biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-19

LATEST SCRATCHINGS.

Convivial stakes.—Uhatsworth, Goodwood, Confettot
Orpheline, Martyr, and o by Birdhill—Lurley.
Yorkshire Oaks.—Hermosa and Casse Tete.
11Twelfth North of England Biennial.—Chiron, Harves-
ter, and Casse Tete.

Black Duck Stakes.—C by Birdhill—Lurley, and The
Martyr.
Juvenile Stakes.—Duke of Beaufort.
nor Handicap.—Emigration and c by Young Mel-
bourne, dam by Teddington.
_ _

Great Yorkshire StairN.—Hermosa, Adamant, and liar•
vaster.
Colt Sapling Stakes.—Athanor and Martyr.
York Cup. —Adamant.
Gimcrack Stake..—Goodwood.
Nursery.—Orpholine.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868.
AUGUST.
York August
Oxford
Bridgewater and West Weymouth
Somerset .
Dover
Scarborough 24 Tunbridge
I
Canterbury

Baden SEPTEMBER.
1 Hendon
Warwick September
... 1 Monmouth ..... l7
Abingdon 3 Manchester lB
Leicester
Doncaster September 8 Walsall 23
Brecon l4 Edinburgh
Richmond
Hampton Autumn l5 Royal Caledonian Hunt
Kelso l5 and Western M
OCT,
Bedford 1
Bromley Autumn
Newmarket 2d October 6
Lanark 8
Chelmsford Autumn
Cheltenham .13

IBER.

Sudbury and Ealing 15
Newmarket Houghton 17
Harrow .. 27
Worcester Autumn...... 27
Lincoln Autumn 29

NOME:
Liverpool
Shrewsbury 93 1

:MBER.
I Leamington' l7

STEEPLECHASES.
OOTOBER.
Bromley 1 I Ealing
DECEMBER.
St. Albans
I Kingsbury 8

CAPTURE OF A SIIARK.—A few days since, as
Charles Armstrong, Esq., accompanied by Mr. Geale, of
Limerick, was out fishing in the Bay of Lahinch (whore
the fishing this season has been most successful) they
came upon a shoal of sharks, and succeeded in disabling
and capturing one of them, of large dimensions. They
caught at five of them, and tho one which Mr. Armstrong,
with great exertions, was enabled to retain was Gi feet
long, and weighed 13 stone. He discharged five shots
into its body before it could be secured ; and the size of
the monster when brought ashore greatly surprised the
visitors at that watering place.

According to the 17a- dreland of August 12 pre-
parations aro being made to lay a telegrvh cable botween
Denmark and Russia.
London, England, 1868-08-19

THAMES.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE—ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.
—William Jackman, a man employed at the Com-
mercial Gas Works, Stepney, was brought before
Mr. Paget charged with assaulting police-constable
John Perks, No. 384 K.

The prisoner, a tall and very powerful fellow,
and with huge fists, has hitherto maintained a
good character as a quiet, sober, and indus-
trious man. He was once severely burnt in the
prosecution of his labours, and was in the Lon-
don Hospital under medical treatment for
three years. He was a teetotaller for a long time,
and has only recently broken out into habits of in-
temperance. He received ss. for some extra work
yesterday morning, and began to drink heavily. In
the afternoon he presented himself very drunk and
noisy at the Ben Jonson publichouse in the Rhodes-
well-road, near the gasworks. He demanded liquor,
which the landlord of the house refused to supply
him with. The prisoner made a great noise,
swore at the landlord and threatened him. A
disorderlyjmob collected and police sergeant Harvey,
No 1 K R, was sent for, who did all he could to
persuade the prisoner to leave and go home. He
refused to do so, and "blackguarded" the officer for
a long time. Harvey laid hold of him, and he
pulled of his coat and made a stout resistance. The
prisoner, seized a bar of iron fixed to a house and
clung to it. Harvey got him away from that, and
he threw himself on the ground and plunged
and kicked violently. Perks, 384 K, came to
the assistance of llarvey, and the prisoner aimed a
kick at the lower part of his parson. The blow
reached the " pit of the stomach," and took the
constable's breath away. Perks rallied and seized
the prisoner, who attempted to strangle him.
Perka was black in the face, and would have been
strangled if Harvey had not struck the prisoner
on the hands, and compelled him to relax his hold
of the constable's throat. A long and fierce struggle
took place, and the prisoner, who frequently kicked
Perks, was ultimately subdued and locked up.
The prisoner pleaded drunkenness as an excuse
for his conduct.

Mary Ann Page, of Bow, the prisoner's sister,
spoke on his behalf, and alluded to his three years'
sufferings, the illness of his wife, who could not at-
tend to her domestic duties, and said if her brother
was convicted and sent to prison the wife must go
to a workhouse or an infirmary.
Mr. Paget—l cannot help that.
The sister—His foot was burnt off him, and he
was in the hospital three years.
Mr. Paget said it was a melancholy thing that
families and relations were often reduced to a state
of privation and ruin by the misconduct of one
member of it. It was so in this case. He sentenced
the prisoner to be imprisoned for one month and
kept to hard labour.
London, England, 1868-08-19

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terest. There is not a dull page in the three volumes."—lmperial
Review.

