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THE DAUGHTER OF LOLA MONTEZ. A lecture was recently given at Stein way Hall, "ander the auspices of the Sorosis of New York, by Misa Edita Montez, announoed as the daughter of King Leopold of Belgium and the celebrated Lola Montez." Miss Montez, who was "attired in an orange silk, with a white lace shawl arranged with studious negligence, so as to leave her shoulders more than partially bare," seems to have convinced "those present that she could make a good tragedy queen. She denounced nearly everybody and every- thing, including her own royal train, which she declared "a piece of damnation which she was re- solved never to wear again. She had been, she said, brought up in a convent, but hated Catholicism, her grievance being that on one occasion her mother's book on "The Preservation of Beauty" was taken from her, and a Bible substituted. Some gentleman having interrupted her: she asked whether he meant to throw her illegitimacy in her face, and defied him. In conclusion, she begged the audience to dissect her, cut her, not to spare her, but to respect her mother's memory, whose wrongs had made her virtues." She also informed the audience that she had seen her mother but foar times, and was one of God's waifs, alone and friendless in the world."

DEATH OF A MAN MONSTER. The death of a desperado, named Haws, in Utah, is reported. A United States marshal and a deputy- ,aheriff proceeded to Grantsville, about forty miles from Salt Lake City, to arrest him. They caught him unarmed, in the corrall adjoining his house, and -drawing their pistols, ordered him to throw up his hands. One took the handcuffs, while the other kept a pistol pointed at him, but Haws dashed the hand- cuffs aside and seized the sheriff, wrenching away the revolver and striking at his head. The marshal placed his pistol against Haws' side as he drew the trigger, Ibnt Haws bent his back, and the bullet passed along without injuring him. The fight ended in the death of the marshal and the flight of the sheriff, badly wounded. Haws fled to the hills, but he was pur- sued and killed, after he had shot two of his assail- ants. He had two capped and cocked revolvers dangling in front, fastened to his belt by a string attached to the trigger. A young man, after the luffian had fallen, stooped to take one of the pistols, when it went off, wounded him, and passed through the aide of another man who was standing by. The desperado had evidently calculated that he might be surrounded and grappled with. In that case the revolvers were ready to his hands, while they were death to anyone who seized them.—Echo Corre- spondent.

MR. TREVELYANS RESIGNATION. The following letter, explanatory of his resigna- tion, has been sent by Mr. Trevelyan to Mr. G. Wil- son, of Hawick :—"Jun@ 29, 1870.-Dear Mr. Wilson, —I baveresigned office because I am unable to support the increase of the grant to denoninational school's, which is a main condition and integral part of the Government policy. A private member is at liberty to support the bill and to oppose the grant; but a member ot the Government can make no distinction between different portions of the scheme. I regard this matter as one, not of expediency, but of right and wrong-just as a Conservative would regard a proposal to curtail the powers and resources [of the Established Church. The election which preceded the abolition of the Irish Church was welcomed by a large section of the Liberal party as an opportunity for protesting against the public endowment and recognition of creeds. It is not every day that the people in general get firm hold of a broad,. simple, and true idea as an article of political faith, and to inspire such an idea is the only method of extending political education through the mass of the com- munity. Nothing has tended so much to elevate and ennoble public opinion as the conviction of multitudes of electors that, in voting for religious equality in Ire- land, they were establishing a rule of policy which would influence the decision of all religious and educational questions throughout the entire kingdom. On the other hand, I do not know anything which will more profoundly demoralise public opinion than the discovery that a principle, in which men have learned to believe, and for which they have made great sacrifices, is supposed to have only a partial application; and that, after dealing a deathblow to the endowment of denominations in Ireland, we are to spend additional hundreds of thousands a-year on denominations in England. Nothing but the. belief that a vital principle is at stake would justify me in leaving a Government which has made good so many claims upon the respect of the country."

