Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-05-12 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

WATCH CHAINS.—The small steel chain which win& round the fusee of a watch is about eight inches in length, and contains upwards of boo links, riveted together. It is not thicker than a horsehair, and the separate links cau but just be perceived with the naked eye. Modern invention has as yet discovered no substitute for this chain equal to its slenderness, strength, and flexibility. These watch chains are all manufactured at Christchurch, in I tants. The links are punched out by girls from plates of steel, and the very ung girls piekup the links and rivet one to the other. Watch.chaM manufacture has been the staple of Chriatchurch for nearly a century. POOR GIRL ! —An inquest has been held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, relative to the death of Hannah Connell, agml 17, who commtted sUcide by leaping into the Thames, at London Bridge. She was got out of the water alive, and put into a cab and taken to the hospital. On her way she Kahl to the person who took her. "Why di.l you not let nie die? I was an enc Mance to my father. He was not able te maintain me. He was a good, kind father." Her father in his evidence. mthl that he waw a clerk, and that the deceased WM his daughter by a itnit marriage. She was apprenticed to a dressmaker. .he was sent to live at a friend's, but a month ago she same back to live with the family. She took all his troubles to heart, and they preyed upon her mind. On Monday morning last he spoke to her, and said that he would be forced to make an alteration if she did not become more lively. She burst into tears and he kissed her. After this she went to a friend's house and took leave of bin:, saying, "I ninet go, I must go." She stood ontside their house, Raving, "1 must go." She was net seen again until she had thrown herself into the river. The coroner having xi:turned up, the jury returned a verdict of 'Suicide whilst in a state of unweind mind." A F ter MsKRR,—Ferope, which usually sends itnarti3trs into rill parts of the world, has jest received one from America, who in detained to a large anionfit of 11,11,,,1M in Pane; the artist in queation is what is called, in theatrical language, a grime, or facednaker. The talent of t his, mingular grinumier conaiNts in imitating the brads of celebrated historical personages. lie places himself behind a frame hidden with a white cloth, and beside a table covered with wigs, false beards, and paint brushes. As soon as his toilette is made, he end remaii  - - _ • WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT ; FOR! It adds to the bitterness of our reflections on this subject that there loin litUv.MiA a popular party suffi- ' ently enlightened to seethe wickedness of war, though not sufficiently powerful to secure the maintenance of pence (says the Times, in a leader). That country, which must now be charged with the chief responsibility for the impending troubles, is one of the I best administered in Europe. The Prussians are ' well-educated, intelligent, thrifty, industrious, and enterprising. They have as many motives for avoiding war as a people could have. They have only one motive for embracing it, and that is the same motive which guided the barbarous armies of the Goths and Huns. They want to take what does not belong to them. Count Bismark probably thinks that, besides securing the two Danish Duchies, he may get other pickings out of the w.ir. The smaller States of Germany may be broken up and overrun in the 01,11tfil, of the struggle, and the Power which comes out strongest in the end may find many opportunities of further aggrandizement. These considerations are apparently sufficient to determine the policy of Prussia. If the people, or any section of the people, are of a wiser uffild, they are either too weak or ow undecided to prod ice any effect upon the result. The Government of Berlin sees a prospect of advantage of European war, and is prepared to run the risks of the game. Of ITALY it can only be said that the sentiment of  ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION of