The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-04-11 00:00:00

FORE: .111, AND COLONIAL.

RATHER BARD LINES !—A young Frenchman,
twenty-seven yii,ars of age has just been tried before
the Military Tribunal of 'Hordcanx for el,ailing the
duties required by law of every French citizen. He
had left his native country at the age of seventeen for
the United States, where he made a rapid fortune, and
where, having become naturalized, hs is at the present
moment conducting a large commercial house in New
(Weems. On the death of his father, he was obliged
to return to France to settle sonic family affairs. He
was then arrested as a deFerter' having, during his
absence in America, been drawn for the conscription;
and as Itataralization has no retrmactive effect, he had
been a French citizen at the time his military ditties
ought o have Men discharged. 'I he tribunal dealt
leniently with the wealthy Franco-Americamstatencing
him tce tat six days' imprisonment,

AN 'UNEXPECTED AND UNDESERVED HNOTJR.
—Some people have greatness thrust upon them in a
very remarkable manner. I.ever tells no .4 the unex-
pected knighthood conferred by the Duke of Rich-
mond on Corny Delany. Paris has just lost an officer
of the Legion of Honour, who won his decoration also
very unexpectedly. During the Revolution of June,
11448, a National Guardsman had to suddenly "fall in,"
leaving ills young wife inconm,lable. Ste at once Rent
for a gentleman friend to protect her. In the evening
the husband suddenly returned, saw how matters stooth
and made the young gentleman descend and tight a
duel in the court-yard, where he was run through the
b..dy, and thrown on a waggon full of wounded men.
Passing through the hospital, next day, General
Cavaiguac, seeing his wound, and not stopping to in-
pure how he had got it, decorated him!
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FATAL CHanticaL EXPLOSION.—On Saturday
, evening a fatal exploeion took place at the shop of Mr.
Fletcher, chenliet and druggist, Nottiughatur, under
the following circumstances :
About half.?ast tight ,'clock Mr. Fletcher'e porter, mimed
John Noble, was in the On p powdering chlorate of potash
in • mortar for the purpose of mixing it. ith otherchenileals
to make what Is calltd "red , M tile loing this a
terrific explosion took place. Noble was killed on the spot,
one of his arms being completely blown 41. The apprentice
named Robert Allis, rho was standing close by the deceased,
was also seriously injured on the head and face, sad he now
lies in • precarb ars condition. Another man named Swan,
received some Injuries, and was at once convmed to the
General Hospital. Several ither persons who were In the
shiny were more or less wounded. The shop was completely
gutted by the force of the explosion, the windows, doors, &c,
being blown into the street, and several persons passing by
were hurt. lit the room over the shop considerable damage
was done, and the premises at the back were much shaken.

