The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-04-05 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

A lady now in Edinburgh wean a moleskin mantle,
manufactured from the coats of nearly six hundred moles
captured_on her own property

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Nevada wants to encourage a young portrait painter,
named McClellan, and has Introduced& bill In the Legislature
providing employment tor him.

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A rench provincnd journal recently announced the
death of " Pierre Kedron, aged two years and eight months,
bachelor."

"Who are the peacemakers ?" asked an Aberdeen
minhter ot his Sunday school china. "Ike police," quickly
rephed one of the lads.

A telegram from New York announces that the
newl)-elected King of the Stndwich Islands intends shurtly
to pay • visit tot!. United States.

Sw William Bell, K.C.8., • Waterloo veteran, who
served through the whole of the Peninsular campaign, and
took part In the occupation of Paris, has riled In his eighty-
fifth year.
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It has been resolved at a meeting of the London
Trades Council to hold a demoautration in furtherance of
the movement for obtaining a relaxation of the Master and
Servants Act as It affects trades unionlem. Delegates from
all the trade societies in the provinces are to be invited.

At the half-yearly conference of the Amalgamated
Association of Iwers, which has been opened in Cardiff, it
wee stated that the late strike had cost the union nearly
£33 0,0. It had, however, a compensatory feature In In-
crossing the membership by abut 16,000.

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11,ecent1y a minister concluded kie sermon ae
follows :--•• But I hear the 3-gritting of glks In the peas, as if
some of the ladles were impatient to leave I will, therefore,
say Ood bleu you."

M. Erckmann, one of the associate novelists, Messrs.
Fzekmanu and Cliatrian, whose charming French storieo,
written tender their conjoint uameo, enjoy so much popu-
larity, has gone on a visit to Constantinople.

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Cotmt Olivier de Kermel, the Breton equire, sem
tamed to penal servitude for lite tome motnhe ago for
murdering his brother in the family chateau, died the ether
day at Toulon.

The Royal Humane Society of London has awarded
Its bronze medal to Mark Addy, tide celebiated Manchester
scalier, in recognition of hie services rendered in sawing the
lilt of William Bunting, and attempting to rescue Uenry
Heap, who were capsized while rowing on the Irwell, on Dec.
28, 1072.
In furtherance of a scheme for the promotion of
technical knowledge in the City of London, the first of a
series of lectures on printing was delivered by Mr. Davidson
on Monday sealing in Stationers Hall, under the auspices of
the Stationers' Company,

The Hon. Neal Dow has nailed from Portland, U.S.,
on a visit to England, and may be expected to address
public meetings in various parts of the United Kingdom on
the present state and opef Won of anti-liquor laws in the
United Mates.

The managers of the Court Theatre have just
published, " price one shilling,' " The Happy Land."
Society may thus do Wield the pleasure of reading this
brilliant piece so it was played before the Lord Chamberlain
cruelly cut It down.

Mr. Pease, of Manchester, has offered £lOO prize
for donkeys and male. at the Royal Agricultual Society's
Show. Die prize may help to bring these useful animals into
repute. Mules bring larger priced than horses in foreign
countries, since they do more work, are kept at half the cost,
and live twice an long as horse*. The neglect of mules in
this country is a serious lose.

At Tiffin, Ohio, the other day, Van Amburg's
traiued elephant, " liannioal," broke open the waggon of a
candy pedlar, who followed the show, and gobbled down, in
less time than it takes to read this paragraph, nix thousand
ginger. bread cakea, seventy pounds of assorted candy, and
forty pound. of "French kisses."
A gentleman found it necessary during his recent
canvas, to ask • head railway official, by telegraph, that •
train might take him up to a small station. The answer
promptly came back, "No one will stop for you. But the
courteous official had really done all in his power by pro-
mising that train No. 1 would comply with the requestrnade.
The following sign was put up near some unfinished
buildings in Higher tranmere t—" Notice to thieves, a watch
Is kept on these premises ; " under which a village wit wrote
in chalk, "Are the watch a gold one, and see here, when I
steals that, get another one quick." ulearly he would be a
repeater.

