The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-07 00:00:00

LAUNCH OF THE HALCYON.

. Scarcely three months have elapsed since we announce!
the launch of the magnificent iron steamer Ibis, from
thc Cdrk Steardship Company's building yard. That
steamer has since, during two trips to Newport, and as
many to London; realised to the fullest ntelit, the high
expectations formed of her, both as to her speed and sea,
worthy qualities—the passage to Ply moutli on her last trip
being the quickest on record, and having been accomplished
in the unprecedentedly short period of twenty hours. It
now becomes our pleasing duty to record the addition of
another handsome iron steamer to the already numerous
and efficient fleet of the Cork Steamship Company. The
launch of the Halcyon took place on Wednesday evening
from the building yard of the Messrs. Robinson, on the
Lower Glatimire-road. .

Although the launch of an iron steamer is not now, we
are happy to say, so great a: novelty In Cork as formerly,
yet, the natural curiosity to Witness the inauguration of
a fine vessel will always secure the attendance of a large
number of persons on such an occasion. The recent change
for the better in the Weather was also not without
its influence, and accordingly, at the hour appointed, a
very large concourse had assembled on the opposite por-
tion of the Navigation Wall, the adjacent yards and
buildings being crowded, and the surface of the water
enlivened by the presence of numerous boats. As usual
on all such occasions, the new vessel was gaily decorated
with flags, &c., and with het new coat of paint and fresh
gilding bad a beautiful appearance. At five o'clock every
preparation having been made, and the ceremony of
christening been gone through with all due solemnity by
Miss Leycester, daughter to our respected fellow-citizen,
Wm. Leycester, Esq., the Halcyon glided majestically
into the element which is destined to be the field of her
future fortunes, amidst the cheers of several hundred
spectators.
The Halcyon has been built by contract, by the
Messrs. Robinson, from the designs, and under the
inspection of Mr. Creighton, manager of the Cork
Steamship Company's Shipbuilding and Engineering
Works. The superior manner in which the workman-
ship has been executed, reflects great credit on the con-
tractors and their establishment. Her dimensions are as
nearly as possible the same as those of the Bittern, so
well knoWn for her regular and quick passages to and from
London, viz.. 220 feet long, breadth of beam, 28 feet
6 inches, and depth moulded 16 feet 9 inches. She
has been built in the most solid and substantial manner,
of the very best materials, and double rivetted all
through. Her cabins, which are not yet quite completed
will be spacious, lofty, and well ventilated, so as to
secure the health and comfort of passengers.

V The machinery of the Halcyon, which has been in
preparation for some time past at the company's works,
and is now complete, will be at once placed on board.
The engines are direct acting, and of the description called
"trunk engines," combining great strength with simplicity
of construction and economy of space. The skill displayed
in their construction and the workmanlike manner in
which they have been finished could not be surpassed by
the first establishments in either England or Scotland,
and are highly creditable to Mr. Sumner, the experienced
foreman of the engineering department, and to his staff.
The boilers for the Halcyon are also complete, and deserve
special no'ice. They are of the tubular construction, in
which the flame, after leaving the furnaces, is, in a
manner, wire-drawn through a number of wrought iron
tubes, surrounded with water, and every possible
degree of heat absorbed before it is allowed to pass
off into the funnel. These tubes also contribute mate-
rially to the safety of the boiler, each one in itself
forming a powerful stay. It is quite obvious that the
construction of these useful, but 'often dangerous, gene-
rators of power is a matter which requires the most
careful supervision as well as sound judgment, and a
thorough knowledge of the strength of the materials and
of the best possible manner of applying them. Another
specimen of ingenious workmanship in this line
may be seen lying on the quay at the company's works,
and forms quite a puzzle to the uninitiated as to how it
could possibly have been constructed. It consists of a
series of doncetitric cylinders of wrought-iron, rivetted
together so as to afford alternate spaces for the admix •
sion of steam and heated air. This ingenious
apparatus was devised by Mr. Creighton for super-
heating steam before its admission into the cylin-
der, and has produced highly beneficial and most
economical results since its application to the company's
boats ; the first effect of its introduction in the Osprey,
as we mentioned on a former occasion, being a saving
of fuel to the amount of from 20 to 30 per cent., besides
a • very decided increase in the speed of the boat. The
particular apparatus to which we allude was constructed
for a French steamer, named the Bordeaux, which
underwent some • repairs at the Cork Company's works
some time since, and the proprietbrs were so forcibly
struck with the value of the invention, that they imme-
diately ordered another to be constructed for their own
vessel, and to be erected immediately on her return from
a foreign voyage.
The final completion of the Halcyon will, it is thought,
be soon effected, after which she will make her trial trip,
which, from the manner in which, on Thursday evening,

