The Aberdare Times

The Standard Theatre, in Shoreditch, London was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday morning.'The prOPVHHT wardrobes, and dressing-rooms of the theatre were deatroved • and In addition to the total wreck of the large theatre an outer building has fallen a prey to the fire. We understand that the building 11 fully insured. Mr. Brittain Wrght, the acting manager, will, however, be a great sufferer, he having had the whole of his dresses and properties destroyed, and other members of the company will also be severe losers. The manager states that he was on the stage at two o'clock on Sunday morning, when all appeared safe, and the firemen engaged at the theatre made the usual inspection at the close of the performances, and pronounced all to be fight.

fUtstdlmttous Jjiittlligena, HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. A LUNATIC ON A LOCOMOTIVE.—A lunatic stole a locomotive with steam up at Centralia, Illinois, one day recently, and ran it off down the track at a fearful rate of speed. The firemen and a brakeman were asleep on board the engine when it started, and after a desperate struggle with the maniac secured him in time to prevent any serious accident, A PRAYER NOT RECEIVED WELL I-On Sunday last a prayer for the King of Prussia and the Royal family was offered for the first time in the various churches of Frankfort. It is stated that when the moment for reading it came a great many persons left. The prayer is couched in the following terms:- Deign to shed the abundance of Thy grace upon the King our master, upon the Queen his spouse, upon the Queen Dowager, upon the Prince Royal and his spouse, and upon all the relations and kindred of the Royal family. Grant to them a long life with Thy constant benediction, and make them model Christians. Vouchsafe to our King a long and blessed government, wisdom of heart, Royal sentiments, salutary counsels, just works, valiant courage, strong de- fenders, intelligent and trustworthy advisers, victorious armies, faithful servants, and obedient subjects so that we may long lead, under his shield and protection, a calm and tranquil life in all piety and honour." PROVISION FOR DESTITUTE Boys IN LIVERPOOL. -The importance of rescuing the destitute boys of Liverpool from the haunts of vice and crime is be- coming daily more and more recognised in Liverpool, and on Monday last an influential meeting, convened by the mayor, was held to support the claims of the St. George's Industrial School, an institution estab- lished for receiving boys under the Industrial Schools Act, and which has been hitherto under the control of the Roman Catholic body. The institution contains at present seventy-nine boys, and is in debt to the extent of 4,750Z. Amongst the speakers at the meet- ing, who warmly urged the claims of the schools, were:—Lord Edward Howard; Mr. Raffles (stipen- diary magistrate), who bore testimony to the value of the institution Mr. Hubback, Sir R. T. Gerard, &c. It was admitted by the various speakers that the best way of diminishing drunkenness and crime for the future was by educating the young in right principles, and that the advantages of industrial schools were so palpable and great that religious differences should not be allowed to interfere with a hearty support of their operations. At the close of the meeting sub- scriptions to a considerable amount were obtained. A DISAPPOINTMENT!—A gentleman in Sand- hurst (says a Bendigo paper) recently received a letter from a legal firm in London, conveying to him the gratifying intelligence that a handsome legacy had been left him. The gratification caused by the an- nouncement was, however, speedily dispelled by the succeeding clause in the! w*r, which expressed the regret of the writer that the funds bequeathed had been deposited in one of the London banks which had just become insolvent. THE WONDERFUL HORSE.-The last novelty in the way of locomotion is to be among the many wonders of the Great Exhibition. It consists in a mechanical horse, which trots, gallons, or walks, as may suit the pleasure of the rider. He even prances after the most approved style, and neighs when that sound is agreeable to its possessor, and, still more wonderful to relate, can swim perfectly. This new mode of locomotion cannot be recommended on the score of cheapness, as it costs above 52,000 francs to construct. 'Tis true neither groom nor oats will be required, and its coat will not turn, neither will its proprietor have to complain of its being out of condi- tion. RAILWAY BARMAIDS.—The following sketch of these interesting damsels is from the London Be- view Those at raftway stations are of an ord er even above smiling. Serene in the consciousness of frizzled hair, and feeling that you are more or less at their mercy In reference to the train, they help you with a deliberation which you could better appreciate at any other moment. The railway barmaid is fearfully and wonderfully curled. How does she do it ? How does she go to bed with it ? Does she charge the directors for the labour spent over it, or Is their barber retained on the line, and are his expenses under the several heads taken out of the travellers in the soup? Then, again, whc ever saw a railway barmaid In the making ? She comes to the work an adept; there Is no 'prentice air about her, no jejune cour- tesy or bashfulness in the manner of not giving you a sand- wich until the very last moment. THE ANNIVERSARY OF TRAFALGAR. — The Standard in noting the anniversary of the great battle of Trafalgar (Oct. 21, 1805) says that inventors have beached the old wooden wall beyond all hope of reparation. The time has passed when the possessors of landed estates solemnly enjoined their sons and heirs never to cut down an oak except to contribute towards the building a ship for his Majesty's navy. Even the forests of Riga are only hewn to supply masts for our merchantmen. We have cut down our decks, and numerically diminished our broadsides; we have studied and tried as many inventions as ever commanded the faith of the wildest believer in balloons. We have experimented in forms and coat- ings, and turrets, and gratings, and ploughshare rams, and are still at sea; and a member of Parliament, very eminent in connection with this subject, has said, The man who goes into action with a wooden vessel is a fool, and the man who sends him there is a villain.' We are, as yet, too little taught to say so much con- 5dently-but wood, or iron, we can never forget rrafalgar, or allow its anniversary to be passed by without the word which, being translated, signifies the Nelson Monument." THE PRICE OF IGNORANCE .-France enjoys a great advantage over England, inasmuch as she has for many years been in possession of a complete system of agricultural statistics, which enables her at the earliest period to ascertain the probable result of her harvest, and to calculate her requirements accordingly (remarks a French Circular). Armed with this pre- cious information, French buyers have for some time been active in the Baltic, in Spain, in the Black Sea and Azow ports, and even in England—securing all the advantages of being first in the market, having the best choice and making the cheapest bargains. Whereas England, being deprived of the important in- formation derivable from agricultural statistics, is still groping in the dark—vacillating, hesitating and doubt- ful what course to pursue, not knowing whether this country produces 10,000,000 or 20,000,000 qrs. of wheat, and whether she will require to import any, or one, or 5,000,000 qrs. more of foreign grain than in average seasons. A policy so short-sighted may suit our anti- Reformers, but is likely to cost the English nation, upon the importation of suppose 10,000,000 qrs. foreign. grain (reckoning the advance in price at say 10 per cent. per qr.) at least 5,000,000Z. sterling more money, transferred to foreign countries—than it would have been necessary, had we been able, with accurate agri- cultural statistics in hand (such as Ireland possesses) to calculate exactly the extent of our wants. To WHAT GOOD END ?—One of the arguments pleaded in favour of the useless Alp-climbing mania to which so many lives are sacrificed is the vent afforded by it to the irrepressible Anglo Saxon energy and daring by which we Britishers flatter ourselves we are specially distinguished. We are constantly boasting that we are not Frenchmen, Italians, Spaniards, and the like, flabby, timid, and sedentary, but a great deal hardier, and more daring, and it is asserted that from that difference our Alpine Club has sprung. The fact that on the occasion of the last fatal attempt to ascend Mont Blanc the party was joined by the hotel cook and by a hackney coachman, who, like poor Captain Arkwright, undertook the adventure of the mere brag of the thing, ought in future to rob the Alps of much of their romance. It is doubtless a perilous undertaking to ascend them, but it is also a perfectly useless one, and as any guide in Switzerland is willing to undertake the job for the sake of earning a few pounds, its occa- sional achievement by Englishmen affords no proof whatever that they are more manly or daring than are the rest of mankind. RETURN OF M. PULSKY TO PESTH. — The Memorial Diplomatique has the following M. Pulsky, the eminent Magyar patriot, whom the Em- peror of Austria has just pardoned, has returned to Pesth after an absence of eighteen years. He was lately received at a private audience by the Emperor, who solemnly con- firmed, and in the kindest terms, the amnesty which had been granted him. The friends of M. Pulsky write us word that the exile has greatly changed and grown older looking, but that his mind has ripened. During his residence in London he maintained a constant Intercourse with the most prominent members of the English aristocracy; at Turin, he lived on terms of intimacy with Count Cavour, and ac- quired in his relations with that statesman a thorough knowledge of Italy in the present day. M. Pulsky Is a veteran in the cause of Hungary. In 1847 he published in the Augsburg Gazette some remarkable articles on the con- stitution of his country. On the creation of a Hungarian ministry In 1841, he was appointed UnderSecretary of State, performing the duties of his office under the direction of Prince Esterhazy, then the Emperor's Minister of Foreign Affairs. At that period M. Pulsky lived constantly at Vienna. As a writer, a statesman, and a diplomatist, he enjoys a high reputation in Hungary, and is besides the old friend from youth upward of M. de May lath, now Aulic Chancellor. His programme, as he himself states, consists in the amalgamation of the government party with that of Deak." THE SNIDER SCANDAL.