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"'===l A-HIWLANCHOLY SUiciDE,
===l A- HIWLANCHOLY SUiciDE, last, a, little after tdn o^oieok,, there arrived at -the Hetel d'Europe at .Lille an;exaeed-^ inglygsntlemanlike man, about 35 yeara oPage, cauryi ingt a sw He addressed himself tq the l*nds lord, ■an^told^mBli ia very, good Freaoh, bat with.a atrnnglsnglishaocent, that he intended to remain during-^the^ night. The landlord" thea aaked; for;hie nametnafehe might ibsert it in his register^arrival^ but this the guest: declined to give, saying it was-oa- Neoeetaary, for he meant to depart early next morniagi lie then had tea and a glass of brandy aadf wateYJ, attar whiel he retired to his chamber; Neat day about theee o cdoob in the afteraoan, the laadlord begaa to tauifc-oi hls guest of the fbraier eveniag, and inquired Of the aervanta. ifaayof tllemf had seen him,; being answered in the negative, be- went up to hisi ehambet. After knocking- at the door. and getting no answer, he opeaed' it, and saw before him his gaest ddadly pale and sitting at a table, his elbow leanicgu on it, supporting his/head on' his hand, linagining him, ill, he catted for-medical aid; but oa approaching hied, tbe body Ibsfc its bklance and Ml on the floor; a lifeless corpse. Â1 pistol was ly ing beside him4 and on the table was a captridge-box for 00. cariridgea. but only 24 in it. Death was caused by a pistol-shot entering his right temple. On the ftoor of the rdoBs, were the ashes of several papers he had burnt, aad oa the table the following note for the landlord^ was lyiag I beg the proprietor of this hotel top an unhappy man for the annoyance he je.cauejug him, aad I beg to have nie decently baried, with my initials, 6.W, the date, and a star over it oa the tembs»tone. He will find upwaxda ofll,200f. on my person, oat of which he,.win please reimburse himself for his expenses, and distribate the rest, if any, to the poor of the oity. By granting my last wish&a he will earn my deep gratitude. As I'have no frieads wifchiii a thousand miles it will be useless to delay my feniOTal, -A W. I wish to have everything, watch, rings, and jewellery, buried with me." 900f; in Fifeach gwd. 0810rsterling in sovereigns, besides smaller money, was found on him; also a silver hunting- wafch* markSad with maker's- name-, Squire and Lander^ N'.Y* round his aeck was a massive gold chain, attached to it a beautiful locket, containing a photegraph of an old gentlomam very like the deceased, and also one of a young-lady aborts lS to-20. He-had massive gold1 studfe at. his wrists, and two massive seal rings on his fingers. One of them had engraved his initials in German characters; R the other, a shield surronttded with a garland, of riband, and on the top of it Ha was about 5ft. 9ia. to Sft. lOin. in height, of & blond complexton; with moustaehe, beard, and whiskers red, He was bariedj and all his things, agreeably to his ?e- qneat, pt^t in a •%> amd fthm up Tii tho ooffla with him..
BJfcECeME OF SEWS.I --...
BJfcECeME OF SEWS. The Begibirars^Gsiieral of the three kingdoms s-stia&ate fche-pop.&lation.at*the.-m\ddia-of°the-year 1866 as follows England and Wa'.eaj. 21.210.020^ Soot- IrelAnd, 5)71,97r. Total, 29 985,404. About 1.000miles of, tbe new MlaaticTelegraph Cable have been safely, stowed-away m tka-,tanks on hoard the Great Eastern. Her Majesty's Birthdhy.T.ftniaday being the l<7;h anniversary of heir Majesty's- birthday, from an early hoar the bells ofthe oJaurtihes rang out a merry peal, and there ivzra the otaex ou-stomnry rejoieings during the day, The first- Hull steamer. dirmt from SI. Peters- burg, arri-red-m theHolldecke), the other day, after a very fine passage* This.: vessel,•; fclje Ltea, brought a very heavy'cargoj, censiRtiag ob> wool, linseed," and fcsmp yarn. Extraordinary Acaident-At, Sbathsea, the ether day, a little girl named. Bewy-er,.agedjsiflte,- was rti'uning along.the pavement with a (glafes^bottie con- (-ainicg stoat, when she «tambted»nd fell.- The'bottle broke off 6t the and tke edge, which was-'jagged, was driven with int(m her Beck, and iailioSedasfrigbtful;wound. The -ohildrfwaa taken feome, and.Jftr. Vardy,, surgeon, wa« sent foifj but life was extinct, g'asaiawiig pierced-the maimartery d tha neck and caused almost instantaneous death, k Mr. Charles rM&iiby,,weil knowa as thohauorary secretary of the Institution of OLyiL Engineers,, has just bean nominated by Kie the King of Sweden and Norway,.to.-be a, Knight CoaamaLider of the Swedish CTider of -vVasa,i);.diitic-atior- rarely con. ferred on foreigners. and during tbe present century only on Thomas ToMrd Im(LJo,h.\lRJ;iD,lli late celebrated oivil engineers. Prince Alfred' and the Corporation of X»ondon.—The ^character of-tire reception About to be given by the Corporation qPLijndpn to Pitng^Alfred, an the occasion of hia-BpyaI Highness, pr^se^ti&g. him- self at Gailiihah* to recelv th freedom of: the City aiay be imagirred from tb.eJaot that tb* Court of Com- mon Council has voted, a sum qf 42,000 to defray the expenses. This irin addition to the cost of the magni- fi :ent gold bex in which" the-etoeumeai will be con- tained. The death issaawHMiceii .-of- SiwJfvhav Maxwell Tylden, Knt., in Ma-.80th yea*. was bom at Milsted, nsarsSittifigb0iu.'ae,. in was t'vice marriad.: III himself vvitii the army, and served- with distinction in South America, at the ca.pture of Montp "Video and Buenos Ay es, in the'Pdnjn^ulaf war, in lMia., a,trtbe capture of Java, and also atNJ-,A, OrleujcB,$!ijigh:ted in 1812. Gpflniflg of tha received at St. Petersburg last^wQek-to, ths-«ffeet that the ice had disappeared from.Lake Ladoga, and consequently that the Ytvek was free. The authorities' immediately p-Goeeded to re-unite the bridge of boats which unite the different quarters of the capital, and the next day that of the Palace was open to.cireaktion. o The Masters of'the Bench of Gray's Inn have issued a- n&4iee iirfor.wiag the--profession that, their Reader ob the XiftK of Rety. Pfiopwrty has signified- bia. iateBtion of resigning, thfrt past at.the close of the pre- sent Trinity Educational TarIq. They invite barristers who are desiro.us ofbeeomtng-capdidatea for the office, to communicate, thejr wishesthat effect to the trea- surer, by the 9th of Jane. A collision ocaarred oaifhs,Great Western Rail- way, .