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MRS. WELDON AGAIN.—AN EXTRA- ORDINARY STORY. At the Clerkenwell Police Court, last week, Madame Menier, Mrs. Weldon's companion, ap- plied for a summons against Mr. William Henry Seldon, Windsor Herald at the College of Arms, for unlawfully detaining her furniture and other property, removed by his orders from Tavi- stock House, Mrs. Weldon's residence, during that lady's incarceration. The summons was refused, as the detention did not take place in the district over which the court had jurisdiction. Later in the day Mrs. Weldon appeared at Clerkenwell Court, and asked the aid of a magistrate to find her husband, who, she said, had been missing since she came out of Newgate. She went on to narrate an extra- ordinary story. She said he left her,five years ago without having even so much as a "tiff." She wanted to see him to get her property which he had taken.-The Magistrate: But you had trustees when you married ?—Mrs. Weldon: No; I married for love—(laughter)—and did not require trustees. What has happened has only brought back my old love for him. I pity him, and have filed a petition for the restitution of conjugal rights, and I hope people may help me to find him.—The magistrate suggested the name of a legal gentle- man who might help her.—Mrs. Weldon He only takes women's characters away.—The magis- trate I cannot help you,

I THE GOVERNORSHIP OF MADRAS. If rumour is to be credited, it seems by no means unlikely that the Governorship of Madras will be abolished, or at least reduced. An Indian paper, which discussed the rumoured impending modification in the Madras Government, states that Mr. W. P. Adam, though one of the three ¡ statesmen proposed for the Governorship of ¡ Madras, is not to get it, as we are not to have another Governor." We are told by the I same authority, that it is settled that an act shall be passed by Parliament, reducing Madras to a Lieutenant-Governorship, and Mr. Huddleston is to succeed to that office. There is in this a certain circumstance of detail which falls in with similar rumours to be heard in Whitehall. There is no absolute reason why the Presidency of Madras should not be controlled by a less expensive official than a governor of the class of the Duke of Euck- ingham, and the fact that the rumour which assigned Mr. Adam to be his Grace's successor has not been confirmed may possibly be due to the causes described.-London correspondent.

DEATH OF LORD REDCLIFFE. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, the well-known diplomatist, and our Ambassador at Constanti- nople during the Crimean war, died on Sunday morning at Frant, near Tunbridge Wells, aged 95. The deceased nobleman was born in 1788, and has been connected with the British Embassv at Con- stantinople since 18u9. He was present at the Congress of Vienna, 1820, and was subsequently minister at St. Petersburg and Constantinople, down to 1858. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe's death removes on& of the most distinguished British diplomatists of the last seventy years. Indeed, his life, which had extended to within half a decade of a hundred years, may be regarded as an epitome of the foreign policy of the century. Despite his great age, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe both spoke and wrote with astonishing vigour and lucidity upon the recent war in Turkey. When Mr. Gladstone was five-and-twenty years younger than he is to- day, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was a septua- genarian, doing brilliant work in his country's cause in Constantinople. He was a precis writer in the English Foreign Office years before anyone in authority there was born, and he was perform- ing duties of delicate responsibility in European politics when the great diplomatisfs of to-day were in their, cradles. Not unnaturally the venerable peer has ol late been a little seen figure of London political life, but when occasion offered he has shown his oapacity to write and think up to the last.

ENGLISH-ITALIAN GIRLS. At Hammersmith Police-court on Saturday, an interesting-looking young girl, named Minnie Rickard, who was dressed as an Italian girl, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing 6s., belonging to Louisa Bates.-The prosecutrix, who was dressed as an Italian girl, said she was an organ-grinder, living in Wright's mews, Fulham fields.. The prisoner, who had worked for her, came in on the previous night, and wished to be engaged again. She kissed a prayer-book and said she would sticlr to her for life. She asked for JE1. 4s., which she said witness owed her. Witness gave her the money, and the prisoner signed a paper.—The magistrate read the paper, which was in the form of an agreement for the prisoner to serve Raphael Demarco for two shillings a week, with an acknowledgement of the receipt of £ 1. 4s., due up to August. The prosecutrix went on to state that she had one room with two beds in it. The prisoner, Elizabeth Robinson, Raphael Demarco, and witness slept in the room. Wit- ness left the money on the mantelpiece. All went to bed, and in the morning "Jack (Demarco) got up and found the prisoner gone. Robin- eon first got up, and found the door open. Witness looked for her money, and found it gone. In cross-examination by Mr. Farman, who defended, the prosecutrix said Jack woke her up, and said Minnie was gone. The prisoner slept with Robinson. She was not a little annoyed at finding prisoner gone after paying her Y-1. Is.— Eliza Robinson, who was also dressed as an Italian girl, gave corroborative evidence, and said that when they missed the prisoner they all dressed and found her with another Italian who bad employed her before.—Raphael Demarco, who did not appear to understand much English, was asked by Mr. Paget if he was married.—The Italian: Yes.—Mr. Paget: Who are you married to,?-The Italian then turned and pointed to Bates.-Mr. Paget asked him where he was maried.—The Italian made no answer, but looked at the young woman.-The prosecutrix said he did not understand. He was not married. He had been married, but his wife was dead.—Mr. Farman said it was a trumped-up case. The prisoner went to the place to get her I money, but not with the intention of stopping. It was an artful trick, but nothing more. She denied taking the money.—Mr. Paget said he had I no doubt that there was a desire to get the pri- soner into their service, as she had the appear- ance of an Italian girl. However, there was a doubt in the case, and he should order the pri. soner to be discharged. He told the police to hand the fl. 4s. which was found upon the pri- soner over to her.—The prisoner then left the Court laughing.

