The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

"OM John Brown," of emancipation celebrity, is
said to be the hero of a new novel by Victor Hugo.

According to &Meer, from Japan the railway J,.-
teen Teddo and OmSs Is expected to be commenced
shortly.
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Avery candid advertisement in a French paper
states that a certain doctor will charge foreigners double.
It is an old fact, but never so bluntly admitted.

The report just published of the Meudicity Society
shows that last year there was an Increase of nearly a
thousand fraudulent begging letters over the numbers for
1868.

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There were about 00 presentations at the levee held
on Monday afternoon by the Prince of Wales at the St.
James's Palace. The Court Newsman states that "in the
general circle, Ssnio Shit, a distinguished Japanele, wee
presented by the Earl of Clarendon."

Vaccination of children is now almost as general
el tato citien in China salt lain England.
New York papers cont.dn an advertisement of the
puhlioatlon of Lothair in that city, price one dollar.
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Rapid strides are being made in the conetruction of
the new railway from Manchester to Liverpool.
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11oring the rtol week 21. wrecks have been reported,
making for the present 'ear a total of 79t1.
An old Bible haa turned up, and, it is said, ostablishes
the claims of the American heirs to the Lines Scotch pro-
perty, estimated at four millioos sterling.
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A former member of the Dean of Exeter PI oobgrega-
tion at Paddington has left him her ',late, furniture, and
.£lO,OOO

It is stated that nearly 12,000 immigrants arrived at
New York last week from Europe.

Hoop for tho communion table, made PO Aa., to 11.1711,1
the dress set gracefully on the kneeling figure, la the West
development of fashion in the United State..
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On Monday, Dr. Gream left L,n3on for the new
Palace at Potsdam, to be present at the confinement nf her
Royal Hlghness the Crown Princess at Prussia.

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Another piece If African news is that three mission-
aries have been captured by the Ashautees UTIU canted hire
the lutericr.

There are gala pr.-firm-OR nn moors for th. 12 .h
of August. according to Land and Waler—more promising.
Indced, than lr h Isst three years.
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The nthPr day William Do,an, a farmer regiYne at
Mo. natty, hi the county of Meath, was attaeLed whiie at
work In a hold by for men, sod one of his ears was out • if
with a care-kelte. Ile was told to "remember Itory." The
perpetrators of the outrage escaped.

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For striking Mitrg,aret Gibson on the head with a
poker, 1111 Liverpool, and injuring her so as to place her life
In danger, a fellow named Teeurian has been committed to
prison for four mouths, Mr. Itaffina (the magistrate) remarking
that assaults with deadly weapons were becoming exceedingly
common In Liverpool.

It is stated that Mr. Thomas Hughes will abandon
his bill on bone racing and betting, on the ground of It,
being 11l timed and ill advieed. It Is added that the Govan.
meet 11111 On healing will be of the most arbttery character,
and will only affect the middle and lower clams of turf
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Her Majesty has informed the committee of the
Prince Consort's Windsor Association thM she will not only
attach an autograph signature to the prize cards. but, if the
state of her health permits, she will herself distribute the
pra.s. The annual meeting will be held in Windsor Park on
the 7th M July.

An ingenious mitrailletne WWI tried in Belgium the
other day. lids fearful engine Is described u perfect, and
the Belgians are gothic into ecstasies about It. It only weighs
400 kilogrammes, and projects 401 bulk-ti per milvite to a
distarce of 1200, metres. Russia and China are (both Wing
In a stock of these new implements.

In dealing with a prosecution under the Sunday
Trading Act of Charles 11., Mr. Knox, one of the London
police magistrates, has characterised the existence of the
statute as an anomaly. Until Parliament had come to some
settlement of the Sunday Trading question, he should not be
justified In taking a strict view of the old Act, and he should
simply allow the costs of the summons.

A writer in the Leipaic Journal gives the following as
a care for hydrophobia Take immediately warm vinegar,
wash the wound clean therewith, and then dry It; afterwards
pour upon the sore a few drops of muristic acid, because
mineral acid, destroy the poison of the saliva, and the evil
etioas of the latter is neutralised.
" Who shall say that gallantry is extinct? On
Friday week Mrs. John Wood, of the St. James's Theatre, re-
ceived from some anonymous admirer a brooch of diamonds
and emeralds, valued at £7OO. The anonymity of the sender
was perfectly preserved; no name no card accompanied the
present, simply on a sheet of note paper, 'To La Belle
Saito age. '"—Court Circular.

