The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Session of the Councils-General opened
yesterday throughout France.
Abd-el-Kader has left Paris for Brest, to be
present at the maritime fetes there. The Emir
alighted at the house of M. Gusson, Receiver-
General of the department and son-in-law of
Marshal Bugeaud.

" The departure of Prince Napoleon for his seat
at Prangins, on the Lake of
Geneva," says the

Nord, "is fixed for the 30th inst.; the Prince will
be accompanied by the Princess Clotilde and the
two children. Their stay will last until the middle
of October."

The Countess de Montijo and her nephews, the
Counts de Nara del Tajo, have returned to Paris
from Fontainebleau. The Countess, it is said, will
shortly return to Spain to pass the rest of the sum-
mer on her property of Garabauchel.
The Emperor and Empress, on arriving at Con-
stance, took for themselves and suite six close car-
riages to proceed to Arenenberg. In spite of the
rain, which fell heavily, the population assembled
on the road in great numbers. The village of
Ermaningen received the Emperor under a
triumphal arch, hastily constructed, and bearing
the inscription, " Reconnaissance." The village
of Salenstein saluted him with a salvo of
artillery. At the entrance of the park, where the
crowd was most compact, the august travellers
alighted to proceed to the chateau on foot. The
Emperor shook hands with some of the persons
present, whom he recognised, and addressed to them
a friendly greeting. Their Majesties went first of
all to the chapel, where is the white marble statue
of Queen Hortense. After a time, they entered the
chateau.

The following are some statistics concerning the
manufacture of pianofortes in France :—ln 1863,
that country received from foreign countries only
113 pianos, worth about 113,000 f., all of which,
with one single exception, were re-exported. In the
same year France exportedinstruments to an amount
of 3,796,696 f. This superiority, according 4to M.
Cottenet, secretary of the Statistical Commission
of Paris, is due above all to successive improve-
ments in the instrument itself, to the attention
paid to the most minute details of construction, to
the excellent quality of the woods and materials
used, amongst which must be specially noticed a
particular sort of felt only made in France, and ex-
ported to all foreign countries. It appears that
the square metre of that substance costs 340 francs.
Three principal houses execute all the labours of
that manufacture ; from the sawing and planing up
to the varnishing and last finishing operations.
Tools of a special kind and an excellent subdivision,
of labour enable them to contend, both as to price
and quality, with the great manufacturers of foreign
countries. The number of houses which, in Paris
only, are engaged in the construction of pianos is
179, employing more than 2,100 workmen and four
steam-engines of the force of 42 horses. The
amount of business in 1863 was 11 1-3 millions, of
which 9 millions represented the sale in France ; the
remainder is for the sale in England, America, Bel-
gium, Prussia, &c.
An invention for the extinction of fires, the pro-
perty of MM. Courtines and Monnet, was tried tkvo
days back in the Rue d'Abbeyville. A pile of faggots
saturated with tar and petroleum was erected in a
large courtyard, and set fire to. When the whole was
thoroughly in flames the inventor ayproached with a
small metal cylinder, and from an issue effected by
means of a spring in it a stream of liquid was pro-
jected on the burning pile ; in less than two
minutes the fire was completely extinguished. The
effect is produced by water charged with chemicals
having the property of producing carbonic acid gas.
The cylinders may be prepared beforehand, and the
liquid preserves its quality for more than two years.
As the apparatus occupies but little space it may be
always kept ready on board ship or in a corner of a
theatre or apartment. When required for use all
that has to be done is to open the tap ; the liquid
then rushes out with a force sufficient, it is said, to
project it to the height of the second floor of a
house.