HEAVY FAILURE. The failure was announced, last week, of Mr. Colong, lately trading in partnership at Calcutta as a banker. The liabilities are £ 95,000.

GREAT ROBBERY OF PLATE. Lord Eldon's mansion at Encombe, on the corset coast, was visited on the night of Aug. 12th by burglars, and JE12,000 worth of plate stolen.

UNSEAWORTHY SHIPS. On the 13th inst., there was issued in London a return of all the ships ordered by the Board of Trade, or its officers, to be provisionally detained as unsafe. The return only includes ships de- tained as unsafe, and not those unprovided with proper lights and fog signals. The total number of Vessels ordered to be detained since the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act has been 390. Of these 331 were reported by Government officers, 48 by the crews, and 11 by other persons. Six were found safe, 376 unsafe, in the case of three the survey is pending, and five were improperly detained. Forty-two of the vessels were iron steamships, two wooden steamships, five iron sailing vessels, and 327 wooden sailing ships. There have been 124 cases of overloading reported by the Government officers, and one by the crew. All were found unsafe. Of the number, 102 were iron steamships, one an iron sailing ship, and 21 wooden sailing ships. Five of them were also detained on account of defective hull or equip. ments.

SINKING OF A FLOATING BATH. NARROW ESCAPE OF THIRTY LADIES. A very alarming incident took place at the Bridg- north Floating Bath last week. It seems that the club since the establishment of this bath bad devoted certain days for the use of ladies, many of whom have appreciated the opportunity afforded, and have made considerable progress in the art of natation. On the day in question about thirty ladies had assembled in the bath, and the river Severn, owing to recent rains, had in- creased in volume, but there was nothing to excite any alarm. Owing, however, to several ladies sitting op one side, the bath gave a lurch and commenced to &ink. The ladies- some in a nude state, and others only partially dressed-at once sought refuge in the neighbour- ing terra firma, when the bath immediately sank to the bottom of the river. The dilemma in which so many fair ladies found themselves on the bank of the river close to the town, without the simplest articles of clothing, seemed incapable of a satisfactory solution. At last a cattle shed was espied in the distance, and a race perhaps unpa- ralleled took place to gain its friendly shelter. Even here the difficulty of finding a presentable wardrobe was not overcome, but by borrowing sundry blankets and spare apparel all the victims of the accident were conveyed to their homes. Endeavours were afterwards made to fish up the loose articles of dress from the bath.

THE WIFE MURDER IN LONDON. Frederick Clarke, 36, described as a licensed porter, residing art the Clarendon street Model Buildings, Taba i street, Borough, was placed at the bar at the Southwark Police-court last week, before Mr. Slade, charged with wilfully murdering Fanny Clarke, his wife, by stabbing her in the cheat at the above address.—Chief Inspector Huntley prosecuted on behalf of the police, and Mr. Paley appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Moore watched the case for the Associate Institute for the Protection of Women.—Benjamin Clarke, 12 years old, residing at No. 1, Clarendon street, said the prisoner was his father. On thE morning in question he was in bed bebind the door when his father and mother came home, and they quarrelled. He found the knife when the constable came into his room, and he gave it to him. The knife was a clasp one, and was open. -By Mr. Ody: Mother had some drink that even- ing. He went to bed about eleven o'clock and went to sleep. He saw nothing of it except finding the knife. Father was always kind to me, but mother used to beat me. -Gorman, 65 M, said he was on duty in Tabard street, on the morning in question, when he heard a report that a woman had been stabbed by her husband. He proceeded to the Model Buildings, and saw deceased lying on the floor. No. 68 M was there, and they lifted her up and found she was dead. The prisoner was in the room, and he said, It served her right. The eldest son was the cause of it all. Le me kiss her." He stooped down, and kissing her said, "Fanny, will you speak to me? Witness said she was dead. Last witness pulled the knife pro- duced from under the table, and handed it to him. There was blood on the blade. Witness took him to the station house, and when the charge was read over to him, he said Yes."—.Sergeant James Brown, 19 M, said he was called into the room and found deceased sitting in a chair, with her head on the table. She was bleeding from a wound in the breast. Last witness and another officer came, and he sent them for a constable. Witness picked up a table knife and asked Henry Phillips, the son of deceased, if that was the knife. He said, No, it is not." Ben- jamin Clarke then picked up a pocket-knife, and there was blood on the blade. The prisoner came up towards his wife in an excited state, when witness told him he had done enough already, when he said, It served her right." Some soda-water was sent for, and on it being brought the deceased expired. The prisoner wanted to kiss her, and asked for the doctor, who came in and ordered her removal into the bedroom. Witness then handed the prisoner over to last witness, when he said, The eldest son was the cause of all this."—Mr. Charles Thompson Alexander, M.R.C.S., 24, Great Dover street, said that he was called into the house on the night of Aug. 7th, when he found Fanny Clarke dead. He found a wound pene- trating between her second and third ribs on her left side. He bad made a post-mortem examina- tion, and found that two large veins leading to the heart had been divided, and death was caused by hemorrhage from the wound. He had compared the knife with her wound, and it corre- sponded exactly. The wound was nearly three inches deep. The body was well nourished, and her organs were healthy generally. She appeared to have been drinking.—Chief Inspector Huntley informed his Worship that an inquest had been held on her body by Mr. Payne, the coroner, and a verdict of wilful murder was returned against the prisoner.—Mr. Slade committed the prisoner for trial at the next Old Bailey Sessions for the wilful murder of his wife.

