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BOBBING THE POOR.
BOBBING THE POOR. At the Dorset Quarter Sessions, the chief constable Exported that, with the view of ascertaining whether the bread delivered to the recipients of out-door relief in the different unions in the county was of proper weight, in- structions were given to weigh a certain number of loaves on the day of delivery from the different con- tractors. The result was as follows 145 loaves were weighed, of which only 56 were proper weight. Tha deficiency in the remaining 89 varied from a quarter of a pound downwards—the average loss per loaf being 2oz. 3dwt. There had been a slight improvement during the last fortnight, though in three cases there was a deficiency of as much as 5oz. per 41b. loaf. The Earl ef Shaftesbury said this matter more than any other de- manded the attention of the magistrates assembled. There was no single thing in the present day that was of greater importance than thas iiio gentry of England should show that they were alive to the interests and to the claims of the poorer classes.
LORD MAYOR'S DAY.
LORD MAYOR'S DAY. The procession, which is to be as "smart" as pos- sible, is to leave Guildhall about half-past twelve, and proceed, by way of King-street, Poultry, King William- street, Cannon-street, St. Paul's-churchyard, Ludgate- hill, Fleet-street, &c., to Westminster. The bands engaged are the Royal Artillery, Grenadier Guards, Lon- don Rifle Brigade, 1st City Engineers, and the drums and fifes of the Royal London Militia. The Cadet Corps of the London Rifle Brigade will furnish a guard of honour at the entrance to Guildhall. The committee's wands, which are being made by Messrs. Stillwell and Son, Barbican, will be.of satin-wood, with elegant gilt tops. The breast ornaments will consist of a gold star, with the crest of the Lord Mayor and sheriffs.-Cily Press.
THE BRITISH CORN TRADE.II
THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. The weather, with little exception, has been as fine as possible for wheat-planting and field-work of all kinds, and every advantage appears to have been taken of it, not only in this country but throughout Europe. The raising of potatoes has also been freely proceeded with but the keeping qualities of the late sorts remain very doubtful, and holders are so convinced of this, that more anxiety has been evinced to sell. There can be no doubt that the great irregularity of their growth is the cause of such anxiety. But the late-sown turnips have made one uniform progress since the rainfall, and will be extremely valuable all through the winter. It appears there has been a smart touch of the approach- ing season in the north, where snow has fallen plenti- fully, and the frosty nights in the south prepared us for these reports. Still, Nature is often very fickle, and if we were to infer by these early indications a severe time was coming, we might be very much deceived. We must span the heavens, be able to note the relative influence of every glittering orb, and strike the balance of counter influences before we can be sure what a day may bring forth. So to reason from the past seems the fairest way of reckoning for the future, if we would reckon at all. The wheat trade has still been tending downwards, the conviction that we have a good crop keeping every miller in reserve and so we have lost another shilling during the past week, some markets making the decline greater and some less. The same sort of feeling seems to have pervaded the nearer continental markets, France, Belgium, and Holland, which have severally given way as to the value of wheat; but Spain is still a customer at Marseilles, and that port has kept firm, while but little difference has to be noted in Germany, and Danzic has made no change. The panic, too, at New York has given place to a firmer feeling, and wheat, maize, and rye have all severally advanced somewhat, especially the latter, from its scarcity.—Mark-lane Express.
THE LADY AND THE HAIRDRESSJlJR.
THE LADY AND THE HAIRDRESSJlJR. A lady about 30 years of age made the following application at the Marylebone Police-court. She said I have come to ask you to grant me a summons against a hairdresser in the neighbourhood of Camden-town for cutting off my hair. I went to his shop last week to have my hair dressed, and on my return home my ser- vant discovered that a portion of the hair on the right side had been cut off. On Wednesday I went to the shop again, and had my hair dressed by the assist- ant. On Friday when my servant came to do my j hair she found a piece had been cut off the other side. Mr. Mansfield It is the most extraordinary application I ever heard. If you think you have sustained any injury or loss you had better go to the 1county court. Applicant: No, it is stealing. You see, sir, these hairdressers take a piece of hair off one lady's head, and a piece off another, and these they make up into curls and sell them (laughter). Mr. Mansfield: Might not your servant have cut it ? Applicant Oh, dear no. I am certain it was not my servant. Mr. Mansfield What amount of damage do you suppose you have sustained ? Applicant: I cannot tell. Mr. Mansfield I will tell you what to do. Go to the county court and take out a plaint against either the master or assistant, laying your damage at say ZCIO. Applicant: But you see, sir, it is stealing. Mr. Mansfield I cannot help you.
RAILWAY SER VANT KILLED AT…
RAILWAY SER VANT KILLED AT COVENTRY. On Saturday a railway porter named Basil Smith was • proceeding along the line in the direction of the Coventry t station. The wind was blowing very hard at the time, and as he passed through a bridge a little below the station, he stooped his head the better to bear up against the draught. Just at that moment a coal train was leaving the station by the down-line, and Smith being in the posture above described failed to notice it. The consequence was that as he crossed the line the train came up upon him and knocked him down. It is sup- posed that the unfortunate man, on discovering his peril, caught hold of the break-guard of the tender, which was before the engine. At any. rate, he was dragged along the line a distance of about 75 yards be- fore the train left him. He was discovered moaning on the line by the policeman on duty, and was immediately conveyed home. He only lived half an hour.
THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AND…
THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AND MR. JOHN LAIRD, M.P. In making out the list of guests to be invited to meet the American Ambassador at Liverpool, it was found advisable, particularly at an election crisis, to invite the local members both in esse and in posse, and Mr. Laird, being still the member for Birkenhead, it was impossible to omit him. As soon as it was known that he had been invited, he was taken to task very sharply by many Liberal papers, both in London, Liverpool, and elsewhere and whatever his private feelings may have been, it became almost impossible for him to avoid being present at the banquet without either tacitly acknowledging himself guilty of the grave ac- cusations made against him, or leaving himself open as the target for even more violent attacks. At all events Mr. Laird accepted the invitation, and went to the banquet. When he entered the room he appeared somewhat nervous and flurried but several of his friends at onee entered into conversation with him, and after a brief interval of suspense the American ambas- sador asked to be introduced to Mr. Laird. The intro- duction over Mr. Johnson said he was very glad to make Mr. Laird's acquaintance; that he had come to England as a peacemaker; and as Northerners and Southerners had shaken hands in America he was de- sirous that all antagonism arising out of the late un- fortunate civil war should be considered as by-gones. This frank and graceful conduct on the part of Mr. Johnson at once restored ease and confidence to the igathering, and next day no one was surprised that Mr. Laird joined Mr. Jshnson's party during an excursion on the river. BBMfl
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE. It is not often that the very confusing arrangement of the rooms at the London Tavern leads to any amusing or laughable episode in the histories of the meetings by shareholders in public companies, but an exceptional occurrence happened on Thursday, during the meeting of Price's Patent Candle Company. After the chairman had finished his speech, and the motion for declaring a dividend to the preference shareholders had been seconded, a gentleman, who was evidently bursting with a speech, rose and said, Sir, I wish to make some remarks." The officials of the company did not r know this gentleman, but he proceeded, "I am sorry to see that you have a lawsuit with Mr. Watson." To this the chairman very suavely replied, "I am happy to say we have no lawsuits. You must have made a mistake." The gentleman retorted, 11 Oh, no I have it all here," producing a paper. The chairman then inquired iithe gentleman knew what meeting he was addressing, and he said, "The Bahia Railway Com- pany." Uponbeing ad vised of thenature of this company's business, he remarked most innocently as he left the room, amidst great laughter, 11 Well, I thought there was a great deal more about candles than I had heard at the railway meetings on previous occasions.Tke Grocer
FALL OF A HOUSE.
FALL OF A HOUSE. On Saturday the district of Halifax was visited by a strong storm of wind and rain, and at Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge, a house fell, killing a woman and her infant. The name of the woman was Jane Stark, aged twenty-one years, and her male infant, John Henry, aged nearly two years, the wife and child of Henry Stark, labourer. On Saturday afternoon the family had temporarily left the house, and about five o'clock the mother returned with her child. She had just unlocked the door, and was about to enter, when the house end fell upon them. A neighbour gave an alarm, but the mother was quite dead when reached, and her infant only lived about an hour after. Both were shockingly crushed. The house, it is stated, has been in a dilapidated state for some time, but there were no immediate signs of its fall.
A CASE OF POISONING.¡
A CASE OF POISONING. ¡ A very cold-blooded murder is reported from Lincoln- shire. One Biggadike, an agricultural labourer, lived with his wife Priscilla, his two children, and two men lodgers, by name Thomas Proeter and George Iron- monger, in a wretched two-roomed cottage, the whole six persons sleeping in one apartment. On the 30th of September the man Biggadike was taken violently ill immediately after drinking tea, and in a few hours he died, as the post-mortem examination showed, from an enormous dose of arsenic. Mrs. Biggadike says she saw Procter put the arsenic in the tea Procter, on the other hand, says he is "as innocent as a child." The two people have been committed to take their trial for murder.
MR. BRIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM.
MR. BRIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM. On Monday evening Mr. Bright addressed a great meeting in Birmingham. The hon. gentleman to con- trasted the circumstances under which he then ap- peared with those which attended his first speech as one of the members for Birmingham, on the 27th of October, 1858, when he recommended household suffrage as the basis of the Parliamentary franchise. He spoke of the scorn with which the Conservative press treated that suggestion, and in glancing at the history of the Tory party during the past 40 years, and in speaking of the manner in which they had opposed those measures of progress which they afterwards adopted, he made an energetic appeal to the electors to support men who had consistently advocated reforms from a conviction that they were right, rather than poli- cians who gave those reforms a reluctant assent after they had been written in the statute books of the land.
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ALPINE CLIMBING. As we were waiting for dinner, leaning over the balcony and smoking a Vevay cigar for want of a better, there was a movement of curiosity in the crowd outside. The philosophers left their bench, the loungers quickened their pace, the muleteers abandoned their beasts, and everybody converged towards the same point. The groups soon divided to allow the passage of a little procession, headed by a tall young man, slender but powerful of frame, in jacket, waistcoat, and breeches of brown velvet, gaitered to the knees, his broad-brimmed beaver rather low upon his brow, of a manly and decided countenance, and having the look of a perfect gentleman notwithstanding the rusticity of his equipment. He was a member of the Alpine Club, who had just returned from a successful ascent of Mount Cervinus. From the inn at the Rieffol the night before the light of his fire had been seen, like a red spangle on the mountain's flank. Behind him tramped the guides with their long ropes slung across their body, their hatchets to cut steps in the ice, their iron-shod poles, and all the apparatus necessary to carry by assault so rugged and dangerous a mountain. On their tanned and resolute physiognomies was to be read satisfaction at difficulties overcome, and the glow ef triumph mingled with the brown tint imparted by the mountain air. The guides entered the hotel, and the Englishman remained for some moments on the threshold, leaning carelessly against the door-post in an easy insolent attitude, with a somewhat absent air, looking just as he might have done at the door of his club in Pall-mall. He practised, perhaps quite unintentionally, the precept of dandyism given by Brummel and renewed from Horace, nil- admirari. While gazing at this handsome young man, doubtless rich, and certainly accustomed to all the comforts and elegancies of existence, who had just so lightly risked his life in an enterprise of useless peril, we were led to re- flect on the invincible passion for climbing that possesses some men. No example can eradicate it. This young member of the Alpine Club had certainly seen, as he passed, the tombs of his three fellow-countrymen in the Zermatt Cemetery. But, like the abyss, the peak has its fascination it summons and draws towards it by the hope of triumph those proud and adventurous spirits to whom the tranquillity of modern life denies opportuni- ties of proving their strength. With an air of raillery it continually rears its virgin summit to the horizon, as if in defiance of human impotence. -TltJophile Gautier, in the <c Moniteur Universel."
