The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-03-21 00:00:00

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FR/EL..% FOREIGN, AND COLONIALS

A SCENE NOT IN THE PROGRAMME ! The
following curious occurrence took place ,ecently at the
Salomonsal Circus of Berlin. During a pause in the
perfoimance a fashionably dressed man descended into
the arena and made sign to tire actors, the musicians,
and the public. Some important commuoication was
expected ,the performance ceased, and profound silence
ensued. The new-comer that called out in a strong
voice, "Is the midwife Herrmann here ? " The ques-
tion produced a 'Mout of laushter ; but as soon as the
merriment had subsided, another voice from the oecond
tier replied in the affirmative. The quench, perfectly
undisturbed, then said, "Hasten to the Cerletrasse
No. --, where you are expected with impatience."
He then retired majestically, without caring about
the emulation caused by this unexpected dialogue. The
incident was the great success of the evening.
A COMMON COMPLAINT.—UntiI he read that
reference was made to Ito prevalence in the veterinary
rtport, at the recent monthly meeting of the Rtyal
Agricultural Society, Sloperton acknowledges that he
did not know what " Quarter Evil" really was. His
Idea had always been'that it was rent-day.—Punch.
MASSACHUSETTS PROHIBITORY LAW. The re-
port of the Police Commissioners of Massachusetta on
their operations during the year in enforcing the Pro-
hibitory Liquor Law is very curious in its revelations.
The Commissioners have no other duty to perform
than to enforce this law and those againat gambling,
and yet they report that they hove only reduced the
number , f places where liquor is un'awfully sold in
Boston 525 out of 2,592 in about three years. The
Commissioners thus adroit that liquor is now nubs ws
fully cold in 2,467 places. Yet the Conanimioriere
have extraordinary powers; they may not only arrest
the liquor dealer, but fisizs his ntock-in-traile, whims
the State that prohibits the sale of the liquor Oleo not
destroy, but sells. The Commissioners ask that the
State p dice force be doubled, so as to give one offietor
to every 4,000 inhabitants. On the other hand, there
is a strong anti-prohibitory party in the State, which
demands an entire repeal of the law, and which allegro
that drunkenness has been increased during the ex-
istence of the law, and that even on the Commissioners'
showing, injustice is being done by allowing 2,467
liquor dealer. to violate the law.
A C Unit/US COINCIDENCL—At thooe Crises in
nff airs, so trying to political consiotency, when
power, whether that of a dynasty or an adnconiatrotion,
eubdeply changes hands, some tactic required to avoid
embarrassing collisions witn persona in a state of
transition. A story, told by H. Legouv6, of a
suleciew conimitto. by Scribe, the dramatic author, is
a curious illustration of this. The Second Empire had
just been inaugurated when Scribe met a former
ochoolfellow of his, an important personage, whom the
writer calls M. de V, rteul, " Well," said he to Scribe,
" what are you about? any new comedy on the oto nke ?"
"Yea," replied the dramatist, "1 have got 11 charming
mhjeat : a peer of France under Louis Philippe, who
becomes a senator under Napoleon 111. Imagine the
mimic oituations afforded by this character in his at-
tempts to reconcile his past with his present allegiance !
It will be glorious I" Here the friends acre parted by
the crowd. Scribe returned home. "I am afraid,"
thought he, "that my subject is not as hood as I sup-
posed. De Verteuil to a clever fellow. I fully unfolded
the plot to him. But he did not laugh ; hang it, he did
not laugh. That's a bad sign." While thus musiag
Scribe opened the evening paper and read the follow-
ing :—" M. de Verteuil, peer of France, is appointed
senator."

