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THE ICE ACCIDENT IN LONDON/
THE ICE ACCIDENT IN LONDON/ The following incidents of the terrible accident are selected from various sources, and may not prove uninteresting On Saturday and Sunday, and following days, the process of searching the ornamental water in the Regent's Park continued, and, judging from the number of spectators present, especially on Sunday aftemocn, the late calamity must have excil •<! ve-y ■mdc t,pread interest. Every position from which a View of the operations upon the lake could be gained was crowded with lookers-on, who, in reaching the islands and other proisinent points, betrayed their usual indifference to risk. The police and icemen warned them as long as warning seemed of the slightest avail, and then lay by for a time and waited the result. Those who had reached solid ground there was little use in disturbing, but hundreds of men fn skatin? arfr?11wib,h quietly looking on, engaged in skatmg and sliding close to the points where the L.? ere at work and the ice was actually being anc* pulled to shore. The secretary and erai members of the committee of the Humane ►society at once went upon the ice, and by dint of expostulations and remonstrances induced the ma- jority of those present to quit a position so full of danger. Numbers, however, chiefly lads, proved refractory, and had to be cleared off by a concerted movement of the police and park-keepers, who suc- ceeded for the remainder of the day in keeping the ice clear. In running off to avoid the keepers six lads fell in near the side, and their well-merited ducking obtained for them little commiseration from the spectators.
THE SCENE IN THE PARK ON SUNDAY.
THE SCENE IN THE PARK ON SUNDAY. Never, perhaps, since Regent's Park first became a place 01 public resort, was there such a concourse of people at- tracted to it as that which formed a dense living circle round Its lake last Sunday. No amount of the most attractive amusement—no grand display ot troops mimicking the pomp and circumstance of glorious war," could have brought together to the park on a cold and windy day like Sunday the tfng of thousands, made up of every class to be found In this great city of classes, who thronged it from morning tonight. Difficultwould It be to find an apter illustration of those noble words, One touch of nature makes the whole world kin," than that presented by the mass of people in which, from the peer to the costermonger, every station In life had its representatives. Death levels all distinctions, and here before the grim monarch's icy throne, aristocracy and democracy stood awed and silent, contemplating wltn what stern impartiality he had smote rich and poor men's sons—how his cold hand had alike grasped the children of St. Jamess and S:, Giles's. There was far more than the gratification of curiosity and the wish to see the spot in which so many fellow beinpg had been lost, marked on the countenances of the great bulk of adult visitors to the park thoughtful, solemn demeanour was ob- a01(1 among almost all, unbroken by noise or disorder of any description. CLEARING THE ICE. An excellent Idea was started on Saturday, and worked admirably on Sunday. Several gentlemen formed themselves Into a committee for the purpose of collecting among the people in the park as much money as would enable them to employ men to break up and take off the ice from the lake. A small handbill was prtuted as follows:—" Small subscrip- tions solicited to pay workmen for clearing the ice," and this with a box, was given to those entrusted with the col- lection. A bill to this effect was also circulated :—" The Ice- wells are filled, and the men will leave off getting out the ice nnless they are paid. Assistance is asked in raising a small sum to keep them here to get off the ice, and let the drags work freely." Durirg three hours on Saturday 31. 4s. Oid. was collected, and the committee employed forty-nine men at a shilling each 011 Sunday, 20l 6s. 6d was sub- scribed, and 132 men were employed at 2s each. The largest amount given was a sovereign by a lady—the smallest a far- thing, on Saturday, by a poor old woman who, in dropping It Into the box, said, "That's all I have—I wish I had more towards petting the poor fellows out of the water." A great many workmen came down freeiy with their shillings and Sixpences. Some idea may be formed of what progress was made on Sunday in clearing the lake, when it is stated that at night about 160 tons oi ice lay in heaps by the edge of the lake, to be taken away next morning by any one who wishes to do so. THE DIVERS AT WORK. The following description of the operations of the divers in search of bodies mav not Via — Divine — whicu is left exposed, very ir Sblebn?UU,r ed-7^ ir™ion which' the Subseq«enc screwing on have formed »^fa Plece" 0,je 08,1 Imagine that it must dressmaker how to^eave" thfhan t0 or'8lnal divl"«" to DrevGtit th* ° f hands and arms tree, and yet ties Tn th* ™ eJ fr°m enteril>g at those extremi- terminnH, o. *v? y the difficulty is surmounted by g },e s!eeves of the diving-dress with stout cuffs of vu!c<nised India rubber, tapered nearly to a point. It requires the violent efforts of two men, an assistant pulling open the cuff, and the wearer thrusting his arm forward as 11 he were delivering a knock down Now. before the hands can be got through, one at a time. A belt round the waist With a stout kniie in a leather sheath, a line to attach ko the ladder when he goes down, that he may know th« from which he started, and so calculate the riiatnr,™ traversed, two 6010. weights fastened ta l, ,? another line looped round his bodv "boulders, line." with which ;o signal to thoi a Called/ the urgent need, to be pulled up bv and th«°Jf' °-r' faae °* Is complete in all Importan^eZnUats but one. 8 eflulpmeut Till tha i » GOING DOWN Is not insertet^ard glasfPlate in {ront °t his mouth regular action k'» A?, Pimping apparatus must be in steps onto hu thU is 8Crewed l the diver head to heel ?Df,of hi3 comrades surveys him from of dUmksHi nn Vvf allls gives him a friendly tap never ommirt 5 met—a piece o1 dirin8 freemasonry nev.r omitted-and down he goes. Nothing but a faint helmet reaph6 *? heard lrom the air-pump till the bubbUne «t, fh811 6 °'the water' anrt then 4 rush and limited cirMl il he ear; *nd the ««r'ace of the water in a limited circle leaps and danctJs a8 if some large flsh were sporting about near the ton of the wTI,« U first as bright as silver, seems a. It sinkt to beon f and grows darker and darker in colour till recedes from sight altogether. Wherever th* 4 gradually Water was not covered with ice the track nf «?Urface ot the be traced by the bubbling, and even wher« ,dlver could tbe air could be seen endeavouring to escana i» i was white globules. As the man plodded about helmet close to or above the surface, and now i?ls length of line paid out, evidently down in holes seventeen feet in depth, and at a distance ot ortv or «»?r faff ,!r°m the pUQt- some Pardonable uneasiness »«,« tw Iu5ian,^ Pewons ou his count, rememberlne Inou, i1 v hls harness on he carr ed close on ill!! IML g and that the bottom of the lake was over- laia witn tnick, soft mud. It was explained, however, that ,ad at his command three modes of escape from V? y down below. He could either close the valve and he would fl>at- cut off the weights and he him11r, h^ fV0r,he couId signal to those above to pull Regent's We'line Taere were three divers In the down in °n Saltu,rday and Sunday, who each went mimites 'emaiiiing below from twelve to twenty-five thorcuehlt J e',and in the flr»t instance explored great mamf^# Portion of the ornamental water where the their Sve«»iLPHr80D\waa seen t0 g° down. The result of been swpnn? !^nsJ8howed the care with which this spot had by the oMv«« thedrags, not s single body being recovered search made hv *»?n 1 °ther hand, the minuteness ot the bringing up hatcheu ?en themse{ves was proved by their a piece of irm, »i hammers, a large wooden mallet, and course of th«rT dropped out of different boats in the at^me distant f day'8 Re breaking They also found fectly new and ^f11 eactl otber two pairs of skates, per- owners had' drJli straPPfed together, suggesting that the theguAace and them r,,DninP away Ou comh.g to to the cutting exposed while resting for a few minutes companions to n.?"h"ea8' ,wtod, one o( tbe divers told his for it WMwarmJH?' UP again, and let him be off, first ot their hamu ?°.wn They all complained at by waterproof glove* ^'hn- though these were protected the exercise. 'be feeling wore off with
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as Lieneeaaut Switt Mr wf° WaS,at **«*>ed t«er vVsiVra his corpaat the late English volun- In B'"a«eig a^d co"iunction with his colleague the 29:h North Qordo"' fel1 «"th the officers of review by th« TT. W les,ex' who were under arms on the that when tafc^ K* and on other oc<ft*'ons. It ls stated upon which, Uk" f ^e water dead hi. Belgian mldff prided himself a«^ volunteers who have them, he much breast under his coatMSln0ria1' was found attached to his It is stated that a i which accompanied its n,ast«rge Kowfoundland black dog, get back on the shore, rar s„°n tbe ice. and managed to vicinity of the accident, and wof, ref<Med to quit the repeatedly offered hiin, but he wa„ ,00'1 although go with St=rge»ut Jielil Ot thd A Ulvigi0nn,?^ Persuaded to sergeant ventured to take hira to a house i.?Iii r<lay the the park, but the moment the animal wa« i" "10. V1?lnity of to the lake in the park, crossed to the c«ntre nvee.H°vUI1?ed and howled loudiy until he was removed. Kever-.i i J03' have written, stating they wished to take charge 3 dog, and a shelter in the Asylum,' or Borne for i^st has been offered to the faithful brute. —Another accountof the dog, says: "There is hard'y anything more curious^ the whole series of after incidents of this terrible calamity than the movemeuts of the great dog, wrongly described as ?' tbe pure Newfoundland breed All the dead recovered /on? the water have been identified by frieDds, yet none of the latter have spoken of the dog, which could hardlv have f-i to one of the victim? without the fact beiDg known STlrviv'ng acquaintances. Of a l wno have n»mes of persons missing, none have alludedto still he r^Ce a dog and the dog continues to grieve The onlvp*m? ar°Pnd the water, refusing to be comforted. eitherthat th8na- "so^bof*06 whlchsuegestthemselves are his doo16 OI1^ Hmong 'bs drowned whose only friend mutt have lb HD l^'8 '8 baroly tenable, for the nwn by his 1 and lad v S0^ll\e5V'lere' and be must be missed at least he must have mi» i l. ^as surv've<i and returned home bi casually on th dog or that the dog, happeulng to scene that he haif fPlJt' b' came so excited at the dreadful any rate, there jg th Recovered from the efftcts of it. A* of a liind sergeant o^pov^ unclaimed, and in the charge Another extraordinary «• accident is the imniei,s7n, ^n>#tanCfl connected with th« which are )u possession o.?!r cf h,its and "tber property station, and which have not, )lt„,p!1,lce a.r' Warylehone-lane ives of the dead or by thoee wcaped, but which were f^und tne living who have water and ice after the break up. 8 on tlle surface of the ome of the first accounts given nt »v._ k ^ined, as might have been expected som« tn" K°» <eD COn" Mo.; »MInMmiSwaSfttflSK man who was alleged to have offered óOl. to any one who might rescue him from his perilous position has written to a contemporary for tbe pnrpose of denying that he med any words to that effect. It must seem very singular, that out of the forty bodies discovered net a single one has proved to be a female, although it has been alleged over and OVfr again that women were seen sliding at the time of the collapse of the Ice, that an orange girl was seen to fall through, and that a servant girl was immersed with her perambulator and two children in it; that she came to the oUTface wlrh ore child in her arms and the p^r'm^nl bu* that the other child never appeareo a? i'. meot was a'so made that five of the Life (in jia-.ioned at Albany Barracks were missing. A police inspector says, however, that he had heen t,o make inquiries, and had seen the colonel, who, on reading the statement, had the muster- roll of the regiment called, and every man answered to his name. —"The case of the man named Crook, reported as having died at the Middlesex Hospital, is very curious; On Friday evening a woman, evidently In deep grief, called at the Marylebone Workhouse upon the master, Mr. Douglas, whose very anxious labours have not by any means yet ter mlnated. She told him that her husoand had been found. Seeing her downcast looks he Inquired as to hIs safety. Oh no, sir,' said she, 'he is lying dead in the Middlesex Hos- pital." 