The Cardiff Times

THE LABOUR QUESTION. THE LONDON TAILORS.—On Saturday five of the men on strike were charged at the Marlborough-street Police- court with intimidating a workman in the employ of a firm which declines to conform to the new log. The defendants surrounded the complainant, and calJed him a coward, and hissed bim. Mr. Knox sentenced them to be imprisoned for three months with bard labour, but as notice ot appeal was given against the conviction, four out of the five were bailed out. THREATENED STRIKE OF OMNIBUS DRIVERS AND CON- DUCTORS,-The Whip has reason to believe that, unless a petition on the eve of presentation from the employes of the London General Omnibus Company be complied with, a general strike among the conductors and drivers will take place before the end of the month. END OF THE TAILORS' STRIKE IN PARIS.—The delegates of the working tailors have addressed to the Opinione Rationale a letter, stating that in consequence of the refusal of the Prefect of the Police to permit another general meeting of the men on strike, all collective re. sist&nce to the masters has become impossible. The members cf the local committees have therefore resigned their functions, and leave all the workmen their entire individual liberty of action to obtain from their em- ployers whatever increase of pay they may be able to procure. STRIKE OF Boys IN A COAL MINE.-On Wednesday about 400 miners employed at the Carr-beuse Colliery, near Rotherham, were thrown out of employ in conse- quence cf a strike on the part of about 40 boys whose labour is necessary to the working of the pit. Five of the boys had been fined 28. Gd. each for breaking their lamps, but on its being fonna that the damage was not so serious as was expected, the fine was reduced to Is. 9d. The boys demanded that tbe whole of the fine should be remitted, and when their demand was refused their companions made common cause with them, and refused to go down the pit. Those who had gone down were compelled to return, and the pit was thrown idle. Proceedings were threatened, but the dispute between the manager and the lads was amicably settled, and the men and boys resumed work. STRIKE AT THE SHOTTON COLLIERY.- The men em- ployed at the Shotton Colliery, betweeu Hartlepool and Sunderland, to the number of about 300, have struckon a question of privileges. Twelve of the men were brought up at the Castle Eden Police-court, on Friday, on a charge of leaving their work without notice, and were sentenced to suffer a month's imprisonment, but were offered the alternative of returning to work, which they rejected. THE ENGINE-DRIVERS' STRIKE.—At the Hull Police jourt on Thursday, before the stipendiary magistrate, he engine drivers who had been summoned for leaving ,heir employment in the service of the North-Eastern Railway Company (Hull section), came up for judgment. rbe magistrate found one of the defendants (whose case tad been the first heard) guilty, and was about sentenc- ng him to a term of imprisonment, when the company s olicitor in the case said be thought the company would )e satisfied that their rights bad been asserted in such 11 nanner that it was unnecessary to press for this extreme jnrr.shment. The defendant, through his solicitor, in- imnted his desire to leave the union and go back to his voik, should the company be willing to again employ iim, and the magistrate took the only other course )pen, though it would be inflicting but a nominal punish- nent. He ordered that 811 the wages due to the defen- iant be forfeited. The nine remaining men pleaded ;uilty, and were sentenced in like manner. A STRIKE OF FEMALE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. rhe dissatisfaction us to the rate of wages appears to have spread from Buckinghamshire to the adjoining jounty of Oxfordshire. In the latter county the initia- l tive has been taken by the females, many of whom go Jut into the fields to work. In the present case the standard price has been 6d. per diem for picking conch" from the ground. The fact that one farmer, at Chesterton, three miles from Bicester, was giving women 8.). per dav and the welcome news that the farmers in that and the neighbouring villages had raised the wages of their weekly men Is. per week, in- duced the" gentler" sex to demand an advance of 2d. per day for their services, they arguing that "ifihe m>'o s wages were raised lor;. per week, they could not see why the women's should not also be raised Is. and they appear to have carried their point. THE AGR CULTURAL LABOURERS' STRIKE IN BUCKS.— The Secretary of the Gawcott Agricultural Labourers' Strike F., od "reports that during the past week he has been abl.. to make artangements for the removal to other parts of the country at advanced wages, and for the emigration to distant colonies, of nearly 100 of the farm labourers of Gaweott and the vicinity who are dissatisfied with the present rate of wages. The move- ment for an advance of remuneration appears to be on the increase throughout the northern portion of bucks, and the consequence is a general >car.-ity of labour. The farmers of Bierton, Aston Abbots, North Marston, and other important agricultural centres have been compelled, through the scarcity, to raise the scale of wages of their farm servauts la. per week, and it is ex- pected that the agricultiiral employers iR other districts of the oounty will shortly have to adopt the same course. Meanwhile the labourers are organising, and the Agricultural Labourers' Protection Union at Nis- senden is acquiring strength daily. The assistance of the tradesmen and others in the locality, solicited by persons appointed by tbe committee, has been liberally rendered, and a school-room has been placed at the use l of the committee, free of rent, for carrying on the strike.

