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V THE LONGWORTH-YELVERTON aild APPEAL CASE. rl1.esgn¡ent in this case was given by the House of Lords on '.1' t/Y morning. Neither "Mrs. Yeiverton" nor any of v? thftS attended. The Lord Chancellor took his seat ^00lsack at a quarter before eleven o'clock, and :°t(l r, also present Lord Cranworth, Lord Westbury, and rOUse 0 say. Lord Camoys took a seat in the body of the Part from the law lords. Chancellor stated the circumstances under kd&jv, appeal was brought on an interlocutory ^rom the Court of Session in Scotland, and ^se f nature °f the previous appeal to the |ellanf °t Lords. After that appeal the present ap- regei. aUeged that Major Yeiverton had, in the M in brother, the Hon. Frederick Yeiverton, 'j presence of a nurse named Marsh, who was since dead, declared that he had been married to the appellant, Maria Theresa Longworth. This person Marsh was alleged to have mentioned the fact to the Rev. Edward George Campbell, the chaplain of the workhouse at Leeds, who in his turn informed the appellant. Then arose the question whether Major Yelverton might not be put upon oath in the matter. It had been held by the Court of Session that the admission to oath was incompetent after the judgment had been extracted, but the Court held that the refer- ence to oath was incompent at the time when the minute was taken. But then again it was held that it was incompetent in a declarator of marriage, and where other persons were concerned. He was of opinion that since the Acts 2 George IV., and 1 William IV., transferring consistorial matters to the Court of Session, which had been referred to, such re- ference to oath was not admissible, that it could not be admissible in the description of evidence involved in this case. He held, too, that the reference could not be made where the interests of third parties were involved. It was before them that Major Yel verton was married to Mrs. Forbes, and if the first marriage was legal the second marriage was clearly illegal. Then again he held that a reference to oath in this case necessarily involved an admission of criminality. He must confess that he had been guilty of bigamy, and no one was compelled to declare in suam turpitudinem. Upon the other hand if he refused, Mrs. Forbes would be deprived of all her rights. He considered that the Court of Session was right in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion in refusing the reference, and in his opinion the appeal must be dismissed. Lord Cranworth said the Lord Chancellor had been kind enough to show him his judgment, and as he fully concurred in it, it was not necessary for him to offer many observations. No doubt reference to oath had been permitted in some matrimonial cases. But if there had been no marriage with Mrs. Forbes he doubted whether there could have been any reference to oath in this case, because in a declarator of mar- riage there must necessarily be, under all circum- stances, the interests of third parties involved. On general principles he thought that such reference should be excluded in all cases of this sort, Lord Westbury said it was not his intention to pro- nounce any formal judgement in this case. He had attended on the first day of the hearing, but had been unable to be present on the subsequent days. in con- sequence of a very severe domestic affliction. Reference had been made to his absence, and he had felt bound therefore to advert to it. At the same time he felt bound to say that what he had heard on the first day showed him very clearly that the appellant had no ground on which to rely. He felt bound to offer these few remarks in explanation. Lord Colonsay said that after the expression of opinion by the noble and learned lords who had pre- ceded him the case was practically decided. But in a case of this sort he felt it most desirable that the law of Scotland should be made clear upon the point. When the matter first came under his consideration,, in an earlier stage, he came to the conclusion that the re- ference could not be sustained. Since that he had considered the case more fully, and saw no ground for altering his view. Having explained very minutely the law of Scotland as it bore upon this point, the noble lord said he had come to the conclusion that there was no ground in this case for sustaining the reference, and that the judgment of the court below ought to be affirmed. The Lord Chancellor then put the motion that the judgment of the Court of Session be affirmed, and it was carried nem. dis.

DEATH OF THE EX-KING OF THE GREEKS. Otho, of Bavaria, ex-King of Greece, and brother to Maximilian II., King of Bavaria, died on Friday evening last, of measles, at his Royal residence of Bamberg. He was born at Salzburg on the 1st of June, 1815, and has consequently died in his 53rd year. He was elected to the throne of the newly-constituted kingdom of Greece at the age of seventeen, in virtue of the authority given by that nation to France, Great Britain, and Russia. The convention between the three courts and the King of Bavaria, acting for his son, stipulated that Greece should form an indepen- dent state, and that the powers, by negotiating with the Porte, should fix the limits of the kingdom, then but imperfectly defined and that the majority of the young king, then a minor, should be fixed at the 1st of June. The Greek National Assembly acknowledged its king, and the young monarch landed in his new dominions with his German soldiers on the 6th of February, 1833. Brigandage, taking the form of petty civil war, and the perpetual antagonism of parties, coupled with the King's own incompetency, frequently held in check whatever progress might have been otherwise possible. The history of Greece from that day to 1863 presents us with but little more than a record of the violence of factions and political intrigues. In 1836 he contracted a marriage with the Princess Mary Frederica Amelia, daughter of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, who virtually exercised the regal power, owing to her husband's constitutional indolence. In 1863, however, misgovernment had compelled a revolution Otho fled, and George of Denmark undertook the government of the kingdom at the request of those whom he has to govern.