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London, England, 1868-08-19

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dently recommended as a simple but certain
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the diseases to which we aro subject, being a medicine so
uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice
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have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of
20 years.
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every town in the kingdom.
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bo persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations
which have sprung up in consequence of the success of
" Norton's Camomile Pills."
London, England, 1868-08-19

MR. BRIERLEY AGAIN.

Mr. Brierley, the barrister, whose eccentric man-
ners has occasioned himself much inconvenience,
and frequently interrupted public business in court,
this morning again conducted himself in such a
manner as to induce the learned judge (Mr. Justice
Lush) to order him to leave till court. Later in
the day ➢lr. Brierly appeared again, and made an
apology for his conduct, with which the learned
judge said he was quite satisfied.
London, England, 1868-08-19

THE CHURCH CONGRESS OF 1868.

The executive committee of the proposed congress of
the present year, which will be held in Dublin, have issued

the programme of proceedings as finally amended. On
Tuesday, the 29th of September, at 10 a.m., theft will be
morning prayer in St. Patrick's Cathedral, with a sermon
by the Very Rev. Dr. Magee, Dean of Cork. Immediately
afterwards the first meeting of the congress will be held,
when papers will be read by the Rev. Dr. Kay, of Lincoln
College Oxford ; the Rev. Professor Plumptre, of King's
College, London ; the Rev. R. Gregory, of Lambeth, and
the Rev. Charles Rice, on the following subjects :—" Our
Religious Societies ; how their economical and efficient
working may be best promoted." " Hindrances at home
and abroad to the progress of Missions, and how these may
be overcome." " Relative functions of Church and State
in National Education." On Wednesday, September 30,
papers will be read by the Dean of Cashel, the Rev. Alex-
ander Irwin, the Rev. F.W. Farrar, and the Rev. Edward
Jackson, on " Church Work in Ireland," and " How the
Church may best secure and retain the attachment of her
younger members." On Thursday, October 1, the Dean
of Chester, Mr. Gambier Parry, Archdeacon Gilson, and
the Rev. Dr. Reeves will read papers on the following
subjects : "Authorised and systematic Lay Agency,
male and female;" "The American and Canadian
Churches, their organisation and practical working
" Convocation and Diocesan Synods in England and Ire-
land." On Friday, October 2, the Dean of Norwich, Sir
Joseph Napier, Professor Jellet, and the Archdeacon of
Dublin will read papers on the following subjects :—" How
the efficiency of our Church Service may be increased ;"
" The Influence of the increased investigation of Physical
Science on the religious views of those engaged in such
inquiries, and on Theology in general ;" " The Church and the
periodical Literature of the day ;" "Biblical Illustration—
i.e., the Bible as illustrated by modern science and travel."
Among those who have promised to take part in the discus-
sion of the 'various papers are—Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope,
M.P., the Earl Nelson, the Attorney-General for Ireland,
the Archdeacon of Taunton, the Dean of Ely, the Hon.
and Rev. W. C. Plunket, the Rev. Canon Hugh M'Neile,
the Dean of Ferns, the Rev. George Williams, of Cam-
bridge, the Rev. Dr. Hannay, the Rev. Erskine Clarke,
Dr. F. Churchill, the Rev. J. G. Scott, the Rev. J. C.
llyle, and the Rev. H. B. Tresham, of Oxford.
London, England, 1868-08-19

Just published, price is. 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-

tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising:Quacks,
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."

London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.
London, England, 1868-08-19

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THE CAIHOLIC CHURCH IN IRELAND.

The following is from Thom's Statistics of the
United Kingdom, :
" The Roman Catholic hierarchy consists
of four archbishops, whose sees are in Armagh,
Dublin, Cashel, and Tuam, and twenty-four
bishops. The bishops are nominated by the
Pope, generally out of a lia.t of names submitted
to him by the bishops of the province and the
clergy of the vacant diocese. In case of ex-
pected incapacity from age or infirmity, the
bishop names a coadjutor, who is usually
confirmed by the Pope. Every diocese has a
dean and an archdeacon, the former appointed
by the Cardinal Protector at Rome, the latter
by the bishop, but these dignitaries are with-
out jurisdiction or emolument. The whole of
the clergy are supported solely by the volun-
tary contributions of their flocks. The Epis-
copal emoluments arise from the parish in
which the bishop officiates, from marriage
licences, and from the cathedraticum, an annual
sum varying from £2 to £lO, paid by each in-
cumbent in the diocese. The 2,425 civil
parishes in Ireland are amalgamated into 1,070
ecclesiastical parishes or unions, being 440
livings less than in the Established Church.
The parochial clergy are nominated exclusively
by the bishop. The number of priests in
Ireland in 1854 was 2,291, of whom 1,222
were educated at Maynooth College. Their
incomes arise from fees on marriages, bap-
tisms, and deaths, on Easter and Christmas
dues, and from incidental voluntary contribu-
tions, either in money or labour. All the places
of public worship are built by subscriptions,
legacies and collections. There are numerous
monasteries and convents ; the latter are sup-
ported partly by sums, usually from £3OO to
£5OO, paid by those who take the vows in
them, and partly by the fees for the edu-
cation of the daughters of respectable Roman
Catholics. The friars and nuns also devote
themselves to the gratuitous education of the
children of the poor. Caudidates for clerical
ordination, formerly under the necessity of
4 obtaining theix educatioD, continental col-
.
London, England, 1868-08-19

