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WORKING CLASSES IN ENGLAND.
WORKING CLASSES IN ENGLAND. We said, on a former occasion, that the working classes had conquered their place in the warld. and that nowadays they have power and liberty. Is this saying that the organisation of the working classes is perfect ? No, evidently. Nowhere are more flagrant contradictions to be seen than in England, especially In so far as workmen are eoncerned. By the side of immense and unlimited liberty we see a sort of in- credible servitude; the importance of the working classes in society is quite acknowledged, but still from several points of view they only play an insignificant part in it. To comprehend this strange contrast, and to clearly understand the situation of the working classes, it is necessary, first of all, to examine the English social system as a whole, otherwise it would be impossible to account for what goes on before our eyes. What is England ? It ap-oears to us like Holbein's picture, which represents the dance of the dead, in which the forms ef animate life are mixed; one of those magic circles in which the institutions and prejudices of the middle ages alternate, and are con- founded with the most advanced principles of the 19th century a strange mixture of monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy. The social condition of England can only be known by taking into account this confusion of such opposite interests which seem as if they must destroy each other, and which, never- theless, subsist side by aide in a certain harmony. England has now no need of a crisis to unite in a homogeneous whole the different elements represented by the aristocracy, the clergy, and the bourgeoisie, and to force them to sacrifice their privileges to the good of the State. England has not had a night of the 4th of August in her history. The English nation, has, nevertheless,, not completely purged itself; bat it is slowly and Without any violent; shocks that it accomplishes its reforms. The different classes make mutual conces- sions to one another, and each one is capable of giviiig up a part of its privileges in favour of the others. England is like the island of Robinson, which different races, it is said, divided amongst them. The nobility have taken the greatest part, the bourgeoisie have taken what the nobility have left, and, as for the people, they have got nothing but a small corner of the space allotted to the bourgeoisie. Well, these recriprocallimits are respected by every. body, and nobody tries to destroy them. When ne- cessity requires it, one class of this singular society makes a little room for the others; and this conces- sion every time marks an advancement, although in each of the particular circles tho remains of the middle ages are still to be seen. It is this calm, quiet pro- gress, this moderation, with which reforms are de- manded, which has always made compromises between the different classes and different parties possible without revolutions. Social history in France only moves, so to speak, in a bloody eirole, in which hatred urges one against another. From 1789 to 1852 there was nothing in Pranoe but armed struggles or temporary tfruces. There is a violent animosity between the classes which possess property and those which do not, and there is ever the danger of a revolution or a counter revolu- tion. In England there are neither revolutionists nor re- publicans. The egotism of each class has an open field, and it has no need to struggle to move in that field; hence, struggles are impossible, for the reason that they would be no use. Never has the English people thought of disputing the rights or power of the aristecracy, although that aristocracy has both the poli- tical influence and the landed property; and on part the aristocracy has for a long time given up op- posing the progress of the middle classes and the free movement of the working classes. Is this hypocrisy ? No, it is only the respect for, and reciprocal recogni- tion of invested rights. Each one wishes to ba master in his own place (chez soi), but without encroaching on the ground of his neighbour. Never in England, even at the most critical times, have the principles of equality and the defence of the rights of man been put forward, and never has a tendency towards uniformity or towards a general-levelling of all classes manifested itself. English liberty has never taken the word equality as its motto. Liberty in this country is only a neutral ground on which all parties follow their own egotistic tendencies. This is the reason why in England there is an extreme confidence in the Constitution, in the monarchy and the legislation, spite of the incalculable I number of laws, which no jurisconsult has been ever able to know perfectly, and no assembly been able to j make into a code,Urnternational (london French
THE NEWS BUDGET.