atiiamentarg |nttllignia. MONDAY. The proceedings in the House of Lords were of no interest, and occupied only a few minutes. III the House of Commons, Mr. Osborne called attention to the demand made upon him by Mr. Rillwyn, tiia; he should produce a copy of the alleged agreement between tiim and Colonel Taylor. He was ready to do so, provided the original document was produced. He found no fault with Colonel Taylor whatever, who was labouring honestly in his vocation, and had succeeded in making a most miraculous draught of fishes. He did not dispute the sincerity of those who hid been influenced by that document, but a great many had been influenced or deluded bv it. Ti e document was shown to many members, and could not be considered a privat? one.—Mr. Diflwyn was quite ready to meet any in- quiry if the House should think fit to require one. but Mr. O.-borne not baring had the courtesy to refer to him before bringing the question before the House, as he was bound to do, and as the document was not only private, but confi- dential, under the circumstances he must decline to produce it-Coiotici Taylor had nothing to add to or withdraw from what he bad already said. He also complained of a want of courtesy.—Mr. Owen Stanley contended that the document was not of a private but of a public character.—Mr. Hibbert said that as his amendment was affected by this matter, he might say that he had never seen the document or henrd of it. He did not consider that the Chancellor of the Exche- quer was bound to do more than what he said, that he would give full consideration to his amendment. He did not hold him bound to assent to it. The subject then dropped. The House subsequently went into committee on the Re- form Bill, Mr. Lowe first calling attenmn to the fact that before the division on the 12th Colonel Taylor went about the House representing that the Government would accept Mr. Hibbert's amendment, but now the Chancellor of the Exchequer not only repudiated that understanding, but op- posed a clause of the Act of Sir William Clay, on which it was based.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he had given a fair consideration to Mr. Hihbert's proposil, as pro- mised, and he had come to the conclusion that it would be better to repual clause 3 of the Compound Householders' Act, so as to afford every facility to the occupier to obtain the franchise on giving notice to the owner that he was pre- pared to pay the full rate, which he would be allowed to de- duct from the rent—Mr. Bright congratulated the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer on the disposition he had shown to meet the views of the House, and tauntingly advised the Conservatives to make one more effort to allow the right hon. gentleman to act on their behalf, so that the House might he unanimous in passing a good and memorable biil. Sir R. Palmer moved an amendment to Clause 3, the object of which was to extend the franchise to the occupiers of houses and shops. After some discussion it was withdrawn. Mr. C. Torrens then moved an amendment conferring the franchise on lodgers occupying unfurnished apartments of XIO and upwards.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer ex- pressed himself in favour of a lodger franchise, and intimated that if the hon. gentleman would bring forward his proposal in a distinct form and definite manner it should receive the fair and candid consideration of the Government.—Mr. Torrens accepted the assurance of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, and withdrew his amendment.—Shortly afterwards progress was reported, and a debate took place on the Cor- rupt Practices at Elections Bill on the motion for going into committee.—Mr. B. Osborne believed that the whole electoral system was managed on truly commercial principles, and that there were not thirty members who owed their seats to fair means. The Government had gone as far as they dared in the right direction, and that was to take the question out of the hands of the House itself. He did not believe in the sincerity of the House on this question, and he believed the bill would do considerable good in reforming public opinion in making bribery instead of being the fashion infamous and disgraeeful, but as long as the House contented itself with periodical sham fits cf virtuous indignation, bribery would continue rampant.—The bill was then ordered to be referred to a select committee. TUESDAY. In the House of Lords was discussed the question of Ritualism in the Church of England. The Earl of Derby professed agreement with the object the Earl of Shaftesbury had in view in bringing forward a Bill to settle this question, but he concurred with the representations of the Archbishop of Canterbury, on behalf ot the bench of Bishops, that it would be more expedient to investigate the matter by a Royal Commission. In the course of the debate, the Eirl of Shaftesburv violently denounced the Ritualistic practices, asserting that they were the means of alienating thousands from the Church. Lord Lyttleton moved the second reading of the Bill for the increase of the Episcopate. The Bill pro- posed to give authority to the Crown to create three new bishoprics, namely, St. Alban's, Soutllweil, and Cornwall, and the noble lord was sanguine enough to believe that the liber- ality of Churchmen would provide the funds without Par- liament being called upon to do so. After a brief discussion, the Bill was read a second time. In the House of Commons, Mr. P. A. Taylor gave notice that on the second reading of the Royal Parks Bill he should move that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. Gladstone gave notice that it was his intention on Thursday evening to ask for some explanation regarding the Government amendments to the Reform Bill, as several points were now involved in great obscurity. THE IRISH CHURCH. Sir J. Gray moved that the House, on the 29th inst., should resolve itself into a committee to consider the temporalities and privileges of the Established Church in Ireland. He contended that the Established Church was legalised in Ire- land before a single Protestant congregation existed; that its endowments were allocated to strangers before a single sermon had ever been delivered to a Protestant audience; and that the Establishment was originally planted and was still maintained by the aimed forces of a powerful and con- quering race. In early days the religion of the Church of England was forced upon the people by penal legislation, which in these days appeared to be almost incredible; but notwithstanding all these pains and penalties, the people of Ireland through long ages of persecution had remained true to the ancient faith, and even nsw 88 per cent. of the whole population of the country were Roman Catholic. The people, he said, found a church establishment maintained for a frac- tion of the population, while they themselves were com- pelled to build their own churches, remunerate their own clergy, and defray