The Aberdare Times

JMtbøn Ccmspimimt. Jprt Went n right tr state that we do not at all tims.1 Mi if' ontnelvec witi our Correspondent's opinions, j What may be called the last public appearance of the Shah to a London crowd took place on Monday evening amid very unfavourable weather. The most extensive preparations had been made at the Crystal Palace for the reception of the Imperial visitor, but the suoeess of the arrangements was sadly interfered with by a heavy downpour of rain, which continued for hours without intermission. At such a time London is very far from being a cheerful-looking place. The smoke hangs in leaden palla over the streets, which latter are for the time converted into rivulets of muddy water people hurry past upon the pavements with depression plainly marked upon their countenances omnibusses rattle along to the tune of full inside," to the discomfort of those who, having sought refuge in doorways, make signals of dis. tress to the conductors; and caba are driven at a rapid rate, scattering sheets of mud upon the disconsolate wayfarers. It was on such a night asi; lis that the Shah was t'ntertained at the Crystal Palace, and this, combined with the thorough drenching received by Us Majesty on the evening of his arrival, effectually con- vinced him that in the matter* of climate as well as in other important rf-specta England differed essentially from his own bright and sunny land. The reported assassination of Sir Samuek Baker, which was circulated some weeks ago, is happily in- correct. On the 29th ult. Sir Samuel was at Khartoum in good health, and we have his assurance that up to that date the slave trade had been completely put down. This intelligence is highly satisfactory in more ways than one, for it shows how careful we ought to be before accepting as true, the stories which we at times get from the interior of Africa. Dr. Living. stone, we all know, had by rumour been murdered again and again before his discovery by a newspaper correspondent eighteen months ago. It is stated on good authority that the visit of the Shah of Persia to this country, so far from having been prompted by mere curiosity is likely to have an im- portant effect in developing the resources of his own empire. In replying to an address from the Corpora- tion of Manchester on the 27th ult., his Majesty de- clared that although he did not expect to create such a seat of commercial activity in Persia, he would endeavour to incline the energies of his people in that direction; not, he hoped, altogether without success. It now appears that offers have been made to a number of our skilled artisans to make a journey to the far East with a view of instructing the Persian workmen in the arts and mysteries of our staple industries. Similar results followed the visits of the Sultan of Turkey and the Khedive of Egypt some years ago. The terms now ought to be very good to induce English workmen to enter into a binding contract to serve a series of years in Persia, to abandon their nationality, and to agree to foreign naturalization whilst they are away. Wages are a great deal higher now than in 1867, for we were then snffering from the effects of the financial crisis of the previous year. The Sultan and the Khedive, there- fore, found little or no difficulty in obtaining as many of our artisans as they wished to engage. Whether the agents of the Shah will be equally fortunate has yet to be seen. The people of these islands are naturally proud of their navy, and of all the sights witnessed by the Sovereign of Persia whilst in England, that in which the mass of the nation took the most interest was the naval review at Spithead. It was assumed at the time that the gathering of ships was more powerful than the combined navies of the world, but we are now told by Sir Spencer Robinson that such is not the case. This gallant officer it will be remembered, was Con- troller of the Navy for several years, and left the Ad- miralty early in 1871. Sir Spencer maintains that we ought to have a more efficient fleet than we possess, and this we could have if the money voted by Parliament for naval purposes were carefully and intelligently ex- pended. He contends that the sum of nine or ten millions yearly is enough to give us a better navy than we have now, and that the estimates are not properly applied. I may, however, be allowed to point out that this, at best, is a matter of opinion. The navy has been in a transition state for many years, and even now scarcely any two practical men agree upon the kind of ship which shall combine sea- going and fighting qualities. There is a council of naval architects perpetually sitting at the Admiralty, and we may depend upon it that if inquiries and experiments can secure us an efficient vessel of war, neither labour nor expense will be spared to make our fleet of ironclads a match for any possible com- bination against this country. On these warm summer days, the crfeket-ground at Lord's is a place of favourite resort with the upper and middle classes of London society and during the recent match between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the assemblage was a very numerous and fashionable one, although an event which excites even more interest is the annual contest between the public schools of Harrow and Eton. I have often ailked myself who was the primordial cricketer-the inventor of those singular expressions which, like so much Greek and Latin to the general public, are so well understood at Lord's and atKennington Oval. Pass a few hours at either of these pleasant spots, and you soon become familiar with such phrases as a rare hit at leg," "a fine catch at point," "four added by a straight drive," "caught at mid-off." "moving the total up in overs," "removing the leg bail from So-and So's stumps," driving one batsman to the on side," "sending another to the square leg for four in OIM over," "a grand hit to long leg," "dead on the wicket," and a host of others too numerous to mention. However, there are peculiarities of description in every trade and profession, and I suspect that few outside a printing office would understand the meaning of the word chase," for the interpretation thereof is very different indeed from that attached to the ordinary acceptation of the term. No one can be surprised that the game of cricket is so popular in England. It not only supplies healthful exercise and recreation, but it is of infinite service in enabling a young man to attain a quickness of eye, and a condition of mus- cular development which cannot fail to be of value to him in after life. London antiquarians have been lamenting the proa- pectoflosingtheold "Tabard" Inn, in the Borough, the scene of the meeting of Chaucer's pilgrims before they set out on their memorable visit to Canterbury. The gite of thfc historical relic is in one of the busiest quarters of the metropolis, only about five minutes walk from London Bridge, where, without exaggera- tion, oue may see the greatest stream of traffic to be witnessed in any city in the world. Leave the Bridge on its southern side, and go dowti the High-street in the Borough, witii all its reminders of the bustling activity of to-day, enter an ancient gateway, and there stands the Tabard," as though to tell the hurrying throog of the quiet world which existed centuries ago. As one stands in the court-yard, gazing upon the antique galleries which run round the sidea of the building, the mind seems to be carried back at least five hundred years—back through the reigns of a. score of English Kings and Queens, to the days when the prowess of Edward III. and the valour of his army, won the battles of Cresci and Poictiers against the French. What a contrast to the life as it is to-day, with its never-ending excitement &ad its weary straggles for the acquirement and the mainteaance of A position I Compare, if it be possible, the restleaa energy of the present, the anxious look on men's faces am they pass hurriedly through the streets, the shrill whistle of the mighty locomotive, the swiftly-moving steamers up and down the rapid tide of the Thames, I the vast array of shipping in the London docks, the stores of accumulated wealth in the lofty warehouses, the marvels of the electric telegraph flashing the thoughts of men with lightning speed from continent to continent-compare these with the simple life and the uneventful existence of the people who once came in and out the courtyard of this venerable inn Pass out jEromthe Tabard," typical of the fourteenth century, to the busy street, only a few yards cff, representative of the nineteenth, and what a difference between the two periods! Seeing how rapidly our interesting relics are disappearing before the progressive require- ments of a utilitarian age, it is not to be wondered a that a-stroa# protest should be raised against the de- molition of oiw of the oldest landmarks cf ancient London that we pf?sses<?. Mr. George Smith, tfee Assyrian explorer, bas sent home an interesting description of a recent ride over the ruins of Babylon. After a m^ute examination, he confesses himself unable to make out the positions of various buildings mentioned by ancient majors. In modern times learned speculation has spent its atrength in determining the sites, but having seen the ruins himself, Mr. Smith is convinced that some, if not mottt, of the speculators are wide of the mark. He considers the excavation of the site of Babylon the most important archaeological work in the Euphrates Valley. The Arabs, having learned the va)ur of antiquities, are always turning over the rubbish in these ruins, and extracting fragments of tablets and other