'Dead? From what?' asked Mr. Douglas. 'He was iaken.off the ice to the hospital, she replied. 'and he died there an hour afterwards Thinking it very curious that the authorities at the hospital had not communicated the fact of the death, Mr. Douglas has made Inquiries, and he finds that no person died from any such cause at the hos- pltal; and that so far as was there known the death of Crook was a pure Invention. The mystery has not yetbeen solved, but Inquiries will now be prosecuted at the address given by the woman." From the list of persons supposed to have been lost two or three names may happily be erased. Ooe gentleman writes in person to contradict the statement that he is one of those who have been missing since the accident. A boy, Charles Meakin, returned home on Sunday night, after an absence of some days; and the safety of another has been ascertained. The most extraordinary case probably Is that of James Anderson, who was on the ice when the accident occurred, and made his escape, but did not return home or communicate with bis family from Tuesday ntll Friday ",fternoon. The ages of the victims range from forty to nine years, and of the adults six were married and one waq a widower, but none of them leave families to mourn their loss.
THE INQUEST.
Tuesday On Monday about thirteen persons were reported to be missing. The following is a specimen of the entries made in the workhouse books of cases Edmund Barlow, pri- vate, 70th Regiment Foot, on furlough, left his lodging In Edgware-road with his father-in-law on Tuesday morning, saying they would go skating, and neither have since been heard of. The inquiry is made by an anxious brother, who has come from the country for that purpose, and who is certain that his relatives are lost by this accident" The publication of Monday's list of names proved so far beneficial that no less than seven of the persons for whom the search would otherwise have been continued are un- earthed after an Interval of nearly a week. The reappear- ances in some cases are as extraordinary in th"ir surrounding circumstances as any other portion of this singular catas- trophe. A young man, according to his father's statement, absented himself from home because "there had been a few words between them." Another young man, having been reported as missing by the friends with whom he is now stay- ing, on his return found himself face to face with members of his family who had been seeking him for two years, and only came to the knowledge of his present addre88 by the announce- ments in the newspapers One gentleman havirg left home with the intention of going upon the ice, went to the country Instead and was ignorant of the inquiries on his account till he read of them In print. The same friend who wrote at the request of the family to report the uneasiness felt with regard to Lieutenant Dyer, has since written to report the safe arrival of that gentleman at home. Two other gentlemen seem to have been called away by pressing engagements, whilst one, strange to say, avers that he never was away from home at all, though anxious applications regarding his safety were made at the workhouse. THE INQUEST. On Monday a great deal of interesting evidence was given at the Inquest. That of Mr. Young secretary to the Koya Humane Society, and of Superintendent Edwards, disposes of a great number of the complaints and suggestions which have been made respecting this sad affair. It appears certain that, although the ice being broken at the sides no doubt rendered it slightly weaker, the immediate causes of the accident were its insufficient strength for the weight of those upon H, and their movement upon it while playing at hockey and other sports. It has been the custom for the last twenty years to break the ice around the islands for the purpose of protecting the shrubs and the water fowl. The tale about letting off the water is simply untrue.
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Wednesday. The search for bodies In the lske in Regent's Park continued yesterday, but no more were found. That there are othor bodies in the water Is the fixed opinion of those who have the best means of judging. Ensign Scott, one of those who were drowned, was buried yesterday, and had a military funeral
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Mr. J. Dunton, of Frederick-street, Hampstead-road, writes I was just making my way to shore, holding my two children by thehand, when the ice broke. One of them was a little girl seven years of age, and the other a boy of eleven. We were then about seventy yards from the bank. Without a second's warning, the ice seemed to glide from under us, leaving us in water quite five feet deep. The two little ones sank to the bottom, but rose again directly. I made a grasp at each of them, and was able to seize them by the shoulders, at the same time holding on to the ice with my left band. When I had them thus far safe I had time to look round. Such a sight 1 hope never to see again. Quite 150 persons were straggling for life. Heads and arms were to be seen all round amongst tbe broken masses of ice. Two yards from me a littleboy was drowning, and I could not render him any help; presently nothing but his cap was visible above water. He floated in this way for eome time. I stood In this posi- tion for nearly half an hour, sinking down in the mud deeper every minute, until the water reached my chin. I held my children as high as possible above water until I felt my legs being cramped with the cold. I said to the eldest. 'Is there any help coming, Fred? Wave my walking-stick, for I am sinking down in the mud.' Presently the boy said Father, a man is swimming to us, and we shall be saved.' On lookmg round I saw a brave young fellow plunging through the ice towards me The youngsst child would not let go her hold of me at first; but ultimately I got her on this young man's back. He swam off with her to a boat that was now making its way towards us. When the boat came near enough I helped the boy in, and seized the side 01 the skiff, fearing if I got in that it might go over wi'h me. I held on in this manner till we got to the bank. Numbers of them had sunk out of sight long before. In tendering my gratefri thanks to those persons who rendered me assistance, I do not Include that one of the Royal Humane Society's men who, although provided with a rope and corks, refused to attempt our rescue, declaring, in answer to the appeals that were made to him, that' he could do no good forus.'
LETTER of the EMPEROR NAPOLEON…
LETTER of the EMPEROR NAPOLEON ON REFORMS IN FRANCE. The following letter has been addressed by the Emperor to the Minister of State;- Palace of the Tuileries, Jan. 19. Monsieur Ie Ministre,—For some years past the question has been asked whether our Institutions have attained their limit of improvement, or whether new improvements are to be realized. Hence a lamentable uncertainty which, it is Important to remove. Up to the present you have had to strive courageously in order to repel inopportune demands, and to leave with me the initiative of useful reforms when the time should arrive. And now I beiittve that It is possible to give to the insti- tutions of the Empire all the development of which they are capable, and to the public liberties a new extension, without compromising the power which the nation has In- trusted to me. The plan which I have traced out to myself consists in correcting the Imperfections which time has revealed, and In admitting that progress which is compatible with our habits; for to govern is to profit by the exoerience which has been acquired, and to foresee the wants -if the future. The object of the Decree of the 24th of ivc'icber, was to associate the Sennte and the Corp3 Letislatif more directly with the policy of the Government, but the debate on the Address has not led to the results which were to be expected from it it has sometimes needlessly excited public opinion, given rue to sterile discussions, and occasioned a loss of time most precious for the affairs of the country and I believe that without any diminution of the preroga'ives of the deliberative powere, the Addisfs may be replaced hy the GovlrnmentUdent,ly regulated, of putting questions to the r«w °ther modification 'ras appeared to me necessary in the Stat»D? Z the Government towards the great bodies of the the s'6r.»J"ave considered that by sending the Ministers to debates rps Legls,atif to tike part In certain utilise a special commission, I should better from the termt » i?' the Government, without deviating arity among the Mi* « Constitution, which admits no solid- upon the chief of n! a.6r!' and makes them dependent only But the stop there. A lawwuih Is to adopt must not diction over < ffonces aaain.?r.<iPosed tor assigning the jurls- CorrtC'ion»l Tribunals, andVh *>ress exclusively to the power of ihe Government. rt'j18 auPPress the discretionary late I. ctclatively the right of as3emIJrl'y ',ece38ary to ref?u" within the limlcs which public restraining it I said last vear that my Gover^nd™s ground consolidated and capable of wa1k ^Pcm lioeriv I '• v I he measures I have JUst poln?i s.power and become realist. 1 rio hot shake ,be °word, years <>f calm and prospeiny -ave c«n»o|idated>cbnutftfteen cr*ar>e the strength by rendering my relations with the Jrilt public powers more iutimate h) securing to the cltlz^Tl8 law fresh guarantees, by competing the crowning of the edifice erected by the national wiiL ¡(j On this, lYionsitur Ie Ministre, I pray God to have you In His holy keeping. NAPOLEON.
