The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-03-14 00:00:00

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=NM Great festivities are to be held at Turin in celebr,
work, and it would soon pay better than the shilling molested them in any way, they fell upon him an" the Order of the Garter, and the Orders of Victoria the Wedneeday of the session when the judges st•
• . • ' . • will be EPITOME OF NEW S tion of the marriage of Frince Humbert to the Prim-
rate. And when are we to have a reduction of poatage kicked him, beat him with their Mite and sticks, and and Albert and of Louise of Prussia. Her RoYal tend , hunt, as the tnal of the Fenian prisonere
• ear Tonlon brrtsponbent. S.
Margherita. The festivities will commence on the le
between this country and France ? Fourpence for a etn ck him with stones until he was insensible. Oliver Highness Princess Christian wore a train of white and neeessarily most. protracted, end as, if begun on the
MRITISH AND FOREIGN. April, and will be continued till the Silth. The Dr
---- quarter of an ounce is a barbarous rate, worthy of the Drage in particular endeavoured to beat his brains gold brocade, trimmed with rich Honiton point ; the W ednesday, it might not terminate on the Saturday
out with a stone. It appeared that the prietiners had petticoat of rich poult de lithe, trimmed with lace and evening, in which came the jury would have to bia — ceremony will take place on the 22nd of April.
It is reported frian 'Malta that typhus f,
lyee demi it right to state that we do. eot .at ale .I:mes Civilization neither of England lea Franc,
\ Identify ousselves with our corresteaulent ti Oi III. 111.) been out poaching, but (as they alleged) in quite gold onaaments. Head.dress— diamond diadem, fea- kept together over the Sunday, which this year In a hietory of the New Law Courts it is stated that
- actriseuvitt'elidc:holr
- • another direction. The defence was an abbe but the them and veil. Ornaments—diamond necklace and wal be Easter Sunday, the probability is that it in the register at St ClemeM Danes Church there appears atter f
khtsfuroc cenrt.ly boroketti
tokut .
The reconstructed Ministry has resumed the perils. Misallantous Intrllionte, jury found all of them guilty. Oliver Drage was sen" attunaeher• Her Royal Highness
.Prieeees Loffiee will not commence until the following MondAy, the e oee page, among the baptisms in 1587, the familiar tiames
tenced to five years' penal servitude, Alfred Drage to wore a train of rich white and gold silk, trimmed with 13th of April. e't "Richard Cobden" and " John Bright." allowed to land at Malta Her Majesty's fr
is under fumigation at Malta The captr
In the " Fools' Procession " at the carnival at
mentary campaign under difficult and yet somewhat one year's imprisonment, and Smith and Palmer to im. white and gold fringe ; a petticoat of white tulle over
favourable circumstances. Ireland, the Irish and HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. prisonment for eighteen months. rich glace silk, tastefully trimmed with hellions of silk MR. CYRUS FIELD AND THE Cologhe the other day, Were five typical " E travellers,"
riding on donkeys, and each with • copynglish of "Baedeker's but are doing well.
&etch Reform Bills, the Alabama claims education, ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Halal-book " under his arm. A novel article was offered in
TLIF„LATE KING LOUIS OF BAVARIA.—A letter
ee.yAe
..__SPITEFUL LETTER.—The New Tali Tribune and scarlet velvet. Iread-dress-gbande of scarlet
xan:elvdeotrdeeturdodf esdt. whiathbeLtliamonds feathers, and veil. Military oprzations are about to be undertaken, Bermoridmy, in London, neither moe
bankruptcy reform, the Abyssinian war, the budget,
from la ice has the following : "It turns out that the ' spiteful letter ' on kit: mother shared her room with
and the demand. of the more advanced Reformers, which Tennyson wrote his recent vensee was an anony- Ornaments—thamonde. Victoria' and Albert Order, Mr. Cyrus W. Field, of New York, gave a dinner, under the direction of General Pallavicini, for the sup- r abeence came home Intender'
The body will be embalmed before being removed to s
In is letter, and not one, but a series of letter . on Tuesday evening, at the Palace Hotel, Buckingham- pression of brigandage on the Neapolitan frontier. which the child lay sleeping, ir
constitute so many difficulties ; but there appears to Munich, where it will be enclosed in a sarcophagus Mrrned gate, in Londim, et sielich about seventy of the prin. The late King Louis of Bavaria is said to have left Sparosi to the pa wnlmoker's
he a pretty general desire to give the Ministry a fair eibleiliVeileljne?ty'pf =,e`l7,l',Zultlie." flg.°V.h.,% r•rt! Every two or three teonthe, for the last year iir two HANGING A CHILD.—At Newcastle, Kentucky,
'isel. the Laureate has received a him; epistle of coniplaint en the ith of February, Eliza, a colour girl, aged cipal gentlemen in England interested in telegraphy a forthfled ,i,7.20.000. rolled out—not quite dead, I
trial, and no factious oppoisition for opposition sake is wme aesembled. By arrangement with the telegraph A meeting has been i
deposited at Altantlgen—on the Inn—ln the principal church, and abuse, wriusen by he knows not whom, but Always thirteen, was executed for killing the infant son of
companies alr. Field was enabled to have the tele- The Senate of Califomia has unanimously arlopted
anticipated. When Mr. Disraeli accepted the onerous according to a family custom consecrated by time, and which by the same person. It is to this mysterious and con- Mr. Graves in whose family she was employed as
awni ryeis.kre broughteingig into
se
a the
~es
i n iw
enrt- "acquire resolution rrquesting the United states Congress to by Me SmelPage. of M•
and important poet of Prime Minister, it was hae, so to say, the force of law for the eovereigr aef Bavaria temptible corrempondeut that he has taken the trouble nurse.Foren.ien. Tbeyttehrie 'femme
7:: els.preshe;l7,not ,
The sarcophagus, without any othamerits or inscription reloeosmpaotfchteldetir and oxeseyannex" British Columbia e .
very generally remarked that he was the natural whatever, according tO the des gn of the King himself, to reply in public vents, The reply is only an eridence the body, and said that a girl named Lucy told her to
She it to death with stones, and then hid bk-ladt
T 1 • - estimates f ti e ,mr ha been laid
before parliament. They show an increased expenditure of generated by the l•
' successor of Lord Derby, and his conduct during the stands elevated above the ground in the right aisle of the of the extreme sensitiveness which all his friends know do it. NVhen brought out of her cell into a room ad. rneistesNreeculeinvuenddfinronind,NnenwdYlotrekar,t‘,,Va Johninttot.n,
lIA
La:- and be forgotten
church of St Bonita., whiM his Majesty got built after his to be a trait a his character. Ile said once, 'I am joining, she an questions promptly. She en- g i 201,000 upon last year.
debates since his accession to this high honour has borne own plans, and at his own cost, in the purest Pliti.lllo style like a traveller ma lonely desert, when suddenly there tirely exculpated Lucy, said no one told her to do it,
these mayd at full the following messages Count Prpoli is to be the new Italian minister at the The Prince
out the remark. He speaks somewhat slower and in a A Benedictine convent, also founded and maintaieed by the appears on the horizon a figure which shoots an arrow i and that she could not tell why she did it. She seemed from the Pbe stated
of the United States, and from the Court of Great Britain. Club, and 11,
more dignified way than when he was Chancellor of King, forms an annex to that magnificent church, that reaches me and enters the flesh, and stings and 1 penitent; and she said she was willing to die, for that Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State. The Presi-
delant Mlegraphed as follows.— A decree of the Spanish gove nment prohibits the Prince of V
COMPENSATION FOR INJURY ON A RAILWAY.— rankles there, and though the wound is small, it is a she deserved it. She mounted the sceffold with a firmexportation by sea or laud of wheat, maize, barley, rye, with 140
the Emhequer, as though he felt the ailditional •weight races at'
On Saturday, at the Dorchester ASSixeS, Miss Goode, smart I cannot forget. Maffei lateri, We may hope step, and maintained silence and a marvellous eel!. press my congratulations to the telegraph festival flour, rice, and potatoes.
aseembly. I wieh them all possible success, and that their
. of honour that rests upon him. The Foreign Secretary's
twenty-three years of age, brought an action against the writing of the verses and the hundred guineas he possession to the last. A Dublin correspondent says that Dr. Waters, the
wires may be multiplied through many sem, and their stakes
' speech iin the Alabama claims 12as produced a very the G„at weatern Itallway Company to ccrecove oin- got fm them proved a balm to the poet's wound." contriblitor to the Ireuft men neimpaper who led the
favouraide effect. All hope of an amicable settlement peneatiim for ffij nries. On the 4th a.september last i;EolICIE F. TRAIN IN Piusott —The Dublin belißervllNT AT SEA.—There seems every reason 10 be it throileh many lauds. Dublin funeral procession and was some time after arrested .
e that the new b.ark the Cenneadzo, of Sunder- And lelr. Seward said :
I congratulate the telegrap hi,uilders. Instead o lbuildi on a Lord Lieutenant:a warrant, has been liberated. I'
is not lost, and it may be hoped that ere long John the plaintiff took a ticket at Yeseunneter to go to le., ~.3„ :__ land, which mailed on her first voyage from the west on
Ye ii s
Bull and "blether Jonathan may come to a mutual eovil and when th train came up ahe was
ar- .) . . ' . kir. Train sem he means to stay in, and that he will, by i the 21st of June last, for V alparaiso and after leaving a bridge Mr the tramp of hostile armies ear.. the omen . The constabulary at Killteely cowry Lim
rangernent erick,
getting into the carriage, as she alleged, the train debig so, explode the plot which has been devised to "shut r the Diming has not since been heard of, has been de- they have stretched a wire beneath it which effectually ex- ripped up the flooring of the altar in the
.R.imen Cathols.
moved, and she, falling between the carriages) and the hini up," both literally and metaphorically, lie feels quite I stroyea b ere The master of the /torso, which chatugee friendly sentiments, sympathies, and affections. c7,ll.ilar,e7ie.li
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dna„.sliti dfpelydt• ,
isa,,i lilt:: onuf nd nearly
preservation,loo kp
ki kvei
,s,,a , 13been
w h, e
...,, . , Mr Gladstone was expecMd, but being detained by
• It might have been thought that we have had dis- platform, evas seriously injiired. On the Imrt tof the comfortable, as hie quarters are commoilhins, .0 the na There were disturbances
cessions enough as to the propriety of this or that company it was contended tliat tlie accident arose fronn attaretenee goml. Mr. Train purposes
...Meg Men hie cell arrived at ValParaiso in Se ffember, reported having
seen a vessel on fire while rounding Cape Horn and the Irish debate, the following letter received from place less March. The priest has always been °pp,
the plaintiff's own delay in getting into the train. The d
ilimalgaiec:.lVM"dehrest"Mi.ir'a
ti,ei iii-„,rh. prrreasi!,i es Tilt ulkutlieig
there is every reason to believe that she was the one him by Mr. Cyrus Ffrld was read to the meeting : leniailism, and warned hie people minuet it
suffrage relating ton m, but now we me threatened t-v
u •
Rouse of Commons, March 10. At the adjourned inquest, held at Selby .
; 'ury found for the plMntiff ; damages, 1"2:50.
with an agitMion Mr women suffrag,e. A petition ) .„. ~ . "to introduce some enterprise" into the British press; and missing. The Cam/rads; was in command of Mr.
11EROISM OF A Boy.—The Rev. E. J. Beck, to. I lay he engaged writing his own panegyric, under the title of Tsiiihionnninasselnobeenrtasuont,niodf. Kirkcaldy, and had a crew of My dear Sir—l had cherished to the last the hope of day, oit the body of Daniel DI tECOII, bricklay,
1 ' , segued by L5OO inhabitants of Liverpool has been "George Francis Train's First Appeal to the I'Mlistines," the corning to yum, but unhappily it is now arranged that Lord murdered at South Dultiela on Saturday night
the Bishop of Newfoundland's Commissary, re lat m alayo will not speak until alter dinner, and I therefore fear the jury returned a verdict of Wilful '
presented to the House of Commons, praying that in the following heroic incident furnished him from that first chapter of which will die headed "The Lightning Ex-
press, or a young Amerman in att Old Lnglish Gaol. ' A pub- MR. GLADSTONE AND PHILANTHROPIC SOCIE- thet my Pretence at the only tinie of the emning wheu it Freierick Parker, and he WBS committed f
any future measure for the reform of Parliateent, pro colony ;-- Fisher has already been procured; the price will be only one TIES.—Mr. Gladstone, having been invited to preside could hem been of use wilt be impossible. A telegram from Aden, dated Fel-