MR. BRIERLEY AGAIN.

Mr. Brierley, the barrister, whose eccentric man-
ners has occasioned himself much inconvenience,
and frequently interrupted public business in court,
this morning again conducted himself in such a
manner as to induce the learned judge (Mr. Justice
Lush) to order him to leave the court. Later in
the day Mr. Brierly appeared again, and made an
apology for his conduct, with which the learned
judge said he was quite satisfied.
London, England, 1868-08-19

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

YORK RACES-THIS DAY.
BRADGATE PARK STAKES.

The Bradgate Park Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added;
two year olds 6st 101 b, three Bst 71b, four 9st 71b, five
and upwards 9st 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b;
the winner to be sold for 100 soya, if for 80 allowed 411',
60 81b, 40 141 b. T.Y.C.
La Mousse
Equity filly
Ambition 8

Seven ran.
BLACK DUCK STAKES.

The Black Duck Stakes of 1,000 sovs each, 300 ft, for two
year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b, untrieds allowed
31b and Gib; each subscriber to name two, and bring
one to the post. Three quarters of a mile. 5 subs.
Crodis 1
London, England, 1868-08-19

THE FORESTEI?S' ANNUAL FETE.

On Tuesday the Foresters held their annual f6te at the
Crystal Palace, and, judging from the vast numbers pre-
sent from all parts of the kingdom, the festival must be
regarded as a success in a pecuniary point of view.
The early morning was foggy, accompanied with
a drizzling rain, and up to eleven o'clock every
one thought that an al fresco entertainment would be
impossible ; but, fortunately, about that hour the sun
shone. At London Bridge and Victoria stations the trains
were crowded up to a late hour in the afternoon, and
though this means of conveyance was most popular—
most likely because the cheapest—many members of the
"ancient order" with their wives and families proceeded
to Sydenham by various vehicles. In addition to the
traffic already mentioned, the ordinary trains on
the Brighton and other lines contributed their
quota to the busy throng. The members of the order began
to arrive soon after ten o'clock, and not a few were attired
in the well-known Lincoln green, slouched hats, russet
boots, badges, sashes, &c., with which the Foresters are
wont to bedizen themselves on what wo arc informed by
the advertisements is "the greatest day in the year."
The programme for the day was an immensely attractive
one, and amongst its various contents visitors of every
fancy could not fail to have their tastes gratified. At
noon the palace band discoursed some excellent music
from the great orchestra, but had not performed
long ere a rival exhibited itself in the form of the Duke of
York's School, which marched through the transept into
the grounds playing a music-hall air. When this took
place, Herr Manns was speedily deserted in favour of his
more noisy rival, and this fact in itself will giro
the reader some idea of the mus:cal taste of the majority
of the visitors. At one o'clock a grand procession started
from the cricket ground, which was accompanied by many
of the aforesaid " decorated " gentlemen, and was headed
by an excellent band. Ample provision was made for a trip
on the light fantastic toe, and this fatiguing amusement
was much indulged in by many of the gentler sex, whose
beaus for the occasion seemed not to be Robin Hoods or
Little Johns, but in most instances some " cousin" in the
"Blues" or the "Guards." Afterwards there was a dis-
play of the fountains, a performance on the festival
organ, &c., in addition to which the thousand
and one attractions of the palace could not
fail to render the carnival an enjoyable affair.
To give some idea of the progress of the Order, it may be
stated that there are now 3,531 courts in the United
Kingdom, with funds amounting to more than a million
sterling. The total receipts for the past year were
£336,840 15s. Bd., and during the same period £273,501
17s. 4d. was distributed to sick members and for
funerals.
London, England, 1868-08-19

profits on the construction of every mile of road
through the more level country. The stakes are
set well ahead ; and an army ranging from 12,000
to 18,000 men, we are told, will find employment
on the Central Pacific line this summer. There
must be on both roads an aggregate of 25,000 to
30,000 men, an army with shovels, picks, and other
construction tools, moving towards a common
centre, and battling only against the mountains
and bills.