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The Times, in commenting upon the above, remarks that what French Liberalism has so long looked and longed for in vain, the young men'B vision and J the old men's dream," has at length come to pass. Henceforth, as far as her Constitution goes, France has nothing to hope or to fear. The provisional and temporary period is over. She has attained her ma- jority, as it is not unfitting a lady should, after a pupilage of eighteen years; and we may contemplate her institutions, not as expedients justified by the memories of past revolutionary convulsions, not as experiments liable to be recalled if found to work less well than was anticipated, but as the la«t word of the Emperor, the final impress of his mind, the s( n.te in which France is destined to exist, unless some new revolution overthrow the basis on which her present Government and institutions are erected.
A FRENCH EXPLORER IN AFRICA.…
A FRENCH EXPLORER IN AFRICA. The Moniteur publishes an interesting letter from an old French officer, M. Charles Girard, who is now on a scientific mission to the Western Coast of Africa. The letter is dated from New Calibar, a village situated on the banks of the delta of the Niger. M. Girard states that no European vessel ever penetrated to this spot; rather a singular assertion, since he mentions words used in the country which are decidedly Eng- lish, such as creaksmen, and the names Will, Bob, and Dick, which are owned by the king of the country and his brothers. He has also found French muskets of the First Empire there, and cast-iron cannon lying about in the "streets" of the village. M. Girard's boat, of 22 tons burden, is manned by blacks, with whom he appears to be well satisfied. The inhabi- tants of New Calibar are mild and good-natured enough, except that they do not object to anthropo. phagy. They are very poor, and their country scarcely produces anything. Formerly they used to carry on the slave trade, which was a great source of wealth to them. They pass nearly the whole of their lives in their canoes, some of which are as much as 15 metres in length. J his circumstance probably accounts for the flimsy architecture of their huts, which merely consist of a few poles stuck into the ground and covered with mats. M. Girard relates a curious instance of the perishable nature of their dwellings. Having landed with a few instruments, in order to make some astronomical observations, up- wards of three thousand natives of both sexes crowded around him. Their curiosity made them very troublesome until M. Girard took up his sextant. This instrument, which it seems they took for a magical one, created such a universal panic that they all ran away, and in so doing, actually demolished a whole quarter, overturning all the huts that lay in their way. Their religion is fetishism God they call Joo-Joo, but their idea of him is so imperfect that they often apply that name even to inanimate things, such as a pot, a yam, a piece of calico tied to a stick, &c. The great temple, which is a hut somewhat larger than the others, is adorned with a few tattered leaves of our London friend Punch, besides a few French and Eng- lish prints representing various subjects.
A NOBLE DEED.
A NOBLE DEED. At a special meeting of the National Lifeboat In- stitution, held on the 17th inst., it was unanimously decided to present to the Rev. Charles Cobb, who heroically rescued a sailor from the wreck of the Courrier de Dieppe, the gold medallion of the society, and to Batist, the Coastguardsman, who accompanied Mr. Cobb, the silver medal, in acknowledgment of their brave services on the fearful occasion. The gold medal of the institution is very rarely voted indeed, and then only on account of extraordinary services. The last occasion on which it was presented was in 1859, to Joseph Rodgers, who, amid fearful breakers, swam ashore with a rope round his waist from the ship Royal Charter, and was the means thereby of rescuing 44 persons from that melancholy shipwreck. It is somewhat remarkable that on Sunday, the 6th inst., another clergyman, the Rev. P. Vyvyan Robin- son, of the Lizard, Cornwall, also proceeded with his congregation to the help of a shipwrecked crew. Ten horses were harnessed immediately, and the boat ar. rived in 40 minutes at Mullion Cove, but, unhappily, in this case every one on board the unfortunate vessel had perished before the arrival of the boat of mercy.
A DREADFUL CASE,
A DREADFUL CASE, An inquest, disclosing details of a case of apparently deliberate child starvation, has just been held in Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, and has resulted in the committal of the mother upon a charge of wilful murder. The deceased was a girl named Eliza Clan- field, and was stated to have been over fourteen yenm of age. Her father was a farm labourer, in receipt ^jf 10a. a week, in addition to a cottage rent free. iSia mother had an opportunity of earning another shilling per day when she chose to work. Evidence was given showing that the family nevertheless lived in a shocking state of filth and destitution. The children (of whom there were several besides the deceased) were usually kept in bed till about midday, when they were permitted to get up and each received a piece of bread, which, except on rare occasions, was all they got from the mother till noon next day, though they sometimes picked up a few scraps from the neighbours. They could not remember when the scanty clothing they wore was last washed; but their father's shirt was usually washed once in six weeks. The daily fare of the mother was described by several witnesses as being of a totally different character. She seldom sat down to her breakfast without having a rasher of bacon, and invariably had meat and potatoes at dinner. Her husband was a quiet, steady, hard-working man, but she had driven him to live out of the house, at the same time compelling him to allot her 6s. per week out ot his wages, leaving him with only 4s. for his own maintenance. A witness deposed that a short time before Christmas-day, Mrs. Clanfield met her and complained bitterly of the burden her children were to her. No one," she said, was tormented with such youDg ones as she was." Tin young devils would neither live nor die, and she swore she would kill them. On being expostulated with, she said it wai b t r-*r to kill them right out than to starve them, and added that as sure as she had a jug in her hand, she (witness) would hear of something bad before lODg. On the 10th instant Mrs. Clanfield went to the house of a neighbour and told her that Lizzie was dead." On going back with her this witness found the deceased lying onsomeEacks in the room where the family lived. She was covered with a sack, her single garment consisting of an old calico frock which she had long outgrown. A post- mortem examination of tbe body was made which placed beyond all doubt the fact that the child had died from sheer starvation. She was naturally a healthy child and had no organic disease. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Mrn. Clanfield, mother of deceased and on Friday after. noon the prisoner was removed to the county gaol to await her trial at the assizes.
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A MILITARY EXECUTION AT VINCENNES. Two soldiers of the Imperial Guard, Ciosi and Agostini, were shot on Monday morning at Vincennes, pursuant to the sentence of a court-martial, for the murder in the wine shop at Champerret (the particu- lars of which our readers will doubtless recollect) :— The execution was a grand and terrible military spectacle. A company from every regiment of the army of Paris attended. The 2nd and 3rd regiments of Voltigeurs of the Guard, to which the unfortunate prisoners belonged, were on the ground in full force. General Soumain commanded the parade. The firitg party consisted of four sergeants four corporals, and four privates, commanded by two adjutants. The men to whom the sad task was assigned were feelingly told by their officers, while loading their fire- locks in their respective barracks that they had not only a military duty to perform, but one of humanity, which required them to take good aim. The prisoners were warned at four in the morning that their request for the Emperor's pardon had been rejected, and thai thev must prepare to die One of them, Closl, received the fatal news with a coolness and courage which he maintained to the last; but Asostini's nerve failed him. The two priests in attend- ance fffected a reconciliation between the two men Agostini had spoken very bitterly of his comrade; and when at last he stretched out his hand to him, he said, You know well enough that you alone are guilty." Before mounting the cellular carriage in waiting to conduct them to the place of execution they were offered wine, brandy, and bread Agos- tini took some refreshment, but Clod asked only for cigirs, which he continued to smoke to the end. The morning was terribly cold. At half-past eight the condemned men stepped out of the carriage to the spot where they were to be shot to death. They were warmly clad in full uniform, with military cloaks around them, and Ciosi had carefully put on white gloves. General Soumain exercised the pre- rogative which the military code gave him of excusing tile men from military degradation, and they were shot in their uniforms When a French soldier is shot he is permitted, if he pleases, to refuse to have his eyes bandaged. Ciosi at first refused; afterwards, at the suggestion of his confessor, consented but ultimately tore off the bandage, knelt oown, and looked steadily in the face of his old comrades who were to fire at ten paces. Looking at Agostini, who, though with eyes bound, was not able to keep upon bis knees, but fell down, he said, in a tone of pity and contempt, "i'oor Agostini I" Immediately before the order to flre was given, Closi, in a firm voice, addressing the firing party, said— Dear comrades -I am guilty of the crime; but" upon my conscience, I did not intend to rob. I beg pardon of God and of you. Adieu Agostini, completely broken down by fear, WM obliged to be tied to a post before he could be shot at. The criminals were fired at separately. One of them, the reports differ as to which, did not appear to be qu'tedead after the volley and one of the soldiers coming near him blew out his brains, which scattered about in a manner shocking to behold. Ac- cording to military regulations, all the troops present flied past before the dead bodies, drums beating and colours flying. One of the Paris evening papers remarks that these un- fortunate men were victims of the system, much complained of, which allows men when off dnty to go about with their arms. There was a great crowd of Parisians on the vast Pja'o °* Vincennes, attracted by the news of the execution. Night cabmen who had seen the movement of troops and ascertained the cause canvassed mavy witn !ucce@s. But al1 the would-be sightsfers were disappointed, and had a cold ride for nothing, the military kept aU civilians outside their lines, and the spectacle ot the death of the two Corsican soldiers was witnessed exclusively hy tuo soldiers for whose example It was intended.