THE TOWN OF LEEDS CLAIMED BY AMERICAN HEIRS. The following extraordinary narrative is taken from the Philadelphia Telegraph Many years ago, one Joseph Wilson, of Yorkshire, England, was the owner of a farm of 600 acres, on which the greater portion of the thriving and manufacturing town of Leeds now stands. The daughter and sole heir of Joseph Wilson married a Mr. Connell, and removed to Boston, Massachu- setts, before the Revolution, thereby greatly displeasing her father. The latter, on his death, left a will, by the terms of which his estate was to accumulate until the fifth generation of his descendants came into being, when it was to revert to them. Since that time the land has been constantly increas- ing in value, until it has at length reached an almost fabulous sum. It was rented out on 100 year leases, the manufactur- ing establishments with which it is now covered paying the ground rents to the putative agents of the estate. These wealthy companies are not disposed to dispute the rights of legitimate claimants, but, on the contrary, would be greatly pleased with an opportunity of clearing the title of the ground on which they have built from all incum- brances. Mrs. Connell had but one child, who married Solomon Ingraham. Their children were seven in number, and as their descendants-have now reached the fifth genera- tion from Joseph Wilson, an effort is being made to secure tion from Joseph Wilson, an effort is being made to secure the benefits conferred upon them by their ancestor. Among the numerous heirs are the families of Mr. W. J. P. Ingra- ham, of this city, and Judge Ingraham and the Livingstone family, of New York. For twenty years past the will was diligently searched for, as it and other documents pertaining to the estate were known to have been brought to this country, and were in the possession of Solomon Ingraham in the year 1803. At this period Lord Erskine estimated the income of the estate at 40,0001. sterling. About the year 1808, how- ever, Joseph Ingraham removed from Massachusetts to the West, and is supposed to have taken the papers with him. Last fall a meeting of the heirs was held at the Astor House, New York, and a reward of 20,000 dollars was by them offered for the recovery of the missing will. Extensive advertising has at length brought this carious and valuable document to light, and the next step in the proceedings is a meeting of the heirs at the Astor House, New York, on the 21th of July next.

THE MARKETS. MARK-LANE, MONDAY. There was again a very poor show of English wheat here to-day coastwise and by land-carriage. Although the trade was by no means active, prices, compared with Monday lasl, advanced Is. to 2s. per quarter. The general condition of the supply was good. With foreign wheat we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. Both red and white parcels changed hands freely, and the quotations improved quite Is. per qr. Floating cargoes of grain were held on higher terms. The inquiry for them, however, was by no means active. No English barley was at market, and the supply of foreign was only moderate. Grinding qualities were the turn dearer, and other qualities were firm in price. Malt supported previous rates, with a fair inquiry. The supply was tolerably good. The oat trade ruled steady, at last week's quotations. The supply of foreign oats was very large. Beans were steady in price, with a moderate inquiry. We have no change to notice in the value of peas. The supply of English was limited, of foreign, good. The flour trade was steady, at Is. to 2s per 2801bs. more money. Agricultural seeds were heavy; but linseed, rapeseed, and cakes were very firm. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY. To-day's market was rather heavily supplied with foreign, in very middling condition. Sales progressed slowly, at de- pressed currencies. From our own grazing districts the ar- rival of beasts fresh up this morning were moderate, but deficient in quality. Good and prime breeds were in fair re- quest, at prices equal to Monday last, but other stock moved off slowly, at a decline in the quotations of 2d. per 81b. The top figure was 5s 4d. per 81b. From Lincolnshire, Leicester- shire, and Northamptonshire we received about 1,650 short- horns and crosses: from other parts of England, 650 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 11 Scots and crosses. For the time of year the show of sheep was only moderate, and most breeds came to hand in very middling condition. Prime Downs, half-breds, Lincolns, and Leicesters supported last week's currency, but all other breeds gave way 2d. per 81b. The highest price was 5s. 2d per 81b. We have to report an exceedingly dull sale for lambs, the supply of which was good, at 2d. per SIb. less money. The extreme quotation was 6s. Cd. per 81b. Calves were in full average supply and sluggish request, on former terms-viz., from 4s. to 5s. Od. per 81b. The sale for pigs was heavy, and late rates were but barely supported. POTATOES. The supply of potatoes, both English and foreign, are ample, and quite equal to the demand, which is fairly