THE NEWS BUDGET. Noble Gift to the Town of Derby.-The Derby council were summoned last week to set their common seal to the conveyance of six acres of the Holmes for a public recreation ground. The generous doner at last turns out to be M. T. Bass, Esq., M.P. In addition to the <sost of the land, X3,000, we under- stand he is about to set it out and plant it, at a further expense of 21,090, making the noble gift to the working classes of this town of < £ 4,000. We regret to hear Mr. Bass is suffering from a blow or crash re- ceivod in the crowd during the election of last week. At a special meeting o! the Court of Common Council on Taesday, at which the Load Mayor pre- sided, the question of the cattle disease was largely discussed from conflicting points of view. We gather from the report of the proceedings that the council voted £1,000 to head a subscription list to compensate owners of cattle which might have to be killed, under the Orders in Council, as being affected with the disease. Striking an Infant with a Hammer.—As a woman named M'Cullagh was walking along a street in Liverpool on Monday, carrying her baby fo her arms, she met a woman named Fitzsimmon, vith whom she had a quarrel. In the course of the nw Fitzsimmon struck M'Cullagh's child on the head with a hammer, inflicting a wound which will, in all pro. bability, cause its death. The brutal woman was re- manded. Burned to Death at a Furnace.-On Thurs. day afternoon a labourer named Michael Meaghan, aged forty, came to a horrible death at the foundry of 'Messrs. Graham and Sons, Habergham Eaves, Burnley. He was charging a furnace With coke and iron, and put his face to the mouth of the furnace to see if he had put in a sufficient charge, when the flame from the furnace caught his face and head and burned him to death. He was found in that position soon after- wards by the foreman, kneeling in front of the furnace exactly in the state he was scorched. A Lady Bankrupt.—The Hon. Georgina Augusta Frederica HenriettaCavendishBentinckhas been before the Bankruptcy Court. The bankrupt was described as spinster," of 5, Greek-street, Groavenor-square. The cause of bankruptcy is said to be the loss of a sum of money lent to the late Dowager Lady Rivers, and insufficiency of income to maintain the Hon. Miss Bentinck's position in life. The debts are nearly zCI,700, Lady Clare being a creditor for .£60, and the claims on the estate being made by a long list of West- end tradesmen. Who is to have the Lordship of the Admiralty ? That is now the question. Has Mr. Stansfeld been so far purged of his offence in the Mazzini business as to be eligible for restoration to an office in which, ad- mittedly, he was successful? Mr. Stansfeld is very generally liked, even by political opponents, and his influence in Clerkenwell and Islington was proved by the recent rejection of "Cox of Finsbury," who lest his election from no other cause than having, in the House, asked the question which led to Mr. Sfcans- feld's resignation. Acsidenta from the Incautious Use of Fire- arms.-As Mr. Charles Lennard, of Hayes, was in the act of drawing out a gun from a place in which it was usually kept, with the muzzle towards him, the piece being unfortunately leaded, something caught the trigger, it went off, and the ooutents lodged in his left arm, shattering it in a dreadful manner, insomuch as to render amputation necessary.—The second acci- dent occurred to Mr. Strangeways, of Lee, who having fired a gun, which had been loaded for aome time, for the purpose of cleaning and rendering fit for use, un- fortunately left a piece of unextinguished wadding therein, which taking fire at the second loading ignited, whilst Mr. Strangeways was in the act of ramming, and strack his left cheek, from which he now lies in a state of great suffering. The Cattle Plagiie.-It is of the utmost import- ance at the present time that all assemblages of cattle which are not absolutely necessary should be avoided. It is not only that one diseased animal may communi- cate the pestilence to a dozen, and that the dozen may introduce it into as many different places, but there is a chance of leaving a trail of contagion all along the ways by which such cattle come and go. We are glad to observe, therefore, that, at the in- stance of Lord Lichfield, the Staffordshire Agricultural Society has suspended its annual show. It is an example which should be folio wed all over the country. Indeed, any association designed to promote the inte- restsofagricaltaremast forfeit its preteniiona if it do not follow the-example. -Pall Mall Gazette. Fatal Scaffold Accident.—On Tuesday after- noon an accident, which immediately proved fatal, oo- corred at Messrs. Aldebert and C@.'s premises, Bow- street, Long-acre. An English bricklayer, named William Atkinson, was with other men engaged in putting another story to the premises, when the de. ceased, in stepping from the top of a high ladder on to the scaffold, missed his footing, and fell from a height of thirty-six feet on to a stage eight feet from the ground. On the lower stage were pieces of brick, one of which fractured his skull and penetrated the brain. The unfortunate man was conveyed to King's College Hospital, when Dr. Bond and Mr. Wood pronounced life to be extinct. Deceased was known to the work- men by the name of Samuel," but of his connections and place of abode they could give no information. Extraordinary Career of a Domestic Ser- vant.—Christiana Brett, who had been previously charged with stealing six deaerfc-spoons, a large clothes- bag, and a child's nightgown, belonging to her master, Mr. C. Danby, of Hotham-villas. Patney, was brought before Mr. Ingham for re- amination.-The prisoner, who was in the same eerviee about ten years ago, was taken by Mr. Danby without a character, as she represented that she wag in great distress. She entered upon her duties on the 27th of July, and on i tke Sunday morning following, while the family were at church, she absconded with the property.