) ,- vision may be made for granting the suffrage to A poor boy, whose name no one knows, but we may hoer/ penny.: and as the first issue will mutat. the "famous at the forthcoming anniversary festival of the Lama- i should have much enjoyed, and I had greatly coveted, " The 10th Bengal Cavalry have re.ene
I. women, under similar conditione to those of mem Of algaia.ef
washtte.litte t..tr,onne env imw.h:; iiwlrjoble
ceiree.iip,,,tsttc Ig.:MAT jeti.)lmrluz,4,. ~pregf,,..i, shire and Chesire Band of hope in deciMing the totr
gzinowrtrity, ycuurr
ekludness offered for speakuig a wort
y omitry. Butt aru detained here by ceed immediately to Anneeley Bay.
Mete that Gobaeye is close to LW'
course there are arguments in favour of women having wrecks, wandering along that dreary coast in the driving presses his intention to try out this thing juii captivity) to invitation, writes:— a yet higher duly, for there is, in my judgment, no , „ig,g,.....
,
.• votes, and perhaps the world will come to this some sleet They were crying bitterly, having been parted from the last. Almost daily I reoeive re.rneste of this kind, to taken duty for public men in England which at this juncture
their parents and not Itheiving whether they v., re drowned SINGULAR IF TRCE.—A Spanish lady has had ppruo rp utn:zt part in conumme with valuable or philanthropic is so high, so sacred, as that or studying the Case Of Ireland, It
is rumoured that dieter'
I t" day, but women are namely iffepared for them yet, or saved. 'lbe poLT lad took them to a theltered spot, chiefly from La ash and London, bit likewise and applying the remedies which I believe it admits in the neighbourhood of Mom
;. But about the greatest aus'lllnelit against g•iCieg votes plucked moss for teem, and made a rude but soft bed, and in her employment for some time an English from other parte, and even front the mtremitin of the We shall be here till past midnight, but not without of workmen being thrown e
then taking off his coat to cover them, sat by them all the coachman- —steady and well conducted (says the country. Instead ef having it nip command an unlimited thoughts of your festival aud of the greatness of the country strong detachmerit of pad
to women is the practical argument that they don't night long, soothing their terror until they fell asleep. In Court Journal.) The latter has unexpectedly sec- fund of thee and strength to promote these excellent wider- with which It is connected. You are called to eneounter lathed district.
. .
[ want votes. Let the reader make inquiries among his the morning, leaving them still sleeping, he went in search ceeded to £6 000 a. Sr lii mietress, on being taking., lam painfully sensible from day to day of nip in. difficulties, and to sustain struggles which SOMO years so I The ship General r
female at and he will find that • woman geitrlieemetriniti m
a, aino,httegyrehalilifvoeuunduntbeinmrii:ieeknidig fi),:i): informed of h m faithful an servants good fortune akrbei lkily;kedsizekija4y.
,iiii.
et hteeuk :lee:Tel zlnt u,it sge tkottliketioninanz iii:ikogltdtho.zmeti,dewe:ruet
ihgoinnultkikiii,mkaink,te.,mthn., o lell,tklept
cake: loncion in 15436 and
having a deeire for a vote is quite a rare exception. directed them where to find them, and then went on himself told him he was at full liberty to leave, but he implored Parliament anything like the attention they properly deserve. possibilities, and, looking to your past, there is nothing which Igtie,:t:',„wis,,";:,,i -
Why, then, should we encourage a new agitation? to try to find some place of shelter and refreshment. But to be allowed to remain, which has been granted, and To repeat refueals almost coustantly Is a t.k almoet as irk- we may not hope of your future. that year, said SC
. when the parents were returning with their recovered at the present mommit he can be seen drivieg his some to me se It can be to those who receive them, but I I not, .tc., W. E. GLAI,;ToN a
NVoman's true sphere is home; and society would not little ones, they found their brave preserver lying quite dead mistress round the "Lakes" in Paris with the same have no choice
moat
this and the abaudonment or neglect thirteen imagery
After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed, and gem h. con
be
improved by the establishment of a Woman's upon the MOW, ii,t for from wliere they parted from him.
yesliect as when he was on his 1:10 per annum and ef my first
a ur gent duties. .
Lbkektloren,gkezoksourkil he
saved his I t te was too much for
1 is exhausted s a one to the President of the United States, with others authorities e
Suffrage League ;by bands of women parading the elan ittle charge—a stranger hmted wages. It would not be surprising if the lady,
who, it is said, is unmarried, would finish up the fortes" ( v
,!iR.AeNDadIvN ENTION.—" EduCational Piano- having special reference to telegraiffiy, had been duly At a -
honoured, Mr. Cyrus Field stated that he had had on
eo
treeta with bands and banners; or by public meetings to them as they to him—he lay down t die, w
d give her hand to this romantic knight. per
tee r ertised. The most suitable piece for David B,
with Mrs. Strongmind as chairwoman, and cut-and- A DISPUTED POINT _ SETTLED.—The hearino romance an
THE QUEEN'S JOURNAL IN WELSIL—In con- a
—the
em these instructive instruments will be Friday evening the pleasure to hear the debate in the
he
'II u
RD
ER Intellect—Punch. to the'
House of Commons on the 4la6ama claims, and he Tt
dried resolutions moved and seconded by women, a
of the case of "Sadler v. Smith," n action, it will be
sequence of representations made to her Majesty as totliiiittste.,,,lgenuonfZeiniprittenitpqalue.mtseneinchitsidmbanielne
.1, '
' remembered, arising out of the late contest betweenoUs OUTRAGE ON A LIVERPOOL
A meeting of delegates from the London trades has leViluEylt, C.HANT.—At l'iCiltl2
s
Sadler and Kelley for the smiler' championship of the the large number of her Welsh subjects that still retain
just been held, with Mr. George Potter in the chair, Thames, was resumed on Monday, in the Court of and speak the language of their fathers, her Majegiy THE
the police.court, Liverpool, on Tues. word for word telegraphed under his order to the
John Wileon, David Harris, Walter Ford, and American Press. He concluded by a toast to his Ex.
which suggests some important considerations. The Queen's Bench, in London. The defendant, Mr. has been pleased to direct that the "Journal" shall be
translated into the ancient language of the Cy.mry. Hehry Jackson, the young men remanded on the cellency the Hon. Charlee Francis Adams), the Atner'
charge of. conspiring to rob and murder Mr. Adolphe can Minister, who, much to the regret of every '
chairman, after having referred to the manner in Smith, was the stakeholder, anri although there was
, which he es nsiders treales'mnions work, says : " But in? race, liandedtthe money - 300_.over to Kelley Sir Thomius leicidul h b command of her alajesty, liuml, wine merchant, of that town, were brought up who had been brought into offieMl or friendly i
, heetaceoturseTbhye tekuseflf,:ragerri;:idgeinthtid has rig tel 0 RPe ' JYJ ne recantonriniifuLenlr Vsliseill
w moles; wwei.iiut
lodvenrot
if near New Quay, Carnli4sidahir'el, for final examination. The case excited the utmost course with him, was about to leave this counter
Sad
oif the workmen were made a party to the contracts for sneuntstation, ancl the court.was densely e.rowiled through. lung, faithful and distinguished services.
\ ge ,
ork and were to participate in a share of the profits wisa that he was riady to etart, and indeed ,ha so aUbOlar, to undertake the work. Thie gracious act of her
„aimed, then they weuld take a wider and fairer view twice, bet Kelley would not go, and after niuch dig- Majesty has given great satisfaction to the Welsh-
of the demands made for services, because labour Puting KelleY rowed the distance alone and claimed sneaking imputation of the Principality, than whom
would then receive, not a hypothe_tical share which the atallee. The jury returned a verdict for the plain. there are no more loyal subjects within the vast realms
tiff, with leave reserved to the defendant to move the a the Britati. h empire. in
mhre ruo.ceeis,,i,fisiin.e Juaciulirioniianond 1 luidisivere clerks Mr. Vii alter and Mr. Moran (Secretary tot
clerks'in mercantile ei:tabliehmentns i
:tithe
kaLn.s. wit clil,r ertion.
) res ;ended to the tout
H Lluyi•d, in an elm-pent luau-
prosecutor made his appearance in the witness-box to the untiring energy and damndest
wages represented, but a bona fide share in the profits SOL"fil AMERICAN PATRIOTS. —The .A ugh,- with his head bandaged up, his right arm in a aline, Field, which culminated in the emcee.
1 arising from industry." It is rather strange that the Court ab,ve on a point id law. The case has excited
intense interest among the sporting fraternity. Brazilian Times says : and seemed to be in an exceedingly weak state. He Atlantic cables.
deposed to the facts of the case, which have already The Rev. Newman Hall referr
advocates of trades'ffinions should thee advocate the A LAD TORN TO PIECES BY MACHINERY.— On the let of January died Herni • ' al° Alves he Monies, at been reported. The prisoners were all committed for fourteen years ago that day an a
workmen having "a share of the profits; realised," and Mr. Coroner Heath held an inquiry on Saturday, at the age of 110 years. Ile had had ti lons, 82 grandsons, 65 trial for the attempt to murder—as principals and ac- by half-a-dozen men, Mr. Fis '
great-grandsons, and 6 greafegreaterrandsons, of whom exist ceesories before the fact.
yet shut their eyes to the obvious corollary to such Bulwell, near Nottingham, on the body of a lad named that a telegraph wire should '
6 sons, 47 emelt:mos, 4i great. grandsons and 5 great-great-
. a preposition— that the right to a share in pmtits Titus Smith, aged thirtem, who was killed by FEMALE PRIZE FIGHTERs.—A young woman, between England and Ana.
grandsons, MI hying within the space 'of a league in the
, machinery on the morning previous The deceased nei
ought to involve the liability to a share in the
and two others were at uork in a room together There fartnglicl' rirsa .0:
jiorio tri.
,Ckhristiikia,
takrni alfltkemdpeloyee,d id n. named Mary Callaghan, has been committed to prison promote civilisation and l'
. fig. twentyaine hays by the Shrewelmry magietratea 7,ll)rthetng waitleritit
toes. I share in the tin that co-operation, where were three machines in the room, one Of which was is 113 ye.are,ifPage, Heel eon 'trlie"saanire'fan'euia, eandee'neeiya
practicable, would be a powerful corrective to the evils standing, and the belting by which it is driven was vigorous health, lie, too, has a vinsideraole direct de- zeolisk ziregh. :.,!,,iliieil:gnurintehinifottliLer
the
la e,
f the difficulties were fa.
scendenee—namely, 7 lions, 4S grandchildren, and 20 great-
of trades .unionism (even their staunchest advocates thrown off the wheel and left hanging loose from the the Sewed near P Shrewsbury. Alice Davies, the Year. moneY wae ge;
• grandchildren alive out of 11 eons, 95 grandchildren, and 24
' Must admit that there are some evils connected with revolving shafting. D'eceased, while going to his work, greategraudchildres lie boasts, also, of never having been other combatant, was unable to appear, she being
passed the belting, and caught hie foot M it, causing on horseback, of never having given or received a blow, of already lodged in gaol on another charge. The stakes months there had
proposing a tow
it), and co.operation of course includes a share of losses '
. him to be earned round the shafting. He was dashed never having sued or been sued, and of never having been a at 's
1. sue were, it was stated, of nimparatively trifling MI..
.Field, his
as well as of profits. A great canference on the reM. with great force against the roof, and his body passed witness in any law court—in fact, a real old Minas gentle- amount but the combat was a very sanguinary affair, pamed him c
hail graced
, Cons of capital and labour is talked of, and a National . seven times round the shafting before the engine could man all of the olden time. and was pursued with great determination,,n either
•
Labour Parliament into be convened in Loudon during he stopped, and was frightfully mutilated. Verdict, RATHER TOO GOOD !—A story has been going side, the women moving off to another field when dis- Mr. Flu
the first week in May. This has a very grand sound,
"Accidentally Killed." the round of the papers so good that we suspect it turbed in that where the ring was originally formed. trusted'
and the performance is scarcely likely to come up to
. ,
EAT OF THE "TEES HEREIT."—The York- cannot be new, most good stories being old stories Each champion bad a "bottle holder," upon whose York.
.:H H H
(says the Pall Mall Gazette). A couple ;resented knees she rested during the intdeif•vals between the have
, hire Post says .
the promise, but too much praise cannot be given to
s The unfortnna.te half-erased Ma. named John Wills, but themselves at church to be married. The clergyman,iseveral d nd.inwilioornipeeritorbme