STATISTICS of DISASTERS in…
STATISTICS of DISASTERS in AMERICA. The close of the year 18CC has been quite prolific of statistics, many of which are of sufficient interest for English reader. The chapter of disasters, for in- stance, is large. The marine losses "f the United States'vessels in 1866 amounted to 751, valued at 31,056,100 dollars. During 1865 there were 502 vessels lost, valued at 33 794 300 dollars during- 1864 495 vessels, valued at 20,440,850 dollars and 1S66 is in this item far in excess of any previous yeir. Of property on land lost by tire during the year the report is that there were 501 large fires, at which the total amount of property burnt was 66,410 000 dollars. During 1865 the losses by fire were 43,139,000 dollars, and the losses in 1866 were far iu excess of any previous year, pnd nearly three times as much as the annual average for the past 12 years, a circum- stance that sadly distresses the insurance companies. Of disasters by which lives were lost, the United States during 1856 had fewer than occurred during 1865. Of accidents to railway trains causing destruc- tion of life there were 82 during the year, and by them 115 persons were killed and 607 wounded. Thi" is a-, improvement over 1865, when there were 183 railroad accidents, killing 335 persons outright and wounding 1,427 others. I860 also exhibits a better report in t111l" respect than any year since 1861. steamboat disasters on the various rivers and v.ters of the United States during 1866 there which C33 persons were killed, and 156 by 32 8Uch accidents, i,788 per- sons were killed and 265 injured; but 1865 reports a larger number of people killed in this waythan in any previous year since 1854. This does not include any loss of life by disasters at sea.
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Noticing the current disagters of the present time a New York correspondent writes It is now believed that over 300 lives were lost by the burning of the steamer Fashion, on the Mississippi river, twenty miles above Baton Rouge, last week. There were 400 psssenpers on board, less than 80 of whom have thus far been accounted for. The tide of disaster is not yet at the ebb. The boiler of the steamer Eclipse (a vessel plying on the Savannah river between Augusta and Savannah), exploded on Sunday morning, killing five persons. The steamer Salander was wrecked on the Georgia coast December 28 four persons, the only survivors of the disaster, have just arrived at Augusta. The steamer Cortes, from New York, for Havannah, went ashore on the breakwater at the mouth of Delaware Bay on Monday night, and be- came a total wreck the crew saved. The Ohio river steamer Nangatuck sank on Tuesday night; the pas- sengers and crew escaped. The steamer Morning Star (of the unfortunate New York and New Orleans line, of which the Evening Star was one of the boatshas run aground on the bar at the mouth of the Missis- sippi, and there is small chance of saving her. Besides these we have A dozen wrecks of schooners and brigs. The most important portion of the town of Paducah, Kentucky, was destroyed by fire 011 Tuesday night. A disastrous fire took place in Mobile on Wednesday night—the second great fire within a fortnight. The largest portion of the town of Granada, Mississippi, was burned on Thursday night of last week. Five blocks of stores were burned in Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday. There have been seven railway collisions and other accidents within the week in the United States and Canada, with an aggregate loss of twelve lives. A train ran into a coal oil train on the track on the West Pennsylvania Railroad, Monday night, and was smashed to pieces; the oil train took fire and was entirely consumed. A coal oil train caught fire and fumed up at Olean, in this state, on a day last week. One hundred and fifty infirm paupers were driven out of shelter by the burning of the Ohio State Infirmary, near Lebanon, Ohio, on Wednesday, It is useless to continue the list, which might be swelled almost indefinitely. There can be little doubt that nearly all of these disasters, with those not enumerated, can be traced directly to wilful design or criminal carelessness.
THE MEDICAL WARBLER. -
THE MEDICAL WARBLER. TIlls the wind good that no one doth blow, Taking mankind altogether. Hail to that wind which blows hard irost and anow, Medico-surgical weather Prospects of many a bill and a lee, Suscitate pleasing reflections; Ills blown to others are good blown to me, Namely, thoracic affections; Air-tubes, disorders of, also; catarrh, Coughs, influenza, bronchitis. Peripneumonia's gainful: so are Phthisis, dyspnoei, pleuritls. Numerous patients, moreover, accrue. Just now, from those inflammations. Which, a peculiar diathesis througn, Seize on the articulations, Nerves, muscles, tendons; rheumatic attacks, Cases, no end, of lumbago, And of the hip that sciatica racks. Down in my visit-book they go. Oft with a good dislocation I m*e*LVl|.1_ Oft with good fractures, from tumD s Caused by the slides on the slippery Thanks to the boys and the Bumble Thence too, do cuts and contusions occur. 'Gainst all those frequent disasters, Soon as comes frost, with my splints I m astir, Bandages, pads, lint, and plasters. Gay as a lark in the season of spring, Soaring aloft in full feather; Whilst for a call on the look-out, I sinf- Jolly professional weather \-Puncn,
AN ADVENTURE WITH A SNAKE.
AN ADVENTURE WITH A SNAKE. The Avoca Mail has the following Interesting account of an adventure which a young lady recently had with a snake:— A somewhat remarkable case ofpresenceofmind in a female occurred near the township on Monday last. A young lady, desirous of a walk after the heat of the day, took a stroll, book in banJ, along the western bank of the Avoca. Being "?EPLY interested in the book she was reading, she heeded not that her steps had left the beaten track, and that, instead of tiw winding patkway, she WM RCMGH the UMG GRASS. Our heroine WAS TTRY leisurely pace, when she was startled by treading on something which gave abundant SI^NS of life by a most extraordinary process of wrigglmg, coiling, and uncoiling, all of which movements were performed simultaneously, and in so dexterous a manner as to be highly amusing to any person not an actor in the scene. Observing at the first glance that she had trodden upon a snake's neck, about an inch or an inch and a half below its head, and that 1^0M the position in which it was then placed it could not turn its head sufficiently to bite her, she bravely made up her mind to detain the reptile a prisoner until assistance arrived, and with Spartan-like courage carried out her resolution. In about twenty minutes time she was relieved from her arduous task, and the snake, which was nearly four feet in length, was speedily despatched with the thick end of a fishing-rod. The danger passed, the fair stroller expressed herself none the worse for her adventure, although she declined to pur- sue her walk any farther that evening.
BRUTAL HOMICIDE AT BRISTOL.
BRUTAL HOMICIDE AT BRISTOL. A murder of a most brutal character was perpe- trated in Bristol early on Tuesday morning under the following circumstances A man Damed Sumuel Sinnot, aged thirty-one, a hawker, lodged at the B;t!moral Tavern. Lower Casc'e-s'reet. Ou the Monday evening he with hi, wife, visi'ei 'He mother ot tbe latter at her residence, Exeter-p1acl', Ilotwells where then; was a kind of tamliy gathering. About; midnight Sinnott and his wife, accompanied t>y Mrs. Sinnott's sister and her mother, left the HotweUs. ana tiiey all proceeded together to the bottom of C»stie s:reeh, where the mother and her daughter parted comoany with Mr. and M-s. Sinnott, the two f irmer go'nsr oown Old Market-street, towards the house of Mrs Sitmot's sister, and Mrs. Sinnott and her husband pro- ceeding towards their lodgings In Lower Castle-sireet. Sinnott was perfectly sober. When they arrived at the Balmoral Tavern, the place was closed, and Sinnott knocked for ad- mission Whilst waiting for the door to he opened a man named Ware, with whom Sinnott ISlatd to havn been on bad terms, approached, having in his hands a gun. Upon seeing Sinnott and his wife. Ware immediately aavauced towards them, exclaiming, "You're the i ve b^en waiting for. I'll give you knocKlng at people doors. Suiting the action to the word, he attacked the man and woman with the weapon, beating Sinnott savage violence upon various parts of the ?■ brutal was the assault that no resistance could be offered by the poor assault that no resistance could be offered by the poor man, and his wife went to his assistance, but she in turn was attacked, and received several blows from the butt end of the gun. injuring her on the head and one of her arms. By this time the deceasPQ had been knocked down, unconscious. An alarm, however, had been communicated to the police, and police-congtarie Reed went to the spot, and Ware was apprehended and conveyed to the station. On Sinnott being a) so taken there, Police-constable Reed saw that he was insensible, and therefore ordered the stretcher, and had him conveyed to the infirmary, but on their arrival at that Institution, the house surgeon, having examined the body, at °nce pronounced life to be extinct. Mrs. Sinnott was likewise sent to the infirmary, where she was detained, the injuries she had sustained being severe. The blows were delivered with such force that the weapon used was broken, a portion of it being picked up on the spot after the termination of the affair Ou Tuesday forenoon the coroner for Bristol opened the inquest upon the body at the infirmary, and took some formal evidence. The inquest was eventually adjourned for a post-mortem examination to be made. The interest excited by the occurrence was intense. Hundreds of people congregated around the gates of the in- firmary to catch a glimpse of the murderer, and the streets in the vicinity of the Council House were, later in the day, when the prisoner was charged with the murder before the magistrates, also densely thronged, so that great dimculty was experienced in conveying the prisoner along. Ware, who is a shoemaker, is twenty-nine years of age.