CAUSES OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. —The reports
of Lieut.-Colonel Hutchinson, RE., have been issuid
relative to two railway accidents—viz., one upon the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Line Anent.° line, which
orctur,d DLC. 20. 1873, and the other upon the Mid-
land, Dee. 17, 1873. In neither case was there any
low of life, and the injuries received were only of a
very slight character. In speaking of the causes
which led to the collisions in each case Lint. -Colonel
Hutchinson ascribes theEn to the want of "proper
riding accommod ttion," and with especial reference to
the former casualty he says : 'Tide, as well as that of
the one which occurred in 1872, will no doubt be at.
tributed in eoate quarters to the item of ' Inman falli-
bility 'which is said to account for 95 percent. of all
accidents. For my own part, I believe it will be
found, on careful investigation, that, in the large ma-
jority of these hum an fallibility' accidents, human
tallibility may be counteracted or rendered harmless
by the adoption of simple mechanical means; and
this is certainly true in the two instances now refer-
red to."

A CC/I.TM= LITTER. WHIT MI. —An American
paper, the Augusta Chronicle says :—" Mr. George A.
Gustin, now in Washington City, is one of the coin.
ventors of a ty pe.wi kir g machine, which, if successful,
will prove one of the greatest and most useful inven-
tions of the age. Me tyt e writer is about the size of
an ordinary sewing machine, and is worked with keys
similar to piano keys. It is claimed that an expert
can write with it readily 60 words a minute, and that
it can write fully a hundred words a minute, Any
person, it is said, with only two weeks' practice can
write with it fester than with a pen. It can also
'manifold' or write two to 20 copies at once whenever
desired.

Li% POTATO TUB ROOT OP EVIL !—AL
length we are pat in possession of the root of evil which
has caused the revolutions of the last two centuries.
It is the potato. A chemist, named Leidenfrost, }lath
so pronounced. Nor is he singular in his judgment.
Several German writers upon races predict that
nations, far from improving, will deteriorate both in
physical and mental characteristics if potatoes bee
a principal article of diet. The celebrated Carl Voight
says that the nourishing potati does not restore the
waited tisanes, but makes our proletariats physically
and mentally weak. The Holland physiologist,
Mulder, gives the same judgment when he declares
that tke excessive use of potatoes among the poorer
classes and coffee and tea by the iffgher ranks, is the
cauPe of the indolence of nations.

WHO 15 THE SKNIOR MEMBER i —A nice ques-
tion as to precedence arises among several members of
the new House of Commons (says the Pall Mall
Gazette). Who is the senior member for a given place?
Tee member who has been before returned by the
same constituency, or the member who, whether new
or old, was returned at the head of the poll? For
example, ba Glasgow, Mr. Anderson served in the last
Parliament; but Dr. Cameron, a new member, b.
tabled by far the larger number of votes, and there
are other instances of the kind in the present House.
Sir Erskine May tells no that the same question smile
in 1866 between the Lord Advocate and Dlr. M`Laren,
members for Edinburgh • and also between Mr.
I ',Ladoga Itueeett and Colonel Gilpin, members for
Bedf,rdshire. In each case the junior member in point
of service was retutned at the head of the poll, and
his name, therefore, occurred firet in the return-book
and we are told that on that occasion "Earl Hassell
and the Speaker concurred in opinion that the member
who damue first in the return-book must be accounted
the senior member." Thus the title of senior merit& r
does not depend en length of service, but varies with a
member's popularity with his constituents. The only
Parliamentary recognition of the precedence of a
"senior member" seems to be that, in the event of a
call of the House, his name would be called tint
among the mornh,ra for the pla,.ho represents.

