that the fascinating pro.
blem of the navigation of the atmosphere is about to be
brought again before the attention of the public, by an at-
tempt to cross the Atlantic (tom New Yolk in a balloon,
which enterprise Is to be undertaken by Mons. A. Chevalier,
an aeronaut of extended European reputation,

The Journal Offirial of the French empire publishes
the following:—" We learn that the flostine. hulk, Cacique,
floored in the roadstead at Cayenne, suddenly sank on the
20111 of December, and several convicts perished, notwith-
standing that prompt assistance was afforded. The Minister
of Marine has ordered an inquiry to ascertain the cause of
this disaster."

"The Fishmongers have been 'going it.' They
entertained the Bishops the other night, ssho seemed quite
at their ease—possibly because both hosts and guests lived
upon the produce of the Sees ! ,seas ."-7 ems/wick.
Chang and Fog, the Siamese twin, are married to
two sisters, the daughters of an American clergyman. Each
brother has nine children. The family of tug consists of
six sons and three daughters ; the family of Chimg cousies
three Bolls and six daughters. Their first children were
born within three or four days of each other; the others at
irregular intervals. Chang's ninth child was horn Mee
months ago.—British Medical Journal.

At a prayer meeting held in Perth the other day, one
of those present offered up a prayer on behalf of the Rev.
George Gansu, and earnestly expressed a hope that he
would see cause to change his present religious opinions
At a fire in London, the other day, a wooden-house
in Cloth-fair, Smithfield, which hail escaped the great fire in
1006, was destroyed
'I he circulation of velocipedes in the streets of
Florence has been forbidden by the police ; they will, how-
ever, be tolerated in the Casnue before two in the afternoon.
but not in the rides.
Franc-Picard. the once celebrated French steeple-
chase horse, has just died at the age of twenty-three, near
Abbeville, on the stud farm of Baron de Font-meat, to whom
he was given by his former owner, Baron de In alotte.
This horse was by Royal Oak or Nautilus out of Niche,
and during his career on the turf won more than 60 cross
country races. _

The amount collected for a testimonial to General
Peel has reached X9OO, which he has desired may be handed
over to the County Hospital.
" Martin county, Ind., haa a family named Croes,
and the fact of Mrs. Cross having given birth to a daughter
for the eleventh titne has made Mr. cross unusually cross.
On the last cccasion Mr. Cross observed to his wife
'Amelia Jane, this is not to be borne." But it is born,' re-
plied his wife, nu ekly. ' Don't be cross, my love, we all
have our little crosses to bear.' Mr. Cross groaned in bitter-
ness of spirit 'Ameba Jane, this thing has been going on
long enough: II you have any more little crosses to betel
won't help you to support them.' "—A I rican Paper.

Nehru, Colens° has been in grief. He had a fall
from his horse recently and was much shaken sin another
occasion he was riding across a ford when his horse got into
a hole, and the bishop was washed off the animal's hack.
Mr. Kirkham, his companion, went into the river and lugged
the unlucky dignitary out.
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Further interesting discoveries of subterranean cor-
ridors and halls have been made at the old castle at Guild-
ford. Six rock-hewn chambers have been discovered,
branching off from a main passage which measures 1W feet
In length. Some of the chambers are ten feet high and •
hundred feet long, and here and there the roof of rock and
chalk is supported by a pillar of immense girth. A numlier
of bones, probably those of prioners who were immured in
the dungeons prior to the reign of the Tudors, have been
found, and disposed of by certain of the explorers to
marine store dealer!"

A fatal gun accident has occurred in the county of
Westmeath. Two 301111 of Mr. Milne., a military armourer,
went into a room, and the elder, fifteen years of age, taking
up a double-barrelled gun, presented it at his younger
brother, when both barrels went off, and the younger boy
was killed.

A disputed will case was before the Dublin Court lif
Probate on Saturday. A person named Duddy, of London-
derry, bequeathed the bulk of his property, about £S,OOO, to
his wife, on the conditilii that she should not marry, hut
enter a convent. The next of kin challenged the instrument,
on the ground of "undue influence on the part of his wife."
The Court decided that the will was good.

The Times, last week devoted two and a half pave.
of its space to an analysis of the accounts of the London
charities, drawn up by Mr. flicks. The aecount which is ex-
clusive of the revenues of the great em! wed hospitals, shews
that 42.040X7 is spent in London on different charities,
and of this sum a quarter is spent on "plant," rent, fund
tore, stationery, and salaries,—an amount on which an
immense saving might be made by judicious combination.
In continuation the Bishop rf London, filling up the account
by the estimate of excepted Acme, puts the aggregate out-
lay at just £teeo,ooo.
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An interesting archaeological discovery has just been
made near Durfoit Gard. A miner searching for a lode of
lead in the side of a Mountain came upon a grotto, the
mouth of which had been blocked up by stones. It contained
a quantity of petrined human remains iinliedded in cone',
tions from the rock; a flint knife and a liatchet were aleo
holm!. and one skull was remarked as having been fin nicely
pier ~1 with ITI 10111 of tie Sale inatorial, a portion of
which had broken lid and was still remaining in the none.

S arnlysly living in Portland, Maine, is said to be
poss,seed with the idea that the world is soon to suffers
seeond deluge. So he is convertim, his entire property into
an ark 50 feet long, 15 feet wide, flat-bottomed, square-
stoned, with round bows, and a house Just eft of midships
He does not intend to launch it. but will simply store it
with provisions, and proceed to keep house in it, prepared,
at any time, for the rising of the waters.
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The Athenreuvt mays that 29,000 vols. were added
last year to the British Ataaeum, which la now the finest
library In the world.
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Fifty-six towns are preparing petitions to be pr. -
sented to 1' irliament, this coming Session, in favour of
women's suffrage.

