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Tie ST. PAUL'e SPECIAL SZETILCIE—The fifth
of the special services under the dome of Bt. Paul's errs
performed last evening, and there was si usual an over-
whelming oongregatiou, notwithstanding the unpropitious
state of the weather. The sermon wes preacbed by the
Right Rev. Dr. Robert Rickerstete, Bishop of Ripon. The
sermon neat Beady evening will be preacned by the Rev.
Alfred BlomAeld, of Bras/nose Coder Ostord, na-
-1 °unbent of Bt. Matthew's Church, City-road: _ .

CIE= Nunes Hoartr.u..—The noble painted hall
of Greenwich Hospital was on Saturday 611 ed by a
fashiosable assembly, on the occasion of the dietribution
of prises by the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, LP., to the suc-
cessful exhibitors in the industrial exhibition held in the
hospital. Among those on the platform were Sir Charles
Bright, M.P., the Rev. Charles Money, incumbent of Dept-
ford, the chaplain of the hospital the ieputy assistant-
judie. The tau band of the Iyal Artillery was present,
by the permission of Major-General Wards, the commandant
of the Woolwich garrison, and, order the band-muter, Mr.
Smyth, played =ay seleetions from the works of the best
composers. It was stated in the could of the proceedings
that the exhibition, during the three months it was opal,
wee visited by 85,000 persons, 62,000 of whom cams in
during the evening. The sum of 1.2131. had been taken at
the doors, and this it was hoped would cover the
exenditure.
ME. CHARM Marianas:B Plc Mae& —Mime.
Fester have issued a catalogue of forty laodesspen and
views, removed from the studio of Mr. Charles Meeshall,
which they will sell by auction on Wednesday next at their
Cmpels4, Pall-mall. Mr. Marshall is well knenni as a
wieder of great eminebee ; and these pictures
densest' some of the most beautiful scenery of England
end Wales, and on the continent,
A. WILD BEAST FIOII2.—IM two compartments,
one above the other, of a caravan at Mender's samegerie,
now exhibiting at Liverpool, • leopard and a hyena were
recently confined—the former is the lower and the latter
in the upper compartment. Desiree the eight of Thursday
last, the hyaena tore op the floor of Its awe sou to be able
to get his head through. It would than appear that
the leopard beneath seised it by the throat, sad • terrine
struggle ended. The noise alarmed the watchmen. and Mr.
Mandel* end others came to the spot. It was then found
that the leopard had pulled the hyena through the floor,
and so tenacious was its hold that, although Ms. Minders
freely used a heavily loaded riding-whip on its head and
shoulders' the hymns was quite deed when at lad the leo-
pard was beaten off.
FEROCITY OE • RAT.—Early on Monday morning
• young man named Charles Dyer, who was ladging at the
New leo, Stapleford, was attacked by a rat, which caught
him by the riga nostril, end held him most tenaciously. It
was not until the landlord had been called sod entered the
room with alight, that the animal could be driven away, sad
even then the sufferer bad to drive it away himself. The
landlord burst into each a fit of immoderate laughter as to
be unable to render any assistance. When the rat was re-
moved a qu entity of blood flowed from the wounds meishosted
by the biting of the animal,--iffrefiebery Jottrnsie
A. CHILD ACOIDi4TALLY POIItONLD.—On Monday
an inquest was held at Downton, on the body of a little
girl named Amy Marian Whitchurcb, about four yens of
age, who bad been accidentally poisoned. Oo the Satur-
day previous, it appeared the child's brother obtained
from Mr. Chamberlain, chemist and druggist, of Donates,
a quantity of cyanide of potassium, saying he
wanted it to remove some marking ink feed a
linen cellar. Mr. Chamberlain put it in piper,
and marked it " poison" in large letters. The boy pat
the poison to dissolve in water, end heft the vessel contain-
iag it on the drawing-room table. In his ahem, the
little girl entered the drawing-room' and drank the cos-
tents of the cup. She was found shortly afterwards lying
on the drawing-room floor crying, and 0001111 become been-
sible. Dr. Welch was immediately soot for, and the child
was placed in a hot bath, but on the arrival of the medical
man he pronounced life to be extinct. The jury retained
a verdict to the effect that the deceased had bees amides.
hilly poisoned.