active, at our quotations. The import into London last week consisted of 29 casks from Hamburgh, 61 baskets from Ostend, 70 baskets 17 packages from Bordeaux, 69 packages from Boulogne, 324 baskets from Dunkirk, 219 baskets and 190 bags from Rotterdam. English, 5s. 6d. to 12s., French, 5s. to 7s., Jersey, 63. to 73. per cwt., Dutch, 3s. to 4s. per basket. HOPS. With very few exceptions the accounts from the planta- tions are again unfavourable, and the prospects of the crop are very bad. For all kinds of hops the trade is very firm, and extreme rates are demanded. The import into London last week consisted of 211 bales from Ostend, 161 from Rotterdam, 196 from Antwerp, 20 from Calais, 138 from Boulogne, and 12 bales from Dunkirk. Mid and East Kents, 170s. to 200s. Weald of Kents, 168s. to 189s. Sussex, 168s. to 180s.; Yearlings, 110s. to 135S. Olds, 50s. to 84s. per cwt. WOOL. The demand for wool, both English and colonial, has ruled heavy, at about late rates. The total quantity of colonial wool arrived for the next sales is about 140,000 bales. The imports into Londen last week consisted of 53 bales from Auckland, 316 from St. Petersburgh, 2,155 from Port Philip, and 499 bales from Port Alfred. Fleeces: Southdown hogs, is. 4Jd. to Is. 5d. half-bred hogs, Is. 5!d. to Is. 6d. Kent fleeces, Is. 5d. to Is. 51d. South Down ewes and wethers, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. Leicester ditto, Is. 4d. to Is. 5d. Sorts, clothing. Is. 2d. to Is. 6Jd. combing, Is. 2d. to Is. Bid. TALLOW. The market is flai. P. Y. C. on the spot is selling at 44s. 9d. per cwt. Town tallow is 43s. 3d. per cwt. net cash.

EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Cardinal Cullen, who arrived in Dublin from Rome on Saturday, 11 Pronounced the Pontificial benediction to the vast kneeling congregation in the Marlborough-street cathedral on Sunday. A correspondent of the New York Herald says: —" In Yokohama almost every nation under heaven is repre- sented. The foreigners living here number about eight hundred. This is the extent of the place." The Belgians and company drank 5,000 bottles of champagne at Miss Coutt's sparkling entertainment. Spirits drunk until stupor is produced are said to be a cure for the bite of the rattlesnake. The Prince of Wales has given permission to add his name to that of her Majesty the Queen, as one of the patrons of the National Exhibition of Works of Art, to be held at Leeds next year. The microscope reveals the fact that a little black speck of potato not the size of a pin's head contains about 200 ferocious animals of the beetle form and shape, biting and clawing each other most savagely. The Memorial Diplomatique insinuates that the Empress Charlotte is suffering from the effects of poison ad- ministered just before she quitted Mexico. This supposition is founded on symptoms which, it is alleged, the medical men cannot explain. In the moments immediately preced- ing the fatal change, the Empress herself is said to have attributed her illness to poison. A cricket match has just been played at Constanti- nople between "Europe" and "Asia." Europe won, with five wickets to go down. The following is a copy of an advertisement from The Times' celebrated second column T. S. When you dig a pit for another, you are sure to fall into it yourself." The Lancet learns from private sources that at last the dreaded plague has really broken out near Kerbela, in the pashalik of Bagdad. It is feared that, after smouldering a longer or shorter time, the malady may break out with violence and extend widely. On dit that a servant girl, living in a family near Liverpool, has unexpectedly come into a fortune of 200,0002. by the death of a relative in one of our colonies. A "button of silver, valued at 1,271 dols., has been found in one of the Colorado mines. Of the Indian race which once thickly peopled the American continent, only 3.50,000 remain within the terri- tories of the United States. The ice used in Pittsburg is complained of as being strongly flavoured with petroleum. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher delivered a discourse yesterday evening at his church, in Brooklyn, on the I Value of a Good Name.' Iii the course of his remarks he referred to the profligacy of the courts of New York, and said it was almost a disgrace to sit on the bench in that city."