The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-07-18 00:00:00

11isalla11cous ciintrllintnct
ROME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

HYDROPHOBIA. —A correspondent of the CON-
naissances Medicates writes from Smyrna, where he has
lived three years, that not a single case of rabies has
come under his cognisance, or that of the medical men
of that large city, which numbers 200,1100 inhabitants,
although large bees of dogs roam about with
perfect freedom and impunity. On the other hand, it
appears that 200 persons annually die in France from
the bite of mad dogs. The editor of our medical con-
temporary complains that no less a person than the
Director-General of the Home Ministry in France,
M. de Saint Paul, has punished in the Figaro of the
Bth inst., a specific against hydrophobia, which that
high functionary proelaims infallible, if resorted to
within forty days of the bite. It consists of an infusion
of rue, sage, fennel, sweet briar, eke. Dr. Caffel stigma-
tises the professed infallibility of this nostrum as an
unwarrantable falsehood. and reiterates that cauterisa-
tion only prevents infiltration if the vacua into the
blood. He remarks, at the same time, that on only
two-thirds of the persons bitten by mad dogs does the
poison take effect; and that when those who escaped
had taken quack remedies, their immunity wax attri-
buted to the efficacy of these preparations.
EIGHT MURDERS BY A Ntllifte.—A sick nurse
has been arrested at Geneva on a charge of poisoning
successively eight persons whom she had under her
care. only explanation given for the clime is a
sort of lemiicidal monomania, as she does not appear
to have derived any profit from the death of those !
Persona
A CUTE ANSWER —There is it tradition that
one of the old esquires in Malden, Massachusetts,
had a slave who had been in his fancily until he was
about seventy years of age. Perteiving that there was
not much work left in the old man, Ids master took
him one day, and made him a somewhat pompous
address, to the following effect n—" You have been a
faithful servant to me, and my father Wore me. I
have been long thinking what I shall do to reward
, von for your services. I now owe you your freedom.
Yon are your own master—you are your OWII
Upon tins the old negro elms& his head, and, with us
sly glance, which showed that he saw the master's in-
tentions, quietly replied, " No no, mastsa ; you eat the
meat, and now you most pick ele lame."
COINAGE OF 1867.—N0 new soverei!ms were
coined in 18.7, a circumstance which has not happened
for years. No neer crowns or half-crowns were coined,
but that is not an unusual thing ; no half-crowns have
been coineo sicce 1251. 992,795 half-sovereigns were
coined in 1867, and 423,720 florins, but both of these
are much smaller numbers than usual. 2,160,120
shillings were coined, 1,362,240 sixpences (both numbers
much below the average). 4,158 fourpences (an in-
variable number year after year), 717,228 silver three-
prices, and the usual 4,752 silver twopences and 7,920
silver pence. The coppec coinage of 1867 consisted of
the small number if 5,483,520 pence, 2,508,860 half-
pence, and 5,017,600 farthings. Thus nearly nineteen
millions of pieces td money were iesued from the Mint
in 1867, a year in which the amount of coinage was
extraordinarily small. Worn silver coinage of the
nominal value of 1:120,000 was purchased for re/tan:we
in the year; but the Mint value (ss. &I. per oz.) was
only £103,439, so that the loss by recoinage was
210.501.
NEVI.II WASTE YOUR TlME.—Waste Somebody
Else.s.—Patich.
A Maa BURIED ALIVE.—On Friday last, an
accident occurred near the Loughborough-road station
of the Metropolitan Extension Railway, London,
where a number of new streets are being constructed.
A very large and deep excavation had been mask., for
the purpose of procuring a supply of sand for mortar,
and in the morning a man, named James Harding, was
engaged in getting up the sand and gravel. He
bicautionsly began to dig under the perpendicular
side of the excevation, and although cautioned of his
danger he did not desist. The man that cautioned him
went away, and in about ten minutes it was noticed
that he was nowhere to lie seen. The side of the
cutting had fallen its awl completely buried him. A
number of workmen inunediately set about the
removal of the fallen earth, and lie was eventually
got o t still alive, but fearfully injured. His thighs
were broken in several places, and his chest nearly
, crushed in. He was removed to the hospital in a
I hopeless state.
K PoP,'s HYALTIL—A correspondent of the
Poll Gazette writes
For some weeks the Pape has been in a state of great
excitement. Ile a loot s the most rigorous measures against
all who are suspected of libel at views, aud is alienating, and
even banishing his best friends. Me seems to he labouring
antler ft soft if mania, which not only keeps up 555111015
his household, but c,issea uneasiness to his musicians.
I R., FiCUE BY A D young lad, a son of Mr.
Dunlop, of Aughanloo, near Newtown-Limavaddy,
3n, which provides that the expenses of the
• went to the river Roe to bathe. He got carried
should he denmed by tbe Commissioners ta the
I beyond his depth, and, being unable to swim, sank to
tad id money to be provided by Parliament.
,hr Lowther moved en amendment to throw the expenses tlat bottom. Ihere were only a number of little boys
m the tetrough or county, in the same way ash they wei e present, who were unable to render him any aessistance.
-c--s inclined in thin registration of voters. Ile would have been drowned but for a Newfoundland
:tolicam General opposed the amendment. I dog. who, seeing the little fellow sink, jumped into
r a few remarks from Mr. ScrJeant ()melee. the the water dived, and, catchint, Min by the hair of the
tattaiment ems rejected by Ell to 67, and the clause was he
ad a el:ceded in bringing him to the bank, and
lit Luise 43, 3lr. Mill moved to insert a provision that in thus sa.ed him from drowning.
tse of any p. titian where any corrupt practice is proved to T 1 ts. A I,IFFICELTY IN EMIGRATION.— Mr. Consul
• Phce, curt or jaiges shell have power to !
any Green, in his report this year, dated Greytown,
riot:me:a ( costs or expen,es to be defrayed by
who may haveneen proved guilty of airruat practice. Nicaragua, states that there is a want of efficient
t :to Attoruey-iteneral aid, Mr. Lowe oppdsed the amend- ! labour for working the gold and silver mines of that
which Was negativol s ithout a division. I country. Endeavaurs have been made to get China-
al moved in clause 2 to substitute the words I men, but they require a guarantee that should any of
"aorrind preetiees" for t• bribery." them die in Nicaragua their remidns should be pre•
ahe licitor-General polnteil out that the amendmeitt was
papal:int character, as it proposed to inflict a severer served and sent to China, as is done in California.
j neto.aient than was considered occemuy by the committee Such an assurance cannot very well be given in
for the i donee of treating and intimidation Nicaraolia, decomposition being no rapid in that
Lord AndaN ley was unable to draw the distinction between climate that interment is absolutely necessary within a
tell nip nut treating few hours of death.
Ser;icust Gavel, considered there WAS some reason in the
A MAN IN Ai/VANCE OF TIME.—One who
eltatte 05 it stood, but it would be a monstr.ius thing to ,
exclude a man from the House if CI MIMI 'Ds for seven years I has been knocked into the middle of next week.--
1,2,1! ie he might have unwittingly done something which I punch,
might he condi eel into treating. A S• ,RRY SPECCLATION.—Many of our readers
upon a division, the amendment was rejected by 175
will remember a Captain Negroni, who some thne
since exhibited a remarkable collection of jewels
laundered by him from the Winter Palace near Pekin.
He has come to grief. lie pledged some of his jewels
for 1:4,500, and the public prosecutor declared he did
so knowing they were worth little or nothing. The
defence was that Captain Negroid, whose character
has hitherto stood exceptionally high, was himself
deceived, really thought he had obtained Aladdin's
treasures, and disbelieved experts who told him the
contrary.
111011 TREASON IN PRESSIA.—Count Adolf von
Platen-Hallermund has been convicted by the Berlin
criminal court of high treason. The charge against
the Count, as drawn up by the Crown prosecutor, was
that he had for the last two years been the chief
instigator tif the attempts of the ex-King of Hanover
to regain his thrmie ; that the despatches presented on
the night id the 10th of June, 1206, to the Prussian
envoy, Prince Yeenborg, which had led to the declara-
tion of war between Prussia and Hanover, had been
written by him ; and that lie had organised a conspirmty
to restore the independence of Hanover, as was toly
shown by his letters to his brother and others, 0 Itt
breathed the most bitter animosity against Prn :,:v.
The Count not being present he was undefendtl,
aid
after a long speech from the Crown prosecutor, the
f taut delivered ntence. It found Count von PIA' on
guilty of having, while a Prussian subject, octstared
sit!. tally:re abread him It-07 and 1858 to separattt the
province of Ranover from the Prussian mon. cliy,
though he (lid not itetually commence any poweedinge
Ii r I h, purpc, at threatv attaining that object ;" and
of " conduct abroad which bears all the marks of high
treason, both according tAs the Prussian and Hanoverian
law." The sentence was fifteen years' imprisonment
and ten years' surveillance Ly the police. The Crown
proeccutor had proposed that the term of immison-
meat should be ten years only, like that fixed for the
other conspirators, but the Court decided that he should
have a more severe punishment as the originator and
manager of the plot.
LIFE IN TENNI. SSV.F.—A man named Wright,
who lives in Tipton I iitinty, north of Memphis, was
in a barber's shop, being shaved, when a neighbour,
named Edinmiton, calm into the shop to have his hair
cut. Wright spoke pleasantly to Edmonton, who
responded harshly. An altercation ensiled, and Edmon-
ton weal-tut, threateuing at the Flame time that he would
fix Wright. A moment or two afterwards he returned
with an open knife in his hand, and advanced on
Wright, who pulled out a Dering,er and fired. The
ball passed through one of Edmonson's arms, and
entering the forehead of a negro, who had whm pans.
hog heard the noise of the altercation and ha:l stopped
to see the fracas, lie dropped death After Edmonson
WAS wounded he managed with hie unhurt arm to give
Wright several ugly istabs, but none of them were
dangerous. An inquest was held, and a verdict rem
&red that the negro had come to his death by a pistol-
shot tired by some person unknown. Edinonson Was
li,cked tip for beginning the affair and attempting to
kill Wright. Wright went about has business.
Tug kJ:kw:4 OF llosoun —ln the course of a
discussion in the French Legislat:ve body on some of
the estimates for special services of the 'War Depart-
ment, a member, the Count de la Tour, drew atten-
tion to the extraordinary increase of expendituie on
account of the Legion of Honour. It
appears that
t'.e cost of the institution was in 1 52 4,197,9h0f. ;