&- fe.-w -mileg-.from, Bristol-statioHy on Sunday morning. A$goode train from,.Way iscuth to Bsistol was ovectakea and run into by-a lioadon express: foods traiav The: destruetkra of pro perty WAS GOU- siderable, boh in respect of the rolling stock aa-the permanent »waj?j and Some injcwries-iweisa- eaa.fcaiiied by^ a gpard, who h&d to- boconvayftd to, the hospital. SiHr. G-eorgp Peabody is living quietly, at the- Bre-Roort-hottsgpNSw Xork, and declines all attempts fts give hica ai pabiia reception. He seemato ha.ve a. horror of public demonstrations. A committeeof the ic vii of Danvaca, Masaaohasotta, hia birthplace, how- ever, are in New York to escort him thither, where he cab gcaroelyMefcHne the public receptioa that awaits bim The appointment of an organist at Llandaff Cathedrat took place last week, when Mr. F: E. Glad- stone, son^of the Rev. T, Gladstone, of Weston-snper- Ma re, was choa^a for the office fro eh amongst about S') candidates. A select number of the candidates p'iyed before a professioqal umpire previous to the ejection. Mr. F; E. Gladstone had been articled as a pupil to Dr. Wesley (Gloucester Cathedral) for several years. The stipend of the above office-can hardly be gjemed liberaL On Sunday morning the Gabriel, a,gatling. boat o* six tons, wad beating,, up the reach from Waolwisb, feaving, a partyof five young men on board, when sndden gust of wiad laid the vessel on her beam ends. The water poured into the main hatch, turni-Bg the yieHt keel" up wards, and immersing the entire party. The crew of a barge suoceeded in rescuing tboao who were clmginrr to the keel, but one of the party, Arthur > Henderson, of Parfleet, was drowned. Oaring the past week the, visitors to the South Kensington Museum have been as fellows:—On- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from ten a.m. to.ten p.m., 9,872, On Wednesday, Thursday, and F/iday (admission 6d.), open from ten a.m. to six p.m., 2.0SN5" Rational Portrait Exhibition, by pay- aaent, 4,076, TQtal 16 043. Average of corresponding week intfoMaaer years, 10,030. Tpt vl from the opening efths piuaeufla, O8!r; !i~4ie- RriHeeea of Wiselea held a Drawing Boom on Welnes<My, oa bahalf of the Qaeen. The presenta- tions, which ware unusually numerous, are held to be as though made to her Majesty in person. The filcnegs,of Ahe weather attracted a great crowd to the arrival and departure of the Riival and aisticguished peraonages wb& attended the Drawing- The Princess Ðf Wales was enthusiastically cbcere i in ber progress to andfrom Si. James's Palace from Murlborougfh-hfeuse. Fatal Affray on Board Elhip. -Oix Monday, an iiocjtia6^ wfis Jíe 04 board th&Eoyat ^cuuQardj screw, ate ,gcmer, now; .^i|g in the Mersey owtward bbund, for Neiv Tji-S, on the body of J. T. Blaikie, second mate, as^d 2B. T«o of. the- crew, newly shipped, did not cvWy the orders of; deceased, which Jed to an alterca- ti and eventuallj to violence, in.themeliedecemedl v as stabbed by one of the rebels, named Alipas, against whom tHe jury returned. a verdict of Man- Brother Ignatius.^—The monastery fenaded by" .Brotheu, Ignatius is. now closed, the tenants having eon evi'jc&eded by a "man in possession." It is V.Jed,' howeyer^ tmtt an efRJrt will be made to ra-open tie housa with a fresh sf-t of monks. The works of a nearly fiaisUed new chapel at the rear of the monas- te-ry, have been suspended* and tbebrethrezl, of the Eaglish. order of Sfc. Benedict have completely Bus- pended operations in Norwich £ br the present. The Eev. 0. Dfuryjrector of.ClAydoip, Suffolk, who first iiitrodaced Brother Ignatius, to the eastern counties, sa -understood to have jjow taben a prominent part iu at .Norwich. Roman Road.—The Malton Gas- Cftmpany,. aie now putting dawn, aew mains in the streets, and have srune dieoer iu Castlegate., The Romam, Eoad to and fronk the great military &impat Derventio, east of MaltoDrit has been, out through. The, road is paved and run together,with a sort jjf. mori&rv,and is now some three or fow feet below,the. aurface. This corresponds with the leveLof Bema^Malton, as fou&d from time to. time ia other parts of the town. The ro ad now being out through led from the Praetorian gate andAthe fosdraososa the riv- Derwen £ Strike of Sailors in the Post of Loztdon.- The whole of the sailors now in the- Poet of London fcave struck, for, an advanoe of wageaj and, unless the gaipowners yield, serious inconvenianoe, must arise from the de tee tiouofrthe outward bound ships, Seve- ral fefindredaof the eailara, each man wearing a blue rib isd, aiarchted through the stireeta ofe the City,on O.ti urdlv aftomocn. The men urge jyrovisi ~n»<and oktthing a8 reasaior t heir claiming,an i-,cressedrakei,of-W. Bor alapabvundtoaustrislia aoid ifouad the Capea they demand JSiitlOii. per month, being an advance otl5$. or 20, Numbers of men were about the shipping offices on Monday morning, teot tbey decHced to aign articles un letta, with increased pay, and the oaptains refusing, the outward bound siips are kapt in the docks. A Present4 of Wine for the Emperor.