SMOKE-CONSUMING FURNACES.
SMOKE-CONSUMING FURNACES. At the Clerkenwell Police-court on Saturday a manu- facturer was charged with using furnaces which did not consume their own smoke and it was even alleged that they were constrcted as if on purpose not to do so. The Government officer mentioned a brewery which he in- spected last week, in which were 19 furnaces in full operation, consuming from 8,000 to 9,000 tons of coal, and from 700 to 800 tons of spent hops annually, and yet there was not a particle of smoke emitted. It thus appears that by a strict administration of the law the smoke nuisance may be got rid of entirely without hard- ship to those who require furnaces. Defendant was fined X3 and costs.
REWARDS TO FOREIGNERS.
REWARDS TO FOREIGNERS. The Board of Trade have ordered the following re- wards to be prepared for presentation:—To Captain H. G. Kroon, master of the Dutch galliot, Jeanne, of Viendam, for picking up at sea, and conveying to Gib- raltar, the master of the Henry Moore, of Liverpool, and the crew, 27 in number, a sextant. To Captain J. Calvin Wells, master of the American barque, Cordelia, for similar services to the master and crew of the Mont- gomery, of Greenock, 16 in all, a telescope. In the case of the Henry Moore, the crew were picked up out of their boats after abandoning their ship, which was on fire, and the master refused any pecuniary compensation for the expense which he incurred on their behalf. In both cases the shipwrecked Englishmen were treated with great kindness on board the foreign vessels. The crew of the Montgomery were landed at New Yosk. These rewards will be presented to Captains Kroon aad Calvin Wells, through their respective Governments.
CONVICTIONS UNDER THE NEW…
CONVICTIONS UNDER THE NEW FACTORY ACT. Mr. John Lewis, a newspaper proprietor, of Swansea, was summoned a few days, ago for having employed in his business as letterpress printer a person under 16 years of age, without obtaining a surgeon's certificate as to his health, &c., contrary to the provisions of the Fac- tory Act. Mr. Lewis admitted the offence, and was fined the lowest penalty provided in the Act, X2 and costs. A summons of a similar nature was heard against Mr. John Lewis, a boiler-maker. He was charged with employing a young person named Richard Thomas without register- ing the time of his employment and re-employment; secondly, with not having held a surgeon's certificate before employing him thirdly, with employing another young person without registering his employment, and with not having received a certificate of the boy having attended school, although under 12. The defendant admitted all the charges, and was finecl X2 in each case and the costs.
ANCIENT REMAINS.
ANCIENT REMAINS. An interesting archseological discovery has just been made on a farm occupied by Mrs. Gilchrist, about half a mile from Stamford. While a man was ploughing in a field near to the farmhouse the plough-share struck against a large stone, some three or four inches only below the surface. This proved to be the lid of a mas- sive stone coffin, buried immediately under a footpath leading across the farm from Stamford to the village of Tinwell. With the assistance of a number of men and two horses, the coffin, weighing about two tons, was removed, and its contents were examined by Dr. Newman, who found them to consist chiefly of human bones in a frag- mentary state, apparently those of a tall man "and a woman. Some of the teeth were in a perfect state of preservation. One bone was identified as the leg bone of a large dog. It is conjectured that the human remains were those of a Roman chieftain and his wife, and that a favourite dog had been buried with them. In addition to the bones fragments of a jar were found in the coffin, and also a small piece of glass, which seemed to have formed part of a lachrymatory, or tear vessel. During the work of excavation some bones were dis- covered belonging to a third body, which had been buried in the ground on the north side of, and close œ. the stone coffin.
THE GUARD-ROOM AT THE HORSE…
THE GUARD-ROOM AT THE HORSE GUARDS. Passing from the office of the Quartermaster-General, we requested a tall and bearded Scotchman, who was lounging about the Horse Guards gate, to show his guard-room, which, of course, we expected to find in keeping with the whiteness of his breeches, or the shining of his boots and helmet. Alas nothing of the kind. He offered to show his quarters with a species of apology. Take care," said he, as we passed along the dark corridor, with its glimmering of gas to replace the daylight we had left, Take care, for it is sare dark, and ye may tumble up the steps." And so we groped our way into a wretched guard-room, with a miserable fire and a few bare benches and tables, from which the remnants ef dinner had been but just removed. Not a single comfort to be seen. The windows small and daik, and the place more con- formable to the back kitchen of a pothouse than to a place where decent men, in a clean and splendid uniform, might be expected to abide. There were 13 men on guard, two corporals being lodged in separate rooms—ene in a solitary cell below, the other in a dirty and neglected room above, where, most erroneously, he is supposed to sleep. Ascending an open staircase we reached a large and comfortless barrack-room, where several weary warriors were resting on their beds, encased in uniform, not, we may reason- ably suppose, in expectation of being called to sudden duty, but simply because the day was cold, and a single gaslight did scant duty for a fire. Nor was their kitchen in a better state. Descending below the surface of the earth, we found ourselves beneath an ancient-looking crypt, reminding us strongly of cathedral vaults. Three coppers and a table constitute its furni- ture. All the food is boiled, and, to our astonishment, these fine guardsmen, like woodcocks, live by suction, although our Scotch conductor assured us that the soup was vera gude." We were told that an oven had been promised several years ago but, alas it was an extra- vagance beyond the public means, and has never yet arrived.—The Lancet.
