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THE NEWS BUDGET. Burning of a Petroleum Refinery.-A cor- respondent of a contemporary has forwarded the fol- lowing :-Ibraila, August 11.—A terrible conflagration broke out yesterday in a large warehouse for crude petroleum on the banks of the Danube, about twelve miles from the town. The establishment, belonging to an English company, has been completely destroyed, and the loss is estimated at from £200,000 to £ 240,000. The endeavours made to arrest the progress of the fire,were useless, as it found every minute fresh mate- rial accumulated in the warehouses. Cast-iron tanks containing from 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of petroleum burst with a terrific explosion, and their ignited con- tents flowing on the ground extended the fire in all directions, until it covered a surface of upwards of 30,000 square yards. The bridge used as a landing dock and two barges were also devoured by the flames. Affray. and Loss of Life at Sea.-An affray, trifling in its origin, but deplorable in its results, took place on board a British fishing smack, the Industry, of Barking, last week, off the coast of Holland, by which two men lost their lives. The captain and the mate had a dispute relative to the part of the vessel in which some fish should be placed, and a fight ensued, in the course of which both rolled overboard. The night was very dark; and although the other men on board used every exertion to rescue their com- rades, no traces of them could be found. Both men were married, and had families. A Gentleman Attacked by Bees.-On Thurs- day, while Dr. Bonthron, of West Linton, Peebles- shire, was being driven along the road leading from Garvald to the railway station at Dolphinton, he was attacked by a swarm of bees, apparently newly cast-off," and so severely stung on the face and head as to be unable to attend to his duties for the present. His face and head became dreadfully swollen and dis- figured an hour or two after the occurrence, the eyes being firmly closed, and the face and throat greatly swollen and discoloured, while a considerable amount of fever had set in from the effects of the poison; in fact, but for the precautions taken, it is probable that the case would have proved fatal. The driver of the vehicle was also severely stung on several parts of the head and neck, and only escaped furthei* mischief by a timely use of whip and rein. The queen bee of the cast must have flown directly on Dr. Bonthron's head, from the instantaneousness with which he was per- fectly covered by the bees; and it is supposed that the motion of the vehicle must have irritated the insects to use their stings. Upwards of thirty bee- stings were taken out of Dr. Bonthron's face, neck, and head.—Scotsman. A Mad Bull.—A bull belonging to a farmer named Britten, residing in Thornhaugh, Northamp- tonshire, became madly infuriated and unmanageable. It broke from the farming-man who had charge of it, rushed at him, knocked him down, and gored him in a dreadful manner. Mr. Britten seeing the danger his labourer was in, rushed towards him, and endeavoured to drive the animal off. He succeeded in doing so, but, unhappily, only to divert the fury of the beast towards himself, for it dashed at him with great violence, knocked him down, fractured one or two of his ribs, and otherwise severely injured him. After having inflicted the frightful injuries on the two unfortunate men the animal appeared to become com- pletely mad. It tore up the ground with its feet, making a hole large enough to bury itself in, and then rushed off at a furious pace across the fields, breaking gates, and throwing down fences in its mad course. The sufferers were taken up and conveyed to their homes, and medical aid sent for. It was at first feared that the farming man would not surv've the injuries he had received, but he has since rallied, and is now likelv to recover. Mr. Britten is also progressing favourably. Information of what had taken place Was at once dispatched to the neighbouring village to warn the inhabitants, and search was made for the bull with the intention of shooting it. After some time it was discovered in a field among some more beasts, having quieted down. A New Dodge.-Ann Rogers, a very old thief, who said she was fifty years of age, and who looked like seventy, was charged at the Thames-street Police- station with stealing lfd. from William Bow, a sea- man, of No. 7, Umber stone- street, St. George's-in-the- East. The complainant, a very respeetable and steady man, was on his way home on Wednesday night, and saw the prisoner, apparently in great. distress and much agitated, seated on a door-step. She called out, Protect me, sir, I have been insulted." He offered to escort her along the road, and she proceeded a. few yards in his company, leaning on his arm, when she gave unmistakable indications of her calling by ask- ing him to treat her at the public-house they were ap- proaching. He refused, and she then asked him to accompany her to her lodgings. He said, "No, I will not. I have a wife of my own at home." He was pre- paring to leave her, when she put one of her hands in his pocket, from which she took three half-pence. It Was all the money he had. He called the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The money was found upon her. The case was clearly made out, and the prisoner was committed for trial. An Unfortunate Mother and her Idle Daughter.