A bill for the preservation of game has been prepared, and will shortly be introduced into the Bombay Legislative Council. The same body will soon be called upon to consider a Govern- ment measure for the prevention of fraudulent practices in the cotton trade. CHESTER AND THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER. — Correspondence is published between the Duke of Westminster and Mr. M'lver, M.P., as to remarks made by the latter, respecting Chester being a pocket borough of the Duke's. Mr. M'lver says he never intended to impute corruption to the Duke, but points to the result of the petition as justifying his strictures. FATAL LANDSLIP NEAR POITIERS.—Galignani hears by telegram that a terrible catastrophe has oc- curred at Vieuxport, near Port de Piles, in the arrondissement of Chatellerault. A landslip, carrying with it some enormous blocks of rock, has fallen on two houses and some lime kilns, burying upwards of twenty persons in the ruins. Ten bodies have been extricated, and it is feared that the other victims of the accident have also perished. THE VACANT PARLIAMENTARY SEATS.—As the re- sult of the election petitions there are at present twelve vacant seats in the House of Commons, namely:—Canterbury, two, held by Conserva- tives Gloucester, one, by a Liberal; Macclesfield, two, by Liberals; Chester, two, by Liberals; 0 ford, one, by a Conservative; Knaresborough, one, by a Liberal; Boston, two, by a Liberal and a Conservative; and Sandwich, one, by a Conserva- tive. In some of these places commissions of inquiry into bribery and corruption will be held. A FAITHLESS LIBERAL.—Another "example" has been made of a back-sliding member of the Ho. form Club. Mr. Charles Liddell, who for twenty- eight years was a member of the club, advocated the candidature of a Conservative at Rye at the last election, and his course of action has been brought before the committee by the necessary seventy members. His exclusion has followed, and Mr. Liddell has protested vigorously, both verbally and in print, against the act of the com- mittee. The attention he baa called to the mat- ter, instead of improving his own position, will doubtless act as a salutary warning to other poli. ticians who -hold with,tho,z_w run with the hounds.

FINES AND IMPRISONMENT UNDER THE VACCINATION ACT. A return printed by order of the House of Com- mons, on the motion of Mr. Otway, as to fines and imprisoment under the Vaccination Act, shows that the total number of persons who have been fined in England and Wales for refusing to have children vaccinated is 3929, and eighty-seven have been imprisoned for the same offence. In Wales only forty-one persons were fined, and there was no sentence of im- prisonment. One person in Berkshire was fined 25 times, the penalties amounting to J617. 9s. 6d. Another person in Lancashire had 21 fines im- posed upon him, amounting in all to £ 25. 17s. Two persons, one in Shropshire, the other in the West Riding of Yorkshire, were fined 16 times each, the fines amounting in the latter case to JE12. 5s., and in the former to only f5. 4s. One person in Fmsbury was fined 15 times, and after having paid JM. 10s., appears to have died. A person in the North Riding of Yorkshire was also tined 15 times, and paid £14. 9s. 6d. Numerous persons were fined as many as seven, eight, nine, &.nd ten times.

SHOCKING DISCOVERY AT HAMPSTEAD. On Sunday morning a shocking discovery was made on Hampstead Heath. About a quarter- past four o'clock John Skeats and William Car- penter, both residing in Percival street, Kentish Town, were near the Hampstead Heath bathing pond, when they saw an old man against a fence which divides a field from the heath. On getting close to him they found that he was hanging from the fence, to which he was tied by a pocket handkerchief fastened very tightly round his neck. The man was quite dead. Skeats imme- diately cut the handkerchief. The police ambulance was obtained, and the body was con- veyed to the station. The body was afterwards removed to the mortuary to await an inquest. The following is a description:—Age, 65 height, 5ft. 5in.; hair, and whiskers all round, grey; bald on top of head; dressed in black frock coat, black striped trousers and waistcoat, wbite cotton shirt, marked H. L. Christie, No. 1877," in black iuk, cotton drawers, gray socks, tlannel under shirt, linen collar, high black hat, side-spring boots, grey cloth gloves. A pair of spectacles in a case was found on the deceased, but no money or papers.

DEATH OF MISS NEILSON. Miss Neilson, the well-known actress, died on Monduy morning in Paris. Miss Neilson was born in 1850 at Saragossa, in Spain. She was of mixed parentage—her father being a Spaniard, and her mother an Englishwoman. In 1865 Miss Neilson made her first appearance on the stage at Margate, and in the same year made her debtu in London at the Royalty Theatre, i:t the character of Juliet, a part with which her name afterwards became prominently associated, and which was generally considered to be her masterpiece. She also acted frequently as Viola, in "Twelfth Night"; as Rosalind, in "As You Like It"; as Amy Hobsart, iu the drama of that name; as Julia, in the "Hunchback"; and in many other well-known plays. In 1872 she made a successful tour in the united States and Canada.. Miss Neilson's death is sudden and unexpected. Only a few weeks ago she returned from a second tour in America, which had also been highly successful, and had resulted in the handsome gain of a sum of about £ 20,000. It is understood that 1 at the time of her death Miss Neilson was on her way to Switzerland, there to enjoy a well-earned holiday.