EXTRAORDINAIT SCENE AT A MESMERIC ENTER-
TAIENZET.—On Monday lot Miss Poole, the well-known
mesmerist, appeared before the magistrates, Carmesthen,
in answer to a charge of assault preferred against her by
Mr. Joseph, the proprietor of the Carmarthen Weekly Re•
purger. Her husband, Mr. Smith, and two of her men,
were included in the coarse. Mr. Jeffries appeared on be-
half of the defendants. Mr. Joseph pleaded his own
cause, and called several respectable witnesses, who
gave evidence as to the assault, which took place in the As-
sembly-rooms, on Friday smiting last, under very aggravated
cireamstaued The ease occupied about two hones Ind a
half, and after a vary patient healing the beech decided that
both Miss Poole sod Mr. Smith were guilty of an aggra-
vated and unprovoked assault, and fined them in the
penalty of 31. each, and all the costs, or, in default, one
month's immisonment with bard labour. This decision was
received with a burst of applause, which could not be
repressed for some considerable time. Mow Poole then
pad the mosey, and left the coact, being followed to her
lodgings by a considerable crowd. She wan noi, however,
treated with any indignity, beyond being well hooted
through the streets.—Swansea Herald.
THE LATE MURDER AT SWANSEA.—A FREE
PARDON Gnaterun.—lotalligence reached Seamen yester-
day =will."( that her Majesty hes been pleased to grint to
Francisco Giardisieri, the Italian, who was tried aad con-
deinoed at the last assizes for the murder of Peter Moitch,
a Russian sailor, in Fiber-street, Swansea, a free pardon.
The condition imposed is that he mast quit her Majesty's
dominions within thirty days after his retain .frocs
custody, end never return thereto epic during the term
of has edema life ; oomplience the capital
sentence to be carried into effect. The prisoner,
who has been confined at the Swansea gaol line
his trial, had the intelligence conveyed to him yes-
terday, and, we need hardly slate that the poor fellow re-
ceived the welcome Dews with every demonstration of de.
Tout thankfulness and gratitude. stating that Le would be
bat too glad to comply with the eonditi,os of hie reprieve.
The efforts made os behalf of Glardinieri by Mr. Charles
Bath, M. Benveouii, and others who interested themselves
in the cause of justice and humanity, deserve honourable
mentioo, and we heartily congratulate them en the grati-
fying result that has attended their prompt intervention,
without which the probability is that, in ooneequenco
el the blunder of our police, the real murderer would have
escaped, and the innocent have suffered instead—certainly
a
sad alto native had it come to pad—Swansea Hera/d.
QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION.—Tbe ship Southern
Ocean, 2,500 tons burden, belonging to limn. T. K.
Mackay and Co., sailed on the 30th ult. from oraseeeod,
for Queensland, Captain Robert Craig, commander •,sur-
geon-soperisteedeot, Dr. Levitt. The Southern Oeien is
the 73rd vessel that bee sailed on the land-order system of
emigration, under the immediate direction of the Queens-
land government. She contains 438 smile divided into
peying, insisted, and free passengers, sod' coesidieg of
members of families, 174; single men, 242; single
females, U.
Scorcnnan ne Caries.—lt is inexpressibly irri-
tating end modifying, visiting Glaegow Cathedral, to wit-
ness a multitude of boors walking about it. grand interior
with their hate stuck on their heads. Nave, cboir, Lady
Chapel, are pervaded by these muttembly offensive Wogs.
Why do sot the Glasgow magistrates, who ought to be in-
telligent men, try to enforce decescy in their great church?
Some months do, the writer street a spare hour in Glas-
gow, is the cathedral. Two hums beings entered the
choir, each with his bat on his head. Only three was in
that place. So the writer, embracing his opportunity, ap-
proached the human beings, and said, in 'tipsily Woos,
• Will you be so very hied ea to take off your hate Yon
don't know how painful it is to many people to see_ people
with their bate on is church." The beings confusedly took
off their bate, end moved a few yards off. There they
unversed together, and recovered b-art. Thee they fairly
duck their hate en @vie, and regarded the writem with
leeks of deitame. What could one do I' You easel mike •
silk muse est of a sow's ear. You cannot make •
offeserive cad conduct himself as a gentleman. Yet algae
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mestorting to think that, even is Scotland, a kat es a
head, in church, is se unmistakeable sign. is weeks either
the Moonset blookbeed or the flippant volgarien.—ltescr's
Mageziat fat Foterway.