all the expenses incidental to the celebra. tion of Divine worship. He did not ask the House to transfer the endowments of the Church of England to that of Rome, but he asked them to put an end to religious ascendancy, and by abolishing the State Church, to put all classes of her Majesty's subjects in Ireland on terms of perfect equality. Col. Greville Nugent seconded the motion. He charac- terised the Protestant Establishment in Ireland as most unjust, and said that nothing like it existed in any part of the world. Sir F. Heygate moved the on the ground that the time was inopportune for bringing the matter forward. Mr. Vance seconded the amertument. Mr. Gladstone supported the previous question, because he believed that the time had not arrived for dealing with the subject practicallv, and the adoption of theamendment would relieve the House from tbe necessity of entertaining a pro- position which would only excite hopes that there was at Present no power to realise. With a few exceptions he was prepared to subscribe to the views expressed by Sir J. Gray. There was no doubt that Ireland was in a very anomalous position with regard to its Church Establishment. A Church Fstablishment could only be maintained on two grounds- first. on the ground of its truth secondly, that it was the chul eh ( (the masses, or of the poor of the population But the Irish Church stood in conflict with all these principles. It was not maintained Hr its truth, or the State would decliue to educate the priesthood at Maynooth it was not main- tained because it was the religion of the bulk of the people, because the bulk of the people were opposed to it; and it was not maintained on the ground that it was the religion of the poor, because notoriously and beyond all measure it was the church of the rich. He asked if English members wou!d to- lerate such anomalies in the.case of England, or if the people of Scotland would stand the endowment of the Episcopal Church in the way in which the question stood in Ireland. Let them, then, give Ireland its due, and give to the people of that country the same measure which thev required to be meted out to themselves. He believed the time was not far distant when the Parliament of England would have an op- portunity oflookillg the question fairly and fuily in the face, and when the time came, he was sanguine enough to cherish the hope that a result would be arrived at, the consequences of which would be so happy and pleasant to all of them that they would wonder at nothing but the folly which had so long delayed such a settlemetit. The Attorney-General for Ire'and contended that the Irish Church Establishment w&s not a grievance. The complaints urgtd against it were merely theoretical and sentimental, as it did not affect the pockets of the tenants, and still less the really poor. Lord Naas defended the Established Church from the at- tacks which had been made upon it, and expressed his regret that so many hon. members could be found to support so gross an act of confiscation as was now proposed. The House divided, and the numbers were-For the pre- vious question, 195; against. 183; majority, 1-2. WEDNESDAY. Nearly the whole of the sitting of the House of Commons was occupied in discussing the Hypothec Abolition (Scotland) Bill, the second reading of which was moved by Mr. Carnegie. The nature of the law of hypothec, as contrasted with the English law of distress, is, that the crop and live stock may be sequestrated for the rent of the current year, and may be followed by the landlord and seized wherever it is found, no matter in "whose n c^ch-ratrAbohtion Bill'was then eonsTdered in committee, but ^n first clause wis nronosed a motion was made to report progiess, in consequence of the short time that remained for discussion and it vv-as carried on a division. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed^and the house adjourned.

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THE BEACON OF THE LONELY ROCK. The winds were shrieking across the waves, The clouds were heavy and drear, The wild waves roared, and their foam dashed high, And madly leaped, m-.ith the scowling sky 'Twas a right of dread and fear. In the quiet retreat of a fisherman's hut, Sat Jean at her spinning w ued. And she span and span, and again and again Looked out at the clouds and driving rain With a heart that was heavy to feel. Far over the sea, like a huge sea-kicg, Towered the dangerous Lonely Rock While the winds and the waves-their i\quiems sang Full many a ship has shuddered and sprang ';> With a deadly and frightened shock." Morn came at last, and the hoats- rowed in That had toiled the whole night through, And their finny treasures were sprend on the beach, While as far as ever the eye could reach The skies were a glorious blue. The sun shone out, and begilt the waves, And dressed them in robes of light. For the stormy wind had ceased to rive, And from rock to rock, and from eivo Í) cave Flew the fingers of sunshine bright. Down to the bench ran Joan, and met Grave looks and sorrowful And the women's faces wiih tears were wet, And the men's firm lips took a firmer set, As they answered her wailing cries. One boat was ftther's boat That had sailed but yester e'en A mile from his cottage, where wild waves roar, His lifeless body was cast on the shore, God piiytht orphan Jean. In the fisherman's hut the corpse was laid Till 'twas hid in the quiet grave, Jean watched alone till the funeral day, And then—when they bore him far away, Came back to her home by the wave. Twice five-and-twenty years have passed Since that night by the stormy sea. When she spun and span and heard the blast, And the lif"less body on shore was cast, To her life-long misery. And still where the North Atlantic tide Washes the Orkney shore, Lives orphan Jean by the bleak sea side, With never a kith or kin beside, When the ang- y tempests roar. Night after night for fifty years She has spun till the break of day,- Through health and sickness, through i»il and tears, Untouched by weariness or fears, In her hut" by the Orkney bay. Night after night as daylight wanes A light from the window gleams. A single candle, whose feeble ray, She burns as she spins till the break of day And the early sunshine gleams. Through storms of winter and winds of spring, Through misty autumn eves, When the tossing waves their requiems sing, Or the winds ot summer sweet perfumes bring, And stir the (la. k pine leaves. And the people love her,-unspoken love, Yet as true as love cin be, They teach their children to hush their noise, And the merry girls and boisterous boys Subdue their youthful glee And quietly creep past Jean's poor door, Lest her slumber they should break And many a string of fish they catch And lay on her threshold, and silently watch Till Jean shall be up and awake. 0 noble life unknown to fame, Her bright reward shall be, When her patient lonely life is o'er, To hear fr -in Heaven's more peaceful shore Thou dids't it unto me." Bristol. KATHLEEN.

AN INTELLIGENT PONT. Sir Emerson Tennent gives, in Land and H'atrr, an inter. esting account of a pony, the propl ny of Mr. Field of 47 Warwick-street, milkman, which brings milk to Sir' Emerl son's door daily. The little animal was bought cheap by Mr. Field some five years since-on account of the evil character which it bore as a jibber. By means of bread, sugar, and chesuuts it has been tamed, and it now moves from door to door of its own accord, preceding the milkman in charge of it; so that whilst he is settling with the ,ervants at one house, the servants of the next hou,e, warned by the sound of the stoppage of the cart, may be in readiness to take in the milk when the man arrives. More than this. At cer. tain doors, where the pony is in the habit of beinj regaled with douceurs o( bread, apples, &c., the sagacious little animal contrives, without Hpsetting the cart, to raise the knocker with its nose, and rap twice. Were not the account signed by Sir Emerson, who invites the incredulous to go and see with their own eyes, we shou'd have concluded that the story was a canard, to be classed with the tticephaious calves and prodigious gooseberries of the silly season." MISS TABITHA TRENOODLE ON EUCLID. Getting married is all nonsense; it no mure alters a woman's brain than it does a man's beard. I have seen plenty of my friends get married, and never perceived that they cauld reason or chop logic-vvitatever condiment that may be, or why always chopped, 1 can't say—with more success than in their m.,iden days. If 1 were to marry to-morrow, I feel certain of this-I shouldn't he able to unders'and Euclid one atom more than I do now. I should still look upon it- somebody says I ought to say him, but that's absurd—as hook full of ridiculous puzzles, scratchy drawings, like the Freemasons' Arms without the compass, and capital letters stuck upways, and downways, and sideways, and any way except straight on like a Christian alphabet. And how any man can study all that without being addle-headed is beyond me to tell. For my part, I never look at a page or two with- out feeling as though I was gone crazy, chasing a lot of run- away letters, all bumping over one another, and all swearing A was B, and B was C, and D was noihing in particular. That's how I feel and it Euclid reatly was a man, I can only suppose he was some poor slave or savage, who tatooed him- self with the alphabet, becacue he couldn't learn it in any other way, and then he was made a Freemason of, and ta- tooed himself with that too.—Belgrav;a. FLEET MARRIAGES. A traffic was carried on (in the early part of the present century), the shamelessness of which is almost increuibie. The taverns and other houses where matrimony had at first taken place, doubtless with some sort of privacy, became known and spoken of as regular marriage chops. They dis- played, suspended from their walls, the huge and elaborate signboards of the day, explaining the nature of the accom- modation offered within. But information more precise than the clasped hands, lied knots, and symbolical device. of these signboards was provided. Notices were put up over the doors offering immediate marriage in the plainest terms, and stating the cheapness with which the ceremony might be secured. Touters, such as now haunt tha entrances of cheap photographic shops, lounged about the marriage- houses, suggesting the"parsoR" to passers-by, and fluently urging the facility with which the reverend gentleman's ser- vices might be secured. The better to insure the zeal of these touters, they were generally allowed to participate in whatever gains they were instrume ital in bringing to their employers. Thus MimtiUted, they occasionally carried their zeal to such an extreme as to attempt to drag people to matrimony, and to overcome reluctance by purely physical means. Respectable church goers, passing Ludgate-hili to service, were not secure from the molestations of these men, who pursued their calling with as much vigour on Sundays as on other days. Sometimes the parsons themselves plied for customers on their own account; and it is said that the I more degraded of them would offer to perform the marriage serviee on terms as low as a pipeful of tobacco, or a dram of spirits.— The Flert Parsons and the Fleet Mamagct,, in the Comhill Magazine for MIND YOUR WORDS. Another instructive case, brought before a jodtcia) tribunal, depended not on the meaning ot a particular word, but on that of a particular com lila-or rather, whether a small spot of Ink was a commii or not. A sumo) rl) less. than eight thousand pounds depended on the solution of this apparently trivial fact. We must ask the reader tu rub up his French a little, to recall to his memory the use and meaning of certain short words in that language. A French gentleman made a will, in which, among other bequests, he left handsome sums of money to his two nephews-Charles and Henri. The sums w > equal in amount. When tl « testator died, and the will came to be proved, the nephews expected to two hundred thousand francs each, as their specific bequests. But the executors, or residuary legatees, or other persons ia- terested in the remainder of the p; operty (we need not go into the French form ut these matters) uisputed this, and said that each legacy was for one hundred thousand francs. The lega- tees poinied to the word dw..r. No," said the executors, "there is a comma or apostrophe beeween the d and e- making it d'tux. Not so," rejoined Charles and Henri, "that is only a littie blot of ink, Having nothing to do with, the actual writing." Let us put the two interpretations in juxta-position :— A chtcun deux cent mil'es francs. A chacun d'eux cent tnilles francs. The first form mtans "to each two hundred thousand francs," L whereas the other had the very different meaning "to each of them a hundred thousand francs." ThIs little mark (') made all the difference. The paper had been folded before the ink was dry; a few spots of ink had been transfixed from one side of the fold to the other; and the question was, whether the apparent or supposed apostrophe was one such spot. If French avocats are as keen-witted as English barristers wd may easily see what a rich harvest might be reaped from such a auutce. The legatees had very strong reason.-reason, many thousand pounds strong—for wishing that the little spot of ink should be merely a blot, but their opponents had equally strong reasons for wishing that the blot should be accepted as an apostrophe, a proposed and proper component element in the writing. The actual decision we need not trace here, seeing that a close inspection of the veritable piece of paper itselt would be the only test.—The London | (New Magazine).

