The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-28 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, ANI COLLI,IIAL

HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.—'
nia."— Punch.
SINGULAR CAME.—A man named Wilson, a
notorious burglar anal prison-breaker, was executed at
Hartford, Connecticut, on the 13th heat., for the
murder of a prison warder, whom he alleged treated
him with injustice and brutality. He made several
attempts at suicide, anal on the morning ,of his exeem
titan secretly forced a piece of wire into his left breast
in the region of the heart. The circumstance was not
allowed to stay the execution, and on a iume-ntortem
examination of the body after the sentence of the law
had been carried out it was found that the wire had
actually penetrated the heart, and would have caused
death in a day tar two. On the scaffold the murderer
made an hnpudent anal defiant speech.
DEATH IN THE HUNTING FIELD.—A very sad
accident occurred on Tuesday with the Tirbborne
hounds by their master, Mr. W. Higdon, of Faver-
sham, being thrown from his horse on his head, anal
killed instantaneously. Mr. Rig,den was one if
the out school, a hale and hearty Kentish squire, who
knew how to handle his hounds anal to treat his field
with courtesy. The wasellands of Kent and the
broken stubbly grounds require more than ordinary
care, anal the country, by the hunting knowledge
of Mr. Rigden has had sport that very few hounds in
other hands would have had. Though nine years past
the age allotted to us, Mr. Rigden was always to be
found with his hounds ; and at the time of the acci-
dent he was riding along the grass in a line in a sharp
burst, near Leeds Castle, when his horse put his foot
in a hole. anti not lacing able to recover itself, it threw
its rider heavily on his head. The fall dislocated his
neck, anal he died instantaneously. In him Kent has
lost a fan-add sportsman, and hunting men a 1110 st
popular leaser.
FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE.—The marriage of
the Hon. Reginald James Macartney Greville Nugent,
ad the Cohlatream Guards, fourth son of Lord Greville,
with Miss Louisa Mande Yarde Buller, eldest daughter
of the late Hon. John Yarde Buller, was solemnised
on Tuesday morning, at tit. George's, Hanoversquare,
London, in the presence of a small circle of relatives of
both familiem. The bride arrived at the church soon after
eleven, and was attired in a dress of white satin anal
veil af Brussels lace, diamond and pearl ormunents.
She was accompanied by six bridesmaids, viz., her
sister and cousins. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. W. Chandos Pole, the fair bride bring given
away by Lord Churston. The register having been
duly signed, the MEETI bridal party adjourned to the residence
NG (IF THE AMNEST ASS Y OCIATION IN of the lion. Mrs. l'arde Bullet% to partake of break-
i at' IN.
fast, at which upwards of forty guests were present.
A meeting of the Amnesty Association was held at The newly-married pair left London early in the after-
Dublin tan Monday night, when Mr. Bruce's letter was noon, en route for Paris, there to pass the lioneyneme.
read. It staded that her Majesty' msypted and had
THE PROI3ABLE ORIGIN OF MANY IRKS —A
acted on the principle that political offences, when the
contgamporary slays rats have an enact-omit:lWe fond-
danger arising from there had itassed away, Shl.lllil
netts for the taste of phosphorus anal to tins fart may
treated with leniency. But the madder of Sergeant
be attributed the origin 4if many
in,ays.tttarioa\s: thias.
Brett wax not in her Madesty'a judgment a political Rats lit il I their nests if in
.anamalia. tea erv. ,l la!
offence, and still less could she consent to place in that,
category the conduct caf those who, lay perjury anti take an a;y. dray liiabbes that they final Flex
around lamas. Ibis aecomplashed, they undertake to
mutinous acts, hare bmaeght disgrace on the profession
if gallaat soldiers. Her Majesty, while recognizing the gratify appytates by nibbling the. coated Inds of
ticmatrite,s, which are at Ter ignited hent the nest
humane feelings which suggested the memorial, cannot
but regret it has been presented, as it might naturally en. IS set. in a blaze,. anal the destruction of n house, or
pethaps the slop which contams ta taws. Great
cite hopes which could only end in disapj mint meet. Mr.
care Altai always. be taken with matches. The Butt said the fart that the Queen was at lialmoval, and
the dm-lament was dated from Whitehall, forbade him plmsphorns which is used on
.them is nasty and
to believe that her Majesty had dictated the matter or popono&s, Workmen engaged in their inannfacturre
had se even en it. It wan in an unusual style ;
her it did often die a fearful death from exfoliation of 9,1 e waver
not say that the Queen was advised, but that
Jaw, and children who hare sucket a matti .a, t,l ley do
mat the, usually suffer terrible agonies.