A boat's crew, consisting of six men, who attempted
to relieve the lighthouse-keeper on the Calf Rock, near Dor-
sey island, but were unable to land, owing to the violence
of the storm, on Friday in het week, were unfortananoly
drowned while endeavouring to make their way back to the
mainland.

"It is useless to ahut our eyes to the fact that
Greece has, by the marriage of King George with the Grand
Duchess Olga, become neither more tor less than a little
Russia. That prince.. is the daughter of the most wiive
and astute member of the family of itomanoff."—Pelf llaU
Gazette.

At Stafford, on Friday, a conference was held on the
subject of the treatment of vairants Lord Lichfield pre-
shied. Fifty-five u ions of the Midland counties were re-
presented. A number of resolutions, which affirmed the
importance of discriminating between the professional
tramp and other classes of vagrants, and the desirability of
the public desisting from street almsgiving, were adopted.
The South-Western Railway Company dechned to
convey the Volunteers to and from Portsmouth at the same
terms as last year, or to accept the offer made by the
mayor for the payment of 5J.350 from the local volunteer
fund.

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In the Tear 181'3, Lieutenant-Colonel Stretten, while
engaged with his regiment in the battle of oda, received
two bullet wounds. One of the toilets was x [ruled soon
after, but the other remained in his body, shifting about for
filty.flve years, and was recently taken out by Dr. Simpson.
of Southampton.

A Buffalo man offers to go over Niagara Falls in a
boat for 20,000 dollars.

Out of the eleven gentlemen whe were in the boat at
the time of the catastrophe in Yorkshire, two of them kad
been in the memorable Balaklava charge—viz , Sir Georg*
Wombwell, formerly hi the 17th Lancers, and klajor
den, now serving in the Sth Hussars.

John Chinaman in California is clear at a bargain.
Ills ideas of the "credit system" are extremely safe, though
rather vague. A nierehant of unbounded credit in San Fran-
cisco recently applied to a Chinese merchant, through his
agent, to purchase a cargo of rice on time. The agent duly
set forth the opulence, standing, etc., of his principal, to
which Chinaman replled—" Yes, him welly god man. Me
trustee, hum pay me one half caltive, other half when me
deliber riee.ee."

Advice from San Francisco, dated Jan. 29, state
that the shilming in harbour were somewhat damaged the
peavious night by a heavy gale, and that slight chocks of
earthquake were felt in the city on the 20th and 201 h Hono-
lulu advices to January 15 report that a severe storm had
prevailed at the Sandwich Islands, and that frequent shocks
of earthquake had been felt at Ilawal.

'Mr. Bright, at a banquet held on Thurday Met,
declared that ' at one time be would as soon Lave expected
to lieu Bishop as a Cabinet Minister.' . Ile gave his audience
to understand that he preferred the State to the Church.
Perhaps his taste may change. If he does not keep his
temper through the debates this Session he may tnt himself
at the end of the year quarrelling with hie colleagues, and
all for Lawn! "—Tomahawk.
Ali Pacha has been appointed Minister of Foreign
Affairs at Constantinople, in conjunction with the post of
Grand Vizier. The New Foreign Minister is well known in
the diplomatic world. He one Ambassador in England
from 1841 to 1844, was afterwards at the head of the
Turkish Foreign Office, and in 1852 was appointed Grant
Vizier. A short time afterwards he retired Into private
life, but ag Hill he was successfully summoned to the head of
the Foreign Other and to the Grand Vizlership. Ali Pitch&
gets credit for being a liberal and enlightened statesman.
On Monday, the Dublin Town Council adopted on
address to the Queen. and a petition to the Move of Lords,
in favour of the di.stablialinient of the Irish Church,
entrusting the petition to Lord Kimberley for presents-
U's. One of the town councillors proposed, as an amend-
ment, to add to the address to her Majeety the suggestion
that the Church revenues be applied to the reclamation of
the waste lauds of Ireland, but found no seconder.
Cardinal Cullen has written a letter to the parish
priest of Lucan, near Dublin, where an institution for train-
ing idiotic and Imbecile children has been lately founded.
stating that Catholics cannot assist in establishing It, or
send children to it, n it is founded prose, lytising
- proof,

trinelples." The cardinal quotes the prospectus in pro,.
In which it is stated that while the Institution shall he

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" open to all I len.nutnations, it shall he conducted upon
Protestant principles of the,hroadest and most ansectarian
character."

A well-known Polish refugee, ZS. Jablonski, has
just died at Zanzibar, where he was the French comul.
11. Jablonski was born in Podolia. At the age of eighteen
he joined the Hungarian revolution, and after taking Part
In several battles was captured by the Russian.. He was
then compelled to serve as a private in the Russian army.
In which position h.remained until the Crimean warS When
the allies arrived Nefore iiebastopol, he went over to the
French, and was employed on the French staff as a trans-
lator. After the war he got his consulship, and remained
on the African coast during the remaining eleven years of
his life. M. Jabloniki was a man of great abilities, and