The obituary of The Times the olier day contained
an announcement of the death of • military officer, his wife,
their two children, and a mine, who were "lost at sea in the
plat :nail Steamship, City of Boston." Up to the present
the bereaved relatives appear to have hoped either that tho
vessel would turn up, or that some definite information an to
her fate would be forthcoming.

Mr. Scudamore, in a letter, mills attention to the
frequent damage done to telegraphs by idle and mischievous
persons, chiefly boys, and it is suggested that the public,
being now the owners of the lines, might usefully exercise
vigilance MI guardians of their own property, and thus assist
the authorities in suppressing the practice complained of.

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At a meeting of the Central Nonconformist Com-
mittee, resolutions were passed declaring that the Goveridc:it
amendments to the Education Bill fail to meet the funda-
mental objections urged against the measure, and that unless
religious instruction In rate-aided schools is limited tc the
reading of the Scriptures, it will he the duty of Nonoonformists
to oppose the Bill.

The llussism nobleman, Count Kontheleff, a man of
enormous wealth, and swell-known amateur of art, has just
died suddenly at St Petersburg, from the effects of an
apoplectic attack. By his will his vast properties pass to his
nephew ; and his brother-in-law, the famous spiritualist
medium, Mr. Douglas Home, derives no benefit from that
document.

The authorities of Southampton have determined on
the adoption of the A, B, C, proceu of utilising seware, and
preserving the local waters from pollution. The Twee is.iry
works will be commenced at once Leeds, !lefties, Bolton,
and several other towns have decided on the same course.
The works at Hastings and Leamington have been in success-
ful operation for some time.

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We have intelligence from China, by way of Bombay,
that the Mohammedan rebels in the North-West Provinces
are gaining ground, having advanced to the borders of !home.
Their progress is creating much alarm among the Chinese
officials, and further disturbances am o expected. Russia
undertakes to protect the Mongol settlement of Oorga from
the Mohammedans
A bill has been brought forward ln the Spanish
Cones for the abolltion of slavery in the colonies of Spain.
Its principal provisions are that all slave children born since
the revolution of ISUS shal be declared free on payment by
the Government of a sum of fifty crowns to the owners for
each child ; and that all slave children born after the pro-
posed measure becomes law shall be declared frca without
any payment. The bill has been well received by the Corte.

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Lord Horrors/by presided in London last Saturday
over the annual niectlnif of the Society for the Prevention oi
Cruelty to /suitesls According to the report 1,393 prose
melons bad during the yesr been instituted in 130 different
places throughout the country. The Bishop of Oloucestei,
Sir W. Erie, Bishop Ryan, and Sir Edwin Landster wer.t
anionritt the speakers who urged the clalius of Ice oioo
o Lanais support
kid. 1,:oplo ore innocent ! An eiriery
last Wert had his . yes suddenly covered to th
~.t5 by ,outi one behind, who playfully said, "Who tilt
HI went oil gue,stag tor...ugh the rounds of tsl
a, when the plarul k dog behind darted off, and let
,renrkuisn of bewltlered, and think,
. .Itl4 i.e. Re toss,.] net when he get home, a.
r.cekstrbc,k with 1,0”,. franca in It, also a relit
.td handsaro chain and seals.

M-. Bru, the Leeds stipendiary
mAei“rate, handed to the Chief Constable of that berm ph a
letter which be had received, threatening his life. l'be
learned gentleman Is scented of having failed to do Nal lee to
the working classes, and he is warned to look out, or he may
he shot some line day." Mr. Bruce expressed his opinion
that the letter had been written by some one occupying a
higher position than that of a working man.

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Mr. George Waldie, of Linlithgow, has requested a
contradiction of the statement that the suggestion of the
employment of chloroform as an aniesthetic was due to him-
set I, and not to his brother, Mr. David Wabile, who was in
1846 chemist to the Liverpool Apothecaries Cern nany. Mr
Wel,lle further adds that the story of the origin of the appli-
cation in the accidental stupefaction of a little dog is without
foundation.

A collection of 300 rose trees, from the nurseries of
Mr. Paul, of Waltham Cross, was exhibited at the Crystal
Palace on Saturday. This show was remarkable for the
appearance of a large number of new roses. The efforts of
the cultivator seem to have been especially directed to the
development of it ,wers which, for size and depth of hue,
almost rivalled the finest peony, but there were some
beautiful specimens of the delicate colour to which the
• rose" has given its name.