Majesty accepted a principle. When Mr. Gladstone
communicated a release of prisoners he claimed the Tfl I.: EX- Ell e EhOlt AND Li fERARY MEN. A
!anion as his own ; when the release was refused her good story was cur Tent in Paris a few yems ago which
Majesty waS put forward as refusing. Resolutions were Will illustrate the .estrangement that exists., i between
etiolated in accordance with the views expressed in the Emperor and the literary world. It was said that
Mr. Butt's speech, and Mr. Butt was authorized to after be published his " Life of Julies Caesar" he would
Prep,l re an address to Mr. Gladadone, such address to have been very glad if its merits had been recognised
he submitted to a public meeting for adoption. by the Institute electing him one of its members, and
that one day be was discussing his chalices witha friend
who knew pretty well the sentiments of that learned
body. He represented to the Emperor that, however
great the merits of a book might lie, there wtauld always
be sonic who would find fault with it, so that lie could
not expect unanimity on that metre, but that there WIIS
besides another qualification necessary for receiving
evens single vote, anti he doubted whether his Majesty
possessed it. " What is at?" "On you detest the
Empire, sire? That is quite indispensable."
A FINE OLD MAN !—The following ..descrip-
tion of " a fine old man," by Mark Twisin, is wLorth
reading " John Wagner, the oldest man in Buffalo
one hundred and four ream recently walked a
mile and a half in two Weeks. He IS as cheerful and
bright as any of these other old men that charge
around so in the newspapers, and in every way as re-
markable. Last Novendsir he walked five blocks in a
rainstorm, without any shelter but tan umbrella, and
cast halo vote for Grant, remarking that he had yobs'
for forty-seven presidents which was a lie. His
'second crop' of rich brown hair arrived from New
York yesterday, and he bass set of new teeth coming
—from Philadelphia. He is to be marrlisl next week
to a girl one hundred and two years old, who still
takes in washing. They have been engaged eighty
years, but their parents persistently refused their con-
sent until three days ago. John Wagner is two years
older than the Rhode Island veteran, and yei haa
'•' ' ' '•• Honor ha Hs fife unless yon

-" Role, Briton.

The prisoner having been eautionsd in the usual
way, he was asked If he had anything to say. The
prisoner, who had been seated in the dock, 'partially
raised himself, and respectfully muttered, " I have
nothing to say." He was then removed.

- -
Reterringto the foregoing, the flailyNeorg remarks :- -
Mr. Bruee has given a dignified and appropriate answer to
Mr. Butt and his fellow petitioners for an amnesty. We can
hardly expect political agitators or excited political meetings
to discriminate between offences which are purely politleal
awl those that are social and criminal, but public tpinion
can distingnish between then,. and statesmen nuist act oil
the distinction. It cannot be too often repeated that we
have mow no political prisoners. We have acted on the
literal principle which Mr. Bruce states, " the principle
that pont:cal offences, alien the danger arising from them
bas passed away, should la treated with leniency."
The danger has nastted away, the leniency has been shaven,
and the question is cloned. The men whose pardon is now
ask-it are not political offenders in am proper sense. There
may nave been political motives mixed up with the murder
4,1 Serjeant Brett as he was doing 1113 duty at Maw.