had a certain reputation among his countrymen as a poet
A Sheffield tailor named Ortes hag been committed
for trial at the 11138i2e0 on a curious charge of publishing a
malicious and defamatory libel. Mr. Orton. as honorary
secretary of a local "Anti Compulsory Vaccination Com-
mittee," issued a document, in which Mr. Alderman
Saunders, who has keen specially active in carrying out the
provisions of the Vaccination Act, was compared with Herod,
" the slaughterer of the Innocents ; " and it was added that
the Abler:llan had by his "wicked vaccination panic "swelled
the deaths from small-pos, in one year, to between three and
four hundred. The decision of the magistrates to send the
care f"r trial to the Anises wee received with APPthose 14040
auttlence.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY ACTION BY A
SISTER OF MERCY.
In the Court of Queen's Bench the Lord chief Jimtlee and
wesal Jury have been micupled for, lengthened period
with the case of " &Lurie a Starr and another."
Saturday Was the tenth day of the hearing of this
Miner
kable case. The public ininterestappeezed to be
*bating, As there were nothing like so many persons
congregated about the approaches to the court as on
the ',envious days, nor was the court so crowded at the
onnimencement of the days proceedings. The number,
however, increased towards the latter part of the
def.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C.,
end Mr. A. Walea represented the plaintiff ; and Mr.
titschhot• 1.1. C., Mr. Mellish, (.2.C., and Mr. Charles
Remelt the defendant&
Mrs eterr's cross examination reasoned Iny the Solicitor-
(/moral: I told the sisters to use moderate language in their
depositions for the bishop, and not write anything of whiett
Ike y leers doubtful.
late Solicitor-Oeueral: And the role you held down for
the sisters you prescribed for yourself?
Defendant (hesitatingly, :I wished to do It. She con.
mated a look in her cell. There are no locks in the cells.
The superior can go to them at any time and take out what
she pleases. When I say hidden there, the cell la not the
proper place to keep books.
The Lord Chief Justice : Tell us what you found. Con-
soled is for the jury to consider.
Defendant It was not on the top of the clothing. It
/eight have been amongst or under It. It was about the
sue of • small prayer-book, called " Devotions to Jesus."
when I accused her of taking it she at first evaded the
question.
Tes Lord Chief Juntice : Was her name in it as a presenta-
nen to you, or as the owner of the book
Defendant: As a presentation. Site admitted it was a
itch comet poverty—that she had done wrong. The book
is not here, but can he producisi.
The solicit... General—l should like the book to be sent
for, because I am told you are wrong about the inscrip-
tion. Aid it hat you have described is what you consider
ouncealment.
Defemoult.—The redistrubution of clothes In ISCC. atm
nwde for the general benefit of the community, but not
with oily intention of limiting her in particular, although
I said in nly depositions it was made in consequence ef
her hang too such clothing, and au unaccountable
~5.55015151 en of things, such as bobbins and trifling things
of that Mud,
Do you think an unaceountable accumulatien of things
conveyed to the eiptscopal miod bobbies and such like?
psughter .—I really du tot know. My statement to the bishop
wes nut an exaggeration, but a statement ut fact, wheu I say
she eut up her clothes and made them up &mew. I found
that in the case of the petticoat I also 'toted in my demo
ention that the "destruction of her apparel was most imac-
cuutiUible," mid that had reference to her tearing her veil
anal other article. I hare described. &eine nuns honestly
wear most their clothes quicker than others. My impression
was Iliac &tune did it diehonestly. ,The defendant was
erese-exammed on this point for • considerable time, and in
mower to a question said she did not understand what the
learned counsel lISB queen° ll ill g her about)
Mr. Mellish : uu hare gone on long enough to petite any
sue
The lord Ohiet Justice: 1 quite agree with that.
Crosteramination continued—l by no means meant to
make any charge against her moral character, when I wrote
she was in a state of excitement when the priest was present.
I felt wry uncomfortable shout her. What I meant by this
statement, " I caught her kineelitig by the side of the priest,
putting things into his hand, and seggesting she should
ce with hint," homed upon the rule of idlenese-- That
she tall always. and In all places, preserve in her deport-
ment a gravity becoming a religious person," and I
mu quite sure neither the bishop nor the commission
thought it a reflection on her mural character. My refer-
ence tea gross scandal was not to be considered In any gross
seise whatever.
The Solicitor-Gement —Gooseberry-pickers are Bald to be
In company, are they not?
The lArti Chief Justice —Hop-pickers
The Solicitor-General—l understand that a geo.eberry-
picker is the person who stands by whilst a young man and
young woman are making love. (Laughter. (To defeuelant).—
Do you make eposelierry fool at the convent?
Defeedant.—Yee, sometimes.
And do you ever take gooseberry fool?—? may have done
. I sever embraced her and kissed and told her all would
be right, nor anything of the kind. I understood eh* con-
fused to Father Porter at the Retreat in August, 1662. The
purpose for which she wrote to her uncle to obtain admis-
doll into another convent wan an aggravation of the writing
witheut permission.
The Lord Chief Justlre.—Would it be an offence for a
Meter to seek a change of community without the assent of
the superior of that community by asking a friend te assist
he Mewed of writing?
Defendant.- That would depend low great measure upon
her cease.. If she found in a convent any hindrance in the
way of her salvation or perfection she would be perfectly
punned in tusking such application.
Bet mousse her reason was that sne disliked the superior,
and wished a change. Would there he anything womg iu
UAW- I think she ought to apprise the superior of it. In
101 l she told the bishop a falsehood when she said she had
never given away daring her religious life anything without
permission, hut a picture. She had, however, given away a
book I did not know it when I charged her with falsehood
to the inishop in 1562 (after some pressing and hesitation.)
11w.. in reference to the breach of poverty- such as taking
away the boots, etc. "I never knew the depth of her malice
antll then," had reference to her notes about Mrs. M 'Ovine
and the tower. It was close to the predncts of the convent,
antis superior has power to dispense from a rule er custom
for herself or anybody elite. Sister Scholastics could not
have done it without permission, but Mrs St.Owne, being
the assistant superior, could act in her discretion. A sister
may mention the faults of a sister to her director.
The Solicitor General : Might she not note it down without
a depth of malice t
Defendant There was no grievance In it. She might have
done It if she considered its built, but this was not.
tut she did not know that sister Mary Agnes had dispensed
hermit t—lt was the manner in which the circumstance
was noted—" Sister Mary Agnes on tower two hours along
with Mr. C."
The lord Chief Justice 1 It might have been very sug-
gestive.
The Solicitor-General: Yes ; Lord Burleigh's nod. Then
this note was an exagiterati,Ml
Defendant An imputation. I think. There was another
Note respecting a clergy mau thus, " Visit to a sister—mutton
ehops"—jaughter). The malicious pert was about the
tower.
Then you take yonr stand on the tower? lauchteri—
Defendant : Yes. I believed Father Uullamore, the confessor
at Hull, was deceived in the plaintiff. He is a very kind-
hearted man. Mrs. Grimstoue was also deceived in her.
I saw Father Porter twice in Liverpool chiefly on this sub-
ject I was with him about an hour each time. I don't
think I then knew he was to be on the commission.
The Lord Chief Justice: One feels one's own cold—not
Others laughter.)
The Solicitor-General : I should have thought in religion it
was so.
Defendant Father Porter was with me in the library with
a fire—Father Matthews and his niece were aithout fire
(laughter). I can't may If Father Porter had tea.
I thiuk he must have taken tea daughter). It was not a
meat teat—No.
Were net the two challis put in a part of the bath-room she
was not to go tot—She could have removed them.
Were they so put?—Yee There were two chairs and one
sister. I told her not to stay near the sister. She was sitting
collie ii nor. The chair was at the end of the room where
she was not to go.
The Lest Chief Justlce 1 Where was the stool t
Defendant Next to the chairs There was nothing to
prevent her taking it. I feel confident the chair was not
taken from her.
The solicitor General : You wanted to get rid of her, and
I suppose you wanted to make her as uncomfortable as
possible.
Deteuelant t I did not want to make her uncomfortable.
The only thing I did with a view 4,f inducing her to leave
was not giving her a change of clothing. When she asked
for clean sheets I refused them, and referred her to her
friends.
Then that was to mate her uncomfortable I—YOU may
draw what inference you like.
The Solicitor-General: Then I shall drawn it.
Defendant : The other sisters knew I wanted Miss Stolen
to leave. Ido not know that they secohded my efforts by
making her unumnfortable. I do sot know that she was
refused access to the library. The attic was as comfortable
as the bath room. There was ne lumber is i , but there was
a second bed. The room was smell, and she could not UOll-
- walk from one end ot it to the other. She might
have walked across part of it. It was Inconveniently small
for ealking A sister who had sprained her knee was put
with her lido the back room. She did not use Iluarnent, but
a fomentation of hut water. I perfectly assert Mien niacin-in
Gould leave the room whenever she liked. Ido not know it
she was ill. I made no inquiry about it, and no gush
commuelcation was made to me. She was only in the upper
rom about • fortnight. A novice or a postulant about to be
rejected lives apart from the community. Dismissal of a
prefeased sister never before occurred in our order. She left
without my knowing it for the moment, and as Idle left I
said to the sister I was sorry she was gone before I had
given her the kiss of peace. I did not luquire of Sir Henry
Cooper shout her health. I took the ring off whilst she was
• professed sister, because I knew she was to leave. The
MON) Ind sent the absolution to me for gather Sourin. I
thought she would not he willing to relinquish the ring when
she left. She tuck the ring off herself. She did not ask me
to return It. She did not appear to like it. She did not cry.
It never was returned to her. The ring is a symbol of her
union with our teed. I have power to take it off I knew
she knew of her brother's death the day the news came. The
notice was put up.
By the Solicitor General: I destroyed some papers in 10:93
—1 was ill, expecting to die—arei ~therel arranged for the
amimenity. In 1867 I made an affidavit with respect to the
Papers. In November and December, loot, after the action
was brought, I selected much papers as I thought would be
useful to Miss Saudis, send the rest I destroyed.
By Mr. Mellish 1 lier sister's letters came as we were going
Into retreat, and, am is usual on such occasions, they were
retained mull the conelmion of the retreat. She was allowed
to read them, and then I took them away. I once book a
letter from her under these circumstances. With reference
to my taking the deceased's sister's book, it was done as an
exercise of detachment, according to the rule, to keep their
hearts done:Med from the attachment of this world, and to
give up at all times what had been left to them.
Mr. Mellish 1 Then, I tnke it, the more the sister-is at-
tached to a particular thing the greater is the reason for
taking it from her t—Defendant : Yee laughter.)
The LOW Chief Justice : That is perfectly logical. If you
desire to extinguish notions of property and attachment to
things the best way is not to allow them to remain in the
Meters' possession. The end Is good if the means are right.
We must look at this from the point of new the order does,
mel we must never forget that the plaintiff was a voluntary
meniaer of that order.
Defendaht n A good dress was given to Mimi Samin to put
on after her expulsion, but she pierced it down the back so
u to destroy it, and I took it away from her to keep it in a
good and sound condition until she left. I gave her a
bonnet anti mantle, lout she would not have them. I had
previded her with everything nice and ladylike for her to
tenon in; and, had she given me notice of her leading, I
Hirould have let her have them. The chapel and not the cell
lathe usual place for keeping devotional books.
'lle Lord Chief Justice But l suppose it is no great harm
for a sister to have a hook lin her cell?
Defendant : No. But they are not allowed to remain long
In their veils. The looks for study art kept In the library.
The familiarity with the priest was this :—fle was stooping
down to fasten a desk in the school. Mies Saueln went to
him and knelt by his side, and asked him to go away with
her—l believe to take his lunch laughter:. She should have
belted Min in &different manner
Mr Mellish: Kaplain what you sald about preserving and
destroying the papers.
inefendailt I preserved those I thought would be useful—
that would Instruct her solicitor.
Mr. Mellish: Your solicitor, or her solicitor I—Defendant :
I did not advert to tsar :solicitor at all.
The Lord Chief Justtce : At that time no application had
hero roado for them.
Mr Mellish: Did you destroy any papers that you thoeght
were iejurimmelther ?—Defendant Ni.
The Lord Chief Justice—lt is Very ambiguous. What does
Ike ineau by papers'
befenriant.—Papere that would not be considered evidence
In any way. Papers that would net give any information
I WILIIted not to have • great quantity et papers that would
eonfuse her.
Mr. Mellish: Dld you destroy any papers you thought
would he useful to the plaietiff and against yout—Defen-
dant : No.
The lord Chief Justice—l thought she did not Intend to
me the tenn ion its full sense. lam happy to say your ex-
amination has concluded.
'As she left the court a voice called out " Bravo," which
Caused sense emuseme]st.)
Mrs. Kennedy depneed Tam now the miperior of the Hull
convent. I have held all the principal offices in turn since
ISM. I had but a slight knowledge of Miss Stearin when in
Beggotatreet. She always struck me from the beginnhig as
very nnheppy. I often saw lice crying. The thought struck
inn then that I wondered she was so silly se to stay In the
couvent if else was not happy. In August, ISIS, I went to
(Afford, and Miss Saurin joined the convent there In May,
ISS6. In July, M)1, I went ton convent In Lirerpm,l, and I
returned in January, MT, when the convent was founded in
Hull. In February, March, and April, Mrs. Starr went to
Cliffnisi, and left one in charge at HUl.After detailing
mass et the shame against the plaintiff, which MI substance