-England is building her hopes on Mr. Snider's invention for the conversion of her Enfield rifles into breechloaders, and Lord Malmesbury has comforted us by the news that 100,000 of them will be ready early next year (remarks the London Review). This is good news. But how about the inventor? He offered his invention to the govern- ment seven years ago, and their first act of patronage was to bring an action against him to recover H. Is. 2d. for the powder and bullets used in testing it. Then, when they satisfied themselves that his plan was a good one, and when they had adopted it extensively, they cut down his claim for expenditure, services, and in- vention from 2,700?., at which he had stated it, tol,000Z. Mr. Snider, being only an inventor, was in pecuniary difficulties, took the reduced sum, and divided it amongst his creditors. And now, while England is comforting herself with the assurance that she has nothing to fear from needle-guns, Mr. Snider, accord- ing to a statement in the Engineer of last month, is lying helpless and paralysed, though his invention is being utilised as fast as possible. To call such conduct shabby is absurd; it is infamous. WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT.—"The Times" correspondent says It is plain that the President, if defeated upon his pre- sent plan of the readmission of the South without condi- tions in order to maintain his own position, must adopt a new principle, and, being a shrewd politician, he appears to be already calculating the methods by which a defeat may be neutralized. He still labours hard at the work of turning his enemies out of office, and putting his friends In, and to this course may be attributed much of the Radical bitter- ness, each dismissed official being at once converted into a personal lee. To a recent visitor he said that he *Pe&t about sixteen hours a day in deciding the merits of office- holders, and this seems to be his chief business. Bitterness and absurdity, however, are not the characteristics of the Radicals only. for the Democrats can make quite as severe and bloodthirsty speeches. THE WRONG HopsE !—A most absurd mistake occurred the other day to a member of the Paris Jockey Club. He went.to a well-known horse-dealer to purchase a park hack. The proprietor of the es- tablishment strongly recommended a remarkably fine animal, which the gentleman fancied, the horse-dealer saying at the same time, "Although I can answer for the horse, the best thing for you to do is to ride it for yourself." The animal was saddled, and the htedT^Jtarted ,for the Bois de Boulogne. He auisition werfi veJT much pleased with his ac- cheon. kavW t t,aurant de Madri for lun- SfiS fo? W^anad^e°rbS tMtahdT Mhe How do you like him?" inquired the ho^Sfe Extremely well, if I only wanted him to take me to the Bois; but as I have a fancy for returning to Paris after my ride, he will not suit me at all. He went to the Bois all right, but jibbed, started, and behaved infamously the whole way back." "You surprise me," was the reply. What can you mean ?" When, after looking rather hard at the animal, he said, I beg your pardon, sir; but I mounted you on a horse, and you bring me back a mare." The fact was, the groom or stable boy at the Madrid had saddled the chaseelaDUri right horse was found, and pur- AN OLD GENTLEMAN IN A DILEMMA !-The fol- lowing anecdote is related of a celebrated Parisian actress:— Mdlle. Sass resides at her country house at Engbein, and always manages to get back by the late train. The other night the encores were so frequent and the delays so great that she had no time to undress to get to the train, and it was a question of leaving as a nigger queen in her costume of the Africalne or not getting the train at all. She chose the nigger alternative, and just reached the station in time to fly into a coupe, and off went the train. At St. Denis a passenger of a stately and sober mien entered, a Paris epicier, and MdlIe. Sass, having flung off her mantle and hood in her sleep, she appeared to him as a wild womnn of the woods, and he roared like a bull, Help! help! Here is a wild woman in the carriage, let me out!" The officials ran to the carriage, as well as several passengers, and the poor man was let out, when the whole of the mystificaton was exploded, amidst general hilarity at the expense of the bourgeois, when Mdlle. Sass said, "I had not time to change my costume I am Mdlle. Sass, who played at the Opera this evening the part of the Queen In L Africaine." The bourgeois was not to be comforted, but jumped into another carriage, where he was immediately addressed by ajoung lady. "My friend is of the Opera, I am of the Palais Royal Theatre. Ladies play the devil there, rather. Is monsieur afraid of his compagnon de voyage ?" The old gentleman began to see through it, and pulled down his travelling cotton cap over his ean. HARVEST THANKSGIVING.—A harvest home fes- tival was celebrated on Sunday in the church of St. Mary, Vincent-square, Westminster, London. The church was decorated with fruit, corn, flowers, and vegetables. A cross composed partly of corn was placed over the altar, and sheaves of corn and grapes in the other two panels of the reredos. The pulpit, font, and lectern were tastefully decorated, and at the foot of the altar was placed an offering of vegetables and fruit. The morning service was held at eleven and was semi- choral and very heartily rendered. An appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. Abraham Borra- daile, of Christ Church, Oxford, incumbent for twenty- five years, from Exodus viii., 29 in which he spoke of the duty of giving thanks for judgments averted at least as much as for mercies received. In the even- ing the service was at peven. The anthem, In Jewry is God known," was well rendered, and after the ser- mon the hymn, The strain upraise," was sung with admirable effect, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Smith from Deut. xxvi., part of 10th and 11th verse. A QUESTION ASKED A landowner, not one of the 162 writes the following to The Times Mr. Bright informed his audience at Glasgow that one- half of the landed property in England and Scotland was in the hands of 162 individuals. Will he kindlv furnish the names of the fortunate proprietors, and the amount of acreage possessed by them ? The question is one of facts and figures, and admits of no dispute. If his statement be true, it is of great political significance; if he be mistaken, it is a reckless assertion that cannot be justified even by Mr. Bright's well-known prejudices against the landowning class. AUSTRIAN ECCENTRICITY.—A young and ex- ceedingly wealthy Austrian, Count-, went to re- side lin the beautiful village of Gmunden, in upper Austria. He put up at the best hotel, and lived not only en prince, but like half-a-dozen. At the end of three weeks he called for his bill, made a terrible long face at its sum total, and suddenly soon after disap- peared. The landlord was au desespoir at the flight of the Count without paying, and sent in all directions to find him without avail In the afternoon his waiter was taking off the tablecloth in the Count's room, when he discovered the whole of the table was pasted over with bank-notes to considerably over the amount of the Count's bill, with the remark at the side, "All over for the servants." It was impossible, however, to detach the notes without tearing them and, at the advice of the chief official of the locality, the table was despatched to the bank of Vienna, with a narrative of the circum- stances, and the money was immediately paid. WRITING HIMSELF DOWN "AN ASS!"—The fol- lowing, under the head of A Word to the Incau- tious," is from Monday's Times :— As I was walking home on Thursday at 2 a.m. I met In Pall Mall two damsels who volunteered their company. I repelled their atteitions both by words and gestures, but they made a dead set at me, cau'Tht hold of my arms, and only left me suddenly after a few moments' struggle. As I proceeded on my way in the Mall I perceived my watchchain dangling loose from my waistcoat buttonhole. The watch was gone. I had both my coat and overcoat buttoned up to the chin, was wide awake and sober, and looked upon my- self as an old stager, well up to the tricks of the town. How the feat was accomplished it would even now puzzle me to explain; but done it wag, and, I am bound to confess, with a neatness and skill highly creditable to my assailants' train- ing. Even in the act of doing this public justice to their in- genuity, however, I think it my duty to warn any one who, in similar circumstances, should feel inclined to imitate my gentleness and forbearance of the fine they may have to pay for showing mercy to the unfortunate sisterhood." Had I shaken off those importunate companions a little less ten- derly I might not now be in the cruel necessity of writing myself down, as I do from the bottom of my heart,—AN ASS. A LADY BURNT TO DEATH.