" A correspondent of the Bulletin has recently
gone over the entire route, noting especially the
progress of the work on the Union Pacific line.
His testimony corroborates the reports which have
been current of late, that the work on the Union
Pacific is not done in so thorough a manner as that
on the Central Pacific. But the track once down,
so that supplies can be taken ahead for distribution,
the work of levelling up, ballasting and replacing
poor tics, would follow as a matter of necessity.
No doubt there are some evidences of 'ribbon'
work on the Union Pacific. This results from a
desire to reach out after the subsidies. But any
railroad across such a country involves finally a
solid, safe structure. If bridges are too frail, or
culverts are of perishable wood, they must give place
to something more permanent. A road which
answers for construction trains may present quite
another appearance when dedicated to through
passenger and freight traffic. We know of no good
reason why the Union Pacific ought not to be as
thoroughly constructed in the outset as is the Cen-
tral Pacific.

" If this great work should be completed as soon
as now predicted, the Fourth of July, 1869, will
be a memorable day for San Francisco. A great
historic event, the greatest of modern times, would
be fitly associated with the grand fact of national
independence by the great multitudes congregated
that day in the metropolis of the Pacific."
London, England, 1868-08-19

THE FORESTERS' ANNUAL FETE.

On Tuesday the Foresters held their annual f6te at the
Crystal Palace, and, judging from the vast numbers pre-
sent from all parts of the kingdom, the festival must ba
regarded as a success in a pecuniary point of view.
The early morning was foggy, accompanied with
a drizzling rain, and up to eleven o'clock every
one thought that an al fresco entertainment would be
impossible ; but, fortunately, about that hour the sun
shone. At London Bridge and Victoria stations tho trains
were crowded up to a late hour in the afternoon, and
though this means of conveyance was most popular—
most likely because the cheapest—many members of the
" ancient order" with their wives and families proceeded
to Sydenham by various vehicles. In addition to the
traffic already mentioned, the ordinary trains on
the Brighton and other lines contributed their
quota to the busy throng. The members of the order began
to arrive soon after ten o'clock, and not a few were attired
in the well-known Lincoln green, slouched hats, russet
boots, badges, sashes, &c., with which the Foresters aro
wont to bedizen themselves on what we aro informed by
the advertisements is "the greatest day in the year."
The programme for the day was an immensely attractive
one, and amongst its various contents visitors of every
fancy could not fail to have their tastes gratified. At
noon the palace band discoursed some excellent music
from the great orchestra, but had not performed
long ere a rival exhibited itself in the form of the Duke of
York's School, which marched through the transept into
the grounds playing a music-hall air. When this took
place, Herr Maims was speedily deserted in favour of his
more noisy rival, and this fact in itself will give
the reader some idea of the musical taste of the majority
of the visitors. At one o'clock a grand procession started
from the cricket ground, which was accompanied by many
of the aforesaid " decorated " gentlemen, and was headed
by an excellent band. Ample provision was made for a trip
on the light fantastic toe, and this fatiguing amusement
was much indulged in by many of the gentler sex, whose
beaus for the occasion seemed not to be Robin Hoods or
Little Johns, but in most instances some " cousin" in tho
"Blues" or the "Guards." Afterwaicls there was a dis-
play of the fountains, a performance on the festival
organ, &c., in addition to which the thousand
and one attractions of the palace could not
fail to render the carnival an enjoyable affair.
To give some idea of the progress of the Order, it may be
stated that there are n6w 3,531 courts in the United
Kingdom, with funds amounting to more than a million
sterling. The total receipts for the past year were
£336,840 15s. Bd., and during the same period £273,501
17s. 4d. was distributed to sick members and for
funerals.
London, England, 1868-08-19

CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP.

The Chesterfield Handicap Plate of 100 sovs, given by tho
Race Committee, for horses of all ages ; the winner of
any handicap of 100 sovs value, after the declaration of
the weights (Aug. 11, at 10 a.m.) to carry 71b, of any
other handicap 51b extra. One
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Donaldbain
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1.

Six ran.
TWELFTH BIENNIAL STAKES.

The Twelfth North of England Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs
each, with 100 added, for three-year-olds ; colts, Bst
101 b; fillies, 8:..t ; tho winner of the Derby 81b, o
the Oaks, Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, or the second
in the Derby, 51b; of any other stake, value 500 sovs,
not having less than eight subscribers, in 1868, 31b ex-
tra; starters in 1863, and never having won in that or
the previous year, allowed 51b, the second in the Derby
excepted; the second to receive a suna equal to 10 per
cent. on the whole stake, and the third to save his stake.
Two miles over the Old Course ; 49 subs.
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London, England, 1868-08-19

two years' and Morgan to nine months' imprisonment.

