The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-19 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(he death is announced of M. Lecca, the Roumanian
Minister of Finance.
A very unsatisfactory state of things is reported
from the Indo-Afghan frontier, serious fighting having
taken place between the Beloochees, Pathans, and
other border tribes.
A new drama entitled "Human Nature," by Mr.
Augustus Harris and Mr. H. I'ettitt, was produced at
Drury Lane Theatre on Saturday night.
The potato crop of 1885 proves to be considerably
below a fair average in respect of produce per acre,
while the acreage of land planted with potatoes is this
year 3 per cent. less than last year, the actual decrease
as compared with last year being about 16,317 acres.
The Queen has been pleased to confer a peerage
upon Sir Thomas Bateson, Bart., M.P. for Devizes.
The members of the British Association at Aberdeen
devoted Saturday chiefly to excursions, for which,
however, the weather was very unfavourable. The
Earl and Countess of Aberdeen received a large com-
pany of excursionists at Haddo House.
An extensive seizure of cattle has been made at Kil-
rum ley, county Ke:-.f, on the property of Captain R
S. Oliver, Yorkshire. The cattle, to the number of 23,
were seized on different farms, and were driven into
Tralee, where they will be sold in public.
The French country markets have been weak during
the week, but a hopeful feeling is entertained that the
depression has reached its extreme point.
A great fire raged in Bradford on Saturday night
from half-past seven o'clock until midnight, doing
damage to the amount of £20,000. The fire broke out
on the premises of Messrd. Pickle and Son, merchants,
one of several tenants of a large block of buildings near
Peel-place. The premises of Messrs. J. INPLaurin and
Co., Sutton and Moore, and Edward Ripley were all
more or less damaged.
The Maharajah of Cashmere has died. His Highness
has been ill for a long time past, and his death was not
unexpected. It was, nevertheless, received in the chief
city of the State with every manifestation of mourning,
all business having been temporarily Juspended.
In consequence of the expense entailed by the First
Army Corps being kept in readiness for active service,
the Indian Government are anxious to withdraw the
order, but are unable to do FO in the absence of direc-
tions from the Secretary of State for India.
It ie stated that a girl of ten, a scholar in one of the
Board Schools at Liverpool, has died from injuries to
the brain, resulting, it is supposed, from a blow given
by one of the teachers. The blow was given some
weeks ago, and the child, who had previously been
quite healthy, complained of pains in the head. She
died, an abscess having formed upon the brain.
By the return of the Guards from Cyprus the
strength of the force there is reduced to the head-
quarters and four companies of the Shropshire Regi-
ment, and half battalion of the Rifles: also various do-
tachments. The army of occupation in Egypt has now
been reduced to 181, battalions of infantry and two
cavalry regiments, in addition to artillery, engineers,
and miscellaneous corps. Two more infantry regiments
are under orders to leave Egypt.
Great alarm was occasioned in the town of Dolgelly
the other night by the public crier announcing that a
lady was lost on Cader Idris. It appears that she had
ascended the mountain with a party; but, fearing to
climb Foxe's Path at the summit, remained at the lake
beneath. She then wandered away and was lost in the
mist. A large party left Delgelly in search, and ulti-
mately found the lady at a farm on the mountain, a
farmer having discovered her in a tarn.
On Saturday night two men named Edward Coke, of
Lancaster, labourer, and Frank Harrison, of Plymouth,
were crossing the river Lune, at Lancaster, which was
much swollen by rain, in a small boat, when a wave
struck it, and they were both thrown into the water
and drowned. Another boat containing one man was
upset at the same time, but the man was rescued.

At the Brentford Petty Sessions on Saturday morn-
ing, Percy Hamilton Brims, clerk,aged 18,surrendered to
his bail to further answer the charge of causing the
death of Henry Cooper, 15, by shooting him with a
revolver at Parkdene, Hounslow, on the 3rd inst. It
having been shown that the occurrence was purely
accidental, and that it had been so declared at the
coroner's inquest, the young man was discharged.
A shocking occurrence has taken place at Sheffield
which resulted in the death of a boy, Charles William
Dawson, eight years of age. The deceased was " play-
hig at horses" with a little girl, the daughter of a
neighbour. Getting a large nail from his father's shop,
he placed it between his teeth, to pretend that it was a
bit. Whilst he was running with this in his mouth, the
nail unfortunately went down his throat. He died
a few minutes afterwards in great agony. The
opinion of the burgeon was that the nail pierced his
stomach.
Archbishop Walsh, replying to an address from the
Druncondra, Gla.snevin, and Clonliffe Commissioners,
said he had declined his office until its acceptance
became a question of obedience or disobedience to the
Pope's command. They might trust to his earnest
sympathy with the efforts which, under the sanction of
morally and religion, they might make to bring about
the blessings of abiding peace, happiness, freedom, and
prosperity to Ireland.
The result of the Court-martial on Captain Henry 0.
Sutherland, who was recently tried at Eastney on a
charge of drunkenness, became known the other day.
The finding of the Court had been laid before the War
Office, and was received by the Adjutant General.
Captain Sutherland has been ordered to return to his
duties at once. It is not known whether the Court
passed any censure on the captain, as the War Office
has the power to remit all or any portion of the sen-
tence of the Court.