AN EXTRAORDINARY DiscoattY.—An inquiry
into a very shocking case was held on Friday night,
at Guy's Hospital, in London. From the evidence of
Alfred Searle the driver of a hansom cab, it appeared
that on Wednesday night, at a qoarter pest nine
o'clock, he Woo hailed in Gracechurehooreet by a lady
and gentleman, who got into his cab. The gentleman
called up through the tramhole in the roof and directed
the witness to drive to South Hackney Church.
When the cab arrived at the church in question the
two passengers got out ; the gentleman told the
lady to go on and he would overtake her. He then
stopped and paid the fare, 2s. 6d., being 61. over the
proper amount. Witness then drove bark straight to
London-bridge railway station. He then found in his
cab, at the side where the lady had been seated, a black
leather bag. Upon opening the hag—the lock, he de-
clared, was loose—he discovered the body of a male
child wrapped in a flannel petticoat. He imme-
diately communicated with the police. He hail never
seen either the lady or gentleman before. The gentle-
man he thought he would know again, but he could
not recoghise the lady, fix lie only got a slight glimpee
of her. Mr. Keine, house surgeon, said he examined
the body of the deceased child. It was full timed,
well developed, of the male sex, and had lived genie
hours. The cause of death was suffocation, produced,
he believed, by a pillow being placed over the mouth
and nose. In his opinion the child hail been murdered.
The coroner adjourned the proceedings to enable the
detective police to ti ace the parties who deposited the
child in the cab.
CHARGE OF MANSLAMITER.—At the Oxford
AASIZOA On FridaY, Solomon Yeates, an engine-driver,
was indicted for the manslaughter of Thionse Smith,
railway guard, on the 20th of September last, at Ash.
church. In September last the prisoner was taking an
empty- train to Ashehureh, on the idland Railway,
when, in violation, it was alleged, of the company's
rules, he drove with great speed, and did not make
the stoppages laid down in the regulations. The result
was that the train could not be stopped in time at the
Ashchnrch station, and ran into Rome waggons,
whereby the deceased was killed. After fully hearing
the evidence in the case the jury returned a verdict of
NA Guilty.
FRIGHTFri. DEATTI OF A GIRL.—On Satur-
day Emma Davy, aged thirteen, a spinner at the
Atlas Mills, Bradford, with her sister and some other
girls, got into the hoist, to ascend to the third storey
of the mill. Arrived there, the hoist Was stopped, the
other girls stepped out, and the deceased wa.s follow-
ing, when the hoist began to descend. She was
caught between the stone steps and the framework of
the hoist, and crushed about the chest. Immediately
on being taken home she expired. The girls were using
the hoist contrary to express orders, and to save them.'
selves the trouble of ascending the staircase, the proper
road for them to take in order to reach their work.
Any of the girls found in the hoist rendered them-
selves liable to instant dismissal, but the passion for
riding in the" seckticle," as it is termed by the work-
people, is so strong that the most stringent orders will
not keep them out—young and old alike—although
accidents frequently happen.
CoNFIRMATION ETIQUETTE.—In one of the
Evangelical churches in Leeds recently, the incumbent
gave notice that "the young ladies" who were can-
didates for confirmation were to meet at the parsonage,
but that "the young women" were to Resemble in
the school-room ! It is a question (remarks a Leeds
Palace) which of the two female sets was the most corm
pliniented—the ladies who were not conisidered women,
or the women who were not. in a confirtuation point of
view, regarded as sufficiently lady-like to assemble at
the parsonage.
THE LATE EARL OF CARDIGAN'S WILL.—A
contemporary gives the following singular details of the
will of the late Earl of Cardigan. His Lordship has
left £5,000 to Viscount Curzon, M.P., and £5,000 to
the Hon. John Vivian, M.P., his executors ; 1,5,000 to
the Earl of Westmorland; £lO,OOO to Miss Clement ;
£7,000 to Mr. Hubert de Burgh; £lOO a year to Mrs.
Hubert de Burgh; £2OO a year to Mr. Marcus
Beresforsl ; and £lOO a year to his valet, butler, coach-
man, arid gardener. The residue of his lordship's
' estate, with the exception of his houses in London and
at ('owes' are willed to Lady Cardigan for her life,
and, at her death, to Robert Thomas, fourth son of
Lord Ernest Pence, an officer in the navy, now serving
in Jamaica. But the estate, at Lady Cardigan's death,
is to accumulate in the hands of trustees for twenty.
one y a!-s before it is handed over to Mr. Bruce ; and
as bee ~..Iyehip is scarcely a middle-aged woman, it is
prolsi;-:•• that no person now living will enjoy the
berpi.-4. In the event of Mr. Bruce's dying before th
end • f the prescribed period, the Cardigan estates a
to go to whoever holds the title of Earl of Cardigan?,
Sloe TING A MAN IN A RIFLE GALLERY.
On Sattinlay evening a man named Peter Gavin was
shot and dangerously wounded, in Manchester, by a
COMpOIII4,II MOOS' Georgo Stewart, a shoeing
sini, h. l'be injured man has been employed as a
labour, r at the mew mce-course in Salford, and
has been in the habit of returning home to Stocknert
:a'. the week's end. While going slung Deansgate in
company with Stewart and some other men, with
whom he had been drinking on Saturday night, the
party etopped at a shooting gallery in Liverpool-road,
amd a watch was arrangiel between them for some
driek. They were all more or less under the influence
if limior. After a few shots had been tired a dispute i
arose between Gavin and Stewart as to whose turn it
was to fire next, and as Stewart we.,, in the act of
taking aim Gavin put his hand upon his shoulder and
add, " i hat is not fair ; it is not your turn;" where.
mein Stewart turned round and said, " you, 11l
shoot you," and so saying diecharged the rifle, the
muzzle of which was within a few inches if Gavin's
face. The ball struck Gavin on the right side of the
mouth, and fractured his jawbone. Stewart was seized
by the keeper of the shooting-gallery, and given into
the custody of the pone.'. He stated at the police-
esation that he did not intend to discharge the Ode at
Gavin, and that it went Id accidentally.
Wit I. OF THE LATE MR. CHARLFS Est Ate—
. sill of Mr. Chart, s John Kean, the trag, dian,
who died at his reohlener, Bayswater, on the 22nd
.Taimary last, at the age of Si'. WWI proved ia the
London. Court Oa 25th ult. by James IL Fergageon, of
Gloucester Place, Portman Spare, barrister-at
evil Mr. Charles W. Young, Essex Street, trand.
The personalty was sworn under 05,000. The will is
dated June 30, 1886. He bequeaths to his wife (for-
merly Slits Ellen l'ree) a life interest in the sum of
£2:),M10 ; and after her decease he leaves the principal
to his daughter, Mary Maria Kean. He also leaves to
his wife all the presentation plate, jewelry, and specific
aiticles civen to him, whether by private individuals
or as public testimonials, which after her decease are to
pass to his daughter. He further leaves to his
wife the residue of his property. To his daughter he
leaves (100 a-year during the life of her mother. The
testator has left to Martha Elizabeth Chapman,
daughter of John Kemble Chapman, brother-in-law of
Ills wife, • legacy of £l,OOO, and an annuity of £l5O,
free of duty.

