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toteral Inielligtntt. A tablet ia tobe placed in Rochester Cathedral in memory of the late Mr. Joseph Mass, the famous tenor. The Marquis of Carmarthen left for Bombay in the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Pekin on Thursday last. Her Majesty has appointed Prince Henry of Battenberg Captain and Governor of the Isle of Wight, vice Lord Eversley, deceased. The Rev. S. A. Barnett has coined a really good phrase -good because it conveys an idea. He speaks of the nationalisation of luxury. "-Freeman. People who find soap irritating to the skin should use a teaspoonful of sal volatile or a few drops of spirit of ammonia in a quart of distilled water. ammonia in a quart of distilled water. Dr. Eccles thinks that a hot bath taken just before going to bed is valuable in producing sleep, dreamless sleep, which however, rarely lasts more than four hours. LITERARY NOTB.-The Athenceum says: A Welsh Lectureship Fund has been established in connection with Bangor College, and the Council will appoint its first lecturer in the course of this month. "The English do not drink," so a French writer who recently visited London writes; the cup is raised, the head is thrown back, and the liquid is simply poured into the stomach." The Rev. Mark Guy Pearse is a good authority for the assertion that in Salford goal, out of 744 prisoners 688 have been to Sunday school, and that every one of them ascribe his or her fall to drink." News from Samoa announces the defeat of a party of 120 German sailors who had landed from the warship Olg-a to assist Tamasese against the Metaafa's forces. Twenty of the Germans were killed and 30 wounded. Professor Greffcken, who has been in custody for several months on the charge of publishing the late Emperor Frederick's diary was released on Saturday, the pro- ceedings against him having been abandoned. On Saturday the Flying Dutchman express struck a. stone which had fallen from the arch of the tunnel between Bath and Bristol. The first two or three carriages were slightly injured, but no more harm was done. A CAPTAIN'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED.-The Beard of Trade inquiry was held at Middlesboroagh on Saturday into the loss of the Hartlepool, with 17 of the crew, and I the captain's certificate was suspended for three months. TRIPLETS. —Rosett* Shewry, the wife of a labourer, residing at 21, Ruston-street, m the parish of St. Mark's, Victoria Park, was safely delivered of three daughters on Saturday week. The Queen has sent the usual donation of £ 3. An American minister, bis subscription to his denominational paper, adds this postscript"There is one pulpit in this city were, from week to week, Drayer is made for those who have tne conduct of the public press." It is averred that the co"^ed wealth of the Vanderbilts amounts to d°lla,rs, with an in- come of 13,864.000 dollars. Wheri \VdlIan? H. Vanderbilt died three years ago, he left IS family 200,000,000 dollars. FOOTBALL ACCIDENT.—Whilst playing in a football match at Reading, on Saturday, » player named Allen, a. member of the Reading Albion Club, was charged to the ground, and sustained a partial dislocation of the shoulder. THE CHATEAU OF CHENONCEAUX -In pursuance of the proceedings in bankruptcy against Madame Pelouze the sister of M. Daniel Wilson, the famous chateau of Chenonceaux was put up for auction, and bought bv the Credit Foncier for 200,000 francs. Jr Mr. Æ. J. M'Intyre, Q.C., of the South Wales Circuit, has been appointed a Judge of County Courts on the retirement of Judge Cooke. Mr. M'Intyre was called to the bar in 1846, and for some time represented Worcester in the House of Commons. THE SCOTTISH SFUROEON -At, a largely-attended meeting of the Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh held on Tuesday, it was announced that the Rev. John McNeill, well-known as the Scottish Spurgeon had accepted a call from Regent Square Presbyterian Church, London. SINKING OF A MISSISSIPPI STEAMER.—New YORK Jan. 7.—The Mississippi steamboat Paris has been wrecked while on her voyage up the river from New Orleans to Cincinnati. She struck on a snag and foundered im- mediately. No actual loss of life is reported, but seven persons are missing. The Admirality have decided on building another l ,r<»e and powerful armoured ship at Chatham Dockyard the plans tor which are> now in course of preparatffd'^ work, to be carried out at Chatham during the ensuing year, will, it is expected, necessitate a considerable addition to the dockyard employes. nsiderable DEATH OF A PRISON CHAPLAIN. — The Rev Father Green, who has been Roman Catholic prS' the Dartmoor Convict Prison for thirty-two years dill on Monday morning after only a few days' illness' TTp wna over seventy years of .ge, ..d «„ e,MSS with those among whom he laboured. His death was quite unexpected. SIR WILLIAM GORDON MACGBEGOR wna before the magistrates at Stratford on Saturday, charged with assaulting Jane Dickson, a servant. Sir William lived at a house for boarders, at Leyton, and evidence was given that after complaining of the dinnpr for him, he seized the servant and pushed bsr i *■ diniog-room. Ultimately, the case was QPt+i„j °o-a William giving her half a sovereign and navinrr °n GREAT MILL FIRE IN LIVERPOOL.—A DE^trnJff C08-ts' broke out on Saturday morning at the flour mTn "I Messrs. Thomas Li«htbouud and Sons Ar„i i8 x Liverpool. For some time tbe efforts of +v> e"s':ree^» entirely unavailing, and the adjoining W.J ? e were stored with oil, were in imminent danger jti'J'?63' one however, the flames were got under, thon^i ^n^ely, the mill was practically gutted. The damafp i«°«f M0!;6 be .bout £ 20,000, which is covered by insurant d 0 FIRE AT A CHAPEL DURING SERVICE.