had bee-- n giveu Mrs7Eenneily continued—At Mrs.
start's request I sent her to Clifford. I was obliged to make
a report of her co miluct to Mrs. Starr. I took her to Clifford
and returned to Hull. On January. 18E8, Miss Smiths came
to Hull with Mrs. steer. Her duties were lighter than the
other sisters'. She remained in Hull from September, 1667,
to October, 1858, and from July, 1859, to April, 1,60. As
refuter]an she kept &lithe placesunder her charge in the most
disorderly state—pantries and kitchens. I never or scarcely
over saw them tidy when eke had charge of them Then I
noticed continual hi caches of nearly all the rulea—thence,
obedience, and poverty. She hail the habit of taking the clothes
tame particularlyandother things allowed brother sisters, and
making use of them. Sometimes she returned them when they
were no longer fit for use, and under this bead I may clam
li, Imots she ttetk in 1858. When 1 missed them Hooked for
them and found them on her feet. I did not lend them and I
to old not have lent them without permission. I made her
take them off and give them to me. Some months later 1
WM so sorry that anything I had should be a temptation to
her, I got permission to give them to her, and I did 80.
saw she coveted them. I noticed her partiality in the dia-
tribution of food. During in, three years her life seemed to
me to be almost miraculous, judging train what I Maw. I
its sure I do not exaggerate in saying she used not to eat
more than an ounce weight at line meals, 80 that she was a
constant source of anxiety to me and Mrs. Starr. We thought
rho must have sense external complaint. She looked to re-
markably well and ate BO little.
The Lord Chief Justice t Did you find out the reason?
Wittiose Afterwards. Mrs. Starr on one oscasion took
her to Dr. Davey in consequence of her small eating, fearing
she must be ill. She used also to be allowed to remain in
bed until tett o'clock. She had broiled meat four tunes a
day, and tither things between. She had also beef tea. The
doctor prescribed nothing for her, and one day when he
came she opened the door, and he said, " Too are deceiving
u"." Mrs. Starr, Judging she did not eat sufficient, got her
dispensations for eating. She disimproved daily. The worst
fault, and one that was so very glaring in her, was want of
truth. As a rule we could scarcely believe a word she said.
, and Mrs. Starr was the last to see it and believe it, so that
she corrected tee on one or two orcasions for want of charity
when I cross-questioned Miss Saudi In 1860 Mrs. Starr
repulsed her to Clifford by my advice. She came over to
, Hull at the retreat of 1861, when Mrs. Starr, at a chapter,
gave her a serious reproof for those faults principally
I have been speaking of. Every religious ktiows she can-
not carry on u clandestine correspondence, and during our
noviciate we are instructed that its commission would entail
expulsion, Or at least, deserve it The superior has power by
practice and tradiliuiit to keep back any letters, and the only
exception to that is to send a letter boor through the bishop.
There is no exception in the case of a priest without the
bishop's special permission. Towards the end of July, 1802,
she came to Hull. She then wished not tut Join the emu-
munity, AMA Mrs. Starr sent nie to coax her to come dents
and J lilt us, and the only way 1 smuld rem:incite her was that
her fault had not been communicated to any sister unneces-
sarily. She sai I the fault ,the conceeled letter was no great
that she e inbl tmt see the sisters. After much expoistulation
she came down and Joined the community at dinner. Some ,
days later in the reverend mother's room, and in the pre-
sence of Mrs. Starr, Mrs. M.Owne, and myself, she went on '
her knees of tier own sword, and said she had written
and sent two letters to her uncle independently of the
intercepted letter, and silo also acknowledged that she
haul deceived Sister Agnes, and had told innumerable lies
about them.
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The Lord Chief Justice Did she use that word?
Witness: At least I think so. At the visitation I asked
the bishop to dismiss her on the ground et the clandestine
correspondence, and that in a general way she was a very
irregular religious. I do not thins I particularised her fault*.
I thought at the time It was right to do so, and I did it from
conscientious motives as a duty to the community to have a
bail member separated from it. Miss Sauna went back to
Clifford. I went with Mrs. Starr to Clifford in June, Pitt& I
kin.W nothing about the bedding. There was only accomm.
dation for four, and four others went down, awl the sisters
strove their best to give the required sec. immolation. I saw
Mrs Starr, and the plaintiff left for Hull. Mrs. Starr was
afraid she should be late for the train, and she sent me to
Miss Saurin's cell to hasten her. I did so. I assisted her
to dress, but I deny that I was rude to her. What I did
was simply to oblige her. I have not the slightest remem-
brance of pulling her boot on. I did not push her as she
went down the stairs, and I was surprised at the accusation.
She was taken away at a short notice, fearing otherwise the
villagers might come to see her. It was intended for her to
remain at Clifford until August, but I begged she might be
taken away at this time as a great favour to me, because I
had brought down two novices for instruction, and I feared
she would disedify them if she remained. I returned to
Hull in the following August at the time of the retreat,
and I 6... remained there ever since. A govern! direction
had been given to all the sisters in April or May to lessen
their bed clothing, as it was getting warm. A stogie blanket
had been Mitt on each bed to replace the double one. All
the sisters complied with the direction except Miss gamin,
and when it was discovered In the evening, the person in
charge was afraid Pi speak to her, but came and informed
Mrs. Starr of the circumstance. Mrs. Starr went to Miss
Saurlifs room and returned to our room with the blanket In
her hand.
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In consequence of a wish expressed by the jury, the
Court rise early, and the further examination of Mrs.
Kennedy was adjourned.