She walked the waters like a thing et life,
will doubtless be quite satisfactory.—Cork, Herald.

A Wonn IN SEASON TO TEE LADIES--The esta-
blishments of the leading milliners are pre-eminently
dependent upon the fortunes of the London season. The
fates of the producers and consumers of dress are very
different during this period. It is not a pleasant thing
to think of the contrast between the fortune of the poor
girl who sits up all night to work at the ball-dress that
it may be sent home in time—and that of the young
lady who sits up all night to wear it. Do not let us,
therefore, indulge in vulgar sentimentality, and groan
over the caprices and selfishness of the queen of the
ball-room. If that young person will but give her
orders in time, and pay her bill in due season, she is not
to be blamed because Madame Ilaradan Jones works
short-handed. The real mischief lies in the suddenness
of the order, which disturbs the arrangements of
Madame 11. J., and in the non-payment of her accounts,
which cripples her resources and prevents her from
making those arrangements on a sufficiently liberal scale.
—Once a Week.

THE SAcnr, Cccutt.—On one occasion Louis Philippe
and his Queen, then an exile at Claremont, drove over
to Roehampton to see the convent of the Sacre Cceur,
which had been recently established there by a commu-
nity of French nuns. This French order of the Sacre
Cruet is one of high distinction, and was, in the days of
the Bourbons, one of aristocratic exclusiveness. In
1851 the Comtesse de Grammont was, I believe, at the
head of the chief house of the community in Paris,
and Madame Clifford, sister of the late Lord Clifford, was
superioress of the Roehampton branch. The royal visitors,
who were incognito, asked permission as strangers
to see the convent chapel, and were allowed to go over
the whole establishment. The lady nun who conducted
them through the house was so amiable and agreeable
that the Queen on leaving expressed her extreme satis-
faction with the admirable arrangements of the commu-
nityandherpleasure at finding herself once again amongst
her good and pious compatriots. " Perhaps," added
her Majesty, "you will be interested to know who your
visitors are. This gentleman is Louis Philippe—I am
the Queen Anielie." The nun, bowing profoundly,
replied with a sweet smile—" And I am Mademoiselle
Bonaparte." The strange coincidence evidently touched
their Majesties, and the Queen could not refrain from
giving expression to her surprise at the waywardness of
fate which had thus brought together within a convent
of the old regime the royal houses of Bonaparte and
Orleans.

DISSIPATION AND SPICIDE.—WIII. Carter, Esq., cor-
oner, has held an enquiry at the Spread Eagle Tavern,
Pratt-street, Lambeth, respecting the death of George
Renshaw, aged 31, a jewel and spectacle case maker,
Pratt-street, who was found dead at his own hoise:
Mrs. Sarah Pool said that the deceased had been in the
employment of Mr. West. Witness went on Monday
morning to see her grandchildren. The other daughter
did not lodge in the house, but worked there. -When
shalenoelced at the door it was opened by a man whci
was in possession, and had been so since the previous
Wednesday, for debt. She heard when she went to the
house that her daughter was from home, and that Mr.
Renshaw was upstairs in bed. After some time the
wife said to her " Will you go up-stairs, mother, to see
to my husband ?" She went up-stairs and found the
deceased lying on his stomach on the bed. She exami-
ned hint and found that to all appearances he was dead.
Mr. John Bredhall, M.R.C.S., said that he knew the
last witness, who came to his house at No. 3 Morehall-
place, and asked him to go and see the deceased. He
attended immediately, and found the deceased quite dead.
There was an empty purse found on the deceased, and
a paper containing cyanide of potassium, but no paper
relating to his death.—The sister of the widow gave a
very melancholy account of the antecedents of the de-
ceased. Ott the Sunday night she slept in the house
with her sister as a protection, as her husband had threa-
tened to murder her. He was in the constant habit of
getting drunk, which brought on repeated attacks of
insanity=del tremens—when ho would place a
number of chairs in the passage, and would address them
as human beings, telling them to march out or he would
kill them. About 16 months since he came home, and
whilst labouring under an attack of delirium he took a
quantity of oxalic acid, when Drs. Sewell and Bredhall
attended, and on that occasion he recovered ; but since
then he had followed the same course of life, and she
had not the least doubt but the deceased committed self-
destruction whilst in an unsound state of mind, brought
on frem drinking and pecuniary difficulties. The
learned Coroner summed up, remarking on the deplor-
able nature of the case, which, according to the evidence
of the different witnesses, he said, showed unmistake-
able and painful proofs that the deceased had been
leading a drunken life, and from that cause, in all pro-
bability, his pecuniary difficulties were oxasioned.—
The Jury, after consulting, returned a verdict that the
deceased destroyed his own life whilst in a state of in-
sanity, brought on by excessive drinking and pecuniary
difficulties.