cheater, nut the men who shared in that net of deli-
benite assassination, and as :111,Q6Snri,'S to it are respell
• amble for it, may he political maintains, but they are
218144.1i118 still. The other prisoners are equally guilty of
n serious criminal offence. Mr. Bruce describes them as
ION) " who by perjury anti mutinous acts have brought
disgrace upon the pr tension of gallant soldiers.' All such
persons conic under the category of ordinary criminals, and
justice mnst treat them as such. The only distinction
between them anti their companions in servitude is that they
have some clamorous fri,llllB mtside. It is therefore just as
well that it should be distinctly known that the clamour is
toeless. Sir. Gladstone has already put his foot firmly down
in giving full notice that the Home Rule demands will not he
entertained : and Mr. Bruce appropriately follows up the
ri.•chrnt ion of huboehtet when be ecpre,eneeeref thetanolenty

EF ENES.--Tft I; it--;"---TOUd -dfati-rt-C--
leiyil.ABHilis.-ItToyarY il Highness in
gatoldi6leeefit.,u,nd,uri. llo.re
the Night.-Peote
still higher n' Ptaue' it seems to us that it would be
dm ti °II, san Called THE
the C
s,,,Tr,lltiLary hasABOLITION
been
directedO P U
the Field-Marshal Commanding-in thief to notify that e• inside • the . greatest Actor ef the day, but
the seretary of State ham decided that all application:, generally tak- time whet, theatrical representations:
tfhoer
3relt„lit•enin„utitt,,,
reuse to be hailed as the greatest Actor of
the officer retiring tor exchanging is serving, shall be . e '
'itrhetxlniehnenogniet'ndruniteleini
carried out aml oimpleted under the terms of the War- , nose-iteet BETWEEN WOMEN. --NOW York
rant of the 27th of December, 1870. PaPere contain aeso
, hich t ink 1 unts of a boat race between elimen
DEsCRIBING THE CEREMONY !---The Joiernar s'
et p ace near that city. The river banks at e re-
perte to have been e
des Delman gives the following description of the cere- numbering f died by a motley crowd of roughs
t`an h
~
mony of passing round the loving-cup at the Mansion women took
part 0104100 tø' 1- 3:000. Three or four •
fieuse, London : -
the course they w t e race, and as they pulled over
" The loving nip is a great edam vase svith a cover, aml coarse remarks ere ealuted with jib and jeer and
filled with a inixtore of champagne, claret, and spii•es. The hilarious at ul'un
th'a-
a i ' b
Lady Mayoreas turned to the left 81110, holding the cup with
~ ~i exeired
.peeta..,,,, 1 larance y the
her two hands. M. Ikon say raised the cover while she seenned with boats rowed b ' Ihe race-course
diauk, lie then toil,theeup in his turn, and turuieg to the ploy•ed all the tricks eif eickcY.ontsidere, who cm.
Idt, received frein his neighbour the same service while favomites and defeat their , Y to eneourage their
drinking. 'l'he mum' of the table was thus inade amid the usual number of dnznke 'Turin'''.There was the
grave salutationsetthosepassing themtp. Thearedent usage etebbjee affe. ~ • a - -and one or two
Wills that three persons be always standing at the same time, te •t• a y . are mentioned as incidents of the in
the :die alio drinks, the one who holds the cover, ii: d the les in,, eecasion. A inure disgraceful • - '
one eh, is to hold the esver next. It appears that the scarcely have been depicted, eerie could
office of the third person standing is to wateh over the two
A others that they may not be knocked on the head while mERIeAN ITEMS they .-L 0, the poor Indian Sum.
are drinking.- mer. Spurgeon 'e gout is better ".- &relations" in
the Tieltberne e Fon AMERICAN PUBLISHERS. -What Ship
lecture 'did. Detroit (e.nntinue----
, It "I aid "-Geugh's . -erre-teats 1 .C. ' ailv
does a Literary Pirete invade ?--- Authorship. - Peace.
for the champions-hip, ta the delig-htgeuf"l -I•I whistle
MR. DISRAELI AND THE lillsll M EMBER. -A A Maine damsel rowed eight miles inthisen'h, ngeru---
mr and •
genuine Hibernian, of somewhat colourless politics, quarter. --John Wesley, we are sorry t. sa
was returned by an obecure Irish coustituencie and on arrested in New Orleans for steeling' eYi 'teWer lately
his arrival at Se Stel,hetes the whips tif bet z parties match between Prince Arthur and Princje's The .-2-''
were anxious to secure him as a supporter. Towards "off."-The White House grounds are to be:rsa is
this end Viscountess Beaconsfield (then Mrs. Disraeli) livelier than usual by Ehglielt sparrows. gglia
sent hint an invitation card. During the evening the p....... ,•Ews_
company got dispersed into groups, in one 14 whiel ~ 7 .0 ute ON ENGLAND !- The
were Dieraeli and the new member, who had been a ans eerrespond min
ent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes.
