Glasgow Courier. — 1853-11-24 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

VENTILATOR.—Fire is the great agent that should ho employed for the ventilation of sewers Properly applied it must necessarily cause the entire destruction of all unhealthy and offensive exhalations therefrom. For the ventilation of a given extent of sewerage there- aliould be constructed a shaft in the most convenient situation, with which a furnace should be connected, and so contrived that the whole supply of air necessary for the combustion of the fuel employed in it would be drawn entirely from the sewers to be ventilated.— Correepondent of the Builder. CARDINAL WlSEMAN.—Cardinal Wiseman is still at Rome, whither he went front Paris, after attending at the translation of the relics of St. Theodoaia at Atneins. It is considered more than probable that he will not return again to England. His health is said to have suffered considerably from the severity of his labours in England since the establishment of the Papal hierarchy ; and a growing opinion is, we understand, prevalent in Armsful Catholic circles, that the Pope will employ him in some high diplomatic post at Rome, instead of sending hint back to superintend the affairs of the Roman Catholic Church in England. A COUNTERFEIT Beer.—During the last few cold nights a woman has been begging in Oxford Street, Manchester, apparently with a little child, well muffled up in her cloak ; and, as she was very importu ' nate and annoyed many decent people, a policeman took her to the police-station, and it was there found that the baby was made of shavings wrapped up with rags into something like an infantile form. She was Wife befardr the untgistrates at the city Police-court; and, as she assured the bench that she had several real children in the town, and would immediately go back to Liverpool with them, she was discharged.— Mane/seater Examiner. MURDER AND INFANTICIDE —A frightful Crime was committed at Figueras, in Spain, on the 9th. A man and his wife, who had long been on bad terms, had a violent quarrel, during which the husband took up his youngest child, aged four years, and threw it out of the window into the street. He then, with a hatchet, inflicted three dreadful wounds on the bead of his wife. A gamekeeper, armed with a carbine, came up and called the Irian to surrender ; but he refused, and taking his gun, fired at the gamekeeper, but missed him. The gamekeeper than discharged his carbine, and shot the man through the head. The mother and child were taken to the hospital, with no hope of recovery.--Golignani. NEw DOCKS e Imenoe.—The project of forming extensive docks on the Surrey side of the Thames, at or near Rotherhithte to be entitled the Wellington Docks, is being proceeded e ith. The trade of the port of London requires much more dock accommodation than at present exists. The site of the new docks will be about a mile from London Bridge, on an area of about 150 acres, where it is intended to form, in addition to import and export docks, others for the accommodation of steamers and colliers engaged in the coasting and general local trade of the kingdom. It is also intended to construct dry docks for repairing and overhauling vessels. To carry these objects into effect a capital of £1,000,000 is required, which it is proposed to raise in £25 shares. A rellAY WITH POACHERs.—Between 12 and I o'clock on Friday morning last, two of the watchers on the estate of Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P., came up with two poachers, emerging from a wood. John Knaggs, under keeper, approached the poachers, Is lieu one of them bade him keep back, saying, If you move a step farther, I will shoot you,' and immediately fired at Knagg's who, undaunted by the fellow's intimidation, had advanced. Thu contents of the gun la the keeper in the left side, wounding him severely, but fortunately a powder flask in his pocket received a great part of the charge. Knaggs, in self-defence, fired, but probably without effect, as the poachers instantly disappeared, running in opposite directions, leaving a cloth cap behind them The wounded keeper was takea by his fellow-watcher to a neighbouring farm-house, where the poor man lies in a precarious state.—Hall Pocket.