The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-23 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISII AND FOREIGN.

Dean Stanley, it is raid, has a remarkable work in
the press, In which he gives an account of, and comments
upon, the ecele+lastleal events of the last twenty years.
At Salford, last week, a female vagrant tore all her
clothes if while in the polme-sta.lon, and was taken before
the magistrate* c. meted with a blanket only.
The Belgian j,hruals announce the death, at Bros.
eels, of Charles tie lieriot, the celebrated violinist, at the age
of sixty-eight.
It is Paid that a baronetcy is to be conferred upon
Mr. Daniel Adolphus Lance, in consideration of the services
rendered by him In regard to the Cum CanaL

A few days ago 336 emigrants. of a superior clams,
left Londonderry, on board toe .11innefigha—a sailing vessel
belonging to the port
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A European, named John Lyons, was found mur-
dered at Orakau, Auckland Province, New Zealand, on
January 13. Ile had been tomahawked.
In the laat twenty years 21 pemons were executed in
New York. This includes the execution of John Reynolds,
which took place on the Bth of the present month.
Ten steamers leave Livervs 1 this week for the
United States and Cicada, and it i 4 expected that from the
hieney there will sail between 6,000 and 7 000 emigrants.
It is authoritatively stated that Mr. John Bright
will not attend to his parliamentary duties this session. He
is now at Llandudno.

Another °nitrate ba% taken place in Meath, men
with blackened faces have threatened a widow and her son
with death if they do not leave their farm.

Daring the pat yetr the consumption of horsoflesh
In Parts has exceeded that of the previous year by 337 ant-
maP' or 134,800 lb , the total being 2,758 amounts, or
1003,20010., all used as food for man.

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It is a eiugulareolocidenee that at least four of the
London morning papers used the same phraseology in writing
of the Camlnt,ge victory In the University boat-race— " At
last the spell is broken !"

Oa Saturday, at midnight, the fishing lugger General
Lee, of L,westott, Captain Camp, master, strulc upon the
I.i,rth Rocks, mow Sennen Cove, Land's End, during a dense
Toe crew of nine were safely assisted on shore by the
coastguard.

F;Li Lonlon zctteannouncethatheF yal Highness
Prince Arthur who, on the let pros 1111, wol enter his twenty.
first 3 esr, not who is already K.G T , and K. P., has been
appoihted by her Majesty to be a Kuight Grand Cross f'of the
Order of SS Michael and Gelrge.

A well.known fashionable hoot and ahoe maker in
Paris has formed an interestint; clll,etlon of boots and shoes
worn by fits illuterlous patrons for runny years Tn.., ore
arranged on shelves affixed to the walls of a vast Won. To
welt pair Is affixed the wearer's name, and they vary In size
from the eihniuntive slipp.r of C nderella to the seven-
leagued boots of the giant of the nursery legends.

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" A lady correspondent in in a state of great excite•
ment. She wants to know ' whatever is going to happen
next, now that ritualism has penetrated even the walls of
Weitminster / " Pressing her for further explanations, the in-
f.,rms us that s':e underst mils the Cha, cella of the Exche-
quer has got ti_" surplics."—Court Jcurnal.

An offi- stat-meat, published on Monday, an-
nounces that since the opening of the Suer Canal in Novem-
I er last 131 ships have passed through it, and that the receipts
trim transit dues have been 558,282 francs. The trAti, con.
Wiles ti show a s! end) increase. During Marcia, 13 vessels
passed through the Canal; from the let to the Bth f the
present month the number hubs.. 23. The total receipts
lace the opening amount to 1223,3381. (.e61,173 )
On Tuesday, the case of the man Dyer, who lately
confessed to having murdered one George Wilson, in a re-
mote part of Australia several years ago, again came before
the magistrate at Bow street police-court, in Load-in, when
It u asstated that a cnnirnunicatlon has been received from
tie Commissioner of Police at Melbourne which tends to
confirm the truth of the prisuer a statement. As a war-
rest has been despatched from Melivuirne for hi. Street
"`" ' • i" 11.41.1 Pt. cereal t thc. fe c,

Tie Owr says that Malls.. Ii T Ali, a young
:ads molinlat, will shortly make her deuut ill London.

