The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

A NEW SOURCE OF PROFIT TO IRISH FARMERS. -This iS the potat)o-sugar. Potato-sugar is making its way from Germany, where it was discovered a few years by a Munich professor of chemistry. There was a tre: uiendous disturbance at the time, as it was found to offer the only means of adulterating and sweetening Rhine wines without detection; for exceptionally, like the °rape, it does not contain malic acid with its sac- charine ingredients. We hope our remarks will pass unobserved by the wine merchant, and that the farmer may. benefit by them. Eight pounds of sugar can be made from 60 pounds of potatoes in an inexpensive way. The sugar is splendid for brewing purposes, and, dis- Hled, makes a strong yet delicate flavoured spirit. The f sugar has. a peculiar and agreeable ..character of sweet- ness which fits it for table purposes. SUICIDE OF A PRISONER IN COURT.-A trades- man, having a good business in Montmartre, was sum- moned the other day before the Commissary of Police to answer a charge of immorality.. When in presence of that magistrate, after the first words of the deposition had been read to him, he suddenly fixed the handle of awl against the desk before, him, andtlironving him- violently upon it, drove the Made. into-his heart. Death was instantaneous. VERY rich and extensive gold fields have been recently discovered in Chihuahua, one of the largest and most important of the Mexican States, lying, immediately south of the Texas frontier, and between Sonora and Cohahuila. Armed parties of Americans, from Texas and other parts of the United States, have recently past over the frontier and entered upon this mining region, and preparations are being made for a still greater emi- gration of the same character. THE IRON AND COAL TRADES OF SOUTH WALES.—There is little change to note in the iron trade, and employment at the works keeps about the same. For railway iron buyers are in some instances readier to enter into fresh engagements, but the prices offered are low, and are scarcely any advance on the quotations at the commencement of the quarter-; still, upon the whole, there is a better feeling prevailing, which, it is hoped, will soon be followed by a substan- tial degree of improvement. PROCLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWERY.—At the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, on the last day of May, the officer" proclaimed" the following defendants in action with the usual ceremony J. T. W. Andrews, Augustus Palk, Henry Wellings, Susannah Price, Malcolm Macgregor, Robert Alexander Mitchell, P. F. Granville, Geo. B. Bruce, Robert Dean Bayly, Henry Ernest Maitland, Robert Campbell, Sir Sandford Graham, Bart., and Ernest Arthur Craddock. The county court was adjourned to the 27th of June. -GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FIRXI).—Mr. R. Benyon, M.P., of Englefield- park, near Reading, 1 has ■ again placed the use of his picturesque grounds at the disposal of the committee of the above deserving fund for the annual fete, which has beeome a very popular institution both'to holiday people in the metropolis and also to the inhabitants of-different towns past which the Great Western dine runs. Ttie fete will be held on Tuesday, the 23rd proximo, when there will be a great variety-of. amusements. OPENING OF A NEW CHURCH IN CAMKEN- TOWN.—A new free Christian church was opened on Sëm- day in Camden-town, the inaugural iservice being con- ducted by the Rev. J. J. Tayler, M.A., principal of Manchester New College. The church is a temporary iron building in the -St. Paul's-road, on a strip of land adjoining the Midland Railway, and has about 200 sit- tings. At a meeting of the congregation, held after the the service, Alderman Waterlow presiding, it was deter- mined that the. offertory system should be introduced, and that all the seats should be free. RELICS OF THE PAST.—There now remains, says the Army and, Navy Gazette, but three gallant veteran officers to commemorate the seventy-third anni- versary of the ever-memorable victory of Lord Howe. The following are their names, together with their rank then and now :Admiral Edward Ra-tsey, on the Re- served List, was mate of the Defence, 74; Admiral Henry Thomas Davis, on the Retired List, was mid- shipman of the Glory, 98; and Captain Justinian Barrell, on the Retired List, who was a boy in the Brunswick, 74. A POLICEMAN DoNE.-On Friday morning a man named William Hedley, a bricklayer's labourer, was in custody at a police-station in Kidderminster, with seven or eight others, awaiting his removal to Z, Stourbridge, to answer a charge of forgery. A police serjeant went into the cell to speak to one of the prisoners, when Hedley slipped passed him, and got to the door, which he pulled to after he had got out, thus leaving the serjeant in the cell. He then went down a passage, unfastened a door, and got into the street, and has not up to the present time been recaptured. DEATH FROM CHOKING.