A TIIIEF SHOT ET A YOUNG LADY.—For some
time past numerous thefts of fowls have been com-
mitted near the "Old Swan," Liverpool. On Saturday
night, at about half-past nine o'clock, the niece of
Mr. Eastwood, who resides near the "Oil Swan,"
was in her uncle's house alone, the servant having left
on some errand. She was startled by hearing the
cackiiii4 of fowls in the hen-pen in the garden, and on
looking through the window saw two men in the
"run, ' which is enclosed by wirework. She found
two pistols on the chirnneypiece, one of which was
loaded with small shot, and was already capped. She
tome it down, and, armed with this formidable weapon,
went into the garden to attack the two thieves. They
were le.th in the " th.b h.l adock

put of the man's body, and discharged the weapon.
The man uttered • cry of pain, dropped the birds, and
with the assistance of his 1,,,111N1i1,011 climbed over the
garilvii wail into a field, and so escaped.
A DARING FEAT.—A Toroato paper says :
A daring fellow named limy McDonald, who resides in
town, perforttle,i a aumealiat dam:emus feat on Saturday.
tin the above day he wan driving lila team alma; the street
on the west side of the River 'Humes, anti when nearly oppo-
site the pristsdlt., he had occasion to leave his team tor a
short time. During hia ahseace the hones startid to the
river for a drink, and when found were solar in the water
that they .uld tad be-backed out. Rory, iii no a bp:taunted,
sprung upon the 'back of one of the horses, and giving them
the whip, floated majestically across the foaming billows,
imcdng opuctsite Kennedy's hotel. Wives certainly a:very
daring feat
THE .PROTOGIRAPH OF "COLONEL" Br/FICE.—
On Saturday an application was made at Judges'
Chamber under the Art Copyright Act to reatrain
photograph, from selling copies of the portrait of
Burke, the Fenian TIOW awaiting his trial in Newgate„
It WM stated that Burke had consented to sit for the
portrait in the yard of Newgate prison, only im con-
dition that no copies of it should be sold, and that he
had been led to believe the photograph was wetted
for the purposes of justice alone. The photographer
was now disposing of copies by the aid of a large
flaming tlaeard, in red, blue, anti green letters, which
annotinced that the photographs hail been taken by
comtnand. Burke had made over his copyright in
them to a Mr. O'Halloran, in consideration of that
gentlenian undertaking to defray a portion of the
legal expenses of the " Colonel's" defence. An order
wax granted.
THY A 1:1`0111DORAPHY OgrEcEJAMIN FRANKLIN.
—T Bhe osttm Advertiser, of h 21, lays:—

. .
It has for mime time been no secret that Mr. John Bigelow,
during his residence in Peril, discovered the original
autograph copy of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography. Me.
Bigelow has since superintended the publication , f this in-
teresting relic, ilow in prom in Philadelphia and trim his
preface it appears that it differs from the accepted version,
which was published by Franklin's grandson, in minty par-
ticulars. The copy which was given to the printers was an
unfinished draft, mid 'resides adding eight pages to the
narrative salt stood when that copy was made. Franklin
made liberal changes In the text, no less than twelve hundred
111 number. Thu. it will be wen that the autobiography as
it is now to appear, from the author's own Manuso lid, has
almost the interest Of a new work. The last eight pages,
winch are entirely new to the politic, treat of the visit id
Dr Franklin to England from 1757 to 176.2, as agent for the
cloy of Peinisytvania, for the purpose id ontaininc the
royal assent Loan act taxing the proprietary estate in common
with other property in the primmer.