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric situation yesterday:--
"In the afternoon of Sunday, storms broke out
at Berne and at Lessina, in the Adriatic. The for-
mer ought to be attributed to a depression on the
Channel ; whilst the latter is connected with the
barometrical depression the centre of which was
found on Sunday in the environs of Trieste. This
morning the winds are strong from the west on the
eastern side of the Channel, but the sea is calm at
Brest ; the sky is getting cloudy on the coasts of
the Bay of Bigeay, and storms seem probable in the
South of France. The barometer remains stationary
in the north of Russia; but is falling in the Crimea,
and a strong west wind was blowing this morning
at Nicolaieff."—ln Paris yesterday the thermometer
at three in the afternoon marked 27 Centigrade
(80 3-5 Fahrenheit).
A singular accident occurred the night before
last to a woman residing in the Rue des Trois-
Couronnes. Returning home late, after the porter
had gone to bed, she endeavoured to reach her key
through a small window in the lodge without dis-
turbing him. Not perceiving that the casement
was shut, she thrust her head through the glass, the
points of which entered so far into her neck that she
was unable to move either way until the porter had
carefully withdrawn the glass by detaching it from
the window-frame. The woman's wounds bled so
profusely that it was found necessary to take her to
the Hospital St. Louis.
The Brussels journals announce the departure of
the Count de Flandre to join the King and Royal
family at Ostend.

BOURSE, Aug. 22.—Two o'clock.—The market is
weak. The excitement even of the continued dis-
counting operations is wanting as regards the Credit
Mobilier, hardly any shares of this company having
been announced to-day, though there are still a
certain amount of Threes discounted. Threes, for
the Account, are sc. lower—at 68fr. 10c. Crddit
Mobilier Shares are at 777 fr. 50c. North of Spain
are quoted 218 fr. 75c. The shares most dealt in
are those of the Austrian Railway Company, which
have advanced 6fr. 25c. on the strength of the im-
proved relations between the two great German
Powers. Three o'clock.—The market has continued
in the same feeble state to the end, with the excep-
tion of Austrian Railway Shares and New City
Bonds, which latter have been quoted 468 f. 75c.
The closing quotations are as follows
4 per Cents 97 50
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 6B 71
Do. end month 6B 1

E;eciiiitobilier ... 778 75
Do. end month ...776 25

Bank Shares 3600
Credit Fonder 1257 50
Italian Loan 65 35
Do. end month 65 35

BAIL'

Ditto Threes —
Mexican Loan 471
....

Do. Bonds — --
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred
Roman —

VAIN.
Cash. Amt.
••• ... 858 25

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern

Sardinian .

- - ... 1087 50
- - ... 878 75
- - ... 567 50

- - ::: 528 75

- - 270 -

Austrian •
Lombard

- ... 415 -
.- ... 488 75

North of Spain ... 215
Saragossa — ... 820
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

•••
- - 223 75

THE HOLBORN AND RAMSGATE MURDERS, —A
correspondent of the Times writes :—There is not
the slightest doubt that Forward and Southey are one and
the same individual. I enclose a letter which he addressed
to me in the early part of July, and in which you will read
that "circumstances have occurred to precipitate the ca-
tastrophe," which has since been carried into execution.
This unmitigated villain stopped me in the High-street,
Putney, in June last, to request half an hour's conversation.
Ho was a perfect stranger to me, but had got hold of my
name. It was impossible to shake him off, and having ad-
mitted him into my garden, ho occupied more than one
hour in recounting his views of social obligations. After
he had left I went immediately to the clergyman of the
parish, who informed me that Southey had been residing in
Putney some nine months, making a very profitable trade
by threatening topoison several children, to shoot a noble-
man, and to commit suicide. Up to the 12th of July the fel-
low frequently waylaid me on the road to and from home,
bent upon my giving at least four hours to the study of his
case. This I positively declined, but thinking that he
might at the end of so many months have exhausted all
sources of gain by his infamous threats, and willing to
test his professed anxiety for legitimate employment,
I wrote to him on the 10th of July, offering him some
work, during the East Surrey election, intending,
if he performed it well and conducted himself pro-
perly to procure him permanent employment in Lon-
don, that he might have a chance of extr:cating
himself from his position. This offer he rejected, on the
plea of urgent business at Brighton, and there ho was seen
by members of my family walking up and down the parade
with a female the following week. My object in address-
ing these few lines to you is to stow that Southey cannot
plead want of work as an excuse for his villany, and I
only hope that he will not on the ground of insanity escape
the punishment due to him, for, in my humble judg-
ment, he is quite sane enough to be held responsible for
his acts.