thoenri,heTutnionetivnaiirni=
rear
any attempt to settle disputed questions by fair argu- better known as the " Tees Hermit,' was found dead on perceiving that the bridegroom was drunk, refused to servicesr°uusnuallya
' anent rather than by strikes. This Labour Parliament Sunday morning by two boys In a boat he has occupied all perform the ceremony, and after administering a during the 'ogres's' of a fight. The " event " drew
will discuss the position and prospects of riades- tpolieorvrAtloerwa, tkitih,4intkhckTitirlieetionf
etiter:yetirerl,iskii.d.Hko,c, teyTokli: reprimand to him, told the bride to return with hint together a large crowd of spectators, and the police
unions the advisability of legislation on the subject, doubt, as he was under an impression that he was heir to thaennVedaiy... The couple did return the next, day, succeeded in capturing three.
A WEAKNESS OF TIIE BEST OF MEN I—"a
plan for organised emigration for surplus labour, linargrhese tties.apbpuetahrel I=chsiseatetzue,d, itils2.
h:onigntif,end liil-ys h
s ;an h leihatbilit7g2aPyPberfendret. "
7.7heeV:ltle MotraeZtrek.
toad the representation of labour in Parliament cognomen, and afterwards turned up at Sunderland, of addressed the bride, and asked her how she could Madras Times refers to a Case recently tried r
•seendsions there, when a native charged with " r
Sufficient attention has never been devoted to one which placebo Inn native, and has a wife from whom he has think of uniting herself to such a confirmed sot. 'l'he a
of these points—emigration. It has been proved over been
aagerr les'Oy(sor frequentedyearsb dreary peell itTo'nl w'l'ie rill girl replied with touching naireh', " Willy is not a „dtinakgintgo away
nav7idanriirniendn;vman," anduisisnhe
and over again that families could be aided to emigrate Mrmed out of an old boat. On Satmday night he visited hie zi,:tii.i.rmt.l sot, eir ; !zit irela eriber. he dam not retepped by the presiding judge wifh the r
for less money than they can be supported in the his brother j,9glc,rdtrth'se roirlt.mr j::::!h'eh:: dninrkrif I aarrinYtmo I.Uarryi cannothiat naillY' bringmg
him here ported) that " evidence as to character
_ A the ctrue,offasentnehe
wviethrywbehisetnotfnemenunnnw,e,
Union workhouse—not a very extravagant supposi- fused. In the boat was found a loaf of bread, and he had HIS WHoLE LIFE'S EARNINGS GONE !
I tion ; and yet this alternative is always presenting
itself, and always the most costly step is taken.
Could we have an organised system of emigration,
for instance, applied to the still existing distress in 8c M. In his pocket, so that he was not destitute.
A RATHER NEAT COM
younger members of the Fre e
ton has become noted for hLIME
nch I
his exquisite compliments (s '
N T.—One of the 1,-A'
Legation at Washing-
is gallant s eeches and
ays the Ana York Herald isniobratrdunepeiaan age 11elshtiesrnh''Te
Journal). After the usual ups
P to the life of an emigrant, he f
b sessor of a net sun of 40 000 f
East London, what a boon this would be to the per. A few evenings t O ot C . , •
since, a a geram a ffivernor cost of his return to his native land,
sons assisted to emigrate, to the ratepayers of the dies Morgan's he was introduced to a witty New York : summit as this he could indulge '
trict, and to the workmen who would thus be relieved
of peer and eempeting brethren. some years ago to try
Eldorado (says the Court
and downs incidental
ound himself the pos-
, after calculating the
and. With so large an
in the luxury of re-
lady, who has an unmistakably ugly, flat nose. The , visiting hie native hills among which he might ho
polite Frenchnian discreetly complimented her on her to spend the remnant of his days above the reach of
dancing, to which she archly replied :—" Ah ! I have want. Ifl It he soon learned that hie "000 ild
Mr Charters Dickens has had a glorious reception heard yoa are a flatterer ; but you cannot find it in gimes were worth 45,000 L in paper at the ate ofgl'ai
and a brilliant success in America. On the 18th of your heart to compliment me on my personal beauty,
next month the journalists of New York will give him
• farewell banquet, and on the 23rd he leaves for per cent., and lea no time M exchanging them for
so you praise my. dancing." " Madame," was the notes of the National Bank. lie wee living-in Narese,
reply, with a Parisian bow, " yen tiee an angel from
heaven but you fell on your nose. "1 he I narrated and when he had bartered his napoleons - ntarenpos
~ . lady . . they call them in Upper Italy—for Governruent paper, "
THE TOP OF TV
Great is the triumph of (Teat
Lo, topmost on the Omer'
A etatesnian of the letter
0, Brothers 'tie a gore,
It was not so before
Genius, a llast cloth
A lefty jeep..., w'
Forty years lor
Not the mere p
That seeks 1
But, fur ta
He trod, ri
t, England 11. will be heartily welcomed here as a m
) • e t s compliment with great cemplacency, until it waa he laid h'wealth is upon a table and sallied forth, Still fait'
matter of course, anti on dit that a number of English insinuated that she was a "fallen angel," since when perhaps to strike a bargain for the. purchase of a small Of rn
journalista, actors, and artiste, not wishing to be out- she has been silent on the subject farm in the neighbourhood, leaving a little child at He be
t ''
N
done by their American brethren, intend to give him a A PANTHER FIGHT.— Captain Cumberlege, play in his room. When he returned home he found
hearty welcome in the good oldfashioned etyle, namely, Deputy. Commissioner 14 Sumbelpore, in writing to his hard-earned fortune, the fruit of years of anxious ,
s'e s his sister, under date the 24th of January last, says:— toil and resolute self-denial, a mere smouldering heap
!' at the festive board. Do not be horrifieul when I tell you that I have been in bed of ashen upon his own hearth. The child, for want of
Here is an advertisement of a gentleman who ten days with wounds remived from a panther. Inns very better amusement, had flung the pile of notes into the
expresses his readiness to deliver three lectures " con- amehly handled, hut tun now (mite out of danger. It hap- fire. In a paroxysm of blind fury, the man stretched
ened thus ..-1 haul woulided the brute and was tracking it the innocent offender dead at his feet with a sing'
taming an uncompromising exposure of the mental, Fip by its blooul, when all of a sudden it rushed out of a patch bmi,,,, and is now in gaol awaiting his trial for '
moral, physical, social and economical evils a•sulting of Meg grass and charged a coolie. I rushed forward and - -
murder.
fired to save the nim, though i could scarcely see for the
from the use of tobacco." What a fearful bill of crass, and iii auother second, before I knew where I was, I THE REWARD . . . FOR MR SPEKE —Accord'
indictment against smokers is here indicated ! If all received a smashirig blow on the face, which nearly attained the Western Morntng IVews, the reward of £SII
these varied evils do exist in cigars and tobacco, verily
. ree"::ltertheeke„me. %lett: Wile bhae"steudirerttfilehoel has been paid by the friends of Mr. Speke '
t.
we as a nation are in a bad way, for the consumption me like a rat He then hit me and attacked a policeman, covery, is likely to cause a good deal of Iv
of tobacco is largely on the increase. It seems that who wn as the only ma standing near. Ile pulled him down, It was sent by Mr. Murdoch to Colonel
while in 1861 there were only thirty.five million :ynnarhaenalionferhitarAeekrs I
felt iattat
kasythrri?,:irtekkrnitn,li
iii?,:sttle of Cornwall, for him to awe
pounds of tobacco consumed in the United Kingdom, one barrel loaded, and, on recovering it, I dragged myself nentd,
dzutitoyn. I h
coLablaea adnlt lt
dr. ib
in 1865 there were thirty-nine million pounds, or iptarnrinspetriethteile
inviietehne.r.whilehlceowtashrsetelll.g.n.yawi.ncgrnattethees
dent of the Boduain police ; w'
twenty.one ounces per head per annum; so that the under my eye, and sonie eight tooth-holes in the back. The man who gave the inforrnati,
anti-tobacco missionaries do not make much headway. nom policeman died last night; lie completely lost heart, Spoke's arrest, and the Feast,
had delirium and saw tigers in his sleep. him receive nothing. This
By-way, what has become of the Anti-Tobacco '
AN ECCENTRIC MAN.—The Bradford Observer much discussion.
Society ? If it is alive it shows no signs of animation,
AN
that amongst the oddities and singularities exist- AN OPINION
OF M'
The weather is genial, seasonable, and promising, leg ill the village of Clayton there is a man who is ex- the Paris papers exp
and I suppose it is Spring—early Spring, we will gay; ceedingly eccentric in his habits of life. He is about manner in which Mr. '
but we condemned Londoners see nothing of "Spring's sixty years of age, and during the Met eight or ten appearance in the 14
delights" which are supposed to be" now reviving." yaCtalfosuhrhir livingnever
horn
ay
knniollt, li
ctlorlepeakut ardiynbody, lion to the Preme
No doubt " verdant leaflets clothe each spray,'' or some bomrhoog d. r'Hge is aa
lacnealor, livingY-P' t'r
neigh. example to othe
alone In a cottage gracefully expr
' of the sprays at all events, though we are yet far from which is his own freehold, and which he never allows Presse, who s'
"blithe Dlay.day." But we in London see nothing of any one to enter. He alm occupies a small garden Mr. Dia i'
all this, for every tree and every bit of greenery ham been i allotment, which he is in the habit of visiting every of comm.,
cleared away, and the denizen of the great city may i day
sitsattl:ante ,syttne stated time,
eaenndbso
tT,leg uvlinaigsehr e
theyu'it h
it,linense ;fir :Lt.
say with Tom Hoed (it is a great compliment to the 1 the time of day as well as if by the
were within ght Cirf of the :
younger to say that the Tom Hood is meant) : I the church clock. lie is aleo regular in his attendance spent
Where are ye, London meads and bowers, at Bradford on Thursdays, where he may be seen often pe
And garulens redolent of flowers in the pig.market. He wears strong shoes, worsted t
Wherein the Zephyr were f yarn stockings, a pair of knee breeches, and a coat and
Alas • Moor Fields are fielule no mom; hat which to all appearances might have been worn by
See Hatton Garden bricked all o'er, somebody when he was born. It is stated that eon-
And that bare wood, St. Johlia. time ago he suffered a loss of a sum of money, r
I have a pereonal grievance, and will relieve my that ever since he has exhibited these singulariti
mind by grumbling, especially as others must suffer his conduct,
from the !same thing. Not to mention names--for the MR. RASSAM AND 1118 RECEIPTS FRO'
grievance does not ..xist in connection with one railway THEODORVS.—In a letter addressed by '
only—let me state that I have a season ticeet to Isitieiniatra IN NiVaerl..,..
o.l),lneirnezentrhienr
et
elfLinefur
i travel on the NortinNorth Emit Railway, betwe-n field force, and dated "Camp, Zoolla, '
London and Greenheath. Some five miles beyond the former says :
Greenheath, on the same railway, is Sluehtomin-the- A discussion took place in ranter
Hole, where a friend has the misfortune to live. Now jurerce rteoilileeidatftergeKnlgmTk!rolduli,raur
when Ido myself the pleasure and the misery of going that the money so received was at
.s to Slushten to see my friend, the railway people .1: tits: 2:eon t . a tdieduag tare: sto kin
[ ignore my semen ticket to Greenheath, and make me when the Mission was im:riale.r
pay from London to Slushten, although I have per- This letter appears mon,
i' chased the right to travel as far as Greenheath on issued on Monday.
merely showing my ticket. Of course, I can avail FEARFUL CASE 0
myself of this right; get out at Greenheath ; and go —A fearful cane of s•
on to Slushten by the next train ! But I submit that itails,riltityniiffight. I
d a W
I ought not to be called on to perpetrate suoh an had been cohali
abaurdity, week ago NVa'
I see that in Liverpool there is a movement for another won
. obtaining a farthing local postage for letters posted anejneadecr
t and delivered within the borough. With all due the nee'
respect to the Liverpoollians the arguments in favour once t
' of so great a change must necessarily be to a great horn
extent one-sided. It may be perfectly practicable to g''''-'
'
ei have a cheap local s— ha p potage although a farthing
seems unconscionably
1 4. mind that the grand principle of the penny postage '
the average coat and profit. If you post a letter '
. friend living half a mile off, the charge el one •
may in the abstract appear rather high, 1,
about a man living at John o'Groat's sendir
to a friend at the Lawre End for a p,
United Kingdom penny postage as
glorious boon, and there in nothing in i'
Would it not he better to agitate
postage for newspapers? The r
paper postage are great. As
carrying the smallest newel»,
miles as for conveyieg anyv
. Sam a paper that weighs r
- - .
1
1 ~ form penny postage fir pr.
in a great iniproveiner
want further reform '
take a lesson in tic
• newspaper under
• . the United Ste
. ounce or par'
and weekly
subscribe
The la.
, here
is,
r
'
1 .
) e
~.
Fr