The action for libel, brought by Mr. Edmunds
against the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Right Ron.
Elbert Lowe, the Right lion. Jame. Stangeld, and the Right
Georrm Alexander Elamllton, alleged to have been pub-
lished by them In a Treasury Minute, arising out f the late
arhitration In this cause die bee, will comp on for trial at the
sittincs after the present Term, before a special jury, at
Guildhall. In the Court of Common Pleas. The damages are
laid at £25,000.

An extraordinary scene was witnessed in Leeds one
day laid week. A private of the bin Dragoon Guards, who
had been tried by court-martial and was awaiting sentence
for having absented himself without leave and gone to
Barnsley, pretending that he was sent to make Mlletting
arrangements there, while being removed by a guard ran
away, and fled for a considerable distance from the barracks.
Ile was pursued by the soldiers and was fired at, and was at
last caught and taken back.
No less than 505 petitions, signed by 333,667, per.
sons, praying for the repeal of the Contsgious Diseases Acts,
have been presented to the House of Commons. The peti
Mons in favour of religious instruction as a part of school
teaching are now 273, having 32 319 signatures—For repeal
of the Vaccination Acts 141 petitions, bearing 6,366 signa-
tures, have been presented. Eighty-seven petitions, signed
by 3,034 persons, have been presented in favour of the
('cantles, At., Esemptlon Bill.

" Amongst the new faellions of 1.870, to the resump-
tion of gigs, and the introduction of Victories, must be added
a return to white trousers, the • real duck,' of one's child-
hood, such as used to be worn by the foot-guards the police,
and the late Duke of Wellington. At least, during the past
week, mine eyes were blest with the sight of such garments
on the limbs of a distinguished young swell, who is a wel-
come guest in the best society."—Court Circular.
The parishioners of Ashton-in-Maelierfield want
their nit-‘r to preach in a black gown, while the reverent
gentleman himself prefers to preach in white. The Man-
chester Conner says that the vicar proposed to preach in his
gown in the afternoon, if he might preach in his surpUce in
the morning. The parishioners would not allow this great
ecclesiastical question to he thus compromised, and the vicar
then cut the Gordian knot by refusing to preach at either
service last Sunday.

The Times' Athens correspond • nt tells us that the
amnestied brigands are allowed to live in the capital and in
the principal towns, and that since 1064 they have absolutely
drawn pay from the Greek Government. The effect is to
degrade the Government, and to render the suppression of
brigandage impossible for it will be sure of finding recruit.,
as these amnestied robber. are to be seen waltzing in the
streets if Athens in a more independent position, and drawing
higher pay, than veterans in the King's service.
Mr. Thomas Fenelly and Mr. Robert Hardiment
have presented affidavits to the Court of Queen's Bench, in
which they swear that the disclosures which so deeply impli-
cated them in the late elections at Bridgwater and Norwich
respectively, were made by them to the secretaries of the
commissions in their official capacities of secretaries under
the belief that they were assisting the objects of the com-
missions, and would therefore be indeninified according to
the terms of the commissioners' notice to all who should
make trite disclosures They complain that they were not
examined, but condenmed in evidence taken in their absence,
the main facts of which were furnished by themselvek to
assist the coninlasionera.
At the meeting of the Corporation of the S ins of
the clergy on Saturday, the cases of 54 widows and ell aged
or invalid single daughters of deceased clergymen were
brought tefore the board. Twenty-one widows awl 17
daughters were elected tic life pensions of £2O per aimings to
supply some of the vacancies. Donations were also grafted
to 51 other widows and daughters, and for the education and
outfits of 17 children. The total number of ladles In receipt
of pensions from the corporation is 712. Mr. Baker, the
registrar, reminded the Governors that at their next meeting
in June, they would have to consider the applications for
aid of nearly 200 poor clergymen with large families, and it
would be necessary to make every exertion towards increasing
the funds.
After attending the parade of the Foot Guards in
it. James's Park on Saturday, the King of the Belgians took
luncheon with the Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, in i
the afternoon paid several return visits to some of the more 1
distinguished visitors who had called spec him at Ciaridge's
!foul ; in the evening dined with the Earl of Clarendon at
the Foreign Office, and subsequently went to Mrs.Ciladstone'S
reception. On Sunday morning his Majesty and Mike ,
attended Divine service at the Roman Catholic Chapel in !
Sloane-street, and afterwards went to Twickenham to lunch
with the members of the ex-Itoyal family of France. In the I
evening his Majesty dined with Mr. Chaplin, M.P.
The Prince of Wales attended the shooting match at
Ilurlingbame Park last Saturday, but did not join in the
sport. The event of the day was a handicap sweepstakes of
5 sews. each, six birds, and it created much Interest and
speculation. Fifty-two had entered their names. Through-
out the day the shooting was below the average, for the
"cattle" provided by Barber were too good for the gunners.
At the termination of the fourth round It was found that
ten gentlemen had killed all their birds, and as it was getting
late it was decided that those only should be called up. Sir
Frederick Johnstone secured the first prize, £150; Major
Whittingstall the second £76; and Lord findield the third,
435

A grant of £lOO prr ant= hae been awarded to
Ilre Dugan, widow of the well.known Irish contractor.

