National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-09-09
An Earldom going a.begging.

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An EarldOm going a.begging.
English society, it is reported, has for
some time past been excited with con-
lectures as to the whereabouts of the son
of the Earl of Aberdeen, who was Prime
Minister Of Great Britain from Decem-
Der, 1852, to February, 1855. This young
nobleman, james Henry Hamilton Cor
don, Earl of Aberdeen, who was born in
1916, left England about two years ago,
without giving amy clue to his intended
place of residence, and has not commune
Gated with his friends or family since.
News, however, has reached his friends
that he had shipped as common sailor
on board merchant vessel bound for
the United States, and that he subse-
quently became mate. The cause of
this singular conduct is entirely matter
of con- ecture; but it is thought that the
young earl, believing his estate to be en-
numbered, has resolved to live of his
own earnings until his accumulated rents
are sufficient to pay off the mortgages
on the property he inherited. Another
instance, i'll the present century, Of a
young man Of rank becoming dissatisfied
with his position 10y birth and adopting
laborious career is to be found i'll Wis
count Ockham, the grandson Of Lord
Byron, who, had he lived, would now
be Baron Wentworth, as well us heir to
the Earldom of Lovelace. After many
similar man9uvres, this young man en-
/ +,,..1 la. 80 nntt Rt,Sg.II ha xuall
known build, of iron ships, and remain
ed there for some time, working us an or
binary mechanic. 1t is stated that on
one occasion, having received check
/ from his grandmother, Lady Noel Byron,
drawn to the order of Niscount Ockham,
/ he presented himself i'll his working
clothes at the bank i'll London, to draw
the money. On being informed by the
paying teller that the paper was drawn
TO order, and needed his lordship's en-
dorsement, the rough mechanic, to the
Indignation of the clerk, seized a pen
and scrubbed "Ockham" on the back of
the draft. The teller then ordered the
the arrest of the supposed forger, who
was almost Immediately released on be
ing taken INTO the bank parlor, where ht
was recognized.
HOT SHOT. The Prussians were recently
reported us throwing red balls into Stras
burg. They are solid balls, heated il
furnaces and fired from common guns OF
mortars. When the cartridge is i'll tn,
gun prop of wet felt is rammed on tol
of it. Two of the gunners (sometime
only one) get hold OF the ball with iron
tongs and let it run into the muzzle o
the gun. and then the cannon is fired il
the ordinary manner. In lieu of the We
felt very often piece of turf is ramme,
against the cartridge, the red hot bal
, rolled on top of it and the gun fired. Tn
shot Is scarcely over certain because til
operation of loading and directing til
gun always goes on with great rapidit
, and under the impression OF an imminen
!, danger to the gunners In former time
! the cover of the cartridge was so thi
! that the red hot ball set the cartridge o
: fire ut once and made the shot go o
:, without the interference of the gunner'
This made it a still more uncertain sho
and the new method Of wad about tw
! inches iii thickness has been adopted.
i is used to set ships and single roofs o
l. fire. The new hollow bomshells file
4 with explosive matter and shot from HOY
,s tiers, have now replaced, i'll almost even
e case, the shooting with red hot sob
:, balls, and it is very probable that the'
- explosive bomshells of small calibre III
meant when dispatches speak of red h'
balls being fired into towns. Soldier
i however, who served i'll the late Prussia
"a war against Austria assert that the Pru
70 slams had furnaces i'll the train of the arm
80 to make red hot shot of solid balls
20 ACCIDENT TO A RHINoCERos. A youi
male slngle-horned rhinoceros at Il
rs geological Gardens, Bergents Park, h
lg Just afforded "A very singular instance