Mr. William Fisher, of Stroud-gree,n-road, Finsbury.
park, died in a first-class carriage from Hastings to
London-bridge. The deceased, who was about 35 years
of age, had long been a sufferer from consumption, and
had been to Hastings for a few weeks for the benefit of
his health. He started in the company of two friends,
being then exceedingly ill, and while the train was
travelling between East Croydon and London he
expired.
Captain Richard Warren a well-known land agent
in South Ireland, and one of the first to fall foul of the
Land League, has addressed to the Irish Chief Secre-
tary particulars of an outrage committed in open day
on an evicted farm near Cork. He states that he was
himself in the farmyard when three men left a cart on
the high road, and without provocation beat two men
for daring to get in hay on an evicted farm. The
assailants fled at the approach of assistance.
A " Boycotting " notice has been circulated in the
neighbourhood of Kilrush in reference to a gentleman
whose horses were entered for the races which began
there on Saturday. Mr. Martin's Harkaway won the
principal race without opposition, being ridden by Mr.
W. G. Cullen, who disguised himself in order to escape
an attack; but in the last event the rider of Stella, also
owned by Mr. Martin, was singled out for mob violence,
and at the first fence he was hurled from his seat by
means of sticks and stones.

Mr. Robert Gardner, the senior partner in a firm of
Dundee solicitors, died suddenly on Sunday afternoon
in IV ishart United Presbyterian Church. Whilst the
second hymn was being sung Mr. Gardner was seen to
fall back in his seat, and he died atter being carried to
the vestry. The occurrence caused a painful sensation,
and the service was at once closed. Mr. Gardner was
77 years of age, and was highly respected by his pro-
fessional brethren. He had been an office-bearer in
Wiehart church for many years.
At the Thames Police-court on Saturday Mr. j.
Mansell, of Bow, applied to the magistrate for advice
respecting the removal of his brother, Mr. C. J. Man-
sell, to a lunatic asylum at Portsmouth. The applicant
stated that he knew nothing of the matter until he
received a letter from his brother, who had since
written again. These letters were quite rational, and
referred to a shop at New Wandsworth and to two
stalls at the Albert Palace, which he supposed would
be shut up in consequence of his having been taken
away. The magistrate referred the applicant to the
Commissioners in Lunacy. -

A general meeting of shareholders of the Munster
Bank was held on Saturday, when the committee pre-
sented their report, which stated that the result of
their labours as regarded the floating of the new
Munster and Leinster Bank was very satisfactory.
On Saturday afternoon a fire was discovered in the
stackyard of the Franciscan Monastery at Fantasaph,
near Holywell. The fire occurred close to the walls of
the monastery, but was kept from spreading to the
building. The loss, however, is considerable. The out-
break is believed to be due to incendiarism.
Neath Abbey Station, on the Great Western Rail-
way, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday mvrning.
The whole of the books, papers, and takinas of the pre-
vious day were lost..