Two men have been committed for trial at the
Tipperary assize.' on a i:harge of udiur seditious expressions.

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The fir-t ptrey of emigrants sent out under the
&umpires of the Rehm ani Working Men% Emigration Society
left Eogland, on Sunday, by the chip Medway, for Canada.

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Mr. and Mrs. Howitt are about to leave England
for a year in Switzerland and Italy. Mr. flowitt le engaged
on a volume of Quaker Lilstory and Biography.
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Mr. Stacey, the landlord of the inn which waa burnt
at Cantle( the o•her day, hoe died. This Is the fifth death
renultieg from the cad calamity.

At all the Roman Catholic chapels in Dublin, on
Sunday, petitions against the inspection of conven,s pro-
posed by Mr. Newdegate's motion were numerously signed.
It is expected that the aceouchnient of her Royal
Highness Princess Christian will take place during next
month.

Three peers are at present ingazed in hreaching
in various parts of the country—Lord Radstock, Lord Farn-
ham, and Lard Teynham.
The Chane-llor of tho Exchequer has acknowlecked
the receipt of £2 front " Recaiculation," on account of in-
come tax.

The first examination for women was held in the
University of On fin last week, when twenty-three candi-
dates presented thscuselves.

It week, Mr. Harris, surzeon, of Flan", near
elute, bury, while visit ;lig los patients on horseback, was
thrown from hit seat and killed instantaneously.

The city of Moecow luta 399 public E chol, attended
by 15,039 ehl:dree of both sexes, being one child for every 65
isthsbitants.

The North Eastern Corrapondenee says that the
Crown Prince of PHISSig is sulf mina f rein the preliminary
et reptems of disease of the liver, and will go to Carlsbad to
take the waters theru

A pamphlet of an alanulng character is exposed for
sale at a Imoksellses in Paternoster-row. It Is entitled
Brawm why the Wash( must Inevitably and Speedily be
Destrioyed by Fire !
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Beth branches of the Legislature of lowa have passed
a resolution for a w.,inan's suffrage amendment to the Slate
Constitution. It must be agreed to by the next Legislature
and ratified by the people In 1072 before it can be of effect.
The Journal de nnea states that a workman net fire
to the forest of Petre, a short die ance from Titre, when
nearly 900 acres of wood were burnt down. The man was
arreetet
On Good Friday, Sarah Pay died in Canterbury in
the 104th year of her age. The deceased was born at
Chartham, a village in Kent. In the early part of 1707, and
has been in receipt if parochial relief for upwards of 50
year& _

From Lisbon we have news by telegraph of a severe
hurricane on Sunday night, which d!d great damage to the
shipping on the river, and caused the loss, It!, believed, of
several lives.

A facetious su;mestion has been offered in Paris
to the effect that no citizen should he allowed to vote on the
plebleclte unlese he should quality by properly spelling and
pronouncing the word.

M. Guizqt is very unwell, and has kept his room for
some days. Not inmed late danger is n pprebenti ed but, consider-
ing the venerable state mau's age, hia friends are naturally
anxious about him.

Toe corporation of Roches.er hag acgoired from the
Earl of Jersey a lease of the Castle anti adj tcent grounds of
the ancient coy, and intends to expend about £2,000 in lay-
ing out the latter as aptC.Uo recreation ground.
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According to the induct, the inconv,-tax for the year
commencing on the 6Ch of April is 4d. in the pound, and the
Act to " ensure the collection in due time, as declared by
the preamble, was passed on the •;5-.11 ult.
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The Swede. nbor'gians, English and American, have
raised upwards of .C3,t00 toward% photo lithographing
Swedenborg's manuscript., preferred In the borary of the
Academy of Sciences, Stockholm.