—Catherine Cordell,' a young woman, was brought before the magistrate at Thames-street, charged with stealing a coat, a shawl, and a petticoat, valued in all at 25s., the property (jjf her parents. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Shee, an indus- trious woman, the mother of the prisoner, that she left the prisoner and another daughter at home while she was at work in the market gardens in Essex. The old woman, on returning from her work, missed the articles named above, which her ungrateful daughter had stolen and pawned. On the prisoner being taken into custody by H. Hayward, 401 K, she stated that she sent her sister to pawn two of the articles, and went to a pawnbroker's shop with the third. The old Woman was represented to be a sober, industrious Woman. Her daughters, on the contrary, were idle and dissipated persons, who preferred to live on their parents' industry. The articles pawned were produced and identified, and the prisoner, who made no defence, Was committed for trial. Shocking Suicide of a Military Officer.- An inquest was held before the coroner for Portsmouth on Thursday evening, on the body of Captain Thomas Burchell Hollway, previously belonging to her Majesty's 21st Regiment, now stationed in Anglesea barracks, Portsea. It appears that about eighteen months ago Captain Hollway (who was about 27 years of age) was engaged to bo married, but the wedding Was prevented owing to the death of the lady by burn- ing, her dress having caught fire. This sad event made a considerable impression on Captain Hollway's mind, and he was frequently low-spirited, although there were no indications of insanity. On Wednesday evening he was present at mess, and left at the usual hour, nothing peculiar being observed in his manner. About nine o'clock he gave directions to his servant to call him at six o'clock on the following morning, and then retired to his room, the door of which was fastened on the inside. Nothing unusual was heard during the night, and the servant went to his master's room on the following morning as directed. He knocked at the door loudly and repeatedly, but there was no response. The man communicated with the officer occupying the adjoining room (Captain Holt), and an entrance was effected into Captain Hollway's apartment, when the unfortunate gentleman was dis. covered with his body resting upon the bed, and his head upon the floor, and it was found that there was a frightful wound in the throat, the whole of the arteries having been severed. According to the evi- dence of Dr. Green, the regimental surgeon, death had taken place five or six hours previously. The verdict of the jury was, That the deceased destroyed him- self, but they had no evidence before them to show in what state of mind he was at the time he committed the act." A Disastrous Fire.—One of the most disastrous fires that has happened for many years in the county of Hereford, has just taken place at Glewstone, near Ross. This farm, one of the best in the county, is Occupied by Mr. Kearsey, a celebrated breeder of cots- Wol(ja, The magnificent crops grown on Glewstone, being all safely carried and housed, a man was occu- pied in thatching in the rickyard, close to the farm buildings. Suddenly one of the large barns was seen to be on fire, and the workmen having been sum- moned together, every attempt was made to arrest the Progresa of the flames, but from the long drought everything was, as it were, waiting for ignition. The flames spread with great rapidity from one building to another, and from rick to rick, until the whole of the stock and crops were consumed. On inquiry it seems the thatcher had been smoking, and it is said had put his pipe (with the fire in it unextinguished) *nto one of the lancet holes of the barns, and thus brought about the conflagration. Mr. Kearsey is only partly insured. The new Chapel of St. John's College, Cam- bridge, which is being erected from the designs of Mr. G. G. Scott, is to receive an important alteration, from the munificent liberality of Mr. Henry Hoare, of Fleet- street, formerly a distinguished student of the college. Soon after the work was begun it was suggested to Mr. Scott that a massive stone tower, as a substitute for the flSche, or wooden spire, would be a great im- provement in the design of the building. Mr. Scott warmly espoused this idea, and prepared a design for a tower upwards of 160ft. high, and open within the building to the height of the second set of windows. The authorities of the college, however, finding that the proposed change would involve an additional ex- penditure of between < £ 5,000 and £6,000, decided that they could not in prudence adopt it, and resolved to proceed with the work according to the original design. Mr. Hoare has recently proposed to the college, in a spirit of princely munificence, to erect the tower at his own expense. The offer has been accepted by the college, and the requisite changes in the plan of the building have been already commenced. Church Congress.