ANOTHER MAN IN PETTICOATS. In the case of John Safford Fisk, who stands com- mitted for trial at the Central Criminal Court, on the charge of being concerned with Boulton, Park, and others in dressing in female attire, some difficulty has been found in procuring the required security for the prisoner's appearance. Mr. Justice Byles directed that he should be admitted to bail in two sureties of .£500, and himself in £ 1,000. At the Guildhall Police-court, Mr. Maddiok recently applied to Sir Thomas Gabriel to be allowed to put in bail. The first surety justified, but with regard to the second it appeared that though there was no doubt as to his competency in respect of means, he had never seen the prisoner. He stated, however, that he knew Mr. Fisk, sen., and the rest of the family very well, and that he had willingly agreed to become bail at the request ef Mr. Darling, and of Mr. Nanns, of the American Consulate. Sir Thomas Gabriel observed there was a. difficulty in accepting a surety who did not know the prisoner personally; for how could he surrender him if he failed to surrender voluntarily ? Mr. Maddick said Mr. Fisk was here among strangers, where he knew nobody in a position suffi- ciently responsible to be security for .£500, and where he did know them they were out of the juris- diction of the court. Sir Thomas Gabriel, after a long discussion, de- clined to accept the second person offered as bail. At the same court Walter Thurston, a young man, was charged with being in female attire in Holborn, supposed for an unlawful purpose. A police-constable stated that about twelve o'clock, he saw the prisoner and three other young men in Holborn, and was induced by their behaviour to follow them to the top of Southampton-buildings. The prisoner was dressed in female attire, and the conduct of the whole party was so strange that he stopped them. He then discovered that the prisoner was a man. He had on a black jacket, a brown skirt, and a bonnet and fall. He had watched the prisoner and his companions for some time before he took him into custody. When he took him to the station-house it was found he had a suit of man's clothes. He gave a false address. At the station- house one of the men who was with the priaaner put his arm round his neck and kissed him. At this statement the prisoner burst out into laughter. Sir Thomas Gabriel told the prisoner he would find it no laughing matter before he (Sir Thomas Gabriel) had done with him. Alfred Walden, who was called for the defence, stated that he and the prisoner worked together. On Monday the prisoner and a few friends were spending the evening with him, when the prisoner sang a song in character, and they dressed him in woman's clothes. After the song they bet him sixpence that he would not go into the streets in the dress, and he accepted the bet. They went out and spent the sixpence in a public-house, and in returning the prisoner was taken into custody. The prisoner was remanded.

THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE. The police have once more been making themselves notorious for their want of judgment and brutality to the public. A recent case at the Thames Police- court is an exemplification of this. Richard Hughes, sen., and his son, were charged with assaulting Police-constable No. 99 K. The complainant (Shortlin) stated that at one o'clock one morning he was on duty in Limehouse, when a woman came to him and said she had been robbed by the younger prisoner. He ran away, and witness pursued and captured him. The elder prisoner and his wife came out, and, after inquiring why their son was in custody, rescued the prisoner. Witness followed him into a shop, and the young man turned upon him, and struck him on the head with a poker; the elder prisoner also struck him with a shovel; and then the younger prisoner gave him another blow with a pair of tongs, at the same time kicking him violently about the legs. The elder Hughes said his son should not be taken into custody, and it became necessary to spring a rattle for assistance. Two other constables came up, and the two prisoners were given into custody. The constable was severely cross-examined by Mr. Charles Young on behalf of the defendants. It was elicited that the policeman had told the younger Hughes to move on when he was talking with a friend; that, as he did not obey promptly enough, the policeman kicked him. He then ran after Hughes, and said he should take him up for robbing a woman. Witness denied that he had struck the elder prisoner. Police-constable No. 378 K said that on Sunday, at one o'clock, he went to Three Colt-street, Limehouse, and found the last witness (Shortlin) at the door of the prisoners' house. They could not open the door, and he and another constable forced it open, and took the prisoners into custody. Mr. Young said that the younger prisoner came home and complained to his parents that he had been ill-used by a policeman. The elder Hughes went out and remonstrated with the constable Shortlin, who drew his staff and struck the elder prisoner over the head with it. They had a struggle and got to the door. Henry Hughes, a lad who is not related to the prisoners, confirmed generally the statement made by Mr. Young, and said that he saw Shortlin kicking the younger prisoner. The father came out and asked the police-constable why he was striking his son, on which Shortlin turned on the father and struck him with his truncheon. He never saw either of the prisoners attempt to strike the constable. The magistrate examined Shortlin's helmet, and said if he had been struck on the helmet as described with a poker, there would have been some marks &r indentation upon it. He could not rely upon. the evidence of either constable. He saw no reason to disbelieve the testimony of the witnesses called by Mr. Young, and discharged' both prisoners.

