The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-16 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN:

After a lapse of thirteen years France has resumed
diplomatic relations with Mexico.
A correspondent of the Pictorial World writes :
"That there is nothing new under the st'tn is freshly exem-
plified by an old painting of Albert Darer's, in which,
among the articles surrounding a female figure, are the
numerals Ito 16, so arranged that the lines, in whatever
direction added, make the number 34 and so anticipate the
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- The Town Council of Wisbech are making efforts to
orga.nise a movement amongst local authorities for procur-
ing better control over the management of rivers.
The Indian native chiefs are stated to be showing
much liberality in subscribing to the Patriotic Fund. The
Puttiala Council Regency has presented a lakh of rupees.
We understand that there is no immediate inten-
tion of sending further troops to Ireland.—Tuesday's Times.
About forty-seven thousand people are at the
present time inmates of the various metropolitan work-
houses.

The receipts on account of revenue from the let
April, 18,0, when there was a balante of £3,273,428, to
Oct. 9, 1880, were £38,917,270, against £37,951,191 in the
corresponding period of the preceding financial year, which
began with a balance of £6,915,756. The net expenditure
was £45,846,512, against £47,391,655 to the same date in the
previous year. The Treasury balances on Oct. 9 amounted to
£1,669,301, and at the same date in 1879 to £1,057,841.

An inquest has been held at Brighton on the body
of William Moore, fly proprietor at that town, who was re-
cently killed whilst standing opposite the door of his resi-
dence. His horse became affrighted, and in his endeavour
to keep it quiet he was knocked down, the wheels of the
fly passing over him, and inflicting such internal injuries
that he died before he could be taken to the hospital. The
jury returned a verdict of Accidental death.
We hear of a boat accident in America in whichita
dressmaker was the only passenger saved. 6urvival of the
fittist, as usual.—Sporting Times.

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Two male ibexes, belonging to the herd which was
turned out in the Rhcetian Alps two years ago, made the
road between Chur and Disserten so dangerous, several
travellers having been attacked by them, that it was con-
sidered necessary to capture and place them in confine-
ment. This feat was successfully performed last week by a
company of chamois hunters, and the creatures are now
safely housed in a stable in the neighbourhood of Chur.

Monday.was the 57th anniversary of the birth of
General the Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, C. 8., com-
mander of the military forces at Portsmouth, who was born
at Bushey Park, Herta, on Oct. 11, 1823. Prince Edward is
the son of Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, brother of the
Grand Duke Karl Friedrich, and cousin of Karl Alexander,
the present Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar. He entered the
British Army, as a subaltern, on June 1, 1841, and attained
the rank of general in December last. He married, on Nov.
27, 1851, the Lady Augusta Catherine Gordon-Lennox,
daughter of Charles, fifth Duke of Richmond, K.G., and
sister of the present Duke of Richmond and Gordon.

Lady huntresses in the French provinces are more
than usually numerous this year, inspired by the example of
President Grevy's daughter, who is as devoted to sport as
her father. Semi-masculine garb is adopted by the fair
sportswomen consisting of black cloth Breton trousers,
made vevy wide, and reaching below the knee, where they
are met by high buckskin boots, long Louis XIII. jacket,
ornament with silver dogs'-heade, and thrown open to show
the waistcoat, fastened by similar canine buttons, a felt
bonnet, eau g up at one side by two large silver dogs'
heads, and cu a, collar, and frill cf old Mechlin lace. The
costume is said to be most becoming.
On Tuesday night a largely attended meeting was
held in Edinburgh under the presidency of Mr. Charles
McLaren, M.P. at which addresses were delivered by Miss
Becker, Miss Downing, Miss Biggs, Miss Irby, and other
ladies in favour of the extension of the franchise to women,
and urging that in the Bill for the assimilation of the burgh
and county franchise provision should be made for women
householders and owners of property being allowed to vote
for members of Parliament in counties and boroughs and
also for members of Town Councils.

The Astronomer-Royal states that Professor Peters,
of .clinton New York, announces the discovery of a minor
planet of Ale ninth magnitude bn Monday, in right ascen-
sion, one hour 20 minutes 20 seconds; declination eight
degrees 53 minutes north, with daily motion 15 minutes
south.