—Nev> York Herald. A young man from St. Louis, who had recently fallen heir to an estate worth a quarter a million of dollars, has been drowned at Oconowoc, Wis., while attempting to save a boy who had gone beyond his depth. Mr. Greenland, formerly manager of the Leeds Banking Company, who was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court, last October, to fifteen months' imprison- ment for making false returns of the note issue of the hank, has been released from custody, by order of the Home Secre- tary, in compliance with a memorial which represented that his health was being injured by his punishment. Golden hair is going out of fashion and dark hair is coming in. Is the changing typical ? It is reported that the Viceroy of Egypt, prior to leaving England, made arrangements for the admission of twenty Egyptian youths to one of our public schools. The Council of the Reform League have passed a resolution, asking Lord Derby to receive a deputation from that body on the subject of the lloyal Parks Bill. The German residents in China have sent Count Bismarck a testimonial in the shape of a silver goblet, five pounds in weight, and thickly gilt on the inside. On the cover is a bust of the Minister, and on the foot of the goblet are the arms of Generals von Roon, Moltke, Ilerwarth von Bittenfeld, Vogel von Falkenstein, and Steinmetz. The Emperor Maximilian's body has been embalmed and brought to Vera Cruz, whence it will be conveyed to Europe. Milk is 20 cents a quart in New Orleans. A remarkable instance of the well-known vitality of seeds may be now seen at the Paris Exhibition, a great variety of plants foreign to France having sprung up under the walls and around the buildings in the park, the seeds of which have been conveyed to Paris in packages from various countries. Especially around the house of "Gustavus Wasa" several plants may be seen which are peculiar to the country of that monarch. The Jews offered special prayers in their synagogues on Saturday for the success of Sir Moses Montetlore's mission in Koumania. On Saturday, a labourer in Manchester was quarrel- ling with his wife, and was in the act of striking her with a broom-handle, when the blow fell upon the head of their child, causing almost instant death. The ()rleans family have sent a magnificent bracelet to Lady Young, as a token of gratitude for her kindness to the late Prince de Conde. On Sunday afternoon the Lord Bishop of Ripon preached a sermon to the Leeds Engineers Volunteers, in the White Cloth Hall-yard, where a field service was con- ducted. The csrps mustered nearly 800 strong. An immense number of the public were admitted by ticket. It is a good joke, just discovered, that at the ball given to the Sultan the first quadrille was danced to the a-r "Blue Beard." At a circus, in Rochester, New York, on the 5th instant, a "lion king," named White, entered a cage of lions. One of the lions attacked him, felling him to the floor and fastening his jaws upon his shoulder, inflicted severe wounds. Mr. White was rescued from the cage alive, but seriously injured. It is stated that the Archduchess of 01ga, the betrothed wife of the King of the Greeks, is described as being very intelligent and well-educated, unlike her brothers, who, it is said greatly shocked the Parisian courtiers dur- ing their late visit to the French capital by their ignor- ance and want of tact. The Grand Duke Alexis, third son of the Emperor of Russia, arrived at Cadiz on the 19th inst., after a visit to M alta and Gibraltar. His Imperial Highness holds the rank of a lieutenant in the Russian navy, and is about to embark on board the steam-frigate Alexander Newski, and will shortly enter upon a voyage of observation in the Atlantic Ocean. Lord Vane has arrived at St. Petersburg with the insignia of the Order of the Garter for the Emperor of Russia. His lordship was detained en route by the train in which he travelled running off the line.. The accident is said to have been of an insignificant character. In London, on Monday, an amateur pedestrian, named Collings, undertook for a stake of 20Z. to run over six bridges crossing the Thames within one hour, to commence and finish on the Surrey side of the Thames. The start was made by running over Vauxhall Bridge and back over West- minster, and then Waterloo, Blackfriars, and Southwark bridges in their order, and Collings finally completed his feat by running over London Bridge into Surrey, and pulled up with seven or eight minutes to spare. The distance actually covered is computed at not less than eight miles. The Nazione of Florence publishes a copy of a challenge which has just been addressed to Juarez by M. Martin de Castillo, late Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Mexican Empire, and at present residing in Spain. M. de Castillo concludes his letter in pledging his faith as "Cabailero" to start on the instant to meet Juarez, arms in hands, if the latter will give him sufficient guarantee that he may not have to fear on arriving in Mexico to fall under the poignards of assassins. On Thursday in last week Captain O'Brien, a young Irish American who had serTed in the 88th Regim&nt, Meagher's brigade, through the greater part of the American campaign, with some distinction, left Queenstown for New York by the Inrnan steamer, having been released from prison. The rush of immigrants to Minnesota this year is unprecedented. Every steamboat and train is loaded with them, very generally carrying their teams, horses, cows, sheep, &c., with them. Two thousand have passed over one track alone, bound for the Sank valley, since the opening of navigation. The Executive Committee of the National Reform Union has determined upon holding a large conference in Manchester, immediately after the Reform Bill has passed the House of Lords. It is also intended to hold a grand banquet