The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

MR MANSFIELD, in fining a cabman at the Marlborough Street Police Court for driving on the wrong side of a street-refuge iu Pall Mail, remarked that unless this practice were put a stop to the refuges which have beea placed at most of the dangerous crossings in tiie streets of the City and West End would simply be con- w,%rted into death-traps. He stated that many cases bad come before him in which persons h,td been either killed or seriously iujured through being knocked down by horses and vehicles driven by coachmen guilty of a similar offence to that of which the defeadant sum- moned before him was convicted. This same defendant, in fact, very nearly succeeded in 111acing a major-general "hors de combat." Unless the rules of the road are strictly ob- served by drivers in the streets of London acci- dents must be of frequent occurrence. Furious driving, or driving on the wrong side of the street, is most dangerous, and coachmen who hidulgein the practice must expect to be heavily lined when convicted of it.

A BLUK-COOIC containing a carefully prepared II gest of the voluminous evidence taken by the iinyal Commission appointed two years ago to injure into the working of the Elementary Education Acts in England and Wales has just Wen issued. The digest will be welcome to ■everybody interested in the various questions raj. during the inquiry, as it will to a great sxtciit save the trouble of consulting the huge 9 volumes of evidence submitted to the commis- sioners. To exhaust these volumes would be a task which it would be cruel to impose upon fwrisoners as a substitute for hard labour. The report of the commission has yet to be I;i, ii d. All parties are awaiting it with much interest, as it is almost certain to raise a storn. of .vntroversy. As the clerical party are in a IW'¡ v.ty on the commission it is hardly to be expected thut the report will favour any exten- sion of the principle of non-sectarian education. It is quite within the bounds of possibility that t-"i;ii old battle of religious tolerance will have to V>w fought over again on the education question. The Education Commission has probably pre- pared the field. It is easy to understand the delay in the publication of the commissioners' final report. Unanimity is impossible amongst them.

WR Ime repeatedly urged the importance of establishing means for immediately communi- eating intelligence from lightships and light- houses to the shore, in order that the perilous position of a ship may be made known, with the object of obtaining prompt assistance for those onboard. That subject was ain those dis- cussed at an interview which the President of the Board of Trade gave to a deputation from the Associated Chambers of Commerce. Ap- parently Sir Michael H.ickc-Beach has not quite made up his mind as to the utility of the sug- gestion. An experiment has been made by connecting the Sunk lightship, moored off H ir- wieh, with the coast but as yet, it appears, the course taken has not beea instrumental in saving sither life or property, it is admitted, however, that sufficient time has not elapsed to warrant i definite conclusion as to its value. We may point out that the part of the coast in question is by no means the best for testing the value of the plan recommended. When Colonel Hill stated, on introducing the deputation, that many cases could be mentioned where the ex- istence of such a means of communication as that suggested would have resulted in the saving of life he used an argument which could not be controverted. Indeed, the fate of the crew of the trawler which was not long ago lost off Brixham must be fresh in the recollection of many people. ALs to ahotisliing light dues upon shipping, as nrged by Mr. Plummer, the answer of the President of the Board of Trade was far from that hoped for, and there is every proba- bility, if the estimates of expenditure cannot be materially reduced, that half the amount of light dues which were taken off" some four years ago will be re-imposed.

IT argues extreme confidence in the inability of a town-bred population to discern the comes- tible qualities of animal food to find a butcher Iboldly and unblushingly exposing for sale as beef a mass of horse-flesh. The man who could liazard such a venture must, it is not unfair to assume, have had previous experience of the lamentable ignorance of the class of customers "with whom he was in the habit of dealing. Unless assured that be could palm oil upon Apathetic, ignorant, and unconscious customers the substance he has tije audacity tooff^r nnder "the guise of beef, no man would risk the con- sequences which might, on discovery, be ex- pected to ensue. In these days retail dealers not infrequently trespass very heavily upon the presumed ignorance of the majority of pur- chasers, but not otVn do we find men who are ,audacious and reckless enough to proceed to Such a scandalous job as that which was through the agency of a police-inspector exposed tie Other day at the Manchester Police Court. A Imtcher uamed Thomas Smith appeared there Ao answer a charge of having exposed horse- ifleah for sale as beef. Not only had he horse- "esh among the other produce arranged forsaie in his shop, but a subsequent examination re- sulted in the discovery of a further huge quantity, amounting to about two hundred and wty-stx pounds, held in reserve in his back yard. When founcl this reserved mass was in m most offensive condition, and emitting a sick- ening stench. This was certainly not shown to have been offered for sale, but its presence on his premises was an unsatisfactory and per- baps suspicious circumstance. Horse-flesh to that extent and in that condition ought not, to say the least, to have been allowed a lodgment in the vicinity of a outcher's establishment. Themagiatrate who the charge character- ised it as the most scandalous and cruel case that he ever remembered to have been brought -before the C<»nrt, and inflicted a fine of twenty pounds. The stuff, if M>M, would probably have been sold t". mst-moTs ot the po >rest class, and thufs the intviid' -i tm: d have been con- siderably listed I>| A fine, which Call Le months in gaol would tuive been a more up^>i vpi.ale aWuid iui* au^li a daatai uly otlence.

