The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald

MELANCHOLY DEATH CF 1 YOUBG LADY, One evening last week, about six or seven o'clock, a young lady named Isabella Nay lor, the daughter of Mr. Naylor, York-place, Brighton, left her home, L;ppa,rently in excellent health and spirits. She did. not, however, return at night, and some alarm -was consequently felt for her safety, as it was well known she had suffered from fits, and it was feared that some? thing might have happened to her. Information was given to the officials in Brighton, arid a handbill, stat- ing the case, and giving a description of her, was z? issued. Sergeant Baldwin, who is stationed at Pres- ton, received information that there was a female in the neighbourhood of Preston and Patcham who was acting very strangely. Having been informed that a young lady was missing from Brighton, he at once concluded that it was the same person, and with five or six other men he went e-ut to make a search. The whole neighbourhood was completely scoured, and not a pond or well, or any place which was likely to conceal her, was passed without a minute ex* animation. The hills were searched, and pre- sently a portion., of female attire was dis- covered, and Sergeant Baldwin kept his lantern on, in order to give the unfortunate young lady aa oppor- tunity of retracing her steps, if she had chosen to do so, to a place of safety. Instead, however, of approach" ing the light, it is supposed that she actually ran away from it, and completely undressed herself, as she did so, for, as a closer search was made, tke whole of a woman's garments were found at different places on the hill. The search was kept up till late, but no signs of the missing person could be found. Serjeant Bald- win then proceeded to Brighton to communicate with her friends, and at day-break again made a search over the hills. The last piece of attire which was found was a pair of boots, a pair of stockings, drawers, and a chemise, and these were nearly half a mile from where the first things were found. The search was most perseveringly carried on, a,nd ultimately the body, which was identified as that of Miss Nay lor, was found quite naked and dead in a ploughed field between Patcham and Stanmer Park. She was lying on her back and must have run fully a mile after she had completely undressed herself. The deceased wa;- t venty-six years of age.

Money Market CITY, OCT. 23.—The stock markets to-day are steady, although there is still a great deficiency of business. The funds have experienced a recovery of | per cent. The Con" federate Loan has given way, while Spanish Passive Bonds and Certificates have improved. Financial shares are heavy and lower. Other securities have not variedmnch. Pre- parations for the fortnightly settlement have commenced. Consols are now quoted 89j¡ to J for money, and 89J- to f for the account (November 10). The official busines8 report is as follows: Three per Cent. Consols, for money. 89-i, 89; ditto, for account, 89t, ii, i; Three per Cents. Re- duced, 87|, i; New Three per Cents., 87i, f, | J; India Stock, 214; ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 105f, 104J; Exchequer Bills, March, 10s, 6s dis.; ditto June, 15s, 12s, 17s dis.— The railway market is inactive to-day, and most of the principal stocks are quoted the same as yesterday. London and North Western stock is now quoted 113t to 114J; Great Western, 741 to t; Midland, 130f to 131t; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 113 to t; Caledonian, 123 to 124; South Eastern, 82f to 83J Great Eastern, 43f to 441: Great Northern, 1294 to 130i; London and South Western, 94 to 96; and Metro- politan, 111 to t.

The Corn Trade SIAEK-LANE, OCTOBER 24—Prices for English Wheat were not lower at this day's market, although a more plentiful supply and a slow trade: new white at 39s to 45s, and red at 35s to 40s per quarter, several parcels being unsold at the close of business, although quality and condition first-rate. Foreign dealt in with caution, many parcels on offer, and prices easier, ranging at 35s to 44s, and choice 45s to 47s, The terms accepted for American were 38s to 44s, and the contracts concluded immaterial. There was not much business, trajisa.or,ed in floating cargoes of wheat.-Flour met about the usual sale, at rates ranging for town-made at 33s to 40s country, 27s to 31s; French and Spanish, 33s to 353 per sack; and American, 20s to 23s per barrel.-A fair business was concluded in Barley, but at low terms, malting only realising 23s to 35s; distilling and grinding, 24s to- 27s per quarter.—The Malt trade is without briskness, and D disposition evinced to sell: pale at 58,3 to 65s, and brown at 50s to 52s.-For Oats the market continues firm, although a large supply, demand, however, active; rates ranged for English and Irish at 17s to 24s Scotch, 20s to 25s 6d; and Foreign, 17s to 24s.—Maize met a fair sale at 28s to 30s.— Beans have again rather fallen in value, small English selling- at 37s to 42s; middling- size, 353 to 37s; large 33s to 35s; and Egyptian, 32s to 35s.