A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER DROWNED.
A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER DROWNED. On Friday the Trinity boat took over to the Long- ships Lighthouse, nea Land's End, the usual sup- plies of water and provisions for the three lightkeepers on duty, and before the boat reached the mainland again the black flag was hoisted at the lighthouse I which was not perceived by the Trinity boat's crew. The crew of a fishing boat that was a short distance off, seeing the signal of distress, pulled to the light- house and found that a man was drowned. It appears that Anderson, and Graham, two of the lightkeepers, had assisted in landing the provisions, and then re- mained on a ledge of the rocks washing clothes. Suddenly a heavy sea came in and washed Anderson into the water, and he was carried away by the great run of tide which prevails there, aud soon disappeared. Mr. Smith, the head lightkeeper, sent a letter ashore by the fishing boat announcing the melancholy fact. It is singular that Anderson succeeded the man who was drowned art the Longshlps Lighthouse a few months ago. It might not lie generally known that the force of the Sea and tide ia so sreat at the Land's End that frequently A boat cannot be got across to the lighthouse for a week or ten days, or even more, in rough weather.
THE TREASURES IN THE SEWERS.
THE TREASURES IN THE SEWERS. Several years ago a little German Jew, NAMED Schwartz, believing that in the sewers of New York mi!ht be found many articles of value which had been lost, entered them, and for three days wandered through the labyrinth. He was very successful, pick- ing up some 27.000 dols. worth oi jewellery, spoons, forks, &c. but having lost his WAY the first day, he believed that he might have found much more could he have carried out the original phm, which was to visit Fifth and Madison Avenues, Broadway, and the wealthy portions of the city, SO GREAT, however, were the difficulties audda'igers which lie encountered, that nothing could induce him again to visit "New York underground." His adventure for a time created quite a little sensation, but there were none venturous enough to attempt a second, until Wednesday of last week (we are quoting from a New York paper), when an adventurous party of three entered the sewer of Houston Street, at the ferry on EA^T Hiver, intending to remain for one week, during which time they pro- posed visiting every portiou of the city where there seemed to be any chalice of finding treasnre-trove. The party consisted of Mary Walker, a young girl of eighteen, her brother James, aged sixteen, and Michael Grady, a man of fifty. The result of a week's search is roughly estimated at 1,500,000 dols. I saw the treasures yesterday piled in three heaps on the floor, and the jeweller informed me that it must have cost over 3,000,000 dels., hut in consequence of the old-fashioned style of setting, its bruised, battered, and corroded condition, its value was reduced to about one half. A little over a bushel (how queer it sounds to tulk OF jewellery by the bushel) has been sorted, and among it has heen found one diamond ring valued at 16,000 d II. two more valued at 5,000 do and half a dozen valued at 3,000 dols. and upwards The most curious is a plain gold ring, inscribed the inside in Dutch, 'Peter Stuyvesaut to wife." It is an heirloom of the Stuyvesant, and was stolen, with other jewellery, last March by burglars. How it came into the sewer is A problem for philosophers to speculate about. Misa Walker and her brother, who find themselves thus lifted suddenly from penury to great wealth, intend to proceed to England, where tfcey have relatives. Grady has not been seen since he ventured alone upon a trip one day, and he is sup- posed to have perished.
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THE CARLTON MURDER-COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS. At a special sitting of the Nottinghamshire county magistrates on Saturday, John and Mary Watson were brought up on remand charged with the wilful murder of Mr. H. Raynor, at Carlton, on the 17th November last. There were forty-three witnesses ex- aminer), but the facts relating to the murder have been already printed. Dr. Alfred Swain Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, said he had had a quantity of articles, numbering between fifty and sixty, submitted to him by Superintendent Palethorpe, and made a minute analysis of them. He found spots of blood upon a lilac dress, a pair of corduroy trousers, a woman's hood, a towel, a table, and other articles. The blood on the dress, the trousers, and other articles, was human blood. The blood found upon the table had come from a living body. Some pieces of plaster from Watson's house were amongst the articles he examined In them he found stains of blood which corresponded with the analysis of the spots on the articles of clothing. On the coal-rake found in the prisoner's house there was the appearance of something charred. A hat, similar to that worn by the deceased, was amongst the articles given to him by Superintendent Palethorpe. He (Dr. Taylor) burnt half of it, and it produced a similar charr to that found upon the coal-rake. Superintendent Palethorpe spoke to male prisoner's boots exactly corresponding with the footmarks found in the fields. He searched Watson's house, and found spots -of blood on the female prisoner's boots. Serjeant Brown said he was at Watson's house on the morning after the murder. Mrs. Watson had on an apron stained with blood, and he took possession of it. The poker was bent, and he took possession of that also. He found several other articles stained with blood. When the fourth pair of Watson's boots were found there were two spots on them. Prisoner looked at them very carefully and said, It is not blood, is it ?" This was before the word blood had been men- tioned by any one. These were amongst the articles sent to Dr. Taylor. Elizabeth Poole upon searching the female prisoner found a white bag containing 7L Frederick Brown (Raynor s clerk) identified the bag as being the property of his late master. Upen being formally charged with the murder, the female prisoner said-— I wish to say before this court that I am innocent, and I am ready to swear it, and shall do so until the time of my death. My hands are clean. I swear before my God that I have neither touched Henry Raynor or his clothes. As to the blood found upon my garments it was not his blood. I never saw Raynor dead or alive after I saw him when my mother and the boy Claringbourne were with me. Both the prisoners were then fully committed for trial at the next assizes.
A WONDERFUL OIL!
A WONDERFUL OIL! The Weekly Register in its last number gives an in- teresting account of a M. Dupont of Tours, who in his bachelor days, was un diable d'homme, but whose married life edified all Touraine. Having in the course of years been bereaved of his wife and his only daughter, M. Dupont has since devoted himself entirely to prayer and good works, and his reward here on earth has been that the oil of a lamp which he burns under a picture of the Saviour in his bedroom has been endowed with curative powers to which all known diseases succumb-some instantaneously, others after a while, but all surely. The Register records the fol- lowing :— A young peasant girl afflicted with a large and painful goitre conceived the unselfish idea that if she could get rid of it the miracle might possibly convert to Catholicism cer- tain stiff-necked Protestants of her village. She applied to M. Dupont, was cured in an Instant, and as she hoped, no less than seven Protestants became Catholics on the spot. The Due de la Rochefoucault was lying ill and delirious, the faculty had. given him over; M. Dupont and his 011 were called in, and his grace at onoe recovered his health and his reason. This miracle, the Register assures us, has been attested by the Emperor and Empress of France and six thousand other people. A lady who had been bed- ridden and a cripple for fourteen years was carried Into M. Dupont's house, prayed over and anointed. In this case the cure was rather slow, for the lady could not manage to walk more than three miles the next day, but in a very short time she became as stronc and active on her legs as the had ever been in her life. In gratitude to M. Dnpont this lady brought him her maid-servant, suffering from a large and deep oMeer. A slight application of the oil and a short prsyef radically extirpated the cancer, and the girl's fledh was restored to its original healthy condition. The Archbishop of Tours is behaving in rather an unsatisfactory manner towards M. Dupont and his oil all he can be induced to say is that the gift of healing may have been vouchsafed to that excellent man. This is of course very irritating to the believers of the neighbourhood, who more than insinuate that the Archbishop is in league with the medical pro- fession of the city.
THE HORSE AND THE CARTE.
THE HORSE AND THE CARTE. Among the quantity of literary and scientific news, the Athenceum naively tells us that— The Parisians have taker: so kindly to horseflesh that, it fa stated, no less than 43,000 lb. ot thh substance is sold weekly by the Paris butchers. Is "this substance," we wonder, sold as horse- flesh by the butchers, or do they dispose of it by the pseudonym of beef? Under the latter supposition, we can easily conceive that a great quantity is weekly distributed in Paris. Ignorance is bliss, sometimes, and people with good appetites may doubtless be made happy with a juicy slice of horseflesh, if it be only served up with the name of a beefsteak. With French cookery it is impossible to distinguish between mea's of one sort and another, and a man might very easily swallow horseflesh without knowing it, and po-slhly, if hungry, he might like it very much. Sam Wetter -mentions a veal-pieman who found cats were very useful in the making of veal pies, and doubtless many a horse in Paris has been made into beefsteaks. Punch.