—Mr. Ing- I ham committed the prisoner for trial. A Narrow Escape.—Harry Leslie, the acrobat, nearly met his rileath at the Niagara Falls one day last month. He had crossed and recrossed the rope below the Suspension-bridge, and completed one-half of the second trip by crossing to the Canada side with a peach basket on each foot. On returning for the last time he essayed a new feat, by placing a bucket of water in atin frame on his head, and holding a similar bucket in each hand with a balance pole. On reaching the middle he slipped and stiimbled, causing the three buckets to fall. Still holding to the pale, he clung to the rope, struggling to right himself. In a minute or two he succeeded, and reached the American shore with a brisk step, amid cheers and congratulations. General Grant and suite were present. Rescue of Two Ladies from Drowning.—A gallant instance of rescuing persons from drowning occurred a few days since at Blakenberghe (Belgium). Two young ladies, the Countess de Chatel, of Gand, and Mdlle. Ponowaka, while bathing in the sea, got out of their depth, and must have been drowned, had not M. Tanner, a young gentleman of Liege, swum to their assistance. He reached them just in time, and, not- withstanding their clinging to him in the most desper- ate manner so as to render him almost powerless, he managed to keep their heads above water till a boat came and rescued all three. The young ladies, one of whom had fainted, soon recovered; but M. Tanner was so exhausted by his great exertions that he had a violent attack of fever, and for nearly two days his life was considered in danger. He is now much better, however, and able to leave his chamber. Fatal Boat Accident in the Derwent.-A sad case of death by drowning occurred at Derby on Saturday afternoon. A young gentleman named Frederic Newbold, aged eighteen, articled pupil to Mr. Benjamin Wilson, architect, of that town, went for a row up the river Derwent, accompanied by his cousin. By some means Mr. Newbold's oar "crabbed," and the unfortunate yeung gentleman fell over the ° the water the river being twelve feet deep at this part. He never rose to the surface again, and when a police-constable arrived with the drags he was found to be dead. He was conveyed home on a stretcher to his mother's, a widow lady, who keeps the Dove Inn, Nun-street, Derby. Dying at Ms post,-The following instance of heroism and faithfulness to duty occurred during the recent collision of the Pewabic and the Meteor on Lake Huron, when the former vessel went to the bottom. Mr. Jackson, the first engineer of the Pewabic, who had only been married a few months, had his wife with him; it was her first trip to the upper lakes. The second engineer ran into the engine- room and exclaimed, Save yourself and yohr wife," Jackson, in all probability, had no idea that the boat was on the point of sinking, and thought only of his to Rbtnd hv his. Dost, and accordingly replied that he would not desert the engine to the last. His wife became frightened and clung to him, but he told her to be calm, saying he would take care of her. Neither of them left the engine-room, so that in their doom they were not divided. Lincolnshire Ram-letting.-The flock of rams which year after year draws such a large gathering of the principal sheep breeders of the midland counties to Biscathorpe was let by auction by Mr. Briggs last week. A finer lot of animals was never penned than the 150 rams which Mr. Kirkham had selected for his friends; they were as nearly perfect as possible. The success of the letting was most oomplete, the prices realised being quite in character with the fame of the Hock. The 50 shearlings averaged .£16 18s. 6d., the 52 two-shears, £ 17 3s., and the 48 aged sheep, J8154S., the average of the 150 rams let being £ 16 8s. 6d. The best shearling was let to Mr. Caleb Going, Ireland, for 70 guineas; the best two-shears to Mr. C. Clark, Scop- wick, for < £ 137; and the best aged sheep to Mr. W. Chaplin, for 100 guineas. Death of Madame Mariette.-Amongst the losses which the oholera has inflicted on the French residents in Egypt, one of the most distressing has been the death of Mdme. Mariette. This courageous lady had followed her husband through the most laborious parts of his exploring expeditions, and had resided for years at the foot of the Pyramids and in the desert of Sakkarah. The Boulaq quarter, where w the Egyptian Museum, of which M. Kariette is the conservator, was the principal seat of the epidemic. Mdme. Mariette, nevertheless, was only attacked when the prevailing malady was in its decline, and when all danger seemed to have passed away. Extraordinary Birth.—At this slack season of the year-not for births, certainly, as the population is immensely increasing, but for news—journals are constantly reviving contributions of and inserting paragraphs detailing the prodigious size of goose- berries, as at Melaonby, or the enormous production of some unusually paifcurient hen. Our case is not so this week, however, but to record the birth of a child, in the workhouse, of no less than- sixteen pounds weight, or something over what an ordiaary pair of twins would turn in the scale. Eight oaunds may be considered a fair average weight of a child just born. Nine and ten pounds are not uncommon, and we have known them up to fourteen pounds, which was cer- tainly the heaviest baby in our recollection up to this time. Conviction for Selling Diseased Meat.-At the Bath Police-court, on Saturday, John White, a master butcher, of Glastonbury, was summoned, at the instance of the Local Board of Health, for having in his possession the carcase of a cow intended for sale, but which was unfit for human food. The pro- ceedings were taken under the 26th and 27th Yic. cap. 117, sec. 2. The carcase was found covered up in a cart, cut up in quarters, and dressed in the usual way for sale. It was now proved that the cow be- longed to Mr. Rowe, of Wick Farm, near Glastonbury, who had it stuck whilst suffering from a complaint called the red water, and who sold the carcase to the defendant for X- I. The defence was the carcase was not intended for human food, but that defendant had brought it to Bath to sell it for dogs. The magis- trates were of opinion that the defendant had not proved this, and the chairman stated that, though they had the power of inflicting a penalty of X20, they had determined to sentence the defendant to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. A Family of Suicides.