i General JUtos. ;^The prineipalsbip of 'be N "irtli Wales t^lDg College is about to become vaeai-t it is worth jGJ>er annum, with a house. TOT G 0F A VILLAGE.—'THE little village of Prapic A-lpes) has been almost wholly destroyed _by •is*1 ^Wo °a^ 'birty-nine thatched houses of which p^mposfed now remaining. An eld man of 72 met taw death in the flumes, eS ^HON BOAT-RACE.—The l)oat race for the cbam- ^QlP between Kelly and Chambers t»ok place on the ln°n Monday, and was again won bv Kelly by five ;len3ths. TLE PLAGUE.—The cBt'le plague has again broken [Leicesterahire. One beast has been condemned ^aughtered, and others OD the same farm having L appearances ot being infected, were ordered J; J^gbtered. SRE GREAT EASTERII.—The Great Eastern steamship t(jetQrOed to Liverpool from Brest, where she had ar- li> °nly 191 instead of the anticipated 3,000 pas- from America. The enterprise of the FreBch gavany is a compete failure; and the underfilled .r^etit with the Great Ship Company is said to U ^-J0 lead to considerable litigation. °WS CLEP.K'S SALARY.— It was unanimously agreed in! r°eeting of the Liverpool Town Council last week, ^ease the salary of Mr. Joseph Raynor, town clerk, 4 <, 'C()0 to £ 2.000 a year. K^DXAX.—A pseudo Prince of Wales has pro- Is himself in Nottingham. Quite a consternation Ionei on Monday by a man with his face top rUshir,ir about like a madman, declaring that. "f0t'°Ce of Wales was dead, and that he was "going appointment. At last Sergeant Foster secured Ifet rotri bis demeanour he is evideutly of weak in- RY CF k MURDERER.—in April, 1803, a young St p*8s found murdered in a house of bad character but the police were unable to trace the *lt6,r<'tor of the deed. It is cow stated that in the a su'c^e New York a letter has been found, Othe writer, a man of respectable appearance, V, hi*self the murderer; and stated that having about conscience-smitten from place to th^ findinS no rest< ^ad added tc the first equa!ly awful one of self-murder. tIn" l:tvcs ESCAPE.—On Tuesday, as a train was Vr^owen for Oswestry, a goods breaksman, i* Watling, was shunting his train on the De. when he stepped on to the branch metals. 'O^stry train coming up at the time he was knocked 'Kd e buffers of the engine on to the line, with s»lj^ across the metal-. The engine was driving 1 {be time, and, instead of smashing bis head gently otF the metals, and he lay flat between Sh till the train had passed over him. When he \egf Was found that Liis bead was only slightly cut ry Advertiser. JURY.— VVe are indebted to the proceedings lcJdlesex Sessions on Tuesday, lor a novel ob- 'his time-honoured institution. A woman for receiving a stolen watch; and the jury, ee, fY* ^ocked up two bours, came back unable to Her 6 of them then startled the Court by asking a"y of his colleagues knew the prisoner at the trit, bblkt he bad seen had greatly shaken his faitb 4CL J jury. The Judge, of course, could not reply If, tb quesliqn, and alter being locked up for another etlir ltldy's friend appears to have given way, as Aft>e^ a verdict of'' guilty." TE'MPT TO MURDEK 4 WOMAN IN AKDWICK.— ^ay,at the Manchester Police-court, Edward Red lr°n founder, was brought up, on remand, attempting to murder Jane Astell, wife of Jit stel3. watchman at a brewery, and residing at \fwning-street. Ardwick. The prosecutrix, who li!tvid*" reco?ere<i from her injuries as to be able to 'V heOce in court, said that the prisoner had lodged ron-P^e for some time previous to Good Friday; \ct 1 night between ten and eleven o'clock, the '^ife*t,acked her in her bedroom with a large carv- f'lso :anci inflicted three serious wounds upon her. 'seCo assaulted her and robbed her of a M jjjfiling some money. The prisoner, who re- J'C (ieffcnce, was committed for trial. -^ZZR AND HIS WIFE'S NOVEL.—The jury of *hich the difference between M. Ratazzi and l\nV18 t'epoli bad been referred was composed of V r Cadorna (Senator) and General Brigncne V»j On the part of tbe former, and of Count Areae AlT' and General Bixio (Deputy) for the latter. °*ing decision has been come to The jury having duly considered the affair submitted to k^ilbat a reparation of honour is due from M. '(■•V"16 Marquis Pepoli, but that it ought not to "n'il after the cessation of bis functions as t Council of iVJiriisters." ,l'e° t0 ^ING.—Mr. E. K. Karslake, Q.C., M.P., has ltd' Contemporary remarking that he has no KBr0Q8 °e members of the House are daily reeeiving !L.*S beeS(18getitions as te the female franchise. But 'fi (j Q especially amazed by a request lately made ll °f non-elector, but a good Ice desired him to take care, in case Mr. b "Med in obtaining the franchise for women, to 'Sn^^ay of amendment to his proposal, that no Mm ho has not nursed all her own children shall be V'° vote. I VfVd? PUDDING.—Jane Matheson, an aged widow I 'li^th888 lodSe ^eper to the Duke of Sutherland I K^e8!00' ^as frora t'36 of poison. It I idj.'e unfortunate woman incautiously used I fj 8r^a<^ baking-powder in tbe making of a I l/S "li ■V° ol^er Persons who dined with her were I 'or several hours, but they are now in a fair I l'C)very- I A ^GICAL VESTRY.