THE BRIXTON BAB Y FARM. On Friday morning the inquest on the bodies of two male and one female infant, alleged to have been the victims of the baby farming of the two widows, Waters and Ellis, who lived at No. 4, Frederick's- terrace, Brixton, was resumed. Sergeant Richard Relf said he found eleven chil- dren at the house, and took two- women into custody. One was called Willis, and I said to her, I shall take you into custody for not providing proper food and nourishment for the illegitimate male child of Miss Cowan." She said, "Very well." I told Oliver, thejother female,that I should take her into custody for having infants in their possession, and not providing proper food and nourishment.. I got the names of the women from various letters I found in the house. Waters said, Believe me, what my sister has done has "been entirely under my direction. I am the sinner, and I must suffer." I took possession of a number of feeding bottles and other bottles. One bottle was on the table in the front room. It had the cork out of it, and it contained laudanum. There were only a few drops of laudanum. I showed that bottle to Dr. Puckle. Another bottle was labelled "Paregoric: poison." Another was labelled, White precipitate; poison." Ellen O'Connor was in Willis's service for about ten weeks. There were eleven children in the house. Miss Cowan's child was one of them it had a little cough. She often saw it fad with brandy, milk, sugar, and bread. It was fed with a spoon and a bottle. Lime water was added to each child's food. Mrs. Ellis's baby used not to have it. By Mrs. Ellis's directions she used to go to a workman at some of the new houses, and give him 2d. for a pint of beer, and he gave her the lime. Had bought laudanum for Mrs. Ellis in pennyworths. Dr. Harris used to attend the children. Knew of children that were taken out of the house, and never brought back again. Mrs. Waters took three and Mrs. Ellis one. Dr. George Puckle, officer of health for Lambeth, deposed that at the request of Sergeant Relf he went with him to No. 4, Frederick's-terrace, and in a down- stairs front room he saw five infants lying on a sofa and in a cot adjoining. In the arms of Mrs. Ellis there was another child, and in the back kitchen and back yard there were five other older children. The five children on the sofa were from one to two months old. Miss Cowan's child was lying in the cot, and Mrs. Waters took it up, and witness examined it, and he found it extremely emaciated. It was in a sound sleep. The pupils were contracted, and the limbs hung down without any motion. The sleep was un. natural. He tried to arouse it by opening its eyes, but it immediately relapsed into its former state. He then felt convinced that it was under the influence of a narcotic. Mrs. Waters said that the child had been ill, suffering from diarrheea, and that it was under the care of Dr. Harris, and that he was com- ing again to see it. Witness asked her if she had given the child any sleeping mixture, and she said, "No." Seeing a phial containing three drops of laudanum on the table, he said to Mrs. Waters, Are you quite sure that you have not given the child anything to make it sleep ?" and she replied, "No." Mr. Cowan then entered the room, and asked witness what he thought of the child, and witness said, "My opinion is that nothing will save the child's life but natural milk." A wet nurse, Mrs. Roland, was then procured, and for a few days it improved, and all the lethargic symptoms passed off. The child then got convulsions, and died on the 24th of June from the want of suitable food and the administration of a narcotic. The coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against both the women in the case of the child of Miss Cowan; and that the other two