British Archteological Association.

DURHAM, Monday.

The 22d annual congress of the members of this asso-
ciation commenced here this morning, and the proceedings
will be continued until the end of the week. The pro-
gramme comprises a variety of interesting excursions
and places to be visited in Durham and neighbourhood.
To-day will bo occupied by the preliminary proceed-
ings, the introduction at the castle of the Duke of
Cleveland, the president for the ensuing year, by
Lord Houghton, and the addresses and speeches usual
on such occasions ; and a paper will be read by the
Rev. Mr. Ornsby "On the Castle." In the evening there
will boa public dinner, at which the Duke of Cleveland
will preside. Moreover, the excursions will include Lum-
ley Castle and Lanchester. On Wednesday part of the
morning is to be devoted to the cathedral and monastic
buildings of Durham, to be described by Mr. Gordon Hills
—afterwards l'inchall Abbey, distant about three miles, will
be visited under the guidance of Mr. Edward Roberts. On
Thursday Barnard Castle and S tain drop Church will occupy
the attention of the members in the morning, and in the
afternoon they will be received by the Duke of Cleveland
at Raby Castle. Tynemouth priory, the castle and museum
at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and other antiquities of that
neighbourhood, will be examined ; and on the last day,
Saturday, Brancepeth Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Dar-
lington Church will be visited, and there will be a con-
cluding soirée in the new Town-hall. It is arranged that
after each day's excursion there are to be either meetings
for the reading of papers or soirees in the castle.

DURHAM, Tuesday.
In this city, so rich in historical associations and anti-
quarian remains, the Archaeological Association have
begun their 22nd annual congress. The opening meeting
was fixed for 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and soon after
that hour Bishop eosin's Library, on the Palace-green,
was filled by a large gathering of associates and visitors,
who had come through the driving rain to witness
the formal opening of the Congress. The Venerable
Bishop of Exeter, now in residence here as Canon
of Durham, was among the company, but left
before the proceedings commenced. The Duke of
Cleveland, the Bishop of Durham, Lord Houghton, Mr.
Mowbray, M.P., Mr. Henderson, M.P., Archdeacon Bland,
Archdeacon Prest, the Mayor of Durham and the members
of the corporation, Col. Johnson, Co]. White, Mr. Petti-
grew, Mr. J. R. Planche, Mr. T. Wright, Mr. G. R. Wight,
the Curator and Librarian of the association, Mr. R. N.
Phillips, Mr. E. Robarts, one of the honorary general sec-
retaries, the Rev. J. C. Bruce, Mr. H. Fowler, one of the
local secretaries, and many other officers and members were
also present.