A robust young man of twenty-one died in Leeds
Infirmary on Saturday from hydrophobia. In the beginning
of April last he had been bittes in the thumb by a stray
dog, but it was only last week serious symptoms began to
show themselves. Soon hydrophobic symptoms were de-
veloped, and on Friday he was removed to the infirmary. All
that skill and attention could do was done, but the poor
fellow died in great agony.

In London during last week 2,261 births and 1,398
deaths were registered. The births were 227be10w, while the
deaths exceeded by 2, the avertize numbers in the corres-
ponding week of the last ten years. The annual death-rate
from ,all causes, which had been equal to 20-5 and 19-3 per
1,000 in the two preceding weeks, rose again to 19-9.

There were 35 British and foreign wrecks reported
during the past week, making a total of 970 for the present
year, or a deerease of 253 as compared with the correspond-
ing period of last year. The approximate value of property
lost was £950,000, including British, £730,000.
The New York Weekly Produce Exchange says :
The out-turn of the wheat crop of 1880 will not probably be
very much, if any, over 450,000,000 bushels. The corn crop
may probably give an aggregate of 1,500,000,000 bushels.
The threshing of the wheat cr,gp of 1880 in several states
proves the out-turn to be some What disappointing.

At Cowes Revision Court Lord Colville of Culross
appeared in person, claiming to be put on the list of voters
for the Isle of Wight for a freehold house at Cowes. Be said
he was a Scotch peer, and though an elected repesentative
peer, that was not a permanent position. As Viscount
Gorton (Irish peer) was on the register he saw no reason
why he should not be also on the list. The Revising
Barrister, on the strength of Lord Coleridge's decision in the
case of "Hayward v. Scott," that peers, whether of the
United Kingdom, Scotland, or Ireland, were disqualified for
the franchise decided against the claim.

From an inquiry recently made it appears that the
exportation of live cattle from the United States now
exceeds that of dressed meat. The shipments last season
were 105,321 head ; this year, up to the beginning of
August, they have been about 118,000, besides which many
shiploads are sent by way of Canada (Montreal). New York
takes the lead; Boston ships about two-thirds of the mum-
bur shipped from New York; Philadelphia and Baltimore
rank next, awl both exceed Portland. The aggregate trade,.
including sheep, approaches 35,000,000 dolt, a year. The
low freights on live cattle give that branch of the trade a
considerable advantage.

The Earl of Caruarvon, in opening a working men's
.coffee-house near Newbury, spoke In favour of introducing
various games, provided gambling was strictly excluded. He
approved the use of beer in such clubs withip the limits
specified by the rules, and also advocated the reasonable use
of tobacco, which was a luxury that yielded satisfaction and
comfort to all classes of men from the prince to the peasant.
He alluded to the advantage derived from all classes mixing
together; and declared that the real battle against
agitators was bein,„l fought in such country parishes as that
in which the club had been opened, where various classes
mlngbad together, and renderstd each other kindly offices.
The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens,
Regent's Park, London, during the past week include a
purple-faced monkey from Ceylon, presen:ed by Mr. William
Collingwood ; a Macaque Monkey, from India, presented by
Mr. Henry Chimbleby ; a white-checked capuchin, from
Brazil, presented by Mr. Henry C. Marckman de .Lichtah.
bell; two common cranes, European, presented by 31-r.
Norman W. Shairp ; a rose hill parakeet, from New South
Wales, presented by Mr. Charles Porter; a common
chameleon, from North Africa presented by Mr. Percy
Day; a West African python, from West Africa, presented
by Dr. F. Speer; a blessbok, from South Africa, a Prince
Albert's eurrasow, from Columbia, deposited; a sulphur-
breasted toucan, from Mexico, purchased.
An alarming accident occurred on the Glasgow and
South-Western Railway at Greenock on Monday evening.
An engine and tender were being shunted, and, whether by
accidept or otherwisg, they passed ,on to the bridge which
crosses Brougham-stfeet, and, leaving the rails, carried
away a large portion of the masonry, which with a large
wooden barricade fell into the street below. The engine
and tender, fortunately, did not go over the parapet. No
person was hurt, but there were several narrow escapes
froni-being struck by falling masonry. The signalling appa.
ratus was smashed, and signllling had to be subkequentiy
conducted by sags.