—The following are the sub- jects to be brought under consideration at the ap- proaching church congress to be held at Bristol:— Increase of the episcopate, home missions, and lay agency; synods of the church; rural deans and decanal chapters; foreign missions, and supply of missionary candidates; parochial sub-division, organi- sation, and action; collegiate churches in great towns; church architecture and decoration; mutual relations of the church in England and Ireland; free and open churches; augmentations of small livings and Queen Anne's bounty; dilapidations; soeial hindrances to the spread of Christianity; education of the clergy; systematic cultivation of English composition; public reading and speaking; associations for aiding poor, enfeebled, and disabled clergymen, and the widows and children of the clergy; middle-class education and the Bristol Diocesan Trade School; adult education and night-schools; the revised code and church train- ing colleges; church in the workhouses; church music. Each subject is to be opened by a paper not to exceed twenty-five minutes in reading, which may be followed by two prepared addresses not exceeding fifteen minutes each, after which ten minutes will be allowed each speaker for discussion. A New Cereal.-A few days ago a somewhat peculiar specimen of the cereal crop was handed to us for inspection. The ear had a good deal of the appear- ance of rye in its shape and form, but the pickles bore a much closer resemblance to the best chevalier barley both in size and outline. The most particular thing about it, however, was that the ear had six rows of pickles. There were seventeen pickles in each row, and consequently 102 upon the head. A return of more than a hundredfold is certainly a very heavy one, and it needs scarcely be said that at the present time, when prices are low and quantity must in great mea- sure be looked after as well as quality, agriculturists would be warranted in cultivating a better acquaint- ance with such a cereal. Our best barley seldom exceed thirty-four or thirty-six pickles on the head, and the great proportion of it maybe quoted at thirty- fold. A cereal which will triple this return is worth looking after, more especially as the pickles on the head which were submitted to us were plump and well coloured, and seemingly little if anything inferior to barley. It may be added that the head was got on the farm 01 Amisfield Mains, near Haddington, and, we understand, the seed has been sent from England. -Scottish Farmer. Newspaper Hoax in Liverpool.-On Wednes- day a ridiculous hoax was played in Liverpool, by which several hundreds of persons were misled. An account was published in one of the journals of the discovery of Roman remains at Runcorn. It was said that whilst sinking the first pier of the bridge crossing the Mersey at Runcorn, the caisson came in contact with a hard substance. This was removed by means of a strong crane, when it was found to be a wooden coffin, impregnated with oxide of iron, and nearly as hard as iron itself. On opening it there was the em- balmed body of a Roman in excellent preservation. It was clothed, arms were laid in the coffin, symbols of authority, coins, and relics of the most interesting character. The description was most minute, and was signed by a well-known name. Hundreds of persons visited Runcorn during the day in consequence. The Cost of Ironclads. From a return just issued by the Admiralty the public may be able to form some idea of the cost incurred by the nation in the construction of the new iron-plated ships. The Royal Sovereign, as the first converted on Captain Cole's system, naturally attracts attention in the first place. The cost bf the conversion of this ship from her former condition of a wooden three decker to that in which she now is has been £120,764, but the amount proposed to be expended for the additional teak gird- ling which is to be fitted on is not stated. The Achilles has cost £ 381,025; the Black Prince, built by con- tract, £ 330,114; the Hector, £ 256,369; the Minotaur, £ 352,075; the Prince Consort, < £ 211,083; and the Royal Oak, < £ 215,368. Mr. Reed's two ships also figure in these lists-the Research for £63,773, and the Enterprise for < £ 59,079. If the public could be satis- fied of the excellence of the plan no doubt can be ex- pressed of its cheapness. The total amounts expended in the year ending 31st March, 1864, were-on ships and vessels building in the royal dockyards, < £ 1,117,713; on those building by contract or purchased, £2,088,499; on ships commenced as wooden ships and converted while on the stocks, < £ 1,832,982. The Royal Sovereign and the Constance figure in separate tables, the first as a wooden ship converted into an iron-cased cupola ship, and the second as a sailing ship converted into a screw steamer at a cost of < £ 78,366. The grand total of the amounts expended, therefore, during the year ending 31st March, 1864, is « £ 4,744,324. A Modern Miracle.-A singular trial has taken place at Madrid. A soldier was cited last week before the police-court for having stolen a gold cup of con- siderable value, which had been placed as a votive offering on one of the numerous altars dedicated in that city to the Virgin. The soldier at once explained that he and his family being in great distress, he had appealed to the Holy Mother for assistance, and that, while engaged in prayer and contemplation of the four millions' worth of jewels displayed on her brocaded petticoat, she stooped, and, with a charming smile, handed him the golden cup. This explanation was received by the court in profound silence, and the case handed over to the ecclesiastical commission, to whom it at once occurred that, however inconvenient the admission of the miracle might be, it would be highly impolitic to dispute its possibility. They, therefore, gave the cup to the soldier, at the same time solemnly waraing him for the future against similar favours from images of any kind, and impress- ing him with the conviction that the Virgin required profound silence from him as a proof of his gratitude. Extensive Embezzlement.