AN UNREHEARSED SOENE.
AN UNREHEARSED SOENE. A startling little tragedy in real life was enacted a few evenings ago at the Swansea Theatre. A coloured actor, named Mr. Morgan Smith, had been engaged for a short time to take the principal characters in sensational drama and tragic plays. During a desperate encounter in one of the pieces Mr. Smith had been furnished with a loaded pistol, which had, unfortunately, been rather too heavily charged. When he had to fire at the heroine in the plot the loud report startled the audience, and the unfortunate actress staggered back desperately wounded in real earnest. The wadding struck her on the arm, causing a severe lacerated wound, which rendered it necessary to have her removed to the infirmary without loss of time, and there the poor woman will remain for some time.
"FOUND DROWNED:1
"FOUND DROWNED:1 An adjourned inquest was concluded on Thursday. by Mr. Payne, the coroner, on the body of a young lady, whose name was unknown, and whose age was apparently about 22. She was well dressed, and is described to have been extremely good-looking. It appeared that about twelve o'clock on Saturday night week, the deceased was seen by the policeman on duty to walk down the steps of London-bridge. He followed, but too late to prevent her going into the river. He heard the splash, and sprang his rattle for assistance, but she was carried away by the stream, and her last words, Oh Lord, save me throw some doubt upon the idea that she intended to commit suicide. A gentleman, who at first identified the body as that of his sister-in law, after- wards declared that he was mistaken, and a verdict of "F ound drowned" was recorded.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Mr. Henry Scott, a grocer and cheesemonger, of High-street, Putney, appeared at the Wandsworth Police-court, to answer an adjourned summons, which had been taken out by Mr. Dart, the inspector of weights and measures for the divisions of Wandsworth I and Croydon, for having two scales in his shop that were unjust. The summons had been adjourned for the production of the scales, the defendant having stated that they were correct, and that Mr. Dart came into the shop at the time they were being cleaned. The large scale was the principal one brought under notice, I as it was stated by Mr. Dart that he found it unjust against the customer to the extent of three-quarters of an ounce. The scale, as it stood on the table before the magistrate, appeared to be equally balanced. The defendant said that when the plate of the scale was wet it would make a difference but if Mr. Dart had waited until it was dry he would have found it correct. Mr. Dart said the wet on the scale would not make that great difference. Whenever he inspected scales he always allowed the shopkeepers to clean them and to wipe them dry before he tested. He gave them every opportunity to prove that their scales were correct before he tried them. He also said the scale was ¡ regulated by a balance ball, so that there was no excuse. The balance ball was taken off the scale, and it was shown to be loaded with shot. The defendant, who ¡ had been convicted before, was fined 20s. and costs. The defendant said that was bad law, as he did not consider he was in fault. The magistrate, laughing, said that was the least he could give him. The de- fendant paid the fine, and carried away his scales.
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DESTITUTE POOR AND CRIMINAL CLASSES. Several meetings of the committee appointed to deal with this subject, by the public meeting held in June last at the Society of Arts, and presided over by the Bishop of London, have recently been held, in which Archbishop Manning, Sir Walter Crofton, Mr. John Ruskin, Captain Wake, RN., Mr. Thomas Webster, Q.C., Mr. Frederic Hill, Rev. H. Solly, General Cava- nagh, Mr. Francis Fuller, and various other gentlemen well known by their labours in the cause of social reform, have taken an active part, and we understand that their deliberations will shortly assume a more prac- tical form. There is, therefore, reasonable hope that, with the aid of the society thus in course of formation our streets may gradually be cleared of the swarms of young Arabs" who are now ripening into criminals, and that employment may also be provided for the older members of the dangerous and destitute classes, or that they will be brought under much stricter surveillance than hitherto.
A DOWNWARD CAREER.
A DOWNWARD CAREER. A remarkable example of a short but criminal career came before the Lancaster Quarter Sessions on Monday. A youth named Daniel KelJy, of Manchester, pleaded guiltyjto housebreaking at Bolton-le-Sands in September. It was proved that although he was only sixteen years of age, he had been six times previously convicted, and had changed his names five times. In July, 1859, he was sent to the Manchester City Gaol for a month, and subsequently to a reformatory for four years, in the name of John Rearden. In the previous May he had been committed for seven days for a light offence. On leaving the reformatory he assumed the name of John Dearden, and in October, 1864, was committed for three months for stealing. In August, 1865, he was tried at the Manchester Sessions fer housebreaking, in the name of Thomas Bate3, and was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. In November, 1866, when he had changed his name to John Riley, he was committed for seven days for apple stealing at Manchester. In November, 1867, he was convicted at the Manchester Assizes of house- breaking, when he took the name of John Jones, and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. Soon after his liberation he made his way to Bolton-le-Sands, where he committed the offence above mentioned, having ehanged hi3 name to Kelley. The covurt sentenced him io swen years' penal servitude.
LAMBETH WORKHOUSE.
LAMBETH WORKHOUSE. An official inquiry, which has lasted four days, into a case of alleged ill-treatment at the Lambeth Workhouse, was brought to a close on Tuesday. A girl named Garn- ham was put into a dark cell as a punishment for in-' subordinate behaviour, and when thrust into the place her head was unintentionally knocked against the walL A succession of fits was the result, followed by such a pros- tration of strength that she was not expected to recover, L and a magistrate took what was supposed to have been her dying deposition. These facts coming to the knowledge of the Poor-law Board, Dr. Markham, the Government inspector, was instructed to make inquiries, and hence the recent proceedings. The evidence was very conflicting, and the medical testimony went to show that the fits were not absolutely the result of ill-treatment. It was also shown that the girl was a reprobate in character," and very violent and blas- phemous in her language. The report of Dr. Markbajn will not be made public for some days.