The wheat arrivals in London for the past week are
notable as being snore than half from East India, where,
owing to the extension of the railway system, a prolific
source of supply is being developed. •
The Marquis of Lansdowne has determiDo'
Side on his Irish estates during the winter.

to re-

The Earl of Longford has, it is said, issued a
circular starting that he has instructed his agents to make
for this year a reduction of 10 per cent. in the rents, which
was allowed last year, to those who pay their rents at the
usual time.

It is said that General Sir F. Roberts is to receive
knighthood in the order of the Star of India, in recognition
of his recent services in Afghanistan.
The Corporation of Derby has resolved to establish
a public recreation ground at Little Chester, at a net cost of
about Al 400 -
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At Bicester' on Saturday night, a labourer was re-
turning home Nvith a loaded gun in his pocket. When
within a few-minutes' walk of his house, the weapon fell on
the ground and exploded, the contents lodging in hir
stomach. Medical assistance was obtained, but the injured
man expired after suffering excruciating pain about fons
o'clock on Sunday morning. The deceased was twenty-two
years of age, and leaves a widow and two children.

The trade in rabbits between Ostend and England
dates back for many years, but has increased-considerably
of late. From October 1, 1879, to the end of February, 1880,
there were sent from Ostend to London two million rabbits
The oldest church tower in America belongs to an
Episcopal Church at Tacoma, in Washington Territory. It
is an immense fir-tree, suxmounted by a bell and cross,
and bearing rings which show its age to be at least 275
years.
The store of ammunition for the Nordenfeldt guns
at the magazine at tipnor Castle having been considerably
reduced by the despatch of 90 tons for the Mediterranean
Fleet, the Government have given orders for the manufac-
ture of a large quantity to replenish the stores.

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In France the decrease in the sugar duty, which
came into operation on the let inst., has begun to have the
desired•effect. The retail price of sugar in Paris has already
fallen to the extent of one penny or three-halfpence per
pound, and a further reduction will take place as the stock
in hand becomes exhausted.

In Holland three triplet brothers—a naval employe,
a solicitor, and a postmaster—have just celebrated their
50th birthday, all being in excellent health.

" I hear that the Czar is threatened with blindness,
and that it is doubted if he would obtain any relief by an
operation. Long before General 3felikoff's appointment to
the Dictatorship of Russia, all State papers requiring his
Majesty's signature wore printed in the largest type, under
the direct superintendence of one of the Ministers, to enable
IlheCzar to read them."—The World.

The Dutch Arctic Expedition in the Willenz
Barentz have returned to Amsterdam after exploring the
Greenland and Spitzbergen comp and reaching lat. SI
They Mug home a rich harvest of natural history speci-
mens.

On September 28, the city of Christiana, in Norway,
inaugurated a statue to its founder and great benefactor
King Christian IV. King Oscar was present, and was
specially thanked by Burgomaster Ryghtfor assisting at the
ceremony. His Majesty was greeted with enthusiastic cheer-
ing by the people.
It is stated that there is a chance of a visit from an
American team of cricketers next year, and that two gentle-
men are about to go out to the United States for the purpose
of making bhe necessary arrangements.

On Monday, Lord George Hamilton opened a new
Conservative club at Armley, near Leeds, and, speaking at
an evening meeting, severely criticised the Eastern policy
of the Government. The Concert of Europe he described
as the alliance of England and Russia against Turkey, at
the same time pointing out that the interests and policy
of Russia and'England were diametrically opposed.

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Great talk is heard of a winter sitting of Parliament
and a warm campaign for the Government if so. For, if
the Eastern Question be settled, we have cause for anxiety
far nearer home.— Whitehall Review.

At Edinburgh, on Monday, Sir U. Kay-Shuttle-
worth addrfssed the Social Science Congress upon Cha-
ritable Endowments. He quoted several curious cases in
which the objects of benefactors are strangely out of har-
mony with modern methods of life, and by statistics showed
the magnitude of the charity property in this country. He
advocated the adoption of a system for the supervision of
the Charities, and a complete reform of their administra-
tion and employment.
The speed of the Czar's new and peculiar yacht
Livadia has been tested on the Clyde, and the average is
found to be rather under sixteen knots an hour. With the
wind and tide favourable the rate of speed was, of course,
rather more.