At Sandown, Isle of Wight. on Tuesday, the magis-
trates investigated the circumstances attending a
savage attack on three constables made by two brothers
named Frederick and William Churchill. A constable
named Pauling having had occasion to remonstrate
with them, the Churchills set upon him;wrenched away
his staff, and beat him over the head until he was in-
sensible, and knocked out some of his teeth. They
then made off, but were apprehended by Constables
Taylor and Chase, with whom they had a fierce struggle,
the policemen being seriously kicked, besides which
Taylor was bitten in the Iface. With great difficulty
the prisoners were conveyed to the police-station, and
they were now under remand until the constables have
recovered sufficiently to give evidence against them.
Before Lord Craighill at the Perth Circuit Court on
Tuesday, Thomas Simpson, Castlefield, Cupar Fife, was
charged with having, while a member of the Town
Council, a Commissioner of Police, a magistrate, and
convener of the Sanitary Committee of the bench of
the burgh of Cupar, appropriated to his own use several
sums of moaey, the property of the Commissioners of
Police, between December, 1882, and September, 1884.
There were four charges in the indictment, and Simpson
pleaded guilty to two. The plea was accepted by the
advocate depute, and Mr. Guthrie, advocate, made a
strong speech in favour of the defendant, in which he
pointed out that Simpson, although a bailie in the
burgh, was a man of no education, who, although he
could sign his name, could not write an ordinary letter.
He had been put into a position for which he was
-utterly unfit, and on behalf of his family of eight young
children Mr. Guthrie appealed to his lordship to be as
lenient as possible with the prisoner. The sums were
small, in no case exceeding £2O. Lord Craighill, in
passing sentence, said this was the first onasion on
which he had seen a magistrate arraigned on such a
lamentable charge. The sentence would be imprison-
ment for eight months.
The body of Mr. Lowe, of Maidenhead, who was
drowned in the Thames last week under somewhat
mysterious circumstances, has been discovered in the
river between Surly Hall and Boveney.
On Tuesday night Mr. Chamberlain, M.P., addressed
a crowded meeting in St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, and
met with an enthusiastic reception. He said he hoped
the Liberal party would be returned with a strong
majority capable of opposing any unnatural alliance
which might be made, and that the question of
disestablishment would not divide the sections of the
party in the interest of the Conservatives. Disestablish-
ment would no doubt occupy great attention at the
elections, and, being a conscientious Dissenter, he
hoped to live to see Church and State separated,
believing it to be to the interest of both. The land
must, under certain conditions, be restored to the
labourers, a better system of local government must be
established, free education must be given, arid then
and not until then would the naticn be happy and
prosperous, and the peeple contented.
Almost simultaneously with the appointment of
Judge Sheppard as Administrator of Bechuanaland, a
Laud Commission is also to sit. Besides Mr. Sheppard,
who will act as chairman, it will consist of three
officers of the Royal Engineers. Some time ago Sir
Charles Warren appointed a similar committee.
The dignity of.a baronet has been canferred by the
Queen upon the Right Honourable Michael Morris, of
Spiddal, in the county of Galway, Lord Chief Justice
of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, and upon
Mr. James Porter Corry, M P., of Dunraven, in the
parish of Belfast, in the county of Antrim.
A short time ago some forged Swedish bank notes
were paid into a bank in Sundswall, in Sweden. Since
then forged bank notes have been daily streaming into
the banks to the amount altogether of 200;000 kroners.
The police have not yet arrive .1 at any information as to
the forgery.
The annual Congress of the Librarians of Great
Britain was commenced at Plymouth on Tuesday. A
public reception was held at the Guildhall at noon, and
the visitors were subsequently entertained at luncheon
by the Mayor. Mr. Macliver, M.P., expressed a hope
that the free library system would be extended, and
that the time would soon come when the education of
our children would be free. The statement was loudly
cheered.

Messrs. Triibner and Co. will shortly publish, in two
volumes quarto, the work on which MIL Prince
Ibrahim filmy, brother of the reigning Khedive, has
been engaged during the last three or four years. It
will include bibliographical notices of printed books,
manuscripts, maps, &c., relating to Egypt and the
Soudan, the contents pages of many of the more im-
portant writings being inserted. While the record deals
with the arcbreological and monumental treasures of
Egypt, the notes of early travellers, &c., and gives
papyri, dating many hunireds of years before Christ,
the latest contributions, in all languages, to the history
of Eg3 pt and the Soudan, whether extensive or other-
wise, and including periodical literature, reviews, :Ind
papers of learned societies, will be found in this com-
prehensive bibliography. The Prince ded,ca.tes his
labour of love during several years of exile from his
native country to the Khedive Ismail, his father.