work, and it would soon pay better than the shilling
rate. And when are we to have a reduction of postage
between this country and France? Fourpence for a
varter of an ounce is a barbarous rate, worthy of the
ivilization neither of England nor France.

molested them in any way, they fell upon him and
kicked him, beat him with their fists and sticks, and
inn ck him with stones until he was insensible. Oliver
Drage in particular endeavoured to beat his brains
out with a stone. It appeared that the prisoners had
been out poaching, but (as they alleged) in quite
another direction. The defence was an alibi, but the
jury found all of them guilty. Oliver Drage was sen-
tenced to five years' penal servitude, Alfred Drage to
one year's imprisonment, and Smith and Palmer to
prisonment for eighteen months.
A SPITEFUL LETTER.—The -Vow York Tribune
says :—" It turns out that the spiteful letter ' on
which Tennyson wrote his recent verses was an anony-
mous letter, and not one, but a series of letters.
Every two or three months, for the last year or two,
the Laureate has received a long epistle of complaint
and abuse, written by he knows not whom, butslways
by the same person. It is to this mysterious and con-
temptible correspondent that he has taken the trouble
to reply in public verse. The reply is only an evidence
of the extreme sensitiveness which all his fnends know
to be a trait of his character. Ile said once, ' I am
like a traveller in a lonely desert, when suddenly there
appears on the horizon a figure which shoots an arrow
that reaches me and enters the flesh, and stings and
rankles there, and though the wound is small, it is a
hmart I cannot forget.' Haeret lateri. We may hope
the writing of the verses and the hundred guineas he
got for them proved a balm to the poet's wound."
GEORGE F. TRAIN IN PRISON.—The Ditidire

of the Order of the Garter, and the Orders ot v ictona
and Albert and of Louise of Prussia. Her Royal
Highness Princess Christian wore a train of white and
gold brocade, trimmed with rich Honiton point, the
petticoat of rich poult de tithe, trimmed with lace and
gold ornaments. Head.dress— diamond diadem, fea-
thers, and veiL Ornaments—diamond necklace and
stomacher. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise
wore a train of rich white and gold silk, trimmed with
white and gold fringe ,• a petticoat of white tulle over
rich glace silk, tastehilly trimmed with bulbous of silk
and scarlet velvet. Head-dress—bands of scarlet
velvet studded with diamonds, feathers, and veil.
1 Ornaments—diamonds. Victoria and Albert Order,
I and Order of Sts IsabeL
- -- •

the Wednesday of the session, when the judges at.
"
tend;
but, as the trial of the Fenian prisonere will be EPITOME OF NEWS,
mcessarily most protracted, and as, if begun on the
Wednesday, it might not terminate on the Saturday liIRITISH AND FOREIGN.
evening, in which case the jury would have to be
kept together over the Sunday, which this year
will be Easter Sunday, the probability is that it
will not commence until the following Monday, the
13th of April.

Great festivities are to be held at Turin in celebra-
tion of the marriage of Prince Humbert to the Prir case
Margherita. The festivities will commence on the 19th of
April, and will be continued till the 96th. The marriage
ceremony will take place on the 22nd of April.
It is reported from Malta that typhus fever of an
aggravated character has recently broken out in Tunis, in
ccnsequence of the lamina Passengers thence are Lot
allowed to land at Malt. Her Majesty's frigate A rethtas
is under fumigation at Malta. The captain and several of
the Crew have been attacked with smallpox and scarlatina,

In a history of the New Law Courts it is stated that
in the register at St. Clement Dane's Church there appears
on one page, among the baptisms in 1587, the familiar names
of "Richard Cobden" and " John Bright."
In the "Fools' Procession" at the carnival at
Cologhe the other day, Were flve typical " English travellers,"
riding on donkeys, and each with • copy of "Baedeker's
Basal-hook" under his arm.
Military operations are about to be undertaken,
under the direction of General Pallavicini, for the sup-
pression of brigandage on the Neapolitan frontier.
The late King Louis of Bavaria is said to have left
a fortune of £1,720,000.
The Senate of California has unanimously adopted
a resolution requesting the rutted states congress to
"acquire or annex" British Columbia.
The navy estimates for the year have been laid
before psrliament. They show an increased expenditure of
£201,000 upon last year.
Count Prpoli is to be the new Italian minister at the
Court of Great Britain.
A decree of the Spanish government prohibits the
exportation by sea or laud of wheat, maize, barley, rye,
flour, rice, and potatoes.
A Dublin correspondent says that Dr. Waters, the
contributor to the Iridonan newspaper who led the
Dublin funeral procession and was some time after arrested
on a Lord Lieutenant's warrant, has been liberated.
The constabulary at Killteely, coun• y Limerick,
ripped up the flooring of the altar in the Riman Catholic
chapel on Monday, and found nearly 100 pikes, 76 of which
were in • perfect state of preservation, having been well
oiled and wrapped in flannel. There were disturbances in the
place lass March. The priest has always been opposed to
lenianism, and warned his people against it
At the adjourned inquest, held at Selby on Tues.
, day, on the body of Daniel DI tECOiI, bricklayer, who was
murdered at South Dullielo on Saturday night, February 10,
the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder againsS
Frederick Parker, and he was committed for trial.
. _ . .