i them dropped.
! I!• 11. e thou went into committee of supply on the
!, 1.-tiwates.
s. . la,!Sr. Sammits proposed rin amendment to redriee
, building two vessels of the A uthlciulta clas3
:• • ‘silielk were building, though none as yet had been
t • . 1,100 cited in sulissitution for them two turret
• , • .I.petltive designs submitted to the Admiralty
1 , :0,4, and which were rejected on 11.8 resent-
s, .1, so tl,e Controller awl Chief Constructor of the
, favour of their own official design.
00110 conversation the amendment was negatived by
! !her mons agreed to were for victualling yards and
t . • . vice at home alai abroad, medical establish
s,i v.sl shirrs, IlrO Works, medicines
• ! !••.±1 st..res, nsartial law rind law charges, Isalf-pay,
it,,ry anal civil pensiinis, anti allowances for COO-
• i•l tits ps and the-e completed the votes for the
. -• tier for the present financial year.
you intimated that it w. Isis intention to resume
• • ,1 ion ol the Cori opt Practices bill at the morn-
..lay, to go into cominittee of still:4 on the
. ..:1104 for the army awl avii service in the
. s . proceed with the Metropolitan Foreign
sin Thursday.
.. s on the suessage from her Majesty relative to
. 1 .•!.si .1 to he granted to Sir It. Napier was brought up
. agreed to.
The remaining orders of the day were dispOsed of, and the
11. a
of Lords, on July ii. the Bankruptcy Act
.• !.: 1. 11 was committed, hut nothing was dune to
! rat of the leading legal lords objecting to as
; ' •! 1 y a treatment of the subject.
!. . measinea were advanced a stage; and alit-site
t. •• Marriages hilt, the Curragii of Kildare
t ii-! I tic wattle Conversions Ireland Act
kAten,ion pill were read a third time tont passed.
I Is, 11,..s oldie ufficers Disabidlies Rill, the District Church
Act Amendment Bill, the Railways Ireland) Act
At..,•:. bn,mt 1:.II passed throush committee.
.1 ; r loriships then atip turned.
In tl,e lb arse of Commons. the House went into committee
oss t lie Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elections
Lill, :mil resumed the consideration of the I;th clause.
sil:i -it pro, ides that tire report of the judge upon an election
• i! iou shall have the same force as the report of a Pal--
b.:1,10,1y election committee.
r. NI id ins.viel an addition to the deuce to render It
competent for a r •Stlitill to illitilire into corrupt prac-
tic, t municipal electbuis, as well. into corrupt practices
01 lioniciilary elections.
'the i 'morns:in declined to receive the amendment, on the
• tile it wa-i not sufficiently rclevent to the object of
ill, es hi.-It was to check corruption at Parliamentary,
awl not municipal elections.
311.. Bouvet ie suggested that the Issue of a commission
shied tliirli the finding of the judge, strut 1501 upon
istorriS (title House his. a conmshsion of inquiry.
A r.211i11 aiked if he could vary Isis amendment, seas to
provide tied the judge should inquire how far municipal
ti-its had COISILICriI to corrupt practices its a particular
Ilielihiry 'wrong's.
eilair!.!an still thou :hi that the amendment went
ii )!..i! I she ho)ga fide limits of the bill, awl suggested that
it., bon. mend...should move it when the report was 1,1 ought