FORGING A HUSBAND'S NAME.—At the same court
Henry Prince was charged with robbery. It seemed that
the prisoner ran away with a respectable butcher's wife,
and the latter took a quantity of property with her. As
the accused was not there at the time, and was only found
with the prosecutor's wife subsequently, he was acquitted.
Catherine Allen was then indicted for forging an order for
payment of £909 Os. 3d., with intent to defraud. The
accused bad run away with the prisoner in the preceding
case ; but prior to doing so had forged her husband's name,
and drew out all the money he had in the London and
Westminster Bank. The jury convicted the prisoner, and
she was sentenced to five years' penal servitude.
HEAVY DAMAGES FOR THE BITE OF A DOG.—At the
Shoreditch County Court a case was heard in which
James Cobb, a groom, sued Mr. Charles Page, a
horse-dealer, for injuries received from the bite of a
dog. The dog was concealed by a bin in the stable, and
on the plaintiff going there on business the animal jumped
out and severely bit him. He was an in-patient of the
hospital for twenty-five clays, and an out-patient until
June last. The plaintiff had previously been earning a
guinea a week, and sought to recover compensation for
loss of wages, and also for the serious and painful
character of the injuries he had sustained. The jury
awarded £4O damages.
THE ATROCITIES ON BOARD THE LTDIA.—At the Liver-
pool Assizes, Ainsell Larkin,. a seaman, was indicted for
the murder of Donald M`Donald on the high seas. It ap-
peared that numerous atrocities had been committed on
board the ship in question. One night the deceased was
absent from duty, and when Larkin found him out he be-
came very angry, and struck M`Donald on the head with
a belaying-pin, and then kicked him. After lingering in
the greatest agony for three days, M`Donald died. The
prisoner had been heard to say that he would kill the de-
ceased. The jury found a verdict of manslaughter, and
the accused was ordered to be kept in penal servitude for
life.

The Archbishop of York has left England for a
tour of four weeks on the Continent.

The services of a proposed Volunteer Artillery
Corps for Birmingham have been declined.
A new church has just been consecrated near the
Bishopstoke station, on the South Western Railway.
THE MOORS.—The reports from the Cumberland
and Westmoreland Moors are to the general effect that the
birds are rather scarce and very wild. The display of
grouse at the gamedealers' shops in Carlisle last week was
unusually small, but the birds were in good plump i )!:, ; t
The price started at las. a brace on the 12t,i,, :,;;;i
Saturday had not fallen lower than Bs. per The
quantity of game that passed through Carlih
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London, England, 1868-08-19

THE NEW PRINCIPIA ; or, TRUE SYSTEM OF
ASTRONOMY. In which the Earth is proved to be the
STATIONARY Centre of the Solar System; and the Sun is shewn
to be only 365,006 miles from the Earth, and the Moon only
32,823.5 miles distant.

•Dedicated to the Schoolmasters of Great Britain.
By R. J. MORRISON, F.A.S.L., Commander R.N.
J. G. Berger, Newcastle-street, London. 2s. Gd.
London, England, 1868-08-19

THAAIES.

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EXTRAORDINARY CASE—ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.
—William Jackman, a man employed at the Com-
mercial Gas Works, Stepney, was brought before
AIL Paget charged with assaulting police-constable
John Perks, No. 384 K.

The prisoner, a tall and very powerful fellow,
and with huge fists, has hitherto maintained a
good character as a quiet, sober, and indus-
trious man. He was once severely burnt in the
prosecution of his labours, and was in the Lon -
don Hospital under medical treatment for
three years. He was a teetotaller for a long time,
and has only recently broken out into habits of in-
temperance. He received ss. for some extra work
yesterday morning, and began to drink heavily. In
the afternoon he presented himself very drunk and
noisy at the Ben Jonson publichouse in the Rhodes-
well-road, near the gasworks. He demanded liquor,
which the landlord of the house refused to supply
him with. The prisoner made a great noise,
swore at the landlord and threatened him. A
disorderlypob collected and police sergeant Harvey,
No 1 K It, was sent for, who did all he could to
persuade the prisoner to leave and go home. He
refused to do so, and "blackguarded" the officer for
a long time. Harvey laid hold of him, and he
pulled of his coat and made a stout resistance. The
prisoner seized a bar of iron fixed to a house and
clung to it. Harvey got him away from that, and
he threw himself on the ground and plunged
and kicked violently. Perks, 384 K, came to
the assistance of Harvey, and the prisoner aimed a
kick at the lower part of his person. The blow
reached the
." pit of the stomach," and took the
constable's breath away. Perks rallied and seized
the prisoner, who attempted to strangle him.
Perks was black in the face, and would have been
strangled if Harvey had not struck the prisoner
on the hands, and compelled him to relax his hold
of the constable's throat. A long and fierce struggle
took place, and the prisoner, who frequently kicked
Perks, was ultimately subdued and locked up.
The prisoner pleaded drunkenness as an excuse
for his conduct.