MR. CYRUS FIELD AND THE
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
Mr. Cyrus \V. Field, of New York, gave a dinner,
on Tuesday evening, at the Palace Hotel, Buckingham-
gate, in Loudon, at which about seventy of the prin-
cipal gentlemen in England interested in telegraphy
were assembled. By arrangement with the telegraph
companies Mr. Field was enabled to have the tele-
graph wires brought into the dining-room of the hotel.
and many interesting messages were despatched to and
replies received from New York, Washington, Havan-
nah, Newfoundland, and Heart's Content. Among
these may be stated at full the following messages
from the President of the United States, and from the
Hon. Vi'. H. Seward, Secretary of State. The Presi-
dent telegraphed as follows :
Express my congratulations to the telegraph festival
assembly. I wish them all possible success, and that their
wires may be multiplied through many seas, and their stakes
be extended through many lauds.
And Mr. Seward said :
I congratulate the telegraph builders Instead of building
a bridge for the tramp of hostile armies asross the ocean
they have stretched a wire beneath it which effectually ex-
changes friendly sentiments, sympathies, and affections.
Mr. Gladstone was expected, but being detained by
the Irish debate, the following letter received from
him by Mr. Cyrus Field was read to the meeting :
Rouse of Commons, March 10.
My dear Sir,--I had cherished to the last the hope of
coming to you, but unhappily it is now arranged that Lord
Mayo will not speak until alter dinner, and I therefore tear
that my presence at the only time of the evening when it
COlllll hove been of use will be impossible.
I should have much enjoyed, and I had greatly coveted,
the optiortunit y your kindness offered for speaking a word
of good will to your country nut lam detained here hy
a yet higher duty ; for there is, in my judgment, no
duty for public men in England which at this juncture
jam high, so sacred, as that of studying the case of Ireland,
and applying the remedies which I believe it admits.
We shall be here till past midnight, but not without
thoughts of your festival and of the greatness of the country
with which It is connected. You are called to encounter
&Metals/1, and to sustain struggles which some years avo I
should have said were beyond human strength. But I have
learnt to be more cautious in taking the meaaure of American
possibilities, and, looking to your past, there is nothing which
we may not hope of your future.
I ant, &c., W. E. GLADSTONE.
After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed, and
one to the President of the United States, with others
having special reference to telegraphy, had been duly
honoured, Mr. Cyrus Field stated that he had had on
Friday evening the pleasure to hear the debate in the
House of Commons on the Alethama claims, and he
added that the whole of the principal speeches made
in the House of Commons on that question had been
word for word telegraphed under his order to the
American Press. He concluded by a toast to his Ex-
cellency the Hon. Charles Francis Adams, the Ameri-
can Minister, who, much to the regret of every one
who had been brought into official or friendly inter.
course with him, Was about to leave this country, after
lung, faithful, and distinguished services.
Mr. Walter and Mr. Moran (Secretary to the Ameri-
can Legation) responded to the tout.
Mr. J. H. Lloyd, in an eloquent manner, adverted
to the untiring energy and dauntless efforts of Mr.
Field, which culminated in the successful laying of the
Atlantic cables.
The Rev. Newman Hall referred to the fact that
fourteen years ago that day an agreement was signed
by half-a-dozen men, Mr. Field being among them,
that a telegraph wire should be laid under the ocean
between England and America. They said it would
promote civilisation and lead to love and harmony ; it
was a thing worth making sacrifices for, but it was due
to Mr. Cyrus Field's untiring energy and sacrifice that
the difficulties were finally vanquished. FIT fourteen
years money was going out, and until within the past six
months there had been no return. He concluded by
proposing a toast to the ladies, the two daughters of
Mr. Field, his niece, and a lady friend, who accom-
panied him on his present visit to England, and who
had graced the table with their presence.
Mr. Field read a letter, which he stated had been in-
trusted to him by one of the principal citizens of New
York, to Mr. John Bright, whom he had hoped to
have had the pleasure of seeing that evening. He
could say, without fear of contradiction, that there was
, no man living who would meet a better reception in
America than Mr. John Bright. The letter was as
follows :
New York, Feb. 17, ISE&
Dear Sir, -Your friends In America are so anxious to see
you that we beg leave to renew at this time the invitation
which you have so often received to make a visit to this
country.
You will receive a hearty welcome from thousands to whom
your name is already familiar, but who desire to hear yavur
voice, and to take you by the hand.
Your presence at this time would tend to strengthen the
ties between your country and ours, and we beg leave to
suggest a visit during the ensuing spring, if you can they he
Indulged in a short respite from your duties in Parliament.
Roping that you may find this po”ible and convenient,
We are, kc.
To John Bright, Esq.
Toasts were then introduced by Mr. Field to Mr.
John Bright, M. P. ; to the memory of Richard
Cobden, who proposed to the late Priuce Consort that
the profits of the Exhibition of 1851 should be devoted
to the establishment of telegraphic communication
between England and America, and who later desired
that the English Government should supply one-half
of the capital necessary to establish telegraphic com-
munication across the Atlantic; to the success of sub-
marine telegraphy to ludia, to China, to Australia, to
South America, and to the progress and prosperity of
telegraphy in all parts of the world ; and, finally, Mr.
Lloyd proposed ''the Health of the honoured Host,
Mr. Cyrus W. Field," which was carried with acclama-
tion. The party broke up at a late hour.

but are doing well.
A novel article was offered in pawn last week in
Bermondsey, in London, neither more nor less than a baby.
Its mother shared her room with another woman, who in
her absence came home Intoxicated, rolled up the bed on
which the child ley sleeping, and 'trudged off with it down
Spa-road to the pawnbroker's, on whese counter the infant
rolled out—not quite dead, but nearly.
A meeting has been held in London (presided over
by Mr. Smalpage, of Maddox-street,; for the benefit of the
Foremen Tailors' Benevolent associatien,when a strong wish
was expressed—not only by many muter tailors present
but also by the men—that airy ill-feeling that had been
generated by the late unfortunate strike should pass away
and be forgotten.
The Prince Imperial of France has joined the Canoe
Club, and has procured a canoe. The club of which the
Prince of Wales le Commodore) now contains 'Lin members,
with 140 canoes and IS yachts. During the season oalloo
races and "chases" are to be held on the Cam, where the
Cambridge brunch has twenty-tine members, and on the
Thames, the Mersey, aud the Ldfey.
The little boy, Arthur Abbott, who has lain eo long
in the Royal Free Hospital, in London, and wino was reported
tube blind from the injuries he sustained at he recent ex,
plosion in. Clerknwell, has suddenly recovered the use of his

.......,..........,. ..............
HANGING A CIIILD.—At Newcastle, Kentucky,
on the 7th of February, Eliza, a coloured girl, aged
thirteen, was executed for killing the infant son of
Mr. Graves in whose family she was employed as
nurse. She beat it to death with stones, and then hid
the body, and said that a girl named Lucy told her to
do it. When brought out of her cell into a room ad-
joining, she answered questions promptly. She en-
tirely exculpated Lucy, said no one told her to do it,
i and that she could not tell why she did it. She seemed
1 penitent; and she said she was willing to die, for that
she deserved it. She mounted the scaffold with a firm
step, and maintained sitcom and a marvellous self.
possession to the last.
BURNT AT SEA.—There seems every reason to
believe that the new bark the Cunuradzo, of Sunder-
land, which sailed on her first voyage from the west on
; the 21st of June last, for Valparaiso' and after leaving
1 the Downs has not since been heard of, has been de-
-1 stroyei by fire. The master of the Otorsa, which
arrived at Valparaiso in September, reported having
seen a vessel on fire while rounding Cape Dorn, and
there is every reason to believe that she was the one
missing. The Canaradw was in command of Mr.
Thomas Robertson, of Kirkcaldy, and had a crew of
sixteen seamen all told.

_

Freernan says :
Mr. Train says he means to stay in, and that he will, by
doing so, explode the plot which has been devised to "shut
him up," both literally and metaphorically. Ito feels quite
comfortable, as his quarters are commodious, and the
attendance good. Mr. Train purposes issuing from his cell
a daily newspaper, as he moves the British press is not doing
him justice. We understand that it is Mr. rrain's intention
"to introduce some enterprise" into the British press and
to. lay he engaged writing his own panegyria, under the title of
"George Francis Train's First Appeal to the Philistines," the
first chapter of which will be headed "The Lightning Ex-
press, or a young American ill an. Old English Gaol." A pub-
lisher has already been procured; the price will be only one
Penny ; and as the first issue will contain the " famous
Sligo " speech, which caved in judge, jury, and sheriff, it
will be cheap at the price. As we before said, Mr. Train ex-
press. his intention to try out this thing jila captivity) to
the last.
- • - • • • • '

"The government have purchased the antiquarian
and arcliesologi.si collection of the late Dr Petrie, snd also
the well-known specimen of early Irish art called the Tara
brooch. These are to he the property of the nation, and are
for the present, at least, to be deposited in the Royal Irish

It is stated that General La Marmnra has declined
the embassy to England.
Prince Napoleon has been exchanging a visit of
courtety with the K ing of Prussia t Berlin.
The mathematical niaster at the Eilinhurgh Academy,
Mr. wiiiiion‘ liss been appointed her Majesty's inspector of
Schools for Wales.
Mr. George Ward Hunt in the third Chancellor of
the Exchequer who has been sent to Parliament by the
county of Northampton in the course of the present century
It is said that Mr. Charles Dickens has sent home
for investment £16,000 as the first proceeds of his American
tour.
" It is arranged that the Earl of Malmeshury shall
lead the House of Lords—lt possible."—linperial Review.
The Saturday Review says that the chances are in
favour oh Mr. DisraelPs continuance in Once during the

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MR. GLADSTONE AND PHILANTHROPIC SOCIE-
TIES.—Mr. Gladstone, having been invited to preside
at the forthcoming anniversary festival of the Lanca-
shire and Chesire Band of Hope, in declining the
invitation, it-rites:—
Almost daily I reocive requests of this kind, to take a
prominent part in connexion with valuable or philanthropic
purposes, chiefly from Lancashire and London, hut likewise
from other parts, and even from the extremities of the
country. Instead at having it my command an unlimited
fund of time and strength to promote these excellent under-
takings, I am painfully sensible from day to day of my in-
ability, especially in these. grave tinier, to give to the ninny
great and anxious questions which demand the attention of
Parliament anything like the attention they properly deserve.
To repeat refusals almost constantly is a task almost as irk-
some to me as it can be to those who receive them, but I
have no choice between this and the abandonment or neglect
of lay first and most urgent duties.