31ill iaid he would avail himself of the Chairman's

e
Ad .:olte:tor.freneral pointed out that the clause as it
,t $5,1 5., a ni..4 s alnahle one. lie objected to its being
y ti,.! Govet nment to ieme a conimission on the
• p•• t the judge that corrupt practices hail extentively
j silt s..ntemied that they might to dote ice the
iton.s tile discretionary power a hich It but hitherto
ex, •i•eti in l'Ogard to the appointment of ecnntnissions.
s. 1..5 CullVClSatioh the clause as it stood was agreed

['F.:4l Clause 20, which provides that the short hand writer
1.1 the 11..u,c of l'onanon,, or his deputy, should attend a
Lfaaminail take notes of the evidence.
l'hanikers pi...posed an aniendinent, the effect of
Neh was to throw open the ahnithand tang and take
lw y thv chnive privilede propoied to he placed in the
11.• Ii I of tie shottinnol n titers gm the House.
I.o.ld.dvue and Mr. Disraeli supported the original
w Lich war agreed to, the inueadnient being negs-
ti,

!U3reeli erald the operation of the Lill would be limited

to s
M. l vell than !unveil an timendnient, that instead of a
ren ito of bribery being for seven years,
t a i itmliticat ion should only extend to the existiii;
Fur-
latter inquired If the present flovernment in-
teak pial the present law under which a ineniber
C. .1 ~ briboy, ti rail, e, or uniiiie Influence, by him-
: :f or 1.1,, w. ineapald, of sitting HI 010 Mouse due-
I; er tnel iv ient then in existence.
iii • - icitor-General said there was no Intention to alter

.ne further discussion, the Honer divided, and the
rejected by 191 to :G. The clause in m then
to, mid the chairman reported progress.
• t titer was then suspended.
ti-e resettling, Mr. Chillers took the opportunity
I,y tio older tor gonertnt.. Comic litre of Slip-
atteotion to the extent, rout, and classification
• Set nice, Ilis object In doing an was to promote
„ not hy doing anything would affect ex-
intereds, or to effect a SZIVIII," ny cheesepaling, but
rather to onninish the number of persons employed.
C guilty into details as to the sums paid on
.oent of tlie t Iva Service, the lion. gentleman said
ly the evils of which he conthlaiited be a ould give the
. LA Ii understand that if they consented to reduce
tiniebers it should be taken into account in their
• s, mai in his opinion ton, men might do the work of
e :or .1 :mall increase of their Polaris S. Further, there
~•• t•be a ,implitication of classes; and lastly, the 'house
d 1,11; i increase the control of the Tieasury,
: .:,•di tin-is to carry on those financid ml r.i.atIVIIS
S. It well ir,eked up, they were willing to elect.
'nilr of the Exchequer, having desci ibed the
e.,. 0 lot•• 1114 I tel to the increase of expenditm e fir the
: • shaS C y.. 0,1, observed that it rested very
.•n .1 ii ilse to aid the Treasid in twi-tiiir
• ...0..,:anc0 in the various departments. lie ad- '
• n tin it there was a great deal to be said on the
~, •le of want of cla-sification ; hint if due regard
were had tin vested interests, the scheme which Mr.
.0.:H.005 11,..a shadowed foith could hot he put in
• ti tor tweill years. lie Raw no means, in
• i S mltCh to ace. nohlish the object except by the ap.
;it nil of a el.llll3,iiin whose ditty would be to go into
um sth et of the salaries of every der arment, and the
.4 tile duties of every ollice. The stillect was one of
nod Inc thought it best to leave well alone
•.,1!:sr c obark in any new scheme. Attention should,
however, be afveu to the matter.
The House then went into Committee of Supply. The
r- t vote, for salaries and expenses of the Treasury WWI
r. it 11n is igloo discussion. The 1111111 prOpOSed to he
r li.t• .1 In 0..• I "reign anti secret services" ralied an animated