—a 5' • c hroke out during service at the Old Indeoendpn^ ruf 1 Barnsley, on Sunday. The fire, which entirely to the roof, originated through the ovPr h k of the stove pipe. The roof was jn' fl™eJW?TJ^eat)°g people within the building were aware of theonf^ The service was immediately brought to«, m whole congregation dismissed in ignorance of w occurred. The damage caused does not^d £ 2M d TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN AMERICA v Wednesday.—TheGermaniaBank buildinJat'PitSRK' has collapsed during a gale, crushing twl edifices. The results were most appallin| other that twenty persons were extricated fro'™ kno^n d«d, »»d fifty others are reportli information received so far is, howevor nor are we likely for some time to have 'a fnH meagTe; of the disaster, as the storm has disnrrro .ac°01J^t telegraph system. disorganised the A BOSTON CHINAMAN AND HIS HEIR —a rich Chines merchant of Boston, Sam Wahkee by namp V become a father. He himself claims to tvT Tf Celestial ever born in the city, and to cornm»m t /u birth of the heir to that distinguished individual's estate he h;ts given a great banquet to his .nnnt • Boston. Seven hundn d pigtails surroundprl, ?trym.en ,ln furnished tables on the occasion and protuselj'- lying I. hi. pl.te before th" ,°«bi!™h„gU8'1 dollars. oegan three shining AN ABSCONDING DEBTOR.—At I,HER««^ U 1 Court, on Tuesday, Mr. John Bowling, officiaTrecefveY stated that a petition had been filed against Themistocles Constantine, a Greek merchant, who had an office in In- firmary Street, Leeds, and bad absconded. Mr. Bowling said Constantine had purchased goods to the extent of £ 25,000. And h.id shipped them to Turkey. lit: had no assets. A warrant had been issued under the Fraudulent Debtors Act, aud an extradition warrant had also been obtained. A MYSTERIOUS ENGLISHMAN has for some time past been receiving considerable attention from the St Petersburg police authorities, both secret and regular, on account and his offers of pretendsd disclosures re- garding the latest plot of Nihilist conspirators in England. It seems, however, that he was playing another game, for he has now been takeu into custody on a charge of forging » cheque, the form of which had been stolen from another Englishman who was staying at the same hotel i with himself. SULLIVAN AND KILRAIN To FIGHT.—A meeting has at last been arranged between the respective backers of Sullivan and Kilrain, and is to take place at Rossin House Toronto, on Monday (says the Sportsman), when final arrangements are to be made for their mutch. Kilrain and Mitchell are already waiting at that place. Sullivan has left by train for Toronto, his departure being witnessed by an immense crowd, who cheered loudly as the party left the platform. Both men are said to have fighting followers with them, and some trouble is feared when they meet. LAND REGISTRY.—New orders h ;ve just been issued relating to the practice under the Land Transfer Act. 1875, and providing a ue-v scale of costs to be charged by solicitors in registration proceedings under thut Act. A printed piper explanatory of the new rales; rules under the Lind Cbaiges and Searches Act which came into operation on the Ist inst., and is to be carried out in the Land Registry Office, and the fees payable under the List-mentioned Act have also been published. The new Land Kegistry Rules come into operation on the 1-t February. THE ENGLISH WATCH TRADE.—A Coventry corres- pondent says the det-r'nination to form a syndicate with Prescott as centre for the manufacture of watch move- ments, is followed by a counter-proposal emanating from Coventry—an important centre of the watch tiade. Several itieetings of the trade have been held, and a com- pany will be formed to manufacture movements for t' e four thousand watch workers employed in that city. It is proposed to bring over from Switzerland the plant of a manufacturer who finds the English trade declining under the Merchandise Marks Act. MORMONS FROM PURITAN SCOTLAND.-The Latter-day Saints have just held their semi- annual conference in their hall iu Glasgow. Several elders from Utah were present. From the statistical reports of the Scottish Mission it appeared that there were 1 high priest, 7 subordinates, 37 elders, 10 In ie,ts, 11 teachers, 8 deacons, and 258 members; Members hid emigrated, 10 had bten excommunicated of th di"d. PresidehtTeasdate, speaking of theposperity emiarf i upean Mission, stated that over 1,200 had tion 6fi this season by their own means. The prosecu- Mrs. Church in America, and the publication of religious 1 ue's anti-Mormon romance in a British enqui,y „ ^e-^bad awakened an intelligent spirit of been sold in m copies of the Book of Mormon had Claim 6 m ntbs. —The Pall*' AJai/" against THE FINANCIAL NEWS. celebre which will a great financial cause that in which Mre ^ar<1 shortly by the Court will be American promoter ,eorge Washington. Irving, an libel with the issue "j^OO.OOO. damages for alleged District Consol Gold Mi Pr°spectns of tbe Homer membered that this groundlimited). It may be re- British public early in the was afiEorde<l to the hassiDce theB gone into liqoidati 'or £ h000,000. It f some shareholders. Vr T *P°a *he application oJSy DWsi. th. Hcrr Rechbauer, ex-President of the Austrian Reichs- rath has just died at Gratz, aged 74 years. A method of curing drunkenness, which has frequently been successful is to put a small dose of some emetic in everything the inebriate drinks till the frequent sick- ness causet him to feel dislike and terror at the very sight of intoxicants. v A man named Reynolds has been arrested at Yemil on the charge of murdering and mutilating the little g.rl near that town. The accused is a resident of Cardiff where he has been