thoroughly overpowered by the brilliant convenuation
.."}lhmelin'r has esideeilY some one ellen,' e, enuing it
and elegant condescension of hie host, to whom, by way ".:
nes mentenant-r.llerrteorf ru'lliing Med leolus to Moe:tune
of oanpliment, he mad, in tbe intreet brogue-" I have that yesterday a pauper's funeral ev:•'asli(i;lilajr;•4ti e"7
tell. us never read your novels myself, but my daughters have, children and a young woman in tears. by two
little
and holed they say they're weighty clever!" " Sir," ' ouvered with a piece of red thdh, 011 Nhich a 'wrs
said Disraeli, thawing himself up, and looking his worked. -By curiosity we the Lan w.) he
followed t sentelleone
fli
admirer full in the face, " that ix fame." to the eemetery, and learnt that the deceased was ' n
England the Yiseount , wg l'"-
u
ef
A PRECISE PASSPORT.-We (Bin/WlO .0M day befo,re yesterday. LedAthol Athol Ihond died of w been on 1., utri't tm h 4
Poet) have before us a copy of a passport lately made witli his family, which had a colossal fortune erra
, ha Mae lastt te:
on behalf of a holy journeying to France under the 1 years. Ilia eo, I:min-ge House f Lord,,
the Marquis, is one of the greatest
o
new regulation, which will eerve to illustrate the kind I orators In ti
of ordeal prepare! for British reserve and mmlesty by STEALING SEALB.-The New York Th s
the indulgence of Gm Thiers Government. 'pee name, stab.. that a meesenger of the Poet-office die, enen
address, occupation, aid age of the excursionist having Waeltingten, and a watchman at the Sta - lln t'
te /
been received, there follows a "solemn and sincere ' moat, n
have been atrested ,m a ch
me of stealing from
quart -
declaration of hia or her purpose, route, and dostina- the latter elspartment several old s
tion, to which is appended an elaborate personal detached to treaties between the Uni sile d
see
or
' and at-
te . s
seription, tilled up in the race under notice in the highly foreign countrieh, and that the ' accu tased have ninfeeeed
impartial and informing manner set fourth below :-, their guilt. The umals have been melted into nu< t
Personal description.- Age .—. height : ,-, feet (inches, Meet of the seals were of gold, indos i '•gg'-'t
ei in circular
without high-heeled beets. Hair ; Fashionable colour, boxes some of gdel and others f 1• o si ser, about an inch
Forehead : Intellectuelly high, and symmetrically broad.
led Pt id fro ie thne to five "
Eyebrows : Beautifully arched. Eyes: Brillhintly blind:, 'o', - -- - ':- --' ve mchee in diameter. Their
blue, or grey. Nose: Exquisite : sense of smell wonderful, molity value is, of course, not so much of a considera-
Mouth : Pretty, iiiiinant, and enticing. Hair on face: Only loon as the embarrasernent under which the U vein.
eyebrows, RIIII a stray curl orlock. Complexion : Beautifully ment must necessarily labour to replsee them the
soft, yet full of life colour, important documents they from which
on
were stolelL
PRESENTS FOR THE QUEEN.-Another Bur-
lIIKOHANICAL PUDDLING. Am. •
unnussion haa
man Emba.ssy will start for
Accordin the Reegoon Times-
England next mouth. •
lust 1 n despatched to America by the Iron and Steel
g to
Institute of Great Britain, eith the eleect of t • 't• g
"The Ken Woondouk will tied espatched to Europe with the practical value of the revolvin iddl. f ".
"'-
letters and suitable premdits ha the Queen. Three visa of , ..,
:iv cue: ueration of which the laluougrrii mg
urna'gN
gold were given out one day three or for weeks since t.: ..• '. the hand puddler
make a necklace ha- her Gracious Majesty Queen Viet. 5-j,, 111 the won-works of the United States is to, a large
Fancy the Queen wearing all ornament weighing si,:iie extent mite•rseeled. Experiments in the art of me-
ell,. or ione. on her neck. The real Ambass,:ilor ehamai pedaling have been maele frau time tes
in the present case Will he a good specimen of a mane time itz this country daring the last 10 years, but with-
clever 1{111.111311 Minister, who will Id• able to t,I A SUCCE,S, aud it has rem allied foram Ameri - 1 •
_ (Al ins enter'
explain himself through lilt nerpreter to Mr. Gladstene, or
'Mr Danke to render the u
, . . e pneess nu far perfect as to
to the Queen, or to any person feeling an Joh:rest In the .• . •
affairs of Burmah. The embassy a-ill he suitably enna,,ed give It a commercial value. In May, Peke the flr,t
of men who will be no disgrace to the King or Suite :if experiments with this puddling machine were made at
Burmah. Itis Majesty yet Meanie that Pewit will he zi‘cii i the Cincinnati Rnilway ironworks with a small furnaee
back to him, but let him remember the language used by the i plithiling only 2501 b. to 3001 b, per heat, and the reeulte
late Marquis of nailionsie, when the last 011111i353
Villit,d 1 INVI.O so encouraging that tee> large furnaces w
Calcutta :-.-' Teti yeut• Killg, that so long as the sun shines
.. .