UttIJELTY TO • CAT. --M the Worship-street
Police-court, in Londmi, Herbert Marks, about twenty
years of age, the son 44 a geollemsn iesadlng at Hack-
ney, wan charged on a MIMn no with cruelly beating a
a cat an] killing it. The prosecution was conducted
by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. The cat was the property of a gentleman
residing at 81, Sr. Mark's-, quare. Ile stated that the
cat was a favourite in the house, and was bromht in
by his housekeeper on the evening of the 24th of
February with its bead injsred on one side, and its
back and shoulder broken, It died in a few hours.
The prosecutor communicated with the police and
then with the Royal Society. The defendant had
since written a letter to the prosecutor, expressing
regret for what had happened, and stating that
without intending to kill the cat, he had beaten it
because it atticked his pigeons. The prosecutor was
willing to accept the apology. The magistrate said
that unfortunately such brutality was not atoned for
by an apology. It was not no much the cat as humanity
and society that was injured. An inspector of the
Society deposed that he had seen the ddendant on the
matter, and was told by him that thu cat was in the
habit of coming after his pigeons, and on the day in
question he found it lurking in the garden. Ile went
out and caught up a thin iron rod, with which he struck
the cat. The defendant admitted striking the oat one
blow. The magistrate doubted whether a person would
be responsible under the Act if he killed a cat which
destroyed his property, bat then It must be despatched
without cruelty. Li this case, however, it seemed to
him such horrible brutality that he could not give the
defendant the option of paying a tine, tie then sem
termed him to 14 days' imprisonment, The M.cisiot,
appeared to create considerable surprise in court, and
tho ,lefondant was removed in custody.

To Be Saes TJ Bt BZLIEVED.—An American
gentleman writes:—' Years ago we remember nearing
of a French singer at a cafe chantant, whose husband,
on being complimented on the dazzling fairness of his
wife's neck, lifted t,d a pair of shoulders of tinted wax,
so at ranged as to bte easily adjustable. but that any
of our beltes should censent to the paltry deception of
wearing false kid neck, made in Berlin and Paris, and
sent with a vast amount of mystery, to the beauty arm
bitious of a full round neck and shoulders, is sons thing
that almost needs to be 'men to be believed.' yet this
Is d me. Let one fancy meeting a lady at a ball, whose
tulle matt, dexterously wrapped about her thro4 and
carelessly thrown back so as to form pen-last eude over
her back, serves only to soften the gloss and enhance
the symmetry of what seems to her dazzled observer a
superb pair of shoulders. Fancy discovering afterwards,
perhaps when said lady has become a bride, that those
ehoole were a dream—made of kid 1

A LUNAR ELEVATOR IN A FIX. Thomas
Brown was eingloyed at a certain theatre • few years
ago DA a kind of utility 111140, and one night the
manager put him behind the scene at the rear of the
stage so take care of the moon. Brown had a candle
on the end of a long pole, and It was his duty to bold
the light behind the moon, which was merely around,
unpainted space in the curtain, .nd to pull the curtain
slowly up to represent the rising of the moon. Brown
seated himself on a ;deco of a baronial castle, and
while waiting for the order to go to work he fell asleep.
Presently tag tragedian on the stage said to the heroine,
'Swear by }on bright moon," itc., &c., and turned to
paint to it; but the orb of night WAD not there.
The stage manager flew around and gave Brown
a kick, and in a frenzy ordered him to " ll'ist that
moon quick." Brown was bewildered, and with-
out waiting for further orders he ran the curtain clear
up with one jerk, when the cord broke, and down it
came again. Another string was hurriedly rigged on
the pulley, and the moon began to rise properly ; but
Brown's nerves were so unstrung by fright that he
couldn't hold the candle steady behind it, so that there
were fifteen or twenty ec:ipaes during the ascent, the
Ii rht meanwhile wandering all over the curtain, to the
Infinite amusement of the audience. However, the
luminary got safely up at last, and the tragedian again
observed, "Swear by you bright moon ." but before
the wthda were fairly out the curd snapped again, the
curtain unrolled with vel )city, and broke Lome from
the roller, revealing Brown, the lunar elevator, roam-
ing around in his shirt-sleeves with a candle on a stick.