living the last five years, and had only re-visited Yeovil some three weeks ago. j A pauper, who a week ago absconded from Monmouth Workhouse, has been found dead near Blakeney Forest of Dean He had evidently lost his way in the fog, and fallen into a quarry, where the body was discovered. DEATH OF THE TAWTON MURDERER. — An Exeter correspondent telegraphs :-Thomas Arscott, who brutally murdered his wife in the presence of his daughter, at South Tawton, Devon, a few days ago, and afterwards cut his own throat, died on Wednesday morning. Mrs Stephens, wife of a farmer near Somerset, Kentucky, rented a patch of ground to Mrs. Burchfield. The latter fell behind in her rent, and a quarrel resulted. The other day Mrs. Burchfield was in her field, with her two children when Mrs. Stephens approached, and pulling from a fold of her dress a bowie-knife attacked her: Mrs Burchfield s children rushed to their mother's assistance! when Mrs. Stephens turned on them, cutting them severely. Mrs. Burchfield s wounds proved fatal. SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN. Thc Rev. Fielder Israel aged sixty-two, a well-known Unitarian minister, of Salem, Massachusetts, has committed suicide in his study by cutting his throat He had become mentally deranged owing to a terrible position in which he was placed. He was a passenger by the steamship Transfer, at New York when she caught hre, and the reverend gentleman was only saved from a borrible death at the last moment, He was a Freemason, holding high office. A LUCRATIVB APPOINTMENT VACANT.—It is stated that the Right Hon, Sir Rarnes Peacock, one of the two paid members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, who usually presi^s over tg pr0ceedings is about to retire on «eoimt of his «advance! age. The position, which is worti ifi,0^ a year and is said to have been offered to Sir HoraceDavey Q. C„ M.P., wb« has a large practice before the Judicial Committee. Sir Horace D«4 is inclined to accept the high honour, fnd should he do so another vacancy at Stockton would °fTEN 1 Years^for1 ADVERTISEMENT FRAUDS.—Walter Barnett (35), coffee-house keeper Liverpool-road, Islington, pleaded grip, Middlesex Sessions on Monday, to a charge of obtaining by false pretences a quantity of poultry, mextj and eggs from Wallace Gordon, Maulden, near Ampthill (Beds), and Arthur Dawson Emneth, near Wisbeach, and a quant.ty of furniture from offered them to .ale, »»? forwarded di.honoored draft.. being proved, the prisoner was sen- A previous couviction o«*"s f > i- teSlRdW0ILFL?LAWSONON PAYMENT BY RESULTS.-At Sol way and Coekera and set forth the eyi]s of CXSs system, Which converted teachers into mere examining michines. Sir Wilfrid in reply, said the people of the country were governed more by phrase than by anything else. Payment by results was a v«ry taking phrase, but it seemed to him that under the present system schoolttasters poured knowledge into pupils in much the same way as publicans poured beer into pint measures. Tie difficulty was to devise an alternative scheme, and that question should have his best attention. x A GRAND NEW TRAIN FOR THE LOUDON AND NORTH- WESTERN—The London and North-Western have a brand new train, complete in every particular, in their gigantic workshops at W»lverton, which, if report speaks true, lis destined to "astonish the natives when it makes it first appearance for the season on the stage at Euston Station. On enquiry at headquarters, we were informed that it is fitted with dining-room cars and all the modern refinements demanded by the taste for luxurious travelling of th3 day, and will be at Euston pro- bably in the course of a veek, but no other information was obtainable, and our readers, like ourselves, will have to leave their curiosity unsated for the present. Railway Pre8s. THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH continues to attract a very large number of students. Daring the past year, according to the Edinburgh correspondent of the Times, the total number of matriculated students was 3535, as against 3459 last year, 2667 in 1878, and 1564 in 1868. Of this total 1008 were enrolled in the Faculty of Arts, 108 in ihe Faculty of Divinity, 474 in che faculty of Law, 1942 in the Faculty of Medicine. Of the students of medicine 832 (or 43 per cent.) were from England and Wales 36 from Ireland, 78 from India, 247 (or nearly 13 per cent.) from British Colonies, and 43 from foreign countries. OVER £140,000 FROM ROYALTIES,—There is a great agitation at Motherwell, on that portion of the Duke of Hamilton's estate which he has freed to the people. In the suburbs of the town a large number of villas have been erected the last few years; the Duke has now made a contract with a company for working the coal from the seams underneath. The people are in great alarm for the safety of their buildings. The Duke has offered them the chance of purchasing the coal, but the latter object on the ground of non-equity." The matter is now under consideration, but the feeling is very strong. The Dcke has over £140,000 a year from royalties. THE POPE" AT HOME."—Leo XIII. shares with her Majesty the predilection for unheated rooms; but while the Queen only objects to fires in bedrooms, his Holiness never allows a fire to be lit in any of the eight rooms of the Vatican which he inhabits. These rooms are, with the exoeption of the library, small and low, and the Pope's habits are so simple that he does not even require a dining-room, but takes his meals either in his bedroom or in the library. The other day the bedroom was moved to a higher floor, as the room in which the Pope had hitherto slept was converted into a private chapel. On one of the officials remarking that the upper rooms would be too hot for habitation during the summer months, the Pope quietly replied, "Then I shall have my bed put into the library." ACCIDENT TO MR. SPURGEON.