-Peas not much wanted, and rates in purchasers' favour: white and pearl selling at 38s to 41s blue, 40s to 49s; and grey, 36s to 38s.—The down ward movement continues in the Linseed trade, 57s to 5SE being acceptcd for Odessa, and East India, 58s to 63s.— Many transactions in Rapeseed, and rates stiff, ruling for Bombay at 58s to 65s; Calcutta, 55s and Madras' 58s to 59s. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 25.—Market moderately attended. Wheat having been pressingly offered for sale, prices have gone down 2d per cental. Flour slow sale, at nominal rates, Indian Com receded to 26s for prime Danubian, but llttle passing. Oats and Oatmeal unchanged. TALLOW, OCT. 26.-The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 41s 9d, net cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 40s December, 41s; January to March, 42s March, 43s. COTTON, LIVERPOOL, OCT. 26.-1farket steady, with a good inquiry; sales probably 12,000 bales prices still favour holders. FOPS, BOROUGH, OCT. 26.—Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report a very active demand for all fine and middling mples of the new growth, four-fifths of which are already sold. Choice samples are very scarce, and fully 5s per cwt dearer. HAY, SMITHFIELD, OCT. 25.—Messrs. Harvey and Easton report trade firm at the following prices:—Prime meadow hay, 80s to HOsj clover, old, 100s to 130s; ditto new, second cut, 90s to 110s straw, 27s to 32s. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, CovENT-aABDEN.—Thf market is still crowded with all kinds of hardy fruit in season, especially pears, of which there is abundance of ad- mirable specimens. Grapes are likewise sufficient for the demand. Of pine apples there is but a limited supply. Kent filberts and cobs fetch from 70s to 80s per 1001bs. New- walnuts are very plentiful, and oranges begin to make their appearance. Tomatoes are large and fine. For Potatoes there is a heavy sale. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids, heaths, asters, fuchsias, mignonette, and roses. Pineapples per lb, 6s to 8s; Grapes, per lb, Is to 5s; Peaches, per aoz.~ 6s to 18s; Nectarines, ditto, 2s to 6s; Melons, eacn* Is to 4s Figs, per doz., Is Od to 2s Od; Plums per | sieve, 2s to 4s Pears, per doz., Is 6dto 3s Oranges, pr. 100, 0s 12s; Lemons, pr 100,6s to 12s; Nuts, Barcelona, do l'l • Brazil, do. 16s; Almonds, do., 183 to 20s; Apples per Is Od to 2s; Cabbages, per doz., Is to 2s; Pot-atx York Regents, per ton, 60s to 80s; Rocks, do., 4>- to 1. Flukes, 60s to 90s; Carrots, per bunch, 4d to 9d; Tur' u=' per bunch, 6d to 8d; Cucumbers, each, 4d to Is; Beet, 1 >o-* doz., Is 6d to 2s; Shalots, per lb., 8d; Garlic, par lb., Lettuces, each, Id to 2d; Endive, per score, if- to ■ Horseradish, per bunch, Is to 4s; Mushrooms, per pott, Is to Is 9d; Parsley, per 12 bunches, 3s to 4s Herbs, DC. bunch, 6d.

Cattle Market. METROPOLITAN, OCTOBER 24.—The number of is considerably smaller than on Monday last; still, however' it is large. Choice qualities are again scarce, and full prices are obtained for them. The supply of sheep is also smaller, but fully equal to the demand. Trade is very dull, and it is only in a few instances that prices are higher. Calves art- selling about the same as on Thursdaj^. From Germany anr" Holland there are 4,060 beasts, 9,280 sheep, 335 calves and 110 pigs. Spain, 140 beasts; Ireland, 560; and 1 840 for the Northern and Midland Counties. Per stone of 81bs. s. d. s. d Per stone of 81bs. b. i. a. d. Best tocots, Hfds. 5 0 5 4 Best Long-wools 4 8 5 0 Best Short-horns 4 8 5 0 Do. do. shorn 0 0 0 0 2nd. qual. beasts 3 0 3 8 Ewes & 2d. qual. 4046 Calves 3 6 5 0 Do. do. shorn. 0 0 0 0 Pigs ..3 4 5 0 Lambs. 0 0 0 I) BestDns&bdss. 5 2 5 4 Beasts at market, 6,820; Sheep and Lambs, 24,030 Calve 346; Pigs, 570. ♦

Early Struggles of G-reat Actors— I recom- mend to the study of all would-be actors the life of Edmund Kean, whose privations and sufferings in. pursuit of his goal are more like romance than reality. He was compelled to pander to the publi0 for the mere sake of gaining his daily bread. For years he tramped about the country, his sword over his shoulders, and upon it slung a slender bundle, containing- his scanty wardrobe, gaining" a livelihood by public-house exhibitions, teaching dancing, fencing. &c. &c. Even the great John Kemble himself had his periods of poverty and his days of starvation. Once upon a time he was usable to pay his laundress a shilling for dressing his linen, and she refused in consequence to give him up his shirts. An eminent London mantger of the present day has more than once publicly alluded to his early struggles. Oa one occasion he mentioned that he had performed a walk- ing journey of seventy-two miles with only fotirpence- halfpenny m his pocket. He also at one time made a penniless passage from Folkestone to London in a coasting vessel, as part of a cargo of leather His first engagement was to play walking genfclemeh, and be useful, at ten shillings per week; und on beinj? deserted by his manager, he made money by makiuj: ontthe Christmas accounts of the coaatrv- tr'^esiaeuT Tins manager's name is Bud;:stonB o"' Real Life.