—An inquest was recently held at the St. George's vestry-room on the body of Emma Gunning, aged 54. The-deceased was a lady's maid in the service of a lady residing at 44, Curzon-street, Mayfair. On Tuesday evening, while eating her supper, a piece of meat stuck in. her throat. Medical aid was immediately called in, but death ensued. The jury returned a verdict of death from choking, and both they and the coroner severely censured Mr. and Mrs. Turner, the landlord and landlady of the house, for that they, instead of allowing the body to remain on the premises to await an inquest, had it tied up in a sheet and removed to a carpenter's shed. THE CAVENDISH BIGAMY CASE.—The old man, who gave the name of Henry Cavendish, appre- hended some time ago on a charge of bigamy, having intermarried as the Hon. Henry Cavendish with Miss Georgina Knapp, his wife Alethea being alive, was brought up on remand before Mr. Elliott, atthe Lambeth Police-court, on Saturday. The police-sergeant who had charge of the case read a letter, in which: it was inti- mated that the prisoner was probably an old offender who in France had been known as the Hon. Henry Cavendish, and had passed under other aliases, and who had been repeatedly convicted of bigamy, and sent to prison or the galleys. The prisoner declined to say any- thing to the charge, and he waa again remanded. STABBING BY A SCHOOLBOY.—At the Not- tingham Police-court, the other day, a boy,, the son of respectable parents, named William Graves, was charged with stabbing John Rogers, a schoolmate. Rogers was not able to attend, owing to the. injuries inflicted upon him. It appeared that on the previous day the boys were going to school together, when a dispute arose between them, and immediately after the prisoner drew a large knife from his pocket and deliberately stabbed the poor little fellow in the shoulder,, inflicting. a serious wound. He was taken from the ground and was after- wards seen by a surgeon, but he still keeps his bed. The case was remanded. IMPORTANT MINING OPERATIONS IN DERBY- SHIRE.—At Coton-park, a few miles from Gresley, a wealthy proprietary are now sinking for coal at a point away from any coalfield, and where the geological maps, show that there is none in the neighbourhood. Should; the sinking turn out successful, of which there is a very strong belief that it will do the result cannot fail to affect the investigations of the Royal Commission now engaged in inquiring into the extent, &c., of our coal- fields. It will also, doubtless, tend to other similar experiments being made under formations which have hitherto been supposed to have no coal beneath them, and in localities where the geological maps show that the mineral does not exist. The work is being carried out under the superintendence of Mr. Brown, ef the firm of Brown and Jeffcock, mining engineers, of Sheffield and Barnsley, and is exciting a great deal of interest among all persons connected with the coal interest. A MAN ATTACKED BY AN ELEPHANT.—An employe of Mrs. Edmunds named John Sutherland (52), no fixed residence, was attacked by an elephant and almost killed, under the following circumstances Mrs. Edmunds was staying at Brierley-hill, near Bir- mingham, with a show of wild beasts, amongst which was an elephant which Sutherland added to the collec- tion some 14 years ago. Since that time he had con- stantly attended to the animal, which he thought had learnt to know him. On Monday, however, when put- ting the beast into a van it suddenly became very savage, and seizing the unfortunate man with his trunk, knocked him against the van and then let him fall to the ground, where it trod upon him with one of its fore feet. Sutherland was brought to Birmingham and taken to the Queen's Hospital, where he. was found to be suffering from a scalp wound, a cut forehead, and a dislocated elbow. He states that he never teased the elephant, and can give no reason why it attacked him. He now lies at the above institution in a precarious condition. WHISKERS IN THE NAVY. The following circular, under date "Admiralty, May 15, 1867," has just been posted at the several Royal dockyards in the Mungdom Sir,1 am commanded by my Lords Com- missioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that they i desire to draw the attention of commanders-in-chief and f senior officers to a custom which appears to be some- s what prevalent in the fleet, of officers wearing whiskers 1 of such inordinate size and length as to resemble beards, which latter are prohibited by the printed instructions.. The regulations of the naval service require that any sueh irregular habit should be prevented, and that officers should be permitted only to wear the same length of whiskers as the seamen and marines under their divisional superintendence.