—At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington-butts. on Sunday morning—the Rev. J. Jackson Wray officlatmg-a letter was read from Mr. Spurgeon, in whICh the reverend gentleman stated that he had had a fall down a flight of marble stairs. He could assure his friends, however, that no bones were broken. Only two i°o?e teeth were knocked out, which would save the dentist. The oruises would soon disap- pear. and he could onlj praise_God that he was still alive. This letter was wri'ten immediately after the accident, of which Mr Spurgeon thought almost nothing; but a later account, received by telegraph, states that he is closely confined to his room. The shock to the system is very exeat and his knee is very bad. The telegram ends with a request that the congregation at the Tabernacle would urav for the sufferer. EXECUTION AT STAFFORD.-The execution of Georze Nicholson, a baker, for the wilful murder of his wife Mary Ann Nicholson, at Aston, near Birmingham, on the 22nd September, took place at Warwick Gaol on Tuesday The prisoner, who was 52 years of age, exhibited considerable firmness on the scaffold. The pinioning process took place a few minutes before 8 o'clock and as the hour struck the condemned man ap- peared behind the chaplain, supported on either side by warders Berry was the executioner. A drop of six feet was allowed. The governor of the gaol (Mr. Harrinffton Parr) announced that the prisoner had fully acknowledged the justice of his punishment, and had ^1 everyone connected with him in the hope nf made his peace with God. The prisoner slept f 1J wpI? on Monday night, and partook of a light shortly after seven o'clock. He had been breakfast hig congnernent (Jy the son of the V1t -Se life he had taken. woman wh jj0ll MEMORIAL.^A meeting of the THE FRANK to get up a memorial of the late Frank committee Mr Agnew>a Gallery, in Old Bond- Holl, was be tjje chair, and among those street. Earl oP jioseburv, sir Frederick Leighton, present were W James Linton, Mr. Calderon, Mr. Lord Wolseley, A committee of five was appointed to Aird, and othe .ong and draw up a scheme for the collet .«;,bscr Pablet> with either a medaHion or a bugt TfvTlate artist, will probably be set up in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral. In addition to this, one of the late Gift's works will be purchased and presented to the National Gallery. There are of course not many in the market his chief works of late years being the painting nf the portraits, which became the cherised possession of the sitters or their families. It was decided, in order to extend the list of subscriptions as much as possible, that donations to the fund shall not exceed five guineas, while single guineas will be cheerfully accepted. EXECUTION in Sw AZIELAKD, The Komatie Observer publishes particulars of the killing of the Prime Minist r of Swazieland and two other high Indunas by Umbandine. At the eud of last week information was brought to the Kin*: that a plot was almost ripe to dethrone him, and to substitute Utngopaulo, his brother, and son-in-law to Sandhlan, the Prime Minister. On Saturday the four principal men—Sandhlan, Gwabaka, Pulla, andUmgopaulo were sent for by the King, and they all answered to the summons, with the exception of Umgopaulo, who, suspec- in^ t ouble, fled that night and escaped into the Transvaal. On Sunday morning the three others were brought to trial and, being condemned, were immediately taken to execu- tion and killed. There was some excitement when the uews of Sanilhlan s death was made known, but all is now quiet again. Sandhlan was over eighty years of age, and has seen over seventy years' service with three Swazie kiog^- Wife MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN DEVONSHIRE.—A shocking case of wife murder and attempted suicide took place on Saturday at a cottage situate between North and South Tawton, North Devon. The man, named Arscott, has been working as hind for Mr. Heard, of Jacobstowe, and he lived at a place called Taw Mill Farm. For a week or so his conduct has been so strange that the wife was afraid to stay in the hous with him, and on Friday night went to sleep daughter's house near by. She returned on Ujace morning to get some food when a disturbance took P • Aiscort seized a razor, and in the presence or children attempted to murder her. He woun• 1 she ran out of the house across the yard in her a. z nn escapa, falling down three times. Arscott, on e g p to her the third time, threw her down, and then murdered her. The children had meantime gone off to get Help prom the nearest neighbours. Arscott ^!e,, ime returned to the house Three or four neighbours soon came on the scene and attended to the worn ut were afraid to enter the house. A messenger was sent to North Tawton for the police and a doctor, and on the police arriving, nearly two hours after the murder, it was found khat Arscott had cut his throat. He was in a critical condition on Saturday night, but it was thought he might recover. Jealousy is said to be the motive of the crime. rhe deceased woman bad had fourteen children, eleven of whom are living. Mr. James Harrison, of Liverpool, has given £5,000, and Mr. Henry Tate and Mr. Rathbone, M.P., £1,000, for founding pensions in connection with the Liverpool Training School and Home for Nurses. FATAL SOMNAMBULISM.