THE HEWS BUDGET. The Yellow Fever at Bermuda.—By the arrival at Liverpool of the steamer North American, we have received news from Halifax to October 5, and we are glad to learn that advices received at that port direct from Bermuda report favourably of the health of the latter port, and state that the yellow fever was abating. The medical officers sent from Canada, and who were, when last heard from, laid up with fever, were all recovering, and those who could be spared from duty were about to return to the Canadian head- quarters. All the effective troops stationed in the Bahamas, and more especially those at Bermuda, have been removed to Halifax, a guard and the convalescents only remaining. A Polish Nobleman.—A Polish count, named Oriotowski, was a few days back found hanging to a tree in the environs of Berlin. He was a native of Posen, and, until 1848, occupied a lucrative position as administrator of an extensive estate. He was, however, accused of favouring the-foreign domination in his native province, and having thus incurred the hatred of his countrymen lost his employment. He then fell into poverty, and at length joined the ticket- porters of Berlin, and stationed himself in the fashion- able quarter of that capital. As he was of a miserly disposition he there contrived to save up a considerable sum of money, but being recently robbed of about 200fr., he allowed himself to be so overcome with grief that in despair he committed suicide. Romantic Case of Attempted Suicide.—At the North Riding sessions Joseph Bailey, twenty-two years of age, was indicted for having on the 22nd September made an attempt on his own life. The cir- cumstances of the case are of a singular and romantic character. The prisoner had been paying his ad- dresses to Frances Janson. a domestic servant in the employment of Mr. Hudson, Oasecliffe, near York. Subsequently he masried another woman, but after the lapse of a short time sought to renew his intimacy with Janson. In this it appears he could not succeed, and he wrote her a letter stating that he was very unhappy in his mind. On the 22nd September he went to Mr. Hudson's house, and again sent her a note, in which he said he had taken poison, and was then lying at the gate. In the meantime a person who was passing observed the prisoner in a prostrate condition, and obtained assistance. The prisoner was taken into Mr. Hudson's house, and a surgeon was immediately sent for, to whom the prisoner admitted that he had taken Battle's vermin killer. The usual restoratives were applied, and the prisoner eventually recovered. Thejury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. Lord Cathcart (chairman), said he had read a letter which Frances Janson had written to the-prisoner, and a more Christian letter he had never read in his life. She appeared to have been badly treated, and if she had only acted according to what she had written he trusted she would still have a happy and useful life. Fire at the Blackfriars Railway Station. — A few nights ago the inhabitants of Black- friars-road were aroused from their sleep by a. general cry of "Fire!" and 'the springing of policemen's rattles. It was then ascertained that a. fire had broken out in the booking-office of the Metro- politan Extension Line of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. City police-constable George Single, who was on duty at the foot of the bridge on the Surrey side, at once went and informed Mr. Saunders, the station-master, who got up, and, with the aid of two of the company's men, they affixed two lengths of hose to the hydrants on each side of the line, and by passing the branches below they were enabled to at- tack the flames, which by that period had taken com- plete possession of the whole of the booking-office, in- cluding the ticket racks and the money tills, and it was running along the flooring in the direction of the lamp-room, containing a great quantity of inflammable materials. Fortunately the flames were prevented from extending beyond three or four feet in the direc- tion of the lamp stores. The engines of the London Brigade from various stations were soon upon the spot, but fortunately the flames were nearly extinguished by the time they arrived. The booking office is entirely burnt out, the stock of tickets destroyed, and to show the intense heat that prevailed at the time the silver coins have been melted and ran together. The traffic was not at all impeded. Fatal Accident on Liadgate-hill.—On Monday- afternoon Mr. Wm. Payne, coroner for the City of London, held an inquiry at St. Bartholomew's Hospital respecting the death of Garratt Punch, aged fifty-three years. Henry Haveiand, a bricklayer, said that the deceased was a labourer. Last Thursday morning he was at work at the new railway bridge works, near Ludgate-hill. The deceased was standing on a scaf- folding about sixteen feet from the ground. A coat belonging to one of the bricklayers fell from the scaf- fold on to the ground. The deceased then removed one of the boards of the scaffolding. He then took a ladder twenty feet long, and he pushed the end of it through the opening he had made in the scaffolding. By that means he caught hold of the coat. and dragged it up on to the scaffolding. He then replaced the board. Instead of putting the board on the seaffold- poles,he only laid it on the edge of some of the bricks that lay temporarily on the scaffold. He walked across the board, it gave way, and he fell to the ground. Witness was standing underneath at the time, and his head was cut by deceased in his fall. (The witness's head was strapped up in consequence of the injuries he had received.) The deceased lay in dreadful agony on the ground. He was removed in a cart to the hospital. The deceased was married. Mr. Eccles, house surgeon, said that the back of the deceased was broken by the fall. He lingered in great suffering until Saturday. After a great deal of further evidence, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." A Labourer Charged with Stealing Grouse.