ted which have ' b • 1 1 working,'ere
t let a since ,en rege at y ln
In the heavens, so long will the British flag float over these
possessions.'" February, 1870, the company ordered the removal of THE INCIDENCE OF TAXATION.-Mr. Stephen all their old hand puddling furnaces as fast as the
revolving furnaces could be built, and they express
Cave, M.P., who preeided at the annual meeting of
thenesel rem entirely satisfied with the result. At India-
the Sidbury and Sidmouth Agricultural Association
na utiles Albany, and other ironmaleing centres of the
last week, referred to the subject of the incidence I .
States, an equal measure of euccess is reported to have
of taxation as one which WM engaging the atten-
•cult attended the substitution of the mechanical for the hand
tion of etatesinen awl of chambers of aenure
puddling furnace. Among the advantages claimed for
all over the cornett-v. Out of C 0,900,000 raisel by Im-
the machine Juuddler are a superior quality of iren from
pedal taxation £30,000,000 was absorbed by the in. the
given quality of pig metal, a larger yield than is pos.
tenet of the National Debt ; only E40,n00,000, '
:elute in the hand furnace, a saying of 30 to 50 per cent.
therefore, was appliceble to the geneiad experaiture.
in fuel and of an equal percentage in labour, heekka
Local lmrdens were nearly as heavy, amounting to
eeveral minor economiee which need not now be speci •
E 36,000,000, yet Parliament seemed to pay hut little
Sol. The object of the commission is to test the
attention to the complaints of those who had chiefly
accitraey of these representations, and to ascertain by
to bear them- viz., the agricultn, al classes. This was
a experinieute with Englieh pig iron and fuel whether
n important rueetio eu, and must thaw some to the -
the puddling machine would be equelly efficient in the
front. Mr. ('aye also aevetteel to the licensing (owe
•c-
iron districts of this country. Our present system of
thee observing that the presence of too many public-
puddling is not only costly, butt it is ma high degree houses in a town tended to increase the poor-rates,
injurious to the health of threw engaged in it.
which were really a greater burden to the poor men
than to the rich or even the middle classes.
STATLsTIGS OF RANKRUPTCY•-The SoliCifOrS.
A GOOD IRISH IDEA.-SOMO thinking Irish- Journal analyses the bankruptcy return for the year
men have set .in foot a Home Rule Movement in MO, and shows that in that period 1,351 adjudications
London. A Committee has been, and other Com- were made, 105 were anuelled, 18 bankruptcies were
mittees are to be formed fir its promotion ; aid when c4sed, and P 223 were pending. The total liabilities
their organization is vontplete, "111309 meetings" of of these bankrupts amounted to 27,932,520, and the
Irish residents in the Metropelis will "demonstrate e estimates! a.9sets to £3,056,832, of which the portion
in favour of Home Ride, Semenso to the agitation of realised at date was £1,100,449, out of whieh E. 511.7•95
the loyal Irish for Home Rule in England. -Panel,, was paie away ac di Yielende. Under the heading of lit lui-
A SLIGHT FORGETFULNESS.-A gentleman of dation by
.aerangement, it appears that there were
4,2E8 is tations filed, 2,03 a reseulutione registered,
festis-e habits had been at is dinner, where he drank and 531 resolutions for diseh trge, and that th
fively, and did not leave for home until very late. On amount of debts in these cases was 116,230e1. ,e " eYb - ere
reaching the door-steps, and fishing tip his latch-key, were also 1,616 ca.see iu winch a eempottitien Was made
he became satisfied that he wa.sessentiallyconvivialised, with molders for debts amounting ei -nes to
and not in precisely that condition which a husband
, £3,093,692, and the groes amount
.pf the asisets'in these
ehould be Into meets 0,011 wife. Cautiously entering eases 1V11.6 teleo,7ret In only 116es:es did the cola-
the house he stopped', lietened a moment, heard no poeition exceed 10s. in the pound. During the year
noise, an I.' eon-Tata:4e.! biniself that everybody was there i'il ba km tethe ' y
were ... . n p.y appeal, to ( min ,if
;wimp. (tunal he hu.k if his en ereeme drew if his All • (ha
n,, in neery ;in ”O - ere:esti:le decision ed the
Mee., steely aseendol the stairs to his bedroom, Court t,f Bankruptey wire affirmed, in 24 reversed, and
hesitated at Gm ,loor, ledieved he was reaeonably right, in „4,.aried ; niee appenie were withdraw,.