Portsmouth this week again heads the list as the
healthiest town In the Regisirar-General's weekly return.
it. death rate was lb per 1,000 per annum, London being
24 ; Norwich, 22 ; Leicester, 24; Leeds, Hull, and Oldham,
25 ; Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, and Newcastle, 26 ;
Muiderliind and Madrid 1, 21; Wolverhampton, 28 Notting-
ham, 30 ; Bradford, 32; dlanehoster, 33; Salford, 34.

Some of the pubic pronounce the name of the leader
of the Oppoettlon as lharaeell, other. Marshli, others llterelly
be accent on the first eyllable), others pronounce It Disrayil
(the accent on the sewed syllable). in the course of hls
spetch the other day ate owner of tee name had to repeat it,
%hen quotiog the le:ter which he wrote to the Queen, and
he adopted the last prohounclatton.

The New York Herald of the 22nd ult. cqutains a
graphic account of the arrest of Warren, alias Bidwell, for
the forgeries at the Bank of England. Although no treaty
of extradition exists between England and Spain, the nor.
respondent of the Herald states that the Spanish Government
at once telegraphed to the Captain-General to proceed as if a
treaty actually existed. Otherwise there would have boon
come difficulty in making the prisoner amenable to English
law, should he tutu out to be the man "wanted."
Orders of her Majesty in Council were published in
the London Gaza( te of Friday, &auctioning bye-laws for tho
compulsory attendance of chilition at soho,l, made, with
the a,pruval of the Education Dt pertinent, undcr the 74th
statue of the Elementary E location Aid, 1870, by the
School Board. of Great Bantley, Woodford, Etsex, Lanham,
Kent. . . . . . .

By a return lately calculated it haR been found that
the grand total of children on the school roll It Leeds Is now
being au increase in two years of 14,;e9, or t 6 per
at at To at average attendance 21,900; increase in two
years of 8,475, that ts, (1:1 per cent. The board have now
under them twenty.tive department, uf schools, of which
Ito tint was opened in January, 1:72, an..l the board othcera
are kept comitantly employed.'
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The Ness Point Lighthouse, near Loweatoft, in being
moved inland about UM yards. The bottom iron framing
has been unscrewed mr•in the lower piles end the building
liltel by means of screw jacks. Iron flanged wheels have
been screwed to the bottom frame, a temporary railway has
been laid down, and the building has by these means been
moved some 4011. A fortnight will elapse before the work
of removal ii completed.

Lord Derby explains that he did not, in Ids speech
at the Civil Engineers dinner on Saturday, Bay that in
regard of national civilization the last hundred years had
produced greater results than all the centuries which had
gone benne° from the breakup of the old Roman civilization.
What his lordship did say was to make this assertion regard-
ing material civilization.

At Rome on Sunday some young men belonging to
the Catholic party, one of whom was an Englishman, were
assaulted on leaving the Gesu Church, and slightly wounded
by a group of persona armed with stick., who awaited them
outsme. Throuah the Intervention of the Municipal Guard
order was at once rests red.

Horace F. Clark, Vanderbilt's see-in-law and right
bowor, was Once ODO of the most eloquent lawyers of New
York city. One day, being poor, he wont into Vandarbiit's
°like and said, "Commodore Vanderbilt, I like your
daughter, and she likes me. I want your consent to my
marry ing hor !" " " *aid the old man, cynically, "you
want my money, do you!" Clark turned towards the door
and said On, you and your money be hanged! ' " Ray
young fellow !'" shouted Vanderbilt; 'coma back here, you
ban have her :" So he married the girl, went into wail-
street, suldla worth twelve to Att•ou millions.