A teli-^rani from St. Ptdor^'mrg snv« :—Tho Opening of the Merv-mimo ■ n n<i .Cuilu.iy lor U'u.uc been tixed for May 'h next. Bnron Alit«:k«y ha", it is Mated, riticcfuded in forming ft Cabinet.. The name of M. kftichenim le gmiernlly mentioned ill cu.n.ucLiua with lite vwcO ALIUITTUSR ut iitts LUIUUM

mm CITY COUliESPOSDENTF. Thetw, is evidently a dangerous gaa^j-of robbers at work in tho neighbourhood of the Strand. A few days ago a vioUjant attempt ab robbery from a gentleman took place in broad dayligkbuiob very far from Trafalgar Square, and now we ihear of a 1 savage attack made 4,wi a cabman at <Jhe Coveuk Garden end of Catherine Street. The latter itad ■evidently been seen to treceive fevonatnii-*ixpeiice from someone who had just loft the vohioJu, for us -soon as the hirer had walked away after unaking this -.payment, the cabman wad pounce upon. knocked-down by repeated blows, robbed, left prostrate with a broken leg. Sonus time ago it was announced that London was a safer place, so i.M' as sUeeb outrages were concerned, tlmn any other capital in Europe. Ht.hatisrcattyt.neca.c we can only say that the iul-iabitants of the capitals referred to are entitled to the utmost coimuieura- tiou. Our system of dealing with habitual er,inn- ualsevidentlyfails tokeep avow our mosb frequouted thoroughfares freo from ti>ein, and it, is time, therefore, to ttitink over the possibility of changing it for a more .effective one. TMEIW: «re'fcw« sides to the evMenco given before fcluj Select Committee 011 the admission of strangers to the HuiMe of Commons. It is oerLainly pleasant to find t.bat strangers are not expected to oiler the Serjeant-at-Arms lialf-a-crowti or amy smaller sum and will ](.Me notliiug by nob dolug so. On the other hand, luspeetor Denning declares that „ •kwigerous characters do now obtain admission »as strangers, by orders) and is nob sanguine about the suggestions made to e-ecure their exclusion. Side by side with this, however, should bo read tho report. of the meeting of the Common Council at Guildhall. Other objectionable persons may get in but the Remembrancer declares emphatically that herds of Common Councilmon are not, as has been stated, allowed to roam ah will aitoub tho lobbies under his charge. He had lIot, seen ill Lllu House this session a member or officer of the court, with this exception two members atLcllIted a single sitting and sat in the Strangers' Gallery. Perhaps "herd" is the correct sporting term for a brace of Common Councilman, and the roaming in the lobbies a mere picturesque addition to a solid substratum of fact. TwHLTEhnndred pounds' worth of green-houso planks for a dinner party is a big order, but in the opiiiion of the of t,lt,- Qticeii's liaiieli Divi-it)ii, ] that is the amonnb which Mr. Sanders is entitled t to claim from the Duchess of Montrose for floral decorations on the occasion of a visit to laer Gmee by the Prince of Wales. Mr. Sanders' total claim I was for seventeen hundred and thirty pounds, and the Duchess disputed it on the ground that it was I axcessive, and beyond the contract price. Accord- ingly Mr. Sanders brought an action to recover 11 1 the amount. The Court ordered her Grace to pay 3even hundred pounds to tho plaintiff, and live hundred more into Court, but gave her leave to < appeal agaitisb the amount beyond the seven hun- dred. The items in the little bill included a thou- sand orchids at a guinea apiece. Tho total amount charged for the display of these beautiful flowers, however, was eleven hundred and twenty pounds. The Duchess almost rivalled the City Corporation in the costliness of her hospitality to the Heir- Apparent. The figures we have quoted are sug- gestive of the vast resources of the luxurious classes in this country. It is to be regretted that within a very short distance of the Duchess's palaca there are many thousands of impoverished people who have a desperate struggle bo get bread. MR. STANHOPE seems to think that Majot Templer has nothing whatever to complain of. "Grave suspicions" were ca^t upon him; "a prinui t'ticie e:l";1\ against him was disclosed he wm at once plnced under arrest; further inquiries were t,lieti iiit(le, by tli,) Templer be I'iji open arrest' all the time; and eventually he WIIS tried by a court-martial with full judicial powers and acquitted." What inorj Could he want? Bub is it nothing to have a ruin- ous though baseless accusation 1uing over one's head