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A telegram from Aden, dated February 26, says :--
" The 10th Densial Cavalry have re-embarked, and will pro-
ceed immediately to Ancestry Bay. Letters received here
state that °oblige is close to Lasts, and Is advancing on
Magdala."
It is rumoured that disturbances have broken out
In the neighbourhood ,d Mons, In Belgium, in consequence
of workmen being thrown out of employment, and that a
strong detachment of gendarmes has left Moss oethe dis-
turbed district.
The ship Genera/ Grout, which left Melbourne for
London in 1868, and was not subsequently heard of, was
posted as a missing vessel ; but it has now been ascertained
that she was wrecked on the Auckland islands in May of
that year, and that out of about bal people on board only
thirteen passengers were saved. One of the rescued panel,
gees has communicated this information to tho naval
authorities at Melbourne.
At is meeting hold in Edinburgh, on Monday, Sir
David Baxter presulipg, it was resolved to erects monument
to the late Sir David-Brewster.
The fourth anniversary of the Prince and Princess
of Wales's wedding day was celebrated at Windsor on Tues-
day, with the customary honours.
Government have, it is said, resolved to send out
Mr. Angelo, the African traveller, to the Somali country, to
inquire into the alleged existence of British captives there,
and provided with means with which, if possible, to effect
their liberation.
The Vienna journals mention that the Prince de
Salm-Salm, formerly aide de.canip of the Emperor Maxi-
milian, is at present at Brussels, having to make certain
communications from the deceased to the Empress Charlotte.
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SINGULAR IF TRUE.—A Spanish lady has had
in her employment for some time an English
coachman —steady and well conducted (says the
Court Journal.) The latter has unexpectedly suc-
ceeded to 4:6,000 scyear. His mistress, on being
informed of her faithful servant's good fortune,
told him he was at full liberty to leave, but he implored
to be allowed to remain, which has been granted, and
at the present moment he can be seen driving his
mistress round the "Lakes" in Paris with the same
respect as when he was on his I:10 per annum and
board wages. It would not be surprising if the lady,
who, it is said, es unmarried, would finish up the
romance and give her hand to this romantic knight.

present acannon.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was re-elected on
Sttnrday by the constituency of North Nortioniptonsidee.
Mr limit made an able and interesting address, and wee
warmly congratulated on his promotion.
The other evening, just as the Duke i 1 Brutesviek
entered a boa at the theatre of the lioutles-Farisiem, the
flooring gave way under hie weight, and he fall through.
Fortunately, he escaped without injury, and so person
happened to be at the time lathe baignoire underneath.
On Friday the Queen held a Reception at Bucking.
ham Palace. lire Majesty, who was accompanied by the
Prince“es Christian and Louise, appeared to be in timeliest
health. A brilliant circle attended, and the presentations
were numerous.

A GRAND INVENTION.—" Educational Piano-
fortes " are advertised. The moat suitable piece for
performance on these instructive instrumenta will be
—the March of Intellect. —Punch,

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TEE QUEEN'S JOURNAL IN WELSH.—III con-
sequence of representations made to her Majesty as to
the large number of her Welsh eubjects that still retain
and speak the language of their fathers, her Majesty
has been pleased to direct that the " Journal" shall be
translated into the ancient language of the Cymry.
Sir Thomas Biddulph, by command of her Majesty,
has requested the Rev. J. Jones, rector of Llandisslo,
near New Quay, Cardiganshire, an eminent Welsh
scholar, to undertake the work. This gracious act of her
Majesty has given great satisfaction to the Welsh-
speaking population of the Principality, than whom
there are no more loyal subjects within the vast realms
of the British empire.
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THE MURDEROUS OUTRAGE ON A LIVERPOOL
MERCHANT.—At the police-court, Liverpool, on Tues.
day, John Wilson, David Harris, Walter Ford, and
Henry Jackson, the young men remanded on the
charge of conspiring to rob and murder Mr. Adolphe
Kugel, wine merchant, of that town, were brought up
for final examination. The case excited the utmost
sensation, and the court VW densely crowded through-
out the proceedings. Jackson and Ford were clerks
in Mr. Road's office, and Wilson and Harris were
clerks in mercantile establishments in the town. T he
prosecutor made his appearance in the witness-box
with his head bandaged up, his right arm in a sling,
and seemed to be in an exceedingly weak state. He
deposed to the facts of the case, which have already
been reported. The prisoners were all connuitted for
trial for the attempt to murder—as principals and ac-
cessories before the fact.
FEMALE PRIZE FIGHTERS.—A young woman,
named Mary Callaghan, has been committed to prison
for twenty-one days, by the Shrewehury magistrates,
on a charge of being one of the principals in a prize
fight which toik place the other day on the banks of
the Severn, near Shrewsbury. Alice Davies, the
other combatant, was unable to appear, she being
already lodged in gaol on another charge. The stakes
at issue were, it was stated, of comparatively trifling
amount, but the combat was a very sanguinary affair, ,
and was pursued with great determination on either :
side, the women moving off to another field when dis-
turbed in that where the ring was originally formed.
Each champion bad a "bottle holder," upon whose
knees she rested during the intervals between the
several rounds and who performed for her the various
services usually performed by these functionaries
during the progress of a fight. The " event " drew
together a large crowd of spectators, and the police
succeeded in capturing three.
A WEAKNESS OF THE BEST OF MEN !—The
Madras Times refers to a Case recently tried at the
sessions there, when a native charged with "adultery
and taking away a married woman," and who was pro-
ceeding to call evidence of his good character, was
stopped by the presiding judge with the reinark (as re-
ported) that "evidence as to character did not affect
the case, as the very best of men were liable to com-
mit the offence with which the accused was charged."

It may be convenient to persons who have to send
old letters for literary purposes to be Informed that they
may be seat by post under the usual condltrons of book
postage, at Id. for 405., and need not he gout asletters at Id.
for half an ounce.
Brigham Young has just wedded his thirty-first wit e.
The favoured lady's frame in filertrtra Van IMt She is
twenty-eight years old, and the daughter of One of the
dignitaries of the Mormon Church.
Her Majesty's birthday will be kept on Saturday,
the 23rd of May next.
It is stated that the town of Luxembourg has
suffered greatly from the loss of the Pnisalan garrissort Com-
merce is In stagnation, and real property hae declined in
value more than 50 per cent. Throughout the duchy, also.
there is great distress, and, in consetetence, families are emi-
grating by mores to America.
Mr. Johnston (says the Forthtme Whip) has not
been released from confinement. Up to a late hour lest night
I (Friday , no order or intimation had reached the author-Idea
of Downpatriek Gaol, and he was still In prison. Thebown-
patrick correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail telegraphs
the following:—' The Government has refused to release
Mr. Johnston. If he petitions for himself they will consider
It. lie decliues doing so."
According to the last accounts from America new
gold-fields have been discovered at a locality on the Rocky
Mountains, at Sweetwater, in Dacota, fifty miles from
Omaha within 100 miles of the route to be traversed by
the l'elon Pacific Railroad, which in extent sad richness,
and facilities for working, are likely to surpass any yet
opened up.
A singular freak of mow has been recently witnessed
in a field near Seneca Lake In New York. Small bunches of
snow, scattered about by the wind, took regular circular
forme, each with a bole through it, and preeented the
eppearauce of a vast number of white fur muffs, from three
to ten inches in diameter.
It is reported in St. Petersburg that the Emperor
Napoleon will pay a visit to that capital in June, and that
brilliant fan and a review of 17/0,000 men will be prepared
for his reception.
"We are happy to hear, upon authority, that
although Mr. Baron Channel' has not yet entirely recovered
from his recent illness, his doctors consider his progress
during the past week satisfactory, and anticipate nit only
that he will speedily recover, but that he is likely to enjoy
better health than for some time past—Lose Times.
An inquest has been held at Liverpool on the body
of Henry Atherton, a boy fifteen years old. On Wednesday
the 10th ult., he went to play with some other boys at the
Queen's Dock. A carter named Pilkington was dincharging
a cotton waggon by throwing the bales from the waggon to
the rimy. The deceased suddenly came in the way. and was
crushed by a falling bale. He died on Thursday night.
Verdict, Accidental Death.
The hippqphagists of Paris hit upon a curious ad-
vertisement the other day. During the Carnival they
paradea two fat alert hones, which were draw') by two oxen
nothing hut thin and bone This proves that you can fatten
hones if you feed them well, and starve oxen if you don't.
There are at the present time no fewer than twenty slaughter-
houses in Paris at which hones are killed.
The Hon. Joseph H. Ingersoll, of Philadelphia,
who will be remembered as American minister to Englami
from 1050 to 1055, died at his home in Phila-lelphia, on
February 20, M the advanced age oh eighty-two. lie has
Lived in complete retirement of late years.
From inquiries made at Knowsley Hall on Friday,
in hat week, we (Morning Star) are in a position to
announce that the Earl of Derby is now rapidly approaching
convalescence. Shortly after the crisis which necessitated
his retirement from active political life, the recovery of his
lordship, though steady and decided, was very Blow. During
the last few days, however, the signs of improvement have
been nicest marked, and his family and friends now confi-
dently anticipate that the noble ex-Premier will soon be
able to remove to the metroprilia.
The appearance of wild boars in considerable num-
bers is reported from Staveiot, in Belguim. A few days ago
a troop of about twenty were seen rooting up the rye
fields. They were hunted into a neighbouring wood, but all
escaped.
A dreadful quarrel between two men took place on
Monday night, in last week, in Grove-street, Southampton.
They accidentally met in a public house, when high word,
ensued, and one followed the other into the street when the
quarrel was rnumed, and the one beat the other so dread-
fully that he lay uptil Friday, when he died. A coroner's
request has resulted in a verdict of " Wilful Murder"
mailed John Westlake, who was thereupon formally com-
mitted tor trial at the next Hampshire ann..
On Saturday the traffic in the Strand, London, was
stopped for some hours by the fall outwards of one of the
houses near Temple Bar, which are in the course of demo-
lition for the site of the Grand Palace of Justice. Fortu-
nately the danger had been übserved, and a body of police
having been promptly marched to the spot, persons were
prevented from approaching too near, so that when the
crash came no hurt or damage was sustained.
Two boys, aged seven and five years, sons of a white-
smith, have just died of starvation at Holloway, London-
The father had been ill and unable to work. At the inquest
it was ended that he had declined to go to the workhouse,
because he was reluctant to break up his home; he hoped
yet to " struggle on. The family received an exeellent
character. The house was scrupulously neat and clean It
appeared that the parish authorities had offered the fgther
lei. a day for stone.breaking, and because he was too ill to do
that refused to give him any thing.
Some excitement was created the other morning at
an early hour in the Rue St. Hilaire, near the Sorbonne, in
Paris, by the discovery on a heap of rubbieh of fourteen cat.'
heath; which appeared to have been freshly cut off. The
grief of many id the inhabitants was poignant when they
recognised the features of their own missing favourites. The
suppontion is that the animals had been captured and
killed by a class of persona who make is trade of entrapping
unwary specimens of the feline race, which afterwards
reappear in the outskirts of Paris in the form of •int de
Deere and gibelotes de lapin.
We ( Times) are informed that the Prince of Wales
will visit Ireland for a week et Easter. The principal object
of his visit is to be installed Knight of St. Patrick. A Dublin
correspondent, writing oil Monday night says :—" The an-
nouneemeet here this evening, in a third edition of the
Erening Mail, that the visit of the Primer of Wales to Ire-
land has been definitely decided upon,' gives the greatest
satisfaction It is understood that his Royal Highness will
be the guest of the Lord Lieutenaet, and preparatioes have
already commenced to render the occasion brilliant. No time
I. mentioried for the visit, but the belief seems geeerally to
exist that it will be during the third week in April, when the
Puncheetown rases take place."
The reigning Duke William of Brunswick, brother
of Duke Chart., who ordinarily redden at Paris, has just
made his will in favour of the ex .King of Hanover, by which
, he leavet to the latter not only his private fortune, but also
the sovereignty of his Duchy. In the polincal circles of
Berlin, where the dispositions of this testament are known,
the opinion is that the government is resolved to respect, at
the death of the tentator, the first part of the Metrument
relative to the private domain of the Prhice, but to corded
the bequest of the sovereiguty of the Duchy, and, if neces-
sary, by force of arm.
The Camila ((Italia states that the Roman ladies
are at present occupied in terminating a mageificent piece
of embroidery as a present to the Princess Margherita, on
the occasion of her marriage. The design represents Rome
under the form of a youeg girl wearing the coetunie of the
Campagna, and defending herself against a hideous serpent;
her eyes are turned towards a luminous point as if to im-
plore help. The figures, which are executed in pearl and
silk, are intended to remind the Penmen of the unfortunate
city which for years has been awaiting its deliverance.
An inquest has been held in the parish of St. Luke's,
in London, in which some painful circumstancee were di.:
closed. The subject of the inquest was. baby two days old.
The deceased child was use of three belorigiug to a soldier,
who had rerved in the Crimea and in India In the Shed, or
Duke if Wellington's Own Reglnient, and had been die.
charged with a pension for two years. Ills pension had ex-
pired, and since then be had taught himself shoemaking,
but seldom earned more than 7e per week, out of which he
paid Os. for the ndserable room he inhabited. Ten shillings
was the mast he had ever made. He was stated to be at the
presort moment in the last stage of consumption. The
doctor said the baby died of jaundice, and the jury blued a
that effect.