—The coroner for the borough of Reading has just held an inquest at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in that town on the body of a lady named Sarah J ones, aged 59 years, whose death resulted from severe burns. The deceased, who was a spinster, resided at Henley-on-Thames, with an elderly female relative who was an invalid. One evening last week the invalid was seated by the fire in her sitting- room, when the deceased stood near her and entered into conversation, during which her dress, extended by crinoline, touched the bars of the grate and became ignited. She rushed from the room into the street and back again, in a dreadful state of fright and excitement the flames having rapidly ascended, and burnt the upper portion of her body very severely. A man observed her rush from the house, and following her in, en- veloped her body in a rug, and ultimately succeeded in extinguishing the flames. She was attended by a medical man, and then removed to the Berks Hospital where she lingered for a short time, and then expired from the injury caused by the burns. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Miss Jones resided in that part of Henley known as Faij Mile. FAILURE OF A MATRIMONIAL SPECULATION.— A New York correspondent writes:— You cannot have forgotten the famous scheme of Mr Mercer for taking out to Washington Territory a ship-load of marriageable damsels to comfort the hearts of the forlorn bachelors there settled. I have just heard the upshot of the venture; for you know that Mr. Mercer did take around the Cape one or two hundred women who entrusted themselves to his guidance. On arriving at Washington Territory, they found that the men whom they supposed they were about to marry were already provided with wives—brevet wives, as they are termed—whom they had selected from the squaws already in the territory; and, since the expense of maintaining them was less than that Involved in support- ing one selected from M r. Mercer's importation, they looked upon these damsels wiih very little favour, instead of re- ceiving them with open arms. The consequence was, that most of the women returned to San Francisco, where at last accounts, they were trying to find something to do.' EXTRAORDINARY CONJUGAL AFFECTION A case of conjugal affection that well deserves the "description extraordinary" has been discovered in San Francisco. Mr. Miller is a broker, doing business in Sacramento-street. A year ago or more his wife died, when the bereaved husband procured a. metallic coffin, and deposited therein the body of the wife, but instead of interring the corpse he placed it in a room on an upper floor. Twice a week the coffin was taken by Mr. Miller to the garden in the rear of his resi- dence, the corpse removed, and a stream of water directed upon it from a hose. After this process had been continued for a (to the husband) satisfactory length of time, the corpse was on each occasion re- placed in the coffin and returned to the house. This horrible freak became known to the neighbours; in fact, people residing in the locality almost immediately found the offence intolerable. The civil authorities were appealed to, the house was forcibly entered, and the corpse removed, Mr. Miller himself being taken before a magistrate and placed under bonds to appear for trial upon the charge of maintaining a nuisance. Mr. Miller's residence is in the most fashionable por- tion of San Francisco, on the Fifth Avenue of the Californian capital. It needs no unusual exercise of the imagination to picture out the effect of the un- exampled performance above mentioned. THE HEALTH OF THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO.— A despatch from Trieste respecting the health of the Empress of Mexico says the seclusion which has been found necessary for the Empress has hitherto been attended with good results. Her Majesty takes walks in the park, which appear to have a beneficial effect upon her health, but she is still oppressed by the same gloomy ideas as before. A letter from Bologna in the Temps says:— In returning from Venice I met the two nuns who had accompanied the Empress Charlotte to Miramar. Although those sisters naturaUy were very discreet, and notwithstand- ing their reserve, I concluded from their conversation that her Majesty is somewhat recovered from the cerebral com- motion from which she was suffering. The Memorial Diplomatique says At the last moment we receive news from Miramar to the effect that the doctors In attendance on her Majesty hope that the malady will only have a temporary character without any gravity, and will soon yield to repose and regular treat- ment. ANGLING FEAT.—Mr. G. Robinson, Seal House, Hexham, hooked a salmon at the "water meetings," Kingshaw Green, Hexham, on Friday, the 12th instant, and after a short and exciting struggle, brought the unwilling captive to beach, nearly two hundred yards lower down the river, belly up, when it was gaffed by his companion. This "king of the pool was a fine male fish, 18in. in circumference at the shoulder, 231in. round the middle, and weighed 181b. The weight of Mr. Robinson's rod, with its brass end and fittings, is only lib. 41oz. A small grilse fly was used, with six feet of single gut, and a strong trout casting-line, all being home made. Nothing was lost but a ring off the butt end of the rod. A DESPERATE MAN !-The Paris correspondent of the Morning Star tells the following story of ayoung fellow, who was his comrade at College :— A better heart than my friend had never beat; only he had a strong objection to study. His father told him he was a hopeless idiot, upon which he enlisted Utterly unsuited to military life, he became disgusted, and one day as he was crossing a bridge at Strasburg, in which city his regiment was quartered, he threw his gun and knapsack over the parapet. Suddenly struck by remorse, he walked straight up to his barracks, and with one hand in his pocket went up to a sergeant and apked him what his sentence would be. Corporal," for he had attained that rank, "you will be degraded." As he uttered this word my poor college friend blew out his brains. The hand concealed In the pocket grasped a pistol. A GENTLEMAN LOST ON THE ALPs.-Another fatal accident consequent upon the prevailing fashion of climbing the snow-clad peaks of the Alps has to be added to the already long list (says the Western Morning News). The victim on this occasion is Mr Idelin, a clerk in her Majesty's Dockyard, Ports- mouth, and a young man of much promise. Mr. Iselin was a son of Mr. J. F. Iselin, for several years a professor of languages at Plymouth. Mr. Iselin, jun., left England to spend a holiday in Switzerland. The last that is known of him is that three weeks ago he left Lucerne with the intention of ascending the Mont Pilatus, telling a friend that he should return in the evening. Mr. F. Iselin, another son of Mr. J. F. Iselin, on receiving the news of his brother's disap. 1 Ji jiu j pearance, proceeded at once to Switzerland. There, I however, notwithstanding the most diligent search, stimulated by the promise of liberal rewards, he has failed to discover any trace of his brother. A NARROW ESCAPE.—A Paris Correspondent relates the following:— At a review on the Champs de Mars of Algiers, a private incurred a ust punishment for disrespectful language to his colonel. One year later he was doing duty as sentinel at an out- post of Kabylia. The identical colonel, now general and commanding officer of the district, rode slowly by. It was twilight. A ball whizzed within a few inches of him, but lodged In a tree. The general rode straight up to the sentinel who fell on his knees and prayed for mercy. Silence was his reply, "they are coming; you will be lost!" The patrolling party, having heard the shot, came np while he was speaking. It's nothing," said the general; I was try- ing the new cartouches, I fancied they might be damp." The .culprit is at this moment valet to the worthy general, and wears the ball which he extracted from the tree con- stantly round his neck, only so roughened as to cause a con- stant irritation of the skin, which he says reminds him of his attempted crime and of his general's mercy. Loss OF A BRIG .-The brig" Guadina," Captain Scott, belonging to Mr. Buck, of Sunderland, has foundered in the English Channel. She left Sunder- land on Oct. 13, with a cargo of coals, for L'Orient, and on the morning of Sunday, the 21st inst., when about forty miles S.S.E. of Usbant, sprang a leak and went down at six a.m. Her crew, seven in all, took to her twosmall boats, and, by sailing and rowing managed to reach Plymouth Sound at six a.m. on Monday morning. They passed several vessels, who never attempted to render them any assistance; and had a gale sprung up, the position of the crew would have been most perilous. UNPOPULARITY OF THE POPE.