Mary Ann Page, of Bow, the prisoner's sister,
spoke on his behalf, and alluded to his three years'
sufferings, the illness of his wife, who could not at-
tend to her domestic duties, and said if her brother
was convicted and sent to prison the wife must go
to a workhouse or an infirmary.
Mr. Pagel—l cannot help that.
The sister—llls foot was burnt off him, and he
was in the hospital three years.
Mr. Paget said it was a melancholy thing that
families and relations were often reduced to a state
of privation and ruin by the misconduct of one
member of it. It was so in this case. He sentenced
the prisoner to be imprisoned for one month and
kept to hard labour.
London, England, 1868-08-19

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2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the
stamp.
London, England, 1868-08-19

WESTMINSTER.

DESPERATE ASSAULTS ON THE POLlCE.—Edward
Hagan, and Daniel llagan, brothers, were charged
with assaulting Mr. Samuel Plumb, Tucker 258 B,
James 290 B, and 11I‘Kay 170 B, in the execution
of their duty ; and Philip Kennedy, said to be a
Fenian agent, was charged with resisting the police
in the execution of their duty, and attempting to
rescue Daniel llagan from custody.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr Plumb that
he was walking along 0 viugton-taraca when the
prisoners Hagan said he was looking at them and
ordered him on. Ile stopped and looked at them,
and Daniel Hagan attacked him and covered him
in blood by repeated blows in the face, and the
other prisoner used bad language and excited his
brother.

Mr. James Thompson, a gentleman, corrobo
rated.

From the evidence of the police-constable, enu-
merated above, it appeared that when James went
to take Daniel Hagan, his brother got him down,
kicked him, and tore the hair out of his head, as
well as his whiskers ; Daniel Hagan was so vio-
lent, and assaulted Seymour, 190 B, so that M'Kay
had to draw his staff and use it. Daniel Hagan was
taken to the station on a stretcher, and Kennedy
was proved to have used bad language, and also
took hold of Tucker, and incited an excited mob to
rescue the prisoner from custody.
Mr. Selfe advocated the use of the truncheon in
such cases as the present, sentenced Daniel Hagan
to six weeks' hard labour, his brother to a month,
and fined Kennedy 10s., or seven days.
London, England, 1868-08-19

LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN
EXHIITION, 1885.
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin
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8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
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LL Whisky."

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London, England, 1868-08-19

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London, England, 1868-08-19

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London, England, 1868-08-19

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London, England, 1868-08-19

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with the NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE
SOCIETY, either before or after marriage, by which an in-
alienable provision nrty be made for a family at the expenses
only of the ordinary life insurance premium, and without the
appointment of trastees by the assueed. For prospectuses,
showing the mode by which this object, hitherto unattainable, is
carried out, and for copy of Report, apply to the Society's Offices,
50, Fleet-street, E.C.
London, England, 1868-08-19

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
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Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbeJ at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers--Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-malL —Hon.
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London, England, 1868-08-19

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London, England, 1868-08-19

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allowed 31b ; winners once before starting 51b, twice 71b
extra; the second to receive 10 per cent. out of the
stakes, and the third tq save his stake. T.Y.C. 63
subs.

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BETTING ON THE COURSE.
PIM HANDICAP.
100 to 30 agst Fervacques (taken)
100 to 30 agst Tabouret (taken)
4to 1 agst Spy (taken)
London, England, 1868-08-19

BANKERS IN PARIS.

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OFFICES IN PARLS—Rue Taitbout, 20.
London, England, 1868-11-03

THE INDIAN VICEROY.

Some of the Indian journals express the belief that Sir
John Lawrence will be asked to resign some little time be-
fore his term of office expires, in order to get Lord Mayo
safely installed. This statement is denied altogether
by the Times of India. It says there is not
the slightest chance of Sir John resigning the
viceroyalty an hour before his full period bas elapsed.
It is regarded as a certainty that he will be raised to the
peerage on his return to England. The Friend of India
hopes that the name of Lawrence will not be sunk in a
territorial title, and suggests Viscount Lawrence, of
Lahore.
London, England, 1868-11-03

THE WEATHER AND COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS.

Mr. Thomas Plant, F.M.S., writing to the Times,
opens up an interesting study, and one in
which—if his speculations are correct—inves-
tigation would be of incalculable use to the
community. He attributes colliery explosions
in many cases to the influence of the weather.
A. sudden rush of cold air, followed as quickly by
warm, thick, foggy atmosphere, and a rapid relaxa,
tion of atmospheric pressure abruptly succeeding
high pressure, should, he says, give occasion • for
serious apprehension. With such frequent and sudden
atmospheric changes the shafts cannot transmit
into the pits an equal distribution of air, as regards
its dryness or dampness, heat or cold. Without the
greates possible precautions, therefore, conditions
must at times exist which may at any moment induce
explosions most terrible to contemplate in their con-
sequences. Mr. Plant claims to have tried the ques-
tion by experiments, and he finds his theory correct.
We commend the matter to the serious consideration
of the " scientific world."
London, England, 1868-11-03

A GOOD CANDIDATE.