A MOTHER IN SEARCH OF HER CHILD.
-`WONDERFUL ESCAPRFROM A MUR-
DEROCS MOB.

Mrs. Sherwood went to Wicklost to get possession of
one of her four kidnapped thifdren, *lio she liad heard,
was there in the house of a relative, named fatal.
Taking a friend with her; she Went into Farrell's
cottage, ed beard from hint and his wife that the
boy, about nine yeafs of age, had been with them
for the last three months, athi only just gone out after
his supper. The Farrells professed to send out to
bring in the boy; but when their sham messages aud
talk had wasted a considerable time, she went herself
and saw the boy at a distance running away, and
was told by some women that he had said that he was
afraid lest she should put him in jail with -his grand,
mother, and would not go near her. It was getting
late, and the Farrellian diplomacy was giving time to
the mob outside to gather, and the signs of coming
wrath were already beginning to burst forth. Farrell
refused to escort Mrs. Sherwood outside his house, fear-
ing, as he said, lest the mob outside should wreck his
house. He feared to take her and her friend in his boat
to the railway station. They tried to go by the pathway
along the sea, but descried gatherings of people waiting
for them along the road. The moment they left Farrell's
house a shrill whistle gave notice, and yells were instan-
taneously raised. Stones began to fly, and they returned
to Farrell's house. Here Mrs. S. became sick, and was
deadly pale, and very faint, so as not to be able to ven-
ture forth again for some time. -When she and her friend
next ventured forth by the front door the shouts were
raised, and the stones began to fly, and many struck
them in the back and limbs. This continued along the
way, one man who struck Mrs. S. with a stone in the
shoulder was seized by a shopkeeper, who declared he
would appear against him. As they proceeded they
providentially met Sergeant Collins, who- with singular
coolness, decision, and skill, managed to stop the stone-
throwing, and to keep off the mob until, being joined by
other policemen, they reached the barrack ; the assailed ,
parties were conveyed in safety to the railway station,
whence the train was about to start for Dublin. Their
lives were saved by the timely aid of the sergeant, who
showed by his bearing that he possessed all the sagacity
and all the courage which the dangerous juncture called
for.
Had the Farrels, under the fear of the Court of
Queen's- Bench, given up the child, humanly speaking,
both Mrs. Sherwood and her hazardous friend must have
been torn to pieces -by the furious mob, who evidently
had gathered for the rescue; and Dr. Cullen's kidnap-
ping subjects in Wicklow would have added the crime
of murder and manslaughter to the virtue of child-
stealing, for the honour and glory of holy motherchureh.
The ferocity of the Wicklow mob was, perhaps, never
matched by any outside the walls of the far-famed
Tuam. The annals of the Sherwood case may yet fur-
nish instances of various traits of Irish life, and Roman
Catholic principles and pursuits, which will make many
of our neighbours stare at the curiosities of religion and
morals here, which still outlive the progress of the age
and the steady advance of Christian civilisation.

