Weekly News. — 1892-01-28 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

BOO. The council earnestly appeal to friends of the settlement to assist in raising this sum berme the close of the financial year, in March. The report gives a every interesting account of the many-sided labours of the Toynbee Hall settlers, in e locating and providing the means of recreation and enjoyment for the dwellers in Whitechapel, in inquiring into the conditions under which the poor n-ally live, and—perhaps most important of all— in faising the standard of living and of life by forming friendships among their poorer brothers. he excellent nature of the work done by the University Extension Society may he seen by the Ist of lectures delivered last year, which included the names of Dr. S. R. Gardiner, Dr Fison, and the Rev. P. H. Wicksteed. A series of smoking conferences held every Thursday through the winter (rid spring months was very popular and attracted lirge audiences almost entirely composed of worki g men. The Toynbee Travellers' Club made three t`Npeditions—to Switzerland in the summer, to I i.ty at Easter, and to Paris at Whitsuntide—all arranged at small cost. Excursions are also made f 'fluently by the Toynbee Natural History Society, while for the winter evenings there are plenty of entertainments, as well as the attractions of the several clubs formed in connection with the settlement. In concluding the report the council plead for new helpers with fresh energies to carry out the further developments for which there is so much scope.  Miss Anstruther, who has been married in Edinburgh to Mr. D. Mackay, the well-known Highland eroftor, is the granddaughter of the late Hon. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, of Seaforth, and great-granddaughter of the late Lord Seaforth. A terrible accident, by which six of the crew of the tug boat Abeille lost their lives, has occurred at Havre. lint as the Transatlantic mail steanier, the Normandie, was leaving port, the Abeille put ,ni full speed to pass in front. The captain had evidently miscalculated the speed of the Normandie, for the vfls-el ran into the tug and sank her tile crew were rescued, hilt six 0,1,er ,een, ,ut Usc. liv th.• rtpidity with which the 111 sank, were to .11,1 IV 10,11 with tier and lhe Nmioatisti. Wg:: if. if if niired.  An inquest has been held on the body of Thomas Taylor, aged 30, of independent means, who was found dead, shot through the heart, at the drown Hotel, Berkhampstead. Papers on the body sbewed that the deceased was in financial difficulties. The jury returned a verdict of suicide whilst of unsound mind.  Cardinal Manning has died quite a poor man, r:nsidering the position which he occupied. Something less than £3,000 in shares of the London ad South-Western Railway form the bulk of his property, and, after paying MT a loan contracted some years ago, the third of that sum is to be devoted to Catholic charities.  EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS AT RONIR  A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at Rome on Friday night. It caused one casualty, in the person of a man in bed with pneumonia, who, in terror at the shock, ran from the house, and, falling from weakness, struck his head on the pavement, and was killed. The material damage done in the capital, says the Standard correspondent, is slight; but it has been considerable in the surrounding hills and in the towns on the coasts. The inhabitants of Civita Lavinia camped out, and tnedi:eval tower fell there. burying two men, who were extricated alive. Serious damage was done at Oenzano. The shock was felt in a large number of towns in the Provinces of Perugia, Aquila, Caserta, and Benevento. A second shock, at. 3 a.m. on Saturday, was felt at Civita Lavinia, but it was only registered by the seismic instruments in the capital. The ecctre of the disturbance was not far from Rocca di Papa, probably in the extinct crater of the volcano which now forms the Lake Nemi. The Queen, who was at the theatre on Friday night, noticed the excitement in the upper part of the house, and remained calmly seated, thereby ensuring the cessation of the panic amongst the audience.