-At the Doncaster West Riding sessions, before the Hon. E. Lascelles, chairman, a singular case was heard. William Peace, an agricultural labourer, was charged with stealing twenty dead grouse at Ecclesfield, on the 8th September last. Mr. Hannay prosecuted, and Mr. Waddy defended. Mr. Miller, of W&dsleyXodge, and a party were out shooting on the day in question over Mr. Miller's, sen., moor near Penistone, and they placed several brace of grouse in a hovel, and after further shooting they placed other grouse in a pit used for the purpose in former seasons. The shooting was continued, and when in the evening they returned to the pit or hole, and also to the hovel, they found that the grouse bad been stolen. The police met the prisoner four days after with grouse upon him, and Mr. Miller identified three of the birds at the Penistone police-station, one from the fact that his gamekeeper had hit it en the head to kill it; the other from the circumstance that the feathers on the back of one had,all been stripped off by falling upon a stone in a deep gully; and the third, from its being much mauled by-the dogs.—Mr. Waddy admitted that the prisoner, who lived near the moor, had shot the gTQuae the police took from him, but he denied that the man had stolen them, or that it was possible for the prosecutor to identify birds after four days had elapsed, and when he had in the meantime probably shot many other birds.-The jury took this view of the oasa, and acquitted the prisoner. Singular Charge of Forgery.—A tea-dealer, named Stainer, has been charged before the Man- chester magistrates with forging the endorsement on a bill of exchange for < £ 200. The bill was the second of a set of three, dated Pernambuco, November 12, 1863,"at 90 days, for £ 200, payable to the order of Messrs. F. and W. Arkwright and-Co., at the London and Brazilian Bank. The firm was in the habit of sending duplicates by different conveyances to ensure safety. In the case of the three bills the first was duly presented in London and paid, the second was the forged bill, and the third was never used. The bill in question had been found by a dustman in some rubbish swept from the office of Messrs. Arkwright, and subsequently came into possession of the prisoner. It afterwards turned out he had sent the bill, endorsed with Mr. Arkwright's name, to the Brazilian Bank London, whence it was sent to the Union Bank, Man- chester, with the explanation that the first bill had been honoured. In answer to the charge the prisoner said he knelfnothing whatever about the endorse- ment it was on the back of the bill when he sent it to London. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes, but afterwards admitted to bail, himself in .£300, and two sureties of X- 150 each. More Incendiarism in Yorkshire.—-Another fire, which resulted in the destruction of a large oat stack containing thirty-six loads, occurred about mid- night on Wednesday, in the stackyard occupied by Mr. Isaac Clapham, farmer, Burton Pidsea, a small town- ship about twelve miles from Hull. About half-past one o'clock on Thursday morning a mounted messenger arrayed .at Hull for the assistance of the fire-engines. Two engines were at once despatched to the scene of the disaster, and on their arrival they found that the fire was raging with great fury. The farmers and their servants for miles round were aroused and ren- dered good service, with buckets "of water, in prevent- ing the spread of the flames to the other six large and valuable stacks in the yard. Fortunately, also, the wind blew the flames towards an open field. It was found impossible to subdue the flames, and throughout the whole night the district was illumined by the fierce glare. The fire was discovered shortly before mid- night by one of Mr. Clapham's servants. It appears that she was unable to sleep, owing to the barking of the watchdog in the sback-yard. On looking out of the window she noticed a fire just breaking out in one of the stacks. She aroused her master, and the rest of the household turned' out. Mr. Clapham on going round the yard noticed that the stacks had been partly pulled to pieces and the straw scattered loosely be- tween them, so that the fire might the more rapidly and more surely be extended to the whole of the stacks. The perpetrator of this diabolical outrage got clear off. Sympathy for the Poles.