THE WAITER OUTWITTED.—A Lyons thief has hit
upon a novel mode of getting out of a scrape. This
ingenious person was busily occupied in taking a
bundle of clothing in the bedroom of a waiter at a cafe,
when the latter entered and caught him in the act.

Derby...
Kelso ...

Before the waiter could collect his scattered senses—
with which, by the way, he does not seem to have been.
overstocked—the thief said, " I am an officer, and am
sent here to search your room and to arrest you." He
then took up the bundle which he had completed, and
ordered the astonished garcon to follow. When in the
street the considerate " officer " said, "I don't wish to
expose you in public, so you may precede me a few paces,
and no one will know that-I am in your compafiy." In
a few minutes, however, this precaution became utterly
superfluous, for the officer in possession of coat, waist-
coat, and pantaloons took an early opportunity of
relieving his prisoner at once of his presence and the
habiliments in question, by availing himself of the first
convenient turning that presented itself.
THE Eurrsz Ix SPAIN.—A correspondent of the
Star says—ln these days of cheap travelling it is
matter of surprise that no, enterprising excursion
agent has organised a trip to Santander, to see
the approaching total eclipse of the sun. Two
years ago hundreds of persons travelled long dis-
tances to see an eclipse which was not total, bat only
slightly larger at the places to which they travelled than
at their own homes. the phenomena of an absolutely
total eclipse bear no comparison for grandeur with those
of an eclipse only nearly total. Few persons new living
will have another such chance of witnessing these phe-
nomena. Satander is less than 600 miles distant from
Southampton, so that a steamer leaving the latter port
on Saturday, the 14th instant, would arrive in time
for the eclipse, which occurs on the 18th. The
time of year is just that at which all the
world is looking out for- some agreeable excursions.
These considerations borne in mind, it can hardly be
doubted that the speculation would pay, and it is with
a view to remind excursion agents and steam-ship pe-
prieters of an opportunity of serving both themselves
and the public, that I beg the favour of a corner in your
valuable columns.

THE SEISE.---We have a river with generally five or
six feet of water, and in the driest summer hardly ever
less than three or four, and this without those improve-
ments of which its navigation is no doubt susceptible.
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that this river is
almost as little known to the steam navigation, from
the sea to Paris, as is the Niger or even the Zambesi.

There is a sort of vague rumour that a small steamboat
does occasionally run from Paris to London and back,
as if by way of protest and an attempt to shame those
who possess such a river and make so little use of it.
But for any great enterprise it is still an unexplored
stream, waiting its commercial Livingstone. Already
the attention of British capitalists is being directed to

this opening. Two schemes have been mentioned. One
for running steamers direct from Newcastle to Paris,
and back, charged with iron, coal, chemicals, fire-bricks,
kc., on one way, and carrying wines and other French
produce back. In combination with this plan is the
idea of carrying French produce intended for Russia to
Newcastle, as an catrepU, whence it may be forwarded

•
by steamer to St. Petersburg. The other plan men-
tioned is, the building of powerful towing stearner3 of

iron or steel plates, drawing a very shallow depth of
water, to serve (like similar vessels on the Indus) for
dragging whole fleets of barges from Havre or Rouen
up to Paris. In this latter case the coal would have to
be unshipped at the former port; but then the barges.
might lie alongside the quays at. Paris, and there would
be no delay in the return of the steamer.—LWer from
Ferris.