during the autumn, to which the leading Liberals of both Houses of Parliament will be invited. With the design to prevent extortion, the Canadian Government has granted a lease to one Tlios. Barnett, giving him the exclusive ripht to the stairway and pathway leading to Niagara Falls. The rates to be charged are to be regulated by the lease. Since 1836 there has been established throughout the world 160,000 miles of telegraph lines, comprising 400,000 miles of wire, and working through 14,000 stations. The total length of submarine cables laid is 19,923 miles. It is a curious fact, says an Australian paper, that all the fighting nations of ancient times have died out or fallen into remarkable disuetude. They seem to have been consumed by their fierce internal passions. One of her Majesty's postillions, named John Head, was playing at cricket the other day in the grounds at Osborne with some of the other members of the Royal household, when he complained of being unwell, and in a few moments fell to the ground and expired. An emigrant from the United States, recently settled in Venezuela, writes to the Memphis Bulletin that a rich discovery of gold has been made within the limits of the grant to the American colonists. He says it far surpasses in richness the discoveries of California and Australia." About Lyons the harvest is approaching completion. The weather has been excellent. Some soldiers were placed at the disposal of the farmers for the harvest at 2f. a day-a high price, certainly but the War Administration observes that the military workers are only accorded to supply the insufficiency of civil labourers, and it wishes to especially avoid the possibility of creating a ruinous competition with the latter. After the defeat of the Emperor Maximilian at Queretaro the following list of pI isonel's captured was pub- lished, viz. :-1 archduke, 2 division generals, 10 brigadier generals, 18 colonels, 23 lieutenant-colonels, 39 commanders, 138 captains, 138 lieutenants and 121 sub-lieutenants. Of soldiers there were 8,000 prisoners, with their trains, baggage, armament, and fifty pieces of artillery. A general meeting of the schoolmasters of the Aus- trian empire is to be held at Vienna on September, 6. The first question it will have to study is the following:—"Is primary instruction in Austria what it ought to he and if not, what are the measures that should be taken to reor- ganise it?" The Rev. James O'Neill, vicar of Luton, has been sen- tenced by Mr. Justice Byles, at the Bedford assizes, to pay a fine of 501, to the Queen for a libel on one of his parishioners. Some parochial disputes had occurred, which led to pro- ceedings before the magistrates, and the vicar had written a letter in a local paper, in which he in effect called Mr. Shepherd, a solicitor of the town (who had appeared pro- fessionally in these proceedings), a liar. Therev. gentleman's counsel complained that criminal rather than civil proceed- ngs should have been taken against his client, but the judge said in his opinion it was a case in which a criminal | information was preferable to an action at law. The Sultan spent no less thin34,0001. during his stay in England..—The Pasha expended during the same time up- wards of 11,000Z. The Archbishop of Canterbury states that the Ritual Commission is busily occupied in debating its report. It has made considerable progress, and an early termination of its labours may be looked for on the subject, in which it was invited, by the terms of the royal commission, to state, in the first instance, its conclusions. It appears by a trial in the Chicago -police court that to run over a boy may be construed into an assault with a deadly weapon." It is not generally known that the late Emperor Maximilian was an author. But he wrote no fewer than seven volumes on different subjects. Four of them are in print, and, by order of the Emperor of Austria, are shortly to be published. One of them is entitled "My Life," another "Sketches of Travel," the third "Aphorisms," and the fourth consists of poetry. Marie Russler, a French Canadian woman, died at Brampton the other week at the age of 114, having been born while Canada was still a French colony. The great tabernacle of the saints at Salt Lake City is now finished. It is two hundred and fifty feet wide, and furnishes comfortable sitting room for ten thousand persons. The Perseverance of Milan, of the 21st, says that a large number of its issue of the 20th was sent back from Trent with these words on the taii(l: This journal is not admitted into the Austrian States." In a supplementary estimate, issued on Friday, the cost of entertaining the Sultan and the Viceroy of Egypt on their late visit to this country, is set down at 25,0001. A large jelly fish, weighing 301b., was captured the other day in Torbay. Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida, and con- tains a population of between 3,000 and 4,000 souls. It is iaid out in square blocks of an acre and a half each, or six lots of a fourth of an acre, being 105 feet sexuare each. The Roman Catholics of New York are circulating tracts in the form, style, and general appearance of those of the American Tract Society, and are about to publish a children's paper for the use of Sunday schools. Recently, a gentleman residing in New York cele- brated his "Golden Wedding," his eldest daughter's "Silver Wedding," and, at the same time, the wedding of his youngest daughter. Such a triple celebration is remarkable. Father Ignatius has been denouncing the recep- tion of heathen potentates. Why Christian churches should ring out joyous peals of welcome to them he cannot under- stand. A late edition of the Vienna Abendpost, of July 24, published Captain Groller's official report of the death of the Emperor Maximilian, partly confirming and adding to the facts already known. Previous to the execution of the Emperor Maximilian, Captain Groller had offered Juarez the friendly alliance of Austria in exchange for his liberty. The South Landon Press says:—" Fifty-two trades- men were fined at the Newington sessions last week for hav- ing in their possession unjust weights, scales, and measures. The list comprised 19 licensed victuallers and beer retailers, 7 grocers and cheesemongers, 4 butchers, 1 ham and beef dealer, 1 oilman, 6 bakers, 2 chandlers, 6 coal dealers, 1 corn chandler, 1 marine store dealer, 2 leather merchants, 1 iron merchant, and 1 coppersmith. The fines amounted to 781. 6s." The Friend of India says that owing to the heat, half the engtne-drivers on the East India Railway are sick. "The other day," it adds, "a train was stopped at Booghly with the stoker dead and the driver dying." M. Antolin Udaete, formerly agent de change on the Bolso of Madrid, and one of the richest capitalists of Spain, lately went to Rome. A week after his arrival he died suddenly When his will was opened on the day of the funeral, he was found to have named Pope Pius IX. as his heir. A communication from Madrid states that the fortune of the deceased amounts to six millions of francs, and that his relatives intend to oppose the will as a forgery. Thalberg, the celebrated pianist, is at present in Paris. It may not be generally-known that he has obtained an honourable mention at the Exhibition for his wines of Pausilippo, near Naples, and that the vine which produces them was planted there by Lablache, his father-in-law, from cuttings obtained in Burgundy. On Monday morning a private of the 2nd battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, stationed at Wellingtou Barracks, London, shot himself through the head with his rifle. The man was lying in bed at the time he committed the suicidal act, and appeared to have fired the weapon with his foot. At the Staffordshire Assizes, Elizabeth Cliffe has been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for the manslaughter of her husband, James Cliffe, on the 20th of March last, at Linley, she having struck him on the temple with a piece of iron so severe a blow that he died from its effects on the 10th of April following. The deceased was about G2 years of age. A few days ago a woman living in South Shields, and getting her living by washing and taking lodgers, bought an old mattress, and in it found a bag containing a consider- able sum in gold pieces. The formal investiture of the Emperor of Austria, with the Order of the Garter, took place last Thursday evening. Upon presentation of the insignia, the Marquis of Bath delivered a speech, assuring his Majesty that Queen Victoria gladly availed herself of the present opportunity to confirm the alliance long subsisting between England and Austria. The Emperor in his reply laid grateful stress upon the value of the friendly assurance just received, and added that no wish was nearer to his heart than to see the per- sonal relations drawn closer that connected him with the Queen. Lord Cranborne writes to the Spectator as follows Will you allow me to correct a rumour which you men- tion as probable, and which on your authority may possibly be taken as a fact by others, to the effect that the political article in the current Quar.terly is mine. I certainly have no reason to complain that so brilliant and powerful an article should be attributed to me. Still, as a matter of fact, I am not the author." The infant daughter of the Princess Mary Adelaide and the Prince of Teck was christened on Saturday in the Chapel Royal, Kensington Palace. The ceremony was per- formed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Queen, represented by the Princess Mary Adelaide of Teck, and the Duchess of Cambridge were godmothers, and the Prince of Wales was godfather. The names given to the infant Princess were Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agues. An Irish paper states that the Board of Guardians of Waterford have just had a grievous case of poor removal from Liverpool parish before them. An old man, named Tunny, had lived in Liverpool forty years, thirty-eight in one street, and paid rates, and yet was not considered to have obtained a settlement. The Waterford Guardians have sent him bat;k to Liverpool, maintaining that his settlement is now in that town. The