objects, while the trade in bricks from the mounds has been carried on for hundreds of years. Babylon, that great city so often mentioned in the Bible, is slowly disappearing, but Mr. Smith tells us that it is such a vast area, that it will take centuries to remove the remains. Some particulars respecting the cruise of the Chal- lenger have been supplied by the correspondent of a I' New York paper, who went on board the vessel when -d. was in Halifax Harbour. The Challenger, it will be remembered, has gone on a voyage of scientific re- a arch, which is to last three years. Specimens of marine life have already been found at the depth of 24,000 feet beneath the surface of the sea. Curious organisms have been taken up from the bed of theoceau unlike anything ever previously discovered. Many descriptions of marine flora previously unknown to the naturalist, have been brought up from extraordinary depths. As the most careful record is kept of the in- cidents of the voyage, and as the ship is filled up with every facility for scientific investigation, there can be no doubt of the interest with which the result of these explorations will be looked for amongst the members of our various learned societies. Singularly enough, just as the clavs are at their ongest and hottest, coals have again begun to rise in price, thus repeating the experience of last year. Twelve months ago, when day after day the sun was shining brightly over the metropolis, people wsre startled by a sudden and unaccountable advance in the charges for coals, and as there Wig a general desire to lay in btocks for the winter, a run upon the supplies was the consequent, and this naturally tended to maintain the high rates. Fortunately for the poorer classfs the winter was a remarkably mild one, and we had no cold weather worth sneaking of until the middle of February, whea in one day an increase of eight shillings per ton w"s rasdj, Wallsend reaching at last the extraordinary figure 54 <. per ton. With the ap- proach of f-pring, prices gradually fell, and for several weeks, Wallsend stood at 36i. The first intimation of an advance upon that was given to the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into our coal supply, and for the past fortnight Wallsend has been quoted at 39s. and 40s. There is no guarantee that it will stop even there, and as we cannot always expect such a mild winter as that of 1872, there is a possibility that the high rates for such a necessary of life as coal may yet lead to much suffering and distress amongst the labouring classes of the population. The principal cause of the alteration is the immense deve- lopment which has taken place in our manufacturing industry within the past few years. In 1851, the year of the first Great Exhibition, when our works of mechanical skill, our railways, and our steamboats bore no proportion to their numbers to-day, the ruling price of good coals in London was 12s. 41. per tOB, a third of what it is now, and a fourth of what it was some months ago. Every new railway which is con- structed, adds to the demand upon our coal-beds, and as there is reason to believe that coal is taken from the earth much more rapidly than it is formed, there is little hope of prices returning to the figures which so long ruled in the market. Every preparation is being made at Wimbledon for the annual rift. competition, which opens on the 7th instant. This is the fourteenth of these yearly gatherings, which are looked forward to with very considerable interest throughout the kingdom. The Volunteers who camp out on Wimbledon Common for a fortnight have occasionally met with singular experiences a* far as the weather is concerned. Some years, as in 1868, not a drop of rain has fallen, and there has been a cloudless sky night and day at other times, as in 1867, rain and tempest have ruled the elements, and lively streamlets have run through the low-lying tents at night, as if to give the occu- pants some slight idea of what real campaigning would be like. The metropolitan commanding officers have resolved to hold a review of Volunteers at Wimbledon after the distribution of the prizes on Saturday, July 19, and it is hoped that the spec- tacle will in some degree compensate for the absence of a similar display at Brighton on Easter-Monday.

THE TICHBORNE TRIAL. The case was resumed on Friday, the 47th dw of the trial, and it continued, as usual, before the i ord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Mellor, and Mr. Jv> >• Lush. Mr. James Weatherby I am one of the chief officer* •>; the Jockey Club, and the publisher of the Racing Calends which has been in the family for 100 years. 1 j;ruduce of the Racing Calendar from 18i9 to 1852 inclusive. Xh Brighton Races were neld on the eth and 9th of Aufju-" 1849, on the 7th and 8th of August, 1860, on the 6th and 7. of August, 1851, and on the 4th and 5th August, 18'2—al way on Wednesday and Thursday. There was a Brighton Clui race held in addition in the last three years, which were ran the day after the other. (The defendant stated in cross-ex- amination that he 1011\ the money at the Brighton autumn races, the latter end of 1852.) Mr. H. Avery, deputy clerk of the assize for the Home Circuit, produced the indictment and deposition* in a case trit d at the Summer Assizes of 1852, for an offence committed hy John Broom, Charles Suden, and John J im-s, for cheat- ing at cards William Henry Hemp, in certain games known as" wilful murder" and blind hookey." There was also a charge of conspiracy. By Mr. Justice Lush Were you present at the trial?- Yes. Was any person named Tichborne mentioned on the occa. siolls?-N.,t to the best of my knowL-ioge. Mr. T. H. Chose, chief officer of the Brighton police force from 1814 to 1844 to 1853, proved the proceedings that took place with refarecce to ihe charge and the trial, and said there was no witness named Tichborne the name was never mentioned in connection with the case. He knew the very well. !i'.v a Juryman: Mr. Kemp was about 22 years of age. He Waè not particularly unlike the uefendant. He had not so much colour. The next witness was a Miss Weld, a nun, the young lady mentioned by Lady lUdcliffe as having .been at Tichborne at the same time as Roger, when the tattooing was mentioned. She appeared in her conventual dres-s, and was sworn in the witness-box in the usual way. She stated that before she was a nun she had visited at Tichborne ui 1851 and 1852, and she rememberer meeting Roger Ttchborne ttitre at Christmas, 1851 She was living in tiie house with him, aud she gave Hie same description of him as the other witnesses had. Sue had very little conversation with him. partly on acceuntof his foreign accent. 8he remembered Miss Doughty speaking to her of Roger before he came, of his fondness for the sea, &o., but she had not seen Lady Radcliffe since 1853, nor had she heard from her since then as to t'.e trial. She was in constant communication with Miss Doughty during the visit, and had often heard her speak In Roger's presence, but not as to the tattoo marks in his presence. Mr. Hawkins proposed to ask the witness whether she had not heard in the family at t:ie time that Roger was tat- tooed. Mr. Kenealy objected to this as mere heresay. Mr. Hawkins urged that it was material to show that It was matter of knowledge In the family at the time. The Lord Chief Justice said that if it was suggested that the case as to the tattooing was concocted since that time, the evidence might be admissible, but at present it did not appear that such a suggestion would be made if It were, the witnesses might be recalled to disprove It. The witness was then asked whether the defendant was Roger Tichborne, and she answered firmly, Certainly not; he has not the slightest resemblance to him." Mr. Keflealy, in cross examination.-Have you a distinct recollection of Roger ?—Yes, I have Had he dark hair ?—Yes, very dark. Did you ever know a Tichborne with such dark hair ?— STes, Roger. Any other ?—Yef, Mrs. Nangle. Had he a twitch 1-Ko. Had any Tichborne a twitch ?—Mr. Robert had. Had Sir Edward ?-No Had Mibs Doughty ?—Xo, never The young lady, s dreacy mentioned, was attired as a nun, then left the witness-box. The family bead of f-vidence was then resume and con- cluded. Captain Walter Nangle, a cousin of Roger, w,s called and examined, and stated he had known Roger wtli for some years In Paris, and had been very intimate with him They were also together at Upton and Tichborne. He was, ho said, thoroughly acquainted with Roger, so that if he were to see him he shoulo recognize him. He should have been most happy to welcome Roger hack again, and that was the fueling of the whole family, who regarded him with affection. He had first tried to see the defendant at Gravesend, being mot t anxious to see hinr in 1867, but he could not do so. lie went to the ho:el aud seat up his name, but the defeadant weald not sea him. He watted until he should go out, hut when he came Oilt he was to muffled up that it was difficult to see him. The moment he saw him his conviction moat de- cidedly was that he W.d Dot Roger He had oftan since then seen and heard the defendant, who was the person he saw at Gravetend, and who certainly was not Roger. The hair of Roger was much darker, and his forehead was flat. HiS shoulder- were rather like a champagne bottle in shape He w .a extremely slight. The defendant was not in the least like Roger. There was not the lightest resemblance between them R< gtr, he was certain, had no peculiarity in the thumb. He produced a F ketch of Roger made by the wife of an officer of the Stliff in Ireland. (ft was produce and handed to the Jury ) Captain