A man, styling himself "Professor Allen, vegetable
chemist, lecturer on medical botany, anatomy, etc., has been
sentenced in Glasgow to sixty days' imprieonment, for re-
presenttng himself to be a duly qualified practitioner.
A parliamentary return issued on Sa•urday shows
that in the year ending the 30th of September last 362,456
cwt. of hops were imported into the United K mgoom ; 3 520
cwt. of foreign hops exported; and 14,266 cwt. of British
hops exported.

The emigration from Liverpool during the next two
or three months pr,mises to exceed that of any previous
year, and judging mom the number of steamers which have
been placed on the bevh for Nova Scotia, the United States,
and Canada, the emigration offices of the different steamship
companies must base a busy time omit.

A correspondent of the Indian Daily News writes to
that paper to say that he has seen in Cuttsck a native
chimrassie who measures a little over two feet in height. lie
is twenty-six years old, weighs 301 ii , and is pronounced by
medical men to be perfectly proportioned.
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Early lag Saturday morning a collision took place
near Liverpool between a passenger and a coal train, owing
to a misapprehension of roguals on the part of the driver of
the latter. Several passengers were injured, and the rolling
stock suffered considerable damage.
Intelligence has been received in Dundee of the suc-
cess of the seal filhery. Niue Dundee vele els have takn
740 tons of ml, NC. ,C 30,000 ; seven Peterhead vessels, 238
tons; besides foreign and other sailing vessels. The catch!.
In advance of the usual time.
It has been decided that the Lancashire memorial
of the late Lord Derby shall take the form of a number of
scholarahips at Oxford, to be held by Lancashire men, "with-
out any restriction as to creed:" The fund at present
amounts to about iB,OOO.

The Russian Medical Archie, in a paper on prosti•
tution, states the number of licensed houses as &mountings in
St. Petersburc alone to 710, with 4,320 prostitutes. Besides
this, there are 5,177 women of a similar class living in their
own homes, and 5,915 street women.

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Advertising will shortly become more than ever one
of the necessiths of Ilfe. Witness the following 'Wanted,"
cut from the Jersey Tiwes :—" Wanted, on Turalay evening
next, a handsome, tall, and highly respectable unmarried
gentleman, to escort a young lady to an entertainment.—
Address, luelosing carte, Constance, Post Office St. Reliefs."
he progrers of one of the roost interesting of the
Western States of the American Republic—vb. Illinois— is
reflected to the receipts of the Minnie Central Winn:ad.
la 1862 the revenue of that undertaking was 3415,8:7 dots ;
In 1,63 4,571,028 dots.; 1,, 1664. 6,3.29,447 dollars; In 1865,
7.181,203 dots ; in 1866. 6,516,741 dais ; In 1867. 7,100,992
dole. ; in 1869, 7,827,629 dots. ; and in 1964, 8,823,482 cola.
Mdme. Vu lovrisov has just delivered at St. Peters-
bon:, a lecture on the education of childrex. This, lays the
Vies', Is the lint time in Russia that a lady has spilsen Or
delivered an address in public. 11d me. Vodovosov was very
nervous, but her lecture is said to have been good, and the
subject for a lady of strong mind was entirely slew.
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The trial of Liznriei, the eccentric miser, who re-
emily assailed the Emperor Napoleon with cries of " To
Cayenne !" at a review of the Imperial Guard, was concluded
last SAturday. The accused attributed hi. tudiacretion to a
teruprary aberration of intellect, but the Court refused to
admit the eic,une, and sentenced him to a month's imprison-
ment and 1,000 fr. fine.

There is 'a
joker in Keswick who might visit Yankee-
land and hold his owu in that line. Ile lately placarded the
following announcement Exteneive sale of live stock,
comprising not less than one hundred and forty thousand
head, and an unlimited right of pasturage." It turned
out that the gewleman was in the bee line, and had several
hives of them to dispose of.