Two unfortunate accidents occurred at the Ameri-
can Circus at Tours three nights back. The Spanish gym-
nast, It ottat, while performing en the trapeze at a height of
80ft., missed his hold and fell, breaking his thigh. Later in
the evening one of the attendants had his arm severely torn
by a lion.
The Ilfoniteur, in speaking of the levt4e held by
Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, adds Her Majesty
inquired in the most friendly manlier of the Prince dela four
d'Auvergne respecting the health of the Emperor and that of
the Imperial Family.
Colorado has laid before the United States Senate
Its petition to he constituted the thirty-eighth State of the
, American Union.
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SOL"f11 AMERICAN PATRIOTS. —The A nyio-
- Times says
On the Ist of January died Damisio Alves de Moraes, at
the age of 110 years. Ile had had 0 sons, 82 grandsons, 65
great-grandsons, and 6 great-great-grandsons, of whom exist
6 sons, 47 grandsons, 48 great-grandsons, and 5 great-great-
grandsons, all living within the space of a le.igue in the
neighl,ourhood of Carmo da Christina, and all employed in
farming. Gaspar Joao de Moran, a brother of the deceased,
is 113 years of age, lives on the same .fazanda, and enjoys
vigorous health. Ile, too, has a vmsoleraole direct de-
scendence—namely, 7 sons, 48 grandchildren, and 20 great-
grandchildren alive out of 11 sons, 95 grandchildren, and 24
great-grandchildren. Ile boasts, also, of never having been
on horseback, of never having given or received a blow, of
never baying sued or been sued, and of never having been a
witness in any law court—in fact, a real old Minas gentle-
man all of the olden time.
RATHER TOO GOOD !—A story has been going
the round of the papers so good that we suspect it
cannot be new, most good stories being old stories
(says the Pall Mall Gazelle). A couple presented
themselves at church to be married. The clergyman,
perceiving that the bridegroom was drunk, refused to
perform the ceremony, and after administering a
reprimand to him, told the bride to return with hint
the next day. The couple did return the next day,
when the bridegroom appeared to be even more drunk
than he had been the day before. The clergyman then
addressed the bride, and asked her how she could
think of uniting herself to such a confirmed sot. The
girl replied with touching tuOreh', " Willy is not a
confirmed not, sir; but when he is sober he does not
want to marry me, so I cannot help bringing him here
drunk if I am to marry him at aIL"

The whole of the debate on the Alabama claims,
which appeared in Saturday's papers. was telegraphed to
New York by the Atlantic cable. The transmission of the
report occupied ten hours.
The Irish Education Commission will, it is believed,
immediately commence its inquiries in Dublin.
Sir 11. Napier writes to the Secretary of State for
India that he has been reluctantly compelled to allow Dr.
Krapf, who was engaged as Amharic dragoman, to quit the
Abyssinian expedition, as he has lost bin health in the per-
formance of his dutiee, and has been recommended by his
medical attendant to proceed immediately to Europe. Sir
it. Napier speaks very warmly of Dr. Krapris services, and
says it will be difficult to supply his place.
Her Majesty the Queen has sent her usual annual
contribution of /-50 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institu-
tion.
"The French papers speak of an enormous salmon,
which the Rhine fishermen have sent to Paris. It is said to
be about 9ft, long, about 3301 b. in weight, and to have been
purchased by the keeper of a restaurant far £44. It is a pity
that the whereabouts of this fish is not mentioned, so that a
coroner's jury might be called in to witness the body. In
1821 an Win gallium was exhibited in London, and that was
I thought a monster."—Land and Mater.
The death is announced of M. Mahlque, formerly
juge de pain at Argeles .Pyrenees Orientates', at the age of
100 years and eight months
The Prussian Government has just ordered the con-
struotien at Dmitri° of two iron-clad frigates to be named
the Ilanza and Ariadne, each armed with eight heavy guns.
The Duke of Nassau intends to have conveyed back
to liieberieh the wines which, on the approach of the
Prussian troops in 1866, he had sent for safety to Strasburg.
They are eatimated to be worth about £52,000, and will be
sold by public auction towards the close of April next.
In future gentlemen invited to the Court balls at
Florence, if not in uniform as officers or in official costume
as State functionaries, will have to wear the Court dress.
Members of Parliament and of the communal Council alone
will be permitted to appear in black dress with white
cravat.
According to letters from Paris negotiations are re.
ported to lie in progress between the English and French
Governments for lowering the rates of postage for letters
between the two countries to half of what it is at present
The Trades' Council at Birmingham have resolved
on having a working man as one of their representatives.
They propose to pay him £3OO a year awl his election ex-
penses. This proposal was brought before a full meeting of
the trades en Thursday evening, and was unanimously
adopted.
On Sunday morning one of the prisoners confined in
Lancaster Castle committed suicide by hanging himself. The
man was a clogger, from Chorley, earned Joseph Basendale,
and hail been convicted at the wires torn murderous attack
upon his wife, and sentenced to penal servitude for life.
It is a little more than 400 years since the Golden
Rose, so lately sent from Rome to the Queen of Spain, was
sent to England. The last instance was that of Eugenius
IV., who sent it to our Ilenry VI. about the time that he
was busy in founding Eton and King's College, Cambridge.
The Providence Press says—" There is a man of our
acquaintance living in this city who has been married thirty-
him years, and has still his wedding suit, which he has
worn every Sunday since, and it is still in good condition for
Sunday wear. Ile lias worn it in all seventeen huudred and
sixty-eight days."
The Saxon government has just presented to the
chambere a bill which proposes to abolish the penalty of
death, as well as certain corporal punishments still employed
In the prisons.
There is a report in Paris that a pettion, signed by
the principal names amongst the democratic party, has been
seat to Victor Hugo at Guernsey, imploring him to return to
France. The petition cmitains the further proposal that he
should stand for one of the electoral circumscript:one in the
department of the Seine, in which case he wculd be returned
by an overwhelming majority.
"During the last week a hen of the black Spanish
breed, bebmging to Mr. Francis fluster, hairdresser, of
Stockton, has laid an egg which weighed four ounces, and
measured four inches and a half in length. and six inches
sad shalt in circumference."—South Durham Mercury.
An inquest was held on Saturday at the London
, Hospital on the body of a married woman, name unknown,
who was taken to the police-station in a supposed fit of
• drunkennem, and declared by the pollee surgeon to be drunk.
She was locked ins cell all night, and died the next morning
from apoplexy. she had in her pocket a return ticket to
Stratford. Verdict, "Death from apoplexy."
I A crowded meeting has been held at the Town-hall,
Leeds, to protest against the ratepaying clauses of the
Reform Act. The meeting was called by about 350 of the
principal inhabitants of the town. Mr. Alderman Latham
presided, and the resolutions were moved and seconded by
Mr. Alderman Carter, Mr. Alderman Luccock, Mr. T. 11.
Baines, and others. A petition to the Douse of Commons
was aocpted in favour of the abolition of the ratepaying and
minority-voting clauses of the Act, in favour of a more-um-
partial redistribution of seats and of vote by ballot.
There is now in Cork a force of 1,600 soldiers, of all
classes, under the conunand of Major. General Campbell,
beanies 500 constabulary. Among the precautions taken at
the county gaol to prevent any possible attempt at a rescue
of Mackey— or, as his true name is, Lornasoey—aliont one
hundred soldiers are placed within the prison. A guard is
maintaiiieti outside, and a cote of signals established to
comm 111 l icate with the troope in the barracks. The streets
are patrolled by the police in strong parties, and at night
all suspicious characters are cloesly watched.
The Pall Mall Gazette has reason to believe that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer will, in the course of the next
fortnight. introduce a bill for the acquisition of the telegraphs
by the government.
On Saturday night a bottle of Greek fire was thrown
through the fanaash of the temporary policestation In
Duncan stre4, Cork. The station was llapectipied at the
time. The comb/Wilde exploded, emittiog a brilliant flame,
with smoke. The alarm was given, and the blase extin-
guished before she timber work caught fire. Three arrests
sloe wasa the sentenced
drivert*
were made on Sunday night, and a revolter was found on
one of the priseners .
At the Northampton Assizes, on Monday, Robert
ahtroliwith,sgby.,
oriole Farmer, a
eperti's bo
farmertv
e r t
of a passing engine, whereby he narrowly escaped actions in-
jury. The prisoner, on being taken into custody, &aid that
he only threw apiece of /Int at the engine, and it appeared
he hired the bay growing on the banks of the railway, aim
that he had been much annoyed by fires, which he suppoeed
to be caused by the engine-drivers puking up their fires as
they passed his land.
Accounts from Alexandria make mention of two
smart shocks if an earthquake having been felt there on the
19th of February at midnight No damage was done It
was blowitig hart at the time. The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Ripon was detained for two days out-
side, being unable to enter on account of the weather.
Some persons in Malta say they felt a slight shock exi the
same night.
The body of a man has been found in the river
Avon, near Bristol, and from the appearance presented
there is reason to believe that a morder has been committed.
There are fractures in the skull, severe wounds on the fore-
head, and one arm has been broken in three places. The
deceased appears to have been about GO years of age, and his
dress denotes that he vi•aa a respectable mechanic. Two
medical men who have examined the bmly are of opinion
that the wounds were inflicted before death.
An Italian newspaper makes a statement which
would seem to show a rather better feeling between the
Papal and the Italian Governments On Friday, is last
week, military delegates from both Governments met at a
village upon the Umbrian frontier, and concluded an arrange-
ment for executing the provisioue of the C.v. klutin relative
to the pursuit of brigands upon the Italian and Poutifical
territories.