Mangle said he afterwards went to Ford's Hotel and saw who knew him, and said Sir Roger would be charmed to see him, but he did not see him, and he first saw the defendant at the inquest. Hesaw him also at the trial, for 40 days. and observed that the hair grew gradually darker. H. saw the defendant also at the I aw Institu- tion, Ajid stood cloge to him again and asain, but the defend- ant, though hi saw him, did not recognize him. Several of his cousins were altiG ti^ye whom Roger knew, but the de- fendant did not recognise the-a. In cross-examination it was elicited tjjat Lady Tichborne was at the Law Institution, and that he did ilot know that any one had pointed him out to the defendant. The next witness was Jeremiah Healey, who lived at the Club-house in "Clominel after 1845, as racket-keeper and billiard-marker He said he had known Lieutenant Tich- boroe, who was an honorary member of the club in 1851, and who was fond of playing at rackets, which he ulaytd in a flannel shirt Witness bad seen him take off his flannel after playing and put on linen, and had on those occasions noticed marks on one of his arms he coul,1 not say which, nor could hu say what the marks were, but the colour was blue. l'he witness had often seen his hands, and the tnumb si as particularly exposed In playing, so that if there had bees anything peculiar in it he must have observed it, but 1,e never saw anything peculiar iu it. Mr. Htwktna Vow, juet look at the defendant. Witness looked at the defendant with an indescribably comical look and burst out llióughing, in which he was at once joiued by Judge an ) jury, Bur and audience. Hare you ever S"11 him playing rackets at Clonmel ?—Oh, no. o? is be Lieutenant Tlchborne ?-I hink not. Cross-examined, the witnees said Nlr. Tichborne spoke with a foreign accent. He was IOGéI" on hiu legs, and walked as ii in kneed. The tatoo marks on the arm, he said, were blne. He had seen them a dozen times when he was washing, kc., but had not particularly observed them. In re-examination he said he was quite certain he saw a Blue mark on the arm, and it did not wash off. As to Roger's legs, they were quite well shap* d. He was loose and un- ytea^y In hi# gait, and when standing up there was a little Intimation inwards in the knees. in answer to Mr Justice Mellor the witness said he had seesimilar marks on soldiers and sailors. The next witness was a Mr. Scott, who had been In- firmarian at Stonyhum from 1841 to 1858, and whose business had been to take case ot the Invalids and dispense tlia medicines. He knew Roger Tichborne, and saw him i ore or less, constantly. He knew him go well that if he N. ra alive he should be able to recogi.ize him. On one oc- ca ioD, about 1847, when speaking to him, he drew UD his 1-, tre and showed witness tattoo marks on one of his arms m eeinsr th.m withes "Who did them ?" and Rt at said, "A sailor in Brittany, To the best of bis re- co sction there were » cross, an Wjehor, and a heart. The wi; .ess did not recollect that Mr. Tichbornei had any serious <T' ss while at Stony hurst. If he had he thought he must, [1 his office, have known of it. Asked as to the appearance of Roger < tars, he said the lobes adhered, as usual, to the cheek, and were not pendent (as the defendant's are suggested to b<;) He nevsr noticed anything peeuUar in either of his thumbs. His leus were perfectly straight, but in walking there was, from weakness, an appearance of giving way. When he was standing up there was no peculiarity. Bis voice was thin aJid clear his accent French. Tr e witness saw the defendant last Monday, and he saw him now. Is he the Roger Tichborne whom you knew ?—Certainly not. Roger had a pigeon chest, and so narrow that It was utterly Impossible he could have grown to such a size as the defendant. His neck was long and thin. Ills hsir was darker than the defendant's. In cross-examination the witness saM he had seen the mark only on one occasion, but that was at midday. He had a strong Impression on his mind that the marks were a cross, an anchor, and a heart. He had mentioned the fact last Thursday week to one of the clerks of the Treasury Solicitor. He had not forgotten the marks, but had- not drawn attention to them, nor had his attention bgen drawn to them since he first saw them. He always had them in his memory. Roger left, he sa'd, in July 1848. Shown, thj defendant's thumb, he said he never saw anything of the kind in Roger. He was never seriously ill while at the College. (The defendant had said he had left suddenly In November, 1848, on account of illness, after his return on the close of the vacation.) Ia re-examination he said his attention had not been drawn to the fact until larely probably he had mentioned the fact of the tivt.>o marks in course of conversation 'luring this trial, and it had doubtless come to the ears of the Solicitor. In answer to the Lord Chief Justice the witness said If Roger had taken any medicine it must have been ottatned from him. Even had a priest (is the defendant had sworn) prescribed for him, the me iicine mint have been obtained from him Had an application been made for any particular medicine it would have made an impression upon him. he was certain. Mr. Kenealy applied thst Mr. Glhbes should be re calted with reference to some statement of the defendant to him as to 3ome suppo sed malformation in himself, but The Lord Chief ,Tr,stice said there was no foundation laid Cdr any such application by any evidence of any such pecu- liarity in Roger. 1-1 o suggestion had been ma(1e of any such peculiarity until a question happened to be put by a juror during this trial which was supposed to refer to It. The juror, however, explaiued that hie question—which was whether the defendant had mentioned any other per- sonal mark by whkh he might he known except the brown mark "-had reference to an entirely different matter. Hav- ing heard it stated in the course of the evidence that Roger had been several times bled, and bled in both ankle", he desired to know whether the defendant had mentioned these marks to Mr. Glbbes. The Lord Chief Justice observed that he was quite sure the questioft of the juror had no reference to a matter which had no better foundation than a little Idle talk in the regiment, and had been entirely disclaimed by every officer in the regiment There was no foundation lor It at all as regarded Ro^er. And as to the defendant, was it to be be- lieved that, if he had placed any reliance on any such peculiarity, he would not have mentioned it to his adviser long ago ? Mr. Kenealv He certainly did not. The Lord Chief Justice T 'en that is the best possibla answer to your application, as it -shows that he never could have thought of it himself. Mr. Kenealy said injustice would be done if his application was not acceded to. Upon which The Lord Chief Justice said,—That may be your opinion, but it is not ours. Mr. Justice Mr llor I think there never was an application with less foundation, (r which it would be more dangerous to accede to; and I, for one, would never consent to it. Mr. Justice Lush concurred. Another head of evidence was now entered into. The original of Rog r Tichborne's will was produced by an officer of the PrQbate Court. It was dated in 1852, and attest ad by Mr. Slaughter, who had prepared it. (Tne defendant had said Hopkins made it, and that it was at Canterbury. It was signed Roger Charles Tlchhorne" at full length, and The Lord Chief Justice observed that this was the only in- stance of Roger so signing his name, and therefore this sig- nature was of importance for the purpose ot comparison with the defendant's signature to his first letters from Australia. It was then arranged that, for this purpose, it should be photographed. Mr. Kenealy desired to have the affidavits upon which pro- bate had been granted, but Mr. Hawkins said he did not consider them as any neces- sary part of the evidence. Mr. Justice Lush obterve-I that there was a regular course of practice and a form of affidavit. Mr. Kenealy desired to have the affidavit of Mr. Hopkins, the attorney of Sir James Tichborne. made on the occasion. Mr. Hawkins said the other side might put it in if they pleaded it was no part of his case to do so. Mr. Kenealy urged that it was for the Crown to put it in, but The Court thoug it otherwise. A deposition of one of the witnesses, a clerk to Mr. Slaughter (who had died) was read, to show that the will was executed at Mr. Slauguter's office in London (as Rog, r's letters goto show), and not (as the defendant had stated) at Canterbury. ao the same time as M ss Weld. I think that was in 18ft2, or about that time. During the visit I ofieu saw Roger Tich- borne. I should kuow him again in a minute. Roger Tich- borne had an interesting look—a melancholy look. I re- member that he had dreamy blue eyes, but with a great deal of expression in them-eyes that we would not easily forget. His face was pensive and melancholy- a iong thin face, a sort of lank hair, very peculiar it used to fall into his eyes some- times, and then ne ust d to shake his head. There was a little movement of the eyes at times when animated-that times, and then ne ust d to shake his head. There was a little movement of the eyes at times when animated—that was all. He was very slight—I should say painfully thin. I think that his movements were languid I never noticed his walk. I don't notice people's walk. I ttiuk his hands were bony. I remember something about tattoo marks. I seem to see them now. I think we were taking about the tattoo marks. There were three of us standing round, and be drew up his sleeve and showed us the tattoo. It was clamslly done. The punctures were