A trip to catch colonists has been invented by the
American Northern Pacific Railway. They have built a
splendidly ornamented baggage car, according to the New
York Hour, filled it with samples of all "vegetable pro-
ducts of the golden North-west," and intend to send it on a
tour through the Eastern States to tempt farmers now
struggling with less fertile ground.

The export of iron from Germany is rapidly in-
creasing, and it is estimated that during the year 1880 the
total exports will reach 13 millions of kilogrammes.
Mr. Alderman Luke Hardy, who fought as an
officer at Waterloo, and has been a member of the Notting-
ham Town Council thirty-two years, died on Sunday, aged
eighty-three.
The average yield of wheat throughout the Pro-
vince of Manitoba, Canada, is thirty bushels to the acre, and
an immense area has been sown; barley, forty bushels per
acre ; and Oats, forty to forty-five bushels per acre, thus
giving to Manitoba the best harvest yet recorded.
Rod fishing on the Tay closed on Saturday. The
season has been the most unproductive on record.
There vvas a singular novelty displayed last month
at the great fruit fair, St. Louis, gissouri. It was an apple
column, 40ft. high, and 3ift. in diameter, in imitation of an
Egyptian obelisk. Twenty-five barrels, or 8,000 apples, were
used in its construction; and they came very appropriately
from Egypt, in Southern Illinois. Some idea of the extent
of the apple culture may be found from the fact that five
thousand plates of apples we sent for exhibition.

There'are more than 25,000,000 of the population of
the United,States made up of farmers and their families,
who are represented in Congress by 14 farmer members.
There are possibly 200,000 of the population made up of
lawyers and their families, who are represented in Congress
by 275 lawyer members. Hence each 1,800,000 of the farmer
population have one representative, while each 720 of the
lawyer population have one representative.

The Guildhall of Arbroath was burned down on
Sunday morning. Among the articles destroyed were the
records of the Guildhall Incorporation from its foundation,
upwards of 100 years ago. These documents were of high
local and antiquarian value, and their loss is irreparable.
Several pieces of antique furniture were also consumed. The
damage to property is estimated at about £d,000; it is
covered by insurance.
It is stated in a letter from Rome that the Count de
Chambord has presented a petition to the Pope praying for
the beatification (the preliminary degree of canonization) of
Louis XVI., and that Leo XIII. has referred it to the Con-
gregation of the Rites.
The Bishop of St. Albans opened a new church on.
Tuaday, at Bushey. In the course of his sermon his lord-
ship expressed the hope that in these dangerous days such
houses would be bulwarks against waves of unbelief, which
were beginning to surge violently against the walls of Zion.
The church was built for working men, who, it was. said,
were unbelievers ; but he did not think they were, though they
were miserably negligent in religious worship.

A Times' telegram says that a pastoral letter was
read in all the Catholic churches in Ottawa on Sunday, for-
bidding parents, on pain of deprivation of the z-acrament, to
Me send ir children to the Government Model School—a pre-
paratory institution to the Normal school.
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The Chancellor of Exchequer in Wednesday's
Times acknowledges under the head of "Conscience Money,
the receipt of the first halves of two £lOO notes from
"C."
On Monday morning a special conference was called
by circular at the Miners' Hall, Barnsley, for the purpose
of considering the desirability of demanding a general ad-
vance ot.wages. Delegates representing 30,000 miners con-
nected with various ledges throughout South Yorkshire and
Derbyshire attended. Strong opinions were expressed by
some delegates that wages were already too low. Nothing
but a general demand for advance would prevent further en-
croachments.

Sir Bartle Frere, who arrived at 4bergeldie on
Saturday, had an audience of the Queen at Balmoral in the
afternoon, and dined with her Majesty and the Royal
Family in the evening. •
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A serious accident ' has happened in London to a
man named Charlton at the Kentish Town Station. Charlton
had just alighted from the Scotch express, and was standing
on the line, when a train of empty carriages backed on to
him, and, knocking him down, upparently completely
severed one leg from his body, the foot of the other leg
being also considerably hurt. The injured man, who is a
servant of the Midland Railway Company, was removed to
St. Pancras.

