The Bee-Hive. — 1872-11-16 (London, England)

THE WEEK'S NEWS.  Tom Smith, aliag Kelly, a tramp, was charged before the magistrate at Valley, Bangor, on Monday with a murderous assault at Presaddred on Friday. Prisoner presented himself at the door of Captain King and begged assistance. Being refused by the servant, he struck her on the head with a hammer, nearly killing her, and then, rushing into the house, felled Captain King, who is 81 years of age, in the same manner. A cry of murder from the other female servants alarmed the assassin, who decamped, and was not secured till Saturday night. Prisoner, who has been previously convicted, was remanded.  In the Chamber of Commerce at Bradford on Monday, Mr. Behrens complained that the new French Treaty, so far as he could make it out, many important passages being ambiguously worded, would be very injurious to the trade of Bradford. England, instead of being the most favoured nation, would be the least favoured up to 1876. Before coming to any resolution, the Chamber decided to ask the Foreign Office for explanations on some of the doubtful clauses.  The snow-drift at Balmoral on Monday and the greater part of Sunday was all but blinding, and the snow now lies at considerable depth. It is said that the Queen has ordered her sledge to be put in readiness.  Iter Majesty the Queen of Holland left Frampton Court, Dorchester, for London on Monday morning.  It was resolved at the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce on Monday to forward a memorial to-her Majesty's Ministers praying for free tra/le in banking as in other branches of trade, and declaring that the monopoly of banking in Scotland, created by the act of 1845, is injurious alike to traders, manufacturers, and depositors.  Eighteen charges arising out of the Licensing Act disturbances came before the stipendiary magistrates at Hull on Monday, and were dealt with by sentences of imprisonment ranging from tbirty days to six months. In four oases there were options of fines varying from 40s. to X 5.  At Manchester, a verdict of "Wilful murder and suicide while in an unsound state of mind" was returned on Monday, by the coroner's jury against Annie Gurlin, 29, a widow who poisoned herself and her little girl, ,-"Ada Millicent Gurlin, under three years of age, by prussic acid on Saturday. The deceased woman, who was greatly depressed in mind after the loss of her husband recently, obtained the poison a fortnight ago by falsely representing that she was the wife of a photographer, and in this deception she was assisted by a woman named Walker. The jury coupled with their verdict a recommendation that Walker should be prosecuted.  Colonel Holden, a supporter of Conservatism and for many years in command of the South Notts Yeomanry, died at Nottingham, on Monday.  It transpired on Monday that the beautiful lecternused in Sandringham Church on Sunday was a thanksgiving memorial for the recovery of the Prime of Wales, presented by the Princess on his Royal Highness's birthday. The lectern is in the form of a brass eagle with outstretched wins, bearing on the breast a red cross, and having beneath the inscription "To the glory of God. A thank-offering, 14th December, 1871. Alexandra. When I was in trouble I Called upon the Lord, and He heard me.'— Psalm exx., verse 1."  Seven seamen, sent home under arrest by the British consul at Bahia, were on Monday charged at Southampton with attempting to scuttle the ship John Prill, of Whitehaven, on the high seas in August last. Seven attempts *ere made during the voyage from Cardiff to Bahia to sink the ship by boring holes in her, and at last the captain, to intimidate the crew, destroyed the only boat he had. Prisoners were remanded, awaiting instructions from the Board of Trade, who have the consul's depobi Prince Christian of Holstein arrived at Dresden on Sunday with an autograph letter from Queen Victoria congratulating the King and Queen of Saxony upon the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. The Emperor and Empress of Germany left Dresden on Monday evening.  The French Assembly met on Monday at Versailles, and there was a good attendance of *embers i , ncluding M. Thiers, M. Gambetta, M. Rouher, the Due d'Aumale, and the Prinoe de Joinvill:e. M. Grevy announced that he bad received a letter from Prince Napoleon protesting against his expulsion from France. The letter was referred to the Petitions Committee, after some remarks from the member for Corsica.