far apart. I don't re- men,ber what they were—whether they were animals or not -it is very indistinct. The Lord Chief Justice Do you mean that your memory is very indistinct, or that the tattoo marks were very in. distinct ? Witness I have a perfect recellection of the tattoo marks but not as to what they were. By Mr. Justice Melior I think It was In the drawing room at Tichborne. I think we were all standing in front of the fire-place-that is my recollection of it. I don't remember who the three were. We were three girls, I know. I think Lady Radcliffe was one, but I won't be certain. Examination resumed I remember a circumstance attend- ing that visit which amused us all very much. I had a slight bilious attack, and Roger Tichborne had a sore throat The dojtor was called In, and sent us both some medicine" but I never got mine, because Roger took the lot, mine and his own too. (Laughter.) By the Jury Dr. Lipscombe was the doctor. Examination resumed When I left I asked Dr. Lips- combe for hiR bill. but he sa d that he really could not send me one, because Roger had taken all the medicine (laughter) I think Roger's manners were very pleasmt. He was very courteous ana very amlahle-aI ways a gentleman. Hia voice was very trying to me I often lost three or four words in a sentence. He sroke a mixture of French and English. I heard of the loss of the Bella and of the arrival of the de- fendant in England. By the Lord Chief Justice At the time I saw the tattoo I don't know whether Roger was in the army or not. I think it was just before he left England. It was after Misi Doughty had finally left school. I once met a gentleman named Bodson at dlnrer; he came home with the defendant In the Rakahia. At that time I had a distinct recollection of the tattoo. An occasion arose when I had an opportunity of mentioning it. All the company were talking of the Claimant, and the circumstances came back to my recollection as I have told you now. Now just look at the defendant; is that Roger Tichberne ? -Impossible. Cross-examined by Mr. M'Mahon: This would be about 1852, I think. Miss Weld, I believe, was at the house at the time with her brother Frederick. I believe Lar.y Radcliffe was one of the three present I don't know how many hdy visitors were there at the time I cannot positively affirm who were the three ladies who were looking on. How can any one tell precisely of a thing that happened twenty years ago? The maris would be about two inches in length, crosswise, near the wrist, and a little above it Roger liohborne just turned up his sleeve. The tattoo- ing was very roughly done. I cannot remember exactly whether they were figures or not. The matter hus remained in my mind till the present time. I cannot say that Roger Tichborne was in kneed. I cannot mention the time if year when this happened. I have to memory for dates, and I do not keep a journal. I have nothing to guide me as to the time of year, whether it was winter or summer I think Sir Edward Doughty was ill at the time. I don't re- member the month at all, anlt I will say nothing of which I am not certain. I am not certain about the persons who were there, except Roger lichborne. It was noc In 1850. It must have been In 18 1 or 1S52. By Mr. Justice MeUor It was before lunch time. It was in the morning I saw the tattoo marks on the same visit on which Ro^er Tichborne took my physic. Cross-examination cor tinned It was the end of 1851 or the beginning of 1852. I have taken no step to refresh my recollection on the tubjecf. I have avoided seeing Lady Ridcl'ffe since the qu-s ion has been raised. I thought 1 hao better come int. > court with my bad memory for dates, ti, an speak to her about anything. By the Court: I have no certainty as to the time or the marks, but I have a certainty in my mind of having seen the marks. I never saw any tattoo marks since, except the other day, on a gentleman's arm. They were well done, but those on Roger Tichborne's arms were very roughly done. What I saw was on the bottom of the arm. What there was on the higher part I did not see. Mr. B C. Stephenson, secretary of Lloyd's, produced Lloyds' List for the years 1851 and 1854. It is a record of the arrivals, sailings, and speaking* and accidents to vessels of all kinds received from their agents in every part of the wor.d. There Is no difficulty in obtaining an inspection of the Lists at Lloyu's. I Had from the List that the Pauline arrived at Valparaiso from Havre on the 18'h June, 1853. [ have no entry of her touching at Falmouth. She sailed from Valparaiso for Areca on the 8th July. She airived there on the 12th August, arriving at Equiqna some time previous to the 19th September. Mr. Kenealy having raised a technical objection to the reception of this evidence, Mr. Wm. Gardener, an attendant at Lloyd's since 1862, was caUed :—Ia January, 1S67, the defendant came to Lloyd's in company with two gentlemen, and asked to search the books. One of the gentlemen said the defendant was Sir Roger Tiohborne, and that they wanted to tMce the Bolla and Oaprey—that Sir Roger was lost in the iBella, and picked up by the Osprey in 1864. They remained about two houri e The search for the Osprey was first made. CaDtain Carmichat r was the name of the captain of the only Osprey that went t Melbourne in the index book. The list wa* then referro g to, but they could not make the Osprey's sailing tally wit e the Bella. One of the gentlemen questioned the defendar a abont the mn.e of the captain, but he was unable to gh t thtm iuy information on the point, because be had forgotte vit. I'hey theu searched for the Bella, and on louking ow the lost book they asked him whether he was sure it wt i the Bella. He made no answer for some time. They rea a over other names, cuch as the Bell, to ascertain j he was correct; and then he said, No, it mns* b 3 be the Bella. There was no record of the loss of the Bella i 9 the lost book. They fonnd from the Index-book that tll i Kent picked up tbe Bella's long boat, and they referred t the Kent in the index book and list. They remained abou two hours, and on leaving they said as Sir Roger was goin; j to Paris they would call again. I did not see the defendan j »ca'n, but I saw the other on several subsequent occasioni j They then searche ( for different vessels. They took note f from the books when they called. Cross-examined The defendant left it to his friends t { make the search. t Re-examined He did not speak with a foreign accent. j Mr. Stephenson, recalled, said thit the Bella was nc entered in the loss book, as no application had been mad to have her posted, but there was a record of her loss. Sh sailed from Rio on the 20:h of April, 1354, and there was a j entry that her long-boat, marked on the stern in yellow j letters La Belli, was picked up at sea on the 26th of Apri ls54, by the Kent, Captain Hopkins, which arrived at Ri from Baltimore. The round-house, a water-cask, and othe things painted in buff colour were also picked up. The wit n-sii said that the place indicated as that where the loiif | boat was picked up would be between 150 and 200 mile from the hn-J. Mr. Stephenson said that tho Osprey, Captain Carmichael sailed fio-n the Clyde for Melbourne on the 19th of January 1851, and was twice spoken with that she arrived at Tabl B ty, Cape of Good Hope, on the 15th of May sailed on th 29th of that m^utb, and arrived at Melbourna on the 26t of Jnly. The witness aho read entries as to another Ofprey an Australian coasting-vessel, which was wrecked on th 10th of June, 1854. The crew were saved. If a vessel ha, arrived as Melbourne in 18")» with a shipwrecked crew oi boar;) it would have been the dmy of Lloyd's agent to hav rpported the matter to L'oyd's. It would also have been th, duty of the captain to have reported the circumstance to th authorities and the owners. Mr. Robert Vining said that from 1854 to 1867 he was i member of the firm of Messrs. Via ug a id Co., shipowners of Liverpool They were the managing owners of the B :l a She was launched in Liverpool on the 21it or 22nd o November, 1851, and was on her sixth voyage when she wa lost. All h. r voyages had bei-n made to South Amorica Captain Birkett had the command of her. He was an ex parieuced and steady captain, in whom they had grea confidence. He had been with them for some yeafl The ship sailed from Liverpool for Rio on tbi 10th of February, 1854 Several of the crew ha( also been in their service for years, two of them for eevei years. They had families The captain was a married man and bad one or two children. The Bella was built unde: contract for the Brazilian trade, and was copper-bottome< and copper fastened. When she left Liverpool she drev from 141 to fifteen feet of water. She was fitted foi passengers. After she had discharged her cargo at Ilio sh< was chartered for New York. Slit left Rio on the 20th cj April, 1854. She was insured for about47,000, of which £ 1.00C was at Lloyds's. They heard of her loss from their agent; at Rlo. They made evry,inquiry respecting her; but fr-rr that time until the present year they never heard of the captain or of any one of the crew having been saved. The Insurance was paid as upon a total lots. After they were sufficiently satisfied they paid the representatives of the cap. tain and crew the wages due to them. 4115ormorewasdue to the captain. He produced the receipts dated in January, 1855 The insurance money was paid in September, 1854. The underwriters raised no d fficulty. No claim whatevei had been made upon the owners by any one professing to De saved irom the Bella. When such a vessel foundered, it was the duty of the captain to first look after the safety of the