I)nring the Whitsuntide recess Mr. Gladstone has
engaged to pay a visit to Earl Granville at Waliner Castle.

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The Marquis of Exeter denies the statement that
next year ten thowtand men of the Line and Militia wiU be
encamped on the laughley domain.

Processor lime has Lad another severe attack of
Illness, and lice In a very preemMus state.
A inrge tuaMer of flint implements have been found
at he village of El hr. hear Jerusalem.

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The J- eith Chronide urgus comturrence of the Jews
In the rtvaiou of the Bible.

An Anmrican, newly a'-rive cl in Paris, has muidenly
disappeared. He was last bawd of In a hairdresser's shop,
where they charged him 401 hr shampooing by machinery I
Lydia Thompson and Miss Henderson have been
geed at Chicago 200 dollars each (g4', for their assault on
Mr. Story, the editor of the Chicago l'lnve.
A Washington telegram etates thlt the House of
Ito;reser.tatives have appropriated 100,000 dole. in aid of the
Arctic expedition.

The Recorder of Lieerpod, on Snturday let, Ben.
ter.e, d a woman to im aisononetit for 18 Months with hard
lahonr for koophig a torso of ill-fame.

Wi.at a little /1414 CSllReft a rensation In London!
Tnere is R crowd own ris-a e VII terminus of the new tram-
in the Brix:of Just to ace the tramway omnibuses
start and arrive, and on Sundays the place Is like a lair.
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Th, P.,44111. }AV, )110 ex' ratztlinuily hot sveath,r
for stdi rt., tht- thereto:tie:et grandma ut e 0 deg. tu
absolute suede thirty feet above the grouud.

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The " Amalgamated Carp-Were" sae sgitating for
a restriction of work to nine hours, and for the abolition of
piece work and overrouo.

- One of the newest do3gea "is the manufacture of
new-laid MS They are steeped in vitriol for a time, and in
one sense they aro then correctly described as new-laid eggs.
The JOin Ball makes the announcement that Mr.
Edward Foulkes, the suthor of "The Church's Creed, end
tho Crown's Creed," bill be received back into the English
MIMI on Whiten Sauday by the Bishop of Winchester—
perhaps at Orford.

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Ethl h..uses have been demolished and 200 persons
killed by the burstion of a waterspout on Lagy Bonn, In
Transylvania, a tor days ego.

Jersey is in a state of excitement in consequence of
the construction, " all at once," of watorworkr, a railway,
and a telegraph.

An im-poi:tant engineering work is about to be corn.
mcnced in America. It is the construction of a bridge over
the Niagara river, which will complete the railway system
between Canada and the United States.
A State ball will be given at Buckingham Palace on
the list of June, a breakfast at Windsor Castle on the 14th,
and a concert at huatinshare Palace on Wednesday, the
24th.

Four persona, two of whom were policemen, lost
their lives by the accidental nbretting of a boat on the Lower
Shannon on Sunday. Another man saved his file by swim-
ming a mile.

Quinine generally yields eighty per cent. of cures in
cases of marsh fever. A new substance has been solated
from the leaves of boxwood, which yields seventy-five per
cent, of cures.

The Porte has grunted about GOO acres of land near
Jaffa for a Jewish model farm, with exemption from land-
tax. It Is under the auspices of the Alliance Israelite Uni-
versalle.

The New (Mew: detectives, it is said, recently
authorised pickpockets to ply their calling at a fair, upon
receiving a fee of 25 dollars from each of the light-flugered
operatom
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Two eclipses are amongst the arrangements for this
year—one of the moon, at eight o'clock on 12th Joly, when it
will be daylight ; one of the sun on the 22nd of December—
[The son usually ii eclipsed in London on that day.]

A policy in the Law Life for £2,900, on the life of
his Royal Highness the l'rihca of Wales, effected May, 1853,
was sold recently for £515, being Lies more than the office
value.

"One of Disraeli's admirers, in speaking about him
to John Bright, said, 'You ought to give him credit for what
he has accomplished. as he is a self-made man.' I
know he is,' retorted Mr. Bright, 'and he adores his maker."
—Court Journal.

