The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-04-20 00:00:00

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eelebrated. At LIIO teruneatim of e mch me brim alltl AI. hai pre lousy been ~.......
,l. ar fonbon CorrespoOmt. A FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY AT bridegroom paru.ok of the wafer and reoeived a blown* quite true, I did murder Madan;
Mousiguor Carel conoluded the ceremony with a most her money,' and else was going
MAIDA-HILL. eloquent address on the duties of matrimony, and shortly in which she committed the r
. afterwards the wedding party left the church.
flee deans it right to state that we de set at all ttana The neighbourhood of the Edgwarierood, was, ea tames, In the coulee of which,
glad with her for nearly twer
*Jam ii, eurielvse with our Correspondent's opinions I Monday mght, she segue of one of the most frightf" An Immense concourse had assembled outside the Oratory.
gates, which extended some distance along the brouspots- eeeded In killing her by
The statensents of Lord Granville in the one House ytreagarsadiraettlithrathtaerkeranardplacaereditj.,r.Wohiin feohr
irk:.
road, and on the departure of the noble marquis and mar- throat," Inspeeter Drum
°Menses vociferations of joy met them on evi ry side. The silent while he reed tt
and of Mr. Gladstone in the other appear to have and then destroyed his ownlife,hrder crumolantcherte Duke of Cambridge and the Right Hun. B4lljdrnill Disraeli sine. He accordingly i
producedisome good effects on the public mind, but that carhinotf %ilvito. c a full shsre of the demonstration no recog. rittuaiirtriromn voet I notofeewurst
h thud
hthe said ativea,rwhich if; ilit c.m. in
the
not much. From these statements we learn that in rortatialt maelancholy in the extreme. A splendid wedding breakfast was prepared for the occa. entered the cabaret F
opposition to the American "case," our Government A shoemaker, muned Nicholls, with a wife and six sloe, &great number of distinguished persons being present. .I:','le'e!re re",1,1,:,11:2 le
has presented to the Geneva Tribunal a counter caire. youne children, left Plymouth, hie native place, about amongst virran weas Ids._ ftoyal llighness the Duke of cam- -
gold, were found 'met
which "duo's not contain any plea or argument with a twelvemonth ago in the hope of bettering hie posi- 1;
L"Zudil :ITe.t`.l.r-''s us from giving the long liet of went of the facts, v
ye- lettie dp
wherealr left
tb..t; eicn.,:nh ot rtsityosi site r
for
ao'cibbeertk the ettleeesntr Drill
respect to what may be called indirect claims," and thin, by working et hil business for a London house.
frj.li'eanrdelairl
that this ia accompanied by a note on the part of the He took a couple of roiling over a small shop,Hire.neck with vehe'm
3Capland•street. Church-street, Edgware-road.. period, at which place great preparation., have been made for
Britt& Government, "for the purpose of reserving all soon afterwards obtained employment as boot and
u:ih,,gralh‘,l , ut,l.dbili,th,
~,tieweaglivt,olaria-um;tra,if:ttiii: his,,slirid e.
rights appertaining to her Majesty on this arbitration, shoe maker to a large firm in London, but having been The Paris 5-
accustomed to what is called a " country trade, ' he writing of 1.1
no that future negotiations may be in no wise fettered were numerous
7Z:twit:Vann-
f u d life deficienc com red vrith the ability of the
by the communication ef thie counter case." Of Lenudon' workmen! He, however, owing to hie re- ' The presents to the fair bride displayed at the residence of gaiY•l-;low I
course, tall we know exactly what this counter case liability and industry, maintained his trituation until Lore Howard of Glossop were of the molt dazzling dowel,- been steep'
is, we are not in a position to thoroughly under- last Saturday, when, in consequence of his having ties, and included aln,mat every conceivable object suitable ld,unolll: ,
( stand the position of affairs; but we know thin spoilt, I a pair of Netts, he woe discharged. This appears lw"., ,el,till,%e.asigessytlei,,srt,raeurl.,.,t.ttzee:iotilnltl.nsuggsrnt:ll
grif= ;
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to have preyed se i tidy upon the mold of the unto, m and had a charming effect Among the gifts of Jai- h use.