—We regret to learn that the cashkeeper in a large stockbroking concern in Liverpool has absconded, leaving deficiencies in his accounts to an amount variously estimated at from £ 10,000 to < £ 16,000. It is said that the books of the concern have been falsified in the most dexterous manner, balances being struck fortnightly, and nothing left to create the slightest suspicion in the minds of the principals. The absentee is a single man, about forty years of age, and it is said that his extensive transactions on the turf have been the cause of his ruin. As a proof of the reckless manner in which he acted, it is said that for the St. Leger he had backed Scottish Chief for £1,060, and the horse having been scratched," he was a loser to the full amount. It is believed that the defaulter has sailed for America under the assumed name of Smith. Railway Accident at Manchester. — An ac- cident, which was fortunately unattended with an in- jury to individuals, occurred near Manchester. As the 4.15 express from London, on the London and North Western line, was moving out at that station, a train from Stockport, which had discharged its passengers, was signalled by the pointsman outside to come in, in order to shunt. To do this, the latter train of empty carriages had to run on the line upon which the ex press was moving. The consequence was that the two engines came into collision near the end of the new platform outside the station. The express engine was thrown upon its side, a portion of the platform was torn up, and several of the carriages were broken. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and after a delay of about twenty minutes the express train proceeded with another engine. A Live Toad Found in a Lump of Coal.- A few days ago, as a man named John Elllott, a miner, at the Ravenhead Collieries, St. Helens, was following his usual employment getting cannel, he struck off from a large mass a remarkably fine piece, about nine inches square. He states that he turned round to make a remark about the piece of coal to a comrade who was working near him, and at the same time struck the lump with his pick, which to his sur- prise, entered freely into the coal as if it was hollow. Thinking this very strange, he states that he took the cannel with him when he ascended out of the pit, and on examining it he found firmly imbedded in a hole just large enough for it to move in, but not sufficiently large to turn round, a live toad, which seemed quite lively and healthy. The hole, which is about four inches deep, is exceedingly narrow at the mouth, so much so that it would be impossible to get the toad out. Crowds of people have flocked round Elliott's house to see this strange sight, and a gentleman of St. Helens has offered ten guineas for it. £ Phe Great Conflict. OaT Age has been termed the Age of Progress; a truth enforced by the triumphs of mind over matter. But our faith in the progress of truth, justice, and mercy is shaken, at times, by the events which are taking place in the world. Instead of an Age of Progress, we feel inclined to speak of an Age of Conflicts. Here at home, while under the reign of what the world calls peace, a great con- flict is being waged, between vice and ignorance on the one hand, and the champions of Progress on the other. Still there are many agencies at work powerful to overcome these evils. Of these the great motive power is Christianity. Christianity has sent forth the missionary to preach the Gospel among our neglected poor at home; Christianity has enlisted Science on her side to teach us how to build them houses with due regard to their health; Christianity has seized upon the Printing Press, and made it a mighty engine for the diffusion of religious truths. Caasell's Illustrated Family Bible' has been read by tens of thousands who had never read the Scrip- tures before; and the duties of a Christian to over- come temptation, and press onward to the prize of his high calling, have been unfolded by our edition of Bunyan's immortal Allegory, which, with the marvellous attraction of one hundred beautiful pic- tures added to the text, has gone forth in all the strength and power of a circulation of 100,000 copies. In furtherance of these objects 'The Quiver' was started three years ago, and has cheered thousands of homes by the varied and interesting matter with which its pages have been filled. But this is an age of progress; and, in obedience to that law, a, new series of The Quiver,' beautifully illustrated by the productions of the first artists and engravers, will be commenced on September 21st, in weekly numbers, price one penny, with engraved wrapper; and as a monthly magazine, price sixpence. The services of men of the highest character and most acknowledged talent in each department of literature have been secured. This has not been .accomplished without great outlay: but we have confidence in the public. Ministers of religion, teachers in Sunday-schools, fathers of families, young men and young women, you have all been thought of in preparing our magazine. We call upon you all to help us, and pro- mote the well-being of 'The Quiver. Such is the substance of an address to the people issued from the house of Messrs. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, under the signature of John Cassell." The Heir of Spain.-The Queen of Spain and the King, her husband, have addressed a letter to the Marquis de Corvera, Minister of Public Instruction, calling on him to prepare a plan of studies for the educa- tion of the young Prince of the Asturias, who has now completed his third year. Their Majesties declare that they are most anxious to have their son trained from his childhood, in a manner that will enable him some day to fill worthily the throne of Spain. They have no wish to provoke a premature development of their son's faculties, but they desire that he should from this time forth be subjected to such a course of train- ing as will lay the best foundation for a solid education in future years, and they therefore request the Minister to suggest the means best calculated to attain the end in view. In conformity with these instructions, the Marquis has charged M. Bellasteros to draw up a plan of elementary studies, and prepare the first books for the use of the young Prince. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. — A meeting of this institution was held last week, Captaia Sir E. Perrot, Bart., V.P, in the chair. Rewards amounting to X62 were voted to the crews of the life- boats of the institution stationed at Pembrey, Margate, New Brighton, Caistor, and Arklow. The silver medal of the institution and a copy of its_ vote on parchment were voted to Miss Le Geyt, a resident of Bath, in acknowledgment of her noble conduct in of Bath, in acknowledgment of her noble conduct in rescuing two bids from drowning, at Lyme Regis, on the 4th ult. On the day in question she was out row- ing in a small boat in company with a lady friend, and the two lads were playing at the extremity of the outer pier, and by some means fell into the sea. Upon seeing the accident Miss Le Geyt immediately rowed, at much risk, through the broken water to their rescue, and, throwing one oar to one of the boys, held the other lad in her arms until further assistance came. She was thus the means of saving them both from a watery grave. Several rewards were ordered to be paid to the crews of various boats, for gallant con- duct in rescuing life. It was reported that during the past month the society had sent new lifeboats to the Land's End, Cardigan, and Porthdinllaen. The Great Western, the London and North Western, and the con- necting railway companies, had, with their usual libe- rality, readily given a free conveyance to all the lifeboats. The cost of a second boat was also being collected amongst the members of the Ancient Order of Foresters. The French Government had instructed Capitaine de Vaisseau de la Roehe Kerandraon, of the Imperial Navy, to visit the institution, and some of its lifeboat stations, with the view of making himself acquainted with the mode of the society's operations on the coasts of the United Kingdom. Messrs. Forest are now building three lifeboats for the French Government, under the superintendence of the insti- tution. Monster Trial at Bologna.—A gang of several hundred malefactors had rayaged the Romagna, robbed a. bank at Genoa in midday, and made Bologna almost uninhabitable. ThePapal Government had allowed these malefactors to pursue their depredations with im- punity, and there was reason to suspect the complicity of the Papal police. It is to the credit of the Italian Government to have at length brought these ruffians to justice. At present what may be truly called a monster trial is going on at Bologna. One hundred prisoners are on trial. In order to secure this for- midable band of desperadoes an iron cage has been constructed in the court, through the bars of which the counsel for the defence communicate with the prisoners, like peepers in the Zoological Gardens with wild beasts. When this first batch of scoundrels is disposed of some 600 more remain to be tried on the same charges. Narrow Escape of a Train from Lightning. -The thunderstorm of Friday, which passed with such severity along the course of the Derwent, was fearful at the Malton Railway Station. The lightning struck the tall semaphore just outside the station, and had passed down by the gas pipe and iron ladder to the ground, cutting out a piece of the floor, and throwing it several yards off. The lightning seems to have forked about half way down the gas pipe, and passed an iron rod across the station, crushing up a stone at the top of a chimney, passing downwards by a large metal tank. The Driffield train had just begun to move out of the station. The guard was knocked down in the van, and a man was thrown back off the engine. The passengers in the train all felt the shock more or less, and many of them had the impression that a gun had been discharged in the carriage. Some other of the company's servants were thrown down. In the station-master's house the shock was felt, the station-master's wife being slightly affected by it. Inauests on Children.-In 1862 coroners' in- quests were held in England and Wales upon no less than 3,239 infants under one year of age, of which number 2,380 were legitimate and 859 illegitimate. In 124 of the above cases verdicts of wilful murder were recorded. Inquests were also held in the same year upon 2,763 children above one year and under seven, of whom 2,515 were legitimate and 248 illegitimate. The year 1863 shows an increase: 3,664 inquests were held on infants under one year of age, of whom 2,679 were legititimate and 985 illegitimate. Verdicts of wilful murder were recorded in 166 of the above cases. 