On Monday, the hearing of this extraordinary case
was resumed for the eleventh time, and the interest,
which had somewhat abated on Saturday, was evi-
dently revived, as hundreds of persons congregated
about the court, unable to obtain admission. Every
device was used to gain an entry, and the ushers and
the police bad the greatest difficulty in preserving
order, and keeping a clear entrance for those who
were engaged in the case or who had public duties to
perform in connection with the prem.
Mrs. Kennetly's evidence in chief was continued by Mr.
Mollioh: In June, 1864, Miss Samin same Irvin Clifford to
Hull. I returned about the middle of August, 1864. I had
the principal charge of the schools. Miss Sauna was ruts-
piped in them under me. lt seemed to me I could not trust
her, because she disobeyed my instructions in my absence
and neglected a duty imposed on her. I gave her the
charge of a class reefing monosyllables, anti flout of whom
already knew their letters; and, on examining this class,
according to niy etworn, I found, about six weeks after she
hat hail charge td it, that the children, instead of making
any progress, had forgotten their letters. slur schools being
under Government, we are obliged to make the children
progress steadily, and consequently I hail to take the
clams from her and give her an infant class to attend
to. In the same manner she shortened the time it
the chiltirenb lessons, Instead of adhering to the
time table. It was reported to itie, and on going into the
schools I found th3t it was the case. I had the books re-
thetributed, and the class recommenced. I gave a different
sister orders to attend to the school fires, mot Stint Saurm
was forbidden to interfere as well as the other sisters She
used to put on fire, get the stove red hot, and endanger the
lives of the children. I frequently spoke to her but without
effect. I observed nothing about the school dinners of the
children, but two or three sisters reported to me that they
had gmel reason for thinking Miss Salute took them. an 4 I
mentioned it to the superior. I gave. another sister the
,pecial charge of the tannin., and I believe I directed Miss
Satiric not to touch them. On the Si at of May, 1465, Mrs.
Starr consillted Ille with re,erence to the plaintiff s conduct.
I advised the superior to ask Miss Saurin for her pocktt as
she came in front the seteral, in order to see if she brought
the children's dinners honie to the convent. After slipper,
the mother superior galled Wes Samna into her own room
Mrs. Starr transit' the do, r vi prevent any one from corning
Miss Swain could have uubolted it if stieliked. I sat
down at a table to write, and the mother superior desired
her to take off her veil, habit, and so on. I can't may for a
fact what she took off, ea I merely glanced at her once, but
I know Mrs. Sarre manner was very gentle—particularly so.
Mrs. Starr took the notes out of her pocket, and read them.
We understood them perfectly well laughter'.
The Lord Chief Justice: There is very bad spelling n the
notes l—Witness: She cannot spell.
The Lord Chief Justice So I should think. It scents
strange that she should have been put to schools at Clifford.
Witness: I should have spoken of that ill had been asked.
There was no difference in the food she had. At one time
she did not eat all her meat, and In June, 1664, after her
return front Hull, she had less, because she did not eat all
that was given to her. That was mutton, and we generally
at that time had mutton. It was custmnary when a sister
did not eat all her meat to help her to less at the next meal
There were two other sisters t r whom the same direction
was given at that time. It is untrue that I ran for a dry
crust of bread Mx or seven days old, ao.I brought it—it is
untrue. I never remember fetching bread at any time. In
1565, instead of diininiehing the meat, when she asked for
more I sent the plate back and had more meat put upon it.
1 'plant her statement with great surprise that I emit the
plate back and hail some of the meat taken off. She was
clothed as well as other sisters, but I know that she destroyed
her things. We all wear old clothes. As a practice et
poverty we wear our clothes as long as they wiil keep
together. This is the 14th year I have been constantly
wearing the habit I have on. It is the practice aleo to
take old clothes from one sister and give them to another.
I had charge of her clothing once in the absence of the
mother superior. and I gave her an article—a tunic—that I
had first examined. It was perfectly sound when I gave
It to her There might have been some pin holes, but
the following week it was a mass of rags. There were
other instances, but those are the principal. I think
the morning after the mother superior had left, Miss
Saurin came to me and complained of her boots. I ex-
amined the taote, and 1111 w that the soles were cracked, but
there were no holes in theca. These were the hoots that she
said had holes in them and she had to blacken her feet. I,
however, gave her at that time a pair of my goloshes to
wear over them. I wrote to Mrs. Starr, and as soon as she
came back she immediately gave Miss Satan' a pair ef very
good boots—they were in perfect order.
The Lord Chief Justice: These are the b•Ota she said she
had to tie en?
Witness Yes. She also got a pair of shoes at the time.
At one time she complained that her stockings were wringmg
wet, but it was untrue. Some sisters had three pairs of
stockings I had only two pair. 111 April, 1965, Mrs Starr
consulted me snout mending in her resignation. la August,
1585, I wrote to the ',Mop. I asked the bishop, under the
eircionstatmes, to remove the plaintiff, and if not otherwise,
as a hoarder in a convent, which could be done for £3O per
annum, and that there would be no difficulty in 'teapot-
street returning her dowry. (The letter was dated Stli
August., I afterwards wrote out my statement or deposi-
tion of my personal experiences.of Miss Source. (The state-
ment was put in and read. It stated, in addition to the
facts deposed to by the witness that her opinioa of Miss
Saurin'e religious career was that it was she of the grossest
falsehood, deceit, and trickery, aggravated by her endeavour
to attract the attention of externs, gnu to sow discord be-
tween the superior and Ike sisters, and that if she was not
soon removed she would break the heart of the reverend
mother, and effect the spiritual and temporal ruin of the
couveut. In 1,45 plaintiff came to me about an article ef
dress, and believing she was telling me a filsehood I in-
quired of a sister in her presence if she had repa.red Miss
Saurin's doak, and she seemed rice she had done se particu-
larly well. Miss Saurin denied it again, and became parti-
cularly noisy about it.
The Lord Chief Justice Is its breach of the rule to become
noisy?
Witness Yes; she shouted out and denied it. That is
against the rule. My watch had been taken from Me about
a year or two before bliss Satulit's was taken.
The Lord ebbe. hustles :,What Is the object of taking the
watches?
Witness e customary to do‘so wheqthe watcheleget
out of order. It is too expensive/ to have then, repaired by
the convent, and if the friends do not repair them the supe-
rior takes them.
The Lord Chief Justice: I ask the question because the
plaintiff said hers was to be put in the lottery?
Witness: There is no truth in it. We have lotteries with
watches, hut inferior ones. It is aeual to take them for the
poor, and some of the sisters offer theirs. I have eight or nine
now in my possession. I should be glad to do something with
them for the poor. It is cnetomary by the rules to keep
back letters. I have no recollection of her brother PatriciCe
letter being taken from her before she could read it I have
a very had memory. (Laughter,. It is the eustom for all
the members of the community to In the work which
plaintiff calls menial work. Hard labour is one of our cha-
racteristic duties
The Lord Chief Justice: Are particular parts of the work
allotted to particular Sisters?
Witnese There is a list of "changes" made out, whielt is
altered from time to time.
The Lord Chief Justice: It would appear from the charges
handed in that all Cho sisters do a portion of the house
work.
Witness I did not suggest her carrying its the heavy mat,
tine. Othere have done it.
The Lord Chief Jnstice Is it heavier than you can fairly
put upon a woman to do/
Witness: I think not. Others have done it There was
no project Ruder dissuasion in 1880 for giving up Clifford, as
stated hy Miss Sauna. In 1557, there was a notion of giving
up the schools, but they were kept Oh by the request of the
bishop and the priest, heroes° they were is • lourishiog
condition. We wished to give them up because the sisters
were badly wanted at Hull,
The Lord Chief Justice: then the schools at Clifford had
not declined in 1860?
Witness: No, Miss Saurin was sent away from Hull, in
1866, principally becauseshe should be out of the way of the
novices, lest she should titeedify them. Mr. Collins is
between 60 and 70 years of age. He Is the editor of the
Tablet slid the Hull paper. Ile offered his services in
temporal matters, and, with the oonsent of the bishop, we
always consulted him in temporal matters, and that was
the remson why we sent for Mr. Collins on the morning Miss
Sault] left the conveet 11cr breaches et silence referred to
all the time she MU under me, such as refectorian, &c.
trom necessity, and ins low WPC% in the dissliscgs