—Early Monday morning John rlynn, a private in the Seaforth Highlanders, during his sleep rose and walked out of a three-storey window 111 the Mary-hill Barracks, Glasgow, and, falling upon ins head was til ed outright. He had served for 20 years in the regiment. Mr Chamberlain and his bride were the recipients on Tuesday night, at the Town-hall, Birmingham, of ad- dresses of welcome and gifts of jewellery by the cftizens, the women, and Mr. Chamberlain's constituents, on their return from tneir honeymoon. The proceedings were brIllIant and enthusiastic, f s" THS WARDEN OF MEBTON AND THE PARNELL COM- MISSION.-The Press Association understands that the Hon. George Brodnck, warden of Merton, was on Tues- day served with a writ summoning him to appear at the reopening of the special commission to answer an alleged contempt of court contained in a speech at Oxford Col. North-the "Nitrate Kicg"- has provided a dowry of half a million for his only daughter. He has not attached any condition to it as to the birth, rank 0" fortune of the husband who is to help her to spend it The lady is to make her unfettered choice, and the money is to be forthcoming, no matter who or what the bride- groom may be. So, at least, the Glasgow Herald London Correspondent says. THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER AND HIS TENANTS.—The Duke of Westminster, at the rent audit of his Halkyn Castle, Flintshire, estates, on Tuesday granted his agri- cultural tenants an abatement of 25 per cent. The re- mission was granted on the express condition that the rectorial tithes were paid in full by the tenants—astipula- tion which was readily complied with. WRECK OF AN ENGLISH VESSEL.—MADRID, Tuesday Morning. — The Plymouth vessel Margaret Baine, H. Langford master, was wrecked yesterday near the small town of San Felin Guixols. Six of the crew were drowned while endeavouring to reach the coast. A fierce gale was blowing, and it was with great difficulty that the re- mainder of the crew reached the coast in safety. EARL GRANVILLE distributed prizes on Saturday after- noon to the successful competitors in the third annual Industrial Science and Art Exhibition at the Dover School of Art, and made a speech on the position of art in England and the effect of exhibitions. He thought that exhibitions usefully influenced the education of those who consumed the things exhibited. THE EIFFEL TOWER.—An alarming report has been spread that the Eiffel Tower is beginning to lean per- ceptibly. It must be the fault of the ground, to test which no means have yet been devised. Luckily M. Eiffel denies that the tower has as yet shown any leaning Even if it did, the remedy is at hand. Beneath each of the four supporting piers are steel wedges, capable of being driven further in by hydraulic pressure. DRINK AND THE SKIN.—Dr. G. H. Fox is of opinion that alcohol, tea, coffee, and tobacco retard recovery in cases of skin disease, by interfering with the constancy of those processes of waste and repair which are necessary to the nutrition of the skin. Beer is the most injurious of all, aad Dr. Fox says that in some cases the patient had better have taken a whole bottle of whiskey than a single glass of malt liquor. THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD" TEETOTAL."—I observe, says a writer in The Times of the 2nd, that the word teetotalism" was first used by one Turner, of Preston, in the year 1833. I have long understood that the word had its origin through a stuttering temperance orator, who urged on his hearers that nothing less than te-te- te-total" abstinence would satisfy temperance reformers, and that some one at once adopted the word "teetotal" as a very suitable one for the occasion. DEATH OF A FAMOUS METHODIST MINISTER.—The re- mains of the veteran Methodist Minister the Rev. Thomas Russell, one of the co-workers with Hugh and James Bourne in founding the Primitive Methodist Connexion, who died at Dover on Thurday, in his 83rd year, were removed on Monday for interment at Crewe along with the Bournes. In 1830 Mr. Russell was sen- tenced to three months' hard labour in Abingdon Gaol for open-air preaching. IRISH EVICTIONS.—The evictions on the Olphert estate at Falcarragh, were resumed on Saturday. The evicting force found walls built across the roads leading to the remaining houses, and the police were delayed some time removing these. An entire change in the demeanour of the tenants was noticeable, only one bouse resisting. After a sharp struggle for about a quarter of an hour they surrendered and were taken into custody. As the last house to be taken seemed strongly barricaded, and as it was beginning to get dark, the evicting party withdrew till Monday. CLOSING OF GHIMSTHORPE CASTLE. — Grimstborpe Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire, the property of Lord Willeughby de Eresby (Lord Aveland), recently inherited from bis mother, is to be closed for an indefinite period. Lord Willoughby has decided to effect certain economies in connection with the estate. Expenses are to be con- siderably cut down. The ancient castle, which is full of historical heirlooms, is described by Fuller as an extem- porary structure, raised by Cnarles Brandon, Duke of Norfolk to entertain Henry VIII., in his progress through this part of the country. The closing of the establishment will be keenly felt by the neighbouring towns. LEGAL ROUTINE AND COURTSHIP IN FRANCE.—M. Leroy, a deputy for the Nord and a former judge, is about to propose a measure which may have an excellent effect upon the social morality of the French poorer classes. At present any person wishing to marry must make three respectful requests to parents or surviving senior relations in the same line of consanguinity. This cumbrous process is the efficacious cause of half of the illicit unions that destroy the sacredness of family life in France. M. Leroy wants to lessen the so-called Sommations respectueuses" by two for sons over twenty five years of age and for daughters over twenty-one. It remains to be seen whether legal routine will have the best of or whether this impediment will be removed for the benefit of honest courtship and lawful wedlock. LIVING ON A PENNT A DAY.