It was nearly 5 o'clock before Lord Houghton, an ex-pre-
sident of the association, took the chair and opened the
proceedings. Mr. Tomline, M.P. for Shrewsbury, who pre-
sided at the meeting of last year, was unable to attend, and
his place was therefore taken by Lord Houghton. In a few
appropriate words his lordship referred to the peculiar
studies which the association was designed to encourage,
and introduced the president elect, his grace the Duke of
Cleveland. "Every man," said Lord Houghton, "who has
sat long in the House of Commons gets to feel that the
great object of that assembly is, as Mr. Gladstone lately
expressed it, to bring Oxford into accord with Lancashire,
to reconcile the past and the future." Among the members
of the House of Commons there was a respect for ancient
traditions such as was to be found in no other assembly in
the world; and this feeling, coupled with the wish to asso-
ciate ancient traditions with the more ardent and vivacious
tendencies of the present and the future, was one of the
chief causes of our national wellbeing. Trained in this
school of the past and the future, the Duke of Cleveland
would, no doubt, enter upon the perfcrmance of his duties
with a full perception of that which was the true object and
meaning of archeology—not a mere grubbing into the past,
but a study which enlarged our knowledge of the past and
brought it into harmony with the present and the future.
The chair was then taken by the Duke of Cleveland,
who delivered an interesting inaugural address. The pic-
turesque situation of the city, almost surrounded by the
windings of the Wear, the quaint streets along the river
banks, the magnificent cathedral and old castle, made famous
by its connection with a long line of Bishops Palatine, must,
he said, both satisfy the eye and furnish ample materials
for antiquarian researches and disquisitions. Regard being
had to its size, few counties offered a more ample field for
the antiquary. True, the development of industry, which
was due to the mineral wealth of the county, might have
tended in some degree to dim the recollections of the past ;
but though this was a prosperous, a commercial, and an in-
dustrial age, the records of past times were searched into
more carefully than at any former period. In the county of
Durham there were few remains of British origin ; nor was
there any such magnificent memorial of the Roman occu-
pation as that furnished by the great Roman wall in a neigh-
bouring county. But there were traces of the great road
which the Romans drove with such perfect straightness
through the kingdom ; and the period of our history suc-
ceeding to the Roman occupation was illustrated by some
remarkable architectural monuments. There were remains
of churches of the Saxon period. Still more imperishable
memorials were to be found of the Danish settlement,
especially in the neighbourhood of Raby and Barnardcastle,
in names and places bespeaking a Scandinavian erigin. Sir
Walter Scott alluded to this in "Rokeby :"
" Beneath the shade the Northmen came,
"Fixed on each vale a Runic name."
In medieval remains the district was even richer.
Neville's Cross, although mutilated, still remained to show
where in 1346 an English army led by Lord Neville and Earl
Percy, by the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Dur-
ham, overthrew in desperate conflict the Scotch under
David Bruce. In the hall of Raby Castle was held the as-
sembly of the Barons of the North, when, in Queen Eliza-
beth's reign, that great Catholic rebellion was resolved on
which ended so disastrously to those engaged in it. These
and other objects of interest would be pointed out during the
Congress. People who took a prosaic view of life asked
" What is the use of archeology ? Are we not superior to
our ancestors ? Have we not made immense strides in
material progress ? Have we not appliances which they
never dreamt of—steam, gas, electric telegraphs, and
inventions which diminish the necessity of labour, and
add to the comforts and enjoyments of life ? " To such
arguments he would reply, " All honour to the age in
which we have the good fortune to live, and to which,
under the blessing of Providence, so much good has been
done for mankind. But our ancestors, too, were wise in
their generation. Accumulated knowledge is a good