tl

tn.. Civil

3:I:31•11,SI3311.
Compeii,ati,n amonnting to 417,.7.00 and £10,060 was granted
for the accelcrai ion of registration of voters tinder Reform
Arts 1667 and 1,C6
e linos.' then resumed, and the remaining business
raving been disposed of, the House adjourned.
jll tile rows of Commons, on July Mr, veq 'ant
G 11,400 that on gong; ihl caaaniti.e of al 3IY
1.. ' I 331311101 W. the Atlor..ey-t,c.mr.ll lvit to
3 .3t133,3tit31110 100 111 hard Election Committee. sin 1,1
•• • •1r • persot s nit" in him ju.!0111e1•1 11,1.1 neen guilty
viadities, bribery, or per...in...Lion, or who had
. ' [toil other+Lll such prUclicce.
ne•ce I that Rol iii.uso tigi into enturnittce On
. •I,'l Ti Funiii Supplement:Ll Uhl.
. •• ; .t i.cielee inVctl ail i11i1c1.•1111, 1114 the Reuse
- to 1100 011 Um bill in this ..ay ,11;
. r i••• e Ito cetivei,iti3O the Meese divided --For
old ; against, Z;.5 ; inijoiity, 17.
to Liii till 1110001.
1,, • c mnittie upon the SIC of l'ohoni Sala Pharmacy
Aiii.....thient BM WAS resnm d.
glauses of the bid were agreed to with verbal

g Igigsta4.
I.gg. I c.i., propozel a new clawe pnxidina for the re. 21,•
liggt U tg‘ ;ilia di og4ists, ti.ter pas aulsNaggigligSg