-The bazaar in aid of the sick and suffering Poles was opened last week, in the New Town Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which was very gaily decorated for the occasion. The goods for. sale at the bazaar were a collection of jewellery sent by the ladies of Poland to England, and which remained unsold at the great bazaar at Chiswick House, the residence of the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland. The room was well attended during the day by a large number of visitors. The ladies of New- castle came forward liberally to respond to the appeal from unhappy Poland; and feeling that the collection of jewellery was not a sufficient material with which to open a bazaar, earnestly set to work to make the usual articles exhibited. We understand the bazaar, both in attendance and the amount of sales made, has quite reached the expectations of the promoters. On the firstovening there was a promenade concert in the hall, which was filled to an extent that must have been highly satisfactory to those who have laboured so earnestly and diligently to make the bazaar the success j it ought to be. Scarcity of Hands in the Navy.-In refer- 1 ence to the scarcity of stoker", which is said to exist. in the navy (says the Arm.11 and Msmj Gazette), we are,assured that we have understated the case; and as regards her Maiesty's ship Vict ria alone, we are creditably informed that if she were now sent to sea, she would have to take her departure with three- fourths landsmen to perform duties which can only be efficiently got through by experienced people. The position of the Victoria in the trough of a heavy sea in the Bay of Biscay, with a sick crew from the quarter-deck to the stokehole, would be a sad reflec- tion upon us as a nation which aims at dominion on 'the seas Oxfordshire Agricultural Society.—At the annual meeting of this society recently held at Oxford, a letter was read from the Right Hon. Joseph Warner Henley, M.P., requesting the members to appoint some abler and more active man to fulfil the duties of president, which office he has held for a long series of years. The meeting accordingly agreed to appoint a new president and vice-president every year, the latter to be president in the following year. It was unani- mously resolved to ask his Grace the Duke of Marl- borough to accept the office of president, and Sir Henry Dashwood, Bart., that of vice-president, for 1865. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Henley for his long and faithful services as president of the society. Robbing a Prison.—Edward Hollingthorpe, aged forty-three, a chemist, was charged before Mr. D'Eyn- court, at Clerfeenwell, with stealing a blanket, value 6s., from the House of Detention. The prisoner had been detained for stealing a pewter pot, and the prose- cutor not appearing against him he was discharged with a caution. On leaving the prison he contrived to wrap himself up in a blanket, and to get into the police van without being noticed. He had been in business formerly as a pharmaceutical chemist. After he had given that up he was convicted of stealing some wood, and was sentenced to two months' diard labour. He was said to be a,native of Peru, but spoke the English;language fluently. The prisoner admitted his guilt, and was sentenced to four months' hard labour, the magistrate observing that it was a very daring robbery. Murder of a Sunderland Ship Captain.— An exceedingly melancholy and mysterious occur- rence is reported in connection with Sunderland. Intelligence has been received which leaves too little room to doubt that Captain J. C. Mlddleton, of the barque Lily the Valley, of that port, has been* the barque Lily,ef the Valley, of that port, haG been the victim of a foul and fatal outrage at Odessa. Arriving there on the 15tlf of September last, he was induced to go on shore; and his non-return to the vessel exciting the suspicions of the crew, a search was instituted, which resulted in the discovery, in a fearfully mutilated condition, five days afterwards, ef the body of the unfortonate.gentleman in the mole of the port. From his person was missed his pocket- book, containing the official and other documents relating to the ship; while, strangely enough, the money which he had taken with. him, amounting to upwards of was still in his possession. By the I British authorities on the spot a strict investigation has been set on foot as to the sad and singular affair; and already a man has been taken into custody on suspicion of being implicated in the atrocious orime. The deceased captain was only thirty-two years of age, and has left a wife and young family at Seaham Harbour, for whom much sympathy is felt. The,"Employment for Ladies" Case.—At the Bow-street.Police-court, MrJJmowers stated he bad received the following communication :—" F. Flowers, Esq.—Sir,-—There is a case reported in the Ev&mng Standard of a Mrs. Webb having been made a dupe of by a Mrs. Murray, and that she could not afford the money to pay the fees for a summons in the county court. I have enclosed 10s. in stamps to enable her to do so, and I hope that Mr. Redstail, the officer., will lend her his assistance. Not knowing Mrs. Webb's address must be my apology for troubling you with the enclosed.Your obedient servant, C." The letter bore the Ipswich postmark. The 10s. worth of stamps were handed over to Redstall, who took them to Mrii. Webb at her lodgings. Some doubt had been enter- tained whether she would accept any contribution, but this being proposed for the definite purpose of paying costs, Mrs. Webb accepted it without hesita- tion, and expressed herself as being much obliged to the sender. It is understood that the county court summonses have been taken out. The Rioters in Belfast.