for months, and to be sub ected to all the risks which even I lie most innocent man may sniler when he becomes I he victim of blundering credulity or reckless assertion ? It appears that some fur- ther investigation is now in progress. What its object may belknow not. I kllllW ollly that the "grave suspicions" were unfounded, that the evi- dence which made up the prima facie ease was un- worthy of betief,and<hattho"further inquiries," if rightly directed, would have proved Major Tempter's innocence instead of encouraging the continuance of the prosecution. The prosecution itself was therefore a gross blunder and injustice, and is certainly not atoned for by its failure. GAMBLING must have a strange fascination for people who will make bets with strangers in the streets. It appears, that the name of these foolish persons is legion. Now that tho racing season has commenced, the gentry who thrive by doing an outdoor business on coming turf events will again come to the fore." It ia satisfactory to find, therefore, thab the police are keeping a sharp look-out for them. At the Man. sion House, the other day, a member of this objec- tiollable fraternity pleaded guilty to a charge of causing an obstruction in Leadenhall Market by traireacting gambling negotiations. He was filled forty shillings and costs. In the eyes of the City magistrates street bet ting is evidently not a very tseriousottence. If they are really desirous of putting a stop to this mischievous nuisance they should"inflict heavier penalties upon defendants | convicted of promoting it. A tine of forty shillings is not calculated to make a powerful impression upon betting men. Oi lier persons who were charged with the defendant convicted were ac- quitted. It was proved that one of them at least had nothing whatever to do with the offence charged against him, and he declared that he had )Illti I)e never made a he I., in his life. It would be well if the police ill their efforts t.o catch street gamblers avoided subjecting innocent persons to the annoy. allCf} of being charged with betting before toe magistrates. I AFTKK the report on the sweating system re- cently prepared by Mr. Burnett for the board of Trade was issued, t lw) secretaries of one or two i 8pcieties of Jewish tailors wrote to tho papers to j complain t hat it was exaggerated, 'l he ev idence [ given by Mr. Arnold White and other witnesses examined by the Select Committee of the House of i Lords now conducting all inquiry into the system goes to show, however, lhat Mr. Burnelt rather I underestimated than overestimated its evils. Air. White, who has carefully investigated the condi- tions under which life is endured by the poor in the East End of London, slated that the system is by no means peculiar to the tailoring trade, bub prevails even more extensively in the boot and shoe trade. It is carried on by sub-contractors who obtain work from so-called manufacturers and j give it out to impoverished operatives'on terms which enable the sweater to secure a good protib S without the expenditure of capital or labour on his part. and grind down the man who is sweated • to a condition of abject misery. Tho introduction of riveting and sewing machines, which can bCi easily worked after a few lessons by unskilled labourers, has greatly aggravated I he evils of the system. The victims of it complain thab they do not get a fair share of the prolits which they secure for their taskmasters. If manufacturers I would a ban Ion the practice of letting out work i to middlemen the prospects of the workers woutd become brighter, but there seems to be no hope of suppressing the sweater other- ) wise than by 1.110 legal imposition upon him of i such restrictions as will make it difficult for him to act the part of the drome in the hive. Mr. j White suggests that restrictions should also be pub j upon the immigration of foreign paupers, who are clderly em ployed under the system, that the Fac- tory Acts should be extended to adult males, and I thataii workrooms should be registered, ——————————————————-

The ^of;a corresponih ot of I he Temp# states thab the great est agitation fiie.aiU there. Attack is feared, and lie guards around the l'aiace hj>ve lJelJll dOIlI,¡"d 1"1', the proteuUuii of the [jerson of Prince ± eniinand. It is asserted that the Emperor of Austria will visit the King and of Koumania at their residence at K>imiia iu L:ia course of HiM coming summer.