—Two days back the po- lice found the corpses of three young girls who had terminated their existence with charcoal in one of tha old houses of the Rue Beautreillis, Paris. It appeared that the family to which they belonged had a mono- mania for suicide; that the father, in consequence of commercial misfortunes, had thrown himself from the top of the Tour St. Jacques; that the son had enlisted as a soldier, and then blown out his brains; lastly that Eugenie, one of the three girls, had made several attempts to commit suicide, and had been confined at Charenton. It was only a fortnight ago that her mother, thinking her entirely cured, withdrew her from that asylum and took her home. Eugenie, being left alone with her two sisters, took the opportunity of converting them to her own ideas of life and death, the consequence of which was that they went out' bought charcoal, and then re-entered the room. The mother, on returning home, found her three daughters dead, in a kneeling postare, and all attired in their best dresses. Barnet Cattle Fair. This great cattle fair opened on Monday morning, and the several fields apportioned out for cattle were well furnished. The Scotch cattle fair exhibited a fine show, and the Welsh beasts were numerous; but whether from the high prices asked or the fear of the cattle plague, there was an obvious reluctance on the part of stock- feeders to make purchases. In the field for dairv oows business was brisk, and milking cows sold at from X14 to ^20 each. In the horse fair there was a lively trade among Welsh forest ponies; and these little unbroken animals were selected out of the droves at 4 to 8 guineas each. Nag horses vary in prices from 18 to 40 guineas, and cart-horses were in good request. Cart colts and miscellaneous s3rts sold at 15 to 30 guineas. The impending Famine in Palestine.— The reports from Jerusalem are becoming more and more alarming as each successive mail arrives. The devastations caused by the innumerable swarms of locusts which have invaded the Holy Land are such as no words can adequately describe. The green crops have been wholly devoured, and the trees stripped of leaves and fruits. The prices of the ordinary neces- saries of life are already doubled. The Bishop of Jerusalem is peculiarly pressed at this time by the arrival of 1,500 Jews from Morocco, who incessantly supplicate help from the head of the Christian Church there. Shail not we, on this moat. trying occasion, follow the example of the first Christians, of whom, on the occasion of an impending famine, it is written, Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea." Contributions will be grate- fully received, and forwarded without delay, to the bishop by Captain H. Layard, 16, Lincoln's-ian-fields London, W.C.; or, the Rev. G. H. Marriott, Moor Critchill, Wimborne. A Bad Son.—A young man named Charlochet, aged twenty-one, was tried on Saturday at the Court of Assizes of the Seme for wounding his mother. The antecedents of the accused were of the worst cha- racter. He had already been condemned six times, twice for embezzlement; and he inspired so great a terror in his father and mother that on the 3rd July last, having menaced to stab the latter, both parents abandoned the house and took refuge with a mend. A week later they returned, and a day or two atter the son demanded some money of his mother with threats, and on meeting with a refusal threw an empty bottle with great violence at her head. The missile struck a table and was broken to pieces, and one of the fragments inflicted a wound, happily of no great gravity, on the woman's skull. For this bratal con- duct the prisoner was now tried, but the jury simply returned a verdict of wounding by imprudence. The oourt, however, taking into consideration his previous condemnations, sentenced him to four months' im- prisonment and five years' surveillance of the police. New Mode of Preparing Grain for Food.— With the present method of separating the exterior coating of the grains of corn, a considerable loss of farina and other valuable constituents occurs; it is well know that a large amount of useful matters are removed with the bran. A method of decortieatine the grains, of which a most favourable official report has been made, has been invented by M Pntaaa»,f The apparatus used for the purpose consists of a °S r £ f1Glltlle ?rfin> previously moistened t0K-.Se tj paasef m}° a cylinder, Where it is some mmutes to the action of a beater, making 372 revolutions per minute. This completely separates the pellicle, which is driven off by the action of a fan. Experiments showed that, with this treat- ment, only the 1-21 of the weight was removed by the operation. Gram treated in this way afforded, when ground, 86 6 per cent. of its original weight in farina u 4. « Pe^'ic^e) which, by itself, constituting only about four per cent, of the weight of the grain, is re- moved, all particles adhering to it, and everything due to the maladies produced by cryptogamic vegetation. Hence the product is favourable to health. Fatty, mineral, and azotised substances, which occur near the periphery of the perieperm, and which are, to a greater or less extent, removed during other processes for preparation of the grain, are left when this method is used; and the flavour and aroma of the bread formed with it are such as to render it extremely agreeable as food. It is not, however, of that extreme whiteness which is so unwisely sought after by epicures; this, however, should it be considered de- sirable, may perhaps be remedied.-Scitific Review.