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RIOTING IN ST. JAMES'S, BRIGHTON. The procession had gone nearly round the church, the whole place being filled with the smoke of the incense, when a mas started up in one of the pews and held aloft what appeared to be a placard. He at the same time shouted out some remark, and was thought by those near him to be about to throw a book at Mr. Purchas's head. A rush was made at him, and instantly a scene of wild -excitement and disorder was witnessed. The whole congregation arose and left their pews, the priests and choristers fled precipitately to the altar, Mr. Purchas among them, and the man with the placard was seized by at least a score of hands. The doorkeepers and attendants seemed to b6 prepared for a disturbance of this kind, for several of them hastened to their seats and brought out thick staves, with which they repaired to the pew where the fight was going on. The noise these men made, and the cries of the people, threw the whole congregation into an extraordinary state of agitation. There was rather a sharp struggle to get the man who began the dis- turbance out of the building. He resisted vigorously clinging fast to the top of the pew in which he was seated, and crying at the top of his voice, "You brutes, let me go." At last he was carried on men's shoulders out of the place, and the police were sent for. Several ladies were taken from the chapel in a half-fainting condition, and the faces of the men were very white. Mr. Purchas, at a subsequent period of the service, read a few of the prayers, but in a tremulous voice, which revealed how deeply he was agitated, and he was white too. In the end, however, something like calm was restored, and the service proceeded in the usual way.
NEW LIGHT.
NEW LIGHT. One can never know what is going on about hi until he reads the papers at a distance. We had sup- posed that we had learned pretty nearly all the tricks of election processions, and had duly recorded them, but the Philadelphia correspondent of the London Times has certainly thrown new light on the matter. We learn from his letters that it is the habit of republican processions to drag cannon through the streets of citiC and fire them off there, to the terror of women and children. We are also told that the cock is the symbol of the democratic party, and that specimens of that popular fowl are carried about in the processions of that party, while the republicans choose the eagle and the raccoon as their party emblem, and bear them in pro- cessions, which, we are further informed, are generally led by bands of men with axes and brooms, the former indicating that they can break down obstructions, and the latter that they can sweep their opponents out of sight at the election. All of which is as good as it is new.Pos,lon Advertiser, Oct. 14.
DESTRUCTIVE STORJf AT HO THEE-HALf.
DESTRUCTIVE STORJf AT HO THEE- HALf. A heavy storm of wind and rain passed over this town on Saturday, causing considerable damage. Air extensive brass foundry situate in Masborough was levelled to the ground, and everything in the place destroyed. The loss sustained by the proprietor, Mr. Eton, is estimated at £ 1,400. A chimney 45 feet high was razed, and several persons narrowly escaped being killed. Some oak trees were blown from their roots a distance of four or five yards, and many buildings in the course of erection were destroyed. Passengers had some difficulty in walking along the streets. One woman was seriously injured by a slate from a house falling on her head, and many passengers were taken off their feet. York-shire Post.
MR. DISRAELI AT CHURCH.
MR. DISRAELI AT CHURCH. An amusing incident occurred in connection with the Premier's recent visit to Balmoral in attendance on her Majesty.^ In the Scotch Church the collection is still made with the "ladle," a system which is perhaps opposed to voluntary contributions, and gives rather a practical turn to benevolence. Mr. Disraeli, unaware of this, and being wrapt up in meditations on the connec- tion between Church and State, appeared to have nothing wherewith to support the Establishment. This being noticed by one of the ladies of the Court., who sat next him, she very readily offered him a coin. The great man now understood what was required of him, and, refusing the coin, began fumbling in all his pockets for his purse, which he at last found, and from ft extracted a donation. By this time, however, the ladL was on its way down the seat again but with that in- geniousness for which Mr. Disraeli is remarkable, he handed the money to his neighbour, who, in turn, handed it on, in the hope of reaching the retreating money-box. Along one seat it went, up another, down the next, but without success and the last holder, seeing the hopeless ness of the pursuit, returned it to him who gave it. Back it came slowly along its way, until it reached the Pre. mier, who, up to this time, had remained immovably and unconscious of its fate, while all eyes in the congri, gation seemed watching the scene. When it was handed 1 to him, he looked at the coin for a moment, gave one of f his peculiar smiles, coolly put it back into his purse- and pocketed the money.-Montrose Review,
GREAT BOAT-RACE ON THE TYNE.
GREAT BOAT-RACE ON THE TYNE. A boat-race for .£100 took place on the Tyne on Mon- day afternoon, between James Taylor, of Newcastle, and Mark Addy, of Manchester. The course was from the High Level Bridge to the Scotwood Suspension Bridge, a distance of about four miles. After going nearly a Taylor's left-hand oar struck the skiff of his antagonist. Both claimed the foul, but both again set off. Another foul similar to the first occurred soon afterwards. Once more they pulled off, and the Manchester man eventually gained the goal 100 yards ahead of Taylor, The race was one of the fastest ever rowed on the Tyne, the time being 23 minutes 22 seconds. The referee decided that j the fouls were caused by Addy, Taylor therefore gets the stakes. The decision gave general satisfaction, as both fouls were caused by Addy leaving his course to p"?evT":t Baylor passing.-Leeds Mercury.