-A correspon- dent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes The coldness of the Romans towards Pius IX., in conse- quence of the monetary crisis, and the Holy Father's refusal of remedial measures, increases everyday. Recently he wentto Monte Pincio at the hour of the promenade when the band was playing and a large crowd had assembled. He alighted from his carriage, and traversed the gardens on foot, sur- rounded by the prelates of his household, and escorted by the noble guard. But the crowd, in place of bending the knee and cheering, or following him en masse, as used to be done, no sooner caught sight of his Holinesss than they stlently dispersed, leaving the Pincio deserted. The Holy Father was wounded to the quick by this slight, and returned immediately to the Vatican, where he sent for Monsignor de Witten, Minister oi the Interior, and Monsignor Randi, Director-General of the Police, and scolded them like two collegians, declaring it was their wretched administration that had deprived him of the affection of his subjects. "ENOCH ARDEN" WITH A DIFFERENCE.—A citizen of Atlanta, Georgia, was draughted into the ranks of the Southern army during the war, and went away, leaving his wife to sigh for the end of the con- flict (remarks the Atlanta New Era). At length the end came, but he came not, and after long waiting she took to herself another husband, and all went merrily with them. Last week, however, the truant spouse suddenly returned. He did not upbraid his wife, was willing that she should continue to live with her second husband if she preferred to do so, but merely insisted on taking his son and going off with him. The mother could not consent to part with her son. If he would wait till the next morning she would make her preparations, and both she and the boy would go with him. So he waited; but when morning came both son and mother had flown with the second husband to parts unknown. HOPING NOTHING !-The Morning Star has the following:— A Spartan was once pressed by an inquisitive stranger to tell him what his laws would do to punish the perpetrator of an offence happily unknown in Sparta. The countryman of Lycurgus in vain explained that the laws did not contem- plate the possibility of such a crime being committed. "But suppose it were committed ?" pursued the stranger, what would you do I" The Spartan at last replied that in such a case the offender must forfeit to the injured person a bull large enough to stretch his neck over a mountain. "Non- sense," cried the stranger, there never was such an ani- mal." "No," was the rejoinder, "and there never will be such a crime in Sparta We hope we may be allowed to present this little fable as an answer to the pressing inquiries of those who want to know why we do not Intend to support a good Reform Bill, if introduced by the Tories We may cheerfully promise to do anything and everything in such a contingency, as secure as the Spartan was against the chance of ever being called upon to nuke g)od our words. ALARMING ACCIDENT.— The other evening at the Cirque Napoleon, in Paris, two gymnasts, brothers, named St-gundo, were going through their performance at a height of about forty feet from the ground, when, in springing simultaneously from one trapeze to an- other, they probably ill-calculated the movement of the bar, and, missing their grasp, both fell into a net which had been spread beneath them for fear of an accident. One of the corners by which it was extended, however, gave way, and let them come heavily to the ground, but the fall had been greatly broken, and the consequences were less serious than would otherwise have been the case. The men were carried off, but subsequently came forward to show that they were not gravely hurt. One of them had, however, to be sup- ported, but the other was able to walk alone. FLITTING DAY IN PARIS.-The Paris corres- pondent of the Globe writes Strangers In Paris cannot fail to have noticed last Mon- day they met In the streets innumerable handcarts filled with furniture-puffing and panting men pulling them on, and occasionally sickly-looking women helping their pro- gress by pushing behind; and to-day strangers will remark that in all directions huge vans filled with furniture of a better style are moving about. The explanation of these "flittings" is that on Monday the 8th the quarter ended by poor people paying 2. Of. (81.) a year rent, and that it ends to-day for people who pay from 8i. to 2,0002. and up- wards. Why the quarter should finish on one day for one claps, and on another for another, is one of those mysteries which "no fellow can understand "-but e'st l'usage. If the stranger were to take the trouble to reflect on the great number of removals, he would come to the conclusion that they prove that the Parisians are in verity what their Prefect, Haussman, called them,—a nomad population. Why these frequent changes-and observe, what took place last week, and is taking place to-day, is not at all excep- tional, the same thins occurring in January, and April, and July, as well as in October-why these constant changes ? The demolition of old, and the construction of new districts have no doubt much to do with it; but the great cause is the exorbitant pretensions of landlords in matters of rent. These men Sf em to pa-s their lives in levying and augment- ing rent-rent absorbs them completely. They have got their lettings to a figure so excessive that there is not a family in Paris, not even the richest, to whom it does not constitute a grievous burden; whilst to workmen and the like it is simply intolerable. And every quarter that comes they are adding more. A GENERAL IN EXILE.-The "Chevalier Rose," French steamer, which arrived at Malta on the 4th October from Tunis, brought as passengers the distin- guished Tunisian General Si Hsen Magrun, accom- panied by his son and his brother, Si Ahmed Megrun, on their way to Alexandria as exiles. During the insurrection of the Arabs in 1864 the general filled the important office of chief of the town police, and to him the population in general and Europeans in particular stand greatly indebted for the uninterrupted tranquillity which, notwithstanding those disturbed times, reigned in the city and its environs. Both brothers stand accused of being implicated in the re- volt of last year on the coast, and, latterly, apprehen- sive that their lives were in danger, took refuge in the British Consulate, from which, through the good offices of Mr. Consul General Wood and his influence with his Highness the Bey, they were allowed to embark as exiles for Egypt. TIT FOR TAT !-A young actress and her hus- band (Count Zi.) were disputing about going to Chatou, where a grand entertainment in fast life was to come off The Count jealously wished the fair being, so full of fascination, to remain, and she would not. The lady's corn-cutter was announced, and the Count conceived a brilliant idea. He went out, and offered the person five louis to maim the fair one. After some consideration the bribe was accepted, but with the condition that the Count should patronise the chiropodist, and submit his feet at the end of the proceeding. They were both so effectually maimed, that they could not stir out of the house. At the end of three days the Count expressed his regret, and con- fessed what he had done. I gave him five louis to maim you." And I," said the fair actress, gave him five also to maim you, so that you should not accompany me to Chatou." EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.-A man named Clarke had a most wonderful escape from death on the Great Western- Railway a few days ago. He was pro- ceeding from Abingdon to Oxford, and on arriving at Abingdon J unction, he stood upon the platform until he saw the down train emerge from Culham cutting, when he walked on the line towards the opposite platform, but instead of passing over remained between the lines of metals on which the approaching train was running The policeman on duty at the signals called out to Clarke, warning him of the danger of his position, but still he did not move. The policeman thereupon ran for the purpose of pulling him off the line, but the train came up and knocked down Clarke, and it was sup. posed that he would be instantly killed; the asbpan of the engine, however, being fixed high, did not strike the reckless fellow, and, strange to say, the whole train passed over him, and he escaped without receiving further injury than a severe contusion or two on his | head. His wounds were subsequently dressed at the I Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. I A GIRL SHOT AT BIRMINGHAM.—A shocking occurrence took place on Friday afternoon, which resulted in the immediate death of a girl named Ellen Kempson, under the following circumstances:— The girl was in the employ of Mr. D. Miller, tailor and draper, Islington, and was in one of the upstair rooms when, it is supposed, she accidentally discovered a brace of pistols which had been put by some time ago, but unfortuately capped and loaded. It is surmised that she must have been handling the weapons in a very careless manner, as one of them exploded and the bullet entered her left side under the heart. As soon as the report was heard she walked downstairs, and on reaching the bottom fell to the ground. A surgeon was called in but life was extinct. DEATHS IN GAOL.—On Saturday two inquests were held at the Coldbath-fields House of Correction in London relative to the deaths of Josiah Linseed, aged 24, and George Williams, 66 years of age, who died in the above prison. Linseed had previously served two years in the same prison, and a short time afterwards he was again convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonm' nt for petty larceny. On the 2nd inst. deceased's term of imprisonment had expired; but, as his mother had not the means of providing for him, he was sent to the infirmary, where he died on Wednesday last of consumption. In the case of George Williams, who was scarcely ever out of prison, it ap- peared that on the present occasion he was committed for twelve months. He died from tuberculous disease of the lungs. The jury in each case returned a verdict of death from natural causes. HARD WORDS!