As Viscorunt Midleton, accompanied by his groom,
was on Saturday driving from his seat at Peperharow-park
to the station at Godalming, his horse stumbled, and his lord-
ship and the groom were thrown with great force from the
vehicle into the roadway. The vehicle was overturned and
smashed to pieces, and the horse was seriously injured.
Beyond a few bruises, his lordship and the groom escaped
uninjured.
In answer to inquiries made by Mr. W. R. H.
Powell, M.P., Mr. Herbert Gladstone, in a letter published
In the South Wales Daily News, states that where a farm-
house is clearly below £.lO in annual value no duty will be
chargeable on beer brewed by the occupier, even if the
house is not assessed separately from the land.

The infant Princess- Pauline, the first-born of the
second marriage of the King of the Netherlands, was chris-
tened on Tuesday in William's Church, the Hague. The
Royal family were warmly received on their passage from
the Palace to the church, and also on their return.

At a Conference .of the clergy and laity of the
Deanery of Ilchestcr, in the diocese of Bath and Wells, it
was resolved unanimously to carry out the provisions of the
Burials Act with kindness and courtesy and Christian
charity, but not to make concessions beyond the Act, as
they would be likely to lead to further demands and not
satisfy those who asked for them. An opinion was ex-
pressed that as the Act did not provide for the use of the
bell it should be used only at funerals of Church people.

A cheese fair was held at Chester last Saturday, at
which from 45 to 50 tons were pitched, mostly of medium
quality. The prices for the commoner sorts ranged from
50s. to 60s. per cwt., while medium fetched 705., and a few
prime dairies 745. The demand was rather slack, and as a
consequence prices showed a decline ox those quoted at the
last fair of from 3s. to 4s. per cwt.

There are now in England forty-four official salmon
districts with boards of conservators. The result is a very
large supply of minion to the public markets, especially
from such rivers as the Tyne, the Eden, the Severn, itc.
Despite the jeremiads of the alarmists, and
.the
attempts of the American manufacturers to keep Sheffield
products out of the markets of the United States, the returns
recently made show that trade is steadily Increasing; and
the action of Mr. Vanderbilt, who has been on a visit to the
Iron districts of Germany and France, proves that we still
make rails which, at least in the open market, arc preferred
to others"--Echo.
Sunday (10th) was the 50th anniversary of the birth
of Queen Isabella of Spain, who was born On Oct. 10, 1830.
Her Majesty is the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand VII.,
and ascended the throne of Spain on the death of her father
on Sept. 29, 1833. She .assumed the Government, on being
declared of age by the Cones, on Nov. 8, 1843; and married-,
on Oct. 10, 1846 her cousin, the Infante Francisco. Queen
Isabella was exiled on Sept. 30, 1868, and abdicated in favour
of„. her son,
on June 25, 187.0. Alfonso XII., her only son
,asproclaimed Mug of Spam ctt Madrid on Dec. 31, 1874,
and landed at Barcelona, and assumed the government on
P, 1875.
A correspondent in Notes and Queries says Cyprus
satin often occurs in old inventories and account Woks.
The churchwardens' accounts of Leverton, near Boston,
Lincolnshire, have the following under the year 1528: "For
a yard of green Sattyn of Sypryse, vitfel." It was probably
purchased to be used in the repair of-the vestments. In an
Inventory of the goods belonging. to the Abbey of Peter-.
borough in 1539 we find, "One vestment of red, coarse satten
of Cyprus with harts and knots." Cyprus gold is mentioned
In the Archceologia. It seems to have been a textile
fabric.