—The South London Press I >t ^n* a theological discussion on social toleration I tlNfe ^holies cropped up at Camberwell vestry I 8 eff ^r-J»hn Grummant started it with words I luNiie<5t tllat i,: was encouraging the worship of I C'ie k0<1 his angels to pave a footway before a I f cha°baPel. A long debate ensued but com- I at ^abt prevailed, aided by tba appeal, I gentlemen, tbey are men and ratepayers I <TIH* B&ILJ "OCCIDENT AT CROYDON.—On Friday after- ■ il( ^ili er« while converting- a private house in the I Of t^r°ve into a beer-shop, removed the front and th I ^Slv6 ,hou se, and evidently did not prop it up I v & ^or while the men were at dinner some I L,°f j?1 "mongst the timbers, when a large quan- I V;in 0 masonry ga»e way. One child named ■ killed at once its skull being beaten in I S 8itnilarly injured, but was alive wbeo Mr. I 'ill v«. r^e°D> 80t there, the injuries not being quite L Survived only a short time. Tbe matter I C%>d8°f the police, and a rigid investigation I ^ELUSIONS.—The great will cause, Smith ■ V^ i1' *hich occupied the Probate Court four or I J0^ week, was adjourned at the rising of the I alQrday evening. A very large proportion of I W0e ^as related to tbe religious delusions 0 LK ^SI' ^rs- Thwaites. Dr. WilliamS, of' Betble- JoN th' acic' ^r' ^00(i> physician at St. Lukes, N "f i their judgment these delusions were p "'at bsaDity- The former, in cross-examination, V^l(,a't6r reading Martin Luther's account of kiSbS>'sa' *ith the Devil" be should not consider I -ttljj^6rfectly sane mind. B TH** A^IDENT AND Loss OF LIFE AT NEWCASTLE. LV*16'CM 8reilt boat, race on Momlay, a number of SSa C0 Elated to be about 100, while waiting on the by^any's landing on the Quay side, for their 4, t*°at to Shields, were precipitated into the '^od-6 gIVing" ay of the centre of the stage. th6s ',ave been recovered, and it has been as- A* thi ftt 'east seventeen persons have lost tbeir viful calamity. The ianding-tageof the 0SN w°f considerable size, and contains a ticket- 0-ai^ing-rooms, and fl ats upon the water at a t ab°ut thirty feet from the quay. Access is means °f two permanent gangways, f ii^tee feet 'D and so construot-d as to W'tVl the sta^e as it is influenced by the fc'H oth °De gar<gway is for the exit of passengers, ■ |g er was almost exclusively used for passengers 1ras composed of wrought iron girders, ■ planked with wood, and thiee months ago strengthened b_v extra beams of timber on -^bout twenty minutes to seven on Monday Was a large number of Shields and other jArt 'o e°Ple on the quay at the time; and in tbe fcS l^iekly home the entrance gangway was 8f'' PeoP'e continued to press down t;J jP rr>om on the gangway was occupied. Tbere R. fi1"' ^eWer than 100 people packed closely to- ° a'' at once> without the slightest warning, U 8naPPed asunder. The dense line of human !C\<!61tr!,eeD to waver f°r an instant, tben tc divide H e> a°d the,i both en Is of tbe ill-fated foot- ■ ^i %en t° pitch their freight of human beings 8t-roaS 0hb tide carried many ol tif'V' *ti^7aWay frorn the immediate hope of rescue. H tt)e 6 fortunate, clung to the stanchions and (n,?an8way—others were rescued in boats and 04^ ^tid (Hher», again, by instances of personal ui- H truly heroic- ltisn ow believed j> is by the accident on the Tyneon Mon- ^ies smaller than was at first anticipated. H tj'1^ ''iver 0tl'y have been tiken out. of the water, and H 'Iragged all Tuesday without any more ■ to it is hoped that the loss of life will be ■ ^numur, I THE PRUSSIANS IN letter from Hanover says that the Prussians are carrying on their military preparations with the utmost energy, and that the city has been placed in a state of siege, orders having been given to suppress the first symptoms of insurrection. AN AU-TRIAN BREECHLOADER.—The Vienna corres- pondent of the Times says that the Austrians are arm- ing their troops as rapidly as possible with a new breech- loader. It is the invention of a Herr Werndl. It is simple in construction, will the twenty-four rounds a minute, and will penetrate a four-inch deal at 1,200 yards. It is very light, and costs only about 45s. But the most remarkable thing about it is its capability of sus- taining the roughest usage. CASTE IN INDIA.—The Times of India reports that caste in that country is giving way. In proof of this it is stated that in spite of the terrors of excommunica- tion, a large number of the intelligent natives are on their way to the Paris Exhibition. A Brahmin from Guzerat is one of these defiants. In this country we can perhaps hardly form an idea of the moral heroism tans displayed. SECESSION TO HOME.—Mr. George Bruce, eldest son of Lord Ernest Bruce, has joined the Church of Rome. Lord Ernest Bruce is presumptive heir to the title of Marquis of Ailesbury and Earl of Cardigan, and Mr George Bruce, who is 28 years eld, is the beir apparent of Lord Ernest Bruce.. THE MAINE LAW—There is considerable excite- ment in Boston, Massachusetts, on account of the de. termination of the authorities to put the Mame law at last into actual operation. The State constabulary lately visited one of the largest wine establishment: in the citv, and seized stores to the amount of from 10,000 to 15,000 dollars. The officers were hooted by a large crowd which had assembled, and at one time a riot seemed inevitable. THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN HOLLAND.