Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1882-02-04 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

HINDOO WIDOW-S.—The Indian Mirror observes that the custom of widow-marriage among the Hindoosis fast taking root in most parts of ludia, where but a few years ago the idea of such remarriages was repugnant and considered tantamount te apostacy from the ancestral religion and the firat step towards denationalisation. In Bombay, in Bengal, and in the Punjaub especially, the number of widow marriages is staled to be increasing every year. Madre., though comparatively behindhand in reforms, has also begun 14/ show signs of stirring in the Same direction. A healthier spirit of right and duty (adds the sameauthority) is growing up among our country with toe general dal usion of edliceLiell, and wail tile declining influence of tradi110oal but unreasonable Dreindicee.  us beCNET 00CINTINS.—Atihtnaman who nut belong to a secret society has very little owl of proopering. There are few who are un„Li...oiled—mostly men from isolated villages in Omni, trout which there are not immigrants enough o forum a lioey. Such a man may possibly hos iiiitheted, but he cannot grow rich. If he keeps mote, no guildsman will buy of him; if he plies it sampan, he may find it scuttled some day, without Ihe slightest chance of redress. If a society man , fasi ens a quarrel on him he is ruined, and bad oec,cr leave before he is murdered. The worst feature of the society, if possible, is the protection it afford. to all its members, it matters not what crime they may have committed. Not many years ogo a wealthy Oiliness merchant WAS murdered in the middle of the day on Beach Street, the busiest ougnfare in Penang. The murderer was a hired assassin belonging to the •• Ghee Hin Bongs.. " He celled his victim to the door, plunged a dsager twice into his side, and darted through the crowded streets into the dark lanes of the Mace() quarter close at band. A thorough and immediate search was made by • the police and the filende of the murdered item. A large reward was then offered for tile apprehension of the assassin. Yet, though he was known to be within a space of only u few hundred square yards in area, he could not be Sound. And yet this man was simply paid to do the murder. He had no grudge against the victim, end hie employer was ,vehemently suspected of being a .11MII who did not belong to the society at all. The assiteisin was no doubt quietly shipped off to Chitii in a junk some time afterward. Many similar caees might be cited to prove the unwavering tidelity of the members to the bond of union subsisting between thew. They will risk their liberty, and even their Sires for one another without hesitation. Indeed, if one brother betrayed another in a case of this kind, his life would not be worth an hour's purchase ; and ...udders are in little less danger. If they aid in the arrest of a guildsman they are almost certain to exper.ence the vengeance of the society sooner or later; and the mere ill-will of the guild usually means ruin. When a member has committed a grave crime and requires the protection of his brethren, all lie does is to cut off a lock of hair and tie it to his arm. He simply has to show this to obtain a ploys of concealment or means of escape. Hence, wiien members of a secret society commit crimes, it is silliest impossible to find even a clue to the perpetrators. Detectives are useless, and rewards are uttered to no purpose.  Success makes us soon target the tight we mado to attain it.  Poverty wants soros, luxury many, and avarice all things. A writer who attempts to live outhe manufacture of his imagination io continually coquetting witu starvation.  Beware what you say of others, because you only revral yourself thereby. A man doesn't &Intik to look behind the door unless he bas sometime. ..nod there himself.  Mr. William Moss, a retired butcher, and owner of a good deal of property in the neighbourhood et ratudon, has committed suicide by hanging hirawilf„ The Goldsmith's Company have again presented the Royal Atadetny of Music with asu, the third donation this company bus given to the Academy. Mr. tieorge Moncilwan, one of tho oldest. fellows 5f the Hord College ot Surgeons in lfmgland, has just died at Matching, near liarlow. fie ass born in 1797. - -•  With reference to the refusal of the Oldham cotton-spinners to give an advance of wages, L has been resolved to submit the question to distrwL nettinge of the operatives. At a meeting of the Police Committee of the Cot, ?oration of tne City of London, Alderman tar -.Lades Whetbam waa unanimously re-elected ihairman for the naming year. - .  Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rintoul, late Major mlf-pay, 16th Lancera, and formerly of the eth Dragoon Guards, has been appointed • deputyieutenant for Wm) Tower iirmleto.