-A preseet of4 wine accepted by the Emperor from the gro were of the Yonro, has arrived at the Tuileries. Tie boatmen of Auxerre claimed the right of convey- icg it gratuitously to Paris, and so it was placed on rà the o oat Emdlie, and all reached the Tmletiea in i safety. There are346 bottles; 100 of Ghainetttvl'OO Cote Saint-Jaoques-devJoigny, 98 Ohablis, an<i 48^ 0p Avalnrmais. THey were packed in wooden easesi bearing each an inscription in letters of gold, such asi Aaxerre ia the drink of"king» Wiue of honour of Chablis;" &o. I A Boy Drowmd.-Oia Monday aitemoon a ladi I' is the employ of Messrs. Dawson, printers, Oapnon-i street,. City, fell into, the water at Fresh Wharf,j London bridge. He was apparently,about 17'year3 of! see. He tried to save himself by,swimming,,but tKe= tide being high, and the Ariel steamer causing a. s^ell of the water, he was overpowered, and stink I under it. His corpse was soon found, and taken to; St. Mary-at-Hill, to await the coroner's inquest. Hei Would not have been kpown bu.t for a letter in his* pocket, directed to a customer. The Metropolitan. Horse- Show-Friday was t the closing day. of the Great", Metropolitan., Horse i Sho w, anddn point of number the visitors were almost i equal to those of any. other day, Mr. John BaNniste< one. of the director.had the mmagement,of the aiena, s and whether regarded as a means, for. exhibiting, the f iiapravement in horees^or view«d in a finaneial ssase, j the show has been altogether the most suooeasfu horsashowever held. At the conoluskiiiof ttw show the s| exhibitors in,,a body waited upon the secretary, and I expressed their high satisfaction at the geireral arrangements. It is- computed that very nearly, 100,000 persons hive visited k. J The nutnber-of persons admitted tathe itisk "Museum duriDg the year 1^65- shows a .continual -decrease. Iti 1860 the aumrber waa- 537-,000^ 186.1,1 642 000 1862, 895,000 1863, 441,000,! 1864, ,432,300.; 1865, 370,000, or nearly fewer than eame eo lately as six yeara.sinca. The decreaseria t^a number of visits oi readers, to the reading-coo^o. within the, same, period has been not less eatraardixrary1 and aiaaouu-ts to, mare rthan 27,000=;, every,.departoeat and aiaaouu-ts to, mare rthan 27,000=;, every,.departoeat sliowfl the s-ame, depletion. The granQ, totaJiwf. th e flist and. last years aheve named 672,(i74 and 477,650. Deaths#the Champion Bull Dc^.—The well, known ^ladnpionbu'li dog-SingDickhas paid-thedfe^t of nature undei rather peculiar ciroutastances; OnEastQr Taesdav, Lampbiieri of Hiaidswortbr the- ow«^r oft the aogff died.1 After that eveat Dick exhibited the most pr ofouad grief for. tha loasiof his master/. He ¡. would not rest anywhere-except on. tbe chair upon "which his master used to sitt, and wheaever he. could gefo into the room in which, he died he gave^expreasioa to ,hia feelings in the most vehe»ent howliugij brokea by low gpowis and other ,vocai • signs, of .8ercom- He- refused hiafoed, and-on Sunday lasirie followed his muo.h.J,oved master. Ia ftictj tba faithful, animal njay. -.belaid to bave died offgrie £ .f, Ad-estruetive fire was diacovemftt aJiran eaasty hour on Saturday in the woollen extract mill C at Htjtbdckj Leeds,, ocollpied by Messrs. EtBanaeL The premises are situated near the People»'s Co-operative Mill aad' the extensive; flax milte of Messrs. Marshall,; ,and at one time apprehensions were entertained, that tke" fire. wooldv extend to some of the adjoining buildings, bat fortunately the, flames were confiaed to jthe^mill in whhAiithe.y.firat broke out. Tbe damage is ^20,000. The (origin of the fire dsunknown. A Man. Dee^pitated.—A fatal accident oecurred at Paddcok Wood on Monday to a plate-lftyer, named Stephen Ware, between 40 and 45 years of age. It appears that the engine of the 77Hrtrain, from-ii-id. atone, was, running round the carriages, and had just barted '.when it went over the deceased, who was standing unnoticed on the line, completely severing his head from hia body. It is supposed that the tumbling noise of another train that was starting for lLonden prevented the poor fellow noticing the imrni- inent danger of his position. He-had been many years ia the service of the company. A Novel Gun.—A correspondent of the Hide- pendavce Belge states that an Englishman has recently nbmitted to the notice of the Artillery Committee in (Paris a gun which he has invented^ and which, at least, possesses the merit of singularity. The gun liconsists of a simple tube without any breech. All, Srecoil is thus avoided, and the weapon possesses,, according to tbe inventor, qualities which render it "more destructive than any other arm. Experiments recently made at the artillery depdt of St. Thomas jd'Acquin have produced satisfactory results, the shots fired having pierced through enormous thicknesses of planking. The Fatal Fire at Swans.-The lengthened ^investigation into the cause of the death of the eight- persons who were killed at the late fire has been r wrought to a close. The coroner having gone minutely through the evidence, the jury retired, and, after a ishort absence, returned into court with, a verdict of "Accidental death," coupled with the following recommendation:—" We are of opinion that in future jthe esoape should be placed where it may be used by he public, or the police.; that a. second escape should pe provided, and a catoh-sheet attached to it, as well, as a small crowbar and speaking-trumpet; that a special toned bell should be substituted for the present jfire bell; that every exertion was made by the police,, and that the water supply was ample; and that In- spector Ball performed his duties to the satisfaction of the jury." A remarkable accumulation of game and other animals was discovered a few days ago by the shepherd of Corriemuokloch, near the top of the Sma' len, Perthshire, in a recess of the rock, which ap- parently had been recently frequented by foxes. The pole or den,contained upwards of 100 head of grouse, 5, mountain haresi some partridges, four lambs, a young kid, &a. The large store of game and lambs Appeared perfectly fresh, and had only been, lately cap- tured. The district in which the disoovery was made has for some time past been completely overrun by, foxes, and the ravages they have committed among both sheep, flock sand, game are beyond calculation. The proprietors, and farmers have, commenced on an extensive scale to exterminate the vermin, if possible, and a large number of both old; and young foxes have been killed.