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PITOME OF NEWS. --+-- jfLbti-el-Ksder is a Freemason, and has just been intertained at tie Grand Eastern Lodge. Oourmanis, rejoice S this is the finest year m(twn for manjyearsf or Lhat delicate article o £ food—truffle. ;t appear; that i-n the seven months ending July, th/re were 34,89 tons of rag and other materials imported f0 making papr. Meat saled with acetate of soda is easily dried, -"reserves an ajreeable flavour, and is more easily unsalted itan when cormon salt is used for the purpose. ITSPITOMB OF IEWS, jfLbti-el-Ksder is a Freemason, and has just been intertained at tie Grand Eastern Lodge. Oourmanis, rejoice S this is the finest year m(twn for manjyearsf or Lhat delicate article o £ food—truffle. ;t appear; that i-n the seven months ending July, th/re were 34,89 tons of rag and other materials imported f0 making papr. Meat saled with acetate of soda is easily dried, -"reserves an ajreeable flavour, and is more easily unsalted itan when cormon salt is used for the purpose. The import of animals from abroad has greatly creased this ear. In the first seven months of the year ta numbers iiported into the U nited Kingdom have been 9116 oxen, bus, and cows; 27,475 calves j 322,074 sheep and linbs, and 49,22 swine and hogs. From ar official document just issued it ap- mrs that in te seven months ending the 31st July last, a many as 23?06,240 eggs were imported against 207,790,320 ii the precedig year. In July last, compared with the sme month iithe preceding year, the increase exceeded 0)00,006. ,At the 1st Cornish ticketing, 2,829 tons of ore w& sold for £ 14,178 13s. The averages were— thndard, £ -11 14s.; price per ton, £ 5; produce seven, oantity of fit copper, 198 tons 6 owfc. Compared with the :evious sale^he standard has decliaed 12s. 6d., and the rice per ton F ore, 8d. A youth>f sixteen, the son of an extensive iron- erchant in te black country," ran away the other day ith his "darng Rose," one of his father's domestics, and ifore he wasaught had succeeded in getting the nuptial lot tied. From ar official document just issued it ap- mrs that in te seven months ending the 31st July last, a many as 23?06,240 eggs were imported against 207,790,320 ii the precedig year. In July last, compared with the sme month iithe preceding year, the increase exceeded 1100,000.. At the 1st Cornish ticketing, 2,829 tons of ore w& sold for £ 14,178 13s. The averages were— thndard, £ -11 14s.; price per ton, £ 5; produce seven, oantity of fit copper, 198 tons 6 owfc. Compared with the :evious sale^he standard has decliaed 12s. 6d., and the rice per ton F ore, 8d. A youth>f sixteen, the son of an extensive iron- erchant in te black country," ran away the other day ith his "darng Rose," one of his father's domestics, and ifore he wasaught had succeeded in getting the nuptial lot tied. The las1 spring ziae m st. Bride s Hay, rem- okeshire, bought immense shoals of mackerel close to eishioc. an the fishermen succeeded in capturing tons of e fish wiii their nets. Large takes were also made at eyland, Miord, and all around the Pembrokeshire coast, is eight yera since such large shoals of mackerel were ptured on he coast before. An Acfwas passed in the late Session to suspend r a furthe period the ballots for the Militia of the United ngdom. Che time would have expired at the end ofthe dSrot minth, but the making of the lists is further jpended-o the 1st of October next year. The Act is not prevail! the holding of certain meetings relating to the Iltia. H Sortie of the friends of Mrs. Davis, wife of the -President of the South, are raising a subscription for her t>porfc. She is in Alabama, and by one account is said to "s a state of great poverty, while by another her means said to be ample for her requirements. The subscri ption j on, however, and the list will probably be added to by ty as a sort of protest against the present administration. H 3eev?it Island, near Harwich, has been pur- led by Mr. E. Walker, of TerrjLngton, who intends to re- 1 it from the sea. It contains 1,200 acres. H general Meagher has been speaking at St. Louis ivour of negro suffrage, saying that a democrat who tld deny the negro the right to vote is not worthy to par- late in the triumph of the nation." .1 ■ .n application has been made to the Lord-Lien- -.jit of Ireland for a training ship to be stationed at G-al- to; the instruction of Irish youths in a seafaring life. H reqiiest will be submitted to the Lords of the Admiralty. 1he rectory of Litchfield, near Andover, has Mne vacant by the death of the Rev. Peter Cotes, M.A., H aeriy of "Wadliam College, Oxford. The benefice, which M rorth t430 a year and a. house, is in the gift of Mr. W. H gsmill. The population is 102. ■ L little girl, residing in Newport-market, was M .iag the end of Newport-street on Saturday morning, a a hansom cab knocked her down. The wheels passed her body, and on being taken to the Charing-cross H rpital she was found to be dead. 'he British Museum was closed seven days for H autumnal vacation. It was re-opened on Friday, the instant, after which the days for the admission of the ic are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from ten till J'clock, the Saturday afternoo-a admission, having ceased he present year. ■ onaiderable anxiety has been oscasioned in h Staffordshire by the turn-otit of 500 colliers and jtone miners in tlio employ of Mr. H. H. Williamson, of H stall who had refused to a«cede to their demand of an ■j inJ0e 'of 6d. per day in their wages. H Calvert, Q.C., is to be married to Lady r Herbert on Thursday, September 14. Her ladyship H Ie daughter of the second Earl of Powis, and sister of H present peer, She was born in 1819. There %i e to be H 1, rejoicings at Welshpaol and in Powis-park on the non. he town of Fondo, in the Tyrol, ha? been H nfc entirely destroyed by fire. One hundred and fifty Hi tea have Uan burned, and three hundred families are H 3out shelter. The town-iiaiu, the chur.eh, and a few Hi -^g situated on an elevation, escaped the flames. The peasants have lost nearly all the forage for their ■ ,s nearly as can be estimated the total itity of pilchards taken on the coast of Cornwall in the