children had died from thrush, arising from insufficiency of food. The magisterial inquiry in this case was resumed on Tuesday. The first witness called was Mr. Robert Tassey Cowan, and he repeated the evidence he gave at the inquest. Mr. Poland, however, read the following letter, re- ceived by Mr. Cowan, from the prisoner Waters:- May 2. Sir,-In reply to your letter, I beg to say we are not willing to give our address. In taking a child, we wish to do so entirely, never to be claimed. We have been married many years, but are without a family, and are determined upon bringing a little one up as our own. My con- stant care shall be for the child, and everything which will be for the child's comfort shall be strictly studied. Should you think more of this, and write when and where I can see you, and how I shall know you, we shall feel obliged. We have had several letters, and are anxious to decide whose child we shall take.—Yours respectfully, M. WILLIS." Dr. Puckle, the medical officer of the Vestry, said on the 11th inst. he went with Sergeant Relf to the house of the prisoners. On examiaation of one of the children he found it much emaciated. He tried to rouse it, but it was affected by some narcotic. He asked Waters what she had given it, and she said, "Nothing but what Dr. Harris ordered." On the table he noticed three bottles, one with the cork out. The odour from the bottle was that of laudanum. She again denied giving the child anything to produce sleep. She said she had purchased plenty of milk, as the bills she had would show. The child improved, but afterwards died. He made a post-mortem exami- nation. The cause of death was atrophy or extreme wasting. Mr. Poland said he did not propose to carry the case further on the present occasion. They wished to see how the other children in the workhouse went on. Mr. Mayo applied that X6 taken from the prisoners, and some duplicates, might be given up to them. Mr. Elliott granted the application. When the prisoners were about to be removed from the dock Mr. Superintendent Gernon said there were several women in court who wished to make a state- ment in this case. Some had placed children with the prisoners, and a person was present with a child placed with her by the prisoner Waters. One woman claimed a sum of money for the support of the child she then had in her arms. The prisoner Waters said she knew nothing of her. Other women wanted to know where their children were, and the prisoner said she would say nothing, but she would leave the matter with her solicitor. Two women gave a description of children, one ef whom, it was supposed, was now in the workhouse. Mr. Superintendent Gernon subsequently applied to the magistrate in reference to the money ordered to be paid over to the prisoners. There were several women who had recently paid money to Waters, and had a claim on the money. Mr. Elliott thought that persons who could part with their children in the way they had done did not deserve much consideration. He ordered.£3 to be paid on the application of Mr. Mayo. The prisoners were remanded to next week.. «.— AN INQUIRY has been held at Barking into the circumstances attending the death of James Porter, aged 27, one of the naval reserve. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased and a man named Miller, were in company together at the Anchor beer-house, and that while Miller was examining a revolver belonging tr the landlord it went off, and the deceased fell and expired in a few minutes. Deceased and Miller had been at drill, and were perfectly good friends. The evidence of Mr. Scott, surgeon, was to the effect that he found Porter stead, and feat the shot, had taken effect on the sile of the iiec-fc. A verffiHi of accidental death A W-M: afc wee asfrsaaed.