-_p-"'" THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.I
-_p- THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. I The 21st of October was the 63rd anniversary of the memorable battle of Trafalgar. A list of the gallant survivors, who contributed to the glories of that day, together with the ships in which they served, is sub- joined—Admirals Sir G. R. Sartorius, K.C.B. (was midshipman of the Tonnant), G. W. H. D'Aeth (was mate of the Bellerophoi), L. Hole (was lieutenant of the Revenge), the Earl of Egmont (was midshipman of the Orion), William Walpole (was midshipman of the Colossus), Sir G. A. Westphal (was mate of the Victory), Sir A. D. Y. Arbuthnott (was midshipman of the Mars) R. Patton (was midshipman of the Bel- I lerophon), J. Lyons (was midshipman of the Victory),- and R. Maorea (was midshipman of the Swiftsure). Vice-admirals A. Luckraft (was midshipman of the Mars), W. Shepheard (was midshipman of the ¡ Temeraire), and J. Gape (was midshipman of the Ajax). Rear-Admiral G. F. Herbert was midshipman of the Neptune. Deputy-Inspector.of Hospitals Peter Suther I was surgeon of the Swiftsure. Captains: John Geary {was midshipman of the Revenge), W. Carleton (was midshipman of the Colossus), G. Kennicott (was mid- shipman of the Royal Sovereign), W. Murley and H. Parker (were midshipmen of the Belleisle), S. Smyth (was midshipman of the Defiance), J. Fynmore, RM. I (was midshipman of the Africa), and H. B. Mason (was I midshipmaH of the Prinee). jin lin =
SMOCKING ACCIDENT.
SMOCKING ACCIDENT. A shocking affair happened at Chesterfield during the gale on Saturday night. In Burlington-street, Messrs. Ind, Coope, and Co,, brewers, have some newly erected offices, and on the top was a large sign which was on both sides exposed to the storm. A furnaceman named Thomas Willis and his wife were passing these offices on their way from their home at Whittington to Chester- field-market, when the sign gave way, and fell with a large portion of the stone cornice and brickwork upon them. The screams of the woman soon attracted attention, and the debris having been removed, Willis was found quite dead, his back having been broken. His wife sustained a severe contusion on the head, from which it is expected she will recover. They were removed to the Chesterfield Hospital, and the female was in such a critical state that she was not made aware of the sad loss she had sustained. Deceased was 35 years of age, and leaves four young children.
" FORGERIES BY THE SON OF…
FORGERIES BY THE SON OF A LIVERPOOL SOLICITOR. At the Liverpool Police-court, Arthur Pauiberton, qOn 4If Mr. Chas. Pemberton, solicitor, Liverpool, was brought up on the charge of having forged three cheques for £ 5 each, purporting to be drawn by his father upon the North and South Wales Bank. Mr. Walter prosecuted, and, in opening the case, expressed the regret he felt at having to. prefer these charges against the son of one of his old friends, adding that the prisoner had been the black sheep of the family; that his father had done a great deal for him; that when he returned from Australia a few days since in a destitute condition his father clothed him like a gentleman, took respectable lodgings for him, and allowed him J21 a week pocket money. This did not satisfy him, it seemed, for he raised money by forging these cheques, and squandered it in extravagance and dissipation. Mr. Pemberton, sen., who was very much affected, proved that none of the cheques were in his handwriting, nor had he authorised any one to write them. They were in the handwriting of his son. Prisoner, who admitted his guilt, saying he was very sorry for having caused such unhappiness to his father, from whom he had received the greatest kindness, was committed for trial at the assizes.
RITUALISM IN INDIA.
RITUALISM IN INDIA. The Calcutta community has been agitated for some time past by the strange forms and ceremonies introduced into the service at the cathedral but now the Catholic revival" has extended to the Hills, and has just made its appearance at the Lawrence Memorial Asylum, Murree. During the winter this station is almost deserted, and the principal of the asylum chose that quiet period to carry out his improvements in the chapel. The communion-table was taken away and an altar erected. An ornamented bottle for water stood mear the altar, to be used either for mixing water with the wine before consecration of the elements, or for the rinsings' which are drunk off by the 'celebrant' when the service is over." The hymn-books from St. Alban's, Holborn, were introduced into the church, and on one occasion a midnight administration of the Communion took place, in imitation of a midnight mass, when the "altar blazed with some 200 candles." All this created no little stir when it became known to the public. If the decision upon the conduct of the principal had rested with the bishop, this mode of conducting the service would have gone on unchecked; but a com. mitteee manages the affairs of the asylum, and the members made short work of the expedients by which Ritualists in this country contrive to discomfit their ecclesiastical superiors. The committee summarily dis- missed the principal. There was an end at snce to candles, acolytes, and rinsings."
THE BOBBERY AT LORD VIVIAN'S.
THE BOBBERY AT LORD VIVIAN'S. Two experienced thieves have been tried at Lewes Sessions for a robbery at Brighton during the races there in August last. Master Vivian, a son of Lord Vivian, happening to pass down the staircase about noon, when all the household were at the races, saw two men in his mother's bedroom. They took the alarm, and made their way out of the house as speedily as possible. in tfae Jeantim9 Master Vivian found an -elder brother, and the two young gentlemen followed tbe thieves. An interesting chase ensued the men sepa- rated, and so did their pursuers who thus never lost -sight of them until they Were sev'eraliy hunted into the hands of the police. In the possession of one ef them jewellery of the estimated value of el ooo taken from Lady Vivian's room, was found. They were convicted, iand sentenced to savan years' penal servitude each.
NAVAL PRIZE MONBY.
NAVAL PRIZE MONBY. Two notices of intended distribution of naval prize money have appeared in the London Gazette. One is that distribution of the tonnage bounty awarded for a clave dhow,nameunknown,capturedon the 27th of March 1867, by her Majesty's ship Highflyer, will commence on Wednesday, the 28th inst. Captain, 275 4s. 3d. second class, X15 6s. lid.; third, X13 2s. lOd.; fourth, X8 15S. 5d.; fifth, £ 5 5s. 3d.; sixth, X4 7s. 9d.; seventh, £3 Is. 6d. eighth, £1 15s. ninth, 17s. 6d. tenth, 8s. 9d. The second notice states that at the same time will commence the distribution of the tonnage bounty awarded for a siave dhow, name unknown, which was captured by the Highflyer on the 1st of April last year; Captain, .£19 98. 2d. second class, £ 319s. Id. third, £ 3 7s. 9d. fourth, X2 5s. 3d.; fifth, 21 7s. 2d.; sixth, zCl 2s. Ocl. seventh, 15s. lid. eighth, 9s.; ninth, 4s. 6d.; tenth, 2s. 3d.