—Dr. T. R. Allinson has been trying the experiment of living on meal and water for a month. His daily allowance is one pound of whole meal made into a cake, with distilled water, and one quart of water. His account of his condition after a week is cheering. In the first few days he felt hungry, but about the fourth day this disappeared, and he had no longer any craving for other food. His brain was clear, his lung capacity had increased five inches, and both bis sio-ht and his hearing had improved. He had lost seven pounds weight, but seems to regard this as rather an advantage. Altogether he feels thoroughly satisfied with his experiment. It is a very economical one, the wheat for seven days having cost only eightpence. This he says, is living on almost a penny a day and enjoying it." — The Hospital. MADAME ALBANI AND THE QUEEN.—One of the most frequent visitors to Her Majesty when the Court is at Balmoral is Madame Albani, the vocalist, who has of late years become a great favourite in the Court circle. She generally passes her holidays at Old Mar Lodge, the property of the Earl of Fife, which is in so close proximity to the Castle as to admit of her occasionally popping in" to give Her Majesty.a song or two Madame Albani, who, by ,the _,way'hx^nadian She concert tour in 2 was born m Montreal ofI Frenc P. CQnfriref. in the very great a,d/ftn f musical parents, both of whom were profession-that^fmusi^^p vounff^ she was sent with her sister to a convent to complete her education, but her taste for music prompted her father to give her instruction particularly in this direction, for which purpose she was sent to Europe She is married to Mr. Gye, the impressario. THE MURDER OF AN ITALIAN MARQUIS.- The Cunard steamer Servia, brings the particulars of the arrest of an Italian named Petro Dinarvo at Stamford, Connecticut, on the 27th of December, for the murder of the Marquis Giuilo Sanduzzi, a retired army officer, who was brutally killed in his own mansion at Torella, Italy, in February, 1886, his body being horribly mutilated, and all the family jewels and plate, valued at several million dollars, carrried off. Dinarvo, who admits his complicity in the murder of the Marquis aud robbery of his property, made a desperate resistance when the detectives attempted to arrest hi-n at his lodgings, hut he was overpowered. On being conveyed by train to New York, he offered his escort 1,000 dollars as a bribe to permit him to escape. In a subsequent statement made by Dinarvo he said two other men were engaged with himself in *be the marquis, and the booty stolen was equally divided between them four months afterwards He managed to escape to America. Dinarvo will be conveyed by the Anchor Liner California to Italy for trial. DEAN ™tPc"™»> myself by there are thank God, tens of thousands in this country if i, Wn rp«raed from intemperance because they have been encouraged, shielded, uplifted by someone who has 'ceased to drink'beer, wine, or sPlnts, with a view to their reformation." ^he pnncip e underlying total fbst nence is no "recent and humaninvention ;» it i8 at Last a' oTd as Calvary, and inspires the splendid logic of the 14th chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. Under the conviction that the principle of the Gospel pleads with the strong to stoop to the level of the weak, and by lead- ing the w .y and by setting the example bear their bur- dens and so flllfil the law of Christ, Lord Wriothesley Russell signed the pledge at an advanced age. Some vears afterwards, at a meeting at Exeter-hall, he publicly declared that whereas during his long ministry, previous to adopting the principles of total abstinence, he had not rescued a single drunkard, since he signed the pledge he could point to several who had entirely reformed. Based upon the threefold foundation of, first, voluntary total abstinence for the individual, upon the principle, We that are strong ought to hear the infirmities of the weak, and not please ourselves, for even Christ pleased not Him- self" (Rom. xv., 1) secondly, progressive prohibition for the community as the people are educated into desiring it for themselves; and, thirdly, the public acknowledg- ment that it is not a religion, but a hand-maiden to the Gospel of Christ, the total abstinence movement has steadily advanced, strengthened by the unremitting opposition which has pruned its redundancies while stimulating its growth, and at this moment it represents a force in the political, social, and religious life of the nation which absolutely declines to be ignored. More- over, inasmuch as every conclusion from science is in- creasingly in its favour, as happiness and prosperity in variably follow in its train, as it prolongs life, saves money, prevents crime, and strengthens reli¡don, far rOd having its spin and being forgotten," it will never receae from the position it occupies at this moment. meantime, to criticize flippantly the methods tnose who would "by all means save some" of the drinK-maae paupers, criminals, and lunatics of the countYtyIi as f a:h; ing in wisdom and charity as to criticize the sty 0 the oarsmen in a lifeboat who are strainingrjgjjj' £ haps cluTusily, to rescue their brethren from perisning. BASIL WILBERFOBCK. ALLEGED SAVINGS BANK FRAUDS.—A clerk at the Macclesfield Savings Bank, named Rackham, was eharged before the local magistrates, on Monday, with forgeries and embezzlement. So far as the exami- nation of the books has gone, deficiencies to the extent of .£900 have been discovered. Two days after the prisoner's apprehension at an hotel at Malvern, eight hundred sovereigns were found in bags in the room he had occupied. The prisoner was committed for trial. PooR-LAW OFFICER'S FORGERY.