THE GERMAN BETROTHAL QUESTION. PRINCE BISMARCK Anu THEIB MAJESTIES THE EMPEROR'S HEALTH. BERLIN. Contrary to what has been announced, the Em. peror did not confer with Prince Biiunarck. The Empress, however, who drove into Berlin to see the Empress Augusta, had a two hours' ittterviow with the Chancellor at the Royal Palace. The rumour still circulates that Prince Bismarck in- tends to resign, while the namo of Coaub Minister, the German Ambassador iu Paris, is mentioned in some quarters as his successor. In others, how- ever, it is stilted that the Emperor's choice will fall upon Baron von Roggenbacli, a former minis- ter of the Grand Duchy of Buden, and lonj' an intimate friend of the Emperor- Barou voii Kog- gerbacit is C3 years of age. There now seems no longer any doubt that the Battenberg betrothal incident was a mere pretext employed by Priuce Bismarck to bring matters to a crisis. BERLIN The Emperor received an many as ten persons one afternoon, and it was not from any indisposi- tion that his Majesty did not give audience to the Chancellor. The report that a new swelling had appeared in the Emperor's larynx and was increasing in size is nob confirmed. All fear of the resignation of Prince Bismarck is new at an end, so far as the marriage project is -concerned. According to the Conservative Post, the idea of the betrothal has been altogether abandoned, but there is reason to believe thab this statement goes too far, and that, as a matter of fact, it has only been postponed until a more convenient season. It appears that the Emperor, incompliance with the representations of the Chancellor, put off several times the date appointed for the visit of Prince Alexander to Charlottenburg, the under- standing being, however, that the postponement should only be for a short time. It was the wish of the Empress to hasten the affuir owing to the state of the Emperor's health, and the presence of Sir Moroll Mackenzie at the audience which her Majesty accorded to Prince Bismarck is under. stood to have had reference to this phase of tho question. I The Grand Duke of Baden and Baron Ton Roggenbacli took a leading part in composing the difference in the views of Prince Bismarck and the Emperor and Empress on the subject of the marri- age. Now that the matter has been settled it may be expected that the attacks of the Conservative Press upon the supposed feminine promoters of the matrimonial scheme and upon the English policy which, it was suggested, was to be thereby forwarded, will cease. The leading papers strongly deprecate as unseemly the movemenb set on foot by the National Liberals and Conservatives of Leipzig and Berlin for the signature of addresses in favour of the retention of Prince Bismarck iu office. »■ BRESLATJ. The Committees of the National Liberal and Gor. man Conservative Electoral Associations, and of the new Electoral Association of this city, have been invited to attend ai meeting, with tho objecb of approving and signing a petition to the Emperor praying for the maintenance of Prince Bismarck in I the offices held by him at present. --• ■■ VlKNNA. The Political Cotresponi/eixe publishes a letter from Berlin, stating that the Emperor Frederick has not yet replied to the memorandum laid before him by Prince Bismarck, setting forth the obstacles to a matrimonial altiance between Prince Alexander and the Princess Victoria. This," proceeds the writer, "shows thab his Majesty is examining minutely and seriousfy the objections raised by tho Imperial Chancellor, and at the same time justifies the hope that the Emperer's decision will not be of a character to necessitate Priuco Bismarck's rosig. nation." 0

THE PARIS RESTAURANTS. PARTS. An old landmark of Paris is aboub to disappear. The historical "Brebant's," the literary and artis- tic restaurant of the Boulevard Poissonniere, is to be transformed into a huge "bouillon" establish- ment under the auspices of a company, which is to be a formidable rival to the world renowned restaurants of Du val. The old-fashioned Paris restaurants with their fanciful prices are falling into a period of magnificent decay. They now have to chietly rely upon wedding-breakfasts and special banquets. Ab mosb of them the ordinary customers arc insufficient to defray expenses, and chiefly consist of foreigners who wish to visit or revisit the Cafe Anglais, the Alaison Doree or Vcfour's. The new era will not, perhaps, be so gastronomic, but it will undoubtedly be more practical. Even now Senators and members of the most aristocratic and richest families in Frnllce habitually dine or lunch by the card at estab- lishments conducted on the Duval pattern.

THE EMPRESS VICTORIA AND THE WOMEN OF BERLIN. BEIILIW. The Empress Victoria has sent, tho following re- ply to the address presented to her Majesty by the women and girls of Berlin:- Women of Berlin !—Yoor address has afforded me great pleasure. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your sincere sympathy in the heavy blow which has befallen our House and the whole nation through the death of our great and dearly- loved Emperor. With you I trusb that God may grant to the Emperor, my husband, a speedy re- covery from the malady with which he is afflicted. I thank you also for your confidence, expressed in such warm words, in my endeavours for the com- mon welfare. For a number of years pasb it haa been permitted to me't;o labour with the women 01 Berlin for the good of the female sex, for education, and for the alleviabion 01 material social wretchedness. Thanks to the intelligent and self-sacrificing aid which has been extended to me, much has boen accomplished but more yet remains to be achieved. With sincere devotion and eager enthusiasm, I place my whole strength at the service of our people. I cfllltidelltly expect from the women of Berlin, as well as from those of the rest of Germany, after the many evi- dences which have reached me, that they will in the future, as in the pasb, readily work with tnE at the great tasks which devolve upon womankind -namely, to alleviate distress and suffering, tc create pure happiness, and to lay a sure foundation for all truly human viit.ues by the proper nurture of children and the young.

THE UNITED STATES. I SAX FRANCISCO. It is st,at,ed that a contract has been signec between the Oceanic Steamship Company and thE Canadian Pacific Railway, in virtue of which thE three steamers beiougiug tu the Cunard Line which now ply between Vancouver and Hong Kong wil' call at this port on every trip via Vancouver. NEW YORK. The Recorder of New York denies the intelli- gence of the application of tho bondholders of the Kansas Pacific Railway to submit the Gould SLlge Base to another grand jury.

THE ITALIANS AT MASSOWATL ROME. A new Green book, containing correspondence relating to the Italian adventure on the Red Sea littoral, and particularly dealing with the action of England and the Portal mission, will be issued shortly. The Government has definitively decided upon the gradual withdrawal of the troops at Massowah It is expected that the steamers bringing the first body will teach Naples about May 10. ROMK. A telegram from Massowah savs fiat the troop* will return to Ilalf from Mussowan iu successivt detachments. A report is current that the Abyssinian troopf will concentrate at Mai Ferras, near Adowa, when the Negus will remain until after the Abyssiniar Easter, which falls at the end of the present month.

The London correspondent of the lri*h Tima learns that, the names of .> i additional Commis sioiicrs under the 1.¡¡1I I. Act M.H shortly be an ""11111;<1. It was announce"! in th'j Ap|* al Court, that Mrs Dunn's-appeal from the lehisal "ttho IMviniona Com t to grant, a new trial of !>hc DunM divutcc \:14.' has becu ahuudonud. t

ROBBHRY WITH VIOLENCE. Arthur Hortoa and Enoch Martin, two younpf mon from Featheratono, have been charged At Peutefract with seriously assaulting and robbing Mark Piuder, farmer, at Ptirston, on the 4bli inst. The prosecutor was unable to appear, owing to his injuries. He had followed the youths somedistanco across the fields, as he believed they were after his poultry, when they turned round and beat him, leaving him uucouscious, after taking his purse, containing 15s.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A BARMAID. At the Bow Street (Lotwima) Police Court, a gentleman who stated that his name was Parker applied to Mr. Bridge for two summonses against ona of the barmaids at a restaurant at the cornet of Chancery Lane. He said that he was in the habit of using the house, and that on tho previous evening he called for a bottle of ale. The ale was served, but he found a piece of cork in the glass, and when he called the barmaid's attention to it, ohe removed it by placing her fingers in the beer. Under the circumstances he declined to accept the 4teer, upon which IIhe threw it iu his face, spoiling Las silk hat.—Mr. Bridge suggested that complaint should bo made to the manager, bub applicant atated that he had so complained, and could get no redress.—The summons was granted for assault only.

SEQUEL TO A ST. HELENS BIGAMY CASE. At St. Helens Police Court, George Hardwick, or Roberts, who was formerly a bailiff in tho St. Helens County Court, was brought up under a warrant cJiarged with neglected to obey an order of the court to contribute 108.6d, a week in respect of the three children of Agnes Collins, of Oldtield abreot. Prisoner married the woman, at the same time having a wife living. He was apprehended on a charge of bigamy, and had undergone IS months' imprisonment. There were five children, and the magistrates, upon the application of Col. litis, ou 23rd December last, made an order upon him to contribute 10s.6d. a week. He had only paid .)8., and the arrears were t4 3s. 6d. Prisoner, who was in the dock on the 30th January last, when lie said he expected a re-engagement ab the County Court, now made a similar excuse, saying he expected work shortly.—The magistrates com- mitted him to prison for a mouth. M ?

