Glasgow Courier. — 1862-05-29 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

EDUCATION. —Twenty years ago nly 67 in every 100 men who married in England gned their names upon the register, and 51 in every 00 women; and 13 years later the per centage was ut 69.6 of the men and 56.1 of the women; but in le last seven years, a period which probably shows its marriages the result chiefly of the education r the years 1840-1845, or thereabouts, the advance as been much greater, and the Registrar-General :ports that in 1860 tly: proportion of men writing neir names had risen to 74.5, and of women to 3.8. The New Oriental Bath Company of London, in -ictoria Street, Westminster, founded by the wellnown Dr Barter, the original introducer of the 'urkiah bath into the United Kingdom, has opened establishment The new company is Irish from Ipha to omega. Lord Fermoy, the member for larylebone, is the chairman; most of the directors re Irishmen; so also is Dr Barter, while the brogue f the shampooers is unmistakable. The Rev. Arundell Blount Walton, curate of St. leorge's, Hanover Square, was riding in the Regent's 'ark, when his horse suddenly shied, started off at furious pace, and threw him against a post. He ras picked up insensible, conveyed to the Middlesex lospital and there died. He was highly respected, .nd the influential members of his congregation had natters • the erection of a church for  4 ill program for Mayfair.  tor the bly be 1  from the contest in  Kidderminster. The Express says that the Earl of Derby's health still causes anxiety. Captain Collinson, R.N. C. 8., has been elected an Elder Brother of the Trinity House. Mr Serjeant Shoe is said to have gone to Shrewsbury as a candidate for the vacant seat. Mr John Hogg, fruiterer, of Preston, has been committed for trial on a charge of forgery. It is announced that the British Crown declines to accept the sovereignty of the Fiji Islands. There was a review and sham fight at Aldershott on Friday before the Japanese Ambassadors. 40,000 to 50,000 of the Birmingham and Midland Foresters intend visiting the Exhibition in a body. The Countess Dowager of Morton and the Ladies Douglas have arrived in Lower Brook Street, London, from Italy. Mr Talbot, nephew of Earl Talbot and Shrewsbury, has come forward at Kidderminster on moderate Conservative principles. The Japanese Ambassadors left Londom on Monday on a visit to Newcastle. They are likely to extend their journey to Scotland. The skiff match, between Clasper and Drewitt, for £2OO a aide, came oft on Monday at Newcastleupon-Tyne, when Clasper beat his opponent. On Friday, at Bristol, Mr Joseph Chinnock, an undertaker, &c., was fined in £550, and Mr John Mecllaw £5OO, forbeing found in possession of an illicit still and apparatus. Mr John NoLler, aged 54, builder, of St. George's in the East, has committed suicide by drinking upwards of half a pint of laudanum. Lord and Lady Methuen have arrived in London. His Lordship has taken a residence in Lowndes Square for the season. An attempt is being made to induce the lady patronesses of the once-famous Almack's to use their influence to revive these charming reunions. A pot-dealer in Leeds, named 'Smith—a reckless infidel lecturer—has recently taken his own life in a most determined manner. Five years after the filing of his petition, the heir apparent of the earldomof Wicklow, W. G. Howard, has received his discharge at the Insolvent Court. On Wednesday night a gentleman, named G. Schirmer, from Ifamburgh, who had visited, the metropolis to see the Exhibition, shot himself dead in Kensington Gardens. Mr Stevenson, trainer of Old Calabar, has published an affidavit, in which he declares that he has not benefited or gained, either directly or indirectly, by the 2,000 guineas for which his horse was scratched.  It is asserted that the Vaccination Act is to be simplified. One third at least of the medical profession ignore the provisions of the act; those who comply with its directions do so always unwillingly and under protest. A person named Milne, of respectable standing at Barton-on-Trent, was detected the other day in the act of committing suicide in a railway train at the Birmingham station. He was conveyed to the hospital in a precarious state. It is stated that our Government has refused to concede the demand of the cabinet of Washington, for the restoration of the ship Emilie St Pierre, which was so cleverly re-captured by her captain, (Wilson,) from a Federal prize crew. An American farmer came over to Liverpool on Thursday. He changed notes for £lOO in gold, and went on to Manchester. In the evening he was eased of his money in Manchester by some female companions he met and entertained. The strike of colliers at Over Darwen, in Lanceshire, has terminated, after lasting five months. During that period nearly 200 colliers and their drawers have been maintained by the colliers in the northern district who have been in employment. In the Court of Bankruptcy on Friday, in the matter of the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company, the alleged debt of the petitioners, Messrs Baxter, Rose & Co., amounting to £6Bl, having been paid under protest, th 3 petition was dismissed. Tug