, 1870-05-26

royal nxsy, and waa one Of the most poHerir
, twoleckeEs Of Sir james Dundas' faet :.
st PAulH Cathedral, London, appears +
be IN danger, from the bulrnwlng operations d
the, Metropolitan District Railway. Al d
eyents, the Builder, "without intending t
raise a1aru1, /" assures the Dean that thera
"e1treme need Of watchfu1ness."
Fifty thousand tons Of phosphAtes, ship
ped from ChaI1eston to various pa1ta OF I'll
South during the last twelve months. bare re
i turned about =, 500. coo.
| -Footlghts which bum downward ara i,
use at several Of the London theatres. Be
sides affording absolute aecutity, these 1igIi,
!ossess the advantage Of entirely renoTiuf
bustion of the gas.
! "A white man in Holly Springs, a1iss., the
other day, sold his wife for a22-fha wife con.
Benting to the sale. y
"A New Hampshi1e man, living near Dover.
reports that he haa view Of forty towns from
"A fashionable tailor in Pittsburgh. Pa.
! who failed to g fit " q fashionable young man
Of that city, has found himself dragged before
court, and put under $500 bonds, to answer
charge Of false pretences, i e., that hedidn't
know his business. ::
| "A rniddle-aged man wss publicly punished
with twenty lashes, BY order Of court, in
London, Ontario, on Friday The Official
hagellator wore mack. This the ffrnt case Of
Whipping IN Canasa, under m act passed in
"A horse in Owasco County, N. T.. t.yinc
wandered into the water drain passing undef
the Central Railroad, pushing his head IN be-
tween the ties, and reunined,. gazing at the
approaching train, unable to e1ficate himsoN.
The engineer fortunately spied the unYortnn.
ate animal and the horse, BY the efforts Of tto
passengers, was relieved from his awkward
predicament.
"A fearful ride On bell vas 1ate1v tsken
by lag in the village Of Fully, Canton vs1ois,
the ringer commenced to pull it. Not able to
hold on, he fell from the tower, and was pick-
ed up eenselesB about fifteen feet from Tho
church. In Lis fall he had broken two WOODEN
crucif1es- Strange to say, be Was hardly hurt,
but conld relate his own adventures : few
Minutes after the event.
"A correspondent, writing from Havana,
under date tue 18th, saYs that, about half-past
l that afternoon, eight ladies', who were made
prisoners in the Cinco Villas District wero
marched manac1ed through the streets to the
prison.
operatives assembled to the number Of 1000;
and speeches were made, most Of them by
women, On the 1oHness OF wages paid by the
employers, who were termed "privilcged
id1e1a-" After stormy debate it Was resolved
that the present rate Of remuneration paid to
women employed in factories only LEADS to
"eocial deatl from famine that the hours of
labor should be reduced to eight, and that, If
demand for higher payment ls not granted, al
the factory women employed IN tho city will so
on strike. 70.
In Boston, on Sunday, while Jewish Girl.
named Sarah Damn, years Of age. was play
ing, in company with ! girl named Sarah Ben
nett, and Some other children, about the yard
ot tie house Of Daniel Ega9, No. "a Nashua
the first two girls IN the woodhouse, whero be
kept them confined while he brought twp large
and savage dogs, which he set upon tho de-
fence1ess children Some OF the children
heard him Say that he would like to sea Jewish
gltB klIed and before they we're rescued
from the teeth of the brutes they were terribly
bitten.
-Louisyille has found on its streets a horned
frog. 1t has ten horns on its head and an in
numerable number scattered over its body. In |
its general appearance it resembles frog,
known in some localities az horned frog, md |
In others Is horned toad. This is q good !
specimen OF it's tribe, and has a more or less
circular or oval body, fattened, and covered I
with differentiated scales. The hesd il short
md triangular, with prominent verte1. The
lerneath. It is about four inches long, and
.wo thirds as vide IN the main. The tail is
ong, and, with the hind legs, forms something
to throe-pzoDged pltchfork.
Experiments are making IN England with
new fashioned railway, called the Pannier
inuous girder on which the train znns, the
ars hanging down On each side to vary short
distance OF the ground. The carriages are so |
ranged that inequality OF weight on one sida
o the extent of q ton will not effect the equi-
brium or motion of the train. 1t is claimed |
hat by this method . much higher rate Of i
peed eau be attained, and with gfeatersafety,
han hy the present system, and a scheme Is /
n foot by which Manchester il to be reached
: Londoners IN two hours. Tho small guam
ty Of land required and the cheapness Of con-
tructton arc also urged as among its advalt-
ges. --
The British Home Secretary lately received
deputation, largely composed OF women, who.
sked for thercpeal Of the Contagious Diseases | :
Cts Mr. Jacob Bright having briefly stated
10 object Of the visit, Professor Newman pre-
.nted memorial. .Al1s.-Butler informed Mr.
ruce that ehe had visited the garrison towns :
Kent, and could assert that the g1ossest !
ltfageB on women were practised under the | I
ew law, and that the excitement in conse- J
lence WAs dangerous to tho peace. From tho | I
ozkingmen of Kent, who kcenly felt the
suit that the women were made to suffer,
,e had message to the Home Secretary, !
Z that they had not forgotten their cuun- t
yman, Wat Tyler Mr. Bruce pointed out 9
at there were two sides to the question, ad-
ng that the legislation objected to had ori9i-
Ited in the Recommendation Of meeting OF ;
great medical society, and they al knew that !;
g medical profession Was especially humane,
and iberaEminded. AZ to the .
working OF tho acts, he admitted Il
At doubt existed, and be thought there ought r
be full inquiry BY competent persons into
t only the medical, but also the moral bear
s. Of the question: and he promised that he \
'u1d do all he could TO obtain complete, an | 4
mediate, and thorough investigation !