—Win. Shippery Cooper, 40, late clerk to Mr. Robert Boyd Williams, clerk to the Orsett Board of Guardians, Essex, pleaded guilty at the Cent al Criminal Court, on Tuesday, to forging and uttering a cheque for the payment of £ 43 4s. 2d., purporting to be drawn for the Board, and and signed in the names of two of the Guardians. There were other indictments which were not gone into. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprison- ment, with hard labour. A SINGULAR DISCOVERT.—Upon shooting a sack of oats which he had purchased of a small farmer in the neighbourhood, Mr. A. Dixon, a tradesman, of Brent- wood, found among the corn a tin box containing 50 sovereigns and £300 in bank notes and bonds. Mr. Dixon at once drove to the farmer's and restored the property, and was rewarded for his trouble with a bushel of oats and the promise of a rabbit. It seems the farmer's mother, who died a few months a^o. was in the habit of hoarding monay up, and as one of the rooms in the house was used as a granary, it is supposed she placed this property in one of the sacks for safety. THE WINTER IN SWITZERLAND.—A Swiss winter. is generally cold and damp, with snow and occasional mi^ts, but this season has been hitherto an altogether excep- tional one. For three months past we have rarely seen rain, and but little snow, which fell in Novemb'; For the remainder of the time we have had a glorious sun in a ue sky. It has been cold at night, but the days have efD a-fr an§ w.arm- The weather amongst the A'ps is sp enaid, and violets, gentian, and other flowers have een ga hered in many spots. Circumstances have been specially favourable for mountaineering, and ascents have ^e?.n, ??a^e ? tlle Scbreckhorn and other points in a delightfully clear atmosphere. THE SOLICITOR GENERAL ON CLUBS.- Speaking at aJ^1 a ar,1'e„the opening of a Conservative Olub at Plymouth, the Solicitor-General said that well- organised clubs were of the utmost value to a partv, preventing it from sinking into a state of dangerous quiescence when elections were not imminent, and enabling them to face sudden emergencies. Like the National Liberal Club, the Liheral Club of Plymouth was casting out its most important and influential mem- bers. That was a very hopeful experiment to try, but, however it answered for the Liberals, the Conservatives were satisfied, and would give the expelled Unionists a hearty welcome. LARGE FAILURE OF LONDON MERCHANTS.—The first meeting of creditors was held on Monday at the London Bankruptcy Court under the failure of Messrs. Coxbead, merchants and foreign agents, of Old Jewry Chambers, London, trading as Coxhead, Golsmid, and Co. The gross liabilities are returned at £147,541, of which £34,631 is expected to rank against assets £ 8,ii43. The debts are very largely due to firms in Manchester. Liverpool, and Cardiff, and the failure of the firm brought down Messrs. Garston and Co., merchants, of Liverpool, who have a claim against the estate of over £1,400, The debtors submitted a scheme of arrangement avoiding bankruptcy, but vesting the estate in a trustee. The meeting was ultimately adjourned for eight days, it being stated that an endeavour would be made to I>"y a clear 5s. in the B. THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN ON THE FIGHT ABOUT RITUALISM.—In reply to an address sympathising with him in his prosecution for alleged Ritualistic practices, the Bishop of Lincoln states that two great and im- portant principles are at stake in the present proceedings. The first is the need of the he!p of external ritual in acts of worship, so that it would be wrong to let all external religion be swept away. The second, however, is much deeper the attack now being made is really an attack on the supernatural and spiritual. The struggle is for the sarcedotal character of the Christian ministry— whether it came from below or above, whether it was ordained by man or God. The bishop contends that. the battle is not to be fought by an individual bishop, but by all churchmen, laity and clergy alike. SUCH A LADY FOR MY WIFE."—The tables are turned with regard to Transatlantic marriages. A negro of Massachusetts, 23 years of age, who does not like America because the white people oppress the negro, announces to the people of England that he is anxious to have an English wife. These are his modest conditions" I want to marry a good, honest, true, polite, kind-hearted well informed, educated, some- what wealthy, ambitious to do that which is good, healthy, and a bold Christian lady. I want such a lady for my wife. This language is a trifle incoherent, and amputated here and there in the parts of speech; but as to give confidence Wm. W. Lawrence says he is the finest young orator in his State. He adds that'' the lady must have some wealth and a home," and if joined to her in matrimony he proposes to live the rest of his life on English soil. THE SOMERSET TRAGKDT.—The inquest on the boiy of the little girl, Emma Jane Davies, murdered on Wednes. day week, was held at Yeobridge Farm, on Motday, before Mr. Mnnckton, coroner. Evidence having been given as to the loss and subsequent discovery of the child, Dr Walters gave evidence as to the nature of the wounds. He found a cord round deceased's neck. There- were three oblique superficial cuts over the throat, and another directly across the throat. At the back of the neck there were four deep cuts, and at the centre of the lower portion of the bowels was a superficial cut about an inch and a half in length. There were slight bruises on the cheek and left leg. Witness also found a cut through the scalp, and evidence of at least four other blows on the back and left side of the bead. In his opinion, there was a combination of causes of death. In the first place, the severe shock to the system caused by the blow on the head; and secondly, wounds in the neck and throat, with loss of blood, causing syncope.