of those &Ales, would not be a breach of tilenee, but
speaking too loud ami two far off would be.
The Solicitor General That was when she was refec-
torian
Witness: yes laughter). I don't recollect listening to
what she said. I don't say I never spoke to a lay sister when
I was refectorian. I have nothing to hide :laughter.. Her
breaches of silence were habitual—most remarkable.
The Solicitor General; And yours were necessary and
Justifiable when you were refectorlan ?
Witness: Yes, laughter).
The Solicitor General : flow often?
Witham, t I can't any.
The Solicitor General More than once?
Witness : Yes.
The Solicitor General many more?
Witness: I Cilllllot say.
The Solicitor General: I should like to know; the case is
one of life to nip client.
The Lord Chief Justice , I must really object to such
remarks. You have done It two or three times. Those are
observations fur the jury.
Witness lam cautious in my answers, from the manner
In which the Solicitor General cross-examined the mother
superior On Saturday.
The I, rd Chief Justice ((o witness): I never hearth a
wit nets give better evidence. but detract from it now.
Witness I cannot possibly any how often. In 1659 I
determined to turn my eyes from her faults as much as
I could. It was in that year that I tried, if possible
to detect her falsehomis by c-oseuuestioning her. That
was a fault on my part. I did it two or three times,
but I was successful in discovering she had committed a
falsehood.
The Solicitor General You spoke on Saturday in reference
to writing without permission, that it was against the canon
law. Where do you Una that?
Witness: St, Basil says it an offence of excommunica-
tion.
The Solicitor General : fin you think it within the canon
law to impose penance such as to wear a duster?
Witness Yea
The Solicitor General: Taking off the ring, now what of
that?
Witness: Yes It le part of the superior's duty to impose
penance. I have liad to kiss the thmr constantly. Our
intention all ahmg has been to exchange the watches for
some eared plate for the altar It is perfectly understood
by the sisters that the watches I have are to be disposed of
for that purpose. Lotteries are held for the purpose of
raising money for the relief ot the poor, or some other pious
purpose. I think when plaintiff's watch was taken there was
no probability of a lottery: I consider I have a bad me-
mory. I prepared my statement for the defendant's
attorney, and I have had it lately to refresh my memory.
The a Reese was re-examined, at some length, in explana-
tion of some of statements hi her cross examination, but
nothing material was elicited.
The Lord Chief Justice said the witness had given her
evidence remarkably wen, at which there was smile slight
applause
Mrs. Mary M'Owne, known as Sister Mary Agnes, was
then examined but her evidence was chiefly a repetition of
the atatements made by Mrs. Starr and Mrs. Kennedy.