"rpending. stealthily entered, found the gas turned low, wife .
rhe nuMber a appeals to the Chief Judge in &vie.
apicia-ely asleep, theuebt she was aelrep, sat down, runny Was 59 ;in 14 appeals the Chief Judge affirmed
listened again, no stir, began to undre.s, got most
hd•' fhP
t e cumin o t e oegnotrar, and reveraed or varied it
things safely off, wae going towards the bed, when the in 19 ; there were 15 a 1- -• Id . •
pima e eat I mem or pendmg,
wife of his bosom quietly asked, "Well, hadn't you
better take your hat of ? " THE CIVIL REGISTERS IN PRANcE.-The
A GERMAN VIEW OF THE BATTLE OF DOER. Pc'ofs says that "the Minister of Justice bias just
addreesed a circular to the Procureure-General of the
lion--A correspondent of the North German Gazt/te
AppeAl l "nets relating to the replausem legal
ent of the
writes:-
documents affectiug pereenal states svhich were de-
" It seems to is incredible that an Englishman would wan-
eteeyed or having. disappeared during the unexampled
tartly undertake, at one and the same time, to vender his
country ridiculous abroad, and to make England the goat <II 2 threue
• - s eh which fiance has passed. Thecireular
in the well, On whose horns the Gallic fox is to spring out of enters into most nzinute details as to the ntanner in
the awkward predicament in •which it has been plassal bylin which mizesing certificates may be replaced by other
Monlinate and seltish thirst of conquest. England has ,lecuments bearing an authentic character. Thie will
hitherto gaitied only prolilematical
iiith advantagand
Enes and scanty not be always an easy taek, but the Mini,;ter lies
leputation from her alliance France, glishmen
ii sin the zeal of the magistrates to assist in its fultil-
might not to forget that Germany has never yet stood on the I
same battle-flehl with England, except ova friend and ally. inent. There is another claes a civil docunientswhith
It is, consequently, with pain that we hear them spenk 'to, are radically wanting in authenticity by reason of the
as possible future enemies. The writer of this h iolish lucu- unauthorized powers of the persons who itesustued to be
bration, 'The Battle of borkiag, it is very evident, has the public officers in respect of such documeuts. Persons
interests of France much mare at heart than these of l d and ith gniti t a th term, a kaaL we per
Eng-
whoee interests am affected by these documents have
an, n e sivaion e :. . - .
fectly agree with our correspondent, adds the Gard's, that in vain appealed to the law courts to have them ad-
he is no true Englishman." witted as legal ; but the collar; have 1111 pewee to do
' DRY REALING.-Can yon realise Mrs. Mak- so. ARA yet to treat those documents as nullitiee-
prop's bewilderment at heariug her grandeon read frent ceps':exile- those relating to marriages contracted in
an article in the paper, about ltdme,---" The ge.,„eue ie geeel faith, and before the only municipal °freer who
so parched that it is full odes/ter-B"Se Punch, at the time was in the exercise ,d Ids rum:teens in the
listriet -would erive the children born front
SHOCKING SUICIDE A
BY A MAGISTRTE.- The be to d p
'such maniages of the eltdm to legithnacy, and this
town of Aehbourn, Derbyshire, was on Satunlay thrown might cause 111014 BeriollB 111j1.117 in nianY tespeAa.