week was from 650 to 700 hogsheads, a large portion of h was sent on to the metropolis. Fine shoals of fish aporfced to be making towards the shore, and heavy aes are confidently expected on an earlV day. :p ibout the same as reporiraa last* week. I ie Helsingfors Tidning announces that the ■ >c(; for laying a submarine telegraph between Sweden HI ^inland has been definitively decided on. The cable is in- H ed to pa?s from Grislehamm to Neystadfc, touching at ■ Aland Islands. ■ bout two miles south of Rame-head the ■ icmth fishing sloop, Red Rover, belonging to Mr. Samuel H vne, caught in her trawl-net, tke other day, a sturgeon ■ iin. long, from nose to tail, 4ft. girth, and weighing 3t ■ It was alive when landed the same evening at the ■ 'ican, and, having been wrapped in canvas, was seut via ■ h Devon Railway to Billingsgate-market. I uller inquiries into the circumstances of the ■ shocking accident at E wood near Blackburn, Show that ■ Aast twenty persons were injured. Of that number quite H half are suffering from severe wounda, and three of them ■ a a state. Of the twenty hurt nine were sent ,3,r ■ .le Blackburn Infirmary. fl i paragraph has appeared lately in the French ■ spapers to the effect that the cholera has appeared at The acting- Englisb. consul ttsre contraaicts the I meiit. After a sumtGsr of rare beauty, NlCeSln a ■ ectly healthy state, and no case of any kind having the I 'acter of cholera has made its appearance. ■ frightful case of burning took plaoe ■ itlx at Leicester. The deceased, Mrs. Glover, a milli- I in Cauk-street, was sitting near the fire in a ■ ■* at the lower part of the house. A cinder fell upon her ■ lress, and she was quickly enveloped in flames. She ■ removed to the infirmary, and died there about eleven ■ ok. I l a before the Bankruptcy Court I s stated ta by a laista^g in the reading of a tele- I which lea purchase of cotton, the bankrupt ■ had incurred a lose of £ 94j000 I chamo^ ^a3T^qe}^ born in the Zooiogical- I ,n at Gresden. time that such an ■ -■ has occurred m a Zo^oglc« the firsfc havi I the first half of the ^a^^fe^ l863,1864, and I the following (laantities of home mids■ 8pirita were re. I 1 for consumption as beverage in the Umw Kingdom: 1863, &,948,498 gallons; m 1864, 9,566,63ai, 336. Ths quantity of foreign spmts entered f0r ■mption in the first half of the as fol- —In 1863, 2,502,369 proof gallons; m 18t>4, 2,903^19. 2,980,073. few days back, the groom Of the Hon. C.B. who is staying atBognor, named G. Foot, got up from :d in his sleep and walked to the bedroom door, which in d, and, going out, shut it after him. He theIl fell the top of the stairs to the bottom, and, although no 1 were broken, he is most seriously hurt in the back- ich so, that he has lost the entire use of hi3 limb3, t is feared that it will be a long time before he re- 's. (Jfinislia/Vr, the popular light-weight jockey, atered int° eil,?agement with the Marquis o £ Hast- who retains the Call on his services for the hattd- consideratios ot £ 690 a year. The Duke of Beaufort second master. nee the termination of the strike of the Ingand" nailers, when the workmen resumed work at 0 per cent, reductio1! th&ir earnings, the masters, •.gh the districts o- Sedgley, Cosely, Gornal, &c., have tarily restored the ul wa^e 0{ «, tw.eBty sMllings in ouud, instead a? 18a. to the.po^nd, which they have short time been, pay in g.Thef ull was restored for fat time last week, and will be confeh^g^ large piece of the wall of one of the houses now •Urseof demolition in the Rue bi;.Honor^ near the re, suddenly fell into the street at about ive o'clock » !ida.y morning, only a. few minutes before the arrival of 'orkmen. The frontage of the opposite houses was .Iy damaged by the masonry so projected against it but hately no person sustained any injury. le determination of the railway directors to duce Sunday trains on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line as was to be expected, raised a good deal of opposition 8 that for many years there has been no communica' between Edinburgh and Glasgow on Sundays. A meet- ?Q, held in Glasgow on Wednesday night, at which a jorial was adopted urging on the directors to recon- their decision, and- leave matters as at present so the Ecliuburgh and Glasgow portion of the line is con- d. he Earl of Derby will be entertained by the of Liverpool at the Town-hall in that city on the 25th £ ex-Champion of the Prize-ring, ■ laoi'se16 Beverley magistrates for ill-treat- ■ +>10 to t.ho South Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from ten a.m., to ten p.m., 12,859; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, students' days (admission to the public, ed.), open from ten a.m. till six p.m., 1,675. Total, 14,534; from the opening of the Museum, 5,521,067- The following is the latest bulletin of the cholera from Marseilles:—On August 31st, 64 deaths; 35 from cholera. Oa September 1, 44 deaths; 23 from cholera. By an Act of the 27th George III., phea- sants are killed between the 10th of June and 1st September, in Ireland; and, by a recent Act, they are not to be killed between the 1st February and the 1st of October. A conflagration which broke out at Quebes on the night of the 17th ult., and raged till the forenoon of the following day, destroyed almost the entire suburb of St. Roch. The suit of the Great Western Railroad of Canada against the Commercial Bank of Canada, involving R200,000, has been decided against the bank. An explosion of fire-damp took place at Kirk. wood Colliery, near Coattridge, a few days ago. There were thirteen men in the pit, one of whom was killed and several severely injured. The Inclepevidant of Gonstantina (Algeria) gives a long list of the forests which have been ravaged by fires in that province, nearly all of them forming part of concessions made to the French. Colonel Plunket Burton, la Ite of the Cold- stream Guards, died at his residence in. Grosvenor-square on Sunday last, from rheumatism, which was first caused by exposure while serving with his regiment in the Crimea. The deceased was the only son of Admiral Ryder Burton, K. H., and the Hon. Mrs. Burton, youngest daughter of the 13 th Lord Dunsany. He leaves a widow and one child.