DAMAGING TELEGRAPH INSULATORS. CAUTION TO MISCHIEVOUS BOYS. At the Chester County PeLty Sessions, held ab Chester, four respectably attired youths named Arthur Gorst, Frederick Forst, Edward Carman, and Joseph Ellison, whose ages averaged from ten to eighteen, were summoned for doing wilful damage to telegraph insulators, at Micklo Trafford, the property of the Postmaster-General, on the lsb of April. Police-constable Gibbons of the Cheshire Constabulary, deposed to observing tho three first. mentioned defendants throwing stones at tho insu. lators on the top of tho telegraph poles, and break- ing them, whilst Ellison, the youngest, admitted that he had also thrown. Thirteen insulators were broken by defendants between Mr. Garnett's house and a lane leading to Plenmondstall. Defendants were going home after attending Sunday School when they committed the damage. Over one hun- dred insulators had beeu broken in the immediate dhtuct. „ Albert Price, outdoor inspector from the Post Office, stated that no fewer than 200 insulators had been broken between Hoole-lane and Helsby. Each insulator cost 2s. 6d. to replace. The damage done to the insulator* iu the neighbourhood had been considerable. Ellison was discharged after being cautioned. The magistrates said the offence was so serious that they coul 1 send Lhe defendants for trial at thE assizes. There might be messages going along the wires, and be stopped in consequence. The damage done to one hundred insulators was 4.12 IOs. They (the magistrates) did not want to pub upon them any more fine than they could bear, but they must pay £1 each, inclusive of costs, and that was treat- ing the offonces very leniently. They would hav< liked bo have ordered defendants to bo whipped but unfortunately they could not do so.

STEAMSHIP COMPETITION TO THE ISLE OF MAN. The Isle of Man Stoampacket Company, in anti- cipation of the continuation of the opposition line of steamers between Liverpool and Douglas, have announced their intention to again materially re- duce the faros, which are at present—Return cabin between tho-fe |H)i ts, 10. lid.; steerage return, 5s. Hù. The Company, after the 1st of May, will reduce tho fares Lo—Cabin, 5s. return, and 2s. <!d. single steerage, 2s. t'Jd. return, and Is. fid, single. This will dispel the idea reported some time ago lhat all the steamship companies running to the Isle of Man were arranging to run at standard fares, to be agreed upon among themselves, and is the lirsb stage of what will prove to be severe com- petition on this station during the coining summer.

STRANGE CONDUCT OF A CONSTABLE. An extraordinary incident, which is involved in some mystery, has been witnessed atEnnis. There are various versions of the affair. The one most readily believed in Ennis is that a policeman in plain clothes, with several rings on his fingers, ancl wielding a stout stick, attacked two justices of the peace, Mr. Gabbetb Blooll and Mr. Pierce Power, in a public street, levelling both with his stick. Mr. Blood, who is a powerful man, soon recovered himself, and bringing tho policemau to the ground, placed his knee upon the officer's chest. A num- ber of policemen soon afterwards arrived, and the offending constable was apprehended. The ap. parently eccentric conduct of the prisouer has not yet been explained publicly.

ALLEGED ASSAULT ON AN ACTOR. At Sheffield, a publican's waiter named Le% has been arrested on a charge of doing bodily harm to an actor named Dunmore, who had been engaged with a company at the Alexandra Theatre. Dun- more went to au inn, and some betting men picked a quarrel with him, in the course of which Lee, ib is alleged, produced a small bottle of spirits of ammonia, wanned it, at the fire, and deliberately threw the contents into Dunmore's face. Duumore was rendered unconscious and blind for a time, lie has regained the sight of one eye, but the sighb of the other is totally gone. The prisoner states that he did it for a lark, and that the prosecutor was one of the lads," meaning the betting men.