—Scotsman,. Unpopularity of Count Btsmarck.-The Vossische'Zeitumg, a moderate liberal paper of Berlin, states that the exasperation against the Prussian Go- vernment is unbounded in Wuztemberg, and that deep hatred of Count Bismarck fills all hearts. Among the soldiers in the south an uncontrollable spirit manifests itself, and fears are expressed^ leat the oabinet-war meditated by Bismarck should end in a German civil war. Tbe photograph: of Ferdinand Blind, who at- tempted to assassinate Coant Bismarck, is exhibited n, an thia shop windowel ef Stuttgart, wreathed witb immortelles and people loudly declare him to be & second William Tell. Prom another source it is stated phat the Land wehr men of Sigaaaringen who are called out for service its the Prussian army kissed the portrait when marching tbrongh tbe streets, an.d gave enthusi- jastio cheers, amidst, tears, ia honour of the deceased, A Californian Verdict.-I saw-from-my window jyesterddy (says a correspondent of the New York {Times) rather a strange sight, somewhat characteristic pf the way things are done in California. A double ,.Lera passed through the atreeta on the way to the bemetory; there two hea?ses and two rows of carriages abreast, a#d on! side of th& street the 'friends of the deceased respectfully marched in pro- cession. These two men were of-that? class'denomi- nated "roughs," who, having, quarrelled, .engaged in jthe amusement of shooting at each Other-the fight was desperate and botli were ftilled.v A jury was fempannelled at Carson City, where the occurrence happened, who, after mature daliberafcion, brought in .ja verdiot that the parties killed each other mutually in pelf-defence rather a novel verdict,, but as near the facts as actvreon jqry could come. { Sunday Bands in the London Parks.—The (eleventh season commenoed in Vietoria-park last Sun- Id ay under most auspicious circumstances, the weather ■being all that oould be desired, and the audience in ■consequence unusually large. A notable improvement jwas apparent in thelirge staff of adult volunteers who replace the boys whose style of vending the pro- grammes was noisy and unsuitable. The performance was listened to with the usual attention and the retire- jment of tbe vast audieuoe was effected with that de- icorous order for which all large gatherings of the people are now so well distinguished. An address i appeared on the programme, reminding the public that Iduting the past tan years the band had ministered to the healthy enjoyment of many hundreds of thousands of persons, and had proved a standing pretest against the intolerance which suppressed the military bands, whose place the people's bands had filled; That the maintenance of the bands depends upon the purohase of programmes, nearly 600,000 of whieh had been sold in the ten years and as it is computed that not more than one visitor in ten contributes the penny, the audiences in the two parka have amounted to about eiajnillioBH, and with all tbesa va35 aasenibl&get not a eaqe fGrfpeliceiiuitepfeseBae has ever arisen* noa has? a complaint reached the chief.coauaiesioaer ftn: yeskrffi Painful Incident in the House of QDm., mons, It is with' regret that we record tbe^ serious and suddfen iflfaess of Sir Minto Piirquhar, one of the members for. the, borough) of Hertford; The- hon. baronet occupied his usual seat in the House of Com- mons during the- early part of the sitting en Mdoday evening, and was apparently-in good hbfiltlj, but quitting the house; about six o'clock for the purpose of visiting the library, om passing through theilobbyj lie fell down in a fit. Colonel Taylor and.two or three other mczubere who witnessed the occurrence at once rai,aed him and carried him to Mr. Brand's private room, wbere,tet» adfeice and attention of Mjr; Clent M:Pi fer Shrewsbury,. a«;d Dr. Brady, MiP. fori Lei-trimi, were, at once afforded, and the neeesfjary. restoratives applied; These, were so successful that at the expiratiion ot'aboutthree houra the bon. baronet; was permitted to be. removed to his reaidoirea in; ■BetlseWy-ett<eefe- In the escsp of O v^erem?, Gurr^ey, and Co., appjioa-, tion.w,dg made iu. the.' Viè6"Chap.oellöl" s Court,, orn Piid^y, by a geatlesnan named. Sh«tnaek, as.a sbara- hol&r) to wind up that cqmpanv. Mi?. Roxburgh,-fer) j the company, ask^d tbaj; the petition might staind till I next; petition day, There w«s-a meeting of the,share. holcfets on Tbbrsday, and it-wa3 hoped,that.arrange-- ments wiwal4,bemadb.which wonIA-rendor the patitioni uEneCessary. Mr. Stul"ges, for the patition,,eoncented to this postponement. The-Vif,-e-Chancellor said that no order oould be made on the petition to-day,,fop-the< copy of the petition Mt with the Court Ead-tbe shares 1 helg- by. tbe p^itioner in blank. Solicitara. for the. petition,: Western and. Sons. Solicitors for tie com- pany Young, Jones, Ubbertfr; and Halis Bltndeq,by f"igh.toing.Datingr, tae tSiunderr steam on Saturday.