FIGHT BETWEEN GIPSIES. An inquest has just been held at Wadsley, on the" body of a gipsy, named Francis Duffy, about sixty years of age, who met his death in consequence of ill- usage received at the hands of his son, Francis Duffy. John Richards, a beerhouse-keeper at Wadsley- I; bridge, identified the body as that of a man who had' I called at his house one morning, but had nothing to L drink at that time, but he returned at about five | 0 cloCiJ at night and called for a pint of beer, which was supplied him. He afterwards had another pint I, filled, and he had just paid for it when his son, 1 raneis Duffy, came in and told Richards not to let him have any more, as it made him mad, and he at once took possession of it, and threw him have any more, as it made him mad, and he at once took possession of it, and threw it in the fire place. The son then left the house, shortly afterwards followed by the 'u father, but they returned and the son's wife told deceased that she would summon him for abusing her the night before. The deceased then suddenly kicked his son's wife, and challenged her husband to fight. The quarrel became general, and Richards turned them all out of doors, when the son and father began to fight. The father struck the son, and knocked him down. They con- tinued fighting, and a crowd of people soon col- lected, but no one dared to interfere, "because they were gipsies, and known to bo desperate characters." At last, after the fight had continued for 20 minutes, the wifs parted them and went away. It appears that the deceased had been leading a dissolute life, and been separated from his family about 14 years. At the time of the fight the son was "fresh," but the father was perfectly sober. Sophia Knott, wife of Seth Knott, joiner, of Wadsley, said she saw deceased the following morning. He came to the Star Inn and called for a pint of beer. He complained of a severe pain in the stomach. Witness advised him to have a little brandy, but he would not. He then drank a pint of water, and sat on a stone at the door. A woman passing by, seeing him in great pain, advised him to have a teaspoonful of black pepper in a tea- cupful of water. He acted upon her advice, and it seemed to relieve him at once. He then went into his house. She did not see him alive after he went into his house. Dr. Booth, surgeon, stated that he had made a post-mortem examination of the body. There were two bruises on the left sidfr of the chest, and two on the right leg below the knee. Upon an external examination he found the leg very puffy." He found the lungs in a diseased state, a disease that must have existed many years. They were full of extravasated air. This was caused by the violence he had received. He had died from emphysema, which had been caused by a blow or a kick. After the coroner had summed up, the room was cleared, and a verdict of manslaughter was returned.

UNDER THE THAMES. The following sketch is from the pen of a special correspondent of a London daily. He says :—Forty- seven years ago Mr., afterwards Sir, Isambard K. Brunei published his plana for a tunnel, extending below the bed of the river Thames from Wapping to Rotherhithe; in the following year a company was formed to carry out the design, and on March 3, 1825, the first stone was laid. In the face of difficulties innumerable, and expenditure almost in- calculable, the work was continued, and after no less than eighteen years of labour the tunnel was at last opened to the public, on the 25th of March, 1843. But it was little used, and at last it was proposed to utilise Brunei's great work for a railway, and in 1867 it was sold to the East London Railway Com- pany for £ 173,600, and finally closed for foot-pas- sengers on July 20, 1869. About the same time another plan was com- menced for driving another tunnel beneath the old river, this time extending from Tower-hill to Tooley- street, and so great has been the advance in engineer- ing skill since the time of Brunei, that the new work was completed in about eight months, at a cost of little more than £ 16,000; and now for some weeks past a railway, which at present seems little known to the public, has been in regular work deep down in the London clay. The wayfarer, turning out of Thames-street on to Tower-hill, finds himself sud- denly confronted with a small black wooden shed, bearing an inscription in white letters, Tower Subway — Tooley street in three minutes." Forcing my way through the small crowd assembled outside this very primitive building, on Saturday afternoon, I paid twopence for a ticket, and then waited patiently until the door was opened. Presently weird and rattling noises were heard in- side, the portals were thrown forward, and five pas- sengers emerged who appeared dazed by their sudden return to daylight. I entered, and four others with me, and we at once found ourselves in a sort of bird- cage constructed to carry five, and again was heard the rattling sound I have spoken of, and we descended rapidly into the bowels ot the earth. I was just beginning to fancy I had an oppression on my brain — reminding me of a descent I once made in the diving-bell, when we suddenly stopped, and were at once turned out into a cavernous-looking ante-chamber, while the cage ascended rapidly, with some who were waiting below, and in search of another contingent. At first the chamber was very hot, as an engine was in the immediate vicinity; but presently we felt a pleasant breath of air, which soon became a breeze, and then a hurricane. Stooping down, and gazing intently along the cavern which stretched away before me in the darkness, I saw first one red light, then two, then three, and then the train arrived. In this, two cage loads of passengers took their seats, and, with only a few seconds' delay, away we went. The journey lasted exactly sixty-eight seconds, and was principally suggestive of the Metropolitan Railway—minus the unpleasant smells from the engines—and once more we were deposited in another chamber similar to the first. While waiting my turn for the cage, the train again started, drawing in its wake a strong draught of hot-air from the engine- room, which had a most peculiar but not unpleasant effect upon the senses. Then the oage took us up to open day once more, and in about four minutes from the time of starting I had gone through all these changes of vehicle, and had travelled from Middlesex to Surrey, from the Tower Hamlets to Southwark. Having no business in Tooley-street, I returned the way I came, which is about the best proof I can give that there is no foundation whatever for the strange stories which have been handed about that the journey produces headaches, vertigo, and all sorts of unpleasant sensations. For my part, I can only say that I felt nothing of the kind.