A MISSING BALLOON. 1 A despatch from Youngstown, Ohio, says thai a captive balloon that had been used there for short excursions by a man named Henry, broke loose from the guy-ropes on the 31st July. In the small basket attached to the gigantic air-ship were two persons, a man and a woman, who had come into town from the neighbouring country. There was a large crowd of people standing around the guy-ropes at the time they broke, and a cry of terror rose from them all. The balloon darted upward with marvellous rapidity. At first the occupants of the frail car did not realise that the balloon had broken away from its moor- ings, but when they glanced down and sa.w the earth rapidly receding, they gesticulated piteously ■ to the crowd as if imploring assistance. When the balloon had reached a high altitude it drifted in a north-easterly direction. It was followed by many people with telescopes, and finally disap- peared in that direction. Word has been sent to all towns lying to the north-east of the place, and a lookout will be kept for the balloon in case it should drift near the earth. The conple who took this involuntary ride know nothing about the management of balloons. At the last accounts no word has been received at Youngstown as to their fate.

GUNS v. ARMOUR-PLATED VESSELS. A series of very interesting experiments, con- ducted under the supervision of the Select Com- mittee on Ordnance, have just een brought to a close at Shoeburyness. The results have com- pletely upset the theory of our modern artillerists The object of these experiments was to prove whether an armour-plated vessel could be mate. rially injured by rifled projectiles if her side could only be struck at an angle of from to 60 degrees. For this purpose a 12-inch wrought- iron glance target was erected on the marshes re- presenting the section of a ship's side, and placed at angles varying from 30 to 60 degrees. Tha weapon now was a 9-inch or 12-ton gun, with a charge of 751b. of P 2 powder aud a projectile weighing 263lb. Although several forms of beaded shell were used at only Vi) yards range, none succeeded in getting through the plate, thus showing that ships must be at right angles with a battery in order for guns to obtain the maximum powers of penetration, and that at angles of 00 degrees to 60 degrees an ordinary armour-plated ship can resist the penetration of the shot. At the same range the 38-ton gun, with a powder charge of ICOlb. and a Palliser shell weighing 8001b., was tried against a wrought-ii on section of a ship's turret 22in. in thickness. The muzzle velocity was 1700ft. per second, and the result was that the section broke up into three pieces. The projectile did not penetrate, but completely crushed one-fourth of the turret. The result is one that completely destroys the old idea that, although a turret may get starred, it would not break up. Although four rounds were fired from this gun the same result was obtained. In the fourth round the projectile was defective, or no doubt the gun would have again come out triumphant. =====

THE EDITOR'S DEAFNESS. The editor is slightly deaf, and thus tells of his adventure with a female book agent:— A female book pedlar came to the office the other day. She wished to dispose of a booK- She was alone in this world, a<* one to whom she could turn for synapattiy or assistance; hence we should buy her booK. She was unmarried, and had no toanly heart into which she could pour her suiierings; there- fore we ought to invest in a. book. She had received a liberal education, and we could not, in consequence, pay her less than half a guinea for a book. We had listened attentively, and here broke in with:— What .did you say ? We're deaf." She started in a loud voice and went through her rigmarole. When she had finished we went and got a roll of paper, and, making it into a speaking trumpet, placed one end to our ear, and told her to proceed. She nearly broke a blood-vessel in her effort to make herself heard. She commenced:— "I am alone in this world- It doesn't make the slightest difference to us. We are a husband and a father. Bigamy is not allowed in this country. We are not eligible to proposals." Oh what a fool the man is!" she said in a low tone, then at the top of her voice, I don't want. to marry you; I want to sell you a b-o-o k. This last sentence was howled. We don't want a cook," we remarked blandly. "Our wife does the cooking, and she wouldn't allow as good-looking a woman as you to stay in the house five minutes. She is very jealous." She'looked at us in despair. Gathering her robes about her, giving us a glance of contempt, she exclaimed- I do believe if a three-hundred pounder was let off alongside that deaf fool's head, he'd think that somebody-was knocking at the door." You -should have/heard her slam the door when she went out. We heard that-

