The Bee-Hive. — 1874-08-29 (London, England)

HOME NEWS.  WlLBußroncE BRYANT, of the firm of Brya..t and May, has promised tt pay the sum of t9OO, which is asked by the Commiseionere of Woods and Forests for the fee simple of piece of Crown land wijoining Victoria Thuk,.in nrAler that the ground. may be secured for the use of the  WEILLE kneeling before a cruci4 pitted on her prayer-honk, a it arried woman named Routleff, residing in Portland Town, recently rut her throat, inflicting on herself injuries of which she died some days afterwards. At the inquest a verdict of " Temporstry insanity", was returned.- Mn. W. 11. W. BETTY, WhO W5B formerly known as "the Young .floscius," died at his residence in London on Monday night, in the 83rd year of his age. He first appeared on the stage, when ,bout twelve years old, in August, 1803, and he retired from professional life in August, 1824.  -- WHILE some workmen were engaged on the foundations of two houses about to be rebuilt in Regent-street for Madame Louise, one of them came upon a box containing an antique silver-gilt (Malice, and a large number of old gold and silver coins in a good state of preservation. The 'chalice is richly chased, and has the monogram I. IL S." on the pedestal. ON Wednesday morning a destructive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. F. Cracknell, grocer, Union-street,' Southwark. The engines were soon on the spot, but the shop and its Contents were ultimately destroyed., -- At a meeting of the Hanley Town Council, the Mayor made allusion to the charge of inefficiency implied by. Mr. Greenwood„in the ,Daily Telegraph against the borough police in connection with the alleged man and dog fight, and Moved a resolution declaring the charge to be unfounded. lie expressed the fullest eonfbienee in the chief constable. After a brief discussion, in which it was remarked that not a single statement of Mr. Greenwood's in reference to the matter had stood the test of investigation, the resolutiun was carried unanimously.  AN atrocious case of assault was beard  before the Preston magistrates the other day. A child six years old, without having given any provocation, was knocked down with a stone thrown by a man, who kicked and stamped upon  the poor child with his foot. For three weeks after the outlage it was hardly able to walk, being partially paralysed. The man in custody was a  labourer, named Michael Mulloy, who was iclenti. fled by two witnesses as the assailant. He was remanded.  A wAooorr, forming part of a train to Blackburn, on Tuesday morning was found to be burning, and before the fire ould be extinguished three bales of cotton, with whieh it was loaded, were destroyed, and tVt remainder grea,ly damaged.  Tun Hon. Patrick George Bellew, gazetted to a sub.lieutenancy in the 20th Foot lad year, and who was heir-apparent to the estates of his father, Lord Bellew, of Barmeath, county Louth Ireland, committed suicide on Tuesday with a revolver. It is stated that the unfortunate young mall ha 4 recently given way to drinking, and that on tiunday last be bad shot at Capsain Butler, of the lath Regiment.  AT Gwennop, near Rodruth, a young woman nettled Davey was dangerously btabbed by her sweethemt, Henry Crowgie, whom she bad charged with paying too great attention to her sister.  Mu. P. Vivian, M.P., in delivering the inaugural address at the forty-second annual exhibition of the Rojal Cornwall Polytechnic Society at Falmouth, on Tuesday, expressed his belief that coariwould not return to the prices that prevailed before the rise two years since, and a hope that the attention of scientific societies would be directed to the prevention of the monstrous waste of fuel that was to be observed in every manufacture.  A TRAMP, named Westhall, has been remanded by the magistrates at Slough on charge of having set fire to four whe,it ricks, the property of Mr. King, farmer, on Friday last, doing damage to the amount of £