—that the British Government continues to ignore eanc were a motputireet armlet, WILII largo centre uf s
rotlit , 0
teeth
u e
tu ate man, whirs health has leen declining for some
riP 'mutants of great lustre, from the Duke et Nortek
and repudiate the American indirect claims, and tin
re past. i
teemed gull preemie with Cr is, of diamonds and pearls, pret,
that it IMO now—indirectly, if not directly—told the Monday, and indeed for some days passe accord- s
if rare ng', alo go cameo ao
the United Staters Government that Great Britain big to the statement of his wife, he had been very from Viscounteas Beaconsfield ;au elegant cameo pendant l'rll'
o
never entertained these dahlia awl does not Mean to despimding., tied at Cause almost beshle himself. His cutti sld filagree brooch, with
h
lead, from his iillilll.,oB Pope lees ian exquisite ring, s
composedf laie o a g pearl, surrounded with brilliants, e
voile left him at nine o'clock to fulfil the duties of
entertain them. The reply of 51r. Fish, th ere f ore,
ch 'asing at a shop in the neighbourhood. During the
will be eagerly bolted for, and meanwhile there is from earl and countess Pere • a fine °toe pendant
day the unfortunate woman spoke of the cad condition surmounted with a pearl coroneYt, from the Cimutesa of
Wine ground to hope that the United States Govern. of the husband, and said she did not know what to Newburgh . a largo antique sihergilt dish, from
. ment will not endeavour to maintain the untenable make of him. While thus commenting upon her nuis- the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster. a hand-
position Tere' e!ittov:erbeferr• ea. suitiveerlgehe'as'iethil wholroelinbeoheiP,'friorm°mlstl:'
it has taken up. The Stock Exchange is per. fortunes one of her children—her eldest daughter,
twelve years old—rushed into the house and exclaimed
ham, after all, the best guide to the Ptate of public feel- viirilzance ; a large silver.gilt cmkee from the Countess
'' Oh, Mother, do come home • father hag killed beby:
Mg in this vormtry on the occasiiin of any important and lets killing the other chil:lren." The poor wmnan a.tainrhay, f.p'3rllM tl,fo
UllitCeUS.:l
1/111:17CTge: "liriellifig gtillOtil'lr
ministerial announcement, and it is important to note ran, half frantic, to her house but iu time only to Irish point tare, from the Marehimess of Kildare ;a e
therefore that on the morning after the declarations, witness a sight of the Most heartrending and terrible Veneihin mirror, from the Earl and Counteee of Clang
in Parliament the stock markets opened firmly, and doloviPlioll- painting on porcelain, in danorate carved gilt frair
ject--" The Yfight into E 3pt," from the Very /
On entering the top floor, where the crime was corn- Capel; a beautiful sublet of diamonds. emeralds, ill,
that Consols improved one-eighth. Of course, no one in
his senses believes there will be any war arising out of r6t,terril,
aMr. 'I
taker,
tuniZtueuill'nwg hfurohmadubnederur the back f:;:l'r"ilr,i'fr'r„onl'iLrair"onniessdoßußrlebtlcL! rid,
ut ..a.
ai silverwnd
utcross.'o
this quarrel, but it will be a mercy to have this miser- room door. Upon opening the front room door, a rubies, and peals, from Heron Meyer de I
'S able dispute 'settled, thrilling scene presented itself. In a sort of semi-circle niltrefx.ld vkleto and pendant, and ear-'
la three children with their throats cut. The first a li pe Scott ; gold pen
The House of Commons—l mean the building—is Bohemian vases, from Miss Hope Scott. Lae
liitle girl, Louiga ed di their
y , I upon her baek, =Los, irrn teyd
scua.rfvfort
notoriously not large enough for its members. It eith her arum e;tageuded arnd heer thraoYasel,..!ered right !iegiCa7teirreintlgNisl(e'
will not comfortably accommodate much more than aeroae. The tip of the left band forefinger was out casket, from Lady J. Sfuart ; same elegant
I half, and when two-thirds of the members are assembled ill; in the palm of the hand was a sugarplum and in l'r,e,lerstr,trdn, LirelL.-s,(-11erei.liaZi.3,;••;!