THE LADIES' Tiad^ LAWN TENNIS DRESSES. dresses elaborately trimmed W for the lawn tennis aprons in ? liar one of this kind is house sheeting, bound at v* y tied with black ribbon facing is added to the lower V embroidered two upright with shaded green leaves, peated on a smaller scale on the loft side, of the same satJ1 Gazette o f Fishion. LADIES' HATS IN NEW YOSE.V|T is the Amazon, made both io straw. It advances in a po|jK and the turnod up brim is livw velvet. Two long feathers, centre, sweep round the crO^^B black hair. The favourite there are two shapes—the gvB poke in the brim, and the clo round the brim. This COlone ground for liowers. The brim is lined with velvet, either ps^j^| ur poppy red, and this is edfPjM lace or large beads. The triCjjJH crown, and consists of a full flowers fastened low behind two examples. Fine whito JjjH lined with pale-blue velvet, edW": n. pale-blue plume round the large velvet like pansy; the *Twm satin Merveilleuse, fringed oa* V3I second is lined with heliot^pj| trimmed with heliotrope flowe^Ja shades. The new salmon re»jak the Tuscan straws in lace-like P so open that they require a M York Herald. jH DRESSES AT GOODWOOD.-The. lawn dresses at Goodwood JH some glaring exceptions, ma tpjfl subdued in colour than has besll. years. The Princess of Wales JM Her dark bine dress, • and her dark green spotted dre^pH both in make and colour. naught's grey crape petticoat, and silver, was much admirer green dress, trimmed with bonnet to match., But it is, aftf^JjjH on the terrace where one inst^ J the great display of beauty bench, with the Duchess of ehesa Sautarces, and Lady JB a succession of toilettes the must havo caused the fair anxious thought. Perhaps #i of the Duchess of Manchest0' frf most successful; tho upper pink and blue stripes, and was of equally pale primrose. TIIO bination of these colours W11: ø art; only, if I must speak parasol was out of place witl* J A little way off was the fg'j W. Gerard and her sister; bo^fj and in their costumes of sil'^jgdj gold, and their drab ulsters_e gjgtiJJ crimson, they were simply GLOVES AND MITS.—The its introduction so largely i*1' # had the effect of settiug aside tjj& fashionable obligation of n?a gloves. Garnet and old may be in combining a tou singly or united the co"Oul d gloves; and though blac^ 1S ijdifl colours the most delJjM lightest foundation colour the rule. Por street, wear used are wood, maatic, JMH steel, and Quaker grey, and colours are, par excellence, the son, and there are about 300 jj is only by putting them ^8 gradations can be distingui^ JvK J Dnly by a cultivated eye. Tpfi A M ligfit that it is they end in a tan rrvev are no'Jl bark of a tr^. butt0jj| long; three anC* #or s$!l sidered quite su^ J;rft it most five, and the a flexibility of the kid, the exqui^g* finish, give them their claim to^g^ ire established in the good gr» pretty and delicate hands. in all the most delicate tints, iind black. Some of those island of Malta, where they sxquisite fineness, and arer ) in-door use. The most costly j made in black Chantilly l&ce'

too We reported the other day Mr. George Leemau from •hire Banking Company, whic tjie sioned, like his retirement of the North-Eastern health. We are now inforiQe of the Yorkshire Banking mously elected Mr. James Hall, to the vacant chairmanrilif « Leeds Mercury. jf t| A man named Thomas Jone*[e <M| independent, aud had ac inco^yiH was charged at the Liverpool!^ jH day with extraordinary c-onduc" D at Lawrence s Hotel, and in the room, and cut up the my shreds. He then went into ymF Bmashed a large pier glass to 4 had had champagne, but he J- sane. He was remanded. A PUBLIC-HOUSE BRAWL A > t ydl A policeman named Clinton, totoe, is lying in a dangeroo9 effects of two stabs in the nee*" <jiy one night last week during public-house, where he was 4 jl out some roughs, who had beeof tJ the sweetheaits of soldiers fL 0$0 for Ireland. The constable } that it is extremely doubtful M' cover. Two men are in custo ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A., £$1 Bilston Police Court on A -J Bell, the wife of a labourer, Dudley, was committed for Mi attempting to .f prisoner threw the child into fk Coseley, but fortunately it ^>1 who saw the act. The pi' ,$p intended to drown the ftfter, and if set at liberty again- She said poverty was An explosion has occurred > >t Irvine, killing two firemen v j the working for the colliers- Dr. Eastern, of Stranraer,^ a Colorado beetle which A# > is pronounced a genuine At a meeting of the 0-U Monday, Mr. Geo. Moyers, unanimously as Lord Mayor jjlf1 A St. James' Gazette tfjnT says:—The Greek lift to the King of the HelleneS> YjW to Athens without delay.. raPl* A fire occurred on Moo grounds of Hampton 1. vinery. The flames were J/ j)i| by the aid of a battalion 0 JPJk near the spot. Yj £ n The Lords of the Adrni^fl their intention of commeDcl„ k whole of the lioyal dooky*1 pf id will be th6 first inspection f since their election to offi-C0#' An attempt was i/r upset a goods train on tb0n *f Railway, betweea^MidWjJi* \jvjt placing a chair and a sl^jp0'- former was hurled off tl>' ,c^ the train passed over thB y$ investigating the matter- n INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAT^. TION.—At a meeting heW tag Cross Hotel. establish an Intern^n Association. were JV^ among the sp^ Mr. J°b M Mr. Hodgs»» Fordham, d Trish woman nam puddler at ei<>KX> Stipendiary magistrate q{ Attv morning, on a chart^ a STSSbaJ. OnS^.l^' arid during a quarrel tMJ 9^ i0^ her husband s head, w? the bottle and weund his life despaired of. i

M——ca—■a——— RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT ABERDEEN. While the train which left Alford on the Great North of Ssotland Railway for Kintore at 9.45 on the morning of Aug. 13, was about mid-way between Alford and Kinway, a goods truck, about the centre of the train, got off the rails, and was dragged several hundred yards before the train could be brought to a standstill. Happily, the other carriages kept the metals, so that beyond the fright, and some shaking caused by the great oscillation, the passengers were unin- jured. The permanent way was so much destroyed that traffic could not be resumed till the next day.