Previous to the rising of the Court, the Lord Chief Justice
enquired now many more days is this case likely to
occupy?
Mr. Mellish lam afraid I shall not be able to close my ,
evidence much before Thursday night, and it will boss much
as we mind° to get the rest into Friday and Saturday.
The Lord Chief Justice : flow many other sisteis have you
to examine
Mr. Mellish : There are six sisters and the bishop, and I
understand Or. II anlan has arrived
The Lord Chief Justice There is one thing to which I
must call your attention. My judicial functions end with
to-day, the time allowed for these sittings having expired.
To-morrow I ought to he at Guildhall. I can only sit here
to linish this case by consent. Will you both give me power
to sit (in?
Mr. Mellish All I can say is It is net my will that con-
sents, hut ray climits'.
The Solicitor-General: We must suffer, and exercise not
only the penalty of poverty but obedience .laughter.
The Lord Chief Justice You are certainly, all of you,
doing your work nobly. Of course, in a case of this kind,
there must be sacrifices.
The Solkitor-General : I do not speak of it In that light.
We consent to sit on arid finish it.
The Lord Chief Justice: I believe Ms will be the longest
case that has ever been heard within these walls. liTion the
class of documents, in order to put the case in the most con-
densed I inn, and save you from being wearied by my read-
ing over the evidence, I think it will be desirable that at the
end of the case I snould take a day to read them over and
arrange theta bef re I proceed to sum up. I will leave it to
the counsel engaged whether they will go on and address the
jury, or take the day also I propose for myself before they
address the jury.
The Solicitor General and Mr. Mellish salil they thought
time would be saved by their taking the day before they
addressed the jury.
The cage was then adjourned.