Brown got out of the house very fast to oacape a real
tragedy.
Tim LAST WORD.—Cabby (to stately Party,
who has given him his legal Fare): "'Makin' yer F. -
tune, Sir, no doubt I "—Swell (not exactly catching the
Remark): "Eli?"—Ceseby : "You're a laying by a
good hit a' Money, Sir, 1 be bound I "—Swell (inriig•
nantly): "What d'you mean, Sir ? "—Cabby : "Why
you don't Spend much, seeminly l" [Drives off in
trimeph.]—PUNCH.
TBEE-PLANTISO IN NEBBASICA.—OnIy on the
banks of rivers and streams is there natural wood in
Nebr.:aka. But forest trees take kindly to the Prairie
ail, and are being planted by millions (says The
Garden). The Hon, J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska
City, who has been one of the foremost in the tree-
planting movement, suggested the exrediency of setting
apart a day in the spring-time every year for the special
work of tree-planting. The first "Arbor-day, " AB It
is called, was in 1871, and on that day 2,000,000 trees
were planted. Neat year, and the year after Arbor-
day was dropped ; I ut the month of April was recom
mended to all to choose a day for themselves. This
year, however, the State Agricultural Board has deter-
mined to go back npcn the original idea, which is that
upon one special day in the year each person owning
land ehall plant at least one tree. It was resolved that
the time should be the second Wednesday in April, and
that the State Legislature should be mired to make the
day a legal holyday. Nebraska will thus get a spring-
tide holyday, the main recreation of which will be tree
planting and attendant festivities. A premium will be
awarded for the most trees planted on that day. It Is
now the custom of the State Board of Agriculture to
present a premium for the largest number of trees
planted any day in the month of April, and at a meet-
ing of the Board last January the prize was awarded
to a farmer who planted 27,800 trees on April 28, 1871