^ night-a coaatguardgmam naimed i Richa.rd, Gi)ug:b,. > while goi bis roaqd von. thaicliffB between. Eastend-laoe attd ScEap^-gate^.in .tbe lale of Slwp,p,ey was- blinded' by^ &fia^h-, of Fortu. n&t-elyl,,he,w,se,near,t lie latter station^ thertizae, and' hi3r cries brought.. another ooiatguatcl-iman-to bis aaeiitaiici-V oc the 004,aeqaences.,mi,,ht have be(ku MIDM i eerioua, as the oliffa at this, patt,,of -the C"QaAt are.,eoni., tfauauy,f&uing away,, owing-.to, the the sea and ace therefore in-a very dangarous'condi- tion. Every effort-has been, ased b t,46, madioea meiMBt&he island to rentors-tlie outsnecesis. A-, Mad Bull in Iiondion, Stfeetss—Afew days; ago." a ilrfuriatEh Dila broke; aw^y- foom his; drover nmr Cambridge-Street,, At theeorner of the street one of the men emplofyed by the; Shtae^- black Siseiefcy was-cleaning the bootat øf a, genttem&a, when the-bull with, his horns seised the unforttinate- shoeblack and- threw him aereas the whole widtkof the carriage.; roadway), by which ,he-mus1f5have, sue- tained. serious: injuries. The • .aaifeal next: knocked down a child ceBeryiog soaie pickfea-in, a piate over the road, bat, strangw to say, altiaough the bull made several atteaaapta to-toss the child, with its horns, it i esaaped comparatively unhurt. Sailing in doing any. [injury to the ohiid, it turned, aeross;-the read, aad i attacked a gentlesnan passing, whom he pressed with his horns against, the wall of a house witfesuch violence j that he wis obliged to be- removed! toi have- surgical j attendance* By the aid of "the butchers, the j>olice, and others, the iiif liriated beast was eventually secured and safely removed out of the district. The, OrgaB-grindlag .T^uisaaca.—At Maryle- bone Police-court Antonio Parenti, an organ-player, 'was charged with causing a disturbance. Mr. John j Bazalgette,, 6, Fpper Gloucester-street, civil engineer, said that .on the previous evening he returned bome, Sand while dining he heard a great noise from some •instrument. Having paperaand books to,read whiohi | required close attention, he went out. and saw the prisoner playing, his organ. He spoke to him in. ■English and^Italian, when he stopped playing where, jhe .then was and held up his oap to the windows for ■English and^Italian, when he stopped playing where, iho, then was and held up his oap to the windows for money. He then came immediately, Ender witness's ibalcony and played again, when Ke was given into ■ custody^ Witness said he waa greatly annoyed by jthose. horrible organs. It was not long agothwt his wife was dangerously, ill, and he had to go out at ten jo'clook at, night to drive the organ men away. The j prisoner said he stopped when he hud- played- half a itune. Mr. Elliott, sentenced him- to pay a fine of Sa., lor to be imprisoned for four days. Mt; Bazalgette tasked for a more severe penalty tp beinSicted, because ithe padronea always paidtthe fibes. Mi-. Elliott said the sentence mast stand. ] A-ChUd Kiljsd by a .0ame ■Gock.—Mr.' Hiuxte phrey, one of the coroners fdr.Middleses, recently held Ian inquest at Old Ford as to the death of Charles 'Winter, aged three- years.. It appeared that, on "Tuesday week the child was standing atcjtS parents' 'door, 32, Palm-street, when a ferooious. gmè. cock, belonging to a neighbour named MonK which had heen frequently known to attack other children^ ffew up at. !him, and puttiiigorle claw on his. head and the other Ion its aboulder-peekecl attit,3 fac which streamed down ] with blood. The ebild was taken in doors,, and a jdoctor was sent for.—The medical evidence proved (that deceased died from effusion of serum on the brain jcauaed- by a shook, to the; system, arising, from the 'attack and pecks of the game cock, as well as from fright.—Tbe owner of the cock twated. the matter very cavalierly, and thought his furious bird of more importance than the lives of children—Tbe eoraner hintedthattbepa-rentaoouid take proceedicgsin another court for the lose they had sustained,, and the jury re- turned a verdict—"That deiJeasedt died from effusion of the brain, caused by being.attacked aadvocked by, a, certain game oock." The Dwellings of the Wbrking,, Classea.— !T!;le first local meeting of the Metropolitan Sanitary Association was held last week at the Teatry-room, St. George'arin.tlae Fast-the., Rev. J. P-ase, the rector, in the chair.-to disaiksa the subject-of, sanitary '1 [improvement, in the dwellings of the poor and labour- ing classes. The meeting was wail attended, and the [addresses of the speakers were listened to with great attention.Dr. Lankester, F. S.8., opened the discus- fsion, and dwelt at considerable length on the causes of disease and death* Mr. Georg& Godwiu, F. R.S., [Mr. Hodgsoa Pratv Mr. Benjamin Shaw, aad others |followed, each taking a separate line oftargument with •respect to the subject matfeer,in,,question. ItiatW1 intention of- the association to hold occasional meetings, jin different parts of London,, where sanitary -questions Way be disoussed in a pracSical manner by, those who jhave aetEal experience in the subject. The objects, ohieBy to be kept in view wjll be the more efficient tworking oftbe presen t laws, or theVr extension and improvement;, and the mode of action, on, the, part f local authorities, WGt calculated to. produce real ibenefit to the public. j Refsisalvto Suppcsut a Joha, |Henry Chapjman, undertaker, Higb-atreet, Stoke New- in^ton, was summoned before the magistrate at Worshap-street, for not having camplied with,an order .made by the magistrate of this court for the payment Sof 3a. per week towards the support of hia-mothes^ in. "the, Hackney Union. The order was made on theOOth, ,of January last, and the defendant had paid, the Eooney; Ifor only three weeks. There. was now owiag to the pariah authorities- j62. The oM, woman had lost her; husband, and was an inmate of the workbouse. The defendant, had taken out a#i»iais«ratiaa to- bra father's property. It was stated, in defence, that