the chamber is inconveniently crowded. The question the right hand a green bead. The next child Was '
Noel. lion. Mrs. Digby, Hon. Nitzalan '
whether the room shall be enlarged has often been die- It'
waarta'anTletirr hyeeralraandie clenched;lasvith her
face
throatd=o- gut; ac: ~n
craned, and I suppose that some day this course will be being cut. James Henry was the third child. He ee're-e;',.',ll:lll,te,tt,Bt,°,,f !INlTgbaLdnlh:
decided on. But meanwhile there is a powerful claim was a fine boy of fourteen months old, and was valuable gifts to the bride. It-thee
for the representation of India in Parliament. A found lying half on his back, with his arms suite of_ornetnesntt wsititttpe firm
coral
,i of he,
most influentially attended, has been extendedtendeg lii!, right
langleilim2,l his throat
of:vere,ll rdT4l gold,o o
. t
0 the bark of the t
sitting at the Society of Arts, and has decided room, which was useld as a workshop gand which mend the arr,wii,tilioceit;:n of Bail
every article
that members for India, for each of the great was in great confusion, ticle of furniture Lyn.% oang eru'lsles, emenrs, aend
. Presidency towns, should have seats in the House being turned upiside-down, near the door lay alternate rose. Attached to td
4 d Commons. Now supposing this is carried out some
Inc day, the natural corollary will be, that Canada, t.ehe body of the eldest girl, Eliza, aged nine collar. On the bark of the ha.
n her tight side with her bead arms, under a marquis's cor
IstruoN, Lek rds, hands clenched, elbows bent, and The presents from the A 31,1
Australia, New Zealand, &c., should be represented throat cut,
. sisting of a gorgeous team
from which was issuing a stream of blood.
What a monster assembly the House would then This appears to have been the last one murdered. The termaceV, ttreletY. aeinl'itYl
become! What interminable debates we should have unfertunate man had then committed suicide. It diamond ring, the pearl
r on Colonial questions! But we may depend up 'n it would appear he went to his seat, leant over atea chest noble marquis as Earl c
,h hint
used as a work table, and cut hie own throat Id d, aro engraved
that it will be very long before we come to this state of and date of marriage,
m a met desperate manner, placed the knife upon the
eifairn table, and fell under it, the chair falling upon him. Lord Hosoards esta
beautifully-b. und B
The recent advance in the Bank rate of discount has The bodies were afterwards removed to the work- on ebony stand, t
had one effect which has not been made public—it house. Cardiff gdean ex
stopped several limited liability companies "coming containing inen.ar
FURTHER PARTICULARS. with a merqua's
on." And this result on the whole is one on which Specific details of the above horrible tragedy have
the public may be congratulated. In good !moth we come to light, from which it appears that eu 'Monday RT
have quite enough companies already. Indeed, till evening, about five o'clock, Police-constable Neal .was The rosier
the advance in the price of money—a curious phrase, called to the house, 16, Capland-str ere. Lie-en-grove, mansage ot '
but a correct one—the companies were coming out by a woman of the name of
Hiles—who lived next doom the streets -
i tio rapidly that there was a probability of the cone
Ant was
btold that something dreadful had happened. veieutary
who lived in the house had cello] per b
,r munity once wain drifting into a company mania, her attentii% to blood running along' the second- imitates
erected
Legitimate enterprise is one thing; over-speculation floor landing from under the door of the rooms Breeee,
. is another and a very different thing. Speculation of occupied by Jernee Nicholls, his wife, and their greem
1 late has been so active, that it was evident to those
six children. Upon the door being burst open a from
who pail attention to the matter, that it woe beingover-
nuwtt dreadful epectecle presenteeditself.. Three of the wer.,
thildren were lying on the floor with their throat. cut eee
done. The check that bee been given therefore to the t
so frarrully that their heads were newly severed from
proteesion of company-making— for it is a profossion, their bodies. These children were Regina, aged five Y;
and a very profitable one to the promoters—is to be years; ; Lewis aged three years k and Jetties Henry,
rejoiced at. aged fourteen months. In the mljoinieg back room was,
if possible, a still more ghastly sight, for there lay the
The old adage, " much sotild have more," is dead body of another child, Eliza, aged nine, who war
always being illustrated by the demands made on deaf, with her throat cut. The father, James Nichol',
the Post-office. The last demand is—it having sine partly sitting on a chair, as if he had fail,
forward asleep at his bench at work, and his thr
been arranged that private cards with written
wee also cut, and life quite extinct. The instruzY
oommunications on them shall pass for one that had been used was a commode shooter
4 halfpenny—that adhesive stamps abe avail- enife, elempered away at the point. It ar
able. But the Postmaster General says no, the ex - that the wife of the wan is a Plymouth woman.