THE SCOTCH EXPRESS ACCIDENT. BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. The Board of Trade inquiry into the accident :0 the Flying Scotchman on the 10th inst. ,was opened at Berwick on the 13th. Mr. McLaren, on behalf of the North British Railway, objected to reporters being present, but the Ccurt requested them to remain.-George Hodson, conductor of the train, said the train was fitted with vacuum brakes throughout. At Marshall Meadows he felt a sensation as if the train had suddenly stopped. Heard no whistle from the driver. Before the accident the train was going 50 miles per hour. He did not know whether intimation bad been given to the driver that the rails were being repaired.—Wm. Feardale, permanent-way inspector on the Jsorth Eastern Railway, said ho had inspected the scene of the accident. He had gauged the line fifty yards back. He found the first forty'yards good, though not tight. He could not say whether the train disturbed tho rails by going off them at high speed.—John Souter, loco- motive foreman of the same company, said he examined the line, but could not account for the accident. It was not customary to inform the driver when the road was being repaired. He thought a green flag was sufficient signal.- Mr. M'Laren protested against this evidence being taken.-Colonel Yolland stated he wished to ascertain whether the signal was sufficient.- Wm. Ewart, coroner's officer, noticed many spikes not driven home in a part of the line not broken up. Several chairs had no spikes in.- Police-sergeant Cummings corroborated.—Robert Brunton said he drove a train over the spot an hour previous to the accident. The line was in good order, and there was no oscillation.—Grant Renton, foreman of platelayers, after being cautioned by Colonel Yolland, said there was one sleeper with two chairs with- out spikes. After the accident he found the rails out of gauge, but that was caused by the train running oft the gauged rails.-Some express drivers did not obey the greer Hag. Colonel Yol. land thereupon stated that he thought the green flag insufficient, aud should mention it in report- ing to the Board of Trade.—Jas. Caiswell, engineer of the company, said it would no doubt be better if a man was stationed with a green flag. Platelayers ought to have reported drivers dis- obeying this signal. The inquiry then adjourned sine die.

THE SHOCKING SUICIDE IN LEEDS. An inquest was held at the Leeds mortuary On Aug. 12th relative to the death of F. J. Cutting, 39, Leeds. Mr. Weston, solicitor, watched the inquiry on behalf of the relatives of the deceased, and Mr. Daiton, solicitor, appeared on behalf of Mr. Bingham, of Willow Grove road, in whose employment the deceased had been. The evidence showed that on Tuesday, Aug. 10th, deceased was with Mr. Bingham in the office of the latter, a room in the top story of the house. Mr. Bingham had suspected him of defalcations, and had that day found that the books had been irregularly kept for some months past. He asked the deceased if the receipt book represented the money he had collected. Deceased replied "Yes," and on the questicn being repeated said, So far as I can remember. Mr. Bingham then told him there had been some defalcations, and he was to put down on a sheet of paper the various items. At that moment Mr. Bingliam was called down stairs. On returning a few minutes afterwards he found the office door locked. He called to the deceased, but received no reply, and, procuring a poker, broke a panel. He then saw the deceased lying in a pool of blood. It was found that the deceased had cut his throat. A doctor was called in, but the deceased only lived a few minutes. He had a pen in his right hand, and in his right hand waistcoat pocket the policeman found a closed penknife, covered with blood. Mr. Bingham stated that the salary of the deceaced was iive guineas a week, out of which he had to pay his own travelling expenses, which were not heavy, and his net income would be about fl70 per annum. So far as he knew, deceased was neither a gambler nor intemperate. Relatives were called to prove that two or three years ago, on the occa- sion of his falling in business, deceased had been very much depressed in spirits, and in order to obtain sleep had been in the habit of taking chloral. Though legally free from his debts, he had telt morally bound to pay them. The jury returned a verdict That the deceased committed suicide, but that there was no evidence as to the state of his mind at the time."

The ears of seventeen sheep were cut off one night last week by some unknown persons on a farm lying at about one mile from Claremorris, and which is rented by a farmer named Ryan. No reason^is assigned for the outrage. The Rev. George Herbert Moberlev, rector of Duntsbourne Rouse, and son of the- Bishop of Salisbury, has been appointed Principal of Lich- field Theological College. Mr. Moberley was formerly a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and obiained the lillerton Theological Prize and the Arnold Essay. ical -MB. BRADLAUGH AXD HIS ASSAILANTS.—-Mr. Henry Lewis Clarke, the plaintiff in the action against Mr. Bradlaugh for sitting and voting, has delivered an amended statement of claim, and the papers are now bcfo-e counsel to draw tho forwal &tate. ment of (i,"VLLe. At the trial Mr. Bradlaugh will, a Louden correspondent bajs, conduct the case in parson. SEIZURE or FISH.—Last mouth the officers of the Fishmongers' Company seized, as unfit for human food, the uunreccdentc dly large quantity of 93J tons of fish which had been consigned to Billingsgate Market for sale. Of this nearly 76 tons arrived by land, and 17 tons by water. The fish numbered 96,531, and included 44 bream, 64 brill, 12 catfish, 84 coalnsh, 40 cod, 144 crabs, 1272 dorees, 76,948 haddock, 1654 lobsters, 6940 plaice, 1 salmon, 303 skates, 3900 smelts, 8 soles, 1:5to thornbacks, 17 trout, 60 turbots, and 1490 whiting; and in addition, 2 barrels of salt cod, 25201b. of eels, 1468 casks of pickled herrings, 12 bags of mussels and 27 of periwinklos, 812 bushels of periwinkles, 1 "kit" of pickled salmon, 171 gallons of shrimps, 30 bags and 48 oubhels of whelks, and 240 quarts of whitebait. The whole WM destroyed.