The 11,gistrar•General reports that email-pox has
Caused 1,135 deaths in Paris during the tact fifteen weeks,
the mortality from that disease being at the rate of 2/ deaths
annually to every 10 000 of the population In London the
fatal cases of small pox during the same period have been
109, and the annual mortality 1 In 10,000 living. There IS
no law in France rendering vaccination compulsory.

Last week the Glasgow Herald alluded to the finding
Of a gold wedding slim In a c ayes stomach The ring has
since been claimed by Mrs James Mather, Eaglesham, who,
five years since missed her ring one day after she hal been
feeding the chaffer, a machine for preparing hay and straw
for the boiler. It is supposed the cow had swallowed the
ring about that time, and that during the five years follow-
ing it remained In the animal's stomach.

St. Petersburg has fewer insane inhabitants in pro-
portion to its population than any other European capital.
One to every 1,043 is the ratio ; while in London it in one in
every 200; to Paris, 1 in every 220; and in Milan, 1 in every
244. The absence of mental excitement from the high pres-
sure competition of Western Europe ls ascribed by Russian
physicians as the cause of this low lunacy-rate.
A respectably dressed woman applied to one of the
London maiostrates on Saturday to assist her in the recovery
of he little boy. She had leased her child to a travelling
showman for £l2 a year, on condition that the boy wrote to
her once a so mth when the caravan was in the provinces,
which she understood was not tote of ten. The showman,
however, had not fulfilled his engagements, and the mother
now wished to know whether she could demand the restora-
tion of the chid. The masisti ate stated that, under the cir-
cumstances, he could give her no assistance.

Mr. Jamrach. of liatchff-highway, London. a
well-known purveyor of foreign beasts birds, ..and reptiles,
was charged at the Thames police court by aliermondiey
waterman with detaining an alligator, about fur bet in
length, which he had picked-up in the river —John Pockling,
the complaimmt, on finding the reptile, toot it to defendant,
who claimed it ns a bead escaped from his establishment.
Pockling wait r. I used a summons by the Thames police
magistrate, and told to try his right to the alligator alias
lined In the county court.

M. Henri Roc-befort'e confinement in Ste. Pelagie
hu certainly not damaged his talent as • write- of political
squibs. Advocating abstention the other day when writing
on the subject of the coming appeal to the people, he advised
his friends to allow the Emperor to waah his plebbcitum at
home ; and In the Mararillaise he says that 'hi. Majesty re-
minds him of a aids man painting lita face before looking in
the glans." Ile cannot imagtne why Napoleon 111. should
try an-I get the people to vote except to delude himself with
the id, of he popularity in the country.

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In a paper addressed to the Academy of Sciences,
MM. Mille and Durand Clay° illscu.s the advantages that
niLlit aecrue to agriculture were the filth of Paris properly
employed. All the organic matter which infects the Seine,
avid is ultimately washed into the sea, annually represents
1,500,000 tons of manure. At present, by • very simple
11)Am, between 5,000 end 6,000 cubic motres of the foul
we, Era of the Chetly collectrT are daily raised and let flow to
the beginning f the plain of Geneviillers, where they con-
stantly fertilite about 40 hectares ,105 acres) of otherwise
unprofitable land.

sharp shock of earthquake occurred at San Fran-
cisco on the 2nd of April. its duration was six aeounds; the
direction, from south-east to north-west, and the motion
vertical. There was no damage to life, limb, or property,
but there was intense excitement for a few moments. All
animals were terribly frightened The City Hall, where the
Courts were in session, the Merchants' Exchange, the Mer-
canal° Library, the Costom.house and other large Imildirgs
were instantly vacated, and a panic was created at the
hotels. The streets swarmed with people in a moment. It
was raining at the time. Before the shock the barometer
was oliseived to fall very rapidly.
A suh-committee of the Manchester Education Bill
Committee have published a report on the amendments pro-
posed on the Elementary Elocution Bill introduced into the
House of Commons by her Majesty's Government. The re-
port indicates the phrases and words in the various clauses
which should be made to the contents of the measure.
Great care has manifestly been exercised in the drawing up
of the iloonment, which contains, in addition to the matter
described, lucid explinationa of the meaning of the various
clauses.