A COLOURED NAPOLEON. The New York
Tribune says:—

Louie Napoleen, for many years the carrier of the Standard
Is this city, wants to realise 1109 ill., in order to purchase a
small homestead en Staten Island. Napoleon was once a
slave, and has been associated with the old Manumbsion
Society and with the American Anti-Slavery Society. He is
well known as the active New York agent of the whilom
" Underground Railroad."
No more faithful worker of the coloured race has
ever lived, and as he is now upwards of seventy years
,d age, and becoming i too old for further labour, t may
be desired by many to aid him by addhat to Ilia own
savings the sum necessary to purchase a home. Napo-
leon has long been an eml.lo)d of the Tritune, and
contributions in answer to his appeal for am/distance
may be left at this office.
DETERMINED fIE sIIODLD HAVE ENOUGH ! —The
Times' correspondent at Wellington says that an the
time for the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to New
Zealand drew near the enthusiasm of the loyal natives
increased, and preparationo for feasting were going on
vieorously. "There will be no lack of roast pig,
attacks' fins, dried eels, sweet potatoes, now thistle, and
other delicacies with which to regale his Royal H igh-
nese, so that however blued the round of festivities in
Australia may have left the Duke, a few weeks if
New Zealand travel ought to prove sufficiently reatora-
tive. If not there is still open the invitation to visa
the Society Islands which has been forwarded through
Sir George Grey. ihe story goes that the chief Bend-
ing it, on being asked in what style be would receive
the Duke, said, Why I would give him a basket id
sweet potatoes and taro and a sucking pig, and then, if
he were not full, he should have a basket of oranges.'
Makea was in'ormed in reply that if the Duke ate
what it was proposed to provide for him, it could not
be otherwise than that he would do very well."
THE DRESSES AT HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING.
ROOM—At the late drawing-room at Buckingham
Palace the Queen wore a rich black silk dress, with a
train trimmed with crape and jet, and a diadem of
diamonds over a long white crape lisse veiL Her
Majesty also wore a diamond necklave and earrings,
the Moan(' and Star of the Order ot the C titer, and
the Orders of Victoria and Albert and Louise of
Prussia. The Princess of Wales wore a petticoat and
train of rich blue satin, trimmed with bands of tulle
bouillionne, with rose and shamrock leaves and rich
Irish lace. Headdrrea—iliatnonds, feathers, and veil;
ornaments—pearls and diamonds; orders— the Victoria
and Albert, the Danish, and the Order of Catherine of
Prussia. Princess Christian wore a train of blue and
silver moire antique, trimmed with a rich border of
satin and silver braid. The petticoat of white silk,
trimmed with bouillionnes of tulle and point lace,
looped up with bouquets of roses, forget-me•nots, silver
shamrocks, and wheat ears. Headdresa—a tiara of
turquoise and diamonds, lappets, and feathers • orals.
mum—turquoise,' and dit1111011d1; ; orders—Victoria
and Albert and St. Isabel, Princess Louise wore a
train if mauve moire, trimmed with silver crane
and tulle. Petticoat of moire tulle lover a white
glace, tunic of silver crape, looped up with silver roses.
Headdress—feathers, diatnionds, and veil; ornaments
—diamonds, Victoria and Albert Order, and (trier of
St. IsabeL Her Majesty being fatigued, left the
drawing-room at ten minutes before font o'clock, after
which the ladies were received by the PriliCtElS of
Wales on her Majesty's behalf.
LOST LIJGGAOE.—TII3 cone of Newston r. the
London and North Western Railway Company was
tried at the Liverpool assizes on Saturday before Mr.
Jusice Mellor. The action was to recover the value of
luggage bat by the defendants between NI anchester and
Liverpool, the value of which plaintiff estimated at
£ll3 I be., including teat worth of silk handkerehiera
As the latter, however, were merchandise, the plointiff
was not able to recover for them, and the defendants
paid £l5 into court as the full value of the personal
luggage plaintiff was entitled to take with him. Jacob
Newston, a Turk, had been in England nearly two
years, the greater portion of which time he carried on
the business of a perambulator-maker in Manchester.
Having made up his mind to proceed tat America he
went some time ago to Constantinople to see his friends.
On returning to England he collected the lutt,age which
he thought he would require to take with him, and on
the 23rd August he had a box containing the lusgage
conveyed to the Victoria Station in Manchester, and
had it labelled for Liverpool by one of the porters. It
was placed in a van attached to the train, but when
the latter arrived at Liverpool the box was missing,
and it had not since been found. The jury, without
hearing the witnesses for the defence, said they were
satisfied that the plaintiff had been fully compensated
by the sum paid into court, and a verdict was entered
accordingly.