the widow was very obstinate, and by her refusal to give a list of accounts had rendered the letters of adnduistration of no avail, Mr. Ellison said tbig.escu«e had.nothing.to do with the case. It was soarqely credible that a man, well to do in the world should hesitate in paying the pfdtry sum of 3«(. weekly, towardi the, support of; his mother., Ho should sign a, warrant. for hie ilnpriaon. ment for three weeks in the evenfe of the, order not' being complied with in seven days.. The Cholera m Liverpool—No fresh eases of cholera were reported in Liverpool up to the close of., last week. From a statement made by Dr. Trenoh, the medical officer of health, at a meeting, of the Health Committee, it appeared, that up to that time I.. there had been a total of 31 deaths in the. poTt, and that all had occurred among German emigrants and those connected with the Helvetia; Hitherto the disease had attained no foothold in the town, and there was no reason to fear that it would do-so. He gives it as his opinion that the disease, with;ordinary precautions, is not contagious. On Wednesday a com- munication was received by-Mr. Baffles,.stipendiary magistrate, from a number of German emigrants, 1. representing the whole body at present located at the sheds, Bankhall, Bootle. The emigrants, stated than previous to their leaving Germany they entered into contracts in that oonntry.witn. agentgcto,take them I through to New York, but tha-i on their arrival in Eagland their oontraot tickets had to be given uP-t that the agents obtained new ones in conformity witb the Emigration Act; that in oase of ttla emigrants being in such a statfe.of beaMr as to. prevent, i&«ir passing the inspecfeiea. of the, e?aig?atjpa OS 1Juey were, entirely without redress, and that the; agents ;kept the passage'nMBeypaid'to: them, Hi# worship directed the necessary inquirieftito be mskda* r ShacMng Attempt at, Stiiefdqs—Oav Wednes- looming great: excitement was caused at-Heck- mondvrike, new? Dewsbury. For some time past a man named William Fawdetfe, residing. in, Cook-4ane- haa been jealous of His wife, .00 latterly she has (deseted: him THiis so preyed upon his mind.that he gave way to despondency; On Tuesdayr night he retired to rest, and nothing was aeon. of hkn, until ■: Wednesday morningj when on. a neighbour foreicg his way into the house,?a large, pool of blood' was £$unl upon, the Abort On going upBtaius be saw Fiaswcett in a frightful condition; aisti- very mucH exhausted: from loss; of. blaod Ok being; examhied- it was perceived that hia leftf&rm was jagged faad>cat to the bone, and blood was streaming f rwm it. The top of his head waa beaten to, a, pulp. In the room were found three knives covered with blood, and a brick was.on toeJltsor covered with hair and blood. The man now lies in a precarious condition. Charge of' Procuring Abortion—On Thurs- day, at?the Birmingham Police-oourt,, a- woman going by the-name of Madame Owen, berbaMat, Mp. W. Smith,, surgeon^ and William Bromfield, &■ milway clerk, wejee charged with, inducing a young woman named Ellsmore, a servant, to procure abortion. It was stated that an improper intercourse had been going on between Bromfield and- Eliamore for some timej asd;the res«.14? wag,; that the gjlri became enceinte. Bromfioid-gwe hera tvo gainaas and sent her to Owen's shop, where she get some' medicine to1 prpoure, an abortion. The medicine profkieiBg no effect^ an opesa- tion, was pgrfortfied R0n hejf by Mr., Smith, at Owaa's pfece* and on the following day she gave bii-fehr to twinssr Sltehad. siaoe beenrin isaeb a precarious state that her ultimate reoovery ia,(doubtfal. Tlie<oasa--was remanded. P,at&l, RhiLway AccidentB.-On. Tuesday a porter, named, icharies, Blumiley, at the Greenfield sfektion^. hetweeno Mauchest&c and; Leeds, was oiling the points at- a jtimcfeCon, when he was knocked down by a train and (killed instantly. The same afternoon, i at the Dee^fiesld station on the same line, another portel'named'. Eâhvard Lloyd, was. taking off; a tar- paulin from a ttuck when the wind getting, beneath it threw hitn on to thtii lihe just as an; express train -ouseed, and the poor feUow'a.braina were knocked out. These accidmts were,.the result ot carelessness, as in both cases the men. were warned of théapproaGYhing trains in ample time to place themselves oat i of* the I reach-of danger. Shocking Accident-An, inquest was held at Malvarn on- Satai-day, before Mr. Hughes, coroner for Worcestershire, on the body of a little boy named Wallis, aged five years, who, with his father, mother, and sister,, were dreadfully burnt with vitriol on the previous Monday,, under the following eiraumstances: —The father was1 employed by Messrs. Webb, vitriol makers, of Worcester, and on Mianday had to take 12 carboys of vitriol &om Worcester to Malvern. Being holiday time he took his wife and two children with him, and they; were seated with him in front of the wagon. 0;a arrivin g at Malvern, and before delivering the vitriol at the- destination—a soda-water' maca- faetory—the horses became frightened, and ran* down a steep incline, the wagon striking a* latnp-post, breaking-10 of the carboys, and -throwing; i&e -barning liquid over Wallis and his family. All were dreadfully burnt, and the boy died on Thursday. progressing as favourably as can be expected, Attempt at Murder and Suicide.