The brig loboatia, which arrived at New York on
Marc', 2i, from Pernambuch, has the following entry in her
log March 22, at 6 p m., passcd through a large quantity
of wreck stuff, consisting of panel works, dedc hoaxes,
which appeared to have been not lone in the water Also
parsed a boat bottom up; the boat was varnished. The
wreck stuff extended for a distance of two miles." Regret
Is expressed that the captain did Lot make an elf .rt to secure
the boat or obtain some other proof of identity.
At a recent examination of the Windmr Infant
School, a little boy was asked to expl,iti his Meant " hniring
false witness against your neighbour." Ater hesitating, he
still it was "telling tis'es," on which the examiner sod,
Dot exactly an answer. What do you say?"
dr.essing a little girl. She immediately repliel, It.wa!
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when n'OVO.ly did Vi.iihtnnTanlie;wil;i7od'y
It." Quite right,' sidd the examiner. amld,t irrepreseible
tom of laughter, in which he could hot help Joiniug.

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Further- inve-ti4ation has led to the opinion that
the recently discovered Roman amphitheatre at Paris was
built in the reign of the Emperor Adrian, the adopted son
of Trajan. It seems to have been In use down to a edupara:
tively recent period. King Criiiperic had games performed
Within its walls for the amusement of his subjects, and
Alexandi r Neekham, an English professor at Pails, gave a
deecriptlon of it in 1190. IP.ir • long time it had been made
a perfect quarry of, and part of its matei els were used In
the construction of the walls of the CPS of Paris. The
f.,es•Pfl oi..ssei of Pa Is •fre ats4iy aieman.lll,7 that flu
.I,ft , n Liatosiie ehall be piei,erved, auu
eg:doro ~t a 4 coet,

Tee Marquis of Bath is seriously iU at his iesideueo
tuß-rteley-rsiusre, Landon.

This year's harvest in Ireland is expected to be a
most favourable one.

During the past week 27 wreck have been reported
making for the present year a total of 599.

To; advertimemente in the firet number of The
Jty'enjof Eiwrn Drood are said to have brought £6OO.
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Mr. Spurgeon deecribed Mr. Mag-regor of the Rob
Roy, the ether evening, as "one who can serve bin God,°
and at the alma time "piddle his own canoe."
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An announcement is going the round of ths French
press that the Emperor Napoleon intends to send a canvas.
sing letter by post to every one of the ten millions of electors
about to be called upon to vote for the Plebiscltum.
Another of the Pope's household has gone mad.
This new sufferer Is Monseignor Casale, Participant of the
Privy Chamber; that Is. one of those officers who are In
perpetual attendance on the Holy Father.

A Corsican paper, L' Arenir de Corse, publishes
letter from Prince Pierre Bonaparte, in which the writer ex-
presses his gratitude for the expre.sions of sympathy he hu
received from humorous correspondents.

Mies Lydia notripson, the well.known harleKine
a:Arca, hao made an afiliavit before. notary In New York,
denying the truth of the principal allegation. made in the
case of Watkins r. Watkins, recently heard In the English
Divorce Court.
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Tie' Ptinne's lan ling-stage at Liv,rojl pres-n'ei
a busy and alfectlng scene on Tuesday, when about 2.300
p,opla of all ages and six embarked on board the ateamez s
Marap^an, Malta, and Siberia, for the United Slates and
Canada.
The Dublin letter-peeve printers, both those em-
pined in book and newspaper houses, have just c-topleted
a nezutiati in with the masters in which an advance of' id.
per thousand for line-hands" has been consented to by the
latter.