—The cattle f lagBe in Holland is still committing such frightful ravages that it has been determined to slaughter the healthy animals which have been in contact with the infected ones. Last week about 7000 were killed and buried, and the authorities intend to persevere with these rigorous measures till the plague is stamped out. In one district there was such a strong opposition by the peasants, who bad a religious objection to the destruc- tion of the cattle, that the soldiers were obliged to fire, by which two men were killed and two more wounded. The returns for last week show that 1735 head of cattle were attacked by rinderpest, against 2048 and 2017 in the two previous weeks. STEALING A RAT.—A street showman had trained a number of white rats which might be seen on the outer boulevards of Paris going through their performance of the taking of Sebastopol, the Russians and French being distinguished respectively by green and red col- lars. The most intelligent actor of the four-footed com- pany was a large old rat named Batbaro, and two days back he had just terminated the combat before a nume- rous audienee at Gross Callou, by planting the tri- colour on the Maiakoff tower, when, in the moment of victory, he was suddenly seized by a woman who had witnessed the exhibition with great admiration, and who thrust him into her pocket, and started off with her prize along the Rue St. Dominique. The proprietor, who had been going round with his hat, soon missed his premier sujet, and very naturally made inquiries from the persons around. Having obtained some indi- cations as to what had occurred, he rushed off after the woman, and having soon overtaken her, demanded his property. She denied all knowledge of the matter, and it was only on a police agent coming up that she at last and very unwillingly gave the rat back to its owner. She was then given into custody. THE FENIAN TRIALS.—The trial of the American, M'Cafferty, at the Dublin Special Commission, is over. He it appears, was at the head of the intended attack on Chester Castle; be was one of the Directory of the Irish Republic," and one of the most active of the Fenian leaders. He is described as being par- ticularly well-dressed, with a fashionably cut velvet coat and light kid gloves: and it is said he was reading a novel in the dodi whilst a portion of the evidence was given. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against M"CaSerty for high treason, but sentence has been deferred until after argument on points that have been reserved. On Monday morning the police arrested 112 persons near Dublin, who were suspected of having Fenian designs, but it afterwards appeared that they bad assembled to witness a prize fight, and they were consequently admitted to bail. A telegram from Dublin mentions a strange case of resistance to arrest in the streets of that city by a Fenian of American appear- ance," armed with a revolver, and with 38 rounds of ball cartridge in his pocket. A sympathising mob attempted a rescue, but without success. CAPTURE OF A DEFAULTER.-The Nouvelliste Vaudois says An individual having several times obtained from the bankers, M. M. Brodhag and Wnechter, gold in exchange for notes which ultimately found their way back to England, the London and Westminster Bank informed the Swiss firm that these notes were the pro- duct of a cheque on their house which had been fraudulently obtained, and furnished a list of the num. bers of the notes. Upon his presenting himself again to obtain £ 200 in gold, the notes were stopped, and by this time the particulars of the transaction in London having become known to the police in Geneva, he was que-tioned, when he said his name was Meinhardt, but as he agreed with the description of a person named Sichmon, engaged in a fraudulent bankruptcy in Lon- don, the officers went with him to his lodgings and demanded his papers. Upon this he became confused, and ultimately admitted that he was Sichmon, and he and his companions, two men and two women, were immediately arrested. Wiih them was seized a large quantity of valuable objects, and amongst them a magnificent Raphael, which the Marquis Campagna, of Rome, confided some years ago to Sichmon to be sold, and which he had estimated in his catalogue at the enormous sum of 800,000f. A reward of S200 was offered in London for his discovery, and he was looked for in America, because he had taken the precaution to have letters sent from New York (to London which spoke of him as residing in the United Stales. An officer of the English police is expected at Geneva, charged with a special commission with regard to Sichmon." r .L1. J? .RATJD—An extraordinary charge came oetore me Lord Mayor on Tuesday afternoon. A young French. man named Deville s is accused of forging and uttering a bill of exchange for the payment of £ 1120 10s., and divers other bills of exchange, amounting in all to up- wards of X'108,000. The warrant upon which the prisoner had been apprehended also authorized the Trrest of Mr. Thomas Edgeley, described as of Sermon- lane, in the city of London, merchant on a charge of bSng concerned in the forgery, but he is not yet m CS. Devillers, who calls himself a Pnguist was found at Dieppe on Saturday by ^eorge Frederic B, ett, a city police constable, and on being toLl the charge against him. he voluntarily accompanied the officer to London. He declared he was innocent, and said thlJt before he went abroad he authorized