The Birmingham Gazette announces that Shrews-
bury was on Saturday in a state of great excite-
ment because it was rumoured that another
candidate was coining forward for South Shrop-
shire. The rumour proved correct. Colonel
Corbett has announced himself as a " Consti-
tutional " candidate, and the Gazette, a " Con-
stitutional" paper, thus describes his qualifica-
tions. He is " a favourite of the farmers, a good
landlord, a generous friend, and" (by way of climax)
"a spirited fox-hunter." The Gazette appears to think
that the Treasury benches are to be taken at a flying
jump, and that the first qualification for a seat in
`Parliament is a good seat in the saddle. This is not
unnatural on the part of those politicians who have to
take leaps in the dark.
London, England, 1868-11-03

THE INDIAN VICEROY.

Some of the Indian journals express the belief that Sir
John Lawrence will be asked to resign some little time be-
fore his term of office expires, in order to get Lord Mayo
safely installed. This statement is denied altogether
by the Times of India. It says there is not
the slightest chance of Sir John resigning the
viceroyalty an hour before his full period has elapsed.
It is regarded as a certainty that he will be raised to the
peerage on his return to England. The Friend of India
hopes that the name of Lawrence will not be sunk in a
territorial title, and suggests Viscount Lawrence, of
Lahore.
London, England, 1868-11-03

ME. ODGEIt.

The arbitration having gone against Mr. Odger,
he has not only retired from his candidature at
Chelsea, but is honourably doing his best to promote
the return of the other Liberal candidates for Chelsea
—Sir Henry Hoare and Mr. Dilke. We hope that
his example will be followed by candidates in other
constituencies where the success of the Liberal party
is endangered by a superfluity of competitors.
London, England, 1868-11-03

THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF

BIGA.III AGAINST A LADY.

Mrs. Eliza Lumley, charged with unlawfully in-
termarrying with Major Wm. Browrigg Lumley,
her husband, M. Alexander Victor being at the
time alive., again attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt, in
answer to her recognizances.
Mr. Begley, instructed by Mr. Edwar 1 Lewis of
Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Metcalfe, instructed by Mr. Keane
of Lincoln's-inn-fields, for the defendant.

The first witness called was Mrs. Margaret
Gray, of Itedwith, Cornwall, who said that in
1834 she went to St. lleliers, Jersey, with
her brother, and lived there for about 12 years. Mr.
Alexander Victor was the French master. She be-
came acquainted with the Ilaines family through
Mr. Victor. There were six sisters—Caroline,
Charlotte, Sarah, Eliza, Georgiana, and Harriett.
Eliza, the second daughter, was introducA to
her as Madame Vie or. She never heard hlm
speak of her as his wife, but she undJrstood her to
be SO.

Mr. Besley asked the witness to look round the
court and see whether she could recognise any
member of the Haines family in court.
The witness did so, ani pointed oat the prisoner
and her sister as two of them.
After some further evidence had boen given the
prisoner was committed for trial, but admitted to
bail.
London, England, 1868-11-03

SPAIN.

The elections for the Constitutional Cortes will commence
on the 29th of November. The country will be divided.
into circumscriptions, each composed of four or five
judicial districts. Printed forms will be distributed
to the electors beforehand, and in order to prevent any
being used twice, they will each be stamped as they are
placed in the ballot-box. The Liberte considers this step
as a defeat to the Democrats which ought to induce them
to redouble their exertions. They have already objected
to the mode of voting laid down by the Government.
They demand the vote by provinces, and a strict scrutiny
of the list of electors. The Sitcle agrees with the
Republicans in thinking that the plan of circumscriptions
and the ballot will give rise to official candidatures.
London, England, 1868-11-03

THE LEEDS ART EXHIBITION.

The Art Exhibition at Leeds has done a gooa
work. It is a favourite reproach to the North of
England that it is destitute of refinement. Suck
exhibitions as that just closed would soon alter this
state of things, and make the sneer of no effect.
Some half a million are said to have visited this
building. In it were collected some of the finest
works which the country possesses.
London, England, 1868-11-03

LAW AND POLICE.

THE REGISTRATION APPEALS.—The Lord Chief Justice
of the Common Pleas, in reply to a question of the
Attorney-General, has fixed Saturday next for the hearing
of appeals from the registration courts, and will proceed
with them de die in diem.

A CLERGYMAN SUSPENDED FOR DRUNKENNESS.—Ai,
the Chancellor's Court, York, held in the cathedral, the
case of Morrissey v. Robinson has been heard. It was a
case brought under the Church Discipline Act, sent to
that court by letters of request of the Bishop of Carlisle,
promoted by George Gill Morrissey, of Carlisle, his lord-
ship's secretary, against the Rev. John Robinson, rector
of the parish church of Bowness, Cumberland, then
resident curate of the parish of Chilton, in the,
diocese of Oxford. The charge against the defendant was
for causing scandal to the Church by having been guilty
of drunkenness within the diocese of Oxford, for which
he was cited to answer articles in the above court.
Certain preliminary proceedings had been taken, and a
Mr. Shepherd appeared on the part of the promoter, and
Dr. Deane was for the defendant. The Chancellor decreed
the charges proved, and suspended the defendant for one
year.