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Tire Leamington Local Board have resolved to peti•
lion against the proposal of the Chancellor of the Eveht quer
to abolish foot has kern' licences. The members of the board
believe that vagrancy and crime would be increased by the
abolition.

A grocer and wine-merobant in London, has been
c ,mmitted for trial on chars s of having obtained goods from
various persons, within three mouths of his bankruptcy, under
false pretences, and of disposing of them otherwise than by
bond fide transactions.
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"Railways are the favourite investment of the day.
The isle by the Great Northern Company of £9-2,055 of their
new erdihary stock, by tender, produced offers for £605,680.
Ihe prices ranged from £11.7 per cent. to par. A few only
who tendered at the highest prices got any aUotment."—
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In excavating on the site of the new buildings for
the Post-office in London, a number of antiquities have been
found—pieces of eld pottery, metal, dic. The most interest-
ing, however, is a Roman queen, the first that has yet been
discovered complete in this country, the upper and lower
stones being found in sitti, and In no way injured beyond •
few dents.

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A vulgar mason, who had become rich by the recent
demolition In Paris, was anxious to marry hla only son to
one of the daughters of a marquis. "I wish you would let
my son marry '. one of your girls," said he.
.Ci that waits
, the marquis, which does he want; the gir at waiu
the kitchen, or the girl that washes?"

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An overseer in the Public Works Department at
Naepore, India, recently brought an action for breach of
promise of marriage against a Mr.. Craddock, formerly Miss
Conk, of Dublin. A verdict for tilt plaintiff was given, and
damages, which were paid by the lady. husband, Mr. Crad-
dock, were asseued at 491 rupees.
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It is miff that in consequence of a violent altercation
whicl took place the other day between the Grand Duke
Constantine and General Fleury, the French Ambrnalor
had demanded ht. passpo. ta. The Czar, however, interfered,
a‘ked General Fleury not to make known the details of the
tarn'. and insisted ou his brather apologizing.
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The etenun flour mill belonging to Mre. Hole,
Carlton-on-Trent, seven miles north of Newark, and In the
occupancy of Mr Bannister, was lot the third time on Sunday
burnt down. it is reported that the property is wholly or
partially inmred, and that the damage done will amount to
about 4.2.900.
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On Frid&y hat the ratification of the Suffrage
Amendment Act was celebrated at Washington by the en-
fraicnised coloured citizens. There was • torchlight pro-
cession, and the darkies paid a visit to FreaWent Grant, who
addressed them in his usual brief manlier, exhorting them to
prove by their conduct their worthlueu of their new privi-
leges.
In London, on Sunday, at South-plaee Chapel',
Fmsbory, the Indian religious reformer, Baboo Keehn!,
Chunder Pen, preached before a densely crowded cwigrega-
t ion, among whom were several Oriental residents in London.
lie took his text from the First Epistle of John, chap. iv ,
verse 16,' God II lore, and h e that dwelieth in lose dteakth
in God, and God in him."

M. Rispail has written a letter to the Washer-
women's Mutual Aid Society, at Lyons, in which he ttlis the
" citizenesses " that he will accept the position they ask him
to take, of honorary member of their society, if they will
romise to stick to Democratic and Republl,in opinions.
With the letter IL Respell encloses a post-Olt:a order Inc
25 franca.

A fearful catastrophe occurred a few days Pi nee, in
the works of the Lines Manufacturing Company at St. Gilles,
in the environs of Brussels, by the explosion of • bolter in
thy drying flute Nearly twenty man or women were killed
or frightfully scalded by the steam, and eight had already
died at the moment of the last accounts. The factory want
the same time set on fire, but the flames did not extend
beyond the building in which they hail commenced, but
which was entirely destroyed.

