Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1862-06-11 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

CHINESE SUICIDE.—A curious instance of this occurred at Canton, some years ago, in the ease of a young accomplished girl, who had been unfortutirtely married to a brutal husband. When on a visit to her parents, she complained to a small party of her unmirtiel isters and cousins of the misery she endured, and declared her intention of drowning herself. "Oh !" said these young •• if that is married life, we shall drown ourselves loo." So they all joined hands together, and, walking into a fishpond. became brides of death.—" Sia Weeks in a Tower," in Black sound's Magazine. A curious attempt at murder in Westminster opens a strange vista into the lingering superstitions of older times. A young man, named Charles Tillbrook, was charged with attempting to murder his grandmother, a highly intelligent old woman, upwards of srventy-fire years of age The plisoner. who seems to have been a soldier, and to have borne a good chsracter, though he was discharged for some sitknoisn cause admitted the charge, but mllenly pleaded that she was not fit to live at all—that he had reason to know that she was in daily intercourse with the devil, "I know," be added, "yin d ) not believe in spirits in what you are pleased to call th a very enlightened age. Enlightened ! I call it a eery dirk age, and that toowon is a direct agent of the devil—a witch." Magistrate (to the prisoner's father-inlaw)—Have you over had any reason to believe the prisoner is insane/  Witness.—No, sir. Prisoner.—l am as sane as that man at any rate. There is no insanity about me. DISLIKE Or FREDERICK TOE GREAT TO LONG Names. —An old nobleman once solicited permission, in compliance with the will of a lady who had left him a large fortune to add her name to his own. "The man has a RAMC already" replied Frederick, " what does lie want two." General Zarernba hod* long Polish name. F. ederick had heard of it and one ri.,y said to him—" Wha, iv your proper name, Z cremba ? " The General repeated it at full length. " Why" exclaimed Frederick, •• the Devil himself has not got such a name " " No, your majesty," replied Zaremba drily, '' but then he three not belong to my family." AN INTERESTING FIGIft.—A gentleman while walking in the fields at Trough, in Clare, on Monday, in company with friend, was attracted by a noire in a field borderlog on the road. On mounting a bank which hid tips field from view, he says, " I became an interested spectator of the following novel fight :—A fine ewe. with two lamba, one on each side of her, was standing resisting the attacks of a large dog fox, who was attempting to get at the lambs, no doubt with the intention of treating his wife and fancily to a Moe lamb supper. For nearly ten minutes my friend and I stood watching, with breathless astonishment, this strange scene. At one time the fox would make a dash at one of the lambs, when the ewe, forgetting its usual timidity, and inspired with courage in defence of itsyoung, would put down her head, and butt savagely at her natural adversary. Thefox, baffled in its first attempt, would then run round, and try to sure the other lamb, bat the mother, quick as thought, would then turn round, and again meet her adversary with her hard and woolly head. The foe then retired a short distance, sat on his brush, and cenimenced barking, with the evident intention of frightening away the mother, so that he might seize at least one lamb for domestic purposes. At this moment the male parent of the two innocents, attrained to the spot by sly Heynard'a musical bark, mole his appearance, and seeing at a glance what had happened, made a rush at his enemy, put down his head, and would no doubt have destroyed him, only Iteynard, seeing his now fe, and fancying the numbers too many for him, and that discretion was the best part of valour, ran away, leaving the ram the undoubted victor of the field."  Mr.