The display of paintings, sculpture, and wood carv-
ing at the Royal Albert Hall was open on last Sunday be-
tween the hours of three and five in the afternoon, to the
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holders of tickets which had been distributed by the ouncil
of the Albert Hall, the Sunday Society, and others. Despite
the unfavourable state of the weather, a large number of
visitors attended.
The meetings in connection with the Congrega-
tional Union of England and Wales commenced on Tuesday
at Birmingham. There were about 1,200 members present.
The Rev. S. Newth, D.D., Presided, and in his °Penkl
address dealt with the subjects of ministerial training an
the present duty of the Congregational churches. Resolu-
tions were passed acknowledging the earnestness with which
the Government undertook to deal with the long-pending
oontroversy relative to the burial-grounds, and also acknow-
ledging much common ground with the Church of England,
~ which was not opposed by them n. 5 a church but as a State
caablishmeut rapers were read by the Rev. Dr. Kennedy,
the Rev. G. 5. Barrett, and the ley. J. DrEwan Stott.

'Blackbirds in Manitoba, U.S., are quite a pest this
year, the Live-Stock Journal tells UR. They alight upon the
shocks of cut grain, and completely thresh them.
Land and Water learns that the following landed
proprietors have extended the provisions of the Ground
Game Act to existing leases :—The Duke of Argyll, Earl of
Lauderdale, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Crawford, Sir Kendeth
Mackenzie of Gairloch, Lord Elibank, Sir Herbert Maxwell,
Bart., of 3fonreith, Sir John Ogilvy of Baldovan, Mr. Brown-
Morison of Finderlie, Mr. Hope Vere of Blackwood, Sir
Massey Lopes, and Mr. Leonard Lyall of Kinnordy.

In the cemetery of Milan, near the Crematorium
erected a few years ago, a Cinerarinm is to be erected for the
preservation of the ashes of the dead. It is to be in the
Etruscan style, about 36ft. in height and 16ft. in breadth,
and will contain 125 niches, in which the urns will be depos-
ited. There will also be catacombs in the same building
for urns of different dimensions.
An Ottawa telegram announces the publication
there of a circular from the Colonial Office, stating that, by
an order in Council, all the British possessions in North
America with one or two,exceptions,, are to form part of
the Dominion of Canada from the lit oflast nionth.
Rye fetched a higher pries on Friday in last week
on the Berlin Corn Exchange than it has done for thirty
years; two hundred and live tr, two hundred and thirteen
marks were paid, according to quality, per one thousand
kilogrammes. The average price for rye was only five marks
lower than that of wheat.
The French Minister of War has ordered a collec-
tion of patriotic military storks to be compiled for the use
of the use of the primary schools. .
A new vine pest has made its appearance in the
Rheinthal, canton St. Gall. The disease is said to'resemblb
In some of its characteristics the potato ov.dium, but it is
much more virulent, the grapes affected by it becoming
rapidly putrid. Sevekal vineyards have been completely. .
devastated by the malady, which is believed to be of Ame-
rican origin.
As much as twelve degrees of frost were registered
in some parts of Dumfriesshire the early part of last week'
and in many places in England, especially in the 3ildland
counties, seven or eight degrees.
I hear that one day recently the Earl of Cawdor
and party, numbering six guns, were out shooting over the
estate, and succeeded in bagging the extraordinary—shall I
say unprecedented I—number of 596 hares. Gamekeepers
and gillies were, of course, unable to carry them, and they
were conveyed to the'Castle in carts.—The World.
FrOrn returns just published it appears that the
passions to ex-officers of the German army and navy have,
since 1872, increased the military budget by no less than
120,000,000 of marks.

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In memory of the late Colonel Pickard, a brass
tablet has just been placed in the Rutland Chapel of St.
George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. It is in close proximity
to that of the late Sir Charles Phipps, and bears the inscrip-
tion : 'Yo the memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur F.
Pickard, V.C., C. 8., ILA., Assistant-Keeper Privy Purse and
Assistant Private Secretary. Born Aprill2, 1841 ; died March
12, 1880. This monument was erected as a tribute of respect
by her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Connaught, and his Royal Highness Prince Leopold. Not
slothful in work ; fervent in spirit."