—I am, sir, &c., HENRY G. LENNOX." I FATAL FIGHT BETWEEN MILITIAMEN AT LIVERPOOL. Peter O'Boyle was charged before the Liverpool stipendiary magistrate the other day with having caused the death of a .man named George Williamson. Both, men were carters, in the employ of Mr. M'Cabe, Freemason's-row, and both belonged to the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia, which was disbanded on Saturday, after the usual training. On that night O'Boyle and Williamson quarrelled at a public-house in Mile-end, and came to blows. On Sunday they again met, and angry words passed between them. William- son wanted to settle the difference by a fight, but O'Boyle at first refused. Ultimately, however, he con- j sented, and with a number of other persons, proceeded to a brickfield in Stanley-road, where the .ught took place. Williamson seemed to have the best of it, but after a round, in whiflh O'Boyle struck him a smart .blow on the left. side, he fell down, and instantly ex- pired. It is said that both men were.Under the influ- ence of drink at the time the fight took place. The prisoner was-remanded until after the inquest. A CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.—An inquest was recently held at the Grand Turk, Ludgate-hill, Birming- ham, before Dr. Birt Da.vies, respecting the death of John Cox, aged five years, whose parents live at 5, Brewery-street, Ashsted. On Thursday morning last, ,about half-past eight o'clock, the deceased, when stend- inginhis night-shirt by the kitchen fire, stood on the fender for the purpose of hanging a toy bucket he had on the pothook, and in so doing his shirt came in con- tact with the bars of the grate, and ignited. His. screams brought his mother to his assistance; and she extinguished the flames with a towel. The deceased, however, was badly burnt, and was taken to the General Hospital, where, notwithstanding the most careful treat- ment, .he -died on the following day from congestion of the lungs, the result of the burns. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." ON MONDAY MORNING, at about two o'clock, a policeman on duty in tlio llue Saint-Maur, in the Batignolles quarter, noticed s. cab stationary in the middle of, the street,, with no driver on-the box. He looked in, and found the coachman lying down at the bottom of the vehicle in a dying state, fie was but just able to speak,, gave his name as Castan, said his carriage belonged to the Batignolles stationj and begged to be taken to his brother's, Rue Saussure. There he expired, without being able to give any further account of himself. An examination of his body left no doubt that he had been. murdered. He had, several serious •wounds, some of which were inflicted by a blunt and others by a sharp instrument. The probability is that, while returning home, he was assassinated for the sake of the money which he might be presumed to have received in the course of the day. No trace- of the authors of the crime have yet been found. Casfean was a man of excellent character. A USEFUL ACT OF PARLIAMENT.—The British Medical Journal of the 25tb of May says::—The new wards of the Look Hospital) which will accommodate 60 additional female patients, will be opened by the-Drake of Cambridge, on Saturday, June 1, at four o'clock. The Government- have undertaken to defray the expense of supporting 80 beds in thk-hospitalfor female patients, under the Contagious Disease Act. The patients- are sent from Woolwich, Windsor, Chatham, and other military districts. The results already achieved by the treatment on an average of about 50 in-patients during the last year have been very satisfactory in the diminu- tion of disease and invaliding: in the troops at these sta- tions. At Woolwich the.amount of disease among the soldiers is said to be lessened by about one-half. The women are well satisfied with their treatment, and hajve not in any instance offeredaüy objection to their' com- pulsory detention. Since this-system, has been in opera- tion 51 of these women have been admitted, alter cure, into the Look Asylum conneetedi with the Lock Hoopital, where they remain for a period of two years under moral supervision, and are subsequently either restored tc, their- friends or provided ith REMOVAL OF THE CONVICT BupKE.