correspondents of the various newspapers re- presented at Wimbledon on arriving at their quarters the other day found a notice in a prominent position to the following effect" The council will be happy to see the members of the press to-day at dinner." At the bottom of which announcement was a request to turn over; upon doing so these words were discoveredThe council will look through the windows of Jennison's refreshment-rooms for that purpose at three o'clock." Lord Dangan and Lord Suffield prosecuted a cab- man named Maxwell, at Marylebone police-court in London, on Monday, for refusing to convey them in his cab. The magistrate fined him 20s. and 7s. costs. The refusal occurred on the premises of the Great Western Railway Company at Paddington, but the defendant was not one of the drivers under the company's control. If he had been, their inspector said he would have ordered him out of the yard and not allowed him to come in again. During the past fortnight three attempts have been made to destroy life on the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland by the placing of obstructions on the line. On Saturday night last, at about midnight, as the 'train was passing through the country within some" five miles of Athlone, the driver saw that the line was blocked with stones, and was able to bring it up in time. On examination it was found that a number of weighty stones had been forcibly wedged against the rails on each side, and others placed on the rails. Two men apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in a former outrage of the same sort have been liberated by the magistrates, no evidence having been produced against them, and no other arrests have been made An American paper reports a novel procedure by some railway servants whose wages were in arrears. The train which left Chicago for Cincinnati on the morning of the 10th inst., over the Chicago and Great Eastern road, was forcibly seized the same day at Logansport, Indiana, by 100 employes. The raiders switched off the two cars containing passengers, and permitted the engine to proceed with the mail. The passengers had to ride fifteen miles in omnibuses in order to resume their journey. No personal violence was offered to any one. At the Appleby Assizes a labouring man, named White, brought an action against a man named Fothergill, to recover possession of a cottage, a garden, e., at Raven- stondale. The plaintiff bought the property eight years ago, for a small sum, and out of an old ruin upon it managed to construct a habitable cottage. Subsequently the defendant put in a claim to the property, under a will, and served a writ of ejectment on the plaintiff, which he threw into the fire, in the belief that his title was sound. He was ejected in due course. Owing to the stupidity or intoxication of one of the witnesses there was some difficulty in getting at certain facts of the case. The counsel for the plaintiff finally elected t.o be nonsuited. A large number of very rough, horsey-looking cus- tomers took tickets at the Waterloo station for Wimbledon on Thursday morning in last week. As there was nothing going on at Wimbledon, and it was race day at Southamp- ton, the suspicions of the Waterloo officials were aroused, and they telegraphed to Wimbledon to know if the ticket- holders got out there, and finding that they did not, orders were telegraphed to Southampton to examine every ticket, and make the holder of a Wimbledon one pay the fare to Southampton and this was effectually done. Such a ruffianly set as most of those who arrived at Southampton with Wim- bledon tickets was never seen except in a convict or prize- fighter's train.. Jasper is now procured, to almost any required extent, at St. Gervais, in Savoy, where the quarry has a sur- face of at least 24,000 square yards, and a depth of about 22 yards. It is asserted by the San Francisco papers that forty tons of silver and six of gold are sent away from that city every month. The Austrian journals state that the Emperor Francis Josoph, on learning the execution of his brother Maximilian, declared that he would never again sign a death warrant. Some of the most fertile parts of Honduras are filling up with emigrants from the Southern States, who are purchasing lands and engaging in the cultivation of the sugar-cane. A step-mother whipped a five-year-old child at Sterling, Illinois, nearly to death recently. She beat it and smothered it with a pillow till life was nearly extinct, when the neighbours took the child away from her and found' back literally cut to pieces. A new fraud is now practised in New York. A young man enters a bar-room and treats the crowd, drinking confusion to the excise law. He then buys a paper of tobacco of the kind which occasionally contains hundred dollar notes, and on opening it finds a green-back. This he throws down to the barkeeper, telling him to keep 10 dollars for himself, and buys champagne for the crowd. Of course the greenback is counterfeit. The Brunswick (Me.) Telegraph says that a metal button was recently ploughed up in that town bearing the inscription, "Massachusetts