A MAN KILLED BY AN HOTEL LIFT.5
A MAN KILLED BY AN HOTEL LIFT.5 A fatal accident occurred on Friday to a man named William Ohasmar, employed as assistant to the driver of a coal-lift at the Langham Hotel. Among the improvements introduced into this hotel is an hydraulic lift for the convenience of coal, linen, &c., from the basement story to the various floors in the building. The lift is of the simplest construction, and is governed by a small rope, which extends from the bottom to the top floor, and which opens or shuts the water valve. This rope can, however, only be pro- perly worked by a parson inside the lift. The deceased, it appears, was upon the mezzanine floor (next above the basement), and wishing to convey some linen to the laundry, instead of descending to the basement, he foolishly mounted the iron railing protecting the open- ing on to each floor, and, reaching across, pulled the rope which caused the lift to ascend. No doubt he intended to check the lift when it reached the floor upon which he was, but unfortunately its upper frame- work struck his chin, and before he could withdraw himself his neck became jammed between the top of the lift and the ceiling above, where he was suffocated before the accident was observed. Messrs. Easton and Amos, by whom the lifts were made, have not yet given up charge of them, and as the deceased had no authority to set the lift in motion, the accident may be said to have occurred entirely through the temerity of the unfortunate man, who has, unhappily, left a widow and several children.
- ! ACCIDENT AT THE FINSBVRY…
ACCIDENT AT THE FINSBVRY EXTEN- SION RAILWAY WORKS. On Tuesday afternoon a serious accident occurred at the new station of the Finsbary Extension of the Metropolitan Rail way, now in course of erection in Aldersgate-street. A little after twelve o'clock two men were employed in lifting a crate of glass, weigh- ing about four cwn., on to the roof of the station by means of a crane. The men succeeded in getting the crate on to a narrow board which was resting on the iron girders of the roofing. The board broke in the middle, and the men who were standing on it were thrown to the ground, a distance of about 70 feet. The glass also fell, and the noise of the crash was great, and when it was heard by a workman standing on a scaffolding near he became dreadfully alarmed, and running to the edge of it looked down at the in. jured men. He then fell to the ground, and was fear- fully injured. The msn who were on the plank ia the roof of the building when it broke were named respectively Philip Potter, aged twenty years, and Robert Chafe, aged eighteen. The unfortunate man Potter, it is believed, had his back broken by the fall, and his case is regarded as hopeless. His com- rade, Robert Chafe, escaped with a broken leg and severe concussion; though he is at present delirious, his recovery is expected. The third sufferer, Edward Lewis, aged twenty-seven years, has had his left thigh and right leg broken, and he received besides a serious concussion on the right shoulder- Ha states that when was standing on a scaffold he heard the fall ot the other men and of the glass, and that he pro- ceeded to get down hurriedly to go to theif assistance. In doing so his hand slipped, and he too fell headlong to the ground, aad so met with his injuries. Lewis, it would appear, had been employed at the works since their commencement, and being regarded as a steady hand was employed to do the dangerous work. He says that he had frequently been up at greater heights, and had come down rapes, .&a, with perfect safety. The two other men had nst been long em- ployed on the works.