-within the last ten years St has reached 18,426.000 f. out that the national revenue has fallen off regularly,
The difference arises from the pensions granted to the and that the cause, mist he ascribed to the ' steadily
recipients of the military medal created since that increasing poverty "of the American people. " They
time by the present Empenv, and to the members of are," he mays, ' and have been for several years must,
the Legion of Hunow• belonging to the army. M. steadily decreasing in wealth." Live stock has dimin-
de la Tours calculate% that the medallists of the army
are 40,000, and the members of the Le ished, corn is short, and it is anticipated that cotton
Le'-'ion of Honour may have to be exported from Europe this summer.
34,000. of whom 3,700 are officers and 000 commanders Foreign merchaudise is rapidly consumed, and has to
and if the civilians decorated with the order be add eel be laid for in promises to pay at a future time, or in
suggests that the regulation ado
the number of Legionaries is 63,000. M. de la Tour gold. Tilea Congress has reduced the amount of manu-
pted by the Covent- facturing taxes by eighty millions, without providing
ment in 1852, but which has nut been observed, should for an increase in the revenue from other sources. "It
be enforced-namely, that the nominations should be is impossible," adds the Nation, "to disguise the fact
, restricted, and that no one should in future be decorated tilat our position is a very serious one, but the whole
ex !opt when there are two vacancies by death or country seeme infatuated with the contrary belief, or
• degradatisin. Au eccentric but witty member of the wrapt in ignorant selfishneas."
Legislative I sely, At. Glais-Bizoin proposee aa the s
• • a UNDAY OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.-
Lest uti de of giving general satisfaction, that the
A. pr.:Team' was iioaile at the last half.yearly meeti a
Cross of the Legion of Honour shall be granted to ns
anybody who thinks proper to pay for it. of the Urystal Palace Company that each shareholder
have four tickets for the aelmasion to the Palace on
give the following passage from a
A,. TiPODEAN P.,LTiiY. -It may be amusing to certain Sundays of four friends, free of charge. This
paper Aid' proposal was carried at the meeting, and a ballot was
circulates only amongst the clergy and educated classes demanded by the rniuority. The number of votes was
in Australia:- as follows :-In favour of shareholders being allowed
•• Australiane. we have a weight to bear,- to take four friends to the Palace on Sundays, free of
That In this land of gi.ld
An art most foul, most terrible, diarge, 5,217 ; against the proposal, 28,423 votes.
It makes your blood rim cold, Tlas decision continue the ballot taken last December,
To think that our beloved Prince, when by 20,087 votes against 4,855, the proprietors
so gentle, good, and kind, refused to adnat on Sun lay any persons except share-
should a, the act of lie.volerice holders. The propesal to close the Palace against
Be shot behind." shareholders on Sundays received 17,898 votes, but was
O A GOD FIND !-- A curious story is in circula- opposed by 50,460 votes.
tion (says the Indrpendaner Blips) about the Bey of FRENCH Arras:sass. -At some of the Paris
Tunis. This patentate, it is said, rot being able to theatres it is customary to reverse the ordinary re•la-
pay the indemnity claimed by France, was informed timis between manager and actress ;an that the former,
that the Kasnadar hail torts- millions of 'sayings con- instead ' f paying salaries to certain ladies of his corn.
cealed in a cistern ; an.' that in consequence ef that !amp, levies a poi dice' sum upon them for the
discovery Ma Hiahnees was in a position to give privilege of walking his boanis. The other cloy a
France six millions, six to Italy. six to Prussia, as charming creature hurst out of the managerial roan
much to England, Ise, This Arabian Nights' story in a towering rage, crying, " I never heard of such a
may have for its companim the statement of the thing ; I won't stop in such a hole a day longer !"
Arenir, a Luxembourg journal, which relates how " What is the matter?" asked a sympathising friend.
five Pnissian officers were found working in the dis- " Matter ? Why, listen and judge for yourself. My
guise of journeymen masons, at the fortifications directer hns as hiul the coummate unpudence to want to
Verdun ; how four escaped and one was arrested, at a d raise my salary !"
how the plans were immediately modified in coma-
quence. One story is on a par with the other. TAPPING THE TELF.GRAPIL-In the discussion
of the Telearaph Bill before the Committee of the
SIR ROBERT NAPIER'S PENSION.- The amount „„ae of -a' s. c ases , 1 .
I.ommons, Sir C. eatstone s exp anation
of the pension to Sir Robert Napier has been criticised H
of Ins cryptograph, the instrument by which ciphers
as being inadequate to sustain the dignity of a member are transmitted, was very entertaining,
.and still more
of the House of Lords. There are, however, pre- so were the speculations as to "milking 'or "tapping"
cedents for tl•is grant of £2,000 a year. A like sum so
wires. 'lbis. it seems,. has never been attempted
seam awarded to Lord Gough for his services at the ffir serious purposes-not even, as a witness said, in
battles of Moe:lkea. Fri...all:di, and Sobrami ; and Stock Exchange or racing operations ; but it can be
Lords Raglan and Seaton have now each a ',amain sif done. A clever clerk can read a message in transit
Eat 00 in censideratiou of the military services of their at a point where it is not intended to stop. This
fathers. Lord Hardinge was awarded E 3,000, to be seems perfectly marvellous, hut there is no end to
continued to his two successors; in the title. But in electric wonders. Tile French Coverument, it seems,
comparison with the peMions granted to those who have
have served the State out of the army, these slims do been accused of milking and tapping, but they
have denied it. There must be a gre it many persons'
not show to advantage. An ex-Lord Chancellor gets in collusion to " tap," successfully on system and the
£5,000 ; a retiring plasm) judge, £3,400 ; aud an ex- ffict is always discovered without delay.- Court
cabinet minister, whether peer or commoner, L 2,000. Joto„not
The abolished office of atelitoageneral in Ireland has
for years secured Lord Roden a pension of £2,700. DIG AMY.-At the Oxford Assizes, before Mr.
These pensions, however, are for life only. Justice Bytes, William George Wyatt. 32, draper and