elusive use of impressed stamps must be insisted on. came from Cornwall with her about two years r
'Why even this should have been decided on is rather Icre,hniati,letols,ellyneebon.stelaurt
ewoir,k siiincetbtehatati
puzzling: for there sertainly hair been no great agitation pressed. ' The wife used tec go' thout!thariyng
for the halfpenny private card system. Perhaps the wag able, and loft the house at seven o'clock
next demand will be for halfpenny letters. May we morning to go to her occupation. The
not, however, go rather too far in this matter of cheap- out two of the children, rierarie, aged
Hannah, aged eight, telling them t
ness? some sweets, and he would mind the
The public have for some time pad been entertained after they had gone the childre
with all sorts of rumours, surmises, contradictions, and to cry, but no notice was taken of ;
corrections with reference to that awful murder in the stated, the blood was seen running tr
aristocratic neighbourhood of Park-lane; but all this along the landing. All the throe
be re marks of the meet fealty
lan been happily followed by the definite statement of them especially being dreadfully •
the capture of the accused and her confes.sion of the of cutting the threat straight aw
i!readful crime. What but arrest could this woman stabbed them first under the es
have expected ? Her plans for escape were poei- a very good character in the in
tively transparent. Her track was marked out by c,hirldren,
iwir
,r exceemiimey el,
herself, and the pursuing detectives had an awry task. I Nicholls was srsrn textrgemlr
, • , Thin awful crime must have produced a saddening . Ile woe married 16 years if
. t effect on the mind of everyone who has read the narra- own Nosily of six, had au -
• '* age of eight months, war,
--: tive of it, and there must be a feeling of relief that the
the wc
accused is now in the hands of justice. out a relative in
who are said to have I
Whatever may he thought ef the merits of the digs terms, out of sheer a
puts in the apiculture' world, there can be no denying have brought
.her up
rents. She is now
the fact that we are coming to what may be called a, L; general servant,
very respectable bucolic revolution, and that the move- Nionolls' family, wit
meiat is rapidly spread-mg t 3 various parts of the country. in all, and lived
As we cannot ignore this fact, the question wiser!, how Nicholls hail rece
shall it be dealt with? Conciliation and arbitration— :14i.cehd:wlmn'tithltr
that is what is wanted; and it is satisfactory, there- night he bemire
fore, to find that the Warwickshire Chamber of of his poor eh'
Agriculture has been digcussing in a matter-of-fact all go to the
and conciliatory spirit this labour question. and has he
inal tte'
decided that a conference shall be held between his weight
representatives of landowners, farmers, and labourers, his peer e,
And that the (ffiamber has meanwhile recommended He open
payments in coin and the adoption of piece-work wher- of boob'
ever practicable. We are all deeply interested in Sunda`
leg an
this agricultural revolution, and whichever side we may poult
take--whether we side with masters or men—we must atte
all be desirous of an amicable settlement of matters in de?
dispute. A conference, with all parties represented, a
is the fairest way of arriving at this desirable result. 7
The labourers have put in their" case;" let the
farmers put in their "counter-Case." It is to be hoped
that other Chambers of Agriculture will fellow the
example of that of Warwickshire.
We shall soon forget Arthur O'Connor and his i
tensely stupid, but none the lea's criminal attack on
Queen. The result of the trial must be pretty gene,
approved of. Had he been declared insane he •
of course have been confined in a criminal ;
asylum during her Majesty's pleasure, which
Means for life, and then be would hare been
eniminaL Now he is only a little criminal, t
he deserves to be, contemptuously. A
prisonment will give him time for reflection
emerge from durance vile sadder and wit
whipping with a birch roil is just the
Tomishment that he merits.
Consilr•r;rie that we are a inaritir
en; been matter of surprise that WO
pertunities for learning the plessar
, .
of swimming. The metrepolis is •
respect. Commenting on the fact
Inimioner of Works has given r
one swimming bath off Batter
semi Waterloo bridge, the Po
Is not only the one capital, r
actually the one large to
absolutely without Swilfir
error. We have swimar
Pentonville, but stilt the
to the requirements •
swimming baths will'
great boon to the Li
a good example to ,
without its ewimr
health and clean!
teaching people t
arrive at the
general that ye
a seafaring hif
we were no
should hav,
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A FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY AT
MAIDA-HILL
• neighbourhood of the Edgware-road, ra,
Is night, the scene of one of the most frightlw
tragedies the* has taken place in London. for;;
years past. A father murdered four of hie children
;Aid then destroyed his own life, under circumstances
that cannot fail to touch the heart and arouse the
sympathy of all who read the said narrative, which is
short, but melancholy in the extreme.