Eight seamen of the barque Kincardineshire, from
London for Portland, Oregon, were committed to
prison on Tuesday by the Falmouth magistrates for
' refusing to do duty.
A drunken character, named Cavanagh, who was pur-
suing his wife through the streets of Liverpool, aimed
a bottle at the woman, which hit a boy on the head
and killed him. Cavanagh has been committed for
manslaughter.
Early on Tuesday morning the residence of Mr.
Taylor, of Stanley-street, Southport, was entered by
thieves, who got away with two £5 notes, £l3 10s, in
gold, two gold watches, and a quantity of jewellery.
The inmates were not disturbed.
In London last week 2330 births and 1221 deaths
were registered. Allowing for increase of population,
the births were 357, and the deaths 228, below
the average numbers in the corresponding weeks of
the last ten years. The annual death-rate per 1000
from all causes, which had been 18.8,17.5, and 15.8 in the
three preceding weeks, further declined to 15.6 lat
week, a lower rate than in any week on record.
The deaths included 3 from small-pox 25 from measles,
15 from scarlet fever, 22 from diphtheria, 39 from
whooping-cough, 1 from typhus, 12 from enteric fever,
1 from continued fever, and 62 from diarrhea and
dysentery.
Dr. Frankland's report upon the quality of the waters
supplied to the metropolis by the various water com-
panies during August shows that the Thames waters
contained still smaller proportions of organic matter
than in the months of April, May, June, and July. All
the samples were clear and bright. The Lea water dis-
tributed by the New River C,mpany was remarkably,
free from organic matter, the proportion barely exceed-
ing that in the deep-well waters; while the East
London Company's supply resembled the Thames
waters. The deep-well waters delivered by the Kent
and Colne Valley Companies and by the Tottenham
Local Beard were, as usual, of excellent quality for
drinking.
1 At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
reading of the barometer last week was 29.56 in. The
mean temperature of the air was 56.3 deg., and 2.3 deg.
, below the average in the corresponding week of the 20
years ending 1863. Rain fell on six days of the week,
to the aggregate amount of 193 inches. The dura-
tion of registered bright sunshine in the week was 21-1
hours, against 24.0 hours at Glynde-place, Lewes.
At an inquest held on Tuesday by the Deputy-
Coroner for East Middlesex, at the St. George's Vestry
Hall, on the body of Mary Ann Jackson, aged 40, the
jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical
testimony, and added that the deceased's death was
accelerated by want and the gross neglect of Mr.
Beatty, the medical officer, and Mr. Barnes, the reliev-
ing officer of the parish of St. George's-in-the-East;
and those persons were committed for trial on the
coroner's warrant.

At the Thames Police-court on Tuesday, Mr. J.
Hunter Watts of West Lfoathley, Sussex, treasurer of
the Social Democratic League, was charged with
causing an obstruction by addressing a crowd in West
India Dock road, Poplar, on Socialistic subjects. Mr.
Saunders fined defendant 40s.

Twenty-four English seamen applied at the Thames
Police-court on Tuesday for advice, stating that they
had been 111 treated on board a Brazilian man-of-war in
the Millwall Dock, and, on complaining to the com-
mander, turned away without pay. Mr. Saunders,
whilst sympathising with the men, said he could not
help them, as they were not sailing under the British
dag. He advised them to see the Brazilian Consul.
The Exchequer receipts from April 1 to September 12
amounted to £33,953,159, against £34,467,509 in the
corresponding period of last year. The expenditure
was £40,301,083 against £35,289,252. The balance in
the Bank of England last Saturday was £995,895, and
in the Bank of Ireland £1,234,259.
Dr. Walker, of Belmont-road, Liverpool, was found
in his stable lying under his horse's feet on Tuesday
morning. There were terrible injuries to his head, and
he had evidently been knocked down by his horse,
which was kicking him when he was discovered. He
was removed to the house, where he died in the after-
noon.

At Lifton on Tuesday James Harry Arbory, master
of the Bridestowe Public Elementary School, was
charged with the manslaughter of John Heathman,
aged 7 years, one of his scholars. It was alleged that
the boy's death was caused by a blow on the head in-
flicted by the schoolmaster in July last. After a pro-
longed inquiry the case was dismissed.
On Tuesday the tenantry on Colonel and Lady
Grant's, county Cork, estate, met, by appointment, Mr.
Vandeleur for the purpose of paying their rent. The
tenantry were headed by their clergyman, who, on their
behalf, offered to pay all rent less 30 per cent. The
offer was declined, and immediately after an indemnity
fund was opened for the purpose of resisting any legal
proceedings that may be resorted to by the landlord for
the recovery of the rents.
A serious ercounter took place in Limerick on Tues-
day between some soldiers of the King's Royal Rifles
and some civilians. As Private Lyons and Bugler
Secan were passing the People's Park gate they got
into an altercation with some labourers. A crowd soon
collected and stones were thrown at the soldiers.
Suddenly Bugler Socan drew a large knife, and, it is
alleged, attempted to stab a mar. named Fitz Gibbon.
On the arrival of the police the soldiers decamped,
followed by the mob. When arrested Secan had a
large bowie knife under his tunic.
An inquest was opened at Chesterfield Workhouse on
Tuesday upon the body of Joseph Davis, a collier, who
died in the infirmary on Sunday from injuries caused,
as alleged, during a fight on the preceding Sunday.
Davis and Harry Brotherton, another collier, quarrelled,
and after a desperate fight Brotherton gave in, but they
net again, when Davis recommenced the quarrel.
Brotherton thereupon struck him to the ground. Davis
became insensible, but recovered consciousness the
same night. He again became unconscious on Thurs-
day, and remained so till he died. The incpest was
adjourned. Brotherton is in custody.

