The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-06
OVER ThE SEAS.
Many Matters by Mail and Cable From
Other Lands.

The Tdinlnlr, scotsman states that a
serious suh-idoncc of land occurred On
Tront's Farm. Eastchurbh, Shcppcy, quite
an acre Of ground falling down the ellis, to
be- washed away by the sea. There waH a
public paihwa, along the edge OF the land'
but fortunately nobody was passing al me
time Of the slip. The 0ccuplcr OF Inc la'h
had crossed over the Ground short Tune
pre-, iOusly. Several minor slips nave "c-
ealred during the past few months, along
Sh.ppey cliffs. between Constitution bill,
Minister. aud Warden Point. where Inc
parish church had to be pulled down r."
years ago. 90 prevent IFS falling into the sea.
The BalakIaya >urmises.
Hisa humiliating story which Lieutenant
WIghtnan. the secretary Of the BalaklaNa
Committee. tells regarding the survivor, ol
the celebrated "SiN Hundred. says the
Newcastle Chronicle. An appeal r. maze
to the public for funds 10 render the closing
DAYS Of these veterans somewhat more COM
Portable. and. hy way Of an apology for ms
aupcal. the Gallant officer describes the
uitiahle condition Of about score oil ihc
soldiers who were IN the famous charsc "i
the Light Brigade. -Four are actually M
mates of warehouses. only two are COM
fortably housed i'm Chelsea Hospital. and the
Leu, from il by the slender means of rel'-
lives. All have borne iirst-rate characters.
While they could they earned thclr llNme
bv hard work. bat being now crippled ana
uhvsically ruined by the exposure and hafi
lighting of the campaign. they can labor no
more. Tired of yainly appealing 10 the W ii
Office for help. Lieutenant Wighiman now
seeks % touch the public conscience.
london Paupcri,m.
According 10 the Times the census of
Metropolitan paupcrs an London lhAciu-
| siye Of lunatics i'm asylums and vagrani = ;,
taken ON the last day Of the weeks named
: hereunder enumerated inhabitants IN j..
I3.SlJ.WU: First week of April. lNfl-in-
door. jS.2i6; outdoor. 3j.3>n; total. "','.o'
! First week of April. lS~i-ndoDr, lD,2ol ;
outdoor. 3. 23l: total. -. l32, First week of
! Auril. lS~S-iudoOr Je.~li. outdoor. lH.-ui'
| total. lOg 49,. First week of April l'o,
indoor. 81. 80; outdoor i2.l62; total, OF.
! These figures are excluding patients IN ih'
: fever and smallpox hospitals Of The Metro
r0litan Asylum District. The number a
! these patients ON tbc last day of the week
WAS returned a. 30 i'm $500. O25 IN le>t
l2~lm iS~S. and iJG in 1881. Nagarani
relieved i'm the metropolis ON the sst dayo
| the first week of April. 1870: Men. Jii'
women. l0J: children under sixteen. y; o.
tai, 701.
New Trade for Liverpool.
An experiment of an important Kind if
connection with the food supply Of 6rca'
/ Britain has been tried 10y a Liverpool ship
per. with. it j. understood. the most salts
! factory results. This is tine importation al
! live sheep from Bucu0- Ayrc-. The con-
| -ienment consisted of between three hum
drcd and four hundred animals. They ar
rived I'm excellent condition. says tho iou-
| don Times. and lhc mortality 0n the Nolag.
was siuelarly li-ht -s0methiu. under 3D.
dozen sheep having been lost. The aniina r
were sold hv Mr.. George Roddick, Liver
pool cattle salesman. and realized double
! The price of frozen mutton from Bucn
Atrc-. These were fine sheep of the l.'H-
coin breed. and dressed tO about eighty
pounds.
Robert Burns Monument.
The Scotsman has some ground for tha
fear that the annual concerts ON Glcnii.f
Braces the object of which l- t0 raise iunie
for tine erection of "a statue % Robert Burns
iu Parsley. viii NOT hc continued this year.
owiug % "a disagreement between two -.'-
lions of tine Tlunahill choir. Mr.. Fulton.
proprietor of "rhc Glen" mas refused tho
use OF his estate for thc concert DOB June. aud
unless some amicabir arrangement ir come
90 between the dis-eutieni parties. tins ir-
m-al i. not likely to Doe recalled. II may f
added thar 400 the utmost only TWO more
concert, were required 90 provide the ne-
ccs-ary funds for Tine statue.
Amusing Experience of Mrs. Langiry.
An amu-iu- incident occurred at ST.
James Theatre few evenings ago. After
most successful performance Mrs. Lang
try stepped forward t0 speak Tine cpilo-ur 81
~A- You Like IT, and when she had ui.
]
would Kiss a- many of y0u d, had boards
| that pleased me. ".a deep. manly voice from
thr orchestral stalls was heard say iu-
clear. hear" Mrs. Lauuy was amused.
! the company behind her Uttered. and a.
| LIGHT ripple of laughter ran all over tl'
| hDuSo. in Birmingham once. when Ndnn'
| Modie-la had repeated the same lines. g
! -Iimy occupant of Tine gallery called ont
just step up 'cre, Miss.
EouIanger'- Plans.
The Republican newspaper In France
SAYS that General Boulau-cr VIII return i
! France from the Island 0f Jersey ON sum
! day. and that he win demand another iritl.
| The paper also SAYS that the General VIII
nHiiy President Caru0t of thc place n
| France where Doe intends io land.
a Prncely Iavorit..
Count Hartcnau best known a. Prince
Alexander of iaticniur-. ana nt bulgaria.
iwho married ino pretty operf-,IngDr Mic.
| l.0i.iu-cr. i- go great favor at tie AUSTRIAN
Z Court His infant son was recently chr-
tened urdrrth name of Louis Alexander
Tine Grand Duke of ilcs~c standing as eoa-
| father.
sacrifice Of Widows.
The sacrifice of widows on thc funeral
urr,. still goes ON in Baii. au island ncal
/ Java. They are burned aion- with tie
remains of their husbands. The latter
slaves also share the same fate u bee be- OF
| hi.h rank. 4 short Time AGO three WiNc, ol
| "A chief were crum8tcd.
Mary >tunrt's Marriage Contract.
MARY Queen eff scots marriage contract
with Francis H.. of France, Is 90 Dee sold ht
auction shortly in London. II Is quaint
| old manuscript of nine folio pages.
Queer Leather Craze,
There /. "a craze i'm London for queer
] leather. some shops are stocked with fancy
articles made from the skins Of all sorts of