I Tbe tbitd Wet

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Newtownstowsrt murder has 12;en postponettm2lngust.
Ai Internailoaaltarn and sea Exhibition is to be
bell at Vieunson the 6th, sth, and Bth of August.
There was another fall of 6d. per ton in the whole-
sale price of c!!a1 in L•ndon en Momiay.
Amongst those who had an interview with his
nem the Pope on Monday were the Princess Alice and her
consort of Heise Darmstadt.
A strike took pace amongst the Liverpool horse-
shoers on Monday. The men want an advance of 4s. per
week, and the masters refuse to give more than 2a
The total production of iron in the United States in
1072 is estimated at 1,900,000t0n5. Of this total 9,527 tone
sere made in Pennsylvania.
A Vienna actress, deciding to break a marriage
engagement at the very last moment, sent the professional
excuse, "Fniulein Galmeyer is unfortunately hoarse, and
cannot attend the ceremony."
Dr. Cleland, an eminent statistical writer, of Glas-
gow, relates that a criminal, after attentively listening to
the condemned sermon which preceded his execution, turned
to a companion and remarked, In Dr. Cleland'. hearing, "A
very good sermon, but rather too personal."
A writer of distinction says those little, plump,
clean animals, gainer, pigs, should be used for food. A mho--
taken notion Is entertained generally that they are • kind.
of rat, and therefore au unjust prejudice ought to be over-
come, lance they are excellent eating!
The annual spring exodus from Ireland has set in.
A group of 1111 y personr, mostly young boys and girls, left on
Monday morning for different parte of the United States,
Ind Queenstown. Several smaller companies will leave on
Wednesday and Friday next
A family of four persona man, wife, and two
children—have been suffocated in Dundee, presumably
through an escape of gas. They were last seen alive on
Satarday night, and when their bedroom was broken open
on Monday all four lay dead in bed.
From a return printed on Saturday, it appears that
on the let of Much, 1,73, the number of coromMilona vacant
in the Volunteer force In administrative regiments was
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1,268, and in corps not forming part of adminaratis e nag!.
manta 965.

It is rumoured that James Gordon Bennett is making
preparations to ratablish a new daily newspaper in London,
which is said to have been a favourite project of his father's,
who held that a Lond,m daily conducted on American prin.
alpha and with American enterprise, must reach anienormous
succeim

Upon the arrival of a train at Portland the other day,
an old lady rustled forward and affectionately greeted a
stylish young lady as follows :—" Why, how'd do, Marian
why, how funny ye look ! giu'ot hardly know ye ; got your
false teeth in, ain't ye?" Maria changed the subject.
In the way of fashion, the latest novelty produced
for the ladies Is a stuff called "mugs bread," which indeed
resembles that never-to-baforgotten production In colour
and composition. Among commodities which have suddenly
ran up in price are oyster-shells, which are carefully col-
lected every morning at the wine shops, and when washed,
dried, and pounded, are used to make carbonic acid for all
variety of gaseous beverages.

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The Sherif of Guazan has placed himself under the
protection of the French Embassy at Tangier. in consequence
of having incurred the displeasure of the Sultan of Morocco
through his marriage with Miss Keene. It his said that the
Sultan offered to pay 40,000 dollars, which the latter had on.
dertaken to give his wife in the event of his putting her
away, on condition that she should be sent back to England.

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Land and Water states that "the FisherAi Pre-
servation Society, have determined to take steps to prevent
the pollution of rivers. As Government last year dropped out
of the Public Health Blii..the clauses relating to the pollution
of water, from pressure brought to bear by the manufactur-
inginterest, and have refused this year to do anything to stop
what is a daily Increasing evil, the council have resolved to
make an attempt to get the law reformed."
One of the many examples of Yankee enterprise ia
the Chicago new public library opened recently. The books
are contained in a large Iron water tank, built by the city
some years ago sea city reservoir and abandoned as useless.
The tank, which is circular, sixty feet In diameter ens thirty
feet high, and has been shelved to arrange 18,000 volumes o,
books—la pesehed 011 a solid brick and stone basis thirty five
feet high.
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On -Monday the remains of Mrs. Seabrook, wife of
Mr. Seabrook, Inspector of Palaces In in. Lord Chambei
lain's department at Windsor Cattle, were intureed in El,
cemetery at [Vital, near Windsor. Her Majesty and Prim,.
Beatrice, who had visited Mrs. Seabrook during a Waal
illness, sent wreaths of immortelles to be placed ulx., the
coffin at the Interment.