A VOLUNTEER SCANDAL—OiI Saturday, at the
Liverpool Asaizes, an action of libel was brought—
" Beattie v. Sh flaw "—for a communication published
in the St. Helen's newspaper, and the defendant
pleaded a justification. The defendant had been an
I officer in the '2nd Lancashire Engineer Volunteers,
I which had been got up and was commanded by the
I plaintiff. The alleged libel, alluding to the balance.
, sheet published by the plaintiff, impugned its accuracy,
I and charged Major Beattie with "attempting to palm
! a deceptive statement on the public." The letter also
imputed to the plaintiff dishonourable conduct with
reference to the purchase of some timber from the
building company of which he was the managing
director, and with reference to some vouchers or
receipts which it alleged he "surreptitiously " tore out
if a hook in the custody of the adjutant, The plain-
tiff, being called, explained the amounts, denied most
emphatically the libellous allegations in the defendant's
letter, and with some detail showed how he, who hail
brought the corps to a very high state of efficiency,
bail I leen, since the admission of the defendant and line
or two of his friends into the corps, opposed and
obstructed in the government of the regiment. On the
strong advice of his lordship the matter wait left to the
arbitrament of Lieutenant Colonel Gamble, a formal
verdict being taken for the plaintiff.
ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY. The nusgiait
gazette mentions a singular mode of robbery 10 the
railway between Biazan and Koslowsk. The depre-
dators prepare a stout pole with a line and grapnel,
ani.l await the passage of strain of open waggons laden
with sacks of wheat. They prefer such places as have
mounting gradients, as the speed is less. When the
carriages are passing the depredator throws out his line
and the hook catches a sack, and by the jerk brings it
to the ground, whence it is easily picked up and carried
off. Lately the tackle gave way and was borne on by
the train to the next station, when the device was
discovered.

CLEVER ANTS.—The Revue Populaire says
there it 4 a kind of ant in Texas reimirk able mot
only for keeping other ants in slavery, and employing
them in public works for the benefit of the com-
munity at large, but also for sowing around their
settlement the seeds of a small giaminaceous plant,
which they afterwards reap acd store away in granaries
constiucted for the purpose.

A VERDICr JUSTIFIED.—Mr. GINSley died on
SaturtLy at his residence in Bradford, at the age ot
sixty-two years. Mr. Gresley, who had been well
known Ma commercial traveller for thirty or forty year,t
Wlll4 (AA reported in the papers last week) the plaintiff
in an action tried at the Leeds Assizes in Saturday
week it ainst the Midland Railway Company for the
recovery of damages for injurit a sustained in an acci-
dent on the company's line, at Methley, near L-ed, in
April, 1867, and thtained a ver, act for E 1,500 damages.
He died of the injuries sustained.

A DREADFUL AFFAIR.—The following sad case
has come under the notice of the Liverpool police
• ' .

A working man, named John Malian, lived in a court In
flood-street Mrs MAllan hail recently been confined, and
her husband and a little boy, three years old, occupieda bed In
the same room in which she lay. About two o'clock the other
morning she was awoke by her husband shouting oat, "I've
done it ! I've done ii!" She hiluired what be had done,
and was horrified on his telling her he bad killcd the child, lie
then rose, coolly put on his clothes, and attempted to destroy
himself by indicting two wounds iii his throat with a razor.
Mrs. Manatee screams soon brought In the neighbours and
the police, and the murderer was secured and taken to a
surgeon, who dressed his wounds. It voLS found that he had
strangled the little by by presenk his hands around ha
Deck. (In being charged st ith the murder, be iail, "1 did it
wbh my hands. Ido not know what came over me, the
(testi made me dolt" Au imp. st was hell upon the Maly,
when a verdict of wilful murder as, returned against
Mallen.