—The quarter sessions for Belfast were held before J. H. Otway, SEsq., Q.C., and a large bench of magistrates. In addressing the grand jury, the chairman in very proper terms, re- ferred to the recent riots, and in doing so remarked that the outbursts of violation of the law were "not disgraceful to the large majority of the community of a town who are bent on peaceful industry, and by 1 that industry, and the intelligence without which it ] can have no prosperity, have raised it into commercial influence and reputation. Your town," added the ( learned chairman, "the ereation under Providence of ( intelligence, of honourable trading, and of obedience j to law, has not been really disgraced by those who J disobeyed the law, and while among you were not of you. They disgraced themselves." The cases con- nected with the riots returned for trial at the sessions ( have been sent for trial at the next assizes. < Blockade Runners.—Information has been re- ( ceived of the destruction of the blockade-runner Night ] Hawk, on the night of the 29th Sept., off Chew Inlet, j South Carolina, by the Niphon. She was run ashore < on the Federal shoals. The captain, officers, and part i of the crew, in all twenty-three, were brought off, the < remainder having escaped to shore. The Night Hawk i was an English steamer, with a general cargo for i Wilmington from Bermuda; sailed from Liverpool Aug. 27, and was owned in that place. Her rate of ] speed was fourteen knots, and she was of 300 tons j burden, cost < £ 30,000, and had capacity for carrying ] 800 bales of cotton. Finding the steamer could not 1 be got off the shoals she was set fire to, and thus] destroyed. It appears that another vessel succeeded < earlier in the day in escaping from New Inlet, although 1 fired at by the Niphon, and apparently struck several. £ times. The Daylight drove off a blockade-runner y which was attempting to enter New Inlet on the same t morning. ] Shocking Case of Stabbing.-A serious case t of stabbing, likely to result in the death of the victim, £ has just taken place at the workshops of Messrs. j Cubitt, in the Gray's-inn-road. It appears that two { youths, named respectively Henry Parsons, aged 16, < and Thomas Dudley, aged 14, were employed in the 1 turning department of those workshops, and about i eleven o'clock the younger of the two lads amused himself by larking about the shop and interrupting i his companion, Parsons, at his lathe. Parsons asgruy i told Dudley to desist, but the latter, instead of doing 1 so, ran against him and pushed him on one side, where- i upon Parsons seized up a heavy cutting tool or chisel, the blade of which was eight inches long: Dudley ran away, but his enraged comrade hurled the tool after him with all his force, and buried it deep in his right thigh. The poor boy fell, and the blood gushed out in such a stream that it was apparent at once that hia life was in jeopardy, and the workmen carried him straight to the Royal Free Hospital. Mr. May, the house surgeon, did what was possible for the suifferer, but pronounced the wound to be of such a dangerous character that it would be impossible to state whether life could be preserved. The loss of blood was stated to be most serious in extent. The lad Parsons was at once given into the custody of the police. Both boy had borne a good character. A Curious Case for the Surgeons.—A little I. boy, the son of Mr. Joseph Dedman, of Brasted, while at school some two years since, put a piece of ginger up his nostrils. His schoolmistress got it out, as she thought, but the poor little fellow suffered for some I time afterwards with pains in his nose. His mother, therefore, took him to several surgeons, but they ]Ios thought a polypus was forming in one of his nostrils, and that was the reason he could not breathe out of one side. At last a letter was got fromakindla.dy admitting him into a hospital in London, and he was there nearly two months, but then he was turned out incurable. The little fellow has suffered very much ever since, and on Friday he seemed very poorly. At last he said to his mother, I have got something coming down my nose," and on her looking she found it was the piece of ginger which had for two years caused so much pain and trouble. It was quite rotten. The little fellow is now getting better, and can, of course, breathe freely through both nostrils. Alleged Outrage on a Girl at Rotlisr- ham.-Four young men, Gurnell, Gibson, Corker, and Tindall, charged by a young girl fourteen years of age with having violated her person in a field near Eotherb-am, were examined at the Retherham Court- house last week. From the girl's evidence and cross- examinations it was made apparent that she had been telling the grossest falsehoods respecting the matter, and that her statements were quite unreliable. From the medical testimony it was clear that some one had taken liberties with her, but it was equally clear that if the four prisoners had done so it was with her full and free consent. Under these circumstances the prisoners were at once discharged before the defence full end free consent. Under these circumstances the prisoners were at once discharged before the defence was gone into. i The Survivor in the Windsor Tragedy.— The little girl, Adelaide Cook, daughter of the mur- derer and suicide, John R. Cook, has entirely recovered from the effects of the wound in her throat, which, as our readers will doubtless recollect, was cut by her I father. She is still at the Windsor Infirmary, under the care of Mr. Erickwell, the house surgeon. She exhibits the greatest reserve when questioned on the j subject of the murder of her sisters and suicide of her father. On being desired by one of the Windsor clergy to repeat the Lord's Prayer, it is stated that she refused to say the word "Father." She has, how- ever, mentioned that Cook cut her throat while she was asleep. Singular Case of Shooting.