A strike of the miners at Newcastle New booth
, Wales, in Januury, for a reduction of the working day to ten
'hours, caused • scarcity of coal. At Melbourne the price
rose to ios. a ton—nearly three times the ordinary amount.
Upwards of sixty veasels were in port at one time waiting
for coal. It was thokiht that the men would have to give
way.

The following will was lately proved at Doctor's
Commons. The names of testator, witnesses, and ship, and
the date we omit, but give an enact copy of the poetical tes-
tament of the worthy seaman :

" As to slimy worldly goods I have in store.
I leave to my dear wile and hers for evermore.
I freely give; I no limit fix;
this Is my will, and she executrix.
"On board the '—' Lat. 38 deg. 21 in. N. ; long. ',12 deg.
29 m. W."

Making a very sensible use of the opportunity
afforded by the international Exhibition In that city, the
Directors of the Vienna Corn Exchange have determined to
hold an International Corn sod Seed Market, which they
have lied for the first week of August next. The idea is an
origins./ one, and appropriately comes from Austria, whose
empire extends over some of the richest corn countries in
Europe.

"A family of fifteen brothers are now living nenr
Lyons, France, under one roof, and all unmarried. We
recently gave the case of the papa of fifteen daughters w: o
was looking about for the required number of husband,
one ideals at their mutual service, and the address of p
and daughters will be found further back in our career.'—.
Court Journal.

The Register of the parish of Bonar' Sutherland.
shire, in his report for the last quarter of 1872, says :
Marriages are greatly above an avenge. No particular rem,. 1
can be asalgued for able, unless, it be, to a certain extent
lent, the result et neap-year wooing." The bridegroom 1.1
one Instance was 79 years of age.

In consequence of the unfavourable season of las:
year for farming operationa, the Marquis of Westminster bus
made a reduction of 25 per cent, on the last half-year's rent,
due on Candlemas-day In February. Ills Lordship, in making
this abatement, desired his agent to express his deep syn.-
pathy with the tenantry tinder the difficulties with which,
through bad seasons, they have had to contend•
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A sheet of ordinary white blotting-paper, which will
tear by its own weight when wetted, is converted into •
material having all the properties of a tough parchment by
merely dipping it for a tew seconds in sulphuric acid. The
Germans are using this artificial parchment for aauesge skins.
It need be hardly said that it is highly indigestible.
A Pruaaian horticulturist has made some interacting
observations which tend to show the usefulness of certain
plants as weather guides. Thus he finds that the different
varietle• of clover contract their leaves on the approach of
rain. When the leaves of chickweed unfold, and its flowers
remain erect till mid-day, fair weather is at hand but the
closing of the flowers of the wood anemone Indicates that
rain is Imminent.

Professor John Tyndall, during his recent scientific
lecturing tour in the United States, delivered in all thirty-
five lectures, at which his receipt, aggregated 23,100 dot..
After paying expenses, a fund of over 13,000 doll, remained,
and this, before leaving ior niarope, the Professor placed in
the hands of a committee, who are authorised "to expend
the interest ln aid of students who devote themselves to
original research."

On Saturday Mx. Stangfeld received a deputation of
medical men who expressed views regarding proposed altera-
tions to the laws of renitstratlon suggested by the impunity
with which it is alleged Infant life Is destroyed and the bodies
buried as those of still born children. Mr. Manifold said be
was quite with the deputation in the desire to check In-
fanticide, and he should certainly see if means could not be
taken to make undertakers and sextons responsible for the
bodies they buried.