A ehoemsker, named Nicholls, with* wife and six
young children, left Plymouth, his native place, about
a twelvemonth ago in the hope of bettering his posi-
tion, by working at hie business for a London house.
He took a couple of rooms over a small shop, in
Capland-street. Church-street, Edgware-road., He
110011 afterwards obtained employment as boot and
shoe maker to a large firm in London, but having been
accustomed to what is called a "country trade," he
found his deficiency compared with the ability of the
London workmen. He, however, owing to his re-
kability and industry, maintained his situation until
last Saturday, when, in consequence of his having
apoile I a pair of boots, he was discharged. This appears
to have preyed seriously upon the mind of the unfor-
tunate man, whose health has keen declining for some
time past.
Ou Monday, and indeed for some days past, accord-
Mit to the statement of his wife, he had been very
desponding., aul at times almost beside himself. His
wife left him at nine o'clock to fulfil the duties of
chasing at a shop in the neighbourhood. During the
day the unfortunate woman spoke of the sad condition
of the husband, and said she did not know what to
make of him. While thus commenting upon her mis-
fortunes one of her children—her eldest daughter,
twelve year; old—rushed into the house and exclaimed,
Oh, mother, do come home; father has killed hsby,
and be is killing the other children." The poor woman
ran, half frantic, to her house hut in time only to
witness a sight of the most heartrending and terrible
description.
On entering the top floor, where the crime was com-
mitted, Mr. Baker, surgeon, who had been sent for,
beheld a pool of blood issuing from under the back
room door. Upon opening the front room door, a
thrilling scene presented itself. In a sort of semi-circle
lay three children with their throats cut. The first, a
little girl, Louisa, aged three years, lay upon her back,
with her arms extended and her throat severed right
across. The tip of the left baud forefinger was cut
off; in the palm of the hand was a sugarplum and in
the right hand a green bead. The next child was
Rosins, aged five years ; she lay with her face down-
wards and had her hands clenched; her throat also
being cut. James Henry was the third child. He
was a fine boy of fourteen months old, and was
found lying half on his back, with his arms
extended at right angles, and his throat severely
cut and in a pool of blood. Entering the bark
room, which was used as a workshop and which
was in great confusion, every article of furniture
being turned upside-down, near the door lay
the body of the eldest girl, Eliza, aged rdne
years, upon her right side, with her bead
thrown backwards, bawls clenched, elbows bent, and
throat cut, from which was issuing a stream of blood.
This appears to have been the last one murdered. The
unfortunate man had then committed suicide. It
would appear he went to his seat, leant over atea chest
which he used as a work table, and cut his own throat
in a most desperate manner, placed the knife upon the
table, and fell under it, the chair falling upon him.
The bodies were afterwards removed to the work-
house.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Specific details of the above horrible tragedy have
come to light, from which it appears that en Monday
evening, about five o'clock, Police-constable Neal .was
called to the house, ill, Copland-Ai eet, Liason-grove,
by a woman f the name of Hiles—who lived next door
—and was told that something dreadful had happened.
A little boy, who lived in the house, hail called
her attention to blood running along the second-
floor landing from under the door of the rooms
occupied by James Nicholls, his wife, and their
six children. Upon the door being burst open a
nowt dreadful spectacle presented itself. Thfee of the
children were lying on the floor with their throats cut
so fearlully that their heads were newly severed from
their bodies. These children were Itosina, aged five
years ; Lousis aged three years ; and Jones Henry,
aged fourteen months. In the adjoinitig hack room woo,
if possible, a still more ghastly sight, for there lay the
dead body of another child, Eliza, aged nine, who was
deaf, with her throat cut. The father. James Nicholls,
was partly sitting on a chair, as if he had fallen
forward asleep at his bench at work, and his throat
was also cut, and life quite extinct. The instrument
that had been used was a common shoemaker's
knife, sharpened away at the point. It appears
that the wife of the than is a Plymioutil woman, aud he
came from Cornwall with her about two years ago, and
has had tolerably constant work since that time, but,
of course, with such a large f tmily they were hard
pressed. The wife used to go out chasing when she
was able, and left the house at seven o'clock on Monday
morning to go to her occupation. The father sent
out two of the children, beside, aged eleven, and
Hannah, aged eight, telling them to go and buy
some sweetie, and he would wind the others. Soon
after they had gone the children were heard
to cry, but no notice was taken of it until, as above
stated, the blood was seen running under the door and
along the landing. All the throats of the children
bore marks of the most fearful ill-usage, two of
them espcially being dreadfully jaegeel, as if, instead
of cutting the thri at straight away, the murderer had
stabbed them first under the ear. The parents bore
a very good character in the neighbourhood, and the
children were exceedingly clean and neat in their
persons and dress, though inn?.
