Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-01-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Scotch Judge decided against the claim of
Theresa Longworth to be considered the lawful
wife of Major Yelverton, and in favor Of the other
wife. Tue case was then appealed and the
decision has been reversed; so that Theresa
Longworth is now Theresa Yeverton, and she
who was acknowledged Mrs. Yelverton till this
last decision is allowed to resumed her maiden
name She, in her turn, appeals to some court
or other, and in due course of law we shall have
another decision. Meanwhile, Theresa Yelver-
ton, nee Longworth, the heroine Of this cause cele-
6fe has authorized the publication in an Edin-
burg paper Of the correspondence between her
self and Major Yelverton, and has accompanied
the same with a preface written by herself
wherin she says she has suffered such Injustice
through the publication of bits of the correspon-
dence, often twisted by malignant commentators
out or their original meaning, and always re-
quiring the aid Of the context to explain truth
fully, that she has determined TO put forth a
correct edition of the letters and she concludes
by saying; 'l believe the purer the mind Of the
reader the less evil will be found in them" A
faint idea Of the force of the ladys style may be
gained from the following sentence, wherein she
refers to the interpretations put upon what she
wrote. She says Hence, amid hornets nest
OF commentators-friendly burglars, crotcheiy
and one ideaed sympathizers, foul insinuators,
and hoary headed misunderstanding and
stupidity have done their worst"
Some of the beauties Of the English work
house system occasionally come out in the
journals Of the country. Not long ago a man in
suburb Of Liverpool, calling to see his sister at
her lodging, was taken seriously ill, and could
not return f. nls own home after being nursed
where he was for few days, he grew so much
worse that the relieving officer was applied to.
who gave an order for medical attendance; the
order was presented to the medical officer Of the
workhouse at his residence, and the urgency Of
the case was stated he positively refused to
go till the next morning. this being early in the
evening. The next morning the man was dead.
Some investigation was had, and the doctor al
legged in excuse that the order had not the word
"urgency" written upon it ; against this the re-
lieving officer stated that the word was omitted
because the physician had especially requested
that in all cases sent to him after his dinner
hour the word should not be added to the note,
This the doctor stoutly denied, and the relieving
officer as stoutly affirmed. There was no doubt,
however, that the man died, and the editor Of
the The Liverpool Pos thinks it only one case Of
many.
"A person laboring under the name Of Mr..
Cosmo Nevll owns large place at Melbourne
Cune- Holt, England. He boasts of a long line
of ancestry, all of whom have been for q course
of years buried uDder the library in his house
this house adjoins the Parish Church, and the
burial place referred to has grated opening into
the belfry, past which opening all the congre-
CATION must go whenever they enter the sacred
edfice. The collins are placed on a level with
this opening, and, altogether, the arrangement
Of affairs is well adapted to breed pestilen 20.
The rector Of the parish, an old man, much
honOred of all, buried one person in this vault,
under protest, and refused to bury a second one
there. some time later, on the ground that the
health of his parishioners was likely to suffer.
The bishop of the diocese ordered him to bury
the body in that vault and nowhere else he de-
clined to obey the bishop, thereupon the Court
of Arches are applied to by Mr.. Cosmo Nevill,
and the old rector was suspended for eighteen
months and condemned to pay the COSTS
From a recently published report of the
Royal National Life. Boat Institution we learn
that, during The year 1862 SIG lives have been
saved, and 81 vessels brought into port through
the agency oil the life boats of the society; the
boats also went off forty three times in reply to
signals Of distress from vessels in danger, but
which had in the meantime escaped by other
ways. Rewards amounting to over $500 have
been voted to the crews of the lte-boats during
the year, the Institution has, moreover, in ac-
cordance with its usual custom, acknowledged
by large rewards the services of shore-boats,
whose crews have frequently incurred great risk
in going to the rescue of the shipwreoked. This
society has since its formation, been the means
of saving 1880 lives 10 rewards, SO gold
MEDALS 7l8 medals Of silver, aud S32 900 in
money have been given $685., 900 have been
expended on boats, transporting and
boat-houses. The number of boats in constant
readiness is one hundred and twenty-three.
"A few weeks ago, au outbreak occurred
among the females of prison near Perth, Scot
land. On Sunday morning, while three hun
dred of the women were assembled in the chapel
of the institution, the service was suddenly in
terrupted by o succession of sneh noises as only
vulgar and riotous women can make the crea-
lures overpowered their female warders at once,
severely iDjurng one OF them. The male Off
cials of the prison being apprised Of the state of
affairs took the matter in hand, entered the
chapel, prevented all egress, and then COM
menced firing shots from their revolvers over the
heads of the women this, being continued for
some time, had the effect of quieting the terma-
gants. Vigorous measures followed. and thus o
concerted general outbreak was prevented
During the month of December, while the
opera II Ponto was in course of performance at
the San Carlo Theater, Naples, some of the au-
dience found it necessary to hiss an artist who
was unpopular. In the midst Of the excitement
caused by this, some persons, anxious to create
a disturbance, threw from one Of the upper
circles of the tbeater little pieces of paper in
over them small portrait of the hero. At sight
of this the entire audience broke into enthu-
siasm the orohastra was forced to play Carl
baldia Hymn, after which the disorder increased
so much that the curtain was lowered, the mus-
Clans left the orchestra, and the opera was at an
end.
"A lady was not long since travelling in Eng
land when she occupied railroad carriage in
company with well-dressed man and woman,
the former of whom offered her a copy of an
illustrated newspaper for her amusement She
accepted the ciyility, opened the paper, per-
ceived powerful aud peculiar odor, became i'm
mediately insensible, and awoke to fud herself
robbed of her money and railway ticket, together
with suudry articles of jewelry. The paper was
supposed to have been saturated with oholoro-
form, the sent of which was disguised with laven-
der.
Many years ngo, a member of Queens
College, Oxford, wandered into forest near
his closter, having a copy of Aristotle in Greek
in his hand which he intently read; wild boar
of great size, and fierce with hunger, attacked
him with open mouth, intending to take the
scholar at q mouthful. The later thrust his copy
Of Aristotle dOwn the throat Of the beast, who
thereupon fell dead at once, killed by the dose.
In commemoration Of this victory hoars head
has from immenorial time been served up in the
hail of the said college every Christmas Day,
and the custom was again honorel in the obser-
vance on the specified day Of this season.
In the prisons of vienna there are at this
time seven editors undergoing confinement fol
various offences Of their journals aud in every
part Of Austria some Of the fraternity arc i'm
prisoned upon charges oftelling the truth. Some
of the narratives Of the suferiDgs sound like o
page out out Of Neapo,an history under the old
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