Lord Shaftesbury told at Glasgow of his having
whitewashed arid painted one of the dark houses, occupied
by a family in one of the foal districts of London, and • short
time after returning to find it worse than ever. He said :
" What on earth is this P" And the reply was, " Please your
honour, the house looked so cold and uncomfortable that I
lout for a sweep, and asked him to give Will few warm
touches."

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A Board of School authority, while lately examining
the young children asked them the following questions :
" Are there any mountains in Palestine?" Yee," replied
the children. "Row are they situated " inquired the ex.
&miner. " Some are in clusters, and there are come isolated
ones," they answered. What do you man by the word
Isolated?" asked the examiner. "Why, covered with ice,
of course !" quickly replied one of the children.
It is Stated- in a telegram from Barcelona that, in
capturing Bergs, the Carnets made 4011 prisoners, seized 1,000
rifles and ammunition, and burnt the houses of the town by
mews of petroleum. On this news reaching Barcelona, great
excitement prevailed, and large crowds assembled In the
streets The hostUlty of the inhabitants to the CarUsts
has become, in fact, so threatening, that special measures
have teen taken to protect the churches and the clergy.
"It is now no Uncommon thing to see stalwart
strapping men-servants wearing tippets of very expensive
fur when they are out driving. The idea Is in the worst
taste as to style. The men have a foreign Job Trotter-like
appearance. It only proves that the proprietor of the said
servants is rich—which is also in the worst taste. A little
more refinement and less drapery would be an improvement
to many things in London life at the present moment."—
Court Journal.

The Paris Figaro tella on of an atrocious murder.
On the morning of the 27th ult. some yeaaants found, be-
tween Rued and Oureenes, the body of a woman. The medical
examination proved that she had been outraged and stran-
gled, aster a hard struggle, by the grasp of a hand strong
enough to crush the vertebral column. What adds to the
atrocity of the murder is the fact, which is almost incredi-
ble, that the head had been forced under one of the arms of
the victim.

A mass recently amended the column in the l'lsce
Vendome, in Farb, for the purpose of committing suicide.
As he was about taking the fatal st,-p, a gentlemen touched
him on the shoulder and suit. "My friend, be careful what
you do. There is a fine of ten thousand franca for leapiug
from the top of this monument" rhe man walked down
the spiral atairewse, not hat ing the means to indn'ge in suck
a luxury. .

The English manufacturers of agricultural machi-
nery have had a meeting in London to couaider the proposed
trials of implements at the Vienna Exhibition, and have
unanimous y resolved not to enter into tile competition. The
reasons they have widened to the Royal Commissioners are
that it will be impossible to submit to adequate trial such
an enormous number of inachlueaUs will be exhibited at this
International gathering, and that aaards made upon hasty
and imperfect truth are neither satisfactory to the public nor
the exhibitors.

A meeting of influential gentlemen cennected with
the brewery trade was held at the Cannonistreet Hotel, int
Loudon, on Monday, to form an association to vrocure a re-
peal of the brewers' licence-duty, imposed by Mr. Gbidstone
in lieu of the hop duty. It we. decided to deter further
action till a deputation from the Country Brewers' Society
had seen the Chancellor of tie Exchequer, a day bovine been
already settled In r this Interview, and it was alio amiss,'
Void representatives of the London brewers should be pre-
sent on the occasion.