Otto a state of the greatest consternation by a report Legislation alone can provide a remedy for ;mei a state
that Mr. John Goodwin Johnson, of Call, :w Hall, a a thing, and for that reason the Minister intends to
well-known and highly•respected magistrate of that popese to the National Assembly a law to meet the
division of the county, had committed :suicide. The case as goon as the c'hamber shall resume its sittings,
report proved correct, Mr. Johnson having been found and in the meantime he requests the r ureurs-
in Ids dressing-room weltering in blood, having cut his General to furnish him with their views tall the bi su ject".
throat with a pen -knife whilst standing before a hook.
ing-glass. Mr. Johnson was still alive when found, THE FINANCE ACCOVNTS.-The accounts pee.
but his throat wae frightfully cut. Surgical eid was smite,' to Parliament for the financial year ending the
procured as soon as possible, but the unfortunategentle- 31st of March last have just been issued in a revised
man Ili.] about five o'clock the same day. The elecee mei form, and additional Unproven-milt:4 are to be expected had been at a private dinner party on Friday night, in the future documents relating to the public income
For seine time past it has been noticed that be did not and expenditure. Soule of the item,, are very stiggea.
seem in his usual health and spirit& No cause has beep tin e• The (lute on tea in the year was in grim,
assigned for the rash act. 13,237,515 18s, eld., while on toluaemo and snuff it
, WBH L`6 663,227 18s. 8,1 On wine the duty wa.e
I -NI VER sA L Accom PLIsHM ENT. -Playing tne eeeseieee 1- , e Te e • • - e
es. e e uty on MIAOW WM ae mum.
E.g.-Puede
as t 11,923,301 1,19. 21.
EXTRAORDINARY COMPLICATION OF DISORDERS.
A GENIUE Fi IR STARTING PAPERS.-A very re-
-- An inquest has been bele in London, on the leu•ly of
markuble man lois j li A . lied-- ltfoise Midland - a success-
Susannah Lawrence, aged 53, a widow, vs-ho has been
fill ex ample ,:f " Self-Help." He was the son of a milliner
found dead in her bed. Dr. Bennett, who was called
at Bordeaux, vvhere he was born, and arrived in Paris
in to make a post-mortem examination of the boy,
in 1529, without anon: He was the embodiment of M-
ilani that he found the his-sin congested, and very' NO t.
defatigable and feverish activity-, a genet, of genius,
The left long was adherent td the ribs, and had been
and of ingenuity also. He felt he was a born press man,
BO for years. It was as hard as a gristle, an:l had long
not in the sense of writing, for in that respect he Waa
ceased to act as a lung. Respiration wee performed by
next to illiterate, but in founding journals, anti hitting
the right lung only, which was double the uenal size
the public taste. Durit:g his career, he started over
and much congested. l'he liver and kidney's were boa;
of unusual size, and loaded with fat ; the fernier being f,..nitY Publicatbmnn -
few still live, the most
foll of Milo+ like a nutmeg-grater. l'he heart was very 'anions being Le Peti k t
Journal,. with, until lately, the
not less celebrated writer " Tmeithcie Tritium," the
fatty, and double the usual size, and was so soft a,. at
most popular retailer of small talk °lithe pa.esing topes
most to ruble in the hand when touched. The
1,1 the day in Paris, lie laboured under the hallueina-
whole of the internal organ. preeeneed one of the most
time- engendered from reading a novel in his own
singular niers he had ever seen or heard of. no
newspaper - that he might be buried alived. and re-
deceased must for many years past have eater: and
masted that he should not be interred till forty-eight
drank moue enernuously. The cause of Ileall was, a
rupture of the heart. A verdict in accordance with the 1 hours after his decease.
medical evidence was returned.
NoVEL QCOTATIONB.-4'here has been a good CHARGING FOR MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS.- I demand for sharpness and acutenese, humorously
Mr. Grant, in The Newspaper Press, tell:3 a very good remarks the .11lete York Journal of Commerce. We notice
story of the origin of the custem of charging for the in- 86" "'Ane call for TrVielry and liscality. Selii4neas ilt
serteun ,uf marriage announcements. At first these ' steady. Prudence.-The stock small, but the demand
wets' published freely, as they still are by many pro- inconsiderable. Peculation and embezzlement lenkiMt
vincial papers. But in the early daysef Tic Tiniog it up. Gross flattery active, with a rising tendency.
was the custom in announcing a marriage to state the Adroit lying at a premium. Not much denten,' for
amount id the bride's dowry -E20,000 or 1:30,000, what- truth, except in small quantities • holders firm.