THE (RIES'S COLLEGE FOR THE GENERAL. EDUCA-
TION or LADIES.—The annual meeting of the supporters
and friends .of this College was held on Wednesday, in
the hall of the college, Harley-street, the Bishop of
Oxford in the chair. The attendance was numerous,
and consisted principally of ladies, including the pupils
and their friends, together with the professors. Among
others present were the Bishop of New York, Sir J.
Lacaita, the Rev. E. P. Eddrnp, the Rev. H. W. Bur-
rows, &c. The report intimated that no change had taken
place in the educational staff of the college since the last
annual meeting, and that the council had gained in
the Rev. J. Lansdale and the Rev. 11. W. Burrows a
valuable reinforcement. The hopes which were expressed
in the last report as to the financial prospects of the
college have been abundantly fulfilled, and the council:
have been enabled to apply a surplus towards the form-r
ation of a reserve fund. The committee look with satine.
faction on the steady progress which these figures indicate
in the attendance of compounders, who, from their
entering more entirely than other pupils into the
course which the college has marked out for them
form, through their numbers, the best estimate of the
extent to which the college does its work of raising the
education of Englishwomen to a high. standard, and of
the degree of public confidence which it has already
gained. The committee have been enabled during the
past year, without encroaching on the time.due to other
studies, to give_ three hours instead of two to the classes
in drawing, and the pupils have been provided with a
larger supply of casts and models. The result has been
that the efficiency of the class-teaching has been very
materially increased. Accommodation is now provided
for receiving boarders. The library is also, though
somewhat defective, a very serviceable addition to
the college, and the number of pupils who sub-
scribe to it is yearly on the increase. )toxt, however,
to the charter of incorporation, the most important
fact in the past connection of the college is the
foundation of scholarships, giving a free education in
the college. The first step in this direction was taken
by her Majesty, whose interest in the work was shown
at an early period by a donation of IMO, and who
exercises from time to time the right of nominating ':a
free pupil. The professors contributed £l,loo' towards
the expenses of the charter, and at the cottnsnencement
of the separateexistence of the college -gbtained from
the council in return the foundation of feur scholarships
annually for senior and junior pupils respectively.
The Chairman, in addressing the;: pupils present,
expressed the pleasUre he felt in saying,a few words for
their encouragement. It was very satisfactory to
all interested in the prosperity of the institution
to find that while many ;other institutions were
in pecuniary difficulties,. it.,l particulaz difficulties
had been got over, 'read satisfactory surplus
obtained. This was due, itk.,l, considerable measure,
to the condu9it of the professors of the college, in
setting apartio,prtion of their annual income to this
object. His tordship concluded his address with a refe-
rence to his own University life, and in a very cordial
manner wished that the favours received, the sympathies
awakened, and the friendships formed by those hearing
him, while engaged in their present duties might con-
tinue to increase the happiness of their after lives.
The adoption and approval of the report were duly
moved, seconded, and carried,, and the proceedings ter-
minated in a Tots of thanks to the chairman.

Sporting Aixttnigturt.

WORCESTER RACES.—Yzensmy.
• FLYING efrAREb.
Miss Julia ***** '' ''''' '''''''
Zenobia
Curlew •
Tcn ran.
•
WORCESTER CUP.
eraftr
Remtnierstor
Mktlig
COVENTRY STAKES. -
Fairrater
Sporting Life • .
Icarus

LAD/ES' PLATE.

Chanoine
Sir Edward
Fortune
Port ran. --
MADRESFIELIY JUVENILE SELLING STAKES
Ladrlike
Sloth

BENTINCK BENEVOLENT FUND.

--.-.._ _
Raineses
Lady Peel
Lustre
CONSOLATION STAKES
Miss Eleanor
Peseatore
Little Gerrard

Thirteen ran.
RAILWAY STAKES.
Babbler walked over.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1860.
JULY.

Liverpool -11;thian's C. & Edinburgh. 19
Bridgencl
Cambridge
Abingdon l2 Knutaford
Pontefract l2 Marlborough
Nottingham l7 Edinburgh.. 2O
Southampton
o.nterbury

AUGUST.
Brighton 1 Oxford ' l6
Brighton Club 3 Airdrie
Wenlock
Ripon 6 York - 22
Wolverhampton 6 Lichfield 27
Reading.
Paisley
Radcliffe
Egham l4 .
• SEPTEMBER.
Warwick 4 Leicester..

Doncaster

6 Monm-mth
6 Manchester Autnmn

1 t Newmarket F.O.M. 25

Chesterfield l7 Malton
Richmond

OCTOBER.

Bedford -32•4e;imarket Houghton 2
Newnr.rket S.O.M 8 Worcester Autumn......... 30
NOVEMBER.