—A man named O'Donold, an irishman, is in custody at Sheffield, charged with ehooting a man named Erratt. For some time past O'Donold has had possession of a gun and a pistol, and he has cast a large number of bullets for them, and "amused" himself by firing them away in a very dangerous manner. On Sunday morning he was seen at his door, pistol in hand, by Erratt, who is his neighbour, and the latter warned him not to fire in the street. O'Donold replied in a manner that betrayed a determination to shoot some one, and in half an hour -afterwards, when Erratt went to his door, he fired at him, the ball striking him on the right elbow joint, and burying itself in the thick muscle above the elbow. The wound is a severe one. When O'Doncrid was apprehended, he was armed with the pistol and a poker, and a loaded gun was found in the house. The Attempted Murder at Cbelmsford.— At the Chelmsford Petty Sessions, before Major Skinner, B.A., sjid a full bench of magistrates, Henry A. Nunne, soldier, aged 30, was brought up on remand charged with sunlawfully wounding Charlotte Turner, with intent to kill her. The poor girl appeared in court with her, throat bound up, attended by the sur- geon, and was seated during the inquiry. She gave her evidence in a, very low voice at first; declared that there had not been any courtship between them; but, on being pressed, admitted that there had been a j quarrel between prisoner and the young man with whom she was in the habit of walking. She was examined by the prisoner at great length, and ad. mitted that she h"J,d been married, but that the man she married had a wife living at the time. She indig- I nantly denied his having taken liberties with her. The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the Assizes. Loss of the Prince A.rthur.-On Saturday the announcement of the total less of this fine ship, while on her voyage from London to Hadson's Bay, was made known at\:Lloyd's. She was under the command of Captain Smythe; and, from the brief details re- ceived, she appears to have been driven ashore Cape Digges, on Mansfield Island, in Hudson's Bay, on August 13th, arising from the deflection of the compass, produced by some magnetic influence along the coast. The crew and passengers were all saved, ,and there is some chance of recovering portions of the cargo. In Lloyd's register of shipping the Prince Arthur is described as 436 tons register, was built at Korthfieet in 1854 under special survey, and was classed A 1 for twelve years. She was insured by the i company at Lloyd's. It is somewhat remarkable that the company's other ship, the Prince of Wales, Ca.pt. Sinnott, which sailed from London a short time pre- vious to the Prince Arthur, for the company's factories in Hudson's Bay, also got ashore at Mansfield Island, but was more fortunate in getting off, and she has since arrived safely at York Fort. Attempted Assassination at Athens. — A letter from Athens of the 13th, says.: "It is now some years since Mr. Rorphiotakes, the celebrated minister of finance, was assassinated in the principal street of Athens. Poor Korphiotakes was killed, on the spot and soon forgotten. Another attempt to murder a minister of the crown, which fortunately failed, was made on Tuesday, the 11th inst. As Mr. Xoumoun- deuros, the minister of the interior, was leaving the committee rooms of the National Assembly, about 10 a.m., a grim Cretan walked up to him and presented a pistol at his head. The minister, with great presence of mind, moved quickly forward, and pushed up the assassin's, arm at the moment he fired. The bent arm allowed the overloaded pistol to recoil with such violence that it struck the assassin on the forehead, and, being stunned, he looked about helplessly, very much as if he feared that Koumoundouros wajg going to terminate the transaction by assassinating the assassin. Koumoundouros, who is a strong, well-built man, collared the Cretan, and a crowd which immediately collected would have executed Joddart justice on the culprit-that is, would have hanged him on the spot, and tried him when there was leisure—had the minister not delivered him out of their hands, with the assist- ance of the guard of the assembly. The whole affair passed in a few minutes, and the courage and presence passed in a few minutes, and the courage and presence of mind shown by Koumoundouros have made him I deservedly the hero of the day. The murderer, of course, pretends to bo an injured man and a true patriot; but the great national grievance which he felt himself called upon to avenge was that Koumoun- douros, though he is virtually Prime Minister, has failed to give effect to that great constitutional prin- ciple upheld by Balzac, which would give Greek liberty a real value by opening a bank account at the public treasury for every Greek citizen.' j Perilous Position of Two Ladies. — About j half-past ten o'clock on Thursday morning, two young 1 ladies were driven to the Oxford-road railway station, ] Manchester, in one of Turner's cabs, intending to ( take places in the next down train on the Altrincham i Line, at 11.15. On reaching the station the driver threw his reins on to the back of the horse in the ] usual manner, and was about to alight, when the ( animal, a powerful and spirited one, suddenly turned i round and dashed off down the steep incline leading