. _
PHYSIC /oh OOFEIMI.—King Coffee Oislcalli i It is reported t' ___. Bismarck is progreseirig
towse s reeovery, ' is quite unable to attend to publichaving transmitted to Sir Garnet Wiolseley one thou. ,„„.,ba,a.
sand ounces of gold aa an instalment of the indemnity """_'_. ...
al.. Mama ham ColtiteLted to receive a deputatio
which he had aereeil to pay, Sir Gernet, we are told,
from the Chambers of AgrLintore on Monday, the :Zrd I in
"lent him a rough draught of the Treaty to comider upon to e stitlect of local taxation. na '
at his leisure." lint Ashaistre Majesty no doubt Lewd
The Right lion. George Ward Hunt, First Lord of
this draught dkagreeabry bitter. It is to be heped
the adewalty, we. re-elect•d ,d. Muuday morning for :Corth
ghat he hae now ben inneutly wsll phydeked to Norienniptoroddre without opposition.
+revolt hits from ever committing any excess again
Me James Cooper has issued an address to the
which wid make him have to swallow another.—Punch. elector. of Km, as a woilana tail., W. ,r.
Pancitc Posr.—United States' papers re- A denial is given at Berlin to the report that Prince
present that their Mail bags are encumbered with, Frederick Charles is about to travel round the world.
among other things, beehivoi, with live beee in them. The Dundee ship carpenters on Monday struck for
fed with honey and shit-red by ties.' hoots and en advance ot a haltoeuny per hour.
shoes, give:l6dt and other incongruous articles, which A reduction of 21. per ton iu the price of coals WU
are Fent under the provision of trio law that everything, quoted upon the London Coal Ex change on Monday.
except some dangerous licelids, "tube sent through the The Right IL-e. Charles Amyand Harris, formerly
mails If not weighing over four pounds. Theee articlee, gi„l., of Geitea:t oe, to which sew be wee appointed in i 5....,,
bulky and weighty, till up the pee ad mail cars, end are die,: 0,1 ainnaey at Torquay. Ile &lushly- .ne 5e,,,,,, Of Ngo
.
ating-buuee frequented by
corded like tato letters, *Mull nowt g, as rapidly se A commercial traveller, In an action heard at Belies
Pewible, an i the effect is that all the accooduodatione against the Irish Norte-Wedevi Railway, for ealk 0. hes heee
cwarhichy.,tthll'..o%temten-ffir-Geciennterefol
rcsinbeeeadt ue4oonnotia.,e
rapid,postl a wlsaudcedwaktl,,loo.co4rep:snintl.6.o.,
and SAL idta.tory dietribution of the matter which ought we11.5....-.le merchante and artisans announce. in English that,
'Nest blase cats' meat Is rs a y at all hours."
to paws through the mails alone.
Bee-whit: SYMONS. —Protesting agaiust the The
dog licences have increased duringthe year '7
by 14.14), the total butul
rblued during that yeas being
1e63
' n-
flimey erections raised to accommodate spettators On 1.137.1 3; and during the same year 4,209 cases werebpt-
the entry of the Duchess of E iinburgh, a correspondent witted for evading tee Termed.
of The Times observes that " Pasteboard balcomee are In the cases of evading licences to kill game the
C,. reisshmers of Inland Revenue have oilite been very drn
ratherdtihnogugdhangv_irp..!'„cAk. fulling one, we should bey.
in refusing to withdraw such cases from the copal:stun, of
THE SMALL/AT CHILDREN ALIVE. —A. corre• the magistrates by accepting any mitigated penalty before
spondent ;of a contemporary tends the following :
the case comes on for hearing in open court.
" Mrs. McCrum, residing at 58, Paroonwstreet, Kale- A Frenchman has constructed a railway carriage
the
th
the
at
Dordogne,
i been
dltel.aursoyhwil
melee, Alichigan, is the mother of twine so small that tla itpeteuatysuusratonti,.weehtch.proesvcen.taut.he passengers
they are a marvel of humanity, putting in shade all from, feeling. I°_ 'e , _
distinguished tu u
stories of Liliputiana ever heard of. One is • boy arid
the other a girl, and weigh, together, three pounds and
four ounces. They are perfect, and seem to he in good ' Monday
bßulgtirrteeudr,wouidethnembwnotin
On evening the Mayor of Yeovil, Mr.
health. Their bed is a little paper box filled with
James Curtis, butertalued four hundred aged poor venous at
cotton, and they are dressed in doll's clothes. The
a meat tea, in the Corn Exchange, in honour of the marriage
mother and children were doing well at last accounts. of the Duke of Edinburgh. There wan also a musical enter-
These twins are the smallest living children ever heard tamment provided b.r the guests In the Town Hall The
of. They take toad naturally, and make a roise like Emhauge wan prettily decorated with suitable Mottoes,
very young kittens. Quite a number of citizens have Onti.t.d.
eb, and Rower., and the front of the Town Hall was
called to gee the little wanders. A teacup will cover
the bead of either. Their hands are about the size of A letter from New York dates that from 25,000 to
a teaspoon and their bodies less than six inches long— 20,0e0 workmen are now out of employ, and that great
distress prevaiis there
the Loy a ;rifle the larger."
While two Sunderland men, Elliott and Oliver, were
OPPJETUN L.—lt was very thoughtful of King rosteg a match on the Wear, their boats foaled and w
Coffee to lease his umbrella behind for Sir Garnet Capt,ed, both m tol being thrown Into the water. As Elliot was,
Wolseley just when he wanted it—the beginning of like many boating men unable to swim, greet excitement
the rainy wasom— Punch. prevailed among the spectators of the occurrence. A four-
, cared b 'at, however, came In good time to his assistance •
WAN TAD, • M•hQUlS.—What is the defitu-
while his entail ulsE, Oliver, after a splendid dive, swan;
don of a "Great Man ?" asks the Globe, and coo- galore.
tomes :—The question has become of considerable A shocking death on the railway is reported from
practical importance in consequence of an advertise- Pero, On Saturday a breakaman named Ritchie was shunt.
merit that recently appeared in Let Pitites deletes, of Jog waggons, when he tell upon the mile, and his head was
Paris, from which it appears that greatnees is at pre- severed from his body.
te ut a marketable commodity, and is quoted at a high The following is an extract from a private letter,
figure. "A young lady of nineteen, wiliee fortune dated Cape Coast Coddle, February 20th: "Sir Garnet is •
wonderml man. Be givyhaisdacfe beforehand for every single
exceeds eight hundred thousand "—not francs. but
pounds sterling—" wishes to marry a Prince, Duke,
Marquis, or Great Man (grand homme). Address," arc. tChote'sge a7Ctehriasstmroast.nhe said theatYrorprnhoWn:r" re"-eeilleitk'rine
the 20th February, and here they are back to the day."
Ac. It is to be regretted that the young lady of From a return in the London Gazette of Friday "h-
-nineteen has rot been more exact in stating her 'all
it appears that during the mouth of February sal 346 ea!
Intentions. Clearly she cares for no title below that of cittte aufferhig from toot and mouth disease were
of Marquis ; and, on the other hand, her diatinctive trought nom Oporto; Bee were landed at London and 20
classification implies that princes, dukes, and at senthamptou They were slaughtered at the place of
marquises are not great men. Modesty Is sometimes lauding.
en attribute of greateeae, and the young lady of nine. At the Aitaize Court of the Charente Inf4rieure dur.
teen can hardly expect the neediest genius, though a lug the speech of counsel for a prisoner accused of theft,
French geniue to announce his own greatnese. t tie of the inry exclaimed, "I see a shoat," and gave such
evident signs of raving madness that the presiding fudge
Perhaps, however, she would accept a notice in Men of declared the cam could not go on, and the jury were (W-
-OW Time or in Biographic des Cuntemporains, or photo. charged.
graphic notoriety, as a euttiment testimnaial ?Oris it on Monday morning the Ruabon and other coal.
possible that, by limiting the field of the probable owners in North Wales announced a reduction in the price
crowd of candidatee to "Great Alen," she hes deli- et their coal to the extent hf Is. Btl. per ton.
tritely meant to hint that no 1 oats, philosophera, or Bangor Cathedral was broken Into early on Tuesday
statesmen, who are not marquises at least, need morning bye party of thieves, woo stole the money from
Reply 7
the elms boxes, and some wine. A chest wu forced open In
ANCIENT AND MODERN.—A paper OD "The
the chapter-room, but the Communin plate which It con.
Retreat of the Ten Thousand" has letely been read at Seined was untouched. The thieves entered the cathedral
by
one of our Sciontific Institutione Au event of con. wauckeodunat a 1
out
throughldeone of
tgheettindogouthrough a window. They
delerable his., etc importance, all will admit; but, Two men have been prosecuted at the Hampstead
perhaps, at the preeent moment, the London West- Police- curt by the Metropolitan Hoard of Works for bird-
Endiaus feel a still keener interest in the Return of Catching on Hampstead-huth. The defendants...ld they had
the Upper Ten Thousand.--Punch, not caught any birds, tor they had only put placed their neta
In y.osltionAu.ti p.t!t el oswn. t.heir._deouy !Ards. , El r..Napi.r, who