The first of the Anglo-Ar,erican yacht races Nyagi
sailed on Monday, and was won by the Puritan, which
passed the winning-post six minutes in advance of the
Genesta. The wind was Hat.
Hans Canon, one of the best known of Austrian
artists, died suddenly on Saturday afternoon, from the
bursting of a blood-vessel. Since the death of Hans
Makart in October last the Canon has been the most
distinguished of Austrian painters, and shortly before
his death he undertook the task of finishing the pic-
tures in the new Imperial Historical Art Museum left
unfinished by Blskart.
The High Sheriff of Worcestershire has given £5OO to
the fund for enlarging the National School at North
Malvern. It is proposed to remodel the old schools
and to build a new school for 150 boys, with a master's
residence, at a cost of about £2200. A suitable site
has been given by Lady Emily Foley and Sir Henry
Lambert. _ .

The ceremony of distributing the awards to the suc-
cessful exhibitors at the Antwerp International Exhi-
bition took place on Monday afternoon, in the presence
of the King and Queen, the Ministers, the members of
the Diplomatic Body, and the civil and military au-
thorities. The English exhibitors wete represented by
Mr. Grattan, the British Consul-General, and the
British Colonies by General Waddington. After a
speech from M. Beermaert, Minister of Agriculture and
Public Works, the awards were formally announced,
and the exhibitors present defiled past the platform
carrying flags. The King and Queen, after visiting the
gardens and the interior of the exhibition, took their
departure, being most enthusiastically cheered by the
immense crowd assembled. '

Sentences of five years' penal servitude have been •
passed on two Post Office employes, at the Central
Criminal Court, for letter stealing.
In the manceuvres taking place in the north-east of
France, the French army is operating upon the scene
of the actual hostilities of 1870, and is supposed to be
holding in chink German forces invading the country
from various points. The new tactics are reported to
have been closely watched by General von Alvensleben,
the German officer in attendance.

A man named Sharpe, at Leicester, on Monday, was
committed for trial on an extraordinary charge of
burglary. The prisoner, in May last, broke into a rope
warehouse in Leicester, took a heavy safe from its
position, lowered it down three flights of stairs into the
yard, where he stole a truck, and-conveyed it to his
house, a distance of a mile, thrcugh the principal . r
thoroughfare. After rifling the safe r.f its contents,
valued at over £2OO, he threw the safe into a ditch by
the roadside.

For habitually ill-treating his wife James Stacey was
sentenced, at the Manlebune Police court, to two
months' imprisonment with hard labour, and a judicial
separation was granted, Mrs. Stacey to receive an
allowance of 15s. a week towards the support of herself
and her two children.
At Wandsworth Police-court Chester Potts was
sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard
labour for assaulting a constable, who came into a
kitchen where the prisoner was, to obtain water for the
purpose of extinguishing a fire which had 'begun in
another room of the same house.

Sir Edward Thornton arrived on Saturday at
Fleming's Hotel from St. Petersburg. It is expected
that his visit to England will only be a short one, and
that be will proceed to Constantinople before the dnd
of the month, if possible.
A retum relating to advances to occupiers under the
Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, shows that 8916 appli-
cations were made for £i'88.312. Of this SIM 1:8181
was advanced under Sec. 19, and £401,410 under Sec.
31,. making £409.591_ in all.

