The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1875-06-18 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

THE SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR.  On the 11th. Sevyid Bi,rghashb in Said was visited by Lord Salisbury, Lord Stanley of Alderley. Mr. Ward Flinn, and Lord liertford,who has already called on the principal membersiof the anite and the English gentlemen attached to his Highness's person. The Seyyid and suite, at about Intlll,lo four, paid a return visit to Lord Derby at the Foreign °Xi,. and drove on the embankment on their way up the Thames. At first they took it for sonic great dock. Driving back up Regent street and Oxford street, the Seyyid entered the park by the Marble Arch, and went down the drive, which wits not then very full, as the afternoon wits rainy. Nevertheless, he expressed great astonishment at the number of carriages and fine horses. Tho party was in three earriag, and comprised Dr. Badger, Dr. Kirk, and the principal members lif the Seyyas suite, including liaanin bin Salyman, who has now recovered front his slight indisposition. On Saturday the Lord Mayor of London paid or olicial visit to the Sultan at the Alexandra Hotel. Mr Disraeli visited the Sultan of Zanzibar on Saturda4 evening. :tad remained half an himr. Earl Beituelianti also hail an andienee with his I light i's.  During his drive I lining! tile West End theStiltanwas astonished at the display of flowers, carriages, and gay dresses in the park. " Verily," he remarked to Dr. Badger, " the preseat world is undoubtedly your, ; whether 11:e belt will be yonrs also is, to say the least, uneertain." In the 'vomiting; he said, For the sake if Allah. do conduct me somewhere to have my face taken, in order that 1 may be able to sbow a copy or it to the numerous face-takers (photographore who apply to me for it." It was accordingly arranged that he oh ld go to Messrs. Mmill and Co., of Piccadilly. Aso it, it appears, pleased him much. for like a true Arab he is fond of horses. 'We run our horses, too," he said, " but in a straight course, and never for money. We race them for the sake of emulation and for the glory of winning ; but fr.,1111 all 1 hear I fancy that many lass of rupees -vent from poeket to pocket at Ascot."  The roason of a short collection in it Missouri church W 3 s tliscovrrod not long 31411. It was found that tho cAlector had shoemaker's wax in the bottom of his bat. —Pictorial {l;,r/1,  Mr. William Davis, who has been an attendant at the British Museum since 1543, but ha.s practically fulfilled, for a long time past, ditties requiring considerable scientific acquirements for a salary which, after the lapse of thirty years, haul risen to the magnificent sum of some twenty-five shillings a week, was 4,n the !Itlt inst. appointed by the trustees an assistant in the Department of Geology.—Athenirlem. The female cousins of the King of Sweden are lively young ladies. Ilis Majesty has four or five .4 them unmarried, and a Stool:holm letter assures us that they make it practice of driving at a most furious speed through the city, overturning pedlars carts anti everything that comes in their way, and then amuse their sovereign relative by narrating the fun of the thing.— Pictorial World. Fired with the suesess of his " Galatea" waltz, the Duke of Edinburgh has entered the lists as composer of two soins for violin and violonsello respectively. a quintet, and a duet for violin and flute. It is pmsible that he may play his NlOlllll piece in public next winter, at one of the coneerts of the Albert Hall Amateur Orchestral St iciety. when it is to be Inoped that both the elmiposition anti its performanae will be criticised strictly on their merits, and without reference to the exalted rank of the Royal fiddler. - Figaro. A peculiar ease of poisoning occurred lately at Stettin. On the day before Whit-Sunday. is Auk, maker bought a felt hat. After wearing it, aft hough it did not press on his head, he had severe headache; anii an eruption appeared attended with swelling on his forehead, pr..ceeding to suppuration at stunt, parts. The eyes also became inflamed and almost closed; and the swelling extended more or less (iv, the whole face. The hat was placed in the hands of an official analyst, who found that the brown-loather lining was coloured with an aniline dye containing poison.—British Medical Journal. IhmTRPOINO SFICIDE AP t LincvErs.--A distressing case it suicide occurred near the village of Dalrymple, a few miles from Ayr, last week. A WI /Mall named Janet Goudie, or 3l'Kenzie, lost her husband about a year and a half ago, and since that time has shown se inpthms that her mind was seriously affected. She more than once threatened to eommit suieide, and in eonsequeneo of these threats her friends had her c‘nlyoyed to Ayr Dist rut Asylum, where, after euatum fur ab.,ut two muuth,, 86 sit niunli improved that she was sent Jun I le. Abollt tWO iii.,. the agO,ltt,wever, she had is relapse, and she was Aent bask to the asylum, from whieh she managed to effect her escape; and having 111,0,41igt ti the railway Niaduet. which (Tosses the IN ad near Dalrymple, she mounted the parapet and threw herself over on to the public road. Ti,.. height is great, and death was instantaneous. A man who was emerging from under the bridge made a narrow escape from hying struck the deseemling lusty, and the carriage of Sir Peter Coats, which was being driven along the ntad, was just pined Ilp in fline to prevent it from passing over deceased. The 11111.41,11M1131. WOIIIEIII was between 30 Ind 40 years lif age. ArrioN vo