SHOCKING CASE OF CRUELTY AND…
SHOCKING CASE OF CRUELTY AND STARVATION. At Gainsborough on Friday, Alfred and Sarah Blow, man and wife, were charged with the wilful murder of the illegitimate child of the female prisoner. P.S. Wynne deposed that the female prisoner came to him by the relieving officer's directions, to tell him of the death of her child. She said it had been ailing, and on Sunday had a fall downstairs, but she did not think it had broken its neck. It lived till Monday morning, No doctor had seen it. An inquest was subsequently held, and an open verdict returned. No medical evidence was taken at the inquest. Witness subsequently gave instructions for a post-mortem examination, which was performed by Dr. Dmgan, and, on the result being made known, he caused botn prisoners to be apprehended on the charge of causing the death of the child by starvation, neglect, and ill- treatment. —Dr. Duigan said the post-mortem exami- nation showed that the child was full grown, but exceedingly wasted and attenuated. There were bruises on the head and face, and two gaping wounds on each side the hip, one gaping to the extent of one and ahalf inches; and both three inches long, and going through the skin and muscular fibre down to the bone. They might be caused by cords tied round the body. There were dry excorations over the knee, and dry sores all over the body. The stomach he found completely empty. The intestines were also quite empty, and very much contracted from inanition. There was no trace of any kind of food. The child did not weigh more tnan one of six or eight months. His conclusion from the ex- amination was that the child's death was caused by the want of food and inattention, accelerated, probably, by the injuries to the head.—Eliazbeth Booth, who had nursed the female prisoner through a fever five months ago, said that the child, during the three weeks she was there, was systematically ill-treated. She had seen the male prisoner knock the child down with his fists, and would not allow her to pick it up. When he came home from work he used to thrash it with a stick, for no apparent cause, and would never allow it to come to the same table as himsplf. Witness had also seen him lift the child up by the hair of the head, and shoot its knuckles with his fingers till it could hardly stand. The mother encouraged him to strike it. She used to call downstairs, Hit it, hit it >"—Elizabeth Green said she had seen the husband put the child up the chimney, a fire being in the grate at the time, and other- wise ill use it. She had seen the mother also strike it un. mercifully with a stick.—Another witness declared that the child had been tied in a chair with cords, in a room without a fire, from six till bed-time, frequently during the recent severe weather, on the plea tha.t it was dirty.—Both prisoners were committed to Lincoln assizes on the charge of wilful murder.
THE JAMAICA COMMITTEE.
THE JAMAICA COMMITTEE. [ADVERTISEMENT,] The Jfamaica Committee respectfully announces that in order to carry out if possible, the views of its members, and to divest Great Britain of the incum- brances called Colonies, no better plan can be sug- gested than the prosecution of such of her Majesty's officers as may be selected for colonial Governments, and who may have occasion to save the colonies in their charge. When such treatment shall have rendered it impossible to obtain high-class officials for the Dependencies, the latter will be disgusted into severing a tie which, for patriotic reasons only, the Committee desires should be broken. As such prose- cutions are expensive, subscriptions are solicited. Punch.
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THE TICHBORNE FAMILY. Mr. John Holmes, of 25, Poultry, London, solid- tor for Sir R. C. D. Ticbhorne, Bart., has sent the following letter for publication to the daily papers Romany vagus statements having appeared In the pres1 with reference to Sir Roger Tichborne, r tnink it righi, to inform you that T accompanied him and aiioctier K^ntiunist, to Paris on the 10 th inst., where his mot.Hr, the p.iwagsr Lady Jarr.exD nwhiy Tichborne,Instan-iy recogrukd and. acknow- ledged Sir Roger as her son, andi has speut the )an ten days with him. I only e^ning, and have brought with me the nt_ ry fleclaivtioiis ol Sir Roger's Identity, taken at the ^rmsti emW sy in his pr< smca ar,<i t^iat of her ladyship ana ,lie two most distinguished English physicians in Acting under the advice of counsel, Sir Roger will now take the requisite steps to obtain po$fe3 gion of his estate.
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jjowthat the Tichborne romance is exciting so much at- tention, the following from Chambers' Rv,k of D tys." and WhlC'1 follows an acCount of tne supenTition concerning the seventh son of a seventh son, may not be uninterest- ing The Winchester Observer, a few years ago, gave an account of the "Tichborne Dole," associated with one of the very oldest Hampshire families. The legend tells that at some remote period, a Lady Mabella, on her death-bed, besought her lord, the Tichborne of those days, to supply her with the means for bequeathing a gift or dole of bread to any one who should apply for it annually on the Feast ot the An- nunciation of the Blessed Virgin. Sir Roger pro- mised her the proceeds of as much land as she could go over while a brand or billet of a certain size was burning she was nearly bedridden, and nearly dying and her avaricious lord believed*that he had imposed conditions which would place within very narrow limits the area of land to be alienated. But he was mistaken. A miraculous degree of strength was given to her. She was carried by her attendants into a field, where she crawled round many goodly acres. A field of twenty-three acres, at Tich- borne to this day, bears the name of the Crawl." The lady, just before her death, solemnly warned her family against any departure from the terms of the dole, she predicted that the family name would become extinct, and the fortunes impoverished, if the dole were ever withdrawn. The Tichborne dole, thus established, was regarded as the occasion of an annual festival during many generations. It was usual to bake fourteen hundred loaves for the dole, of twenty- six ounces each, and to give twopence to any applicant in excess of the number that could be then served. A, i custom was continued till about the middle of T'KK? Century' when, under pretence of attending Iichborne Dole, vagabonds, gipsies, and idlers of every description, assembled from all quarters, pilfer. ing throughout the neighbourhood; and at last, in 1í9G, on account of the complaints of. the magistrates and gentry, it was discontinued. This gave great offence to many who had been accustomed to receive the dole. And now arose a revival of old traditions. The good Lady Mabella, as the legend told, had pre. dicted that, if the dole should be withheld, the mansion would crumble to ruins that the family name would become extinct through the failure of male heirs; and that this failure would be occasioned by a generation of seven sons being followed by a generation of seven daughters. Singularly enough, the old house partially fell down in 1803; the baronet of that day had seven sons; the eldest of these had seven daughters; and the owner of the family estates became a Doughty instead of a Tichborne.
LADY PREACHER!
LADY PREACHER! A lady preacher has appeared at the Polytechnic In Lon- don. She is a Scotchwoman, by name Miss iiacfarlane. A new religious paper, quoted by the Advertiser, gives the following account ot her proceedings:— She addressed an audience which completely filled the large theatre of that institution, and although her sermon was very long, and the day very cold, not one moved until she had concluded. The service was of the simplest character. She read very impressively a well-known hymn, and afterwards led off with a well-known tune, in which the congregation joined with great feeling and spirit. Most of those present were of the speaker's own sex, and seemed to belong to the middle class; the few men present belonged prin- cipally to the working classes. After the hymn was finished, Miss Macfarlane knelt down and offered a simple and touching prayer, in which she thanked God for all present who had received Christ, and earnestly besought His guidance and the quickening of His Spirit for the undecided and ungodly. The language of the speaker was extremely chaste, and the petitions she offered were almost childlike in their simplicity. Her voice was well under control, save when it quivered with a genuine pathos that drew tears from one's eyes. Rising from her knees she proceeded to read the woes pronounced by our Lord upon the cities which repented not, ending with His gracious invitation, Come unto Me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." There was nothing artificial in her elocution, and when she proceeded to speak from these last words there was no resemblance to an actress making the most of points. Her address throughout was the re- fined but earnest speech of a Christian lady. She ad- dressed especially those who, with all their striving, were still not at rest, and she told them the reason why. She told them what had saved her, and made her a rejoicing woman, and with great tenderness she made known the plan of salvation. She was listened to with great attention, and tears were on many faces.
MUSJE CANOPY.
MUSJE CANOPY. The ancient rhymer wooed each Muse To earth, in well remembered line: The modern rascal gets his dues From cat that Mews "Descend, ye Nine !"—Punch.