ROMANCE AND m^^H'Y. Young French people, when they find the course of love doesn't run as smooth as they wish, are very fond of ending their days over the fumes of a char- ooal fire. It is difficult to say why, but this mode of suicide appears to have irresistible charms for them. Monsieur Dash fell in love with Mademoiselle Blanche, but Monsieur Dash is only a poor banker's clerk, while Mademoiselle Blanche is the daughter of a rich merchant. Of course the parents of the young lady put their veto on the "gentle flame" at once. Driven to despair, the young couple deter- mined to marry themselves at the altar of death. Mademoiselle escapes from the paternal roof, goes to her lover's lodgings, where, after drowning their woes in champagne, they light a couple of charcoal- stoves, and prepare to, die. But the courage of the lady fails, and, after a. few minutes' struggle between love and duty, she jumps up and breaks the window to let in the air. Furious to see that his adored will not dia. with and for him, Monsieur Dash seizes hold of a, knife and atiempts to murder her. All the Pf/efesy of the affair was now a«t. an end. TLo ycung lady shrieks oaii, the police- arrive, 's.ojii, arc marched off

AMERICAN ITEMS. THE Oneida Indians have got up a brass band of twenty-five of their tribe. They are all chosen far the power of their bellows, which is the native idea of art. We hope they will come to London and try the effect in a few of our quiet streets. If they meet rival German bands, it would be retri-bution at last. DR. MARY WALKER has lately been in Texas, and one of the newspapers describes her as of gentle- manly appearance." THE New York Tribune's despatch from the Indian frontier speaks of the Apaches as likely to make peace and go on their reservations. On the other hand, the Indians of Arizona have all taken up arms again and attacked several trains of wagons. Some they captured, killing all who guarded them in other cases they were driven off. A DOUBTING CASE.—When preachers do indulge in jokes they generally let off good ones. Here is an American specimen. Away down east a clergyman was resently charged with having violently dragged his wife from a revival meeting, and compelled her to go home with him. Upon being charged with the offence he replied as follows:—" In the first place, I never attempted to influence my wife in her views nor her choice of a meeting. Secondly, my wife has not attended any of the revival meetings in Lowell. In the third place, I have not myself attended any of the meetings for any purpose what- ever. To conclude, neither my wife nor myself have any inclination to go to those meetings. Finally, I never had a wife." A CONDUCTOR of a Yankee newspaper, eulogising a contemporary, says :—" He was formerly a member of Congress, but rapidly rose till he obtained a re- spectable position, as an editor—a noble example of perseverance under depressing circumstances. FECHTER has closed an engagement at the French Theatre that would have been pecuniarily successful, as it was artistically, if he had not been (says the New York Fig/oro). under engagement to one of the most unpopular men in New York, Rulman, the ticket speculator, who has damped the enthusiasm and destroyed the delight of our theatre-goers by .procuring exorbitant prices for seats at various places of amusement, especially at Maretzek's. Shent per shent old clo' opera shows at the catacombs. Such a man even if he does acquire a fortune cannot acquire the esteem of the public. Hence Fechter's season has been a financial failure. A REPORTER, for one of the New York daily papers, in speaking of a young lady lecturer, says:—" Her floating skirts of whiteness and lightness, her tiny pinched waist, her pretty little white kidded feet, her pink roses, her baby hands, and her fizzles were not unpleasant to the eye." THE Daily Lyre is the name of a new Boston paper which is about to be issued. Its professed mission is to tell the truth. A PLAY has been brought out at St. Louis entitled Lady Mordaunt, in which the heroine, her husband, the Prince of Wales, Lord Cole, Sir Frederick John- stone, Lord Penzance, and Serjeant Ballantine are represented in the flesh. THE Michigan papers tell an amusing story of a man who, having separated from his wife after several years of married life, advertised for another helpmate under an assumed name. His divorced wife replied to him, also under an assumed name. They met by appointment, and their surprise can be conceived on recognising one another. The matter, however, ended happily, for after exchanging expla- nations they resolved to forget the past and to marry again. THE New York Germans have organised an association of fat men. It numbers already ninety members, whose united weights amount to about 21,000 pounds, the average weight of the members being about seventeen stone.