The latest novelty in the velocipede way is the in-
vention of a steam animal of this description. it weighs
about II: cwt., con,unies its own smoke, and makes no noise.
It c trriei two pa,sengers, one of whom must be intelligent—
that is, attend to the machine.

Professor Huxley, in Macmillan's Magazilm, says—
" I protest that, if some great power would agree to make me
awe) s thiuk what is true, awl do what is right, on condition
of being turned into a sort of olock, and wound up every
morning before I got out of bed, I should Instantly close with
the offer."

Baba:, Keshnb Cbunder Sen lectured before a large
audience, at St. James's Hall, London, on Saturday evening,
on " Christ and Christianity," dwelling on the difference
between the Christianity of the Bible and the Christianity of
he sects.

"The Welsh churches hr.ve begun to sing the choral
service in the Welsh language. The effect something like
this—

grwmpp ff rorw gli det
Wmnt pitusd trmws dwmp
fitxpl srglw nspingrt wrtmu
Fwiel nuttsvp brgy bptl.".—Courf Journa
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The !Migrated London News states that Lord At
wk.
land's will has been proved In London, under £.I2O,UCC. He
was formerly Bishop et Bath and Wells, and resieued a few
months since. General Grey's Will has heou mooed under
£5,000, and Daniel Maclise, 8.A., ota.lee £lO,OOO. The Into
Bishop of Chichester's will was p:,oveil at Chichester, under
1412,000.

The Sultan hal war:tressed a note to all the Turkish
legations, calling attention to the alleged abuse committed
by tho owners of foreign printing.orlices in the eapl'al by
printing works "Injurious to the peace of the country His
Majesty gives notice that the 101 l rigour of the law Willis the
intl..° be applied against those wh,...) may thus violate the
existing regulations.

The Government bill svr. ena in.; the law for the ex.
tradition of criminals has just been printed. It providee for
the surrender ol all criminals to each Governments as may
claim then, for any crimes, from umrder down to the general
• I Cr. !71.011t to defraud. No one convicted or
.• a, •.; ,u•••• • 'F. I.lIUn a: is to b., given
up within Mike° (Ws, toa.,ow

Bright-11, hag made two
• Mister ammar Sool She
, • ' towards the completion at the
• ~.n1 of 134,000 for the foundation
. .rships to tial hot Collin, Oxford,
the best eche!ag ef tsks year in
i, h Ose • Iptcy
.1` mg I if. 1 us-i, fornicity chairman of tab
itillway, was held on Monday. Mr. Reed, who represented
the assignees; saki that items amounting to £28,1104 to the debit
ef the a.mount. and of R. 31,01 on the credit side, had the
wood "unknown" alibied to them, and under these circum-
stances it was impossible that the bankrupt could pass his
examination. The Case was again adjourned.

The autboritiee of Chri4 Church have refuaed per-
minion for the Annual oomniemoration Ball at Oxford, as
they consider it would be unbecoming after the late outrage.
There will, however, be other balls at Oxford during the
approaching Grand Commemoration, and amongst them may
be mentioned the University Bail, the Almonlc Ball, and the

The following absurd fact occurred the other night
(slyi a Paris correspondent), in that open-air parliament,
the "Court" of the Grand Hotel. A lady, rather excited,
rushed down to the " counting-house," and asked hurriealy
of one of those small tighteclad boys who are on duty in
that precinct, "Have you the smallpox in the house?"
and the boy, who "perfectly understands English," re-
plied, "No; but we expect it every minute, and when It
arrives I will send it up to the chamber of madame !''

The driver of a passenger train which was going to
London late on Sunday night ease near the North Dulwich
Station a well-dressed man walking on the line. the whistle
was sounded, but the man took no heed of the warning, and
although the breaks were instantly applied, the train could
not be stopped before it overtook the unfortunate man and
crushed him to death. On a pie rof paper found In his
pocket was the name of Mr. Warne, Tulsa-hill, and in A book
was written "Slow Lunatic Asylum? lie vas between
thirty and forty years of age.

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A murder has just been perpetrated at Ant=
(Sane-et-Loire.) A locksmith named Roy marrkd the
daughter of Orban, hut so ilisreated her that she commenced
an action for a judicial separation. Roy went to her parent's
house, armed ',Atha butcher's knife, to demand his wife, and,
on meeting with a refusal, he rushed at Us mother in-law
and laid her dead at his feet; he next stabbed Urban with
such force that the weapon could not be drawn until a
medical man arrived.