TYPE-SETTING IN GEORGIA BY…
TYPE-SETTING IN GEORGIA BY YOUNG LADIES. In a. paragraph which is making its pilgrimage through the newspapers, we are informed, to our ex- ceeding gratification, if the intelligence be true, that sundry young women in Georgia, members of families formerly opulent, but now, through the dire influences of Secession, pauperised, are engaged in setting type in the printing-offices of the State (remarks the New York Tribune). We do not, of course, ungallantly rejoice that these damsels can no longer pass their lives in dressing and undressing, which seems to be the main business of those girls whose fathers have not yet lost their money by that odd and disagreeable combination of circumstances which is compactly styled "a revulsion;" but we do rejoice to find the Georgia lasses, after their education in a quite opposite theory, so speedily convinced that in this bustling land, now that ''the institution" has become adestitu- tion, "nothing can come of nothing," and that the best signification of a verb is not "to suffer,"nor even to be," but to do." To sleep is pleasant; to eat is agreeable; to daintily array a comely person is a taste- ful amusement; but the sleep which has been earned, the food which has been honestly won, the garments which represent intelligent exertion are the best, the most palatable, the bravest. Type-setting is an extremely respectable avocation when the "copy" is respectable and the proofs" turn out tolerably clean and the maidens and matrons of Georgia formerly in affluent circumstances" might have done worse—they might have betaken themselves to the bad habit of reading crocus-covered romances they might have submitted with the stolidity of despair to their fate, or shrewishly worried through the remainder of an uncomfortable existence, a torment to themselves and a comfort to nobody. They will now be not only in a paying position (If they are not cheated out of their wages) but they will have the opportunity of improving their minds, if they are not compelled to put in type too many fierce and flabby editorials. The extracts from the Tribune alone, which will be given out to them, will at least lay the foundation of a liberal education. These Georgia girls are "ministering angels" in more senses than one, for they will be setting not only type, but a laudable example to their fathers, brothers, and lovers, who -will, we trust, be too proudly chivalrous to live upon the scanty wages of the fair compositors. 0 There is nothing for the white men of the South to do but go to work—the only alternative is a miserable dawdling, hand-to-month existence, if existence it can be calJed-a chronically comatose condition, agitated, if at all, by the excitements of shooting, drinking, smoking, and playing cards. It is easy for whole classes, especially where manual labour has long been disreputable, to lapse into these habits; and it is hard, when they are once established, to get the better of them. The young men of the South, formerly in affluent circumstances," have had an excellent opportunity of knowing what a poor white" is and they may rest assured that it is into precisely the squalid and bestial condition of the poor white that they will sink if through pride or constitutional indolence, or from any other reason, they now fold their hands and content themselves with sighing for the social status which they have occupied in the past, and which has now become a thing of the past altogether. We trust that there is manliness enough in them to save them from such a contemptible and ignominious fate, especially when the ladies are so bravely contending against ad- versity. and are proving themselves so worthy of cheerful and energetic co-operation. There is plenty of land to be cultivated, and hoes, spades, shovels, and ploughs can ba obtained at the North by all those who can give reasonable security that they will use them. God and the capitalists of the country will help those who help themselves but nobody can help those who give themselves up to a loose life and unruly passions. We wish the Georgia women all possible success, not only in their own immediate enterprise, but in proving to their friends in pantaloons the ne- cessity and the beauty of labour.
MASTERS AND WORKMEN.
MASTERS AND WORKMEN. An Interesting contribution to the controversy which has for some time been going on between masters and workmen is furnished by Mr. Ford, managing director of the Thames Ironworks Company. Thnt gentleman makes the following statement ia a letter to The Times:— We are just finishing some large contracts, which would necessitate the discharge of some hundreds more of our hands, and being anxious to avoid this aggravation of the present distress, we had opened negociations for building some steamers for a foreign company, which we could only obtain at a greatly reduced price. Profit was altogether out of the ques- tion, n.td we could only hope to escape loss by some reduction in the cost of labour. We asked our work- men to accept for this especial job, without affecting any others, a reduction of t»d. per day on the daily wages paid on account of their contract work, giving them still whatever balance might remain due on its completion from the amounts settled by mutual agreement. This involved a reduction of the daily wages of the shipwrights from 7s. to 6.i. 6d. per day. and otlwr. classes in pro- portion. We annex » copy of their reply, received by us, absolutely refusing our proposal. We make no comment on this lelusal, except that we have good reason fo* t'lat most o! our men would willingly onr offer, but they are for- bidden b.y trades unions. Here is the reply signed, Shipwrights of the Port of London"— a^/«tet/vY^refUl'y cona' dering the high rate of house In o'her necessaries of life, as well j. iv 'iW'f'su'. d by hud weather, stock-taktng, holt- that by accepting •> reduction from (ho present ra. a of ilays' wages we shall hs d«ir>g an a"t of in pi Hi cc; to ourselves, families, and all tlio«e with whom "n have dpf0.it.; for the present small sum it is scarcely P"R"tihl(> t,) keep clear from debt, and so beg respectfully to dec'lim your < ffer of 63 6d. per day, but are willing to tak., ai y work hy contract and draw the money for tbe same ai the sail! work progress??. The result of this will be that instead of (! Gd. per day the men will get nothing .it all, :1,1 there will be no work for them to do. To the above, G. T., on behalf of th" Lrn'on Wc-kire Men's Association, replies:— I have been requested by members of the committee of this association to say that after having resolved to assist, so far as they bad means, in alleviating the dis- *reSrnu° long existing from defective employment on at6 *lam,e3> t^ey were astonished at the statement of M.r. 1 ord, the manager of the Thames Ironworks Oomnany. Mr. Ford says that to avoid the discharge of their workmen now employed they proposed to execute work without profit in the existing pressure, expecting that their men would have accepted a reduction of 6d. per day in their wages. He adds however, that the men declined, and quotes a reply from the shipwrights. I have inquired into the facts and find that the shipwrights donot number more than 5 pcrcfnt., or 50 per 1,000 of the men engaged in building iron steamers, the work referred to by Mr. Ford. The other men, or 050 per 1,000, did not, I understand, make any objections to the proposal. Further, the shipwrights, although unwilling to alter the agreement regarding day's wages, were perfectly willing to take the business by contract at 10 per cent, under the common contract price, which is one-half lower than the 6d. per day required by the Thames Iron Company. I trust that this explanation (wh ( I believe to be perfectly accurate) will be satisfactory, not merely to our own members, but all who are v ill- lng, in the existing emergency, to assist in relieving that terrible distress in the east of the metropolis, ob. viously originating in the financial panic of last summer, the great reduction in freights, and the con. sequent indisposition of shipowners to enlarge the number of their ships. A Clyde shipbuilder writes:—" The letters of the Thames Shipbuilding, &c., Company and their ship- wrights must have astonished your readers, but how much more will this be the case when they know that the London shipwrights are paid 40 per cent. higher than Clyde shipwrights, or 7s. per day against 5s. ? How the Thames Company could pay over their very liberal offer surprises me; and all this in the face of thousands of men connected with shipbuilding on the Thames starving There are hundreds in this district unemployed who would gladly work at 4s. to 5s. per day. It is evident to me that shipbuilding must soon cease on the Thames if the employers are to be so heavily weighed against the North, perhaps I should not regret such a result, but I shall if it happens." P.S.—Inmost Clyde yards shipwrights are reduced from 5s. to 4s. per day of ten hours.
FOOL-HARDINESS OF LONDON SKATERS.
FOOL-HARDINESS OF LONDON SKATERS. It is necessary to remember that the dreadful dis- aster which happened the other day in Regent's Park is an annual occurrence—in a less painful shape. Al- most every winter a number of people are drowned in the parks by venturing on the ice before it has fas- tened, or after it has begun to thaw. And every year the papers are filled with just the same warnings and suggestions as at present. A vast amount of nonsense has been uttered on this subject during the last few y?; and it is desirable that the plain common-sense conditions of the case should not be lost sight of (we are quoting from the Pall Mali Gazette.) To hear some Eeople talk one would imagine that skating was a eroic act which deserved special encouragement, and that society was bound to provide two or three attendants to look after every reckless lad who chose to go on the ice, either without taking the trouble to ascertain whether it was capable of bear- ing, or in disregard of all the warnings addressed to him. Of course everybody is anxious that there should be as few accidents of this kind as possible, but we must consider whether the very precautions now taken, and still more those very elaborate ones recom- mended, do not encourage carelessness and negligence on the part of skaters. They say to themselves, The ice must be all right or we should be kept off," or flatter themselves that if they do fall in they will be promptly pulled out. What may reasonably be done for the safety of skaters is that the ponds should be reduced in depth, that due warning by experienced persons should be given of the state of the ice, and that a moderate force of icemen and policemen should be on the ground to keep order and render aid in case of accidents. But skaters should be distinctly told that, if they choose to indulge wantonly in a dangerous sport, they must take the consequences. It is because they trust to other people's care that they are now so reckless. SKATING "RINKS." A Canadian writes :—"It may not be out of place to state the mode adopted at Toronto, Canada West, to prevent, in great measure, similar calamities to that which has happened in the Regent's-park. A few years ago a breach was made in the eastern part of the peninsula forming the Bay of Toronto, causing the ice suddenly to break up. Several lives were conse- quently lost. This led the lovers of skating to form themselves into clubs for constructing what are called skating rinks. These rinks are formed by making an embankment of earth from one to two feet high round vacant level ground near water, which is run or pumped into them to a few inches in depth. Being shallow, the water soon freezes, and after the ice be- comes rough a little more water is run over it during the night, so that it once more gets a smooth surface. In this way skating can be enjoyed many weeks longer during the season than in the ordinary way. Most of these rinks are enclosed by a high board fence, and have connected with them a small house with a fire and refreshments. Some are lighted by gas at night. A small fee is charged for admission. They have had the effect of keeping nearly all persons off dangerous ice, and I think might be adopted with advantage in this country."
THE MORMONS IN PERIL!