that Prince
bathe 1. ••-•

represented the ficard of Works, contended that the defend-
ants were in the act, the same as • fisherman who had been
Saying the water all day without success, or a sportsman who
had had no sport with his gun although he had been In the
pursuit of game all day. The magistrate convicted the
defendants, lining them los, each, including costs, with
the alternative of seven days' herd labour.
At no former period has so widespread a demand
existed In Great Britain for well-bred breeding animals since
the close of the Franco-German war. Oar English cattle and
sheep breeders rave not only a large home demand, but
first-class animals are being exported In large numbers to the
Continent, Australia, Canada, assd other parts of the world.
English pigs are also beginning to atiract the attention of
reloers, large numbers of which have been sent to France
since the close of the war.
Official telegraphic information has reached the Ad-
miralty that all the European troop., except the 42nd, had
re-embarked at Cape Coast Castle, and that She Garnet
Wolstley, who had reached that place on the 19th February,
was to leave for England on board the Manitoban about the
7th tiara.
Artificial nests have been suspended in many of the
tram In the Bdis de Vincennm, near Paris, with a view of at-
tracting birds that may prove useful In destroying insects.
The attempt was first made last year, with the result of
filling about 60 per cent, of the nests—The Garden.
" Sphairistike," or lawn tennis, the new rival to
croquet, has been most favourably reviewed by all the
public journals. fhcy declare that tile a clever adaptation
of tenets; that it will become a national ragtime; that no
English h 'me, no public ground., no barrack Null% should
be witlout It I
A correspondence has been published In the Paris
Pays, from ChisleLurst, from which it results that a final
. . . .