THE ORO WN OF SPAIN. It is announced that a Prince of Hohenzollern haa accepted the Spanish Crown. The Constitutionnel in announcing this, says that it has no information whether Prim acted on his own personal responsibility or whether he had receivedlauthority to that effect either from the Cortes or from the Regent. The paper says :—We await further information in order fully to appreciate the event, the gravity of which must be patent to all. If, as every- thing leads us to suppose, Marshal Prim has acted without authorisation, then the incident is simply reduced to an intrigue. But if, on the con- trary, the Spanish people should sanction or advise such a step, we must, above all, regard the event with the respect due to the will of a people regula- ting its own affairs. Yet, whilst bowing to the sovereignty of the Spanish people, the sole compe- tent judge in such a manner, we cannot suppress a feeling of surprise at seeing the sceptre of Charles V. confided to a Prussian Prince, the grandson of a Princess of the Murat family, whose name is only connected in Spain with painful reminiscences. The Paris journals unanimously consider that the accession of the Prince of Hohenzollern to the Spanish throne would be of serious import to France. The Presse, Pays, and Temps represent that the presence of a Prussian prince at Madrid would be equivalent to the re-establishment of the Empire of Charles V. in favour of Prussia. The Patrie says that French policy is based on respect for national sovereignty, adding that France strictly observes this principle, and cannot consent to see it disregarded by others. The Constitutionnel adverts to the rumours diffused through@ut Europe previous to September, 1868, to the effect that Count Bismarckinspired the Spanish revolutionary chiefs, and it recalls the fact that at the same epoch the Prussian Premier regarded the revolution in Spain as a most fortunate diversion. The same paper asks if the present affair is a sequel to the same policy, and says that the candidacy of the Prince of Hohenzollern dis- turbs the world, and will foment civil war in Spain. Two REGIMENTS OF MEN IN ARMOUR WANTED. -At the Mansion House the other day, an elderly woman came with the following laconic note, ad- dressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor: —" Send at once two regiments of men in armour to seize a warrant for .£18,000,000 19s. 11 jd., at the Bank of England, York, and Bristol." oad was told to wait in the next room. One of tin how- ever, showed her into the street instead of taking her into the room. About an hour and a half afterwards she returned, and said she had been waiting for the soldiers, and was disappointed that they had not come. She was then directed to go to the Constable of the Tower, and went away apparently quite satisfied. DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN.—We re- gret to announce the death of the Marquis of Lothian, which occurred at his residence near London. The deceased marquis had for several years past been a sufferer from confirmed ill-health. The late Right Hon. William Schomberg Robert Kerr, Marquis and Earl of Lothian, Earl of Ancrum, Viscount of Briene, Baron Newbottle, Jedburgh, Ker of Nisbit, Long Newton and Dolphington, and Ker of Newbottle, Oxnam and Jedburgh, all in the peerage of Scotland; Baron Kerr of Kerreaheugh, County Roxburgh, in the peerage of the United King- dom, was the eldest of the four surviving sons of John William Robert, seventh marquis, by Lady Cecil Chetwynd Talbot, daughter of Charles, second ,u Earl Talbot. He was born the 12th of August, 1832, and married the 12th of August, 1857, Lady Con- stance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot, eldest surviving daughter of the late Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot. The°late peer, who succeeded to the marquisate on the death of his father in November, 1841, leaves no issue. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. The deceased marquis is succeeded by his brother, J Lord Schomberg Kerr.