SAVAGE ATTACK ON POLICEMEN. At the Solihull Police Court—before Messrs. H. I Chattock and Dr. Kiiiibell-Willitin Biddle, bricklayer, Birmingham, was charged, on remand, with stealing, at Stechford, twenty-three live fowls and five ducks, of the value of X3 JOs., the property of tho London linll North-Western Railway Com- pany. Mr. Edmund Hinton (of Euston) prosecuted on behalf of the Railway Company. Early on the morning of the oth insb. Police- constable Shirley was on duty in the neighbour- hood of Saltley, when he observed the prisoner and another man walking along the railway line from the direction of Stechford, each of the men carry- ing a bulky-looking bag on his back. Shirley stopped them and enquired what they had in tlieh possession, whereupon the prisouer, brandishing J1 heavy stick, slioute Fout, "Nevermind; keep oft" The constable, however, closed with Biddle, and, gaining possession of the stick, gave the prisoner a severe blow on the head, felling him to the ground. As Biddle fell tho other man struck the officer on the head, and knocked him down. Ab this point Potter came up, and went to his com- rade's assistance. On recovering himself the pri. soner ran away, but on Potter calling upon him to stop he did so, and, picking up a stick, shouted "Come oil I'll mufder you," at the same time kicking the constable so violently oti the legs thab he fell. While in this }>osition the officer was btiaben about the head and shoulders. With some difficulty Potter regained his feet, and, drawing his baton, knocked the prisoner down d then handcuffed him. On returning with thd^priaoner lie, with Shirley, made a search, and found thab the men had left two bags, which were found to contain a number of dead fowl and ducks, which were identified as the property of the railway com." pany. Sujierintendent Frank ton informed the Bench that prisoner was a ticket-of-leave man, and since lis72 had boon sentenced to no less than fifteen years of imprisonment on various charges. Prisoner was conuu.ted for trial at the assizer •' \L

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THE SI-IOES. In the spring of t.s;.5 a family moved illto tfa", vlcmity which prove.) of great benefit to the Gar- fields. Tiiey had sewing to be done and Mrs. Gar- field was glad of the opportunity to do it. A hor. was also needed to plough and chop occasionally, ami Thomas found it a good opportunity to earn a.. little money for his mother. It was an additional sunshine into the log cabin. It was an era when Thomas brought home the first monoy that lie earned. A happier boy never crosaell the theshohl than he was when he handed tli% proceeds of his labour to his mother, saying: Now the shoemaker can come and make Jemmy, apair of shoes." "Certainly," answered the mother; "and he will be indebted to you for the fir-1 pair of shoes that her ever wore. Youll never be sorry." "I never expect to be sorry," replied Thomas. Jeiiiniy ought to have had a pair a long tuno- ago, and he would have had a pair if there had been any way for me to earn them." Well, you can send word to the shoemaker a* soon as you please," cuutiuued his mother; "th<»< quicker the better." James was three and a half years' old at that time, and he had not known the luxury of a pair ot altoes-iio, not even in winter. To a child in the woods it was like the accession of a fortune now. Be assured, reader, that Jemmy greeted the advent of the shoemaker with hearty good will when he came, and he came very soon after the shoe ques. tion was settled, for Thouiai lost no time in securing his services. Then in that part of the country shoemakers did not have shops of their own, but they went from cabin to cabin bearding with the families while they were making-shoes for the members. In this ease the cobbler linarded with Mrs. Garfield, and his board paid part of the oust of the shoes, .0.

SAILOR AND BULL. As a party of seamen Wore walking up Points street, Portsmouth, rather elated with liquor, a hull, which had escaped from the King's slaughter- house, came running towards the jolly tars, witli. his tail er^ct in the air, when all the men limited out of his way, ex ejit one, and lie, •eiiig an immeiist sturdy fellow, stood ill the street directly it the way of the bull, and bailed him iu tho following words "Bull ahoy, oull ahoy! 1 cry. Drop your peak, and put your helm a-starboard, or you-II run aboard of llIe." I'he bull continued his course, came in contact vriili Jack, UIII} CalI8!ZelJ.,J¡illl,lJuL the sailor, nowise iitimidatud, sprang from the ground, and, shaking :iis clothes, very good-naturedly observed tp the bull, "011, you lubberly beast, I told you how it would bo."