Hereford - 1 Shrewsbury Autumn M..... 13
Liverpool Autumn Meeting 7

COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1860.
SEPTEMBER. _ _

Place. County. Judge Meeting.
Arbirlot (Open)
Biggar St. Leger
•
OCTOBER.
North Union Club lreland
_ _

Audlem Open ~
Vorder

... Cheshire ' Mr. M.Geotge 10
Roxburghshire Mr. Warwick 10, 11
12 West-

Limerick Club (D.C.): Ireland - ' Mr-. R. Weilropp...: 11
Wiltshire (Amesbury) Wilts
ti: Lane. (Southport).. Lancashire 16, &c
Baldock Clnb Hertfordshire . Mr. Warwick.....l7, &c
County Louth Club.: lreland 17 ' 18
Brougham &W. Open Westmoreland. • ^3, &c
Brough &Catter'k 0.0 Yorkshire 23, &c
Cardington Club Beds Mr. Warwick ^9, &e
Ashdown Park .... .. .. .. Berks
Market Weighton (0.) Yorkshire Mr. A. Dalzell... 30, Stc
North of England (N.). Nortbumberni 3l,&e
Diamor (St. Leger ).... Ireland.. • 3l. &c
- . NOVEMBER.

Ridgway Club (Lyth.). Lancashire Mr. A. Bennett 1, 2
Amicable Club(Epsom) Surrey Mr. Warwick
Scarborough
Audlem Open Cheshire Mr. Bennett .
Spelthorne Club Wilts
Newmarket Champion Suffolk IS, Ste
.
Cognetdale (Open) Northumberl'ff l3. &e
Limerick (St. Leger,G) Ireland., Mr. R. Westropp 14,15
Melton Union Club .... Yorkshire ^0 &e

Hampton Court Cham. 'Middlesex
Altcar Club Lancashire 21, 22, 23
Marham Club Norfolk. "1 22,
..__7 23 •

Tattershall
West Herefordshire Herefordshire
DECEMBER.
-

, .._..............
Bridekirk Cumberland. Mr. A. Dalzell 4, 5
Baldcck Open Champ. Hertfordshire . • Mr. Warwick 5, gm
Ridgwar C (Southport) Lancashire
Spelthorne Club Middlesex Mr. Warwick 11, 12
Mormtainstown Club... Ireland .- --- 12. 13
AmicabliClab (Ham.) Middlesex

JANUARY, 1861.
Suelthorne Club Middlesex
Altcar Club Lancashire ~ 23, 24
Cardingtou Club Beds Mr. Wirwick ... 29, &c

FEBRUARY.
Speltherne Club Wilts
Ridtway.Clob (Lvth.). Latcashire -
7, 8
Limerick Club (Knot.) Ireland Mr. R. Westropp.. 6, 7
Baldock Club
. MARCH.
Coquetdale Club ' Northumberl'd l2, ke
Limerick Open (Knot.) Ireland

APRIL.

Limeriek (et/tirig)

- Mr. ft.: Westrorly 10.11

We read in Getgairiti :—" M. Prevost-Paradol has
not appealed against the sentence condemning him to a
month's imprisonment and 3,000 f. fine. The money was
paid on Saturday, and M. Paradol has probably consti-
tuted himself a prisoner. It is said that he will be
allowed to pass his month's imprisonment in a Maison
do Sante, the Government being diiposed to soften the
sentence as much as possible."
BONES OF GIGANTIC ANIMALS. - The workmen
employed in digging stone for the roads in the quarries
of La Creuile, near Wormhoudt (Nord), lately found a
I quantity of bones of gigantic animals, such as are
ordinarily met with in diluvian soils. They have been
carefully collected, and will doubtless excite- interest
among the members of the scientific congress who, are to
shortly assemble at Dunkirk.
GENERAL Tom Tuumn.:-:-The renowned Charles
Stratton, now 22 years old, commonly known as Gen.
Tom Thumb is on an excursion to Modern Athens.
Doubtless many thousands will visit this very extra-
ordinary "specimen" of humanity. Some years ago—
it was in the Year 1855, when the General was on a
visit to this oily—the Boston, Times incurred his dis-
pleasure by reporting his marriage with a lady in Bridge-
water. The little beau wishes it to bo understood that
he is still. in the matrimonial market, an. as he possesses
a yacht ..and' a last trotting horse, he is an eligible
party fora fast young lady -Boston Express.
THE LEATHER TRADE.—NO further failures 'of im-
portance are announced. The Ti»vs remarks that the
break-up is simply the result of undue credit having
been given to a single firm, which has used a multitude
of smaller ones to keep up a constant system of exten-
sion. - Hitherto the tanners, as a body, have always
stood well for prudence and solidity ;. and it is believed
that the position of the firms that have avoided specula-
tion, and carried on only legitimate operations, was
never more healthy or independent Chan at this moment.
It is said that one of the firms which have failed in con-
nection with Messrs. Streat4eld and Go. is not expected
to pay more than a shilling in the pound, their chief
business for some time past having consisted in accepting
bills.