On Tuesday the hearing of the case was resumed,
when Mrs. M`Owen'a examination waa continued,
at the conclusion of which, the Solicitor-General pro-
ceeded with the cross-examinati.n ; but as the prin-
cipal circumstances connected with the case had been
stated by the defendants, a recapitulation of them
would be uninteresting. Two other sisters, Mrs.
King and Mrs. Neligan, also gave evidence for the
defence.

The examination of Mrs. Neilsen ,Sister Mary Bernard)
was resumed on Wednesday morning by Mr. Charles Russell.
She stated that Miss Sauna had appropriated things belong-
ing to hr. She had taken working materials once witness
missed a pocket-handkerchief, and, although Miss Saurin
denied havint taken it, it was afterwards found in her pos-
session The pocket-handkerchief in question was marked
with three nails worked in, which was witness's private
mark. Next questioned as to 1110 circumstances under
which Miss Samin had been compelled to wear a
duster round her head, she said that it was a gene-
ral penance in the community that the sisters should
carry about them any article which they had omitted to send
to the wash. She herself had been obliged to submit to that
, penance She had had to stand at the foot of the community
table with a pair of boots ill her hand and a cloak on her arm,
which she had ee:tlected to put in their proper places. it
was Mrs. Kerr who had had to wear her boots round her
neck. The penances to which Miss Sarnia was subjected
differed in no respect from those of the other sisters The
only difference was that in Miss Saurin's case the application
of penances were much more frequent Mrs. Starr had never
called upon witness to disclose what passed between her and
her confessor, nor had she ever heard of her asking any of
the other sisters to do so. Brought down to the eerimi sub-
sequent ti the holding of the inquiry, and to the treatment
to which Miss Saurin was subjeeted after her dismissal from •
the convent was finally determbeil upon, witi,ss was asked
whether it was true that Miss Sauna hail been confined in a
small room where another of the sisters :asii slept, 111111 that
one of then, hail a bad leg, from which a most offensive
smell emanated. Her answer was that it was entirely
untrue.
Mr. Russell: Is it true that Miss Sauna Wag not allowed
to leave her r. ean
WitimiS: It is linite untrue she left her room at least ten
times a day. and sometimes n'tener There was hot the
slightest restrivtioo put upon her movements.
Questioned as to Miss Sauna's general demeanour at this
juncture, witness declarwl her conviction to lw that Miss
Sauriiis intention wax to make herself ill. For example, .111
a very cOl4 day she used to sit op in her bed with only tier
night dress upon her, and no story cold six dming, she would
leave her bed before the hour for rising and put her feet in
cold water. She ULM, abstained from her food.
The witness underwent a further examination, and
the case was again adjourned.