Nicholls was au extremely industrious, sober man.
He was married 16 years ago, and in addition to his
own family of six, had au aitipteil chip, who, at the
age of eight months, was kft an orphan, and with-
out a relative in the world. Nicholls and his wife,
who are said to have lived on the most affectionate
terms, out of sheer Charily, adopted this child, and
have brought her up with the tenderness of good
parents. She is now 15 years, arid fulfilling a situation
as general servant, going hone at night to sleep.
Nicholls' family, with himself and wife, numbered nine
in all, and lived and slept in two small 'rooms,
Nicholls had recently a severe attack of rheumatism,
which almost disabled his right arm, and his children
were down with the msasles. During the last fort-
night he became very desponding, and spoke frequently
of his poor children, expressing fear that they would
all go to the workhouse. lln Friday night, however,
he was discharged from his employment, and this
seemed thoroughly to crush the poor fellow beneath
his weight of woe. On Saturday he again referred to
his poor children in terms of the deepest despondency.
lie spent a portion of Saturday in finishing a par
of boots for Lie little child Rosina, live years oil On
Sunday his rheumatism in °reseed. He complains, lof his
leg and his right arm, His wife applied warm linseed
poultices tothe part affected ; but notwithstanding her
attention, he grew more and more desponding, On Mon-
day his wife went to the house of a tradesman, about
a hundred yards from her own lodgings, to do a day's
washing. About half past four in the afternoon one
of the children ran over to her, exclaiming, 'Oh.
mother, do come, father has killed baby, and it is all
over blood. I couldn't help it, he would make use go
out of the room." The poor woman ran round to
her house, where the shocking tragedy, as above nar-
rated, was presented to her horrified gaze.

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An inquest was held on Wednesday, when the Jury
returned a verdict that James Nicholls died final a
wound in the throat, and that he killed his children
while in an unsound state of mind.

celebrated. At LIM termination of which toe bruit ami
bridegroom psrusok if the wafer and reosived a blowing
Monsignor Carel conauded the ceremony with a most
eloquent address on the duties of matrimony, and shortly
afterwards the wedding party left the church.
An Immense concourse had assembled outside the Oratory,
gates, which extended some distance along the Brouipton-
road, rod on the departure of the noble marquis and mar-
°Aloness vociferations of Joy met them on envy side. The
Duke of Cambridge and the Right Hon. B4llidMill Disraeli
sli callle in for a full share of the demonstration 01.1 recog-
nition.
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A splendid wedding breakfast was prepared for the occa-
sion, a great number of distinguished persons being present.
amongst whom was his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge. tour space precludes us from giving the long list of
distinguished guests.]
The newly-wedded pair left town shortly after two o'clock
for Cardiff Castle, where they intend staying for a start
period, at which place great preparations have been made for
a grand reception.
. . .

-The bridegroom's gifts to his bride were numerous, con-
sisti lig of suites of valuable jewellery, a magnificent Indian
shawl, and a variety of most costly articles.