The Court Journal says that.Ml.le. Sarah Bernhardt
has just ordered one hundred and fifty pairs of gloves for
her American tour. They are ,of undressed kid, of the
Mousquetaire style, with three buttons at the wrist, but of
a length equivalent to a thirty button glove, and are to cost
eighteen francs a pair.
The Whitehall Review says that the Czar has invited
Sir Garnet Wolseley to attend the autumnal manceuvres in
Russia next year.
A correspondent of a St. Louis paper says that
seven months ago a straw shed fell down on some hogs,
turkeys and chickens, which, of course, all would suppose
would be killed or die of starvation or want of air. A short
time since the owner of the shed was removing some of the
straw, when to his astonishment one of the hogs was found
to be still alive, but as may be supposed, very thin in flesh.
The hog would weigh at the time of its incarceration about
200 pounds, but on coming out of the straw it was nothing
but skin and bones. In fact, it did not resemble a hog very
much, but looked like some hideous monster.

A gentleman was explaining to a French railway
station-master that the English had a system of allowing
travellers to move about freely. "But," said the station-
master, "you do not know the French. They would be all
over the plaGe."—Sporting Times.

The Duke of Westminster and party have killedllo
stags in Reay Forest during the season.
Gold ! more gold is wanted by the ladies for their
dresses. One may as well face the fact as evade it; gord is
to be much used in millinery stuffs this winter, and after
three seasons of trying, the manufacturers have at last suc-
ceeded in making ribbons and brocade in which the gold is
interwoven so as to brighten and beautify the design with-
out making it seem gaudy.—Court Journal.

The Executive Committee of the Liberation Society
having resumed their sittings, are engaged in carefully con-
sidering the plans which they should adopt in the changed
circumstances in which they are placed by the return of a
Liberal majority to Parliament, and by the. passing of the
Burials Act.
The opening of Michaelmas Term was celebrated at
Trinity College, London, on Monday, by the delivery of the.
usual inaugural address by the warden, the Rev. H. G.
Bonaira Hunt. In the course of his address, the warden
stated that during the past four years 13,000 students had
been individually examined, involving the scrutiny of up.
wards of 20,000 papers. /n the year's musical examinations
Trinity carried away the palm from all other examining
bodies; the University of Oxford examined 281, the University
of Cambridge, 1185; the Society of Arts, 506; and Trinity
College, 5034.
The other day, as the Duke of Connaught was riding
from Bagshot-park, attended by his groom, to Aldershot, he
met with rather a serious aocident. On arriving at Jolly
Farmer's-hill, his horse suddenly shied at a heap of ashes,
throwing his Royal Highness right over the animal's head.
The groom at once rendered assistance, .and after a short
time the Duke was able to resume his ride to the camp.
After performing his military duties his Royal Highness
returned to Bagshot-park in the evening with the Duchess,
who had driven over to the camp in the course of the after-
noon. An eye-witness of the accident says that but for the
protection afforded by the cocked hat the Duke was wearing
at the time, the consequences would, he believes, have been
very serious indeed. His Royal Highness has been able to
continue his duties daily since the accident.

Nine thousand Freemasons were present on Satur-
day at the ceremony of placing
_in the Central Park, New
York, the corner stone of the pedestal on which the Obelisk
recently brought from Egypt is to stand.

Saturday is the favourite day for marriages in Paris.
Generally, one wedding party resembles another. The
bride is dressed in white and the bridegroom in black, and
after the ceremony the happy pair accompanied by the
wedding guests promenade their bliss in the Bois de
Boulogne.
Last week's receipts of cotton atqll United States
ports were 108,000 bales; did°, sipce lserSeptember, 682,000
bales; shipments to England; 107000 hales; ditto to Conti-
nent and Channel, 27?000 bales; total ditto since Ist Septem-
ber, 380,000 bales; stock at”all ports, 350:000 bales.