THE MORMONS IN PERIL! Americans are, as a role, much ashamed of the existence of such a sect as the Mormons amongst them, and now that the railroad is pushing towards Utah, it is impossible for the disciples of Brigham Young to preserve the exclusion which has hitherto been all-important to them. Emigrants will cover the country, and the Salt Lake will no longer be a prison to all who go there. Discontented Mormons will merely have to jump into the cars, instead of running the risk of being murdered in the vain attempt to return to their former homes. More than once Congress has shown a disposition to "put down Mormonism, but the difficulty is that it is doubtful how far Congress has the right to interfere in territories, and Utah is a territory. But Senator Howard is about to bring the point to a practical test. He has brought forward amendments to a bill for regulating tbe selection of grand and petit jurors in Utah, vrhich, if enforced, would effectually break up the present Mormon settlement. Only persons law- fully aopointed shall have the power to solemnize marriages; "consecrated" or "sealed" marriages are declared illegal, and any member of the so-called Mormon Church cohabiting with a woman under the pretence of such marriages will be liable to a fine of not more than 10,000 dollars, or less than 500 dollars, or to imprisonment of from three months to three years. Heavy penalties are also entailed upon all persons who assiat at these spiritual marriages Without polygamy Mormonism would have no charm in the eyes of its followers, and if Congress succeeds in abolishing polygamy the Mormons must seek a home in some other country. Senator Howard's attack will cause the greatest excitement to the Mor- mons which they have known since their memorable flight to the Salt Lake.
THE LAST NEW .INVENTION. J
THE LAST NEW INVENTION. J Mr. Page, the well-known engineer, has started a plan for converting high roads into railways which recalls Sir R. Peel's dream of twenty-five years ago— some new discovery which shall enable us to lay 9 mn; £ ai^ay 011 ^e turnpike roads at say 2,00W. a mile." Mr. Page proposes to do this by means of peculiar locomotive^ with extra guide- wheels on independent axle*. The wheels of the loco- motives are to run, not on iron, but on tramways of creosoted wood—as indestructible as iron, but giving by friction much more power to the engine. The guide-wheels and the wheels of the carriages will run on light iron rails. We will not pretend to explain the working of Mr. Page's guide-wheels it seems simple enough in the picture. The principle is that each wheel is on a separate revolving axle; and so there is comparatively little wear and tear of the permanent way, while the locomotive is able to adapt itself to the bends of the road, and need not fear a gradient of one in ten. Such roads would be of great use as feeders of existing railways; they would be very valuable also for all purposes for which trains are used in mining districts, as well as for conveying cattle, &c. In countries like India, Spain, Turkey, which are hardly as yet ripe for the regular "railway system," they might be introduced provisionally. At all events, now that traction engines have been finally given up as hopeless, Mr. Page's method of using turnpike roads for the good of the community in general, and of rail- way shareholders in particular, is worth consideration.
THE MARKETS.
THE MARKETS. MAKK-LANE, MONDAY. The supply of English wheat on tale here to-day, was small, and the samples on tho stands almost who'ly repre- sented produce forwarded by rail. Milters showed no dis- position to tffect sales hence, but little business was done. The tone of the market, however, was firm, and the quota- tions must, considered quite as high as on Monday last. The mai ket was moderately supplied with foreign wheat. The amount of business transacted was small, and the quotations ruled next to nominal. Floating cargoes of grain were u re(lUe8t. at late rates. The supply 01 English and Scotch barley on sale was very m°iftoferably laree Th«°H. '?re.i^n Produce on the standi tolerably large The trade for good and ftue malting, nnallties of ww' at Ully late rates inferior Malt ehantrd K J11! a very 8,0w sale on farmer terms. riav'B hands to a very moderate extent, at last Mon- The supply of British oats on the stands small; but the market was moderately supplied with p* Pro(^uce< The trade, generally speaking, was slow, yood and fine qualities were firm in price: but as regards inferior produce, the quotations must in a great measure, be considered nominal. Beans were in but moderate supply, yet the trade Wall quiet at late rates. Peas not a slow sale at late rates. The market was very moderately supplied both with English and foreign samples. Flour supported the prices of Monday last, notwithstanding that the demand ruled far from active Linseed was rather dearer, and rape- seed, owing to reported damage to toe Continental crop, commandeù more mODPY. In other seeds very little buei- ness was transacted. Cakes changed hands more freely, at the full prices of Monday last. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEV.—MORPAY. There was rather a large supply of foreign stock on offer here to-day for the time of year. On the whole, the demand for it was steady, at enhanced quotations. Owing to the severity of the weather, the supply of English, Scotch, and Irish beasts was very limited. The attendance rf butchers was only moderate. Sales therefore, progressed slowly, but &t high quotations. Prime Scot- and crosses were disposed oi from 5« 8a to fully 6a 30d p"r Slh. Prime f-horthoms realised 5s (.1 per 81b., andafj-od clearance was elferted The arrival of besets from Noriolk and various other pirts of was confined to 1COO bpad frrn11 Scotland, I!flVfmty. six Scots and crosses: and from Ireland 108 oxen, cows, and heifers. We were very scantily supplied with sheep. Prime downs and half-breds moved off freely at, 2.1 per 81b more m -ney, whilst tbe value (It long-wools was very freely Sllp- ported. The top quotation was 0s 4d per SIb. The few calves in the market s"ld slowiy, at fr"mBstoCsper8r\ There was a slight improvement in the demind for pir", M full quotations. BOPS. The supplies of hops are now becomu.-r short. The trade especially for fine parcels, is very firm, hIc, the transactions have been onlytoa moderate extent, ntla' r.i,ues The import into London last week amounted to 270 hales from Antwerp 522 from Bremen, 41 from Calais, 65 from Rotterdam, 56 from Ostend, 47 lrom Hamburgh, and 5 bales from Boulogne. Mid and East Keuts, 1-0? to 231s; Famham and country 170s to 225s Weald of Kent, 163. to 185s; Sussex, 160s to 172s Yearlings, 105s to 150? and Olds, 60s to 80s per cwt. POTATOES These markets are scantily supplied with potatoes. The demand, although by no means active, is very firm, and high rates are realised. Last woek'n import was confiued to Cft tons from .Nantes. Yorkshire Regents, 10)s to 140s; Scotcil i'^senis, llos to 160s; Rocks, 90s to 110s per ton. WOOI. Although the supplies held manufacturers have greatly decreased, the wool trade exhibits no improvement from our previous report. The demand for all descriptions is in a most, inactive state, 011 former terms. The imports into London last, week consisted of 1,381 bales /romthe Cape of Good Hope, am 384S bales from Port Philip. Fleeces: South- down hogiref«, is 7 £ d to is 8id half hred uitto, Is 9}d to 1 s 1"j-d Ivei t fleeces, Is 8d to ls91 Southdown ewes and wethers, Is 7d to 1s 8d: Leicester ditto, Is 7d to Is 9d. Sorts* Clothing, II 6d to 11101<1. combing, Is to 21 04 per IB"
A MEDICAL VISIT TO THE WORKHOUSE.
A MEDICAL VISIT TO THE WORKHOUSE. The fol!owing account of a visit paid to the Workhouse by one of the gentlemen connected with tae Lancet is very Intercstin :— When we (the Lancet) visited the Marylebone Workhouse we found there no less than thirty corpses, of which nearly halt had not at that time been identi- fied. They were all males, chiefly lads and young men. The youngest was a boy of about eleven. As a rule, the expression of the countenance was placid and composed, no trace being left of the terrible struggle which preceded death. |t is popularly supposed that sudden or rapid deaths by violence leave their mark upon the face, in the greater contortions of features which occur under these circumstances. This is pro- bably an error. We have seen upon a battle-field hundreds of faces which wore an aspect of perfect calm in the death which had occurred from shell at close quarters. Some of the most peaceful counte- nances we remember were those of some children who were either burnt to death or rapidly suffocated in a blazing house. Some of the most contorted visages we have observed have been in the post mortem rooms of hospitals where death has slowly occurred from disease. But though the expressions in these cases of drowning were usually placid, in certain other respects the faces varied considerably. In some there was complete pallor, even the lips being blanched and occasionally bitten. In others the face was of a purple tint with intense congestion, and there was froth about the teeth, the lips being widely separated. In the great majority there was a peculiar contracted state of the muscles of the upper extremities, which the rigor mortis had fixed in the condition which preceded death. We saw a row of bodies lying in a shed, each of which, almost without exception, lay in the same attitude. The head was slightly thrown back the arms were carried in front of the body, the forearms somewhat flexed upon them, and the fingers flexed upon Palms. It was very much the attitude of a bather'who is walking into gradually deepening water, rh T- • keePs his arms unwetted although half his finer 18 ynmer8e<J> In some instances the clenched °' the corpse contained black mud. With one i v°n these persons were so unequivocally dead n;tot;,mrm *nto the workhouse that efforts of resus- «• r, wan ;^evCOnBidere(i entirely useless. The excep- ,10n ,i n .? case of a young man in whom Dr. Ran- « i heard a sUght gasp. Energetic efforts at artificial reapiratjon by the Silvester method were immediately commenced a £ d continued for three- quarters of an hour, but unfortunately without sue. cess.