The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1876-01-01 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

ALICE DAY'S STORY.  Alice Day, the ballet girl who was in company with Henry Wainwright, the Whit echapel murderer, on the eventful day of his arrest for the crime for which he has suffered the extreme penalty of the law, has given to the world an autobiography. Doubting the veracity of Alice Day's statements, and learning that Mr. Henry Montague, of Henglera Circus, had been in Glasgow at the time when Alice Day alleged that she had been here in connection with Quaglieni's Hippodrome, we (Glasgow News) made inquiries for the purpose of ascertaining whether any additional particulars could be obtained as to her exploits in the equestrian line. At an interview with the son of the circus manager mentioned, Mr. Quaglieni stated that he had been with his father when he made his last appearance in Glasgow. He had seen the report of Alice Day's experiences in Glasgow in connection with his father's circus, and it was not true. His father never had a hippodrome in Glasgow, and never had an entertainment of any kind on the green. The story of Alice Day where she speaks of having been in danger front a lioness in his father's concern was untrue. His father never had a lioness in Glasgow. There was likewise no truth in the account given of the balloon ascent. In her autobiography Alice Day has called herself "Senorita Soltanelh, the renowned equestrienne," but no person of that name had ever been connected with his father's establishment. In the alleged autobiography his father had been called " Pat Quigley," and it was further stated that he was known to fame as "Signor Quaglieni." The first statement was most untruthful. His father's name by birthright was Antonio Quaglieni, and he was never known by any other. He had now retired, and was living on his estate, Corso Quaglieni, Brescia, Italy. His people had too much respect for him to call him "Pat Quigley." So far as his father's name was concerned, Alice Day's story was absolutely without foundation. It was false in every particular. From what Mr. Quaglieni has stated, Alice Day's autobiography, as far as Glasgow, is concerned, loses a vast deal of its interest: and if, judging from the above information, the remaining incidents of her life are equally authentic, the work which she has given to the world deserves a prominent place in the standard library of modern fiction,  The seven rattlesnakes of thenardin des Plantes in Paris have all died of cold this winter.  PAITITY or SAitous.—Some of the ships of the Pacific station have become s 6 short-handed in c.msequence of discharges. desertions, and deaths that it has been found neoetwary to arrange .for the troopship Liiiiinot to convey a large number ot seamen and mails to Colon, whence they will proceed a:tn)ss the isthmus. The breakers have commenced to work upon the remains of the Goliath. Nothing but metal it, left, and the workmen have found many penco, supposed to has e been the small stores of the nearly :00 boys who formed the ship's ci.mpany. Application has been made by the managers for another ship in place of the Goliath. T.' TANurium—Teuders for raising the Vanguard are invited. as the Admiralty has given up the attempt with the staff of dockyard divers and appliances. At the Birmingham Police Court, Wm. Collins, landlord of the Fox and Dogs, Holt street, ha- heen fined .t 5 and costs for harbouring a policeman during improper hours.