On Monday night the Republican Party in New
York made a great political demonstration in honour of
General Grant. Forty thousand men in uniform bearing
torches, marched through the principal streets, and passed
in review before the General in Madison-square. Cheering
was maintained continuously, and the whole population
turned out to view the spectacle. Many buildings were
decorated and illuminated. Perfect order prevailed through-
out the proceedings.
In the excavations commenced a short time ago at
Villagrande (Sardiiiia) there have come to light some instru-
ments which are very remarkable if, as believed by com-
petent persons, they belong to the bronze epoch, which, -it
is asserted, was exceptionally prolonged in this part of the
island. The instruments in question are two bronze saws
and a four-pronged fork, all said to be found in the same
repository. Near Taranto, in some new excavations opened
in the vicinity of former ones, there have been found 22
skeletons, each in its respective tomb, net far below the
surface of the ground. The tombs are dug in the
rock, disposed in various positions, and covered with square
slabs of stone. Some of them were capable of holding two
corpses. In one of these was found a Panatenaican amphora,
with the figure of Minerva, and three other painted figures,
one of which was represented playing on the cithern.
The remains of the late Mr. William Lassen, the
famous astronomer, were consigned to their last resting-
place on Saturday morning. He was buried in the church-
yard of St. Luke's, Maidenhead, and this was the first
funeral in the town under the new Burials Act. The deceased
was a member of the Congregational Church, and was born
in the town of Bolton, Lancashire, June 18, 1799, being in
his 82nd year. The funeral serviee was performed .by the
Rev. J. F. Poulter, Congregational minister, Tooting, Surtrey,
a friend of the family of the deceased. The first part, of the -
service having been read at the residence of the deciiaseil,
the body was conveyed in a hearse, attended by two private
carriages containing some of the family and friends, and
consigned to a brick grave, the Rev. 3fx".".Peuker, at the
concluding ceremony, delivering's, very impressive address.
T. 1E MARKETS.

MARK-TAN.E.-:-MON DAY.
At Mark-lane the grain trade has:shown decided firmness.
Stronger prices are reported from New(York, and there is a
growing disposition to hold out for higher 'rates here.
Moderate supplies of English•procTuce were on offer, but
those of foreign were not large. English wheat was in fair
demand at is. to 2s. per qr. more money than on Monday
last. Foreign wheat experienced a strong market, and
prices advanced 2s. per qr. The barley trade as steady.
Fine samples may be written quite is. dearer. Malt was
fully as dear with a fair inquiry. In oats, a fair average
ltusiness was done at Gd. to is. per qr. more money. Maize
was in request and was is. dearer. Beans and peas were
dealt in to a fair extent, thetendency being against the
buyer. The flour market was very firm at an advance of Is.
per sack and barrel.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.
In the cattle trade there is no particular feature. Sup-
plies in the aggregate are not large, but are ample. The
receipts of beasts from our own grazing districts were
fairly good, both In point of number and condition, and
there was a comparatively large show of Irish. Business
throughout progressed quietly, but at steady prices for
good breeds. The best Scots and crosses sold at ss. Bd.
to ss. 10d. per 81b. From the Midland and Home counties
we received about 2,200, and from Ireland about 800
head. The foreign side of the market was sparingly sup-
plied with beasts, only a few Spanish and Danish being
received, which moved off slowly, at about late quotations.
The sheep pens were rather sparingly filled. A quiet trade
prevailed, at about late currencies. The best Downs end
half-breds made 6s. 10d. to 7s. per 81b. Calves and pigs were
firm in value, with a fair inquiry. At Delltford there were
about 1,700 beasts and 5,000 sheep Inferior beasts, 4s. to
48. 6d. ; second quality, 4s. ad. to 55.; prime large oxen.
ss. 6d. to bs. Bd. ; prime Scots, be. Bd. to ss. 10d. ; inferior
sheep, ss. to ss. ad. ; second quality, 58. ad. to tis. ; prime
coarse woolled, as. 6d. to 6s. 85.; prime Soulltdowns, Os. 10th
to is. ; large coarse calves, 58. to ss. 4d. ; prime small ditto,
58. 6d. to be. 1()d.; large hogs, 4s. ad. to ss. ; small porkers,
ss. 2d. to 58. Bd. per 81b. sinking the offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MoNDAT,

Only a moderate supply of meat was on sale here to-day,
but the trade was very slow at the following prices:—
Inferior beef, Ys. to 3s. Scl. ' • middling ditto, 4s. to 4s. 44.
prime large ditto 4s. 64. to 4s. 104.; prime small, 4s. 10d.
to ss. 2d; veal, es. to ss. 4d.; inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to
4s. ; middling ditto, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; prime ditto, 58. 4d. to
se. 104.; large pork, 4s. 44. to 4s. 84. ; small pork, ss. to
ss. 44. per Sib. by the carcase.