The largeet ves-el ever built on thn Tyno was launche.l
Iron 1111U:bells 3 ard last Saturday. She Is Intended for the
laying of Transatlantic cables for the Western Telegraph
Company. She la SAVO tons register, and has a carrying
capacity larger than that of any vessel afloat ercept the
Great Eastern The whole available length of the ship la
divided Into three tanks for the storing of cables. Only
four months and a half was occupied In her construction.
At a banquet held in the ever ing, at which Mr. Hooper, the
chairman of the Telegraph Company, and Sir W. Thomson
were present, It was stated hy the latter that the object of
the enmpany was to convey •Tranaatlantic messages at the
same rate, as those for which letters are carried. They
hoped, indeed, to lir a tariff at aa low a rate as a penny.
"There are various methods of seeing the Uni•
venal, Boat Itsce. Ton may see the beginning, or the
finish, or sections, from the top of a house, or from the roof
of a vehicle, or from a barge, or from the hank ; you may
take either the Midelleeer or the Surrey side; you may perch
upon bridg,s, or climb trees; you slay, if you are fortunate
enough to possess friend• who have villas at Putney or
thereabouts, take in she whole affair from the comfortable
embrssure of a %Milos or the secluded retirement of a
' IaWII. It clear a choice must be made somewhere, and
. woe betide the Individual who halts between tiro or three
opinions on the subject. Al true ea that a rolling stone
gathers no moss Is it that a wavering person sees no boat-
race. If you decide upes taking luck with the crowd, select
a foothold and maintais It against all comers. Is a Large
your destination? On early and secure the trot rank with-
out hesitation ; but to wander about halt determining upsn
the barge and hall upon the tow-path, will at the craned
moment find you more in the background than le conducive
to your enjoyment."e—Daily News.

A new playballed Pretty Dick Turpin, is to be pro-
duced in h ew York
A notice from the War Office as to the dress of
officers that all °Moen of the auxiliary and reserved forces
(=nevi those of the mounted services), who wear the waist.
belt over the tunic, shall keep their swords hooked up el
levlies and drawing-rooms.
At a meeting of Tipperary magistrates, to consider
the advisibility of reducing the number of county police, In
conseqdence of the tranquil state of the country, a propo-
sition to this effect was negatived by a majority of one.
"A dowry of N,8,000, good expectations, and •
very old and sick father,'" are among the recommendations
of a young lady of good fdmily " advertising for a husband
Ha continental newspaper.
Sir Thomas Beauchamp having ordered the sale of
coals at Is per cwt to the labqurets and poor on his estate,
has received an address expressive of the gratitude of the re.
distant'.

-The three great manufacturing Statue of America are
New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, and In 1870
they manufacturel nearly one-half 0 the enormous product
returned by the Census.
Among the new plans for making the Parisian por-
tion of mankind happy is that of a theatre capable of &room
modeling 20,000 anectators at once, and to be called the
"Great Eastern Building."

• Upwards of 4,000 tailors have now been locked out
in the principal towns of Scotlancipending the settlement of
a diapute with the tailors of Dundee, who have struck in
consequence of the refusal of the masters to guarantee the
present rates of payment for a year.
There are fourteen persons now in the Mazas prison
charged in connection with the recent discovery of a secret
society. Several of them have admitted the political chs-
raeter of the society, which was formed two months ago.
On Monday 1,300 miners, who left work in the
Bolton and Farnworth districts on Friday because of their
objuolion to the special rules adopted by the employers,
returned to work on being informed that the rules were
not binding until they had been sanctioned by the Secretary
of State.

' According to a return just issued, there were 6,363
deserters from the Army between the Ist of April. 1868, and
the 31st Marl, 1870: from the lit of April, 1070, to the
31s1 of March, 1872, the number was EAU. in the first
period 316 were convicted of fraudulently enlisting into other
corps, and 607 in the second period.
The instructions of Don Curios to his chiefs are
stated to be the following :—"Respect all opinions, avoid
unnece=sary effusion of blood, release officers arid soldiers
who are taken prisoners, negotiate with the railway autho-
rities, to prevent the cmiveyance of troops and ammunition,
Mid if the companies refuge to comply, then remove the rails,
destroy only fortified railway stations, and give all spies a
trial by courbmartlaL

A telegram from St. Paul, Minnesota, announces
the arrival there of the surveying party engaged in laying out
the route of the projected Canadian Pacitlc railroad. They
had laid out the line from Neeplgon, the eastern terminus to
Fort Garry, 420 miles in length. The party consists of 29
person., there also being a number of lidlan guides, but al-
together over 200 men have been employed in making this
survey. The expectation in that work will open on this ser-
ve) ed line in the spring, and that the 420 miles of road will
be completed in two year..