—The following extract from an address made at a democratic meeting in Phila- delphia by a candidate for the State Senate will show the feelings that control a strong under-current of the Democracy:— I believe that providence bad a hand in the removal of Abraham Lincoln. I believe the name of J. Wilkes Booth mil live; that he laid down his life for his country, like Winklereid. Switzerland had her Windlereid and her William Tell; Scotland had her Robert Bruce, and America her Booth. The time Is coming when there will be a monu- ment erected to Booth higher than the spire of Lincoln, who sleeps beneath the sod of Illinois. THE GREEDY ONE !—" Charivari" (the French Punch) has the following rather malicious anecdote. A traveller was seated at a table d'hote, and when a dish with radishes was passed round, he emptied them all into his own plate. I beg your pardon," said the gentleman seated next to him, I am also very fond of radishes. Not so fond as I am," vud the traveller coolly, and he persisted in eating them all. This traveller was no other than Count Bismarck. When the Prussian generals imposed burthen upon burthen on the city of Frankfort, the bankera of the ci-devant capital of the German Confederation found it useless to remonstrate. We have worked all our lives to get our millions," said they, "and we all like them." Not so much as I," said Bismarck, and he took the millions. King George the Fifth protested against the annexation of his States to Prussia, and said that as a good Prince he liked to govern his subjects, the Hano- verians. Count Bismarck answered, Not so much as I do," and so he annexed Hanover to his own king- dom. TREASURE TROVE.—An interesting discovery of silver coins has taken place at Stamford. A labourer named Christian was excavating for sanitary purposes at the back of a house occupied by Mr. Wyles, builder, St. George's-square, when his spade struck upon an earthen jar, which proved to contain 2,800 silver coins, chiefly Anglo-Gallic groats of Henry V., coined at Calais, and English groats of Edward IV., of the London Mint. There were also a few half-groats of Edward III. The whole are in a fine state of preservation, many being almost as bright as on the day they were issued. The j ar was found at about the depth of only a foot from the surface, and not more than six inches from the foundation of the house. It is probable that the site was formerly in- cluded in St. George's churchyard, and that the coins were buried when the Lancastrians invaded Stamford during the wars of the Roses. MR. DINGWALL FORDYCE, M.P., AND THE GAME QUESTION.—The following circular has just been issued to the tenantry on the Brucklay estate Brucklay Castle, 10th October, 1866.-Dear Sir,-You are aware that the tenantry on the Brucklay estates have, for the last eighteen years, enjoyed permission to shoot the hares and rabbits on their respective farms, and they have, on the whole, in my opinion, availed themselves of this per- mission in the spirit of the circular issued by my father in 1848. In order to prevent any possible misunderstanding, and to meet the requirements of the act 11 alld 12 Vic cap. 30, which provides that the tenant shall have the written permission of his landlord, I wish you to be informed for- mally, as I now beg to inform you, that you have my per- mission to destroy the hares and rabbits on your farm, either by yourself or by any member of your family having your permission. If you wish farther permission to shoot the winged game on your farm, it will be given on written ap- plication to me, but this does not obviate the necessity of a game license. As I only keep game-watchers sufficient to look after the land in my occupation, I confidently look to your co-operation In preventing unauthortsed persons from trespassing on your farm in search of game.—I am yours truly, WM. DINGWALL FORDYCE. POOR FELLOW !—Tbe Austrian journals narrate a melancholy case in which a young Lieutenant of an infantry regiment was shot a few days ago for cowardice before the enemy. It appears that previous to the late campaign he had distinguished himself as a sergeant, and had been advanced to the grade of Lieutenant for special bravery and intelligence. In the battle of Koniggratz, however, when his regiment was put to flight, it seems that he threw aside his musket, and it was for this act that he was condemned to death. He died without any sign of fear, five chasseurs firing at him together. The incident has produced a painful sensation in Austria. Hundreds of thousands of Austrian muskets were found by the Prussians in the different battle-fields, and it is thought a cruel proceeding to select for death one man pre- viously distinguished for his courage, and who did but follow the example of a whole regiment. PUNISHMENT FOR DRUNKARDS.—A gentleman writes to say that whilst residing in St. Petersburg, he has frequently seen parties of most unhappy-look- jng individuals sweeping the streets under the directions of a guard with fixed bayonets. These are the tipsy people of the previous day, lodged for the night at the police-stations, and in the morning obliged to do penance as scavengers. ADMIRAL PERSANO. The Times" publishes a letter from Admiral Persano, in which he says: I have just been reading the leading article in The Times of Saturday last, the 13th inst., on the battle of Lissa. I forbear to make any comment on your remarks on my con- duct on that occasion, or on the estimate you have formed of the manner in which I performed the duties of Minister of Marine. As to the former question, I rely with confidence for my exculpation on the verdict of the Senate, when all the facts shall have been investigated and, as to the latter I rely with equal confidence on the unbiassed judgment of my country when time shall have dispelled the cloud of error and prejudice which unhappily exists at present. I hope, however, you will permit me to correct your misapprehension of the circumstances under which I was appointed Admiral of the Italian Fleet. On my retirement from office in 1862, the King, being desirous to mark his apprecation of my services, was graciously pleased to nominate me to the post of Admiral (which is not a prerogative reserved for princes of the blood), and his Majesty with his own hand signed the decree of my appointment, which was countersigned by the President of the Ministry, without my being aware of their gracious intention. s THE IRISH CONVICT SYSTEM.—Many suggestions have been thrown out during the last three weeks as to the future management of the Irish convict system, amongst which is the formation of a board consisting of a chairman and two sub-directors (we are quoting from an Irish paper). Such an arrangement would, no doubt, have been suitable at one time when our convict class was numerous, but when we bear ™ umjn our convic' population has so dimi- nished as to render necessary the closing of several convict gaols, leaving the few existing ones almost empty, it appears to us an injustice to saddle the public treasury with the payment of prison officials for whom there is no employment now. At no time, per- haps, in the history of Ireland did our adult criminals rate so low as at the present time and when we con- sider the vast amount of money the country is called upon to pay for directors, inspectors, governors, super- intendents, chaplains, doctors, schoolmasters, and warders employed in the Irish convict service, it is only common justice to appeal against any further ap- pointments which can only be made for party pur- poses. A KIND-HEARTED BUTCHER.—A few days ago a poor man passing the butcher's shop of Mr. Har- rison, West Hartlepool, was observed by the latter to take from his stall a sheep's head, and walk away with it. Mr. Harrison followed him leisurely to his home, and on entering inquired what had induced him to commit the theft. The reply was as shocking as un- expected. The poor man, bursting into tears, directed his pursuer's attention to a family of young children who were at that instant busily engaged gnawing the head in its raw state; the explanation tendered was that of "enraged hunger." Mr. Harrison thereupon bade the man retrace his steps to the shop, and there sought to relieve his distress by the gift of a 5s.-piece (with which to purchase bread and potatoes! together with seven pounds of beef. How AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR" TERMINATED.- The Charivari publishes the following:- Paris Oct. 16 — M^ Pierre Vernon and this journal havinc been attacked in the most violent manner bv AT T>r.hQw Mitchell in the Etendard, we, the under^ned, were ctod on Monday evening, to come to an understanding with MM" Jourdier and Champfluery his representatWeB,8to req^e an immediate reparation from him. M. Pierre Vernon the offended party, having the choice of arms, the pistol was designated. MM. Jourdier and Chamfluerv declin^ affirming that their friend, having been lomT, right hand, could not hold' a pistol but would ac»ent with swords To an observation that it wat difficult t^ XkTuse of Z Whi<* cannot hold a pistol could 2S5 sword, a reply was made that he would ♦ his arm In presence of that declaration of in feriority, which renders impossible the obtaining of satis- ASKhe K, Si.mi ALTAROClIE LEROY, THE ARCHITECT OF VERSAILLEs.