AN EXTINCT RACE.—One of the most remark-
able races that ever inhabited the earth is now ex-
tinct. They were known as the Garmches, and were
the aborigines of the Canary Islands. In the sixteenth
century, pestilence, slavery, and the cruelty of the
Spaniards succeeded in totally exterminating them.
They are described as having been gigantic in stature,
but of a singularly mild and gentle nature. Their food
consisted of barley, wheat, and goat's milk, and their
agriculture was of the rudest kind. They had a
religion which taught them of a future state of re.
wards tiei punishment after death, and of at NA and

cats
Whichl,lll CUSAtilAlt- L., Lc :611 1.03,4,1 Ji
those who viaittlie Their nwrriages
soltwin, and lwfort .iil;slging in thew the brides were
fattened on milk.
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AM ASYLUM FOR OLD SOLDIERS.—A paper gives
son, interesting details relative to the Hotel des
Invalides, in Paris. That asylum contains ordinarily
a poptilatb di of 19,000 old soldiers, a small minority of
whom at this moment belong to the last period of the
First Font are. The number of the obi e trepauions in
arms ef Napsigeon 1. at the Hotel is about 940, and of
that. numberjnerre Affien 150 Lave .ficiit a limb, and a
few are blind: Thse .ain wht3 has lost both the fora
thrine endwise, fuldn ehed witif two !harks adapted t*,
ho stukiPti, hses them with Much dexterity to supply ,
e place of hands. About 60 wear the military meilaL
and nearly 1910 are decorated with the Cross of the
Legion of Houour. Amon4 the latter several have
received the distinction under the present Enips!rt,r en
a reward for services rendered to the first. Anating the
older members there are 30 whose services date from
the first Republic. One of them, a sailor in 1793 on
hoard the Kripicm, has been a resident since 1606. He
was blown up with the vessel, and so 111,1011111 y injured
that it was found necessary to cut off both his legs ; he
is now 92 years of age.
A SCOTCHED ENTAIL.—TIIO Psi)! Mall Gazette
says that there will he much joy at Tattersall's upon
the occasion of a decision pnmounced on Thursday
het in the Edinburgh Court of Seaton, which affects
seriously the future position of the successors to the
great Sootch dukedom of Hamilton, Brandon, awl
( 'hatellierault The present duke has brought an
actita of th claration against his brother, Lard Charles
George Aichibald Hamilton, and others for the pur-
I pose of having it found and declared that the various
deeds of entail of the Hamilton estates are invalid
and ineffectual in PO far as regards the prohibitive
and irritant and resolutive clauses therein contained
and referred to, and that he (the pursuer) is entitled to
hold the said estates in fee simple, and diepotie of them
at pleasure. Lord Barcaple loot given judgment, find-
ing that the entails under is hich the Doke of Hamilton
holds his ancestral estates are invalid, and that he may
bring the prol.erty to the hammer as soon as he pleases.
There will, of course, be an appeal to the Inner House,
but it is said that the best legal authorities entertain
no doubt that the Lord Ordinary's judgment will be
affirmed.

SUICIDE OF A MEDICAL STUDENT.—An in-
quest has been held at Leeds on the holy of Mr. W.
Rudilock, aged twenty-two, eon of Mr. Thu Mock, sur-
geon, who hail committed suicide at his father's house
by taking laudanum. For some weeks past the de-
ceased had drunk heavily, and had fresiuently re-
marked that he wished he was dead. He hail kept
the company of theatricaLs, and had expressed a strong
desiro to become an actor. He had been in the habit
of drinking laudanum as a stimulant, but he knew its
effects perfectly well. On Tuesday night in last week
he waist several public-houses, and went home intoxi-
cated. Next morning, at an early hoar, he was found
lying on the heartlorug, in the sitting-room, apparently
in a dying state. The surgeon, who bad been
called in to the deceasecl, deposesl that he found him
suffering from the effccts of laudanum. 1 lie.uoial
remedies were applied, but he never recovered, and
died in the afternoon. The jury returned a verdict
that the deceased had destroyed himself while labour-
ing under temporad insanity, produced by excsssive
drinking.

INFANT MORTALITY.—Forty-three per cent, of
those who died in the year 1867 in the eight principal
towns of Scotland were children under five years Of
age. But this mode of calculation given no c.irrect
idea of the mortality to children ; it is necessary to
compare the deaths with the number living and liable
to death, and this has been done. In Perth. then,
the min uslity was, 511 per thousand of the total slum-
ber of children under five in that city •, in Aberdeen,
li3 per thousand ; in Paisley, 79; in Edinburgh and
Greenock. ; in Leith, 88 ; in Glasgow, 96; in
Dundee. 106. The returns of several years show that
of these eight towns, Aberdeen and Perth are the most
faviourahle to infant life ; Dundee, Glasgow, and
Greenock most fatal to it.