—The jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder against some person or persons unknowB."—The man Reyland is stili in custody on a charge of murder; but the police say they have not yet sufficient evidence to convict anyone. MANCHESTER STILL STICKS TO FREE TRADE.—A special meeting of the directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was held on Monday, being an adjourned meeting from Thursday last, when the fol- lowing resolution was proposed and seconded:- "Having considered the resolution passed at a special general meeting of the Chamber of the 19th of December as follows :—' That in the opinion of this Chamber all goods of a nature and kind which we ourselves produce offered for sale in the markets of the United Kingdom should pay the equal proportional share of the burden of Imperial and local taxation which they would have paid if produced or manufactured m the United King- dom'-this board is of opinion that the above quoted resolution does not represent the views of the Chamber as a whole, and declares its unfaltering ad- herence to the principles of Free Trade so often affirmed by the Chamber." Every director was duly informed of this resolution, and on Monday the board passed it unanimously, and it was further resolved to ask each member of the Chamber to approve or disapprove the course taken by the board. THE NEW RAILWAY KNIGHT.—Sir Myles Fenton, the general manager of the South Eastern Railway, upon whom her Majesty has conferred the honour of knight- hood, is one of the most distinguished railway men of the time. Sir Myles, then Mr. Fenton, who has already gained valuable experience in the North, came inta prominence with the projection of the Metropolitan line, which in its infancy was designated the Under-groupa Railway." He was its first general manager, and while preparing for the opening of the undertaking the Fleet Ditch suddenly burst through the west wall of the cutting in the vicinity of Ray-stseet Clerkenwell, and flooded the permanent way nearly to Kings-cross. The unlooked-for catastrophe greatly retarded the completion of the wor. and the shares of the company declined considerably. Happily, the disaster was speedily remedied, and on the opening day, some 60,000 passen- gers under Mr. Fenton's supervision, were safely con- veyed over the four miles of railway between Farring- don-street and Bishop's-road, this unprecedented success taking the public by surprise, and completely altering the prospects of the shareholders, whose stock was eagerly purchased at a considerable premium. Daring his general managership of the Metropoliton Railway important improvements in telegraphic communication, signalling, carriage accommodation, and the lighting of the vehicles were adopted, with the view of increasing the safety of the numerous passengers travelling over the line, and with the happiest results. A few years ago he was appointed general manager of the South Eastern Railway, in the room of the late Mr. John Shaw, who had been holding that position, as well as the secretaryship of the company, for some time. THE HON. PERCY WYNDHAM'S SEAT DESTROYED BT FIRE.—Cloud's House, near Yeovil, the splendid country seat of the Hon. Percy Wyndham, built at a great cost a few years ago was almost entirely destroyed y' re on Sunday evening. The fire broke out w one of the bed- rooms on the first floor, and was discovered by a femaIe servant who immediately raised an .a'a"n- Mounted messengers were despatched to the towns and villages, and meanwhile Lord Stalbndge, who was staying in the house, marshalled the men-servants and the labourers on the estate, and (setthemt0 work fighting the flames, and removing the piite, pictures, and other valuable effects. Unfortunately .the frosts of the past week had frozen the hydrants, which are supplied from a reservoir near the b°u £ ™d> consequent^, it was im- nossible effectively to check the flames, which spread with terrible rapidity and leapt to a great height. Meanwhile hundreds of persons had collected, together with fire engines from Shaftesbury and from Wilton House, the eountrv seat of the B-*rl of Pembroke, but their services had to be confined to. a great exteut to salvage operations. Clouds House contained an unusual quantity of wood- work most of it exquisitely carved, and the flames, therefore, had plenty of inflammable material upon which to feed. In a ,w hours nothing remained save the walls and some outbuildings used as domestic offices. When the first alarm was given the host and his guests were dressing for dinner, and they made good their escape with comparatively little difficulty, mostly half dressed. But in the midst of the first excitement it became known that two little children of Lady Elcho were asleep in a room, the approaches to which were full of dense smoke. Nothing daunted, however, by the danger, Mr. Carlton dashed into the burning mansion, and succeeded in rescuing the frightened little ones. The mansion and its appurtenances stood upon an acre and a half of ground, and took seven years to build. It was of huge proportions, and generally considered one of the most beautiful country seats in England. Only the plate and pictures were saved, and it is feared that the damage is not much short of £100,000. part of which is covered by insurance, The fire is believed to have been caused by the over, heating of a flue. The mansion was fitted with all the latest appliances for extinguishing fire, but they were of no avail owing to the severe frost.