-Shortly after five on Wednesday morning the convict Thoraas, F. Burke was removed from Kilmainham to Mountjoy Con- vict Prison. The convict was conveyed to one of the prison vans, which was escorted by a detachment of cavalry police, the arrangements attending the transmis- sion being under the direction of Inspector Ward. On arrival at. Mountjoy the convict was delivered to the governor^, raider the authority of the Lord-Lieutenant's warrant of transmission. He was at once put into the convict uniform, his moustache and beard were removed, his face clean shaven, and'his hair cut close to the head. In consequence of his delicate state of health, he will not, for the present, be put to-hard labour. He is now under medical treatment; Previous to leaving Kilmain- ham, the. convict took ooeasioa to express to Mr. Price, the governor, his acknowledgments for the considerate kindness which he had experienced from him, and the prison officers. On the arrival of a number of Fenian convicts from the provinces-—probably in the course of thiweek-a batch will be removed from Mountjoy to Portland. THE SUPPOSED, MURDER OF A 'BOAaJ'S CREW. —The following interesting particulars, from a l&tter of Mr. George E. Burford:s, late chief offi-cer, of the ship- Assam Yalley, haya just been received in Liverpool. A short time since it was reported that the captain of the Assam Valley and; several of his crew had been mur- dered by the natives of Andaman Island; where he had landed for the purpose of cutting a spar for a maintop sailyard. Mr. Burford says The captain and crew left the ship in the quarter-boat, taking with them two magnets, two pistols, five cutlasses, powder and shot, with implements for cutting a tree and getting it on board. It was arranged that if the master should be benighted, he would burn a blue light as soon as the boat was clear of the shore, so- that the ship could stand in ow irels them. Mr. Burford saw them land, haul the boiit on the beach, and go into the, wood, but never saw or heard anything of them aftei. About an hour after he saw about 30 naked savages on the beach; some around the boat, others running and dancing like mad- men. This they kept up till five p.m., when they dis- appeared,, taking the boat with them. Next morning small groups of the natives came on shore apparently with the object of decoying those on board to land. When they found they were unsuccessful, they all left the beach and was never seen again. Mr. Burford stopped cruising about till Saturday at five p.m., when he proceeded to Akyab, where he arrived the 8th April. No further news has been received of the missing men. DESTITUTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA.—A letter from South Carolina says The truth is, that these people are so tortured with debt and poverty, that they hardly mind anything which has not a direct relation to getting daily bread and necessary raiment. The widows of the men who fought against us are turn- ing prostitutes. Do you ask who pays them ? It doesn't take much. A pinch of meal would be a temp- tation, and a bushel would be almost irresistible. Their children are growing ignorant vagabonds. There is a family within a mile of this place living in a 'brush house,' a shanty of fresh pine branches. It consists of a mother, who had a son killed, a daughter of 20, who had a husband killed, another daughter of 13, and a grandchild of three. The oldest daughter told me she had been all over the village to get work and had failed. I furnished- them with clothing from the bureau store, but how they are to live through the year I can't imagine. They were poor before the war, but not like this. They had a family Bible once, and father thought ever so much of it.' A few words of pity brought the tears rolling down the eldest girl's sallow cheeks. 'Oh!' she said, I've gone through a power in the last two years,' She told me she wasn't used to going bare- 'ooted in the winter, and it made her siak,which I con- sider very probable, as we have had three .inches of mow. I hear thai she is a 'bad charaqter.' ,Well,. who would not be ?" THE GREAT EASTERN.—The arrangements ■ relative to this veisel, which, as a speculation, in the hands of a French company, resulted" in a disastrous failure, are about, wg hear, to enter upon another phase, negotiations being oi foot to form a strong and influen- tial company, whicj, with ample capital,willmake another effort to rui the steamer successfully between America and France, THE GREAT BULBORN VIADUCT, -R—1The cpfner- stone of the Holbirn Viaduct was laid on Monday, June 3, by Mr. Depity Fry, chairman of the City Im- provements Commitee. This great work, when com- pleted, will undoubtedly be one. of the most splendid improvements whiclj London -has ever had. The City authorities have tajen it in hand apparently with the firm determination to carry it out in a manner credit- able to themselves add to the city which they represent. The ceremonywas mach marred by the bad weather. LOST IN THE ICE.