Mr. Clare Sewell Read, M.P., presided OD Saturday
over • crowded and excited meeting of the .N3rfolk Chamber
of Agriculture. The subject for discussion was the game
laws. The feeling of the meeting was against the over.
preservation of ground game, and it was resolved that hares
as well as rabbits ought to cease to come within the meaning
of the game laws, that the owner and occupier of the soil
should have a joint right to kill hares and rabbits, and that
when hares and rabbits were once struck out of the game
laws a stringent trespass law would be required.
The Select Committee on Prisons and Prison
Ministers Acts have agreed, by a majority of nine to live, to
recommend in their report that the discretion as to appoint-
ing and paying Roman Catholic ministers in prisons now
given to prison authorities should cease, and that hereafter a
Roman Catholic minister shall be appointed by the prison
authorities for every prison in which Roman Catholic pri-
soners are confined, and that so long as Roman Catholic pri-
soners are there confined he shall be classed as one of the
officer of the prison, and shall receive a salary according to
the following minimum scale :—M ore than 10 or less than 20,
£25: from 20 to 100, £5O ; 100 to 200, £lOO VO to 300. £150;
over 300, £2OO.

The Court of Probate has revoked the probate and
Pronounced against the will of Lewis Griffith& a farmer at
Tewan, in the county of Carmirvon. The will was dated the
ard of Jane, 1854, and the deceased died on the 4th. The
ground on which it was opposed was that at the time when
It was prepar,a the deceased was upon the point of death,
and that, aven if he was able to make his cross to It, he could
not pombly have understood it. The person who prepared
IS, and was also one of the attesting witnesses, In dead, and
the other attesting witness Ii the surgeon of a regiment
stationed In India. There was, therefore, no evidence in
support of the will

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Lady Amberley, at Stroud, has very concisely stated
her case. The ten points of her charter arena follows :—The
restoration of the privileges due to girls under educational
endowments; that they should have equal chance with boys
of obtaining the highest education; that all profession.
should be open to thorn; that married women should have
separate ownership of property ; that a widow should be
legally recognised es the natural guardian of her children ;
that the franchise should be extended to women; that poli-
tical and social interest and work should be open equally to
them that public opinion should sanction for women every
occupation good aed suited to their strength; that there
should be no legal subordination in marriage ; and that the
same wages should be given women for the same work.

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The charge against Mrs. Emily Macgregor, w:fe of
Mnj sr Macgregor, of Battle, of obtaining goods by false pre-
tences, was further investigated at Marlbormighwtrest
pollee-
court, Loudon, on Tuesday. The solicitor who appeared forth.,
defence fetid that the prisoner wa.a,the wife of the son of Sir
John Macgregor, and that tor husband was a distinguished
nicer, having served all through the Indian mutiny cam-
paign. Mrs. Mweregor had only been recently congaed,
Her mind Lod become affected, and she was hi such a state
of mental sift ction that she was quite unable to give instruc-
tions for the proper conduct of her defence. lie was prepared
to prove by ineff,-.1 testimony that the unfort mute lady was
labouring under meat. The magistrate again remanded the
prisoner, but declined to take bail.

A story of a diafaaic a outran Comes from Kansas.
&Nen Terms, or outlaws from Indian territory, went to the
boarding-house of a man named lt,aoh, at Ladore, aid, hying
refused acoommodatim f Ir the bight, owing to their drunken
condition, one knocked Bach inseminate with a revolver, and
proceeded to viola'e his two daughters, aged twelve and
fourteen. A quarrel arose among the demon., and one was
shot dead in the home At da)hreak the party fled, one
taking with Min to the woods the youngest girl. The town
WU immediately arused. The fiend with the girl was soon
overtaken and hanged. Four others met with • like fate,
sod another was captured and awaited his doom.

The Rock states; that the Rev. Dr. Parker, tile well.
known minister of the Poultry Chapel, London, it the close
of his usual Thursday lecture, held at Donn on Thursday
last, made an announcement that. if he met with encourage-
ment to do so, he would continue that service for a few
weeks longer, but it was sad to think what numbers availed
themselves of free seats who never put so much a.. penny
Into the boxes at the doors towards the chapel expenses. And
then, with a very quiet, but intense earnestness, added
" Such is the working of the voluntary system. The fact is,
that system is a miserable failure! That is a strong thing
for such a staunch Nonconformist as lam to say. list It is
a fact. And let the truth be spoken, however it may bear
upon oar diattatilve protowlool."