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The discovery has just been made at Cologne of a
fine sketch of one of the most celebrated paintings by Rubens,
belonging to the church of St Martin d'Alost, and of which
a magnificent engraving by Paul Pontius, now rare, is well
known. This work represents persons struck by the plague,
Invoking St. Roch, and exhibits a greater number of !Inures
than the large picture, which measures 16f I. in height In
the upper part of this CAD./ the saint is receiving fromJesUs
Christ the mission to relieve the sufferings of the infected,
who hold out to him their suppliant hands.

A sitting for proof of debts and appointment of
trustee was held on Monday in the Bankruptcy Court in the
case of Joseph .1. de Lizsrdi. One of the proofs tendered wu
ty the bankrupt's cook, who had allowed her wages to re.
main ho Ills hands at interest, in the belief that she was
making • good inveritment, bet she had unfortunately lost
both principal and intermit. Claims to the amount of about
£loo,ooohaving been tendered, Mr. Thurquand, acoonut,nt
less appointed trustee, together with a committ
speenon.

A w,li-kticorn wholesale wine merchant 1,
York, {VI.IO &WO Sweretly manufactured champagne, .1.1 uct.
watt to dispense this e =don of the marriage ef
daughter; in order to .4‘114 F9llllioo linbclam arth le,
he ordered BORIIe tnm an tmrt 1 good repur.stto,
Boston It arrived and looked, is regard to the Je.,ele •tt! ,
as a fa,ti, article ; be. when the company wen rtug
he champagne Le acctclentally looked at one of
and fmm: ter r US OSVIL private mark. lie ima bee
hi, own svme, for which he had paid r e times his
gad passed through several hand-, iaint 011.11 g.

The ig.gl3- of zentleman 'was Jiacdveri
River Agar, uothi - - oding bridge ol the LAIC
ton, and South Coast i, 011 Su—lay night.
ceased waa apparently abotit.;.irty ear, of age, 11,
In htight, and had dark hair. 11... vocdr., 1 •
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cloth 'alai and trousers and overcoat, cud'
boots and a pair of black kid gloves. In Ins
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found a gold watch,kls in gold,;—Puoch'e Pocket '
photographs, one representing three young mea 0.,
table, and the other a young gentleman standi iLt
body, which had evidently been in the water some time,
was taken to &amber.

By the ;present monthly mail a testimonial of silver
plate is being sent to Dr Kirk at Zanzibar, It consists of a
tea and coffee service and salver, valued together at £l2O, and
Is pi oriented to him by the Royal Geographical Society. The
Inscription on the principal piece Is as follows This testi-
monial is presented to Dr. John Kirk, MD , the Vice. Consul
of Her Britannic Majesty at Zanzibar, by the Royal Geo-
graphical Society of London, in recognition of the servi3es
he has rendered to themselves, to his country, and to science
by his generosity, intelligence, and zeal in the advancement
and enterprise of African discovery.
Speaking for the Army, at the annual dinner of the
institution of Civil Engineers, the Doke of Cambridge said
he felt at home among those who, being decidedly men of
peace, were yet intimately connected with the art of war.
The Chancellor or the Exchequer, wh3 responded to the
toast of her Majesty's Ministers, good.humouredly remarked
that they had had to solve a little problem of engineering
on their own account, and to bridge over a solution of con-
tinuity as beat they collet. The Earl of IL:rby, in proposing
the toast of tbe evening, glanced at certain dismal prog-
nostics of England's waning glories, and consoled his hearers
with the reminder that nothing could deprive Englishmen of
the past.