—Intelligence was recently received at-<Hull of the loss of the bark Sea King, Captain Jose, belonging to .Messrs. H. Briggs and Co., Hull, with five of her crew. The messageconveyingithe. sad intelligence was dated Quebec,May 17, and it,, stated that the Sea King had been lost in the ice in the St. Lawrence. The vessel, left Hull early in March, and having taken in a cargo of coals at Grimsby, she sailed thence for .Quebec on the -27th of March. On her outward vpyage, which was a long and tedious. QBe, she met with a succession of adverse gales, and on reaoliing the river St. Lawrence, she was very much-strained. Here she: met with heavy ice, which pressed upon her so that rshe sank, five of, her crew being, .unable to. reach the land. The names of the lost seamen are not, given. SfIREwsrsur-Y SCHoof,Four of the, six uni- versity verse prizes for • undergraduates at, Cambridge have been awarded this year to Shrewsbury-men Mr: T. Moss, of St. John's College, who has .gained the Chancellor's: medal for the b«st Eiagli-sh poer&yand the Person prize for the; best translations from Elb^lish into Greek verse, and Mr. G. 0. Hallam, of; St, John's College, to whom <Sir William Browne's medals for the best Greek and the best Latin ode have been adjudged, were bdth educated at Shrewsbury School. The PoESon t)Mze has now fallen to the lot of, E-hreiwabiitv m»n in- cluding two :brackets);,siateen timfeis- since 18!45. ANOTHER NEW JEWISH SYNAGOG'UP,. I-' A new synagogue was solemnly dedicated in New Br<aad- street, City, on Sunday, for the use at a poorJ eish community, by Dr. Adler, chief rabbi of Great' Britain. Circulars have been issued as "'an appeal'to our land Christian neighbours to support ,our just, cause and to vindicate the following Do unto others as, you wish to be done by.' As the chosen sincerely trust to receive ycur Idnd, -patronace firstly, as regards' the establishment of the sacred place; and" secondly, it will prove the advancement of civil and: religious liberty; moreover, iir wealthier- eo-feligionistS' have always been ready to contribute their.mite when any demand or subscriptions -were asked for anyQ4urcll or chapel." FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT,—On Saturday fore- noon, Mr. William Payne, the coroner, for the City and f Southwark, received informlrhIonof a most frightful, accident, by,which,.one.man. waskilledj and several other persons more or less injured. It appears that on Thursday Bight last a man, whose name oould not.be -ascertained, was- driving a horse and cart alpiag Thames- street, Borsughj. at a furious pace, and in tunjing the comer near Ste. George's Churchy the vehicle 'umed, over. with a tremendous crash. Four persons who were in the cart wese thrown into the middle of the road. One poor man, named Samuel Playdoa, aged about 47 years, was found to be so much injured, that he was-obliged to be removed to > Guy's Hospital,, where everY" attention was paid, bctj notwithstanding, heexpiredi, in .about seven or eight; hoars after his admission. A LADY FRIGHTENED TO DEATIT.A' lady named Unthsnfe, who had recently taken up' her resi- dence at Hungerford for the banefit of her health, on the 30th ult. took a stroll over the downs, where there are always a number of cows gazing. It seems that she supposed the- animals were following her, and ac- cordingly ran, as fast as she could to, get. out of their way. After running for some distance, she aat down on the turf, having called a boy to her assistance, and expired immediately. Dr. Mayo was called to her, but his services were of no avail, as the fright al&,excessive exertion through- running brought on a fit of apoplexy, which terminated fatally. The- coroner for the district subsequently held an inquest on the body at the Three Swans Hotel, and a verdict in accordance- with the medical testimony was rettirnel.. A CHINESE CURIOSITy.-At the Wolver- hampton C'santy Court, on Saturday, :hefor&-Mr.-A..M. Skinner, Q.G., Judge, Joseph Gheesing, a Chinese, sued Mr. Nendiak, grocer, of Queen-square, for* £ 10. Mr. Thurstans was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Billow for the defendant. The plaintiff had been hired by the de- fendant to play a prominent part in his shop window. There, attired in the costume of his country, he sat weighing out quarters of pounds of tea, at two shillings a pound. For seven weeks he drew crovads, around the window, ii; not in at the door but at the-expiration of that tims he received, notice from the defendant that at the end of three weeks he, Iimist leave. The plaintiff claimed a month's notice, and he was ordered to quit the place-at the end of the week. He refused to receive the week's- salary, and now sought to recover five weeks' salary, at: the rate of £ 2;per week, clanniNg four weeks' salary,, in lieu of that period of noties^ The defence- was that the engagement was from week. to week, and- that plaintiff was entitled to but a week's notice.