A WEDDING NIGHT IN ROCHDALE.…
A WEDDING NIGHT IN ROCHDALE. Emma Manock, married in Rochdale last Wednesday, and according to her evidence in the local Police-court on Friday, when they went to bed at night her hus- band asked her for some money. She told him that she had none. He demanded money, and got out of bed and struck her on the head with the bar of iron pro- duced. She screamed, and her sister and other persons came upstairs. The prisoner struck her sister on the head with the iron, and she was so ill that she could not attend." The magistrates remanded the prisoner, and it seems probable that he will spend a csnsiderable por- tion of his honeymoon in prison.
LETTER FROM THE QUEEN.
LETTER FROM THE QUEEN. On the 6th inst. Viscount Bury, one of the candidates for Berwick, was instrumental in saving the life of one of the crew of a small boat which had swamped at Muds- ford, near Christchurch. On Wednesday evening Lord Bury, who is at present at Berwick, received the follow- ing letter from the Qaeen Balmoral, Oct. 16, 1868. Dear Lord Bury,—The Queen desires me to express to you the great pleasure which it has given her Majesty to become acquainted with the details of your most gallant action, and her Majesty congratulates yeu on the successful performance of a deed which you will re- member with just pride as long as you live. Your com- panion in the enterprise also deserves the Queen's warmest commendation, and her Majesty desires me to inquire what can be done for him. Perhaps you will let me know whether it would be desirable to have his name brought forward as you suggested in your letter. —Believe me, truly yours, T. Zil. BIDDULPH." The Viscount Bury."
Extracts; from Our Comic Journals,
Extracts; from Our Comic Journals, (From Punch.) "THE ACT OF UNION. "-Getting married. BENEATH O:Œ'& NOTICE.—Advertisements on the pavement. POSSIBLE PUBLICATIONS. Wiped at Sea." A romantic novel, by the author of "Washed Ashore." "The Bachelor Inkstand." A narrative, by the author of The Family Pen." "Crushing a Cockchafer." A sensational novel, by the writer of Breaking a Butterfly." "The Discovered Match-box." A domestic tale, by the author of "The Lost Link." "Banjo and You." A nigger novel, by the writer of "Bones and I." THE NEW EXCHANGE OR, NO ROBBERY COLUMN. There is a newspaper devoted, we hear, entirely to publishing offers of exchange. Hitherto the plan, though economically valuable, has not been generally taken up, and this may be owing to the want of medium open to all comers with any possible sort of proposal. Such a column we now place before the public. 1. I have two volumes of Tupper by me, one partly cut, the other uncut, and as good as new, which I wish to exchange for the three vols. of Macaulay's Critical Essays." JUSIOR SOPH. 2. Sir,—I have by me a Pantomime in MS. never acted, I would exchange it for a bran new umbrella, a pair of boots to fit, and a good overcoat. Roscius, New Cut, Lambeth. P.S. I would exchange my present position for a better any day of the week. Open to an engagement. 3. I want to exchange a first-rate gun, very strong and heavy, and has not been used for thirty years, for three good Alderney cows or a Broadwood's piano for my daughters. Address, Pharmer Copeia. 4. I have a beautiful supply of vestments—viz., chasubles, copes, and stoles by me, also several hand- some censers, which I should be glad to exchange for a small quantity of honesty, humility, docility, and good sound common sense. To sell these would not be right,; but Exchange is No Purchas. RITUALISTICUS, Brighton. 5. I want to exchange with anyone who has two thousand a year, paid quarterly, and nothing to do for it. Address, TUPPENCE, City. 6. Mrs. Dash has a temper of her own. If any lady hasn't got one, she will be happy to effect an immediate exchange. Anything will be taken. D. 7. I have got two curious old sixpences date un- known. I will change them for two shillings with any- one. BANQUO. 8. Miss Spinstre has a very handsome ring, given to her years ago by her grandmother. She will exchange it for a wedding-ring, to be given to her by her husband. MARTA. (From Fun.) Founded ON FACT.—Illustration of the proverb Money makes the man."—A statue cut in brass. A RïW-FUL CITY.-Paris. A Cos SUMMATION DEVOUTLY TO BE WISHED.—A sink of iniquity. HYPERION TO A SATYR.—The Jug-jug of the nightin- gale v. the Can-can of the music-halls. HARD TO CRACK.—A correspondent informs us that in consequence of the extreme drought, ground rents considerably increased last summer. After some diffi- culty we find that he means cracks in the earth. How TO MAKE A HEAVY BAG.—Keep your mouth shut when dogs are working and take our word for it- nothing will esca,pe you. SHADE OF GEORGE ROBINS !-What next and next ? The latest on dit is to the effect that an eminent electrician has compelled that most useful and hard- servant, the electric fluid, to do his bidding "-at an auction-room. A WORD OF ADVICE TO LORD MAYO.—During the short period you will be in India encourage native industry :-is it not absurd that in London alone there should be hundreds of Bhoot-an shoemakers. THE HORSE GUARD V. SCOTLAND-YARD.-It requires a tolerable smart fellow to "go for a soldier"—a smarter still to go for a policeman if you want one found under twenty minutes. A HACKNEYED EXPRESSION.—One free and indepen- dent voter of Hackney met another free and independent voter the other day, and said, I say, Homer—I don't knew whether he's the author of Homer's Iliad or of Homer's silly-rtcldresses-is a rum card Replied the other, Oh, Homer's odcl-is he! So they parted. HOLLO EH ?-It is reported that three houses recently erected near the Hampstead Junction Railway, in Holloway-road, fell down one morning recently. The reporter adds, "the cause of the accident has not at present been ascertained." It is not difficult to divine, however-the houses have been recently built after the modern style of building—that is, in a very Hollow- way. HARD-BAKE.