The Stirling Journal says It is currently reported
that her Majesty and a number of the royal family are
to visit this season the Trosachs and Loch Katrine,
with a view to enjoy more leisurely than last year the
magnificent and romantic scenery of the land of Rode-
rick Dhu and the Lady of the Lake. Whether there is
any truth in the report or not, it is certain that in the
beginning of this week a number of Lord Willoughby
de Eresby's workmen.fromDrummond Castle have gone
to the Trosachs for the purpose of rendering more
permanent the works erected last year by Lord and
Lady Willoughby de Eresby in honour of her Majesty's
visit to the locality, so immortalised by the magic pen
of Sir Walter Scott."

STABBING BY MISTANE.-11C Frew relates an extra-
ordinary affair :—A. clerk of the Ministry of Commerce
being about to retire on a pension, went three days ago
to St. Germain" to inspect a house be contemplated-pni-
Chasing, and he dined with a friend. After dinner be
and hie friend proceeded to take a stroll .in the prome-
nade; hut. before they had gone far the friend left him.
A few seconds after a man came up, and, without saying
&word, stabbed him in the abdomen witha poignard,
hurrying away immediately after. The clerk, with the
assistance of a workman, leaned against a tree until his
friend, for whom he sent, arrived, and he was conveyed
to the friend's house, where his wound, which turned
out net to be serious, was dressed. At. a later hour he
was able to return to Paris. The belief is that the man
who stabbed the clerk mistook him for another person ;
bd...what is singular is that the attack was made in
boa daylight
. Inz SOIIII4-EA:STARN RAILWAY AND PILIZE
.L!(.t. the Sussex Eastern Session, on Monday, Mr.
Beattie Said the court was aware that at the Easter
Session ,some discussion arose. in reference to a prize
fight; which came off at Etchingham, and that he then
pledged himself to bring under the consideaation of
the directors' of the South-Eastern Railway Company
the transmiesion.of telegraph messages by officers of the
peace, and whether they ought not.to have precedence.
Up to this time all such messages took their regular
turn. Now, however, he was glad to be .able to inform
the court the 'directors had directed that all telegraph
messages for preserving: 'the peace should rank as a
government telegraph, which was one of the exceptions
in the' bonniatip. rifles. He mentioned the fact, in
order that the court-might see, if such an occurrence
were *gain to happen, the company offered facilities for
smedy communication with the authorities. •
Mhaileicnat:-O,cciTRRrNCE AT ALLOA.—GOTIMOrn
Lake, in the immediatd'vicinity of Alloa, and froM which
the inhabitants of the town derive their supply of water,
has been the scene of a.distressingeient. It this season
the beauty of Gortmorn, and its short *ranee from
Allott,-induce many young people to visit the 1.4 e and
perambulate its banks. Sunday last, the Ist of Jul
was so charming a day that not only did numb"cm
vistt•
the lake, but several young people were tempted, inthe'
course of the afternoon tebathe in it. .The consequence
was that., out of one group of nine, two boys—llemsley
and Kinnear—pupils at the Alloa Industrial School
were drowned, and their bodies were not recovered till
about seven o'clock—three hours after they had entered
the water. And while .the boys were drowning at one
end of the lake, a carpenter of the name of Donaldson
and a boy named Mureie were struggling for their lives
at the other end. Mnrrie fortunately succeeded in
getting his foot planted on a stone, which just kept his
head partly above water, and there he -stood patiently
till a rope was thrown to him, and by this means was
saved; but Donaldson, the carpenter, was drowned, and
his body was not recovered till half-past nine o'clock.
The three dead bodies were all conveyed in a cart to
Alloa, accompanied by the sorrowing relatives of the
cleared,

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