passengers. He would take charge of the long boat into which the passengers would get, and the mate would take charge of the other boat. It was incredible that the Bella c iuid have 12 feet of water in her without it having been known to the captain long before she went down. In a well-regulated vessel ih« pnmps were sounded every morn- ing and evening. She could not have made so much water through her seams without a collision Never heard of such a thing as a 1 the nautical instruments and all the provisions being put into one boat when two were launched. His own impression was that the'.BeWa was caught by a squall, and went down suddenly. Having read the defendant's ac- count- Mr. Kenealy objected. The Lord Chief Justice: What more is wanted ? The wltijpss has given his opinion what would be the proper and natural course to pursue under tuch circumstances. If that differs from the defendant's account, it is for the jury to consider it. The witness was then asked as to what would be the con- duct of a captain who had picked up shipwrecked passen- gers and sailors at sea, and he stated that the captain would make a distinction between passengers and sailors and the captain or owners would apply to the Board of Trade for compensation as to the sailors and to the passenger or his friends for his passage momy. Prior to 1854 the sum re- ceivable as to the saiiors would be V. 6d. per head per day. It would be the duty of t e captain of the lesculng ship to reporS the incident at the first port she called at. Iu Eng- land, on arrival in port, it wuulà be reported at the Custom- house, and so In any British port (Captain Hall has stated that there was a regulation to that, effect at Melbourne). Moreover, it would be the duty of Lloyd's agents to ascertain and report such an incident in any British port. In cross-examination it was elicited that the cargo, as well as the ship, was insured. Asked if he knew that a bag of bis- cuits and cask of water were found in the boat, he said he had heard it was in Lloyd' list3 at all events, it was stated in a letter from h s agen's that it was so of the Jolly-boat which was found in a different latitude. The Lord Chief Justice observed that it had struck him as a curious inconsistency. The longboat was the boat meant and it was found bottom upwards. How, then, could a bag of biscuits have been found in it ? The witness doubted if the agents could have written "jolly-boat" The ship had only three boats, a longboat a cutter, and a little boat. He should say the "jolly-boat" was the I mgboat. Mr. Justice Lush observed that Captain Oates had stated that the longboat" hid been brought on. The Lord Chief Justice observed that he doubted whether in the merchant service "jolly-boats" were known. Mr. Hawkins pointed out that the agents only quoted a newspaper paragraph. The Lord Chief Justice observed that the boat said to have been found with a cask of water in it could not have been the smaller boat, for the defendant had stated that it had no water. The wltntss was asked whether the fact-assimng it to be so-that a boat was found with a w. ter ca,k in it was rather against his supposition that the ship had goua down hodily. The witness stated that he furnished Air. Hopkins with a copy of the agent's letter in December, 1864 Asked whether he was sure the longboat had mast ano fall, he said he would not po3itively sw ar it, but the boat was pierced for a mast, as to which he was certain Asked as to the sums paid to the relatives of the deceased sailors, he said some had not been paid-no application having ever been made on their behalf. Seven had been paid and twelve had not been paid for that reason. Mr Kelley, partner of Mr. Vining, confirmed his evidence. He described the ship as first class," and strongly built, and copper fastened. She had three boats—longboat, pin- nace, and gig," or captain's small boat. The longboat was not originally fitted with mast and sail > he did not know if it was so afterwards. The pumps, he said, would be sounded morning and evening, a' d it would be quite impossible that 12 ft. of water should accumulate in the hold without it being observed until all of a sudden The ship could hardly float with such a depth of water in her; she would be "waterlogged, 'and quite unmanage- able. Indeed, she could hardly keep afloat, and would be in the very act of sinking Certainly she could not be long in such a condition. The captain s first course would be to clear away the boats, and lower them, and then provision them, the officers and men being divided, the captain in one, the mate in the other, and the passenger with the cap- tain. They would not put all the provisions in one boat (as the defendant had described) He never, in all his experience heard of such an arrangement. Of course the boats would keep together as long as they couid, but they might get separated, and then if all the provisions were in one boat the other would starve. He had read the defendant's ac- count of the-wrfck Mr. Kenealy objected. Wnere was It read ?-The witness could not say where he read it. The matter was dropped. Asked us to his opinion of the wreck, the witness said he believed that the ship went down In a sudden squall and that the boat was forced from Its fastenings in the struggles of the ship going down, the other articles found being such as were on deck. In cross-examination the witness stated that ships would founder at sea and go down suddenly, and that no rule could be laid down as to what could bo done in such cases as it must necessarily depend on the circumstances He was pressed with the fact that several piece. of the vessel's cabin had been found floating, and a ked whether that did not show that the vessel had been broken up; and he said he could not account for it, or say how soon a vessel would breakup after going down. In answer to the Lord Chief Justice, the witness stated that if there was time to get boats out and put things on board, there would be time to rig up a mast and sail, and it would certainly be done if possible, as it would be a'verv great advantage to the crew. Captain Reid, the commander of a mercantile vessel the Red Jacket, which in July, 1854, was at Melbourne was nea Jacket, wmcn V'„io'r'Jwaa at Melbourne, was then called and examined. He had a diary and referred to it, and found that he arrived there on the 13th of Jalv 1854, and that he remained there until the 1st of August »hin he sailed for England. (The case for the defendant has always been that, owing to the gold fever aud the d". sirtion of sailors, ships conld not be found for passage heme.) Out of a crew of ] 37 only six or seven deserted. Tne gold mania had quite subsided, and Melbourne was in Its usual state the desertlom, in fact, were much less than usual. He carried passengers both out and home, and there would have been no difficulty at all in a gentleman who had been wrecked obtaining a passage home. His vessel was weil known, aud was, iu fact, nocea in the port. While he was there he heard of no shipwrecked crew brought into Mei- bourne. Had such a crew been brought in, their arrival would have been certainly reported at the Custom-home and would a'so have been reported at Lloyd's. The regulations at the Custom-hou»e as to reporting 'arrivals were strictly enforced, the police, on the arrival of all vessels boarding them for that purpose. It would have been impossible for a shipwrecked crew to be brought In without Its being known. In cross examination the witness stated that the ship was a favourite ship, and that he believed he was rather a papu- lar captain. In answer to the Ldrd Chief Justice, the witness said that if an application had been made to him bv a shipwrecked gentleman for a passage nome there would l ave been no liffuulty in managing it, but no such application was made. Mr. RiUtone, .of the Pr'"ted„.book department in the British Museum, produced lh.e limes at the l^th May 1863 containing three advertisements offering a reward for inf'r'- mation of Roger Charles Tichborne. On# was in English another in French, and the third in Hpanuh. Ttie Spanish ad- verti»ementgave further information than the others bv stat- ing that Roger Charles Tichborne left Rio in the Bella. He also produced copies of the Empire, published at Sydney from May to August, 1865, ^,uan advertisement that a handtome reward would be given for information respecting Roger Charles lochborne giving t)le l!ate when he left Rio In the Bella, and the report that he was lost and psrt of the crew. sayed and taken to Melbourne. It also gives a personal desc.'ip'on of Roger and his position in England, informal ion to bts given Jo A! r. Cubit*, Mis in<» Fri ends Office, Syiine' He wa^ de.-ctibtd aj tall, with rather light brotvu hair, and 22 years of a^e e The Lord Culef Justice His mother described him to Mr. Cubitt as having ligrkt t rowu hair, and that he was 22 years o age. The latter wis decidedly wrong he must have been 26 years of age at t>>at time. Witness also produced copies of the Melbourne Argw. Mr. H. D. Cooper, in the employment of Messrs Gillow de- pose! I was in Melbourne ,rom./ „ ? 1§^7. I was then engaged as a report-r on tho Melbourne Arnus I visited irom April, 1854 down to 1857 ti e vessels toat arrived from England. As soon M a vessel hove in sight, I arranged for nay-crew to pull me alongSide her to board her, and obtain all imformatlon possible for pubH: cation in the Argus. Lists of everything In the harbour were regularly published in the Argus. I have looked at the copies of tha papers filed in the British Museum, A schooner called the Osprey arrived at Geelong May 10, li51. The court then again adjourned.