HIS WHOLE LIFE'S EARNINGS GONE ! A
Lombard peasant left his home some years ago to try
his fortune in the Western Eldorado (says the Court
Journal). After the usual ups and downs incidental
to the life of an emigrant, he found himself the pos-
sessor of a net sum of 40,000 f., after calculating the
cost of his return to his native land. With so large an
amount as this he could indulge in the luxury of re-
visiting his native hills, among which he might hope
to spend the remnant of his days above the reach of
want. In Italy he soon learned that his 2,000 gold
pieces were worth 45,000 f. in paper at the rate of 124
per cent., and list no time in exchanging them for
notes of the National Bank. Ile was living in Name,
and when he had bartered his napoleons - marengoa
they call them in tipper Italy—for Government paper,
he laid his wealth upon a table and sallied forth,
perhaps to strike a bargain for the purchase of a small
farm in the neighbourhood, leaving a little child at
play in his room. When he returned home he found
his hard-earned fortune, the fruit of years of anxious
toil and resolute self-denial, a mere smouldering heap
of ashes upon his own hearth. The child, for want of
better amusement, had flung the pile of notes into the
fire. In a paroxysm of blind fury, the man stretched
the innocent offender dead at his feet with a single
blow, and is now in gaol awaiting his trial for the
murder.
THE REWARD FOR Mn. SPEKE.—ACCOrding to
the Western Morning News, the reward of £5OO, which
has been paid by the friends of Mr. Speke for his re-
covery, is likely to cause a good deal of heartburning.
It was sent by Mr. Murdoch to Colonel Gilbert, chief
constable of Cornwall, for him to award according to
his discretion. He has divided it between Mr. Vin-
cent, deputy constable, and Mr. Baines, superinten-
dent of the Bodtnin police ; while the coastguard-
man who gave the information which led to Mr.
Speke's arrest, and the Padstow police who arrested
him receive nothing. This arrangement is causing
much discussion.
AN OPINION OF Mn. DISRAELL—SeveraI of
the Paris papers express their admiration at the
manner in which Mr. Disraeli was received on his first
appearance in the House of Commons after his eleva-
tion to the Premiership, and they hold it up as an
example to other Assemblies. That admiration is
gracefully expressed by M. .Cucheval Clarigny in La
Presse, who says :
Mr. Disraeli reappeared on Thursday evening in the House
of Commons. but this time as the official head of the Go-
veronient. When he entered the House he was received
with unanimous applause, and when, tracing the programme
of the new cabinet, he reminded his hearers that he had
Spent hall his life on the benches of the House, the applause
recommenced with fresh vigour. It is only Justice to the
political men of England that they profess tool practise
towards each other an equity and a courtesy which are noble
examples to others; and that they are Just to each other on
every OCellai,,ll The great talents of Mr. Disraeli are not
called into question by any one of his adversaries and when
they applauded the elevation of a man who owes his position
to himself and who raises himself by his own merits to the
highest iontion n loch an Englishman can obtain from the
free suffrages of his f ellow-citisens, the Liberal party ap-
plauded the trinmph and the practice of the principles it
has always defended.
A FEMALE FIEN D.—A gentleman, writing from
Chiloe, mentions that a woman recently received 100
lashes as part punishment for murdering her husband.
She was a ferocious brute, having, in company with a
young man to whom she was attached, cruelly mur-
dered her Husband, throwing him while alive down a
precipice. While being thrown over the precipice, the
unfortunate sufferer grappled the root of a tree to
prevent himself from falling upon the rocks some thirty
yards beneath, when she took a knife and mit the
tendons of his forearm, by which means he fell and
received his death-blow.
THE LAST AMERICAN SLAVE.—Strong as is
the love of liberty for ourselves implanted in every
human breast, it seems to be but little stronger or
more universal than the desire to enslave others (says
a New York paper). The last American slave set
free, so far as we have learned, is a girl, who was re-
turned to her father, Henry E. Morris, a coloured
man, at Wilmington, Del., a few days since. She
was seized by force in 1862, when only ten years old,
and has been kept sunder pretended indenture:3 of
apprenticeship ever since. 1 ter labour or other value
would not have been available for many years, and the
only motive on the part of her master seems to have
been the itching to enslave somebody. The first joy-
ful cry of the child when released was, "Now I shall
get to school and learn to read and write."
A TRIAD.— 11 ybriclism —ln Darwin. High-
bredient. —ln Belgravia. Highbreadista. —ln baking
circles, when the quartern loaf goes up. - -Punch.
WOMEN AND PUBLIC DUTIES IN AMERICA.—
Among the nominations by President Johnson recently
confirmed by the Senate is the name of Ellen Allen, as
collector of customs at Teche, Louisiana. The Kansas
House of Representatives has just chosen Miss Emma
Hunt to be its enrolling clerk, and the Senate of the
same State has appointed Miss Holman assistant en-
rolling clerk. Mrs. H. C. Speight, of St. Joseph,
Mich., having written to Mr. J. Stuart Mill, thanking
him for his championship of female suffrage, has re-
ceived the following response :

o
Avignon, France, Dec. 1,3, 1867.
Dear Madam,— I beg to acknowledge your letter of Nov.
29th, and to express my strong sympathy with the feelings
YOU express respecting the Claim of women to the suffrage.
In my place in Parliament, in my writings, and by every
other influence I possess, I have long done the beat I could to
promote the admission of women not only to political but to
all other rights on the same condition as men. I intend to
persevere in this course and lam happy to say that, in my
own country as well as In the United States, the cause is
making far more rapid progress than I thought, even a short
time ago, that there was any probability of its making in my
lifetime. I am disappointed by the rejection, by she people of
Kansas, of the measure proposed to them by their legisla-
ture on this subject ; but I am confident that its adoption in
that, and probably in some other States of the Union, will
not be long delayed.—l am, dear madam, yours, very truly,
J. S. MILL

"It ia noticeable that the great majority if the
American Immigrants who conic to Brazil are captains,
colonels, or generals. In regard to this circumstance a true
story Is told of an occasion when an official, having to take
the names and occupations of • batch of Tice arrival.,
found as he proceeded that the customary ' handle ' was
found to every name. At length but one remained to be
entered, a roughish-looking customer who had gravely lis-
tened to the replies. On the usual questions being put to
Inn], he drew up his tall form. • Sir, • raid he, 'you see in
me the last surviving private of the late Confederate army.'
—A nglo- Brazilian Tins.
On Friday a private of the 14th Regiment nr.med
Barrett wan charged before the magistrate. at Oreett,
Essex, with attempted murder. The affair took place as
beg ago as the lbth of February. About 10 p sri. the prisoner,
ho wan not sober, and bad bad some altercation with
Corporal Gibson, was ordered to bed, the remainder of the
men In the room having already retired to rest, and the
lights extinguished. The prisoner said, "Look out, Gibson,
I am going to shoot you," and immediately fired his rifle,
the bullet from which passed through the thigh of another
soldier as he lay In lied, and wounded also the knee of the
other leg. Prisoner was at once secured, and the wounded
man removed to the hospital, where he remains is a pre-
carious syte. These facts having been deposed to, the ease
was adtotrned.

The Ho cover Gazette announces the establishment,
on the railways of North Germany. of faint, class carriages.
These, which will serve to carry ordinary tray, nets, are at
the same time orgaiiised so as to transport wounded soldier'.
For this purpose hammocks will be suspended in each
carriage, in which the sufferers will be laid full length and
protected against all shocks.
The Mostaganem Journal says —"A: convoy of 400
camels, conduced by Arabs, which left Saida (Oran) a few
days ago, was attacked near the forest of Tafaroua by a
portion of the Djaffa tribe Three of the animals, loaded with
biscuit and barley, were taken. The agha of Saida was sent
in pursuit of the robbers and brought back twenty-one of
them, with the Firms of the three camels, which had leon
dispatched and eaten The prisoners, when taken before the
magistrate, confessed their ulll, and stated that they had
beta driven to it by hunger."

WHAT VOTE THE MANAGER OF A THEATRE
ALWAYS HAS.—The " Coating " Vote. —Punch.
THE QUEEN'S COURT.—At her Majesty's'Court,
held at Buckingham Palace, on Friday, the Queen
wore a black silk dress, with train trimmed with
crape and jet, and a cap with long veil of white crape
lime, ornamented with large diamonds. Her Majesty
also wore a diamond necklace and cross, containing a
miniature of his Royal Highness the late l'rinee Con-
sort, the Koh.i.noor as a brooch, the riband and star