The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-11-22 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

VICTIMS OF THE YOSTOFFICE.—A letter is published in the Times, bearing the curious signature, "20000 Victims of the Postoffice." The "victims" on whose behalf the letter is written are residents in the Hebrides, and they have lost their daily mail service. The Skye Railway Company, which carries the mails, has changed the days of its steamers to sail, and thus they receive no mail between Saturday and Wednesday mornings, and none goes out after Thursday till Monday night. Owing to the relations of the islands to tho mainland, the want of mail communication causes great inconvenience. One instance will touch the hearts of all :—" On Friday a girl received a letter from her lover in Edinburgh, containing a very important question, and begging to hear, by return of post, as he was soon to sail for the colonies. Her answer could not leave Skye till Tqesday, and four precious days were lost." The " 20,000 victims" ask " why will not the postoflice give no an additional mail to fill up the gap between Saturday and Wednesday? We hear of hundreds of thousands contributed by the postoffice to the national funds. Can it not do its duty at home first, and supply the wants of a number of her Majesty's income tax-paving subjece ? Loss than CRIO would pay for all we ask."  A NISOL;CT6D Germs.— On Monday, at the Rochdale police court, James Harbert, a middleaged man, was brought up on the charge of being an impostor. Chief-Constable Stevens said the prisoner was either a neglected genius or an artful dodger. Harbert had in his possession a number of letters, written in the names of the Queen, the Prince of 'Wales, and other persons of eminence which he haa received in reply to communications respecting discoveries which Harbert professed to have made as to how gas could be destroyed in collieries to prevent explosions, and how could be manufactured so that the refuse could be turned to valuable account. Mr. Steven, thought that Harbert was simply a humbug, and wished him to be remanded for a week to give an opportunity of making further inquiry. The prisoner called at the residence of Mr. Redfern, a relieving officer, on Saturday afternoon, and asked for redef. One of the letters was to the effect that" Sir Thome. Biddulph had received the commands of her Majesty the Queen to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Herbert's letter of the 18th instant. It would, however be useless to submit his invention to the Queen, as her Majesry cannot personally interfere in the working of colliery mines.—Osborne, December 22, 1886.—A letter, addressed "To the Coal and Iron Masters," explained the invention. and it is signed "James Harbert, 82, Stewarlstreet, Spring Hill, Birmingham." The prisoner Lad drawn up an advertisement to this effect : \Vented, a partner with £100; employment and a ewe fortune." The magistrate remanded the prisons for a Intik.  George Wilson, charged in London with murdering his son with an axe some days ago, has been committed for trial.  clerk, 18 years of age, named James Dalglish, has been apprehended in Glasgow charged with appropriating £B2 odds, which he had received on behalf of Ms employers, Mews. Miller and Bannerman, Pitt-street, in that town.  _ A collision occurred oh Tuesday morning on the Cortiwa4 Railway, near Liskeard, between two goods tains. One driver was greatly injured. An amnesty meeting was held at Hannastown, near Belfast, on Sunday. About 15,000 persons were present. Resolutions in favour of the movement were passed, and speakers recommended those present to vote only for candidates favourble to their cause. A letter from Mr. Thomas Maclure, M.P., declining to attend the meeting, was read amid great disapprobation. The death of Mrs. Ternan, the once popular actress, is announced. She will be remembered, says the Atltesaum, by old playgoers, as Miss Jarman. She made her debut at a very early age, and married Mr. Tatman, an actor and manager of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and other theatres. Of late years she was engaged with her daughters, the Misses Ternan, in the private theatricals organised by Mr. Charles Dickens. Mrs. Ternan died at Oxford, aged 71. _