I HOME RULE DEMONSTRATION IN GLASGOW.—A GREAT RIOT. About 30,000 Irishmen held a. Home Ruia demonstration on Saturday in Glasgow, and passed resolutions requiring the alteration of the land laws. and in favour of an Irish Parliament in I Dublin. On returning from the demonstration, the Home Rulers met an Orange lodge displaying a yellow banner. A fight ensued. The force of 70 police men was completely overpowered. A detective was stabbed in the head with a spear, and a con- stable was also so severely injured that both lie in a critical state. Eight other officers were more or less seriously wounded. About twenty arresta I were made when reinforcements of police arrived. The fight was renewed later in Glasgow, but no serious casualties occurred.

MR. GLADSTONE'S RETURN TO LONDON After breakfasting with the Dean, Mr. Glad- stone left Windsor, on Saturday, accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone, by the half-past ten o'clock train for London. A large number of people had assembled at the station, and loudly cheered the right hon. gentleman, who walked firmly, along the platform. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone arrived at Paddington at 11.15. There was a large crowd, who cheeted heartily and continuously. The welcome was cordially acknowledged by its recipients, who immediately drove to the official residence in Downing street. Mr. Gladstone looked compara- tively strong, and walked without difficulty. Mr. Gladstone did not personally attend the Cabinet Council on Saturday, it being considered by his medical adviser that the strain cf pro- longed deliberation might be too much for him. The right hon. gentleman came to town for the purpose of attending, if possible, but in any case he desired to be at hand for the purpose of consultation. A distinguished company, including Lord Granville, Mr. John Bright, and many of the neighbouring gentry assembled to greet the Prime Minister. The evening was spent in complete privacy, and Mr. Gladstone retired to rest early. On Sunday morning Mr. Gladstone attended the Church at Holmbury St. Mary, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Gladstone, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Gran- ville, Mr. Bright, Hon. Leveson-Gower, &-c. The service was conducted by the Rector. There is now little doubt that before the close of the session Mr. Gladstone will take a short cruise in an Admiralty yacht—probably the Salemas.-Scotsman.

M. Dumont, manager of the" Gil Blas," hall been sentenced at Paris to a month's imprison- ment, and fined 500 francs for publishing matter of an indecent character. THE GREAT ROBBERY OF PLATE.- The burglars who entered Lord Eldon's mansion, in Dorset, on the morning of Aug. 13, are still at large. It is found that the property stolen amounts in value to £ 20,000. THE LAMBETH MURDER.—Anna Maria Martin, who was charged with murdering her servant in the York road, Lambeth, by cutting her head off, and who was found insane on arraignment last week at the Central Crimal Court, was removed from Newgate on Saturday to the Criminal Lunatic Asylum at Broadmoor. ARREST OF A COLONIAL COMMANDANT.—According to information received in Liverpool, the Acting Commandant at Sherbro', West Coast of Africa, whose whereabouts the Colonial Office were anxious to ascertain a few days back, was under arrest at Sierra Leone when the last arriving mail steamer was there. Sierra Leone is the seat of the British Government on that coast, but it was unknown whether the Commandant would be examined there or brought home. The London Gazette contains notices with respect to the holding of the next winter assizes. For the purpose of these assizes the North and East Riding division and the West Riding division are united, the assizes to be held at Leeds. The Northern and Salford divisions of the county of Lancaster are joined together, with Manchester as the assize town, and the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland are united, Carlisle being the place at which the assizes are to be held. Here is another curiosity of advertising, ex- tracted from a circular of a New York dentist, to young ladies about to be married:—"Having heard the happy news of your approaching mar- riage, I have the pleasure of offering you my services in setting your teeth in complete order, as per annexed schedule of prices. This operation, which is useful in all ordinary events of life, is indispensable under the present circumstances. The first impressions of married life are ineffaceable, and their consequences of the greatest gravity. I therefore cannot too strongly advise you to have your teeth thoroughly cleaned by a skilful and conscientious practitioner." On Saturday, after the Prince and Princess of Wales, on landing from Osborne, had inspected the fi^st of the 80-ton guns for the Inflexible in Ports- mouth dockyard, they lunched with the General, j and proceeded to see the garrison sports, being accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Charles Scott, Mrs. Corn- wallis West, Admirals Ryder and Foley, and a distinguished company. The party were most enthusiastically received, and tne Princess graci- ously presented the prizes to the various winners. An inquest was held on Aug. 13, at Orrill on the body of Mrs.Shortrede, the wife of Mr. Thos. Short- rede, of Park Hall, Winstanfey, steward to Mr. Meyrick Bankes, of Winstanley Hall. On Tuesdav, Aug. 10, Mrs. Shortrede had despatched some oi her children to Wigan, and when they left she was apparently in her usual health and spirits, preparing to enjoy a walk in the park. On their return, Mrs. Shortrede's absence having been somewhat longer than was anticipated, they went into the park to meet her, but failed to do so. Soon after the sad news reached them tha.t Mrs. Shortrede had been found drowned in a well in the park. After hearing the evidence an open verdict was returned, there being no evidenc as to how the dcce&sed got-into the > water.