About four o'clock on Sur day morning a party oi
armed and disguised men visited the house of Thomas
Scollard, Cloherclenim, near Tralee, and after search=
jag the premises, took a couple cf guns and a sword.
The net fishing for salmon in the Tweed closed on
Monday. The season has been one of the worst on
record, and the lessees in many cases have not cleared
sufficient to pay their rents. Salmon and grilse have
been scarce, but trout have been fairly abundant. On
Monday a salmon weighing 561 b. was caught.
Information has reached Berwick that Captain
Fluker, son of the late Dr. Fluker, of Berwick, fell
overboard from the schooner Enigma, of Castleton, in
Lerwick-roads, Shetlands, on Sunday night. Captain
Fluker, who resided with his wife in Berwick, left
there last Wednesday in the schooner for Lerwick to
ship herrings for the Baltic.
At York on Monday George O'Grady, an Irishman,
was charged with the attempted murder of Druc,illa
Hodgson, a woman with whom he had been cohabiting.
The prisoner attempted to cut the woman's throat with --
a shoemaker's knife, but only succeeded iu inflicting a
wound in her neck. When apprehended he said his
intention was to kill her. He vt.as committed for trial.
Three boys, who were being mourned as lost, were-
landed at Leith on Monday, after an exciting adventure
in the Firth of Forth. They hired a small boat on
Saturday afternoon, and went out for a row, when, the
wind springing up, they were driven out to sea. During
the whole of the night they were drifted before a gale,
and when picked up on Sunday morning by an outgoing
vessel they were quite exhausted.
_ _

At Low-rey's Star Saloon, Dublin, on Saturday night,
there was some hissing against disloyal sentiments in a
song given by a comedian named Harry Melville, who
then jumped from the stage into a side box- and • -
assaulted Captain William E. Head, of the 2nd Brigade
North Irish Division, Royal Artillery, and Derrylohan
House, Parsonstown. The captain's face was cut
and bruised badly. Melville was a.rrested*by the police. -
and was fined 5.1 or 14 days' imprisonment at the
police-court.
The first stone of the proposed North Extension Pier
at Sunderland was laid on Monday afternoon by Mr.
James Lair 7, chairman of the River Wear Com- •
missioners. The work forms part of a scheme for
developing the capacity of the port, the chief featuze of '
which is the construction of two piers, at an estimated
cost of 1'300,000. Mr. .Laing delivered an interesting
address on the growth of the trade of Sunderland, and
stated that the total shipment of coals for the
present year was estimated to reach a total of 4,000,000
tons. .
During the first eight months of the present year, the
various railway companies carried nearly 4,50.0,0001mA
of coal from the Yorkshire collieries to the metropolis,
showing an increase on the return for the correspond-.
log period of 1884, of about 71,000 tons. The railway
companies' charges for carrying coal to the metropolis
from Yorkshire varies from 0•42 to 0.50 of a penny per .
ton per mile, whilst the cost by sea is rather less than
a d. per ton per mile. The inland colliery owners,
dependent upon the railway companies for sending
their produce to London, are thus placed at a great
disadvantage in comparison with those who can ship
their coal.

Lloyd's agent at St. Vincent, C.V., under date.
September 14, telegraphs at 1.10 p.m.: Tacna, British
barque, from Swansea for Port Nolloth, laden with a
general cargo, VMS burnt at sea on 11th September, in
lat. 11 N., long. 20 W. Her crew were taken off by the
Herschel, Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate Steam.
Navigation Company's steamer, and landed at St.
Vincent. The Tacna, a wooden barque, of 424 tons,
was built at Liverpool in 1857, and owned by Mr.
C. Richardson and Co., Swansea.
According to information that has reached Allababad .
frcm Cabul, the Ameer has decided to dismantle the
works at Bala Hissar, and to have a citadel constructed • -
within Cabul.
The " Etoile Beige" states that according to official
information received from the Congo, the report which
recently reached Cape Town of a massacre by cariiibals •
of white men at certain stations on the Congo
_belong- ,
ing to the International Association is entirely devoid
of foundation.
Late on Saturday night Mr. Robert Messenger, who
has conducted a large business as a farmer and timber
dealer for many years, and was well known throughout
Berkshire, left his residence at Chaddleworth. near
\Vantage, after his family had retired to rest. A noise- •
being heard outside a search was instituted, and it was
found that the cover of a deep well on the premises had
been opened, and that Mr. Messenger was in the water.
Assistance was obtained, and the body was drawn up
out of the well, but life was quite extinct. -Mr.:Mes-
senger had exhibited signs of mental depression for
some time past, and it is feared that in a moment of -
excitement he jumped down the well and terminated
his existence.