ever It mie,lit happen to lie; and in husking through : Candour unchanged. Uprightuese hats a downward
the belies column one morning at breakfast Mr. ' tendency. Zeal for the teed dull and ,euiet. Modesty
Walter threw out the suggestion that if a man married bas declined. Light 1101131111 for justice ; not much
all that money he might certainly pay a trifling per offered. Cunning more active than usual. A good
eentage upon it to the printer far ant:tainting the ! Isrdness done in pocket-picking ; wouhl Ix better hut
world with the fivit. " These marriage fees would ferns 1 for the police. Something done in suicide. House.
a nice little pocket money for me my dear," added breaking rather active just now. Pepularity. -
Mrs. Walter. and as a joke her huland agreed to try I Many and lively bhls at first and second eel]. Lose of
the experiment. The charges at first wile but a trifle, ; gmelnees and 11 good men rather quiet. Charity of the
and the annual aimiunt probably not much ; but 'Mrs. first quality, little offered; lower grades me in good
Walter, at her I katli, pa".ed tide prescriptive right of , demand, especially if they promise quiek returns,
hers to her daughter, and when a few years ago the I Silicerity rather scarce and demand moderate,
right was re-purchased by the present proprietor it 1 If ypocrwy. --Some stir; we may say active. A little
vies assessed at £4,000 or £5,000 a year. doing in stabbing. Drunktruiess.- Mudi offered and
VENGEANCE. - The Cincinnati Co»unercial a goal d'al tal"4l. Recklessness in demand. Foolish.
un•ler the title of "The Sculptor's Revenge," has af; I talcaeti-tilrilis the market andconsideeable quantitioi
Something d•rie in tsveitrading .
article describing the statues of the late Pried:lent Promises likiot iiiriltie'en;lect ola k , I, tv. Honest
Lincoln whieh have been erected to inotis es of yen- firm, lett 'et hi • tl. ' 'l4
bel'i flu : F ' Y
, w poet% ',Guy nit • at. extortioa.
geanee on the put of the artists, It seems that, on nee else '
. Covetousness mere fatal than ehi,llTa.
On, occasion, a sculptor who visited the late President
was met by him with the wonle, "You are the 1 ACCOUNTING FOR IT .!- Our readers ;nay re-
man, are you, that makes mud head, I" Since his , member (Rays the Pull Nall I:t',tti), the ptory of the
death Mr. Lincoln's person has been subjected to 1 description in Sanscrit of the hatthi of Sedan by a
sculpturesque outrages which the Westcrit 1011111 ill Pfllttman lieutenant of liu,sars, who 111 oniinary life
pronounces intolerable. Of Mr, H. IL Brown's happened to be a privadoce,A The news of this lingua.
statue ed hint in :New York it is saia, " The istic feat has, through the chatted of English papers,
face is the vory embodiment of wretchedness and now reached thG tlaezez, and wonderful are the native
imbecility," and, it is added, as the poor bronze obserratheth passed uts,ll it and the war generally,
martyr stands on hie pedestal, with an immense Thee the Nubeedei Saar, at descrileng the extraordiuitry
I and pondereue cleak sweeping his rear from neck German victories, hints jut indietinetly that they were
to knee, he seems to invite the deriehm and insult not so much the result of I" as and taetien as of the
lie receives from all 'tessera-1)y." Of Miss Yinnie cunning with whirl' the GorlitAtt warriozse well
Reantls statUe, which She made under a corandsion froin acquaiitted with the Eastern toupee, bait made use of
Congress, it is declered that she has followed no pre- the magic fern:Mee found in the Vedas, mutably the
cisely the cast taken after death that the impression fourth book ; reel Kfrug William at Sedan is repre•
products! by her statue is" that ot a very demi man." seuted under the guise of that fabulous Indian
'I he suggestion of the eincinnatia critic is a carious monarch who, lotos•flower in hand, calmly awaits, in
one, and we should be interested if any inveetigater the thick of the battle its final issue. The "Light of
among us who may have readied " anecelotage "could the BY('..i," or Neir-ul-.44ae, therefore recommends the
clear up the inexplicable features ed much of our own French most seriously to neck for a means of repaying
statuary, by discovering that the sculptured had pre- her ewe-Mee where alone they will find it, vis, in the
yiously denounced the sculptors as "makers of mud Puranas and Sutras, the assiduous study of which will
heads.' If so, our people might have more reason to provide thtin with formulas stronger even than those admire the intelligence of those whose forms adorn their , used by the (lowans. Whereupon the Semaphore
pothlic places than they will ever have from gariligiato ' oath ice& dames- tLat as essay on aitillmy might,