foundation upon which to build, and upon which to base
our progress. Moreover, as the grown-up man—still more
the man advanced in life—looks with fond interest on the
scenes of his childhood, so our own generation gaze with an
affectionate inquisitiveness on remains which illustrate
the early history of this island and its people." Having
thus defended the study of archaeology, both on the ground
of its utility and of its bitterest, his Grace alluded to the
efforts of the local historians to rescue from oblivion the
antiquarian memorials of the county, and referred also
with feeling to the deaths during the past year of the Duke
of Northumberland, who took a deep interest in archae-
ology, and was a munificent patron of it, and of the Rev.
Mr. Hartshorne, a distinguished working member of the
association, who had undertaken to read at this meeting a
paper on the history of Raby Castle and of Barnardcastle.
Some formal business was then transacted, and the
Bishop of Durham moved, and Archdeacon Bland seconded,
a vote of thanks to the President for his address. After-
wards the Mayor of Durham, on behalf of the citizens, and
the Rev. Temple Chevalier, on behalf of the University,
welcomed the association to Durham, and assured the
members of a hospitable reception. Under the guarantee
of the Rev. G. Ornsby, the visitors then explored the
ancient castle, portions of which are ascribed to the reign
of William the Conqueror. The whole structure is now
in excellent preservation, and the union of " the past" with
the " present" is well maintained, for the old keep, which
commands beautiful views of the Wear, and the outlying
country, is parcelled out into rooms, which are occupied
by the students of the University.
In the evening there was a dinner in the great hall-of the
Castle, at which 200 guests were present. The walls aro
hung with old paintings, chiefly the portraits of bishops and
ecclesiastics connected with the see. At the lower end of
the hall, about half-way between the roof and the ground,
are two curious niches, at opposite sides, built for the min-
strels of the period, and from which they regaled the guests.
Altogether, from its size and proportions, though not rich
in ornament, it would be difficult to find a more noble
medieval hall, or one more suitable for a banquet to archaeo-
logists. The toasts were numerous, and the speeches long,
but the guests, of whom nearly one-half were ladies, lis-
tened patiently.
In replying to the toast of " The Bishop and Clergy of
the Diocese," the Bishop of Durham supported the objects
of the association, and praised the study of archaeology,
but good-humouredly warned his hearers not to overrate
old things simply because they were old, and not to ride
their hobby too far. When he was at Oxford he
once attended a dinner given by Dr. Buckland, who
in bis enthusiasm for geology and fossil bones, had
a jelly made from tho fossil bones of the megathe-
Hum, or some "old-world mammoth." This jelly was
duly handed round, and Dr. Buckland evidently thought
It was the finest jelly that could be made. Now, this was
riding a hobby rather too hard, and some archeologists
might, perhaps, do the same. Later in the evening, Mr.
Gordon M. Hills and Mr. E. Roberts, two of the officers of
the association, replied to the remarks of the Bishop, and
made a very good defence of the study of archeology and
of the efforts of the association to encourage and ex-
tend it, to rescue old monuments from being defaced
or destroyed, and to teach a just estimate, of the value
of the old and the new. Lord Houghton s health was
drunk as ex-President, but in replying he said an " ex-
President" was not one of the things which could have
much value among archeologists. If, now, they could
but exhume him from a Roman tumulus along with some
Roman pottery, or light upon his remains in some old tomb
as an ex-bishop of whom nothing could be found except his
episcopal ring and one thigh-bone, then no doubt the ar-
chaeologists present would go into raptures. But the
guests, though they laughed, seemed to think that they
preferred Lord Houghton in the flesh.
This morning at an early hour the country excursions
began. It rained indefatigably all night, but a gleam or
two of sunshine brought out a strong party of associates of
both sexes, who hoped for fine, but wisely prepared them-
selves for rough, weather.