-His- Honour gave judgment; in, favour of the-plaintiff for £ 4; SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO A PASSENGER TRAIN. -On; Sunday night as the last train- from Welshpool neaped Hanwood, on its journey to Shrewsbury, the driver perceived four horses quietly trotting; down, the tracic, about 300 yards ahead of the engine. He tarned on' the whistle, and, otherwise tried- to frighten them, off the rails, but without effect, and as the train had: got too near to be pulled up with safety, there was no other course open than to go on at full speed. This was-done, and the buffer of; the engine striking one of the horses full in the body literally cut it in two, the train passing on with a shock which was scarcely perceptible- in the hindermost carriages, A portion of the body of the unfortunate house, however, being left on the rails, threw off the leading wheels of a third-class carriage, which was dragged along in this condition for about 200 yards, when the accident was perceived and the traia stopped. Considerable alarm was created among the passengers by the occurrence, but the consequences to them were- limited to, the inconvenience of having to, wait half am hour whilst the carriage was replaced ion rails. A NIGHT WITH THE WOBURN GHOST." Samuel Ekens and Solomon Denekamp (youths) were charged at Bow-street, on Saturday, with disorderly conduct and resistance to the police, in Woburn-sauare It appeared that the "ghost" riot, which had already prevailed throughout the week, to the great discomfort and alarm of the inhabitants of Woburn-square was resumed last night with even aggravated disorder. The police Were shoved and hustled about, struck aad kicked pelted with stones and mud, &c. The prisoners were amongst those who were seen throwing stones and mud at the constables. Inspector Renyard stated that it had been found necessary to attach an extra force of 25 con- stables to suppress the disturbance, The mother of the prisoner Ekens said that he was r generally a well-con- ducted boy, that he was very steady at home, and that this was his first offence. She was there and saw no disturbance, and heard no noise. Mrs. Denekamp offered to be bound for her son's future good conduct, observing that she herself was "highly respectable."— Ordered to pay 10s. each, or be imprisoned for seven days. SLAVE-TRADE CAPTURES ON AFBaCAN COASTS. —In the year 1866 34 slave dhows-and other slave vessels were captured on the coasts of Africa by her Majesty's ships—two by the Espoir, six by the Penguin, two by the Lyra, nine by the Highiiier, nine* by the Wasp, six by the Pantaloon. A brigantine captured Qn, the West Coast had no slaves on board, but was fully equipped, and 550 slaves were waiting to, embark from the shore. The Dahomey, from Portugal, also captured on the West Coast, had only three slates on board, but 600 were held in readiness to embark. All the other captures were made on the East Cciast. 1,303 slaves were found yon board the vessels captured. Severa, however, had no slaves on board, but had landed slaves —one dhow as many as 176. One large Arab dhow from Zanzibar had 200 on board 28 were captured and the rest drowned. Five of the vesselsaredesèribed as unseaworthy.

ALLEGED MURDER IN A shocking death has occurred in, Look-street; Bir- .mingham, and one,which is alleged to have been caused by violence. A man- named John Hussey, -aged about 34, a bricklayer, has for some time past lived with his wife, Mary Hussey, at 25, Leek-street.. Mrs. Hussey had the character of being a hard-ivorking womaii, and one who took great care of her children, whilst her hus- band is said to be a rather passionate man. It would appear that they have not lived very happily together, and that they have quarrelled and-.fought more tbaIl once. About three weeks ago they had a falling out," and Hussey is said to have kicked her in the abdomen, she being at that time only within the above-,Mentioned period of her confinement. Whether this be tr^0 or not the subsequent facts strongly support the former supposition, for about half-past seven o'oloc :on Monday evening the woman was: delivered of el still-born child, which, according to the opinion of Mr. Jackson, surgeon, who attended upon Mrs. Hussey, had- been dead three weeks. On Sunday the Husseys had another quarrel, and the woman is. stated-to have been beaten by her husband so brutally that she was cÓrn- pelled to seek her bed, where she remained ill, aiiJ- gradually getting worse, until she died.. Immediately .after her death it was rumoured in,the neighbourhood that her husband had. kicked her to. death, and this reaching.the ears of Detective-inspector Kelly he imme- diately went to the house, around .which, a crowd of j persons had assembled, and apprehended Hussey, whoffl- he took to the police-station. Hussey was there charged with having caused the death of his wife, but he strongly denied it.

