The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-07-23 (London, England)

THE ALEXANDRA.—On Sunday last the screw steamer Alexandra, of which so much stir was lately made in the Court of Queen's Bench, sailed from the Mersey, for Nassau. The Alexandra's name has been changed to that of the Mary; and, instead of being, as it was first supposed, a • Confederate gunboat, she is now, writes a Liverpool correspondent, aregular cargo vessel. A deputation from the city of London, introduced by Mr. Weguelin, and consisting of Mr. C. Bell, Mr. R. Heatley, Mr. F. Davis, and Mr. John Hegan, had an interview with Earl Russell at the Foreign Office on Friday, on the subject of the seizure of the Chincha Islands by Spain. A deputation from Liverpool had also an interview with Earl Russell on Friday upon the same sub. tact. The deputation was introduQed by Mr. Horsfall, M.P.., Mr. Ewart, M.P., and Mr. C. 'Turner, M.P. ; and consisted of Mr. C. Holland, Mr. C. Rowe, Mr. D. Duncan, Mr. T. Wilson, and Mr. R. Brocklehurst. YOOR IRELAND r—bir Hobert reel says that tile rarmers of Ireland have £14,000,000 sterling in banks, and, despite all that has been lately said and written, there are abundant evidences of the growing prosperity of the country. Only give it rope enough—of course we mean time enough—and all will be well. _  To the remarks made in our last week's "Gossip" about Mr. Tennyson's forthcoming volume, we are now enabled to add a few further particulars, which we are sure will be of interest to the poet's many admirers, Those who have been permitted a glance at the proof sheets say that Laureate's fame will not suffer by the appearance of this his latest effort. The piece which will, it is anticipated, be the greatest favourite in the volume, is the "Northern Farmer," written in the dialect of Lincolnshire, the poet's own country. It is said to be worded with a care and accuracy that would bring balm to the heart of a philologist like Prince Lucienßonaparte, and abounds with peculiar humour—a quality which Mr. Tennyson has recently hitherto exemplified in only a very slight degree.—London Review. SUICIDE THROUGH JEALOUSY, AT YORK, - On Frio, morning, Mary Owen, a woman who cohabited with a horse-collar maker, named Jno. Scullard. of 24, Albertstreet, died from the effects of roison. Scullard, up to three weeks ago, had a young girl named Charlotte Dickson, working with him m the house, and of the connection between these two, the deceased, who was of drunken habits, had become jealous. She became low spirited, as she said, on this account, and threatened self-destruction. On Thursday night, while Scullard was workingin the back kitchen, she slipped out and bought three pennyworth of poison. She took it home, and holding the cup in which it was contained up for Scallard to see, she said" I've got it," and then drank off the contents. She lived until about eleven o'clock the next morning. The jury, at an inquest which was held over the body, brought m a verdict to the effect that deceased had taken poison whilst labouring under temporary insanity,  An interesting discovery nas just men UMW at Anger. vile, in a property belonging to M. Berryer. A labourer in digging brought to light a stone coffin, in the form ol an angel, containing the remains of a human skeleton reduced to dust. Several articles of value were likewise in the coffin. M. Berryer, unfortunately, was not at once apprised of the discovery. But he succeeded in recovering a large bronze bowl, beautifully sculptured; the fragments of a silver basin, completely oxydised; a large chased gold ring, but wanting the stone which had been set in it (this was a work of the Lower Empire) ; a very large horn comb richly ornamented; sonic) broken glass vessels; and a coin of the realm of the Emperor Graben. This coffin, discovered not far from a very ancient road, appears not to have been alone. M. Berryer has given prders to dig the ground all round, to discover whether It was not a burial place of the last period of Roman do' minion in Gaul.  Vn Thursday, the Bishop of _Ripon consecrated the Church of St. Stephen, Rashcliffe, Huddersfield. The church has been built on land presented by Mr. Bentley. Shaw, and Mr. R. J. Bentley, from plans by Messrs. , Blackmoor and Mitchell-Withers, of Sheffield and Rotherham. The cost is from £2,200 to £2,300; and there are seats for six hundred persons, three hundred of them free sittings. The style of the edifice is the early decorated. The plan of the church is cruciform, and consists of nave, 80ft. long, and 24ft. wide; and transepts of the came width. The interior is well-proportioned, the roof open-timbered, and all the woodwork (including the stall seats) is stained, and the chancel floor is laid with encaustic WO. The church was crowded during the ceremow..