'--AN AUNT AND NEPHEW: STRANGE…
AN AUNT AND NEPHEW: STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE. An application was made the other day to the pre- siding magistrates, at the Huddersfield Court-house by Mr. Freeman, on behalf of Mary Ann, the wife of Samuel Eastwood, greengrocer, Huddersfield, for an order under the Matrimonial Causes Act to protect her earnings from her husband. The application was made in consequence of the disappearance of Samuel Eastwood, who is supposed to have eloped with his aunt and gone to Australia. The circumstances con- nected with the affair appear to be as follows:-Some few months ago Jonathan Eastwood, uncle to Samuel, was brought before the Huddersfield- beach for brutally assaulting his wife with a coal rake, and the P.6nc^ marked their sense of his conduct by sending im to Wakefield House of Correction for six months. Since then the nephew has been assiduous in assisting hIS aunt to conduct her business, and he and his wife went to lIve. with her, but quarrels arose between the females, whioh, it is aaid, led to her again living apart. The nephew of the incarcerated man, however, con- tinued to aid his aunt in business matters, and in oon- sequence of the attention he appeared to pay to the welfare of a rival in business and also through his aunt mistaking another person for him, clasping him in-her arms, and addressing him as Sam," some par- ties began to entertain an opinion that there was more than a friendly feeling or relationship existing bet ween them. About a fortnight age Samuel intimated to his wife that he should visit the Dublin Exhibi- tion, and when he returned he would take her into Scotland for an out. He left home on the 18th Angust, and has not been seen since by any of his friends in this locality. The elder Mrg. Eastwood, having given it out that she was going to purchase fruit, also disap- Peared, and as she did not return inquiries were made, yhich resulted in the discovery that she and her lov- 3 nephew had takes a goodly quantity of luggage ini* jj<?nny considerable amount of money, approach- nn ttfoV? °; Ifc'was alleged that there was scheming b°th the parties to obtain the mon4y, SSn flT w 111113:—Samuel was at the railway «o8« some time last year on busi- flkZd ii'411 Wa trad0> and being lame, was strucl £ alleged, severely injured, by some 5dteA ^unt/d. He saed the London an Company, and a sympa- thising jury awarded him < £ l,5oo, to the great astonish- ment of all „ ,lm- This money was placed in the ba^'0^ nut so thatWrfc "to Dublin," he drew some Jl,200 w 80 ™ he would not be short of money on his ^t^ood, the uncle, now sojourning iri the °* had money in the bank, and hi8 wife, desiring to extend the busi- ness," sought for his signature to enable her to draw it out. She also sought for the signatures of the committing magistrates to a requisition for the com- mutation of her husbands term of imprisonment In both cases she was successful. What became of the requisition does not appear—perhaps it en- abled her to obtain the other signature-but the other document was used to obtain all the money her hue- band had in the bank except X20. When the parties had been missing long enough to give rise to the sus- picion that they had eloped, Ex-detective Partridge was set on their track, and according to the statement made in court on Saturday, the parties had been traced to Queenstown, and were supposed to be on their way to Australia. In the evidence given by Mrs. Samuel Eastwood, in suppert of the application, she stated that she was married at Almondbary parish church, on the áth of November, 1860; her husband left her on the 18th of August last, and had eloped I with another man's wife. The order of protection
DEPARTUBE OF THE FRENOH FLEET.
DEPARTUBE OF THE FRENOH FLEET. Reverting to the various festivities and display whieh the town of Portsmouth made in honour of our guests, says the special correspondent of the Observer, who cannot have failed to have left our shores without the most pleasing reminiscences of the hearty reception and the kind and fraternal feeling they had experienced at the hands of John Bull, there can be no doubt that all parties, whether civil, military, or naval, had combined together to give them a most hearty welcome; but from the remnants of the dis- play which remained there was evidence of a sasl want of taste in the display of the flags and other devices. One triumphal arch we observed to be sadly out of the perpendicular, and the decoration of the grand Ionic, or imitation of the Marble Arch," at Hyde Park, at the entrance to the Governor s-green, where the great civic banquet and ball took place on Thursday night, as seen by daylight, looked exceedingly scenic and stagy-indeed, the painting-on its faga^e of the French eagle, &o., we should suppose to have been the handy work of some sixth or seventh-rate theatrical scenic artist. Nor was the outward appearance of the "Grand Tent" and banqueting saloon, and their adjuncts, in much better keeping, reminding one very much of the booths at old Bartlemy Fair. But we were told, I' Oh, but you should see the inside." We wished to do so, but were told by the civil guardian on duty that it was as much as his place was worth to allow anyone, even a member of the London press to peep into it without the order from the Mayor or Mr. Angel, the borough surveyor. But where were they to be found P Echo answers, Where?' The Admi- ralty authorities of the ptrt managed things better. This afternoon the college and the place where the Port Admiral's ball was held was thrown open to the public view, and many hundreds of the fair sex availed themselves of the privilege. The ball at the college on the Friday night was a very grand affair, and the company reached to upwards of 1,600. The civic authorities have, however, turned their structure on the Governor's-green to some account, for on Friday night they gave %promenade coneert with Jullion's band, the admissioa to which was half-a-crown, and something like 2,000 persona attended. This evening there is to tea a repetition of the concert at one shilling, with what result may be imagined. Judging from the remains of the illuminations and general report, they were really superb, especially those of the dockyard and various public buildings. At the time this was written Portsmouth was assum- inC v usua,l asP?efc, and before the Sabbath dawns it is believed there will be few vestiges remaining of the great events which have excited its population and the country during the past week.
THE TAILORS AND THE CUCUMBER…
THE TAILORS AND THE CUCUMBER SEASON. A well-dressed boy, aged eleven, was charged, at the Marylebone Police-court, with assaulting another lad, named Robert Daves, in Oak-village, Kentish- town. The evidence showed that the juvenile offender threw a stone, which struck Deves in his mouth. The effect of the blow was to knock out two teeth, and severely cut the lip. He was then taken into custody by Bryden. 309 S. Mr. Yardley inquired if either of the parents of the prisoners were present P The Mother stepped forward. Mr. Yardley: What is your husband ? The Mother: He is a tailor. Mr. Yardley: And I dare say earns good money-* The Mother: No, sir; not now. Mr. Yardley: Why not P The Mother: Not in cummber season (laughter). Mr. Yardley: Not when ? The Mother: Not in cucumber season. Mr. Yardley: How is that? The Mother: Because when cucumbers are in the gentry are out of town (laughter). iixr. xarcueylaat is new to me. He then ad- journed the case for a month to see if the parents on both side3 could not come to some arrangement as re- girde(I compensation.