—A writer in the Cosmopolitan relates that a poor woman falling into straitened circumstances, was arrested and put in prison for a debt of a few shillings by a baker to whom she had once been a good customer. A newspaper commenting on the hardship of the case, observed that the baker ought to be baked in his own oven," whereupon it was proceeded against fer libel, and was cast in -2500 damages. Really we think there is nothing extraordinary in that. The newspaper should not have suggested a course which was calculated to make the baker crusty. (From Judy.) THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS."—Wax-candles. A FAMILY LIKENESS.—Not (as a rule) a family picture. COLD WETHER.—Mutton. A CHARTER PARTY.—King John. AN INHUMAN ACT.—Pulling down" the blind." A PRIM-MEDITATED REVOLT.—The Spanish insurrec- tion. WHY is a volley of cannon like Offenbach's Grande Duchcsse ?—Because it produces a General Boom. PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY is, we believe, now on his way to Naples, with a large quantity of his ointment and pills, to see whether he can cure the eruption of Vesuvius THEATRICAL.—A gentleman asked a friend the other day what was being played at the Haymarket. The answer he received was this—"Leah and the interest taken by the public in the piece does not a-Bate man 1" A FRAGMENT. (Generously presented to the lVJiter of the next new Burlesque.) Sometimes my kisses would leave the tips Of her rosy fingers and seek her lips So the life that I led in the sunny South Was what's commonly christen'd from hand to mouth." THEATRICAL EXTORTION." Those evening bills, those evening bills The very sight my pleasure kills Why must I all box-keepers tip," Before I to my place can slip ? And when at last has ceased the play. And people want to come away, For hat and coat I've left behind, Against my will again I'm fined Should such a state of things go on ? Why should the public so be done ? Let those with energetic wills Repudiate those evening bills MUSICAL QUERIES. Does a circular note always gain a round of applause Is a man who robs his benefactor twice necessarily a double-base ? Do two five-pound notes constitute a tenor ? In making love to a domestic, is it proper to com- mence in an aria ? What tobacco is best to smoke in the pipes of an organ ? Can a man who plays upon a cornet have a lark with a lieutenant, without fear of consequences ? Is a blast upon a trumpet, swearing ? Is a horse-chanter necessarily good at anthems ? Can a drum be said to be an unlucky instrument because it is always being beaten ? When bailiffs sing in catch, is it always in a prison key ? Are fiddlers ever drowned when playing above the bridge ? And, lastly, can music be said to be a sound business ?
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The health of London appears to be far from satis- factory, the deaths registered last week being 1,421 (without the sub-districts of Haggerstone East and Lee, from which the returns had miscarried) as against 1,395 in the previous week, and exceeding by 81 the estimated mortality. The deaths from scarlatina have slightly decreased. The annual rates of mortality in 14 principal towns per 1,000 of the population were as fellowsBristol 19, Birmingham 21, Dublin 22, London 24, Sheffield and Newcastle-on-Tyne 25, Bradford, Hull, and Edinburgh 28, Leeds 29, Liverpoel O, Glasgow 31, Manchester 32, and Salford 38.
AMERICAN ELECTIONS.
AMERICAN ELECTIONS. The New York papers express much satisfaction at the republican victories in the late elections, and the Dews appears to have been received with great enthu- siasm throughout the country. In many places salutes of a hundred guns were fired, and bands of music paraded the streets. Grant; was serenaded at Galena. In. Boston the convention of the Massachusetts Metho- dist churches was sitting, and on the motion of one of the ministers taking part in it, the doxology, Praise God from whom all blessings flow," was sung, "in thankfulness for the great victories in behalf of peace and righteousness which have been achieved in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana."
PUBLIC WORKS AT BRUSSELS.
PUBLIC WORKS AT BRUSSELS. The proceedings is reference to the English company formed for the purpose of carrying on certain public works in Brussels concluded before the Correctional Tribunal on Thursday. The tribunal was presided over by M. Vleminckx; the other judges were MM. Har- mignies and Knopff. It is understood that the judg- ment of the court will be delivered during the present week. Among the various witnesses examined on Saturday in reference to sums which they were promised by the original promoters of the company was a gentle- man named Keymolen, who had a claim against them to the amount of ES,000 for "an idea." The president having asked him what services he had rendered to the company, he replied, with amusing gravity-H Since 1863 I conceived the idea of a new Bourse. The idea has very much occupied my thoughts, and cost me much labour and expense. It was for the information I gave on this subject to the conces- sionaires they allocated to me the £ 8,000." "Did yon make plans?" asked the president. "Oh, no," solemnly answered the witness; they paid me for the conception of the idea." There was much laughter at this, the president observing, That, indeed, was a valuable idea." The deputy-procureur, not believ- ing that £ 8,060 could be promised for a mere "idea," interposed with this question, "Did you plan the Bourse ?" The reply was, Oh, dear, no but the idea of the site was mine." The witness added that Doulton and Swann sent him the undertaking for the £ 8,000 after a short interview with him, in which nothing was said about payment. "Then," observed the deputy-procureur, "this engage- ment to give you X8,000 fell down from Heaven ?" Yes," mildly replied the witness. "Come, now," said the president, "you are a man advanced in years, and a serious man. How, then, can you profess to think that for nothing those men gave you an undertaking to pay you £ 8,000 ?" With an expressive shrug of the shoulders, and a persuasive waving of his hands, M. Keymolen replied, "Well, you know, I have always understood that the English are very eccentric in money matters." This caused such a roar of laughter that the judges had to threaten to clear the court.