T ANOTHER SAD TIGER STORY. i A correspondent of the Times of India, writing from A kola on June 1, says ru" T>h^.r1 ^as a.very sad occurrence a few days back. > l be .ratel of a village, well known as a tiger shikaree » was aroused late at night by a tumult in hii cattle- 1 shed, and, peeping through the crevices of a door, die- covered master Stripes cooliy walking off with a calf. s The Patel took up his gun and fired, wounding the tiger, who immediately dropped his prey and fled. The 1 next morning the Patel, accompanied by his two i brothers and a Pardbi (the firit armed with a gun and i sword, the remaining three with swords only), went in search af the animal, who was easily followed, owing to blood-stains on his track. The tiger was first seen by the Patel lying apparently helpless under ?L f ?n he ^cautiously rested his guu against the trunk of a tree, and approaching the tiger pricked him with the point of his sword. On this he suddenly t sprang up with a roar, and struck the P.tel senseless. 4J.h? fcwo brothers then bravely attacked the tiger with their swords, but were both disposed of in the same manner. By this time the Pardhi came up. and swathing his left arm in his dhotee, torust it into the r tiger's mouth, and proceeded to hack him with his sword, but by this time the tiger was quite spent, and quietly fell back dead. By the evening all three brothers died from the injuries rtceived, leaving their families almost wholly unprovided for. Within the or three months no fewer than six or eight children are ascertained to have been destroyed by wolves. These animals are getting so bold that in I daylight, and within fight of their mothers, they come and carry their infants away."

it iSttIIantDus- iL IIOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL, C THE POPK.—On Sunday (the 29th), the feast of Saint Peter and Paul—the Archbishop of West- minster preached at St. Peter's Church, Hatton Garden London, the subject of his discourse being the office committed to Peter, which is perpetuated into the Holy See. In the course of his remarks, the preacher said he was reminded by this festival that the suc- cessor of Petf-r was morally in prison, though the world might say that, as nobodv locked the door, why did he not go out in the city of Rome. Did they think (said the preacher) that if a Foreign Prince bad establi- shed his sovereignty in London, our gracious Sovereign would drive out into the streets of this city as if no usurper were here ? Whosoever could think so must be heartless and brainless 1 No Englishman who knew the truth as to the state of Rome at the present moment Would wish that Pius IX should expose himself to the impiety written upon walls, to the blasphemy and foul- ness with which the streets of Rome are filled. Pius IX. was morally a prisoner for this reason :tbat Chris- laf lndignatiou against wrong, injustice, and impiety make it his duty not to put his foot over the threshold of the houee which is still pure and sacred to God, to go out into the streets of a city which are deluged with iniquity, BKE STINGS.—A correspondent of the Gar- deners Magazine writes as follows "On the 15th of Apul last, a young man, employed near bees, had the misfortune of being stnng. No remedy being near at hand, I remembered Mr. Gordon's note on the cure of io?oStlD/R' PaSe 461 of the Gardeners Magazine for u recommended him to apply the common soil to the wound, as described by Mr. Gordon, and it im- mediately relieved the pain and prevented the swel- ling. Such a receipt is of more value than gold to all who have anything to do with bees. I formerly used common blue for bee stings, but common eoil is prefer- able. Tn-Ie SWATT AS ATf AlITTffyR..——Tt la nnt. 5"V.l"l'y known that the Shah is an author, and that, at con- siderable personal trouble, he wrote aud published a valuable book for private circulation, in which he gave a fall account of the only journey he ever undertook before the present one, to Kerbela and N tcjjf, near Bagdad, when he made a pilgrimage to the sacred places. This was about three years ago, and he then obtained a vast amount of statistical aid geographical information, which no one else could possiby have pro- cured; a class of facts in which few Orientals take much interest. Nearly the whole, if not all, of the book was written with his own hand. Persian scholars say that the style is remarkably vigorous and intelligible. The imperial author sets before his readers the results of his observations in short, curt pentencet*, and is much to be praised for giving his facts in the fewest words. An English gentleman who has perused it says that the language is well chosen, and that the book would be highly creditable to a well. practised writer. What His Majesty Bought to accomplish then was to communicate to the most influential members of his Court facts concerning his journey which he tbought it was most important they should know. At present he is engaged in writing a book, which he will, no doubt, have lithographed for very general distribu. tion, about his tour through Europe, and especially his visit to England. GREAT BRITAIN'S FLEET.—The North Ger- man Gazette, writing in reference to the review at Spithead, says:— The culminating point in the programme devised for the pleasure of the Shah tias been reached: he has seen what could he witnesses in no other part of the earth—the miijht est and finest fleet in the world. Great Britain had collected a portion ot her fleet in one place and presented them in their beat array before her guest. With iust nride "wth a En^,lsh.wople point *<> these sea-glants and say ships here collected alone could we beat the combined fleets of all the world, and yet this la only a part of ou' naval power, which Is scattered over all the n the tlobe. seas oi MtntDEB, ATTEMPTED MURDER, AND SUICIDE IN INDIA,—A correspondent of The Times of India, writiug from Nagpore, describes the attempt made by a police sowar named Ghoolab Tewari, to assassinate Mr. Atkinson, district superintendent of police, Balaghaut. The sowar had first brutally murdered a man of whom he was jealous, in the bed of the Balaghaut river. He then hastened to Mr. Atkinson's residence, and informed him of hid having discovered J PerPetration of a murder in the bed of the river, and begged the district superintendent would follow hitn to the s-ene. Mr. Atkinson prepared at once to do so, and in turning his back to Ghoolab Tewari in the direction of his room, the miscreant fired at him with a pistol. The ball entered under the left shoulder, and passing between his heart and lungs made its exit anteriorly. The murderer then fled for his life As. sistance was soon given to Mr. Atkinson, and the wounds looked to. Although the pistol had been so correctly pointed, and the ball had actually passed through Mr. Atkinson, yet no vital injury was occasioned, and the patient is now out of danger. Im- mediately after the occurrence, the police were put on the tract of the fugitive. The pureuit became 80 warm that Ghoolab Tewari spared his pursuers further trouble by shooting himself, and thereby saving the reward of 500 Rs. which had been offered for his apprehension. IMPORT or CORN.—The Board of Trade Re- turns state the import of corn into the United King- dom from harvest to harvest—that is to say, in the twelve months commencing on the 1st of September. In the first three quarters of that current twelvemonth, I the nine months ending the 31st of May, 1873, the im- ports of corn into this country have reached the fol- lowing large quantities: Wheiot and wheat flour, 39,285,493 owl: equivalent to 9,351 615 quarters; barley, 11,905,411 cwt., or 3,333,515 quarters oats! 7 726,851 cwt., or 2 809,764 quarteis; Indian corn, 15,212.387 cwt., or 3,549,556 quarters—making a total of 74,130,142 cwt., or 19,047,480 quarters. To this may he added 1,093,906 cwt. of peas, equivalent to 243,090 quarters and 2,099,180 cwt. of beans or 489,808 quarters.. JUDICIAL SATIRE.—A judge had brought be- fore him a poor sailor charged with bigamy. Tne sailor pleaded guilty, and, on being asked if he had anything to say why the usual sentence should not be passed, said, May it please your lordship, my wife ran away with another man, an 1 left me with a family of children, whom my duties as a British sailor hardly enabled me to take care of without another wife. What ought I to have done?" "Prisoner," said his lordship sternly, I will tell you what you ought to lave done. You ought to have employed a posse of oolice to pursue that eloping wife, and to have esta- olished a case of crim. con. against her; you ought ;hen to have gone up to the House of Lords, and lecured from their lordships a divorce, and then narried again. You may say such a procedure would lave cost you £500 or JB600, whereas you have not so nany pence. But, prisoner, that makes no difference, [t is my business, sitting here as an English judge, to nform you that tnis is not a country where there is me law for the rich and another for the poor." A PARIS INDUSTRY.—There is in Paris an aged woman who has for the Jasi, 50 yeais supported her-elf by an industry ot which, we believe, she enjoys a complete monopoly (remarks the Echo). She mpplies the Garden of Acclimtization in Paris with foxl for the pheasants, which food consists entirely of ants' eggs. These she collects in the woods around Pari* and re- ceives about 12F. for the quantity she brings back from each of her foraging expeaitions. These generally last three or four days, during which she sleeps on the field of action, in order to watch the insects at dawn, and to find her way to their treasures. She is almost de- voured by the ants, an inconvenience of which she takes little notice, but at the end of her harvest time, which lasts from the month of June to the end of Sep- tember, her whole body is in a truly pitiable condition. Her services are, of course, highly valued, for, as there is at present no competition in this line of industry, it would be difficult to supply her place. SrRIKE OF ENGINEERS AT SHEFFIELD.— ¡ Nearly the whole of the men employed in the engineer- ing tiades at Sheffield came out on strike on Monday morning. A month ago they asked for a minimum advance of 2.J. weekly upon their present wages, to. gether with extra pay for overtime and out work. A few days ago the masters met a deputation of the men, and the former suggested that the question of increasing the wages should be referred to the arbitration of Mr Rupert Kettie, the masters being willing to concede the other demands. A mass meeting of the men wa- held on the following day, when it w iE, decided to le- ject the offer of arbitration aud go out on stiike. Ac- lordingly on Monday the engineers employed at all the principal works, with two exceptions-in which the men leave work next Saturday-turned out. Jn con- sequence of the strike the masters held a meeting on | Monday afternoon, and, after mature consideration, 5 expressed a unanimous opinion that in the present 3 s,ate of trade they could not advance the wages of he I men beyond their present rate. Nearly 1,000 men are I on strike, and it is expected to be of considei able dura- tion. If it la^tg many weeks the results will be most serious, as the large works will have to suspend opera- tions, many thousands of these workmen m different departments being dependent on the engineers for the forwarding of some of their work.

