The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-19 00:00:00

Cardinal Wiseman's Health.

The statement of the Weekly Register, of the 14th
inst., which has been copied by various newspapers
respecting the health of Cardinal Wiseman, was
correct up to that time. But on Sunday last a crisis,
involving considerable peril, suddenly occurred.
By Tuesday his Eminence was no longer in imme-
diate danger, and though since then he has been
progressing favourably, we regret that the reply
to this morning's inquiries was that he had not
passed a good night, and therefore is not quite so
well.

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The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury are
entertaining a succession of visitors at Savernake Lodge,
near Marlborough. The Marquis and Marchioness of
Abercorn. and Lady Georgiana Hamilton, and a large
party, are at present staying there.

The Marquis Conyngham has arrived at Slane
Castle, Ireland, where he will remain till the meeting of
Parliament. •

The Earl of Shrewsbury has left Panshanger,
on concluding his visit to Earl Cowper, and has gone to
Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, the residence of the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland.

The Dowager Lady Napier has left Brown's
Hotel.

The Countess Delawarr is greatly improved in
health, and on Sunday last took out-door exercise, which
she had not done for two months before. The noble earl
and countess come to town to-day from the Marquis and
Marchioness of Salisbury's seat at Hatfield, on their way to
Buckhurst Park, Sussbx.

The Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary
Stanhope returned to Chevening yesterday from Pan-
shanger, Herts, the residence of Earl Cowper.
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The Countess (Dowager) of Westmorland enter-
tained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at her
residence in Portman-square.

Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, who has
lately been slightly indisposed, is now convalescent, and
continues his stay at Clifton.

The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Hawarden Castle,
Chester.

The Hon. and Rev. Reginald Windsor Sackville
West arrived at Algiers on Monday se'nnight, from his
rectory in Sussex, in order to pass the winter there for the
benefit of his health.

MR. SIMS REEVES.—We have authority for
stating that the recent accident to Mr. Sims Reeves,
although still occasioning considerable inflammation, is not
of a serious nature, and that in a very fQw days our most
famous English singer will be able to resume his prOfes-
sional duties.

PRESENTATION OF A SILVER MACE TO THE COR-
PORATION OF MARGATE.—Sir George Bowyer,
M.P., on Tuesday presented, with appropriate ceremony, a
silver mace to the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Mar-
gate, assembled in the Town Hall. The mace, which is of
massive silver, and 3 feet 9 inches long, weighs 79 ounces,
and was formerly the property of the ancient corporation
of Kinsale.

THE YELVERTON MARRIAGE.—In the Scottish
Court of Session on Tuesday, Mr. Campbell Smith,
with whom wls the Lord Advocate, applied that Major
Yelverton should be put upon his oath in relation to the
whole facts and circumstances connected with the marriage
which Miss Longworth alleged took place with her and
himself. The application was resisted on the part of
Major Yelverton by the Solicitor-General and Mr. Millar,
mainly on the ground that the granting of the application
would require Major Yelverton to answer questions in a
way that might subject him to the criminal charge of
bigamy, and might imperil the status of his present wife
and the legitimacy of their children. The argument was
adjourned for a week.

MR. BAXTER, M.P., ON AMERICA.—Mr. W. E.
Baxter, M.P. for the Montrose Burghs, delivered an
address on Tuesday, at Blairgowrie, on the struggles in
America. He spoke in favour of the Republican party,
and the general policy of Mr. Lincoln's administration.
He considered the " terrific struggle" the consequence of
one of the most unwarrantable revolts in history; main-
tained that it was now, in point of form, as it always had
been in point of fact, a conflict between freedom and
slavery ; and could not help saying that a sharp and deci-
sive end to the contest were better than the continuation of
a social fabric "which would debase and brutalise and
drive to atheism generations yet unborn." He considered
that the success of the revolt would be a blow to free con-
stitutional government. He had perfect confidence in the
ability of the statesmen and people of the North to bring
the question to "a most satisfactory solution ;" but it was
his view of the matter that " this daring revolt of the slave-
owners 'should be put down now."
THE OMNIBUS FEEBLES.—They are of .both sexes,
the female perhaps predominating. They never
know whether the omnibus is outward or homeward bound,
and, having got in at Charing-cross, begin, when we arrive
at Turnham-green, to express their wonder "when we
shall come to the Bank." They never can• recollect the
name of the street at which they are to be set down.
" Deary me, Newland-street—no, not Newland, some name
just like Newland—Archer-street, I think, or terrace ;
don't you know it ? Mrs. Blethers lives at No. 7!" If
by chance they do know the name of their destination, they
mention it to the conductor when they get in, and then for
the whole remainder of the seven-mile journey, whenever
the vehicle stops, they bounce up from their seats, mutter "Is
this Belinda-grove ?" stagger over the feet of their fellow-
passengers until they reach the door, where they are wildly
repulsed, and fall back until they are jolted by the motion
of the omnibus into a seat. The women carry their money
either in damp smeary colourless kid gloves, round the
palms of which they roko with their forefinger for a six-
pence, as a snuff ccnnoisseur will round his box for the last
few grains of Prince's Mixture ; or, they carry it in a
mysterious appendage called a pocket : not a portion of the
dress, but, so far as I can make out from cursory obser-
vation, a kind of linen wallet suspended from the waist, to
reach which causes a great deal of muscular exertion, mid
not a small display of under garment. It is scarcely neces-
sary to say that the Feebles never know the fare, that
they always want change for a sovereign—fourpence to be
deducted—that they constantly think the omnibus is going
to be upset, or that the horses have run away.—Dickens's
"All the Year Round."

HOW STOLEN GOODS TRAVEL.—Considerable
ingenuity is displayed by the thieves in conveying
their unlawful possessions from one place to another.
Hampers, clothes baskets, hat-boxes, carpet bags,
and brown paper parcels, containing stolen articles, are
carried by women dressed like servants, and by
honest and unsuspecting errand boys, and parties who
frequently have no knowledge of the contents of the
luggage. Stolen articles are booked regularly at the goods
station, and travel along our streets and railways in com-
pany with honest merchandise. A thief will occasionally
buy two or three pounds of cheese or butter, insert therein
a gold watch or a diamond.ring, place the eatable upon a
plate, and the savoury commodity is safely carried along
the street under the detective's very nose, whose only
notion or desire concerning the cheese may be. that it would
make a nice rarebit for his supper. Thousands of pounds'
worth of jewellery have travelled the whole length of a
railway stitched up in a salmon or a hare. Some thieves,
it is said, once obtained, in the provinces, a large quantity
of jewellery, and devised a strange method of sending it
to the fence-master in London. They purchased a very
large Stilton cheese, scooped out the inside, filled it with
valuables, and then sent it off par goods train like any
other cheese.—Once a Week.
A WOMAN KILLED BY FALLING FROM A TABLE.
—On Tuesday an inquest was held at Birmingham respect-
ing the death of Mary Ann Cook, aged 41. On Friday last
the deceased was standing on a table to reach something
from the ceiling, and was stepping on a rocking chair, when
it suddenly gave way, and deceased sustained injuries in
the abdomen. Assistance was procured, and Mr. Moyles,
surgeon, of Islington, was quickly in attendance, but all
their efforts to save her proved unavailing; she never
7tlliecl, and died on the following day from the effects of
herinjuries. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental
Death.