THE COST TME OF CERTAIN PEN:Ea.-The Loudon ailk narcer, was inilicti•d for feloniously marrying
correspondent of the Limrpool Albion writes'- Harriet Hattersby Webb, at Oxford, on the 11th of
November, his former wife, Emily Jane, being then
Lord Westbury Is constant in his attenilabce at the Rouse aims nle pi isoner had formerly been in business on
now ; and he is as great a "swell" an ever. Ile wears a ffis own account, but hot year was acting as milkman
tern-down collar sail narrow blue tie of the most juvenile 1
pretensions; and occasionally he sports a green plaid 1 to Messrs.. Haas and Co., of Reading, The prose-
trousers, eats illundeated squares of such proportions that 1 cubic kept ie Berlin wool and fancy repository there,
only some half-dozen of them go to the leg. How different I assisted by two (Aber females. She had to purchase
is the ex-Chancellor from the ex-Freinier ' Lord Russell : silk at prisoner's employers, thus became acquainted
. line for his head covering 1)10 traditional white beaver of the 1 with him and, not knowing he was a Mulled man,
1 old Wlliza The venerable Marquis of Lansdowne himself 1 ~,,,,,,„,, ,:,,,o to ay his asssasaas . . ~
! never niounteel a mister one than " LittleJolinny" appears ' ...u".." ..` to Mr. 'I hey were
la. Beavers, and slate beavers especially, are never stout- d Oxford,pay
dafterwardsresided t •
! !name at an
tripped ; but there is a ter six inches limg on his Sirsiship's, places where the prisoner had business connectima
and evidently the hair is brushed against the
Ltdain, Lord includhig. Southampton, Plymouth, Jersey, and
Grey has one of the smie orthodox furriness as Russell's, Banbury. She ultimately found that lie was already
but iiist such a peered " evtinguisher." Lord Stanley of married and bad deserted his children. The prisoner
Alderley, Lord Granville, and •tlier less elderly Whigs than -
ound Guilty, and sentenced to seven years' penal
L' 'rile Russell and Grey, are not so strict in political costume. t was
They do wvir white lists: Ina theirs are the compromise , servitude.
volgarly known as " shaved slates "-the ordinary uldte hats i SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN.- On Tuesday evenhor
oh the. present day-which have neither fur nor silk.
intelligence was received in Ballitinaloe of the suiciere
A WRISTS .1 ray !-At the Montgomery Quarter of the Rev. Mr. Robinson, of Tynagh, near Louglirea.
Sessions, a tailor, named Weleh, was placed in the The unfortunate eentleman was found dead in his rosin
dock charged Whin stealing a milk can. The prisoner with his throat ' frightfully cut. Some time ago the
SPAS undefended, and the jury, after hearing the rev. gentleman became insane, and was sem for about
evidence, handed in a verdict of "Guilty," and Welsh two years to a lunatic asylum, and at the close of that
was senteuced to three months' imprisonment. Ac- period was diecharsed well. Since then he has con-
conling to the local paper it boa since transpired that, tinned to discharge his ininisterial duties. Ile wile
so far from finding the prisoner guilty, the jury were under die belief that he had become security for several
unanimous in the belief that he wine innocent, and the persons, and that lie wise so involved that ruin alone
forentan was charged with the delivery of a verdict could result-the fact being that lie Yaw in most corn.
but that when he stood up to reply to the fortable c.rcumstancee. The deceased gentleman was
formal question of the clerk of the court, the unfer- unmarried.
tunate man lost his presence of mind and delivered a
verdict of "Guilty." and the prisoner was consigned to A DAT WITHOUT A NIGHT.-One night in
gaol in the presence of the jury, who were too frightened July we landed on the shore of a northern fiord, in lat.
to interfere. 60 deg. north. We ascended a cliff which rose 1,0011
feet above the level of the sea. It was late, but still
Tile DANGER OF CARRYING FIRE-Allms.-In
sunlight. Ihe Arctic ocean stretched away In the
Paris, on Friday evening, as the Prince de Beauvau
silent vastness at our, feet. The sound of its waves i
was' in the act of stepping from his carriage to the --
scarcely reached our airy look-out. Away in the mirth I
caffi beneath the Jockey Club, fell shot by a bailed
revolver which he carried in his pocket. The ball the huge old sun swung along the horizon, like the WAS THEODORE DECEIVED !
slow beat of the pendulum in the tall clock in our Main Punch ).
entered the groin, traversed the intestines, and lodged
grandfather's parlour corner. When both hands came Tbe papers have been asking the question, the Pan
in the chest. In spite of the mortal nature of the Jae/ aaa tte leading the way.
together at twelve, midnight, the full round orb hung
wimod, the Prince had the strength and courage to
tdrileinnerad:tleypeaeboese7l tthheew:.veete-rabebrtiwileeee;:f
ug,sildzuretitnii.iiiii: I
.ll.aere Se'xa se iL/ipz
huta
gletst
iteZteibt,t,io!,'
pick up the pistol, which had fallen ft his pocket,
and get into his catiage umtided. The foutaaesent•ms ~, •ietinld pnt up
1 here he silo ine in silent niajestv, which knew ll" 1 with the imprisonnient eif her consul, and the outraee
however, startled by the report "sf then istol, crowded e inl, o Un all y
setting,. W • • 1 t •I ti k iff Air 11. ta .nowi ol I
1 of her envoy, rather than jay five millious to puni'sh
round the dying Prince, and endeavoured tss carry lam
. was said. Combine, if you can, the most brilffistit sun-
to an eighbouring apothecary's. He, however, expired lam :ad set them free. But she wolashat.
rise and sunset yon ever saw, and its beauties will pale
ere this was accomplished. Atiother fat wariang He thomtht no F.ai,th. force could march from
ffifore the most gorgeents Calming which now lit up
this th those wffi persist in the habit of carrying loaded Zola's. to alaedala. But it did.
the ocean, heaven, and Imitintain. In half an hour He thou s t his prima] fortress inpregnal de. But it
fir anus about their persons. sh
. the sun had thuna, up perceptildy on ite beat, the wasn.t.
INCREASE OF SMUGGLING. - The Commis- celeum cliangea ti those of the morning, a fresh breeze lie thought his own big guns wmild smash the little
sioners of Custions have to report an increase ed smug- rimsleil oVf .1. the fiord, one songster after anether piped I Englith meuntain batteries. But they o othhat.
aging in this country in 1867, but generally in small upon the gnive behMd us we has to e slid in another Ile thought the rocket brigade at Arrogie WaS a