An interesting collection of lard, s' fano, comprising
413 articles, the workmanship of various dates and nations,
haa been opened at the South Kensington Museum.
Hanging is the moet prevalent method of self-des.
tuctlon in France, then comes drowning, thou suffocation by
charcoal, and lastly polio,.

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An important distinction.— The unmarried woman is
rated herself. The married woman's rating falls on her
husband.

On the main line of the Great Northern EuEway,
under the new arrangement for watering cattle on railways,
water will be supplied to the animals at Intervals of about
twenty miles.

The Engineer tells us that about 600 tone r.f c,ral are
necessary to take a ship across the Atlantic. Of this quantity
KO tons go simply to warm the waters of the ocean, the
remaining 30 toms only being converted into actual work.
A man who has recently been fined several timeo in
succession for vetting drunk, coolly proposed to the nodal.
trete that he should take him by the year at a reduced
rate.

Fold asing Vie example of the Emperor of Austria,
almost all the Sovereigns of Europe have Rent to the Emperor
Of the French autograph letters congratulating his Majesty
on the striking success of the ph'uievite.
The Lanett advocates filling the b9il of the Serpen-
tine with sea-s ate,, for bathing purpm as, from a storage
reservoir to he formed on Brighton Downs, 20 feet above the
levr lot Ilyde Park.

Onward- -Opposition-to•Presbyterianinn Hntchinnon
Is the brief and pithy name of the sou of a hard.bl ltytist
iq West Ely, Ma, len c,nn,y.,%ll,aouri. Ile was bajt,el at
lutervAls —American Paper.
A young man in Paris, who suffereil from tetanus it;
consequence of a crushed linger, has just been cured by doses
of chloral taken for a month, at the rate of from ninety to
160 grains per diem.

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A German savant claims to have cliscovered the
famous palace of Priam In the plain of Troy; he asserts that
the part of the ruins already uncovered exactly +allies with
the description of the palace given by Homer in the "Mad." :
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The Empress Eugenie has promised to give a con-
firmation dress to every child whose lather or mother shall
address a demand for it supported by the clerical authorities._
This is in thanksgiving for the result of the piJbiacitc.
Count de Brush has just sustained a severe domestic:
affliction. Young Count Frederick, his son, who was attached
se naval officer to the Austrian Asiatic Expedition, has died
at Honolulu, in the Sandwich Island..

It is announced that M. Censuschi, the Italian
banker, who was recently expelled from French territory for
subscribing 100,000 francs to the Anti-plebiscitary Fund, has
received permission to return to France.

The newest London novelty is a lady dreated he
mode Whit...bagel, and in elegant finery, chepenaing teas to
the million from her perambulatory depot at one penny
per glen !

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Marshal Prim has written a letter, requeeting the
members of the Cortes to bate their places on the 6th of June,
U an explanation is to be given on that day of the etforte
made by the Ministry to put an end to the interregnum.
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The Prince of Wales has again taken Cooper's-11in
House, Bagletield-greea, for the Ascot race week, and will
probably attend the races in the usual Royal tote. Lord
Cork. the Master of the Buckhounds, has taken Forest.htil
for the race week.

On Saturday proceedings were taken in the case of
" Martin V. Jackson," to bring the appeal of the Rev. Mr.
Jackson, the rector of Ledbory, before the Judicial Com-
mittee of the Privy Council Unless the cause is expedited_
It cannot, on account of the arrears, be heard for about a.
year.

They have had lively times in America during the
last four months Statistics show that 118 persons have
been killed by pistol-shots, 22 have been stabbed, 5 killed by
lit e-preservers, 3 poisoned, 2 hanged by Lynch-law, and 137
males and 10 females have committed suicide.

Smallpox was more fatal last week in London than
In any week since the beginning of 186 d. Nineteen fatal cases
were registered, 12 of them In the smallpox hospital,
nearly all these latter occurring to unvaccinated children or
adults.

•
Mr. Evan Richards will move on an early day, that
an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that
she will be graciously pleased to Issue a Royal ComnPasion to
Inquire into the existing state of the law respecting Friendly
Societies.
The Lancet understands that Alciers is yearly gain-
ing in popularity as a healthresort for the phthisical, and
the English :die WCU represenied in the population. Edr the
pulmonary ps'imt Algiers has great advantages over that
south of France and Riviera.
The Hamburg Gkmeite says' in speaking of the
Influenza, or grippe, In Hanover. "the disorder is, however,
of short duration, being over in two days, especially when
the patients remain quietly in their chambers, without any
medical advice,"