-VersailIes was the work of the younger Mansard. Saint-Simon says that neither he nor his master had any taste, and that he never designed a handsome or convenient building. He was a rule and compass architect, with- out a particle of imagination, and owed his rise to the adroitness with which he flattered the King, and played upon his weaknesses. His constructive was on a par with his artistic ability. He erected two bridges, one at Blois, the other at Moulins, and they both tumbled down. He was proud of the Moulins bridge, and boasted of its strength. A few months after it was finished, M. Charlus, the lieutenant-general of the province, went to court, and Mansard, who was pre- sent, and wanted to hear his own praises, begged the King to ask about the bridge. Sire," replied Char' lus, I have heard nothing of it since it took its de- parture, but I believe it is now at Nantes." Of what do you suppose I am talking ?" said the King It is the bridge at Moulins of which I spoke." "And it is the bridge at Moulins," answered Charlus, drily, T IF* detached itself in the lump the evening before I left, and went pell-mell into the river." A REMARKABLE SPEECH .-On September 16, the anniversary of Mexican independence, the Emperor received at his palace, in the city of Mexico, a large deputation, who presented congratulatory addresses. In reply, Maximilian, considering the dangers that surround his throne, made a remarkable speech. He said :— I am still firm in the position which the votes of the I me °ccnPJ. notwithstanding all the diffi- culties, and without falling in my duties for it is not in adverse moments that a true Hapsburg abandons his nost The majority of the nation elected me to defend its most sacred rights against the enemies of order, property and true independence. The Almighty should therefore protect us, It being a sacred truth that "the voice of the peonle is the voice of God." This was shown in a miraculouf manner gerS0^$S| wamp^^tthoV vacillation^ wUhout^dLtrust1"; mdtoS1 will then belong the enviable task of consolidatine and therprecious blorod°f independence' whi<* ^ey began with

MR. GLADSTONE'S REAL SENTIMENTS AS TO PROGRESS. Gr-r-r-there go you worst of ogres, Tf of Manhood do! if hate killed folk, Mrs. Progress, Bless me, would not mine kill you oh thaw"? L8h Church wants trimming ? Irish has first claims, Bon'fc't ^crear» yoi'd be skimmlng- Don 11 see your little games ? In the House we sit together, Salve tibi I must hear Birds of every kind ot feather Screeching nonsense in my ear. to such trash and stuff, rage Makes me look uncommon black What's the Latin namefor Suffrage ? What's the Greek name for a "Quack." Whew We'll have our Education, Free from article and test, Dogma is our detestation, Each man's creed is in his breast. O dear yes, and why shoul<t College With its Greek our jawbone wrench ? What it ought to teach Is knowledge How to call a cab in French. Progress—Bah! I see your meaning, Things will get beyond a joke, But. my friend so overweeidng In your wheel I'll put a spoke Row your Liberal boat, yes row if While I steer it Into storm. r« ?lth°uSh y°u not know it < Am the man that killed Reform. Don t I hate you and your nrpaphsra \vm.leh 7 d0n'ft 1 hate Grant Duff, i i i!?IBOe'' obnoxious features And his sklmtoe-skunble stuff ? You will find me bold and wary— J You beware this tongue of mine Osnbus exortare Osnbus exortare ■ ITltor alt— Gr—yoH swine Punch. I

EPITOME OF NEWS BRITISH AND FORfcJGiJ. We regret to have to announce the very sudden death, arising from the rupture of a bloodvessel, of Colonel Stodare, the celebrated conjuror, whose performances ft r the last two years have been so popular at the Egyptian Hall. Mazzini is said to have expressed his opinion rela- tive to Venetia in a letter to his partisans in that country. He says-" A unitary monarchy is to be preferred to a federative republic. Let your vote, therefore, be 'Yes. The Irish People of the 22nd of September, the Fenian organ at New York, announces that a member of the committee appointed to inquire into and report upon the affairs of Fenianism, has belted, carrying with him to Eng- land the papers of the society, which he proposes to sell to the British Government. The Irish People says that the whole piie is, no doubt, well worth a handsome sum of blood money. The following advertisement is taken from a New castle paperWanted, Masons to refrain from seeking employment in Newcastle and Gateshead, as the strike is still pending,—By order of the Committee." "The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ought to protest against a style of racing introduced last week at Cheltenham The Duke oi Hamilton, riding fifteen stone, himself won a match on a small pony. Alas! IK' O 11 Leech's pencil to show to these burly young jockeys the absurd figures they cut when seated in public in silk jackets on seven pound saddles."—P«M Mall Gazette The Times records the arrival of Miss Shaw Stewart and eight other lady nurses at Woolwich from Netley, and says that the Inmates of the military hosptials prefer the attendance of the male nurses of the Army Hospital Corps. Our contemporary states that of the three hundred patients now in the Herbert Hospital, nineteen out of twenty have ex- pre, sed their dislike at having the attendance of these lady nurees thrust upon them contraiy to their desire. This seems to require explanation. On Friday morning, Dr. Sparrow, of Southsea, died from p> se nia which he appears to have inoculated himself with about a month since while attending a patient, and absorbing a certain portion of virus in a small wound which he then had on one of his fingers. All the available skill of the neighbourhood was called to Dr. Sparrow's assistance, but without any avail. A scientific way of lighting pipes and cigars has been recently introduced in Paris under the name of poudre de feu It consists of pyrophorous, which is preserved in a small tin case with a narrow orifice. When a little of this black powder is poured out on the end of a cigar, or on the tobacco in a pipe stem, and then gently breathed upon, it becomes incandescent, and is in a condition to light the said pipe or cigar. The North British Railway Company has placed boxes at its stations in Leith for the reception of any news- papers and periodicals which travellers may feel inclined to bestow upon the hospital patients of that city. Were this excellent example followed by other railway companies the boon to the inmates of hospitals would be great, and nobody would lose anything by the arrangement, save the collectors of waste paper on the railway platforms. A correspondent of the Manchester Examiner, who says that he makes his statement on good authority, in- forms that journal that the Poor Law Board is about to issue an oraer the effect of which will be to increase the salaries of workhouse chaplains, and to give each of them a seat at the board of guardians with which he may be connected. A fearful tragedy has been enacted at Medina, Lenawee county, Michigan. A woman named Simms, wife of a farm labourer, took her four children to a barn and cut all their throats and then her own. Three of the children and the mother are dead. The fourth child cannot recover. A tall preacher, de facto, is reported from America. He is 6ft 41n. high, Immensely powerful, and weighs 300 pounds He has a voice, says a Boston paper, like our or- gan's bass pipe, solemn and grand in its roll. He is at pre- sent preaching with much force at Saratoga. England is the place for such a muscular Christian: he would draw im- mensely. A poor Prussian officer, Von Widell, who went all through the war with great honour to himself, was with an English family making a tour on the Wengen Alo. when, at the side of a precipice 2,000 feet high, his foot slipped and he was precipitated to the bottom. A correspondent writes All persons of the names of Jones, Johns, Williams, Evans, Wallis, Richards, Thomas, Edwards, Powell, from Ap-Howell, Price from Ap-Rice, or Ap-Reea, are of Welsh descent. The late Lord Chancellor, whose surname is Bethell, from Ap-Ithil, is of Welsh ex- traction, Vyvian, Trevelyan, Trevannion, Pendennis, Pena- nedden, Pennington, Penrose, Polkinghorne, are names of persons descended from Cornish Celtz One million of the inhabitants of Great Britain were born in Ireland. The Irish in London are more numerous than the whole popula- tion of the city of Naples." During a fete at Algiers the overseer of a gang of convicts, a Zouave, and the clerk of the prison contractor, were drinking in a wine-shop. After some conversation as to wages, the overseer suddenly said to the Zouave, "I will bet you five francs that I kill you at the first shot." The Zouave, considering the assertion a joke, accepted, and the other, drawing a revolver, fired, and the soldier fell dead, shot through the forehead. The overseer then turned on the clerk, and lodged a ball in his throat. A novel thing in strikes is reported. The stable boys In the service of the Earl Fitzwilliam, of Wentworth Woodhouse, have conceived the idea that they are under- paid, and accordingly the other day they marshalled them- selves, and armed with their brooms and shovels, made an ap- plication for an advance of three shillings per week. This not being conceded with, they threaten that if their require- ments are not met they will go out on strike." The little army who are thus "standingout are said to be between twenty and thirty in number. The Italian journals publish the following address from "Rome to Venice It is dated Oct. 6, and signed The Roman Committee." The Romans send their sincere felicita- tions to the Venetians on the occasion of their obtaining liberty and they hail the happy day which shall unite them with their Italian brethren as the precursor of that which shall herald the longed-for liberation of Rome.' On Sunday morning an old man named Alfred Gib- son was shot dead by a young man named Daniel Marsh, at a place called Chapel Hollow, Belper, in Derbyshire. The parties had been drinking together, and the accused, who is in custody, states that the gun went off during a struggle in which the deceased tried to take the weapon from him An inquest has been held, and a verdict of manslaughter re- turned. 