The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-11 00:00:00

MURDER OF A. BROKER IN AMERICA.

A horrible murder is recorded from New York, the
victim being a well known broker, Benjamin Nathan.
Strangely enough the murder which was com-
mitted at night, took place in one of the most
public places of the city just opposite. the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. Having to fulfil some engage-
ment, Mr. Nathan remained at his town house, in which
•his two sons also slept on the night in question, his wife
and other relatives being at their country seat. On one
of his sons going to call Mr. Nathan in the
morning he was found lying dead, with all the evidences
of a terrible struggle. Strange to say, none of the
inmates of the house had heard any noise, though the
housekeeper slept on the same floor as the murdered
man. The murderers had apparently - aroused
Mr. Nathan by breaking open a' safe which stood in the
next room, and on his endeavouring to stop them had
struck him on the head with a heavy iron instru-
ment, a kind of pick, which they left behind.
They had taken bis watch and studs, which
it is hoped, may lead to the discovery of the criminals.
The old man had been dead many hours when
discovered. The street door was found unfastened, and
it is believed the crime was the work of a professional
burglar. The greatest excitement has been produced in New
York by the news, and the most painful feeling was
created on the Stock Exchange, of which Mr. Nathan had
been a prominent member for the last thirty years, his
father having been one of the founders. He had always
borne a very high character, and the regret for his death
was universal. The president of the exchange officially
announced the intelligence, and proposed to offer a re-
ward of ten thousand dollars for the discovery of the mur-
derer, which was done. The flag of the Exchange was
placed half-mast high. Mr. Nathan's family have offered
an additional reward of 20,000 dollars.

MADLLE. CHRISTINE NILSSON.—MadIIe. Nilsson
has just passed through Paris, on her way from London
for Biarritz, where she is to be the guest for a fortnight of
her friend the Duchess de Fria.—Galignani.

Mr. Somerset Beaumont will move next session
that, having regard to the defeat of the University Tests
Bill in another place, to call the attention of the House
to the importance of bringing into greater harmony
the two Houses of Parliament, and to move a resolution.
COURT OF CHANCERY.—In a Chancery suit at
the Rolls Chambers, the chief clerk (Mr. Church) made
an order that £lO,OOO be invested in the funds, instead of
being paid into court, in order to carry interest ; other-
wise the money would have been unproductive during the
long vacation.

ITALIAN BRIGANDAGE.--The Piccolo Giornale of
Naples hears from Isernia that M. Donato Berardi,
a rich landowner of Castiglione, having been surprised by
brigands, was killed because he refused to follow his
captors. Fuoco has captured, near Cassino, M. Giuseppe
Grasso, and has sent to his family an ear, and demanded
4,000 ducats.

ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—MR. AND
MRS. GERMAN REED'S ENTERTAINMENT.— We see with
pleasure that this is not to be the last season at this
popular place of amusement, but that Mr. Reed, having
unexpectedly been enabled to renew his lease, will again
appear in a New Entertainment in November next. The
public would have sadly missed the agreeable evenings
passed in Regent-street for many years. The season
closed on Saturday last, the 6th inst., with a very
attractive programme. Mr. Reed, we hear, will take a
short tour in the provinces previous to his reappearance
in London.
The report of the Inspector of Irish Reformatory
Schools states that last year these institutions contained
740 young offenders. During the last year £5,429 9s. 11d.
was contributed out of the borough and county rates
towards the support of nine schools. The Inspector
remarks :—" The Irish public were slow in their appre-
ciation of the advantages of the reformatory schools in
checking crime and in reducing taxation by its suppres-
sion ; but they appear to have learned a grave and solemn
truth, that a child, even when a criminal, should be
treated as a child, and sent to a reformatory school, not
to a prison ; and that this is a wise principle cannot
be doubted, whether we consider the questian as Chris-
tians or as economists."
THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT.—We learn from
a source which we can trust that a report has been circu-
lated to the effect that the French Government are hirnig
in England shipwrights, carpenters, smiths, and other arti-
ficers, and that in consequence on Tuesday morning there
assembled round the house of the French Consul in Fin-
bury-circus some 300 or 400 artisans. A similar report
appears to have been current in Liverpool and Birken-
head. We have no reason to suppose that the French
Government or its officials in this country have any inten-
tion or wish to infringe our neutrality regulations, and it
is simply with the view of saving our workmen from
wasting their time that we warn them that it would not
be lawful for them to engage themselves in any service
partaking of a belligerent character.—Times.
THE OCEAN YACHT RACE.—The result of the
great ocean yacht race has created much excitement in
America. The Tribune declares that the national pride
has been wounded, but that their congratulations are not
the less sincere to Mr. Ashbury, beeause they are
mingled with regret at their own defeat. The race
appears to have been most exciting towards the close,
as the vessels which had been hundreds of miles apart
during the voyage, came close together, and for three
quarters of an hour it was impossible to say
which would win. The meteorological pheno-
mena recorded in the logs of both yachts
are very curious. It seems strange that rains
should have prevailed on the Atlantic, while the conti-
nents on each side have been subject to a dry, heated
term, without a precedent for half a century, in Europe
and North America. The Cambria has not succeeded in
winning the Queen's Cup, but the telegrams mention that
she was " disabled," so that it is open to suggestion she
might have met with a different fate if she had not en-
countered the misfortune alluded to. The Americans
have the consolation of retaining the Queen's Cup on their
side of the Atlantic, which is a set-off to the disappoint-
ment of the Ocean Yacht-race.
EXCITING SCENES AT KIRBY'S POOL, NEAR
BIRMINGHAM.—The other day there were some aquatic
sports at Kirby's Pool, near Selly Oak, the occasion being
distinguished by the performances of " the champion
diver," a gentleman named Llewellyn Gascoigne. He
ascended to a height of about 100 feet, for the purpose of
diving into the water beneath. A strong breeze was blow-
ing at the time, and the tree on which the platform was
erected swayed to and fro very much. Suddenly " the
" professor ' jumped from the platform. It was seen that
he dropped upon the surface of the water partly on his
side and partly on his back, but no especial notice was
taken of the fact, for on coming up he swam, apparently
with the greatest ease, to the side, and it was thought that
all was right. Such, unfortunately, was not the case.
Mr. Gascoigne immediately made known the fact that he
had hurt himself, and his words were amply confirmed by
the paleness of his features. A surgeon was sent for,
and in a short timethe sufferer was put to bed, and remedies
were at once applied. The unfortunate man, it is feared,
is injured internally very badly, and his condition is
considered dangerous. As might naturally be supposed,
the accident created much excitement, but the pro-
ceedings went on as if nothing of the kind had happened.
A somewhat exciting scene took place in connection with
" the walking of the greasy pole." In the pressure of the
crowd which had gathered round the pole, which stretched
from the bank over the water to the distance of about
eight feet, a little boy was precipitated into the pool. A
rush was instantly made, some trying to reach the boy,
and others endeavouring to get away ; and in the course
of the struggling several females and men got into the
water. Happily they managed to cling to the side, and
they were rescued without suffering anything beyond a
thorough drenching of their clothes. The boy was also
rescued.

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