liTiTOME OF I BRITISH AND FORE L -°.- The Shah has the editor of the capital travelling with him as one of his ^-fl^teur steamboats on canals is There are two or three cuMing about ii may be picturesque, but the society is r The Times must be congratulate* of revenue. It is now becoming the f deaths several times over in that Journa The Illustrirte Zeitung has a headi NewB," a nice feature of our disorgan geatlve of worse coming. The Duke of St. Albans has pure by Stoop which illustrates the entry London at the Restoration, and which .11 the sale of the Meyrick Collection. l'he to Best wo' d, the estate given to Nell GH monarch." A voter praising a favourite candii election, said, He is as fine a fellow as a lady or a boot to a blackguard." A heavy safe, containing JE50, w thieves from the Victoria Railway Sti Saturday. A Scotch Registrar accounts for niph rate of marriages in one of his dist: it has lately been provided with a popuh Sir Joseph Whitworth has offered ] of jglOO, to lie obtained through the Soci bast essays (Ill the "A tvaotogfs that wot if railway c >ropiuies and limited compj each to establish a savings- bank for the their employ." Dr. Eliza Walker has been appoint to the Bristol Hospital for Women and C metlicil and surgical appointments wi candidates. The Worshipful Company of Me two hundred guluaas to the funds of St London. It is stated that Prince Adalbe queathed the whole of his private fortun some palace, situated at the Potsdam Ga morganatic wife, the Baroness ven Barni has offered to sell the same to Govemme is to reside in Austria. According to an ordinance lately President of Alsace Lorraine, all public d the local authorities of Mttz Tbionvi Chateau Salins are to be printed in Frenc l'he decree fixes the end of 1877 as the c dulgence is to cease. Another great fire is reported fr( by which the town of Hamilton, in Ne stroyed. The damages are estimated at The Port of London Sanitary Com precautions against cholera. The potato disease is reported to various places in North 'Yorkshire. T varieties seem mostly affected. Hiram Powers, the celebrated At has died of heart disease a. his residenc4 funeral was attended by numerous Iriend Italian and foreign sculptors and artists. No progress has been made during towards the settlement of the differeni building trade and unless terms are mean the masters and the men, it Is expected tl of the latter will begin on Saturday, July The owner of a tenement how tenants the other day that he was going all round, whereupon they held a meeti solution of thanks to the landlord for •' their rents, as the times were hard, and t] his assistance it could not be raised at all. At the ball at New Haven, during t] festivities .n that city, one set in the grt tained two governors, four ex-governors, army, the lieutenant-general, three m three brigadiers. Last Friday afternoon a workn self from the top of the Tour St. Jacq fell with such violence on the gallery rum of the tower as to tear one leg complet The remains of the unfortunate man Morgue. A ludicrous mistake was made by o papers of New York when the fire at th occurred. The paper gravely announced t !n progress in Alexandria, Egypt, and tha was in flames The total sum received by the Lor don on account of Hospital Sunday," a day afternoon to about £ 24.0U0, but c being paid in. Tickets of admission to the Floral; that the King of Kings passed through it Opera, got at last to be five guineas. guineas in order to catch a sight for oi Shah. An American correspondent says cards; which were put In use on the 1st ef popular, so much so that the Post-cfflce able to supply the full demand for them. received for 21,000 000 of these cards, but t thus far only been able to supply about 8, Although so large a portion of tJ occupied daily he devotes nearly three ho to writing his diary. He allows nothing this task. It is stated that when the Shah visit Windsor he saluted Her Majesty with moi and grace, and said that hisnerto he had from the day of h s birth, but that in futi) them from the hour of his meeting the < The English technical newspaper, established an ufii^eat Vieuna, ana is iltus the machinery exhibits. It intends, aftei Exhibition, to publish in a book—collec arranged—the whole of the engravings which are at-present appearing in'its colui The ploughmen of Fifeshire are agit hours and lortnightly pay. Unless their d« feared that crops will suffer. A new fabric, made of woven slai vented in America for ladles' drena .5— statned, and is Incombustible. Among the Artillery ia the Yiennt gun surpassing in power the famous Krnpl Crown Prince of Germany saw it he ren practically useless, as the report of the required would deafen the gunner firing th "0.0. ""■"6°. One of the objects announced for sp< week at the Milamay Park "conference, gathering instituted by the late Rev. W. the conversion of the Shah and his suite. The following parliamentary pap issued:—Returns relating to s'ihool board Scotch Education Department modi'ying c of the 66th article of the Scotch code, and timetables; fifteenth report of her Maiei Constabulary in Scotland. E-rl Russell has obtained a retur numher of persons tried for murder in I, last six months previously to the 9th May ] diets returned. There are nine cases in tl the trial, the jury disagreed in the otl verdicts were for" MaL slaughter." At the National Agricultural Laboni meeting held n Monday at Leamington, from Mr. Gladstone's secretary to an appl Utdon that he would present to Parliame extending household suffrage to counties had on various occasions expressed his lell anee of this question, and the leaning of 1: but does not think it expedient, consider holds, that he should present thll Pdltlon, more suitably introduced by some memb with the Government. In the House of Commons, on Mondi B. Cochrane asked whether the Foreign-oni) anything for the widow of the late Mr. Abb( at Odessa. Mr. Abbot, who had been tolrty connulay service, twenty-seven In Persia an had left his widow, with nine children, to for. As Mr. Abbot's health had been destr residence in the East, be trusted that the c r ,i °JPa a,n, ch'ldren would be made an Lord fcuneld regretted to be obliged to state office had no power to give any relief in a ca Cochrane would take an early opportunity matter before the House. At a late examination of the Civil Sen a question was put to them as to the meaning One candidate auswered that it was a mat water," Another said he didn't remember the word before, but it touruied to him as the pressure which the head of a lepartrr subordinates when there is an extra amour done." A rich French banker, who always pai in Paris, adopted the following plan wher gardoner to tend him from his country houst peas during the month of January. He desp pigeon with the following note under his w basket of green peas in the forcing house, an by express with the pigeon which carries tl bird is very fat, and I inttnd to eat it with ordtred." A rumour has been extensively circu obtained general credence that on the occasi visit to Woolwich His Majesty lost some c some say throe and some say six, the comi that tha p clous jewels had been cut away by some adroit thief. The police havehetrt loss, and the inquiries which hava been mac beyond doubt that the story of the lost diam( fabrication. A demonstration was held on Sat Alton Willows, near Newcastle, attends various collieries in the c istrict. Keso at two platforms in favour of universal trlbutlon of seats, and the meeting dete effort to extend the agitation. A eimlla also held at Crook, near Bishop Aucklat At the Quarter Sessions for Oswei Mr. Kenyon, Q C., in his charge deploi drunkenness, which he believed, not bourhood, but throughout the country very much on the increase since wages augmented. Out of Joity-niue casts trii quarter, tiventy-sevrn were charges of most of the remaining twenty-two were excessive drinking. Forty-one of the leading artificia Paiis have combined to send to the 1 epecimeu of thtir uuitea skill, which wi biy that the capital of Frajjce still re matter of urtiflctaLflower irmuu'neture tribution consists of a complete prt< fljwers of every description, peifectly hyacinths, the illusion of which al e the the roots; bouquets, in which one sees blown, and that which has been it, wild flower-1, the soft grey drwn of wi float away. ThiJ whole work ii amaivel unexampled patience. r^7witer 8^8 ^"During the au of 18711 was riding along a ridge iu the Blumentbal, the celebrated Prussian Roldantz, the great German artillerist, cime upon a battery ot Royal Horse A iora few minutes the German officers 1 they unlimbered their guns aud fired, th of an eye had taken no a fresh position at length they both ejaculated, Gio-I, v no such artillery in tne wo.id." But," 'you have not many of them."