ki—a-s taken place between Prince Napoleon aud the
Eo,prese/0.,0 Prince Imperial through lobe lefusal Of the
former to go to Chielehnrt on the letn inst.
At the Manchester Assizes several men were sen-
tenced to long terms of penal aerated —and In one case the
criminal was ordered to be flogged—for highway robberies
with violence.
The annual collection at the varions manufactories
and workshops on behalf of the local medical charities was
made at Birseinghem on Saturday, en.d resulted In a total of
43,170, wilted is about the same as lu the corresponding
period last yetr. Since large contributions, however, have
yet to come in, and there Is every reason to hope that the
n.timate total will equal that of 1b73, when £4,600 eraft
collected.
A fatal boat accident occurred at the entrance of
Aberdeen Harbour on Tuesday. Two fishermen, father and
Eon, named Forbes, left the harbour in a email boat under
salt for the thhingground. The sea was comparatively
smooth, but when about a mile eif the laud the boat was
suddenly struck by a squall and upset, throwing both men
hdo the water. 'I he lad Instantly sank and was not again
seen, His father succeeded to keeping himself afloat until •
pilot boat which happened to be near picked him up. This
is the second boat accident at Aberdeen within the must
three weeke, Involving the lose of live lives.
A report that the Archbishop of Canterbury WM
about to resign his office, has been contradicted.
Baron Krause, Chancel.or of the German Embassys
1a...10ud) 11l from the effects of a fall chile hunting with
htr Majesty's staghounde on the lesh Inst. &vend distils.
gashed mellml men have been called in, and their latest
report is rather more fevourable.
Colonel Henry Salwey, formerly of the Coldstream
Guards, and afterwards of the 2nd Dragoon., died on the
lOth inst., in Hs tist year. He entered the armee lu June,
Fit, sad . as protect with the Culdotream Glards at nearly
all the actions le the Pet inaular campaigns of 1013 and lel&
He had received the war medal with two clasps,
The Roman Catholics in England have just been
celebrating the 6 ells anniversary of the death of St. Thomas
Aquinas, the great founder of scholastic theology, and the •
'Angelic Doctor" of the Western Church. A triduo—lliali
1., a special service for three daya' durallon—has been held
at the Caurch of the Dominican Monastery at Woode.heater,
near Stroud, In Gioucesterahlre, High Mass being sang each
morning, and Compllue and Benediction In the evening.
Mr, Hawkins, Q.C., has been retained in sir
different election petitions, with a retaining fee In each case
of 800 guineas, aud 0 guineas refresher every day. Mr.
Gliferd, Q C , holds eleven retainers, Mr. Serpent liallantine
nine, and Mr. J. J. Powell, QC, nye. From this Informa-
tion It would appear evident that many of the petitions will
be warmly contested by the petitioners and respondents, and
that they will be conducted with ability and, let us hope,
digerati., with a quantum of professional humour for
os kWh the leaned geetlemou are so justly celebrated."—
I he Times.
Sir Henry Thompson's proposal that cremation
should be substituted for bUrlal has met, it Is said, with a
most favourable and enthushatic reception In Switzerland.
A meeting held last week at Zurich for the dlocuseion of the
scheme wee crowded, and numbers had lobe sent away from
the doors because there was no more room. The principal
speaker was Professor Kinkel. Id order not to disappoint
the rejwsted apelicants altogether, the speadies are to be
printed.