NOVEL PROSECUTION BY THE BOARD OF TBADE., Mr. Cuthbert Singleton, secretary of the City SteaUl- boat Company, was summoned, at the Westminster Polies-court, under the 17th and 18th Tic. (the Mer- chai^t-Shipping Act), cap. 104, sec. 318, for permitting two, steamers, called, respectively- Citizen G and Citizen being passenger steamers, to proceed upon a voyage wit passengers on board, without having one of the dupiicat0 certificates granted by the Board of Trade put up in Some Conspicuous part of the vessel, whereby the company was liable: to a penalty not exceeding dfilOOj the, of. such vessels being, also liable to a penalty not exceeding £ 20. The certificate should contain th0 burthen of the vessel, name of the .master, limits of plying, number of persons! to becatried"c. Mr. Gardner explained to the magiai;ia,:te that at ceitain times the companies were bound to 'send for the surveyors of the Board of .Trade to survey these passenger steamers and see that they were in a fit con* dition for use, &c. a declaration was made to that effect, which declaration was sent by the company the Board of Trade, and upon payment of £ 2 the certin- eate necessary to be carried was granted for each steamer so surveyed and declared to. Mr. Nicholas Lee, clerk to the Board: of Trade, proved that on April 18 he travelled, with fifty others, from Nine Elms to Westminster, on Citizen H, and he notice that the certificate had expired on March 14. The old esi'tifioate was exhibited.. Mr. Jennings, on behalf of the .company,, pleaded guilty, but addressed the court at some Jngth in miti- gation of the penalty. Mr. Gardner, in reply to the- magistrate, said the board did not press for a heavy penalty, in. this case! the- other was different. Mr; Selfe, after a few remarks,, fined the. company is- ,ar-d X5 58. costs. The case of Citizen G was adjourned.

SINGULAR BHABGE OF BIGAMY. At the Derby Borough Police-court, on Monday, before tie mayor and other magistrates, a respectable-looking woman, named Fanny Taylor, was brought up on a warrant charged with bigamy, she having married on 9 11 the 15th October, 1859, Jarvis Humpston, her formed husband, David Taylor, a private in the 68th regiment, being still alive. .j Mr. W. Briggs, who appeared for the accused, said when the magistrates heard the facts of the case they would dismiss the charge. Prisoner, when only 19 years old, got married to Taylor in the yaar 1852, he being then a private in the 1st Derby Militia. After they had been married some time, Taylor deserted her, and volun* teered into the line, and she heard no more of him. until he had been gone about three yean, when his sister came to the prisoner as she was leaving work at a luil4 and told her that her husband (Taylor) had been, killed at the explosion of a powder mill in India. That was in the year 1858, and in 1859' she got acquainted with Jarvis Humpston, a respectable man, mid con' tracted a second marriage. They had since lived on terms of great affection, and had had several, children. 'The first husband (Taylor), after an absence of fourteen years, turns up again, used threats to the accused, has her apprehended, and now asks the magistrate to commit her on the charge of bigamy. Tanking into consideration all the circumstances of the case, he appre- hended the magistrates would discharge Mrs. Taylor. A circumstance in her favour was that when she was married to Humpston she then described .herself as being a widow. The first husband appeared in court to" prosecute, and produced his marriage certificate, he having married the accused at St. Alkmund's Church, Derby; on the 14th December, 1852. He also said that, after he'volun- teered into the army, his wife lived with him, for some time at the Sheffield barracks, and also at Weedon, and that when the regiment was ordered for India she spent ten days with him at Shorncliffe. She also drew. 41 18s. from Captain Balguy, which was due to him when he left the militia, and while in India. he sent her money regularly. In the year 1858 he sent her £2 Os. 10d., but in 1859 he heard she was married again, and he- sent her no more money. He arrived from India on the 27th April last. The bench remanded the accused. .t: r .ï

A LEGEND. The Abbot went to the Baron's hall, And the chapel there he prayed in And he learnt the return of that Baron tall Who had been the late crusade in. Oh, tell me, Sir Baron," the Abbot cried, As he sat him down in a chair there, <f Since you have wandered by Jordan's side, Now tell me, how did you fare there ? ) And the Baron said (gluttony being his vice), It isn't a good place to dine in, But a plenty of spice and tit-bits nice There's the soup of Palestine in." "Oh say," cried the Abbot, "Do you; return Quite free from all teaching mystic, :Or did you agree with Colenso, or learn Any conjuring cabalistic ?" k|*veil't learnt much," the Baron replied, ■But I've learnt one thing will tease you And he said in a sort of a comic aside, "I can call up a devil, an' please you! The Abbot looked puzzleclthe Abbot looked queer— But at last deteimined to risk it, So the Baron at once bade the devil appear- And it did—iii the shape of a bisouit. The Abbot he didn't like carrawy seeds, So speedily homewards was steering, And on reaching the convent he told his But his beads were hard, of hearing,, ftm. (.