The presents to the fair bride displayed at the residence of
Lord Howard of Glossop were of the most dazzling umerin-
thin, and included almost every conceivable object suitable
for such ar occasion which tat and taste could suggest and
wealth obtain. The whole were arranged in an immense
room, and had a charming effect. Among the gifts if
tin-
pirtanee were a magnificent armlet, WILiI large centre of
diamotala of great lustre, from the Duke of Norfolk
splendid gold pendant, with crew of diamonds and pearls,
from Viscountem Beaconsfield ; an elegant cameo pendant
of rare cutting', also gold filagree brooch, with cameo
head, from his if ulmesa Pope Pius ; an exquisite ring,
composed of a huge pearl, surrounded with brilliants,
from harl and Countess Percy; a line onyx pendant
surmounted with a pearl coronet, from the Countess of
Newburgh; a large antique shier-gilt dish, from
the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster ; a hand-
mirror, silver frame, of exquisite workmanship, from the
Earl of Roaebery ; a silver chased bon lion box, from Lord
Penzance; a large silver. g,ilt casket, from the Countess of
Effingham beautiful custard service, with sillier gilt spotlit
and tray, from Vicountess Campion , a splendid Seance of
Irish point lace, from the Marchioness of Kildare; a pretty
Venetian mirror, from the Earl and Countess of Glasgow ; a
pending on porcelain, in elaborate carved gilt frame, sub-
ject—" The Flight into E ypt," from the Very Rev. M.
Capel; a beautiful nrnelet of diamonds, emeralds, and pearls,
from Baron Lionel de Rothachild ; a silver cross, in filigree
work, from Baroness Burdett G mtta ; a penthuitof diamonds,
rubies, and peals, from Baron Meyer de Rothschild ;
an unique gold necklet and pendant, and ear-rings of car-
buncles, from Mr. Hope Scott; gold peu-holder, and
Bohemian vases, from Miss Hope Scott. Lady Petre, Lady
E Knox, and Mrs Graham, presented carriage clocks; an
elegant writing-table suite, from Lady Stafford; a beautiful
casket, from Lady J. Stuart; same elegant china, and other
articles, from Ludy B. Clifton, Lady Leigh. Lady 0 Shaw
Stewart, Lady Henry Somerset, Lady Manners, the Ladies
Noel. flon. Mrs. Digby, Hon. Fitzalan Foley, Mr. G. Far-
quhar, ac.
The inhabitants of Rothesay and the tenants on the Bute
anti Ayrshire estates id the noble marquis contributed some
valuable gifts to the bride. It' thesay selected a splendid
suite of ornaments in the form of bracelet, pendant, and es:-
rings of gold, set with coral of a flee pale tint, pearls, and
diamonds. On the bark of the bracelet is an inscription
and the arms of the town of Retheaity. The Bute tenantry
gave a splendid locket and earrings en mite, composed of
diamonds, rubles, emeralds, and fine Oileutal pearls, set hi
alternate rows. Attached to tlie locket is a handsome gold
collar. On the back of the locket are the Bute and Howard
arms, under a marquis's coronet, with date of marriage.
The presents from the Ayrahire estate are very c.,etly, con-
sisting of a gorge°os di/P.OIOIA tiara of seven brilliants, .0
arranged that, by simply une.rewing, they can be worn as
bracelet, brooch, and necklet; and a Scoteh pearl and
diamond ring, the pearl of rare beauty. The arms of the
noble marquis as Earl of Dumfries, together with those of
Howard, are engraved on the bracelet, with an inscription
and date of marriage. The tenants and those ellgago.t on
Lord Howard's estate at Glissiani presented a large anti
beautifully-bound Bible and a splendid carved ivory Crlltafil
Cu ebony stand, mounted in silver. The volunteers of
Cardiff g tee an exquisitely.palnted fan with pearl handle,
containing monogram in .liamontla anti turquoise, surmounted
with a marquis's coronet of diamonds, emeralds, and rumba.

AM 1,4 pre Windy bean speaking, she said in French, •• It It
quite true, I did murder Madame in • patron, but not for
her money,' and she was going on to deseribe the meaner
in which she committed the murder, but after • few sen-
tences, in the course of which the said that "Madame sting'
glad with her for nearly twenty minutes and that she sue-
seeded In killing her by greeting tightly upon her ,
throat," Inspect r Druscovitch requested her to be
anent while he read the warrant for her apprehen-
sion. He accordingly did to, and Diebbince was at
owe removed into custody, to the smazenissit and con.
alternation of the few individuals who by this time had
entered the cabaret. She was taken to the Prefecture of
Voice, not upon being searched a couple more keys and
several SCCUritiell, together with some English and French
gold, were found upon her. Here again she mode a state-
ment of the farts, which was taken duirn in the usual way,
the wowch having previously been tuietioned. She reverted
to the struggle, and her ultimately getting hold of madame's
neck with vehement gesticulations.