Fei
Liurt "
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The Queen's Visit to Germany.

Her Majesty is in excellent health, and is sur-
rounded by the youthful Princesses of the Royal
family at Rosenau, in the vicinity of Coburg.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred is at Coburg;
and his Royal Highness Prince Arthur is expected
to join the Royal circle to-morrow.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge will arrive at Coburg on Friday.

Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Sehwarzenberg have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from
Vienna.

His Highness Prince Raspigliosi and family have
returned to Claridge's Hotel from Dublin.

His Excellency Count de Lavradio, Portuguese
Minister at this Court, has left town for Portugal on leavo
of absence. The Chevalier dos Santos will act as charge
d'affaires during his absence.
The Duke of Newcastle has arrived at his house
in Piccadilly, in order to be present at the marriage of his
brother, Lord E. P. Clinton, and Miss Ilartopp.

The Duchess de Gramont and
_family arrived
from Boulogne yesterday, on a visit to her father, at Acrise
Park, Canterbury, having left Vienna two days before.

The Marchioness of Salisbury and family are
expected to pass through town on Monday next, on their
way to Hatfield House, Herts, from Bournemouth. The
marquis, who is at Hatfield, intends to be present to-
morrow at the wedding of Miss Hope, eldest daughter of
Mr. Alexander Beresford and Lady Mildred Hope, with
the Hon. Hallyburton Campbell, son of the late Lord
Campbell.

The Earl and Countess Percy are staying at
Kilder Castle, N. 8., for the shooting season.
_ _ _

The Earl of Bective, M.P., and family have left
Grafton-street, for the Lodge, Virginia, Ireland.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have gone
to Brockett Hall, Herts, to pass a few days.
Lord and Lady Edward Cavendish have arrived
at Chatsworth from passing a few weeks at Chiswick.

The Emperor Napoleon's Visit to Switzer-

land.

BERNE, Aug. 21.
The following are the details of the Emperor's
visit :

"The Emperor reached the Castle of Arenenberg between
5 and 6 o'clock on Friday evening, accompanied by the
Empress and a suite of some 30 persons. A special train,
accompanied by the Baden Grand Marshal, brought the
travellers from Kehl to Constance, whence they drove, in
six or seven hired carriages, to Arenenberg. Ist otwithstanding
the rain the inhabitants, who still entertain a friendly re-
collection of the Emperor's residence in these parts, had
assembled in numbers along the road. At Ermalingen the
Emperor was received with a hastily-erected triumphal
arch, bearing the inscription ' From gratiiude,' and Salon-
stein greeted her old schoolmaster, who has risen so high,
with a salute of cannon. His Majesty, on the other hand, was
compelled to dispense with the accustomed cries of Viva
l'Empereur,' and to content himself with the mute but re-
spectful greeting proper to Republicans. At the entrance
of the park, whero a still greater number of people had
assembled, the travellers quitted their carriages to traverse
the remainder of the distance to the Castle on foot, and the
Emperor greeted several of the bystanders whom he re-
cognised with a hearty shake of the hands. The first visit
paid by his Majesty with the Empress was to the castle
chapel, which contains the statue of his mother, Queen
Hortense, in white marble.
"In the evening the singing club of Salenstein waited
upon the Emperor, who thanked them for their attention,
remarking that he was delighted to revisit the spot where
he had been so happy many years ago. In reply to a question
whether there were any among the citizens who could re-
collect his departure, the answer was given, Yes, your
Majesty. You then said, I leave with regret, but when
I come again it shall be in joy.'
" Members of the secret police were stationed in Con-
stance, Ermalingen, Salenstein, and Mannenbach, to watch
over the Emperor's safety, but their service is carried on
in a very quiet and unobtrusive way. The Emperor soon
revisited old walks in the vicinity of the castle, and was
especially gracious to all in Salenstein whom he had for-
merly known.

" A deputation from the Government of Thurgau waited
upon his Majesty in the forenoon of the 19th, and it is
reported here that Dr. Dubs and 'Councillor Naff have been
despatched to Arenberg to salute tho Imperial guests in
the name of the Federal Council."

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. —At the
floral meeting held yesterday, in their council room at
South Kensington, a very fine specimen of the Agalmyla
staminea was exhibited by Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of
St. John's-wood; there were also fine collections of the
Odontoglossum grande from Mr. James Veitch, of Chelsea
and Exeter ; and of dahlias from Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury
Several new fellows were elected.