THE EXPLOSION OF AN ENGLISH STEAMER AT GIBRALTAR. A coroner's inquest has been held at Gibraltar respecting the death of the cook and two of the crew of the English steamer St. Oswin, who were I killed by the explosion of the donkey-engine on i board that vessel on the 20th ult. It transpired in evidence that the safety-valves of the engine were heavily weighted at the time of the accident. A verdict of manslaughter was icturned against the captain and the chief engineer, and a warrant was issued for their apprehension.

MARRIAGE OF THE BARONESS BURDETT COUTTS. We (the London and Provincial Press Agency) have the most undoubted authority for publish n^ the following corrections of the various state- ments which have appeared in the Society and some other papers respecting the above contem- plated event, which has excited a considerable amount of public interest. With respect to Mr, A. Bartlett, it is not true that he ever acted in the capacity of private secretary to the Baroness, neither did he ever hold an appointment in Coutts' Bank. On two occasions Mr. Bartlett acted as the friendly agent for her ladyship first, in connection with the administration of the Turkish Compassionate Fund, when he went to the East specially on her behalf, when he nearly lost his life through overwork and anxiety, and was finally decorated with the Medjidie by the Sultan in re- cognition of his services; and, secondly, he went to Ireland at the commencement of the late season of distress in that country, to ascertain by per- sonal inspection and inquiry the best means of applying her ladyship's liberality to the relief of the people. Mr. Bartlett has been honoured with the friendship of the Baroness ever since his boy- hood. Although having been born in America, he has spent nearly the whole oi his life in this country, where all his relations and friends reside. In short, he is, saving the mere fact of his birth, to all intents and purposes an Englishman, and is a subject of the Queen of England. We are autho- rised emphatically to contradict the statement which has been circulated that any remonstrance has been addressed from the highest quarters to the parties interested in the contemplated marriage. As a matter of fact, the marriage is at present entirely in reserve; and with regard to all rumoura as to its effect on the Baroness's position or her connection with the bank, almost everything that has been published is incorrect, and all statements'of that kind should be received with the greatest caution.

BATHING FATALITIES. A'.)out a dozen boys, on August 13th, before commencing work, went to bathe in the Thames off Rotherhithe. Several of them could swim. Henry Hart, fifteen, living in Long lane, Ber- mondsey, having got upon a barge, dived into the river. He was observed to rise, but immediately sank, and was seen no more. At the inquest has been held at Bristol on the body of Mr. 8. Edgar Ashton, of Manchester, who lost his life whilst bathing in the lake at Tort- worth Park, the seat of the Earl of Ducie, it was stated that the water of the lake is fed by un- usually cold springs, and as the deceased was perspiring freely when he dived into the lake the low temperature of the water under these circum- stances produced an acute attack of cramp, which led to the fatality. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. While a young man, aged about 16. named Lyle, was bathing at Widemouth Beach, near Bude, on Aug. 13th, he was accidentally taken out of his depth by the force of the ground sea running there, and was drowned. Energetic endea- vours were made by a person named Richard Lane to render assistance, but without avail. The body was washed ashore about one hour afterwards. On the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 13th, a youth named John Cassidy, 17 years of age, was drowned while bathing in the River Tyne, near Sir William Armstrong's jetty, at Elswick, Newcastle. The body of the deceased, who resided with his parents in Alexandra street, Scotswood road, Newcastle, ;as recovered about two hours after the accident. John Braithwaite, aged 13, son of Mr. William Braithwaite, was drowned whilst bathing in the River Wenning at Bentham, near Settle, on Aug. 13th, in company with his little brother Saul, aged nine years. The body was found floating down the stream.

A reprieve has been received at Taunton Prison for Colmer and his wife, sentenced to death at the Old Bailey for the murder of Mrs. Budge, at Yeovil. The jury strongly recommended them to mercy. At a special meeting, on Aug. 14th, of the Land Law Reform League, Mr. Bradlaugh presiding, it was resolved to use the organisation of the League in supporting Mr. T. P. O'Connor's motion against the House of Lords. KILI.ED BY A REAPING MACHINE.—Thomas Lawrence, a labourer in the employment of the Duke of Buckingham, was on Saturday morning thrown from a reaping machine in a field at Stowe, his neck being broken. The body was mangled by the knives of the machine, and death was instantaneous. THE CAR OF JUGGERNAUT.—It is stated in the Indian papers that the famous car of Juggernaut was not, as usual, dragged through the streets of Puri on the 9th of July; and it seems that by religious oustom or law, if it be not drawn to the Goachidi Mandir on the ninth day of the car festival, twelve years must elapse before it is again used. The fact of the car not being brought out this time is (the Times of India says) attributed by a correspondent of the Patriot to what he calls ,au act of unpardonable negligence on the part of meddling Government officials," and that is all he has to say about it. Neither does the Patriot throw any light on the mysterious affair. It does,. indeed, mention that tho "thakoors had already been removed from the temple and seated on their respective cars when the contretemps occurred," but for particulars we are told to wait a week, when the Patriot promises to give iia accountof. the; mismanagement" in I question.