Artillery," in a circle round the rim. There is a good representation of a gun with its rammer and sponger attached, and to the rear of the piece stands the British flag. Upon the reverse of the button, is the inscription- I Gilt,, London." The Telegraph says there is a tradition that a company of Massachusetts militia visited that region about two hundred years ago, to fight the Indians. In rebuilding a house in the village of Gexwiller, says the Covrrier du Bas-Iihin, the workmen discovered under one of the inner door-steps an earthen vessel contain- ing fifty-two gold coins and eighty-four silver ones. They date back three centuries the former are thinner than our present gold pieces, and the latter are about the size of the old six-franc piece. A thousand francs has been offered for this treasure-trove, but the owner of the house seems not inclined to part with it. Mr. Robert Austen and his brother Edward, sons of Mr. Godwin Austen. J.P., of Chilworth Manor, near Guild- ford, went out rabbit shooting the other morning. They stopped to load their guns close to each other. Edward having charged his gun, turned towards a boy who was approaching him. The gun went off accidentally, and shot the brother, who fell fearfully wounded. The charge passed through the thigh, laying bare the femoral artery, and lodged partly in the groin. Help was procured immediately, but the young man lies in the most precarious condition. The town of Basseterre, St. Kitt's, with the ex- ception of the Government buildings and about six houses, was totally destroyed by fire on the 3rd inst. 1,000 houses in all were burnt, and 5,000 people are rendered houseless. The neighbouring islands promptly sent supplies of food to pre- vent the people from starving. The black population are said to have behaved badly, committing depredations and plundering the unfortunate whites. Only one life was lost. Three men are in custody, one of whom confessed to firing a house which led to the destruction of the town. Mr. Bourne, the manager of the Union Bank at Kilmallock, who so nearly fell a victim to the Fenian des- peradoes on the 6th of March, has been presented with a, purse of sovereigns, subscribed by the leading inhabitants of Kilmallock and the neighbourhood, and a suii able address. The address is signed by upwards of 30 of the leading gentry, embracing all creeds, and is highly complimentary, both as regards his official and his private character. The last of the celebrated Bow-street runners, Mr. Lee, aged seventy-six, died a few days ago. This officer was well known from the fact of his having captured Corder, for the murder of Maria Marten in the 'Red Barn,' and it is only about three years ago, when a theatrical benefit was given for him, that he took the original part' of the runner, and again made a capture of the murderer. For thirty-six years he enjoyed a handsome pension, which he monthly received at the Lambeth Police-court."—South London Press. 'B. M. B.—Heartbroken. Will settle everything to your satisfaction if you come, or communicate address.' —'Blue Silk.-Go to Brussels the 26th inst. Shall be back again the 1st of August.-Bologne, July 23d. Nellie Little One write, if only to say yon are well and happy. Any address will find me. How can I send you a letter? "Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all.21st Jane, 1S64, to 28th November, 1865.' "—Advertisements in London Times. A gentleman, who wishes to preserve his incognito, and whose name, indeed, has not been made known even to the authorities, has contributed 5,0001. to the Bishop of London's Fund, for the purpose of promoting the erection of a new church at Kensal-green, the district around which is rapidly increasing in population The Ecclesiastical Com- missioners have determined on liberally meeting this gift, and the arrangement for the new church and district will be completed without delay. At a London police-court, the other day, a lady was charged with being drunk and incapable. She had been re- leased on bail, but did not now appear. A doctor attended, and said that she was too ill to be present. The Magistrate What is she ? Dr. Dickenson She is a lady. The Magis- trate: A real lady, or A gentleman (who accompanied n' Dr. Dickenson) She is really a real lady, and cannot attend as stated. The Magistrate: As she is really a real lady I must see her here. I cannot let a persou off who is drunk and incapable, because she has the good fortune to be a real lady. The recognizances were accordingly extended. At the Nottingham Assizes, a labourer named Stevenson, brought an action against the Midland Railway Company to recover compensation for injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants. The plaintiff was assisting to unload stone from trucks at the Long Eaton station, when the crane turned over, fellnpon him, broke his leg, and inflicted other injuries. It was admitted that the accident was occasioned by the rails, to which the crane was attached, giving way on account of the rottenness of the sleepers. The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, 250Z.