2,842 inquests were held upon children between one and seven years of age, of whom 2,604 were legitimate and 283 illegitimate. First Conviction under the New Traffic Act.—Henry Knight, a carman in the employment of Messrs. Piper and Co., of Bishopsgate-street, builders, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Lusk, at the London Guildhall, for driving on the 25th of August, between nine a.m. and six p.m., a timber carriage laden with timber exceeding twenty-five feet in length, in contravention of the bye-laws made in pursuance of the new City Traffic Bitl. From the evidence of Police-sergeant Trew, it appeared that he saw the defendant driving a timber carriage and four horses, < laden with five stacks of timber, up Ludgate-hill; believing, from their appearance, that they exceeded the length allowed by the regulations, he measured them, and ascertained that they were thirty-three feet long, being eight feet in excess. Defendant admitted that the statement made by the police was correct, but said that there would be considerable difficulty in carrying out the new regulations, especially during the short days, when, to comply with them, would neces- sitate their loading and unloading in the dark, and possibly then accidents would occur which were now avoided. Mr. Alderman Lusk said he had only to administer the law, and as this was the first infraction of the new regulation he should only fine him Is. and costs, but if it were persisted in he should inflict the extreme penalty. A New Ride in St. James's-park. -Altera. tions of an extensive character are going on in St. James's-park, London, with a view to provide a ride for horsemen, such as that of Rotten-row, in Hyde- park. The portion of the park which Mr. Cowper, the Chief Commissioner of Works, has set apart for this purpose extends from Storey's gate to Buckingham- palace, being the whole length of Birdcage-walk. It has hitherto formed part of what is known as the en- closure, which has been devoted to the use of persons who are not fortunate enough to have horses and car- riages, and who have extensively availed themselves of it for the purpose of recreation. A space of between thirty and forty feet of ground in depth along the whole length of the walk has been dug up, and is now a rudis indigestaque moles. In the course of a few days the railings on the north side of Birdcage-walk will be removed thirty or forty feet back, and that large and important strip of ground will be cut off from the enclosure. As soon as the necessary arrange- ments can be made, it will be thrown open as a ride for the exclusive use of the aristocracy. River Traffic on the Mersey. The unpre- cedented increase of the river traffic across the Me-rsey, and the rapid rise of Birkenhead, have obliged the commissioners of that town to very con- siderably enlarge their ferry premises and approaches, as well as to improve their fleet of steamers. Con- nected with the large landing-stage provided by the Mersey Dock Board, the commissioners have added covered ways of glass and iron, which now lead into a large reception room, where ten turnstiles are placed. At the centre hall there are now ladies' waiting rooms, offices, and other conveniences, _.nd external to it is a broad, covered portico, facing a new road 100 feet wide, where 'buses and-street railway cars receive and discharge passengers. The commissioners have also now running a large deck-covered steamer called the Cheshire, and two more are building on the same model. These improvements are certainly not made before they were required, for the Woodside ferry boats convey now across the river about 7,000,000 passengers a-year, who, at penny fares, produce a revenue of about < £ 39,000. This fact is not to be wondered at when it is remembered that during the present year Birkenhead has risen from a hamlet of 110 inhabitants to a population of 40,000, while the rateable property has increased from C300 to £ 200,000. The Royal Polytechnic Institution.—This fashionable and interesting hall, which has been closed some weeks for decorative embellishments, will re-open on September 19th, when Professor Pepper will pro- duce an 'entirely new lecture, which, it is expected, will be a companion one to his celebrated ghost enter- tainment. The subject he has selected is Sound and Acoustic Wonders," such as the Talking Heads—the Telephonic Concerts-the Invisible Girl, &c. &c. The ghost scenes will be continued on account @f their amazing attractiveness, under the auspices of Mr. J. L. King; a new musical entertainment is to be pro- vided by Mr. Coote, illustrating the favourite story of Sindbad the Sailor." Singular Case of Supposed Infanticide.- About six o'clock on Sunday morning two females called at a coffee-house at the Market-head, Woolwich, and partook of refreshments; after which one of the women was, at her request, allowed to go upstairs. Shortly afterwards both parties left the house in a hurried manner, and in consequence of some suspicious circumstances, a search was made, which resulted in the discovery of the body of a newly-born infant secreted in the apartment which the. woman referred to was allowed to enter. The police were immediately informed, and pursuit was made, but neither of the females have yet been apprehended.

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