—On Satur- day evening desperate attempts at murder and suicide were perpetrated by a man named Thomas Henry Gib- son, a printer, living; in Eagle-street, Holborn. The intended victim .was his wife, and but for the great I: resistance she made his purpose would have been ef fected. It seems that the two lived together on the moat.anhappy terms, and on-Saturday evening the has- i baodLshortly after his return home, went.secretly be- j hind hia wife and endeavoured to cut herihroat with a razor., She made a despprate resistance,.and he hay? ing succeeded in inflicting a wound in her thtaoa^, doubtless thought he.had caused her fatal injury^ and 'at once cut his own throat in several places. Thei police havingbean brought by the alarm rai^d by the neighbours, the two were carried to King's C&ll^ge j Hospital, where it was found that'while th;a man" had very seriously injured himself, ho had' but slightly in- jured his wife. His windpipe was severed in- two places,, the result of three separate cuts. Fatal Accident.-&,Painful excitemaat prevailed in Farringdon and its neighbourhood on Thursday in j consequence of the untimely death of Mr. Coieman, 1 superintendent of the Berks constabulary for that division of the county. It appears that en Wednesday night Mr. Coleman drove into the country en a visiting jrouaad, and met several of his men, but was sabse. queatly found lying dead in the road. The-thoroagh- fare, It ia said, was somewhat dangerous, at the spot where Mr. Coleman was discovered, and there is little doubt that he was thrown from the cart, and, falling onhig head; died almost immediately. The deceased, who leaves a widow and young family, was an. effoient officer^ and mach esteemed in the above division. He entered the Berks constabulary on its formation* and for some time was sergeant-major to the force, and stationed at the head-quarters at. Reading, but was I afterwards appointed superintendent of the Farring- don division. He was well known throughout the force, and the intelligence of hia death, under the melancholy circumstances occasioned a general feeling of deep regret among all the men. | Bitten by an Addsr: Desper&ta Roaae&yv— A poor fellow, tho other day, in the south of Prance, was making up fagots, or bundles of "firewood, in a copse near his cottage. His, name is "Wotor Plek While pulling a twig from the fagot he, felt himself sharply bitten in the finger, and "w an: adder making its escape at the, Eaoaieat. Tb,e man pjarsued the snake and killed.it,«d then .it flashed.across his mind 1 that the bite he had received was poisonous and would quickly end his d, So he took a resolution and de. termined to get rid of the first joint of the first finger of his right hand,, which was the part affected. There was not exactly time to send for a surgeon, so the brave fellow thought he womld perform the operation, him- self. He placed his-, finger on one of his or wooden shoes, and opeaing his penknife he arranged the-blade;ifarefally across the ifrst joints fixing it;with two or three chips of wood in its politico. Then-mak- ing a hammer ofi the; other. sabtsS,- he straok; it sharply I with the left band on the back of the, blade, and cleanly severed the joint. Binding up the fiuger, the young lellow went (Jaietly home, and laid apen the table before his astonished family the dead asp and joint of his finger. Mtarder and Suicide.-On Monday afternoon, at rah Hoiedfirth,near Hudderafio-Jd, a about 40 yesof age, the wife of Joshua Wiinpeniay, warper, Upperthong, committed suioide after killii^ her youngest sou, boy about a, year old. She left home about three o'clock in the afternoon ostensibly with the intention of going to the Netherland school feast, Whit-Monday being, the day when there,, are gatherings at all the sehools in the locality. She took her,ohiid with'her;, About five o'-clock a man named Thomas. Otook-, saw the body of a woman floating in the .water in Mark, Bottom's dam, near Bridge-mills Solmfittb. When bronght-to the bank it was found to be that of Mrs. Wimpenny. It waa also discovered that she had fastened her child to herself by tying it with her shawl, which she, fastened round her waist. On the bank of the reservoir there were found her bonnet, and the boy's cape, and to the latter there was attached a papar, apon which, was written,, -c Remera- ber poor Albert; "henme of the child. The bodies were removed to the Crown Inn, Holmfirth, to await a coroneeaiuquest, reason given as to iwhy, the wretcbea woman kikould hame committed the rash deedt,but, it is, stated that sha was very eE- ci table, A Destructive Between, four ana, five o'clock on Suaday af jerinooh, a fire, which, stopped-the railway commuuioiitioa to and-from Greenwichj booke out among so me hu a dr edso f loads-of stwawj beloagiiig to Mr. Wood, Wharfinger, whoaa premiseaadjoin Depb- ford Creek, and close to rail way anchss. It was near high water at the time, and fcvvo barges, one laden with cloveri aad thet other wtth strawi were lyiag moored alongside tbe wharf j the contentfk of, which also took fire, the formen> beings; wholly destroyedj and th&latter only slightly damaged. &Yeral jof the rag-- way, arches onueither eide ofcthe Creek, atre ased) as stablèB; and for the storing-of straw and clover^ andr-8, fra^h breeze blowing ftoim the,, east at the time, the flames other side of the creek, aad set fire lo aaother inunease load of straw, also wharfed outside, -and. belengingp. to Mr, Giibset. In a very r' short ttime the contents of' six arches, were found. on J fire, and, fte ftasaea beoame so great, syid. tha asaoke so dense that it was neoessary- to stop the passage of trains. The parish engine was the first on the spot, |olJo wed bjf other en gines frena London; Thai horses that were the,.atable were fortunately, respaed unhurt and at eight .o'otook-dn the. evening thteifira had so ftr abated that after aioarefulibspection 06 the ,archelf by Mr. Eborsjl^ the traffic manager, and other of the railway pflJcialst the running of trains was re- sumed. the loss is esttimated at about ^I,500i,and uafortuH^tely the owners wweeaniiEsared. Tiieorigia of the fire is not kaowBi Extraondtnqiry > Longe^ityi—Some rare illus- trations of prolonged existencp- appeared in th& :obituary of the Xtimes of the 17th st., where the deaths.of .six gentlemen wnkt,wo lads are recorded whose united ages .ampuvated to 704 ypajja, giving an average, of-exactly 88 ye^rs for e,Cq.' o ti:!f) eight pensonst The oldest geatlanvsn had peached the great age of 94, and the youngest 80 years Qf age; the 14dips wen 85 and 8S years respectively. Drougliria, Yorkshire,Tke lengthened -.con- tinuance of dry'weather, exiramely-hot days aad cold ftosiiy nighte, with,e "t windit; is making,badw.ork,on the elevated;; farms-in this-, county. Grass is da&y going 'oacki and the herbage.of the clover fields is dis- appearing: without beiDg: e4teu by th(i stock. ELirAy potatoes hapef,no chance of gwwfch and as 4or the turnip lands; they are so hard and baked that working i is- next, to impossible.. All corn, is looking, starved and r-oat-baand. Fermera-&re. fearing a< third dry spriag., » and preaent appearaaces ha.va had th^-effaai of lifting, the price of hay some shillings per ton. The Publite Healthi^Ia the week jasfe emded the births registered in London and lt, other largo towns ••of* the, UniteS Kingdom were 4,21 the deaths registered 3,280. The annual rate. of mortality was ■ 28' per- IjOOO1 persons living. Ih London the births iW boys and 94& girlsi ia all' lj £ hL9 children were registered in the/week. Ia the corresponding, weeks of ten years, 185t35, the average number, corrected for increase, of, population, was 1,970. The deaths regtstered in London daring the week weBe 1,1 It ? was the twentfeth-weekof the year; and the average ^number of deathssfor that; week waSj with a,correciaoa j for increase of population* 1^271. ia the actual narnber is about 200.) Royal United: Service Inatitution.-The r Prince of Wales, presided on Friday afternoon at a'leetare delivered at the Royal tTaited Service Is- stitutioa by Mr. F. A. Abel, F.R.S., chemist to the "War Department,, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on II (fan ,eotton, .andot\1er New Explosive-Ageats." The sub- jeet is one. of great interest tb military men, and accordingl-* drew together a numerous audieace Amongst the distingaished visitors present we notices weire the Count de Paris, the Duke of Sutherland. Si, F. Nicholson, Sir Robert K^aae, Admirals Stopford Codrington, Ommanney, and Buckle, Generals AObotfc Pe&ter,, Lawrence, and BloomSeld, Sir William Cod- ringtoa,.Dr,, Mouat, Colonel Clinton, &Oi, t AStrocious. Oatrage.—On Friday uight a. gir4 named Lucy Siior, died at Grimsby from injuries "received a ahott time before. She was in her 16th year, was motherless, and at the time living as servant with a.lady. On Sunday night, the 13th ult., she had 'been, to. church with her mistress, and after that went to see an aunt; On returning a man took hold of her, and, pressing his hand on her mouth, dragged her out of the way of the passers-by, and attempted to assault her criminally; Whilst she struggled he continued to drag her farther and farther away from where aasist- ance might be obtained, and after a short time some YOUNg fellows came upl and addressed her rather brutally. The man who had first iltruEiedher-cailda the others to hia assistance, and they threw her down, and coieamitted such outrages upon her as-to cause her dea.th. With one. exception the men have been com- mittedfror trial. Tiia following,, are the, nmes and occupations of these menJohn Craaford, labourer Thomas-White, fitter; Samuel Diarbon-, blacksmith's appreatice^ William Emptage, ship, carpøntÐf'I!I', ap- prentice-j. and Ed ward Nuttle, labourer, Jqhn Ch^n- trey, a bricklayer, was also with them,, bat was discharged.
A MIFLEMAN SHOP
A MIFLEMAN SHOP On Friday a melancholy* occurrence J1ed' ail; BaTtoa Moss, on the shooting-ground belonging to the 3rd Manchester (Otti Lancashire) Bitle. Volaateers, It is the custom of the mem bet s of the regiment, and especially of those who have made themselves, pro- fibient in ahootiBg, to attend the gnoond on daya of leisure, for the purpose of practicef; and dnringthe preaenthotiday aeaaom they have occasionally met ia large numbers. Corporal Andersoiii went with Mfr; Ji Whit worth, a compositor, and a member of the same companjj to the Mose on Friday afternoon, about three ootook. They were ahooting with others at the same targetwhen it was observed that the boy who should have bean marking was absent. They:Sred>seve?alshots afterwards, when Andersoii offered his servipast as marker. mr; WMitwerth said he thought of trying one of- the longer ranges; but Anderson said it was useless filing unless some one-, noted the shofeir aDd said, You' fire- at this rtoiga, aad It will mark. for you- Ha accordingly went behind^ the nSstottet. Several sotli1 were attar-wardS. fited, aad -at last,twhen one of the shotsf that stnu^ the target was not signalled, a«maanaaied; Deaa weHt up, to the mantlet, returningi howe-ver, without look- ing behind. Mr. Whitworth dredt three tiatea in auc- eessiCa,: striking each time, and still no signal was made by the disc; Remarks were made aa to the 's rangen of the ciptinmetaiica;and,-Mr. Whitwerth, throwing down his riflej ran forward to the-target. As he approached he met a man coming forward with one of the "diBcs in his hand; and tb0>ma>-n exclaimed,, "HaMo; what is that fellow- doing therer" Bfo, Whitworth looked behind the inautloti and there;a&,Ar Aadereoa: lyings oa his back, with his arms-extended, ■and quite- dead; A ball had etruok him in the ohaefe, It is supposed that be mast have been looking oat from, behind-d the mantle while one of the men was fiHiigj and that thus the melancholy event happened) Mr; Anderson was by trade- a joiner, and has tafb a. wMewcaad four eeilSretK