ANOTHER ATLANTIC CABLE.—" The failure of
the Great Eastern," says the Nord, " has not dis-
couraged either the shareholders of the Transatlantic
Cable Company or the new French company which has
obtained permission to lay down a cable between Franca
and the United States. M. Alberto Bilestrini has under-
taken this enterprise at his own risk. But this time the
company does not intend to submerge a cable for any enor-
mous distance, as there will be intermediate stations. The
following is the track at present contemplated :—From
Paris to Lisbon, and thence to Cape St. Vincent, by land ;
from this last place to the Canary Islands along the coast
of Morocco; from the Canary Islands to Cape Verd,
along the African coast, with stations at St. Louis
(Senegal), and at Goree ; from Cape Verd to Cape St.
Roque, on the coast of Brazil, a distance of less than
one half that of the cable intended to be laid by the Great
Eastern, from Cape St. Roque to Cayenne, along the Ame-
rican coast, and from Cayenne to New Orleans by the
coast, or probably by cables connecting the principal Nest
India Islands. The enterprise is more easily practicable
than that conceived in England. The only difficulty will bei
to secure the preservation of the line on the African coast,
and that security may be obtained by means of guard sta-
tions. The company will have a concession for 100 years,
and the French Government will abandon the right of
making any other concession during that time. A subven-
tion of four millions of francs, payable by instalments, will
be granted when the company shall have obtained the
authorisations from all the governments over whose terri-
tory the electric cable is to pass. The electric communi-
cation between Paris and the Canary Islands is to be com-
pleted within three years, and the whole line within five."
THE CASE OF CONSTANCE KENT.— Yesterday
morning, Mr. Dowding, the Governor of the Wilts County
Gaol, received an official communication from Mr. Chitty,
Clerk of Assize for the Western Circuit, announcing that
the sentence of death recently passed on Constance Emilie
Kent, for the murder of her half-brother, Francis Saville
Kent, at Road-hill-house in June, 1860, had been commuted
by her Majesty into one of penal servitude for life. In the
course of the day, the result was made known to the pri-
soner, who received the announcement with the same calm-
ness which has characterised her throughout. The state-
ment that she has written a history of her life while in Pri-
son is without the slightest foundation.
WIFE MURDER AT ALNWICK. —On Monday
Charles Ashburn, a pensioner', was brought up, on
remand, before a special session of the county magistrates
at Alnwick, charged with the wilful murder of his wife,
Elizabeth Ashburn, by burning, on Sunday, the 6th of
August. Ashburn and his wife were a drunken couple,
and on the day in question they had both been intoxi-
cated. They had quarrelled, as was their wont. He had
knocked her off a stool upon which she had been sitting,
and from the evidence he appears to have put burning
ashes under her petticoats and within her clothes and set
fire to her. He was subsequently seen to drag his wife
out of the house into the yard, and place her under the tap
and turn the water on her. The neighbours rescued her
from her husband, and she took shelter in the coalhousei
from whence they took her to her room and put her to
bed. She was very badly burnt on the hips and thighs,
and she died on the 15th from exhaustion. The burns,
the medical witnesses stated, had been the cause of death-
The clothes found upon her showed that they had been
burnt from the inside. The prisoner was committed to
the Northumberland assizes to take his trial upon n
charge of wilful murder.

A VOICE FROM THE SEA.-011 Sunday afternoon
a small bottle was picked up on the sands at Scarborough
by a boy who saw it thrown on the beach by the waves.
On being opened it was found to contain a slip of pink-
coloured note paper, slightly stained, on which was written
in lead pencil, perfectly distinct and legible, the following
sad report :—" Ship Sir George Seymoro, foundered 05
Cape Cod, U.S.A., October 22d, 1864, bound from Bristol
to New York. Cargo, iron and cloth. Lost 18, saved 22,..
in two boats. We are half-starved. John Thomson, 24

mate. October 26th, 1864."
A WOMAN KILLED BY A BULL.—On Stinclo,
morning last the wife of a respectable farmer nano.'
M'Oausland, living on the main road to Omagh, near SI2C
Mile Cross, county Tyrone, went to a field adjoining the
house to look after some cattle. Unfortunately for the
poor woman, she wrapped herself up in some sort of covering
which she was not in the habit of doing. Amongst the
cattle was a bull, who, not knowing the woman in the
strange dress, ran after and attacked her with fearful
violence, killing her before any one could render assigoung
ance. She has left behind her a husband and nine y
children.-IVezery Telegraph.