0 The Pope was put in high spirits the other day by receiving, through the Atlantic cable, the following telegram from Biltimore, despatched on October 9, at 11 30 in the morning, and delivered at Rome fit 3 50 in the afternoon To His Holiness Pope Pius IX. Seven archbishops and forty bishops, met in council, unanimously, salute your Holiness, and wiih you a long life, and desire the preser- vation of all the ancient and sacred rights of the Holy See. Martin John Spolding, Archbishop of Baltimore, and Presi- dent of the Council. The following notice is conspicuously posted in the ladies cabins of the Brooklyn and Jersey City terry boats. We may add that notices of similar purport may be seen upon every steam boat In American waters, and in the coaches upon many American railways:—"Out of respect to the ladies, all gentlemen are requested not to spit tobacco juice upon the floor of the cabin." Newspapers are increasing in number so rapidly at enough Milan type-founders cannot supply type fast Mr. Disraeli, according to the Pall Mall Gazette, is preparing a comprehensive Reform Bil), which comprehends household suffrage and a 20J. franchise in counties. In London, a young woman, who possessed a good voice and was fond of singing, while thus amusing herself the other morning, was heard to fall heavily, and on a neighbour running to her assistance, she was found to be The medical testimony given at the inquest showed that death had resulted from the rupture of the pulmonary artery, caused by over-excitement and singing. A duel has taken place on the frontiers of France and Belgium, between an English nobleman and a French gentleman named Dupre. The latter was severely wounded, the former slightly. The cause of the meeting was some v.?1 remar'i made by the Frenchman about England for which an apology was offered, but refused. On History's page Napoleon sage Had penned his name and his mark, When a Prussian came, And read the same, And wrote across it "Bismarck." A French gentleman has evinced some anxiety that there should be an exhibition or a contest for supremacy of beauty at the Paris Exhibition between the beauties of all Ho J9 18 fn the day that matter has been decided in favour of Englishwomen first, and Italians second, as regards Europe. The American ladies have, however, their large claims for distinction as beauties, but perhaps to avoid jealousies, they will be kind enough not to put in their claim on this occasion. We have only to add that the gentleman has been discovered to have been recently an in- mate of a lunatic asylum According to the New York Tribune, there is great political excitement in Vancouver's Island at an indlgna- 5 °n meeting of colonists, in fact, a petition to the Queen has been adopted, praying for a responsible Government; or, in default of that, annexation to the United States. A Parisian journalist, while mixing up grief for the untimely death of Grimahaw with another crfw over the coachman° GladIateur» styles Grimshaw & cocher—the The Thames Angling Preservation Society have de- termined to put the law in force against those who take un- dersized fish, and the following schedule of the sizes l^niiv capturable has been put forthT-Salmon not les8 than trout, not less than lib pike or jack 12 inr»hp« tmm tail perch, 8 inches ditto; roacn?8 inches Inches ditto; gudgeon, 5 inches ditto- barbel 12 InrhV, ditto; chub, 9 inches ditto. The water bailiff* sionally to inspect the weUs of punts, to see that thB law affecting undersized fish Is enforced he law dents Sfh7Ke^Znhce8°aS'd AM Fund °f the Vice-Presi- ment generally circulatod «■»,- K '.says the state- ment generalJy circulated of the subscriptions having reached amount Is barelv 4 OOOZ P this day the G- JFSRXFA A AA-JMIS The Record is responsible for the following statement: Re v. H. E T. Cruse B A., of Worcester College, Oxford, a young gentleman just is about to be married to the daugnter of the Very Rev. Dr. Alford, Dean of Canterbury. wi» ?esCi«n8itGrfth BS8h0p ,of DMedin, New Zealand^' who win resign it at the close of the present year Tbe dean has f. rute™P°™;y to state that the'former part of the above Is true, the latter part entirely a fabrication. A rumour prevails in legal circles, and much reliance seems to be placed upon it, that Lord Derby intends strengthening the legal element in the House of lords bv raising lord Justice Sir George Turner and lord Justice Hugn Cairns to the peerage. Lord Brouaham j T r Wensleydale and Lord St. Leonards are anxiou^on £ of age, to be relieved of some of their duties a« iQ^?, ,ount that some addition to the number is considers? k 80 necessary. Sir George Turner, like his coIlfi»«, aahsolutely The naval papers are of opinion that if Sir John he does about that of shore-coin^ education of seamen as great deal of good by enan?rina ?ple' he mi?ht d° treatment of naval schoolmastfrs TH t0«he position *nd have to commence the d«v ^ese officials, it seems, holystoning their own ronmfi^UfKa"m scrubbing and that time onward are snmE! the schoolroom, and from Is to do on board and That wlitlDSthere work, until eventnc—fiiHn? ntfaJv.po3*Sr and messenger's performanpft nf thoJl *3 J? intervals between the On board enmo Bjwcellaneous duties by keeping school a Doard some ships, it is hinted, there is no school at all Independent states that steps have iron J;^?w town and in several other important of n manufacturing districts to secure a general reduction wufoT8' J? stances, It is affirmed, the reduction will amount to from 20 to 25 per cent., while in others if will not exceed from 10 to 15 per cent.' The reasons ^«n for this step are that for some time the iron trade has been exceedingly inactive, and that in its manufactured gtLte iron of the best descriptions has declined in price. The Marquis of Salisbury has addressed a letter to the Secretary for War, In which he insists upon the necessity of matittatiiiijg a home force effective enough to repel any aJt /rom ?n ambitious neighbour A sufficient °J regular army, he thinks, would be too costly, and a permanent embodiment of the volunteers 011? of the question He therefore falls back upon the m'li^ which he would improve by more frequent musters and riiWf he would keep up their strength, not by Suh iE 1 but by compelling each parish to fur votoCn!aglVen qUOte of mei* or fund* enough to enltet A A gentleman of Florence was recently expelled the theatre there for squirting scented water on the ballet-glrla. He maintained that it was his "way of applauding." The death is announced of Lord Plunket, Bishop of Tuam—a prelate who has been instrumental in the building and endowment of more churches in the west of Ireland than have been built in the same time in all the other Irish dioceses put together. By his lordship's demise the Govern- ment are put in possession of a piece of ecclesiastical patronage worth 4,6002. a year. It is said that a well-known Scottish baronet, who had promised 5002 towards the erection—so long suspended —of the Wallace Monument on Abbey Craig, near Stirling, (contingent on a certain interesting event happening in his family), Itas ftllfilled his promise, and the monument is to be completed forthwith. The length of the Atlantic cable, from the point where it leaves Valentia to the spot where it was landed at Heart's Content, Is precisely 1,866 miles. During the last few days in last week the Thames between Erith Reach and the Sands was literally swarming with porpoises, of a size larger than any previously seen off this place, and of the order seldom seen out of the Atlantic. The paragraph that eleven Java pheasants had been sold in England for 2402. has awakened the astonishment of the Parisians. One of them exclaimed at a club the other day, not having an idea that the pheasants were forbreeding purposes, What gourmands these English are, who often rail at us Parisians tor extravagance in eating A curious social gathering took place lately in Paisley-namely, to enjoy a dinner consisting entirely of potatoes and herring, variously cooked. It was the sixty- eighth anniversary of the Potato and Herring Club. Gen- tlemen were present from Glasgow and other places, as well as from Paisley itself. Advices from America say that Stephens, head centre." having bled his Northern Fenian friends to the last drop, has gone South to apply the phlebotomising process there. The New York papers publish a telegram from Chicago, which announces the death, in that city, of Augustus Dickens, brother of Charles Dickens, the novelist. On Saturday a party of drunken men commenced quarrelling at a public-house near Dronfield. Two of them named Wilkinson and Turner drew their knives against a man named Ronicles, and the former at length plunged bis weapon into Ronicles' heart, death being instantaneous. "Mr. Chatterton, Q.C., has been appointed to the office cf Solicitor-General for Ireland, in room of Mr. Morris, who has been appointed to the office of Attorney-General, vacant by the promotion o. Mr. John E. Walsh to be Master of the Rollsn-Dublin Express. Ah-Yuc, a Japanese prince, is reported as on his way to Yale College. There are now 686 students at Yale. The following curious advertisement has appeared in The Times Ritualism without dogmatism.