A. match at cricket between eleven pensioners with
one arm against eleven pensioners with one leg took place at
the Duke of Edinburgh Cricket Ground, Brixton, on Monday.
The comparative novelty of the game attracted • large con-
course of spectators. Much amusement was afforded by the
mishaps and downfalls of tis.e players. The game was decided
in favour of the one-legged men by twenty-eight rune.
A Danish vessel was wrecked at the month of the
[liver Tay on Monday night. The ship was seen in the even-
ing aliout eight o'clock, when some fishermen offered to take
her into Dundee, but the off -c was declined, the captain wish-
ing to engage a regular pilot. The weather was thick and
boisterous curing the night, and next morning the beach was
strewed with the wreck. The crew is believed to have con-
sisted of live or six men, and it is feared they have been
drowned. The name of the vewel was the Jane and Sophie
Professor Mason made a proposal at the meeting of
the University Council of Edinburgh, on Tuesday, that women
should be admitted to the University classes on the same con-
ditions as the other students, except in cases where special
reasons foisted for giving separate teaching. The Professor
mrntioned the case of Miss Pechey to illustrate the necessity
of adopting his reaolittion. The scheme was opposed by
Professor Laycock and Professor Chriatison, and the motiomi
was rejected alter a long discussion by be coke to 47.

About sertn o'clock last Saturday morning a lady,
eighty tour years of age, was brutally murder.' in the Rue
du Tapis Yen, Marseilles. The lady, who belongs toe family
engaged in mercantile pursuits in the town, was seized as she
was going out of the house, and kicked to death. Her cries
brought in the neighbours, who Immediately secured the
murderer and lodged bins in the custody of the police, lie
said, In explanation of hls crime, that he believed the old
lady was a witch, and that he was suffering from her spells.

"A Liberal Clergyman" in a letter to the Spec-
taror suggests that if Lord Russell's plan be carried out, of a
chapter of the bible being read before school to impart a
religious odour to the business of the day, it would be de-
sirable to read it in the oririnal Hebrew or Greek. "The
reasons for this ale obvious. 1. The direct moral effect
upon the children would be the same as if it were read in
English. 2 The indirect moral effect would be far greater,
from the greatly increased sense of awe and mystery. ft. All
need of a conscience clause would be entirely done away
with."—Tall Malt Gazette.

Very little excitement appears to have been aroused
in Canada by the proposed Fenian raid along the frontier.
The Toronto (dote says that the 15th of April, the day named
for the movement, Is too early to excite any tear. "The
season is a late one,' it adds, "and there will be mud in the
west and snow in the east on that day. If it were June
instead of April we might have more faith. O'Neill will make
feint. during the season to occupy our minds while we are
engaged with Riel, but we have no faith that either he or his
followers will make a serious attempt on the old settlements.
It would cost teo much, and holds out no prospect of sucrose."
A telegram from Athens mentions that one of the
party recently captured by brigands at Marathon has been
set at liberty, in order that be may obtain the ransom of
20,000 Hares, which is demanded for himself and his com-
panions. In the lint telegrams announcing the occurrence,
at was stated that aeon of the Duke of Manchester was one
of the party. The Duke himself writes to say that this is a
mistake, as neither of his sons Is in Greece. It is now said
that Lord Munraster Is the Idiglialt nobleman who has fallen
Into the brigands' hands; but a more recent telegram states
that his lordship has bee released.
At Eimbeck, in Hanover, the Catholic curd pros
tested, in writing, against the soldiers being exercind on
fee days. The following is the answer be received:
" Military service on holidays, as well as during the week
days, is the principal duty of the soldier. According to the
uses and customs of the Prussian army, the requirements
of the service take precedence over the divine office." The
reply was signed by the supreme military commander. The
; priest afterwards having chosen as the text for his sermon
the passage in the Gospel 'Reader therefore unto Caw
the things which are Caner's, and unto God the things that
are God's," he Sian sent away from Lis parish, because the
choice of the verse Iva. considered as an excitation to dile
obedience.