towards Oxford-road again. The driver, having no 1 means of getting possession of the reins, had no power 1 to check the horse, and it soon broke into a gallop, l < and both the ladies in the carriage and the driver were < placed in a very perilous position. Had the horse gone forward against the wall, opposite the bottom < of the incline, it is probable that he would have been ] killed, ana tliat the concussion would have been fraught i with serious results to tha ladies but fortunately the i animal made the tura at the bottom at so acute an c angle that the oob went over on its side, and its weight ( in this position arr; sted his progress. A gentleman who had arrived from Sale by the train at twenty minutes past ten, and who had been detained longer at the station than other passengers through finding in the carriage in which he travelled a pocket-book which some other traveller had lost, containing a large sum of money, and which he had stayed to place in the secretary's office, saw the perilous position of the ladies as the horse was running away, and made an attempt to stop the animal, but unsuccessfully. However, he arrived at the foot of the incline in time to render assistance both to the ladies, by extricating them from the cab, and to the driver. The latter was badly hurt, having sustained a fracture of one arm, and a severe bruise and laceration of the scalp across the forehead. One of the ladies sustained a slight bruise of one hand, and the other escaped unhurt. The ladies, with a feeling very creditable to them, instead of continuing their journey and leaving the driver in the hands of passers by, had him placed in a cab, hiring another for themselves, and accompanied him to the Royal Infirmary, where they saw that he was properly cared for before leaving him. Increase in the Distress at Chorley.—A considerable increase is reported, in the distress which has so long prevailed in this town and neighbourhood. The number of paupers relieved by the board of guardians last week, as compared with, the week ending September 24th, is as follows :—Week ending September 24th, 130 in-door, 1,834 out- coor; total, 1,964: last week, 118 in-door, 2,095 out-door; total, 2,214. In consequence of the rapidly-increasing dis- tress, the relief committee re-assembled at the Court House a few days ago, the chair being occupied by the Rev. Canon Master, rector of Chorley, and president- of the. committee. It appeared, from statistics which were submitted to the meeting, that, out of 4,857 hands usually employed, 1,931 are at present working full time, 1,395 are entirely unemployed, 460 are working five days per week, and 491 are employed four days whilst the weekly loss in wages is £ 844 4s..It appeared that the committee had a balance of < £ 33 in hand, aNd it was resolved unanimously" that tempo- rary relief be afforded to such operatives as the dis- tribution committee may consider mostly in need until next week, when formal application must be made in accordance with a printed form, and endorsed by their late employes." Proclamations of Outlawry. — An ancient County Court was held in Red Lion-square, London, for the proclamation of outlawry. There was no other business to be transacted- Mr. Hemp, the" ancient" officer of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, made his appearance at the first court of the new sheriffs. Mr. Under-Sheriff Hall, the colleague of Mr. Unaer- Sheriff Burchall, was in attendance, and several officials were summoned to "form" a court. Mr. Hemp began with "Oh yea! oh yea!" and having opened the Court in the same manner he has done for more than fifty years, he called the following names for the fifth and last time :—James Charles Vaughan Pugh, Major Charles Vaughan Pugh, Margaret Emma Swelan, James Hall, J. C. Cockerel!, and William Easterly Rains. The defendants did not appear, and all parties were requested to depart and give their attendance on the 17th November, and the ceremony concluded with God save the Queen." The County Court of the Sheriffs is a very ancient tribunal. Dangerous Businesses in the Metropolis.— The Metropolitan Building Act of 1844 prohibits, after the 9th of August, 1864, the erection of any buildings within a given distance from any buildings, public road, or ground in use, for any of certain dangerous businesses. This Act, however, saved, until August, 1864, the rights of persons who had actually carried on, in 1844, businesses of the nature referred to within the prohibited distances. The Metropolitan Board have now drawn the attention of the authorities in each parish to the fact that all these saving rights have ceased, and it is unlawful for any person to carry on such businesses within the distance, however long they may have been in existence. Death of the Oldest Minister in Scatland ■—We have to record (says the Edinburgh Gourant) the death of the Rev. Mr. Young, United Presbyterian minister, Logiealmond, in his 89th year, and 65th of his ministry. Mr. Young was ordained to the pastoral charge of Logiealmond in 1800, and at the time of his death he was the oldest minister of the United Pres- byterian Church, and the oldest officiating minister of all the religious denominations of Scotland. He was well known, especially in his earlier years, as an eloquent preacher, and in his old age he retained much vigour and clearness of intellect. Mr. Young was highly esteemed by his brethren in the ministry, and will be lamented by a deeply attached congregation.