quantities. There were 113 seizures of tobaeco, in day.- Letter
.from Norway. train of baggage-mules, and the Punjaub Pioneers a
quantities of 10 Ihs. or upward+, or of spirits in quasi-rout of camp followers. But they wenet.
LUNACY IN FRANCE. -The Corps Legislatif
tiles of two galheis or upwarde ; the total quantity
being 10,4aa 'la, of tobacco and 439 gallons of spirits, ' • - • was on Sattuday occupied with a most serious matter,
• . He thought air Robert Napier would walk off
thankfully with cows and captives, and leave him in
ana 153 oinvictions were obtaitied. There were also which has already engaged the Emperor's attention-
quiet possessith of his chiefs, his crown, his mortars,
885 smugglers cenyieted summarily on seizures of namely, the condition of the law affecting lunatics, oirt
and his Maeilala Da he wouldn't.
supposed lunatics, in France. Any prefect. inay, •
smaller quantitie' of tobacco and spirits. Two in-
seeme, issue a warrant for the incarcerati,?ti of a,nm,a,11,1- i Yes. Theodore leas deceived at all points-
casks, entk•red as free goods, and purporting to con- in a lunatic asylum, and may thus get nil f.. .
tain camomile flowers, were imported from Stettin, noxious perisen.f . far more effectually than by bringing I Anil " earved him right," says .llfr. Pond,.
and mem examination were found to contain 155 lbs, him before a tribunal. Sone startling, examples of the 1
of ciaars packed in the middle of the camomile flowers. way in which this regulation works were given by al.
Another cask imported from Hamburg, entered a t Las juinaie, of Nants•s, who cited, amongst others, the
drugs, and also purporting to contain camomile fliswers case af the unfertuuate soldier, Hanson, shut up in an
only, was amnd 'wan examination to contain 129 lbs. isaalinn because
..of tlie. impertamitty aitili asli,a_elii,..line
solicited a reward. for his devotem is Louis a j I
of cigars, ingeniously packed in the flowers. Three
in the affair of Strasbourg. alien there was an un-
unesually large seizures were made at the outputs,
lucky widow of fifty who Was treated for lost wit
1,101 Ms: of tobacco stalks were fauna in a fume brake
in the island of aincrusey, evidently prepared for because she fell in love with a gentleman, and dal him
shipment to the United Kingaom. At rortsniont h the honour to be jealous about ban, nail to tread some-
the coa.stguard seized a boat with 4,609 lbs. of staff what spitefully on a rival's skirt. 1 bis seeins worse
drifting towards the shore. At Liverpool, upwards of than ear own system, and sonic very remarkable t lungs
1,100 lia, of cigars were found conceals_ , have been dune under that.
• •d in some glue,
! ,
which had been entered on a warrant fin. free goods. ! d AFANi.S& 0 UTDONE.-Juggling Extraordinary
Cr mous Er STORATION TO SIGHT.-At a recent .in Society. Feat as performe lin Belgrave Square.
meeting of some of the gentlemen interested in a Keeping up a ball front eleven p.m. till five in the
charity called the "Jewish blind, ' a remarkable cal, morning.-Panch.
was brought under the notice of the president., Sir 1 .
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY -The ICew York
Benjamin Phillips. A woman (stone blind) has been l
in receipt of a pension for about eight years. Dull
•a„ . papers recently published an account of the finding of
' a
heavy storm that prevailed segue weeks since she the dead isody of a young man, named George Shollier,
a a I in Hudson city, with a pistol shot wound in the back
became suddenly aware, as she expressed it, of
1 of the heal, and his pockets rifled of their contents,
glimmer of light," and from that time to the present
i ...Itr..n.-,aa..s..unqueetioned that a foul murder had been corn-
restored violin has Unproved daily; perfect eyesight is nosy aud that the object wan plunder. It now
restored to her. The poem woman expresses herself an aunt I
' appears from an affidavit made before :helm Connolly,
having been "greatly shocked" at the thunder and
at New Yolk, by Mr. Page, of No. 21, West Forty-
lightning. . fiftlastreet, that the deceased was recently employed
Tug RULING PA SSION.-The Cottrt Joornol Iby him as house servant ; that he stole from a bureau,
tells the following story of a bishop, whose seat is ! to which he obtained access by false keys, two valuable
doubtless the most western in England :- 1 cluster diamond rinss and other jewellery, together
Some years ago his lordship was suffering from a severe I with some lace handkerchiefs, in all of the value of
2,000 dollars. Obtaining possession of his plunder
illness. The danger passed, awl a turn towards recovery ;
havilig been taken, the physician in attend:nice recommended
brandy.ai in very small, uantities, to he taken at regular 1 young Sholber turned sonieof it into money, fitted lain-
inter la
•• But I 110 slot like brandy," sail the bishop. self out in fashiondile garments, and still wearing
It
- Tine, my lord," replied the physician; " I have no doubt some of the diamonds, and sporting an expensive gold
your lordship has disliked many Of the Medicines I have watch, started in a gram" round of metrapo ian eh ts-
p but I hope sour lordship has taken them." " I sipat ion. He represent.' himself as a wealthy broker,
hreavetaken pew medicines, lint I wilt not touch your brandy,"
somewhat impatiently responded the bishop. The physician, and lavisheil his money and gifts isf las Molen jewellery
persistent though polite, then said, "It is my profnssmal with princely liberality. As to the death of Sholber
the presumption is-and there seems very little reason
duty to your lordsnip.'' " I tell you, ,10a,,:, I stint o touchl
y • brandy." firmly replied the bishop • 'then, my on ,lil to doubt its correctness-that owing to his lavish
your
only further to ask you whether )oit have nude arrange- expenditure of monev. and statements of his large
havesfer yoor lordship's &VII tare fro. 11,10 ',aria as lam wealth, he was probably followed by some one of the
convinced that without brandy your lordsli must elle." • 1 many dissidute mu w
I reckless characters ho frop ient
am prepare Ito die, but I wind tolich y, sw Pmely, 'WM the these saloons, and murdered. aleantime no clue has
obstinate and somewhat envy reply. The physician walked
gently to tbeen obtained to the murderer.
he head of the bed, simile hispered in the bishop's ear
"Need ein youodshlhat Lord Russell is in office?"
The bisho Len d rlr
p sprang up with p t
a mirthful twinkle in his eye, TIIE PRINCE :a OF M'AMS.-The happy and
and exclaimed, "So he is' Doctor, fetch the trendy; I'll healthy course of the accouchement of her Royal High-