A DULL CHILDT~ The Duke of Gloucester, third son of the Pwsy I'\f Wales, lather of George ill., was a dud eld and his mother used to cau.-te him great distr | it times by at hinifor his dulness, in the pr sence of his brothers and sisters, on on oi casion sl. ioid ihem to laugh at the fool. The sensitive child held down his head and said nothing, upon which the princess changed her tone, and accused dm of sulking. No, lie said, he was not sulky, lie was only ihinuing. «• i\nd pray what are you think- ng of?'' inquired the princess wall increasing scorn in her maimer. I was thinking," said the (toor child, ''how I should llite. if ihud nson as appy as you make me."

Be iu t ashamed of thy virtues, honour's a good orooch to wear in a man's oat at ail limes. Of all our infirmities van.,y is the dearest to us :t man will starve his otlur vices to keep that alive* •'Improve your oppottuuitics," said Bonaparte o a school of young men "every hour lost now is,a, chance of future misloriui'.e." Human reason is like a drunken man 011 ttorse- hack, set it up on one side, and it tumbles over, the other. A student riding, being jeered on the way for wearing but one spur, said that if one side of his horse went on, it was uot likely that the othet •' wpuidatay behind, <

An inquest has been held on the body of Mr. Frederick Brink worth, a large cab proprietor in the East End of London, who shot himself in the North Bribainpnblie-ltouso, Bedford Street. A verdiefc of Suicide whilst of unsound mind was 1'01,111'11011. A firm engaged in the Australian wine trade writes to ilay that. trade will not be in any way hampered by the new duties on bottled wines. All Australian wines, it is added, are shipped in bulk, HO thab the new urrangemenb will be a distinct ad- vantage to the colonists. William D. Howells, the novelist, was a type- setter, and so was Brot Harto, and so was Mark Twain. It. H. Stoddart, the poefc, was a black- smith. Frank Stockton was an engraver, and John G. Whittier was a farmer with slight inter- ruption until he was nearly thirty years old. America possesses only one Chinese reporter, and he livee in New York. His name is Wong Cin Foo. He ljits just sought, the protection of the police against the Chinese "bookbinders," who threaten his life because he has been exposing the Celestial opium dens and gambling hells in the city. The New York correspondent of a Berlin paper states that Lite (inllileo arrived in that harbour a few days ago with the lute Professor Leopold von Ranke's library on board, consisting of nearly 50,000 volumes. The collection has been boughb for the Methodist Church University at Syracuse. The New York society ladies cannot pardon Dr. Dix. As long ago as Lent he preached a sermon in which he made a series of allegations against them. Nob satisfied with denying emphatically the truth of his charges, they are accumulating documentary evidence in order to make the refu- tation stronger. There is no foundation for the report which has been current to the effecb thab the approaching exhibition at the Grosvcnor Gallery will comprise a considerable proportion of foreign pictures. Nor, it is decideu Lhat the next winter exhibition in the gallery will consist of modern foreign painb- ings. Enormous quantities of young oysters are being laid on the bed. of the Whitslable Oyster Fishery and the Ham and Seasalter Fishery. During the last few days many consignments have arrived from French port8, and a total of upwards of ten million bivalves has been deposited on the beds of the two fisheries. A good story is being told in Sydney circles of a well-Lnown Australian lady who recently entered a convent. Before immuring herself she had just one last taste of the world's vanities. Sho backed a "double event." One of them has come off: and querists want to know if the lady has any in quisiUveness as to the second. Herr Carl Formes, the celebrated basso, who to sing this season at the Royal Italian Opera, will make his first appearance in London, after an ab- sense of twenty-six years, at tho concert under the conductorship of Mr. Raphael Roche, in aid of the London Homu'OpaLhic Hospital, at St. James's Hall, on the 113rd inst. The question as to the best means of promoting technical education is being earnestly discussed in Russia. A congress, summoned by the Permanent Committee for Technical Education, is about to 1 meet at St. Petersburg for the comideruLioti of the subject. The sum of .£500 has been granted by the Government for the expenses of tho congress. I The Marquis of Ripon opened a Fine Art 8no Industrial Exhibition at Scarborough the other day, and, in the course of his remarks, said at one time woollen goods seemed likely to be the staple i industry of Ireland, but it had been crushed down and destroyed by the action of the English Government to give an advantage to British manu- facturers. A party of marines and soldiers of the York- c shire Regiment were crossing Portsmouth Harbour, when two of the soldiers, who were intoxicated, fought, and in Lheir struggles fell overboard. i\n 1 alarm was raised, and a steam launch from the flagship Duke of Wellington proceeded to the spot, and succeeded in rescuing the men, who were 1 »ttcrwards Lukeu iatocustody. I