A TROUBLESOME IRISHMAN.—An Irishman was brought
up at the Westminster Police-court on a charge which is
by no means common—that of attempting to break into
prison. The defendant had an idea that his wife was in.
carcerated in the Westminster House of Correction, and
with the view of releasing her he dealt several heavy blows
at the prison door with a sledge hammer at a late hour on
Saturday night. He had been moired thereto by re.
peated imbibitions of whisky, but be was taken into custody
before he could succeed in forcing au entrance. He was
remanded.

One pinch of snuff taken between sleeping and
waking at night will do more to produce the symptoms of
nicotine poisoning than a boxful taken in the day time—
will produce in many cases actual vomiting hours after.—
Spect itor.

SUBSIDENCE OF THE BALTIC. The Cronstad t
journals mention an extraordinary subsidence of the waters
of the Baltic in that locality. It began in the evening,
the wind being S.W. and rather fresh. At ten at night the
level of the sea was a foot lower than ordinary, and con,
tinned still to sink. The following morning at six it was
two feet below its normal point, the wind having
veered round to N.E. ; and at two in the afternoon the
greatest depression was arrived at, namely, 3ft. 2in. The
water then began to mount rapidly, and during the night
exceeded its ordinary level by a foot. Nearly all the
steamers plying between Cronstradt and St. Petersburg
were aground, a circumstance almost unprecedented. As
to the cause of this phenomenon nothing is known; but
the supposition is that a strong north-east wind drove
the waters towards the Swedish, Danish, and Prussian
coasts,
London, England, 1868-11-03

William Tetlow Ilibbert,
WEilmosq. t Itolrand, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Egg.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord J osceline Wm. Percy.
Cbarles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Lao Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq..
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
fuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

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of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelmas will
expire on the 14th of October.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
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Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
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No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
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The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
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The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
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London, England, 1868-11-03

AMERICA.

The state of affairs in the South is certainly not im-
proving. The Nation says that more assassinations of pro-
minent Republicans occurred during the week ending
October 22 than at any time since the termination of the
war. The World announces these murders in such jubilant
terms as " A bogus judge and sheriff 1:illed in Louisiana,"
"A carpetbag deputy slain in Arkansas," &c. Whatever
may he the right between the two parties, nothing can
justify this mode of asserting it.
London, England, 1868-11-03

711 E ROYAL BANK 017 LIVERPOOL.

Before the rising of the Court of Chancery last
term a strange case came before Mr. Buckley, chief
clerk, in which a lady eighty years of age, who was
a shareholder in the Royal Bank of Liverpool to
the extent of £25,000, sought to surrender her
house in Spring-gardens in London, and to give to
the liquidator £2,000, being all she alleged herself
to be possessed of, except her furniture and her
clothes. The liquidator (says the Liverpool Courier)
refused to accept of the £2,000, alleging that she
was in a position to compromise for more than that
amount, and during the long vacation the case has
remained unsettled, the old lady asszrting that she
could afford no more in the shape of compromise,
unless, indeed, she was to reduce herself to the
absolute condition of a pauper, and the representa-
tives of the bank keeping the " screw" on and en-
forcing a claim.
On 'Saturday Mr. Field, for the liquidator, ap-
peared before Mr. Buckley, and applied for liberty
to take the matter before the Vice-Chancellor
(Maline), on the ground that the amount tendered
was inadequate, and much less than she was capable
of paying.
Mr. Gregory for the lady, resisted the applica-
tion ; and the chief clerk asked what was now due
from her.

Mr. Field replied, £35,000.
Mr. Gregory—Why it was only £25,000 last
term.

Mr. Field—Yes, but there is another call since
due.
London, England, 1868-11-03

*COX OF FINSBURY.

Mr. Cox, who aforetime represented Finsbury,
again comes before the electors, confident that the
new Reform Act comprehends many who would have
voted for him long ago if they had had the franchise.
He is tolerably liberal in his views, advocating man-
hood suffrage, the disestablishment and the dis-
endowment of the Irish Church, and the legali-
sation of trades unions. He would open the
British Museum on Sundays, and would vote
against the total closing of public-houses on
that day, his reason being that he likes a
glass of beer himself. He announces that he was
the same plain, outspoken William Cox that he was
thirteen or fourteen years ago. The readers of Punch
will be very glad to hear it, for Mr. Cox used to
make a weekly appearance in that paper, every scrap
of parliamentary Latin being translated for his
especial benefit. Mr. Whalley will have a rest should
"plain, outspoken William Cox" have authority
given him to speak for the intelligent electors of
Finsbury.