drink a quart if necessary. ness the Princess of Wales is a source of unalloyed
satisffition (says the Brilish Medical Journal). Iler
CAUTIOI. -Ladies who wear long dresses, and
dislike their being trampled on, should wear upon their Royal Highness was driving out on Sunday, and at
4.25 a.m. on Monday, her new littl • Prihcess came
backs a card with the inscription, "No Followers
into the world, Dr. Arthur It and Dr. Sieveling
Allowed !"-Paneli. being in attendance. Happily, nothing, either in the
Tile MY, TERIOCS DISCOVERY OF HUMAN RE- accouchement or the convalescence, has occurred to
MAINS.- In October last considerable consternation was recall the unfortunate illness which marred the re-
excited by the accidental discovery of human remains covery of the royal patient on the last occasion. Nor
in an old disused colliery shaft in Bewdley Forest, hias it n any way influenced unfa.ourabla the present
near the picturesque village of Arley, which is in the event. Everything has posed off auspiciously, and
county of Stafford, though closely bordering on Woo the medical record is a prosperous blank. The little
cestershire and Salop. The reniains discovered were Princess is a fine healthy and thriving, infant.
those of three persons an infant, a child of about
seven, and a third of about three years of age. The MURDER IN A DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.-The
legs of the oldest Democrats of Philadelphia held several stormy con-
of the subjects were tied together
ventions on the 2,3 rel of ,June. At. the. dele,ate
with tarred corcl, and there could be little doubt that at
elections one man was murdered, and several were
least two feel murders had been committed. The
police were set t ounded ; the murder was con witted in John Half-
seas work, hut at the time the inquest wpannya house, Nior2o, South Ninth Street. Michael
was held no light was thrown on the mystery, and the e
Janes' entered into a dispute with several illegal
coroner, at the Sligg'eSiloll ,if the police, adjourned th
inquest f voters. Gallen, who arm at the window wlien the oars
or a lengthened period, it: order to afford tiine
for elucidating the mystery, if it were possible. a were received was set upon, and during the fight he
'l,l pit shaft is situate.' in a lonely spot in a coppice 'received three or four etala ill the body, one of whieli
mar to a footpath used by pedestrians crossing from
entered the left breast and penetrated the lung. A
atol was fired, lett the ball did not etrike ham
Bewilley to Arley. The depth 1:f the pit at first al
peered to le. only &mut six feet, but it was di,covertql. l'llffin w leas totes into the house, and in a short time
Inirne to the Pennsylvania Hospital, where he died in
that thus was only a temporary bottom formed b y
ilsnit an hour The persons eneseeted in the affray.
sticks aud nilibish, and that the pit was in fact some
twenty feet d ;led, but, during the evening Dennis al"Bride and
deep and full of water. The adjourned
inquest has now been held, but as the police could Jm w arrested John Toe ere aested on suspicion of being plata
throw no new light on the matter, the cerener's jury sipants ill the fight, alai locked up in the Seventeeth
returned a venlict of "Wilful murder against some
District Station w
. 'The battles were again renewed,
and rough scenes were witnessed in the A ssembly-
person or persons unknown," and the Government has
offered a reward of £5O for the conviction of the rams.
The Convention for the nomination of
murderer, and a free pardon to an informing accomplice District Attorney broke lip in a quarrel without
not the actual murderer. rnement organisation. Tie Convention for the
pe •
MUDDLED UP.-It is rare that editors induage
_, ~„ ,
1 nomination of Mayor WaS organised, and then ad-
in a drop but when they do their readers are apt to journeo until tour p.m.
E TION -A curious
find them' out (says an American paper). Witness the A CURIOUS AN D NOVEL Qr s ..
following -
question has been raised in the Lambeth County Court.
:
Melancholy event. -Yesterday morning, at four r .., a A man named Barraud had died, leaving 143801 in the
man with shedl ill the hole of his stocking committed :amide hands of a trustee, to be paid at the rate of four shit-
la swallowing a large quantity of Ouliciule. Tim inquest of lingo a-week to the mother of his illegitimate child for
the verdict renirileil a jury that the deceaseil came to the
facts In accordance with hie death. He leaves a child and
its support, with the proviso that if the child died
six small wires tO lament his end ill his untimely death. In • while an of the • remained it wag to be paid
death we are in the nada of life. over to the mones
mother for her sole use. While this pay-
ATT• Alert D MCIIDER BY A Pt-Int.-A few ment of four shillings a week was going on, the
mat ler o toe cii nen
niglas lock a pupil in the training sthool for yonng
Afterwards the child died, the mother left the work-
-1 ft: 1 'ld •- t into Camlserwell Workhouse.
priests in Herault rose from Ids ised white all his Coln..
bona! and married a man named Haves, who raised an
rashes in the doimitory were asleep, and in a state of
action to compel the trustee under 'Bermuda will to
y the balance of the legacy. The Camberwell
sonnambnlism made an attack on the guardian of the
apartment. The latter was awakened by feeling a
pay
claimed that they had a lien of some kind
hand on his shoulder and the math of blows on thetas&
guardians
e tame in respect of the womates maintenance
°ail' she waYs in the workhouse, but tile Court ilecided
ilehpeinsAlysaielialyit
11,eiadi,emtreatdeodttlihresem.s.,tatthes,,Ise-latelida,lke.neitf,e, 1,17!
~.
Za 'teth est had no !oral standi in the case. and that the
was seized and loi ked up in a ram by himself. null the
iai ey they
oto the Plaintiff. The question remains
ilex t I,lorl Izlg WM utterly unca, i sea ins of what hail trans-
mwhieltlier the agtuardians can compel the Wonlan'S hili-
ilired. He expressed Li.; great regret and his desire to
bead to pay for her maintenance while she Was a single
be sent to his patents. WOlikall and a pauper. If the law attaches such a
SERIOes PcSITION OF AFFAIRS -The state of rev. oosibility too man who marries a pauper woman,
the fl s tomes lasing to excite gamine alarm ill the . it will not improve the guerdiales' clones of g tting
laiii•eil StA, et. A Repel& n a titer reeelitla Is a teril id of mania:a ai 1., I""Traa ' ••••-•"11 ',TT.

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