" Widower, middle age, wiahea to correspond with a
lady, with a view to enatrlmony."—Address, Young
gentleman, tall and dark, wishes to correspond with young
lady, mean. preferred, with view to matrimony."—Address,
tirc,—" The son of a Manchester and Liverpool merchant,
of 40 years' standing, aged 21, height taft INn., wants a wile
with means, who svmhi a ivance LAO at once ; age not to
ea.usei 23,"—Addrees, &c A gentleman, 32, of good ap-
pearance, educatioo, and In fair position, is anxious to
marry, would lice to hear from any young lady or widow
similarly Inclined."—Address, 4cc.—Adversiaements In Man.
heater Examiner.
At the meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Bengal Famine Relief Fund, held on Monday afternoon at
the Alansion•home In L.ndon, under the pgesidency of the
Lord Mayor, It was announced that upwardi of £70,000 had
been received, and it Will decided to sand £15,000, making
£45,000 in all, to Mr. Scnalch, tne chairman of the Calcutta
Committee. It was resolved not to hold a public meeting In
the City of London until after Kanter, in order that fuller
details, now on their way from India, may have time to
arrive, SlMSCeiptiottS C,,Mielle to come in freely, and
meetiogs ate being orgaidzod In rations parts of the
country.
Early on Saturday morning, Arthur Orton wits re-
moved from the gaol at Navigate to Millbank Prison, ander
the charge of two warder. Had It not, been that the convict
professes the Roman Catholic religion, he would have be=
taken, in the first Instance, to Pentonvllle Gaol, to complete
the test part of his penal svrvitude—namvly, nine months.
On his arrival at Minima& Le underwent the usual treatment
of a convi.t on being recetved at a gaol, and was then
when—although he had fallen off in flesh somewhat
linen hs last appeared in the Cart of Queen's Beech—the
scale registered the aatonlshh:g figure of 3021 b. At vowel
the governor of the gaol is somewhat puzzled to find a cell
large enough to suit tioe enormous bulk of the convict.
According to present arrangements Orton will stay at Mil-
bank for tine menthe, at the end of which time he will be
sent to Chatham or Portland.
A new movement has been started within the past
week (says the Standard). It is nothing lees than a paella-
Meat of worths; mem A c uference of the most advanced
amonint the leader. of the work:ng class In Loudon was
held when the organisation was formed, and a large nom.
mitt. appointed. Ice first public meeting will be held at
ti., I.3astie:vn.et Rail, C:st.,-atreet, Oxford-street, London,
on the Nat inst., at eight p.m.
Conmander John Budon died on the 12th inst., in
his 8151 year. The deceased r nicer was born at Fronk
Sussex, aud entered the Navy in 10 3. Lie attended the en-
pedition to Copenhagen, took part in the reduction of Ma-
deira, waists(' at the capture ot the Ssicalod, 74. and was en-
gaged in the attack upon Walcheren, an., no IS 7 commanded
a boat at the mating out of a ves.el In Mitres Bay, under
the smart are of a to,dy r I troops posted behind some sand-
banks entice basal, Re was secretary to the late Queen
Cat °line, awl becane a retired Commander in 1862.
Mr. Gladstone was In Nottingham, on Monday, on
busluese connected with the Newcaatle estates, of which the
right hon. gentleman Is a trustee. On Sunday the ea:
Premier visited the estate it: tfie. northern part 01 the county,
and attended Glebes service in the Abbey Church, at
Worteop, Oa Monday roornlng Mr. Gladstone ad an inlet
view with the Mayor of Nottingham (Mr. J. 11 oivitti, 10
ref,ri- rice to the Bowe ge of Site park, which forms part of the
1N..% castle property. Ihe prodoeal to convert the old castle
I t an art ',oscura In connection with South Kenslagton
W.. also discuued, and the right hot, gentleman expressed
his hearty approval of the plan. Mx. Gladstone after warde
partook of luncheon at the residence of Mr. Councillor W.
Ward., where he was met by the lord lieutenant of the
county (Lord helper), the mayor of Nottingham, and others.
In She IcooMg, Gladitosto NoPlashasi fog Los4o°