—A clergy- man, who is about to try the experiment of combining simple beauty of ritual with tne very broadest doctrines, seeks the co operation (not pecuniary) of Laymen interested in the matter. Voices for the choir especially desired. For par- ticulars, apply, &c." It is said that the Thames embankment goes on slowly, although 600 men are employed on the works. The Emperor of Austria has given to Mr. Thomas Brassey, the well-known railway contractor, the Order of the Brassey, the well-known railway contractor, the Order of the Iron Crown.—Very appropriate. A ship is now in Portland roadstead in which Casely, the Cornhill burglar, and other convicts are to be deported to Western Australia. In London and the suburbs the price varies from 6id to 9d. the quartern loaf. In Manchester it ranges from 5jd. to 7d. whilst at Liverpool the only price reported-is 9d. Aberdeen and Edinburgh people pay from 6d. to 7J1 whilst at Woolwich and Brighton the inhabitants have to pay from 7!d. to 8Jd. A comical piece of political intolerance is reported from Leeds. The Rev. J. H. Morgan, Independent minister, of Holbeck, who was engaged to preach in that town on Sunday, received from the deacons of the Chapel, a letter prohibiting him from doing so, "on account of the promi- nent part he took In the late Reform demonstration at Leeds." Jefferson Davis is allowed 20 dols. a week by the Government for the purchase of rations. A balloon ascension from Albion, in Orleans county, was recently made. Next day the balloon was picked up on Lake Ontario. The unfortunate aeronaut was not picked up, and is probably at the bottom of the lake. Caithness exports about 10,000 000 eggs annually, amounting in value to upwards of 30 onOl, a value greater than the entire rental of the county fifty years ago. Some on« has proposed to paddle his own canoe from Liverpool to America, to cut out the deed of the cap- tain of the American two and a half tonner, the Red White, and Blue. Saxony is still compelled to pay Prussia a war contribution of ten thousand thalers a-day. The unification of Germany is a jolly thing-for those who get the thalers Some one has been getting up a list of Lord Mayors of London dying in office, a pleasant gift for the one soon inCDming President Johnson haa presented a silver medal, a certificate of merit, and one hundred silver dollars to Hoo- ke- Op, an Indian chieftain of the Blacktoot tribe, in recogni- tion of that savage's gallantry in rescuing a white woman from captivity amongst the Sioux. A little orphan boy, who has recently supported himself by blacking boots in Little Rock, Arkansas, has become the possessor of a fortune of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars by the death of a wealthy relative in Louisiana. It is stated that one veason of the deplorable condition of the Empress of Mexico is that her father, who left her 25,000,000 francs, so tied it up that the Emperor of Mexico could not get possession of it to spend prodigally, and consequently she Is unable to assist her husband in his need. A voice from Hell" and "Diavolo" are among the sensation titles of forthcoming books. All Americans agree that there never has been in their country such a party fiaht as that which will make the present autumn memorable.Times. From the 1st of January to the 3rd of October, 1866, the number of immigrants that arrived at New York from European ports was 186,642, as compared with 140,218 during the same period of 1865. The number that arrived during September was 15,482. Colonel Boxer has made a further improvement in his cartridges, and 90,000 rounds a day are being produced at Woolwich. This number is to be raised to 200,000, and 40,000,000 are to be prepared during the present financial year. A supply of the Snider breech-loading rifles and ammunition has been received from the War Department, at the School of Musketry, Fleeetwood; and the officers and men at present under instruction at that establishments are daily exercised in the new drill. The directors of the North-Eastern and Stockton and Darlington Railways have averted the threatened strike of their engine-drivers by conceding every demand made. They have reinstated the discharged men, dismisstd an obnoxious over-looker, transferred tbe power of dismissal from the Superintendent of the Locomotive Department to themselves, aud made certain modifications in the manner in which the men are to be paid The American papers mention the death of Miss Cummins, author of the "Lamplighter," "Mabel Vaughan," and oiher tales. 6 An inquest has been held in London, on the body of a youth who poisoned himself with cyanide of potassium. He had left his situation in consequence of a difference with his employers, and while seeking anather lost his purse which seemed to have depressed Ms spirits. The poor boy's mother said her son was a quiet, studious lad, and "never bad a thought about such a thing as a young woman." The jury found that he was temporarily insane. A Paris correspondent of the Independance Belge says Mr. Gladstone is expected in Paris about the 16th November. The Societe des Economistes, of which M. Michel Chevalier is chairman, are preparing to give him a welcome. It has been decided to offer a grand banquet to the illustrious English statesman." The Nobles' Gazette of Moscow contains this curious phrase: Until now, thanks to the visible protection of Providence, the cholera had only attacked the lower classes: bnt at present the terrihle scourge attacks the middle classes and even the nobility." The newspapers speak of the continued illness of Count Bismarck, which they describe as a prostration, accompanied by loss of appetite. Private letters so far con- firm this, that they talk of an attack of paralysis. On Saturday, as Mr. James M'Kenzie, captain of the brig Jenny Deans, of Newcastle, lying off Deptford was getting up the ship's side, his hand slipped, and he fell Into the river. Immediate attempts were made to save him from a watery grave, but all failed, and he unfortunately periahed. A curious point of law was raised at the West Riding Quarter Sessions, at Leeds, on Thursday A min», was charged with stealing some fowls, the pronertv of Messrs. Briggs and Co. (Limited), who have recently taken their workmen into partnership with them He^ dented tha ll8° set up the he was a shareholder and th!t"th (0 prosecuted, that therefore he was a partner, theff TiJ«e^ ? iDg 7 one Partner fr<>m another was no Appeal p nt was reserved for the Criminal Court of The solicitor to the War-office has published in The Times a defence of the manner in which Mr. Snider the inventor of the needle-gun, has been treated. The Times repeats that when the poor man In helplessness asked only for 2,700j as his recompense, it was the extreme of stubborn- ness to dissect such a claim and strike off nearly two-thirds in. y*8 that Sir William Armstroog wasnaid and it will not be thus, it trusts, in spite of Mr Clode' £ special pleading, that Mr. Snider's remuneration will ultU mately stand. w One of the latest additions to the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons is a perfect skeleton of the Great Auk-a supposed extinct bird, of which only three other examples are known to exist in Earope. This skeleton which has been recovered from the accumulations of manv years, as deposited in the cellars of the Museum, is in better- condition than the others. Skeletons of the Awaatibo, a annual, and of the Aye-Aye, have been added to the collection during the past year."—Athenaeum." Mr. Rarey, the horse tamer, is dead. A New paper says that his death took place suddenly at on the 4th inst. Last December he had a strnW„ d lysis, and since that time he has been a V of para" eminent physicians. Oa the dav \6ver^1 Waddelt-house for a walk, but sonn J e of a pain in the head. After beinc sIfSS6 comP'Pning he exclaimed, I am dvim?" a iow minute^ expired. Mr. Rarey was a l" ^*5? an hour he where he was born in 1828. Franklin county, Ohio, ch«actToftwiMwainset hd5eren?6^ the intellectual the brilliant academic m connection with other. The J? one an^ the defeat of th<j brace the othar Haw Hi discussed in the presence of the the elder y°u?Se* said, But my brother i« born and he ought to do better than I he wai Rather a smart saying is related of the German battle-painter, Fritz Lallemand. who died ago. He was at the' head quartra VGlS8^^ during the late campaign in Bohemia. After the terrfhia defeat at Sadowa Lallemand went to the Commanderjrftha Austrian forces, and requested permission tn* ? Vienna. « Were you not engaged war ?" asked Benedek. Certainly, your ^1™. 0 v f JS«■ SRSA 8S a painter of ro1\ted arraies. 11 li'Mte h°™e 'nraglM locality of Union-street Bor<Wh J ? be seen the has been underiakeu bv f The work KteiVo'fS'; *>"» S" 80 out to ct, Cho™' W"mm W of^T (?en.n)eSHSyv,has made a sPeech in the town population not toTthe three^bad* hMvest^" bu^to*" twIri?h years of almost unbroken Whig mle Th« i°,2Wen^ Whig Cabinets, was, he said, to be thus expressed « Drivi the human beings away,to America; send in cows and make Ireland a silent pasture-farm for feeding • turers of England. 'eeaing the manufao- The usual battle of the sanatoria nf « France IS rasing in The Times "G R WW I Writes from Cannes, to protest, ^hiteley, M.D. been any cholera there• and "X v never haa recommends invalids not to thint \JV same paper, place, but to try them all i„ ( wintering at any one "What an invalid 2ef,rl v for a mouth or two. of April," says "X fT» November up to the end where chilling unwholll™!8 a .warm> dry, sunny climate, nowhere in the south nf FL are ^nkriowrn- Now met with for six montha .are such conditions to be that November V°a" "X Y- z advises Mentone, Nice or Canne« B-T January 8HA'L be spent at April at' BiarVz T £ n<1 March at and places onlv let thJi,- A „ lodging-house keepers of these iS •! £ y v;rnI ?■