A strange movement is :said to have nrin in the
population of Vienna since the publication of the laws on
religious liberty. Ills stated that in the course of lc, than
two years about 680 persons of both sexes have abjured their
profession of Christianity for the Jewish faith.
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The Opinion Medtcale mentions that there is at
present in the Hospital of St. Anthony 'Paris) a new-born
Infant which has a sixth digit upon each hand. This super-
numerary finger is composed of two Joints only. but other-
wise is perfectly developed. The hands are quite symme-
tricaL

A correspondent of a London paper writes that
Admiral Haus Is reported to be willing that the Jockey
005 should expel any member gaining more than kr,ry,oo no
one race;" and asks, "might not our Houses of I...rlounent
severally make it a standing order to expel any mewls=
gaining morn than £5O on one race?"

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Mrs. Lryaut, of West Teignmouth, aged Pixty-eight,
died on Tuesday, from injuries received the previous night
trona a fall, the result of somnarehulisni. rho al then
from her bed without rousing her husband, acd opened the
window, apparently with the intention of walking on the
roof, hut missed her footing and fell to the ground, where
she lay until the morning.
A gentleman, a voyager from Southampton to Peru,
has sent a long and doleful account to The Times respecting
the loss of his luggage, and sums his letter up by giving the
tollswing caution Neverlose sight of your luggage at sea.
Tie yom-self to it, sit on It, live in it, or go to bed with It, but,
coverlet it out of your sight."
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A few nights smce a fannEr named Graham. who
rf shies in a house which he has built on an isl moil near Newton
Butler, was visited by three men with blackened faces, who
dragged him and Ma wife from their beds, placed them
boon in i mit release them till they reached
the opposi,e EA ^ I „hem almost destitute op
clothing sod tin e Blend, where they demo-
halts to house mid all Ito ci • .ints.

A curiwa police regu'et for the punishment of in-
toxication, exists fl fluzM 'BOll9 I,dind dinok and inca-
pable In the public thorought, re taken Into custody and
coudemtie',to stma for a ~a• :weeping the streets : con-
sequently., a-dremed elfew,e, are sometimes seen per-
forming the:r task broom ID bar. This Isson Is Intended
for individesis wino have net lost s' ‘ense of shame.

On Sunday morning a, ! men were walkitm
through a held near Wigan, in which there is a deep pond:
On arriving at this one of the party named Rudd offered to
walk through if any one would give him ed. One et then,
said he had only td., for which Rudd consented to walk;
through. He took the money and jumped into the water,
but became entangled in the weeds, and when taken out was
(rate cent.

In the French Chamber, on Nfonthy, M. Tides: Ferry
drew attention to the prevalence of suisll-I,x in ' nets. lie
stated that 209 persons died of ft last week, or that the
disease was still Increasing. M. Jules Ferry prep- ted that
gratuitous vaccination should be introduced, and other
means adopted with a view to stop the progress of the ept •
demic. The Minister of the interior, in reply, said that the
Government was anxiously stueyiug the question. Among
the persons now suffering from arnall.pos are Prince de
Latour Wanvergne and the Duke de Cauniont.

"Lord Na Mn.gdala has been doing in
Pier o
of the army
Peahawur what he so loved to do in the military stations of
f
the Bombay Prisaidenc—
howing the women and children
Afternoon fête. sv,re organised by him for the women and
Afternoon the,-0 is some one who really cares for them_
children of ttma sth Fusiliers, the 36th Regiment, and the
Rot al Artili.ery. Not only were his lordship's immediate
huhts daltghted with his kindness toward them, lad a short
rood nag thus found to the hearts of the men. with all of
lab oin the chief is already a great favourtte."—Timeaet
Slay 7.
The Earl of Wilton had his usual " Derby " dinner
on Tuesday evening, at his residence, in Grosvenor-square.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who arrived at a
quarter pasts, honoured the noble earl with his presence at
dinner. The following noblemen and gentlemen were among
the guests .--.The Duke of Beaufort, the E,rl of Strafford, the
Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl Annesley, Viscount Exmouth,
Lord Calthorpe, Lord George Manners, Baron Meyer de
Rothschild, Admiral lion. W. Roue, Colonel lion. II
Forester, Hon. C. Fitrisilliam, Sir Frederick Johnstone, Mir
Robert Peel, Sir Watkln Williams Wynn, the Right lion..
General Peel, Colonel Lowther, Mr. Pain, Mr. Saville, Mr.
Chaplin, Mr. G. Stull, Viscount Grey de Wilton, area
Lienterant•Colonel Teesdale (in waiting upon the Prince of
Wales).