CUTTINGS FROM AMEBIC An unimaginative individual on v ot Niagara, was greatly perplexed at the pressed by his companion*, and on one o: to him, Is it not a must wonderful fall i dt-rful I no; I see nothing woDderful in it hinder the water from falling?" A Nevada paper reports that the Nt: oaa have struck for 66 dollars a month and the privilege of the parlour every Sill He met Mias Kitty at a bill. Aft the we-ifher and ..ther thin* he „sli "w: i; your in'ther? "Oh,"said "I ha v -ell. her at hcm9. I eLeralIy do bblt; ,u.t it a home without a mother?' A Missouri paper publishes the na; clans who have had "bad luck" with thel; I should have no objection," sa husband, to my wife's having the last we be assured that It would be the last"

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VISIT OF THE SHAH OF PERSIA. VISIT TO TRENTHAM > Times gives the following interesting account rfthe Shah's visit to Trentham The Shah and his Persian attendants have bad a y*ehg ful glimpse of the English country and of Eiig- lish country life. His Majesty never wearied of the gardens, the park, and the lake at Trentham, and. tired as he was on the first evening of his arrival, not even the rain could drive him indoors. He wandered away alone after his favourite fashion, holding an umbrella over hia head. Kings are not as oth"r people, and on nearing the house after his walk, the Shah got rid of his umbrella by the simple expedient of pitching it behind him, wide open as it was, on the grass, where it executed several extraordinary bounds, and was finally cap- tured with difficulty by one of the suite. After his return from Manchester on Friday, His Majesty walked in the park, where he had the deer driven towards him, and went on the lake in a boat. In vain the bell from the turret, which, to judge from the melancholy .supplication of its plaintive tones, must have been rung by the cook himself, implored the company to come to dinner. At nine o'clock the S#c an<^ °arS ^je K°yal Flotilla were still in the omnp, and the Shah could scarcely be wiled away from the water and its bowery islands. The cook must have been on the point of destroying himself when His Majesty landed, and with his Minister of the Palace at his elbow, and two or three attend- ants at respectful distance, walked through the g irdens to the entrance of the private wing given up to him. T-here he dined alone, the general company, muxteruug over thirty strong, in the lar^e dining-room. The win- dows looked on to the gardens, the blinds were drawn up, and as it grew dark four thousand coloured lamps on the upperterraces were lighten, and the lines and arches of the brilliant illumination glittered like a fairy capital. Lord Shrewsbury's private band was posted in the gar- den, so that its music could be heard both by the Shah as he sat in solitary state and by the party in the dining-room. At the proper time, the skreel of pipes came louder and louder along the corridor, and Alwter, the Duke's piper, entered and marched round the table in all the pride of ribands, and tartans, badges won at gatherings, and of barbaric music in full blast. When this was gone Yahya Khan, who, as Minister of the Palace, sat on the Duke's left-Az ed-Dowleh, the Shah's half-brother, a Prince with something oi a re- pressed air, being on the Duke's right—rose, and speak- ing in excellent French, propoped, on behalf of His Majesty, 'The Health of the Duke of Sutherland,' who had received the_ Shah with such magnificent hospitality. This having been drunk by all present with great cheering, the Duke stood up and gave The Health of the Shah,' observing that he feit it a great pleasure and honour to be able to offer to His Majesty and those with him the hos-p^tatitiei of an Eaglish country-house. The Shah's heahh was drunk to loud cheering and cries of Shah Shah from the Persians Later in the evening, the Shah, aa on Thurs- day, entered the bowling alley, and witnessed with much amusement a grand 'match, in which his Cham- berlains and Generals covered themselves with glory. His Majesty even exchanged his tall pipe for a cigarette, accepting a light from Alister the piper, doubtless to the astonishment of Hajee Mahomed Khan, Cnief Kahvechee, in charge of the jewelled pipes and coffee seJ'.v^ce- The limit was reached wren the assiduous Alister brought some brandy and soda-water. The Shah tasted it, put it away, and waited till his little page came with some unripe grapes and sugar-plums on a golden plate. When the game of bowls was over, Yahya Khan having many times knocked down the whole nine pins at one shot, the Shah was even more in- terested in a succession of diversions in which his Obamberlaina and Secretaries tried their strength and skill with some of the English gentlemen. After breakfast on Saturday morning the Shah again in npected^the collection of art pottery from Messrs. Minton's, and purchased two beautiful vases. His Majesty was so pleased with Trentham that he has asked the Duke of Sutherland to give him plans of the house and grounds. Our widely-diffused wealth is still a marvel to the Shah. for his Majesty inquired whether there was iu England another house and gardens such as those at Trentham. Neither did the over active Hekeern el-Memalik, Deputy- Master of the Ceremonies, show an entire acquain- tance with England and the English, when he proposed that for sa Majeste's amusement the peasantry of the neighbourhood should be got together and made to dance on the terrace as in the opera. This is the place to tell a story which is so well found' that it should be true. Struck by the splendour of Stafford House, and by the host of distinguished guests whom the Duke of Sutherland entertained at his ball, the Shah is said to have observed to the Prince of Wales that the Duke of Sutherland was far too powerful a subject, and that, the Prince of Wales would one day be obliged to cut off his head. The anecdote-mongers have the Prince's answer pat, and certainly it is ready enongh to have been uttered by his Royal Highness. The Prince it said to have replied to the suggestion of beheading his favourite Duke by raying But you see it would be no good, because there are so many others just as powerful.' His Majesty's scruples, it they ever really existed, at the Duke of Sutherland's power did not prevent him, upon taking leave of his nobla host on r,he Euston platform, from thanking him very warmly for his magnificent hospitality, and the Duke has again deserved his popularity with his countrymen by thus taking our august guest out of the groove of a splendid official reception, and showing him something of that private and domestic life which is one of our chief boasts and charac teristics. The Shah's v sit to Trentham is, we may certainly say, one of the pleasantest memories His Majesty will carry away with him from England. In connexion with the entire success of all the arrange- ments it would be unjust not to mention the name 01 Mr. Henry Wright, private secretary to the Duke of Sutherland, nor should the beauty of the gardens and their illuminations be dismis,ed without a tribute to Mr. Stephens, the Duke's chief gardener, a man very remarkable for his horticultural learning and artistic taste.