Edgeley, whom he described as his uncle, to sign his name purposes for him. According to the statement of i r. Poland, the prosecuting counsel, which was partly sub- stantiated by evidence, the bills in question purported to be d. awn for the Maydampeek Forest Company and to be signed by the prisoner. They amounted in all to A'108,180 odd, and were discounted by the Leeds Bank, through Mr. Greenland, the manager, who is now un- d^-rgoin"- a sentence of imprisonment on a convic ion at the Central Criminal Court for making false returns to the Stamp Office. The learned counsel said that no dm,T.t a o-iirantic fraud had been committed, as he should befblo to ahow. to Mavd»»peck Forest Com- pany.so call d-Maydampeck being in Se-via-bemg in point of fact, a myth. After several witnesses had been called the prisoner wasremandod for a week, and the Lord Mayor refused to liberate him on bail. A GIRL STABBED BY HER SwEETHEART.-On Thursday a young man named John Worsley, aged 19 stabbed his sweetheart, Sarah Ann Webb, aged 1/, at Stockport, from feeling of jealousy. They were em ployed in the cotton mill of Mr. Mooihouse, Higher Bnnksway, the man as a fireman, and the female as a reeler, and had been sweet- hearts for about two years. The Pre*10"J another'hpan d'iy. she allowed hers-If to be treated J • On Thursday this reached the ears of at the mill, when he declared to one or two a 'quaintanceh that he wonld screw Sally's head off before long, and at five o'clock he borrowed a knife, and sharpened it befllre he left the spot. He then hastened to the reeling-room, three stones high, and asked Webb whether she intended to go to the fair that night. She answered No not with thee." He then rushed upon her, placed her hfad against the wall with his left hand, and with bis rig stabbed her in the neck and shoulder three tirMs, and was about to repeat the act when the women in the room ran to her assistance and dragged her away, the blood gushing from the wounds. W, r.;Iey was permitted to escape, and, in making his way through the yard, met the blacksmith, to whom be said, Well, I've done it." ''■Done what?" the blacksmith inquired. "Stabbed Sally," replied Worsley, and then hastened away. The young woman was cariied to her own house, and medi- cal utd ailed in. It was found that there were three disnu t stabs which had passed through her clothes and entered the flesh, one of which had penetrated the chest This, it is feared, may terminate fatally. She, however on hearing of her lover's apprehension, said, Don') I hurt him." Worsley was found at his own house it Bennett-street, Cheadle Bulkeley; he made nM attempt tc > escape or to deny what he had done, stating, I've don* it; it's no use denying it." AN AMERICAN DirLcm.—An advertisment having recently appeared offering a diploma for sale, a corres- pondent, who wrote to the address indicated, received the enclosed reply, which be has forwarded to us for publication Sir-if you will drop a line stating any hour you can call and see the diploma, I shall en- deavour to be at home for that purpose. It is surgical, issued from New York, and also confers M.D. as well. The price is X7. Yours, &c.. M. HAMMOND, 20, Herbert street, HoxtGn, London."—British Medical Journal. RAILW AYS.- The Directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company have declined to abandon the proposed extensions in compliance with the petition of the West- ern Railway Shareholders' Association. The Committ-e of Investigation of the Btistol and North Somerset Railway Company have issued their report. They state that they found it impossible to ascertain the amount «i debentures issued, as no record whatever has been kept. Lloyd's Bonds to the amount of £2:000 were entered in the books, but it was ascertained that a further issue of £ 36,000 bad not been recorded. ATTEMPT TO UPSET AN EXPRESS TRAIN.-SbortTy be- fore the arrival of the down.express train at Chatham, on Thursday evening, the discovery was made of a dastardly attempt to throw the train off the line, by means of three iron chairs, which had been placed on the metals. The chairn were placed on the metals on that part of the high embankment between the Chat- ham and Rochester-bridge stations, and being fortu- nately perceived by the driver of the tip-express train, he had time to pull up his train at the Rochester- bridge station, where be (?ave information, so as to have the iron chairs removed before the passing of the down express train. During Friday active inquiries were in- stituted by the city police, to discover the parties who committed the diabolical act, and from what has tran- spired it is understood that a clue has been obtained to the perpetrators, who may shortly be expected to be in custody. THE PARAGUAYAN WAR.—By the latest South American mail there was no news of importance from the seat of war; but from Rio it was stated that tIe Brazilians had declined the proffered mediation of I the United States for immediate peace between the allies and Paraguay, on the ground that it would have led to an armistice, which could alone have been bene- ficial to LJpez. The discipline and general condition of the allied army was reported excellent, and the Brazilian General Marshal Osorio was absut to invade Paraguayan territory in a new direction. The war would, therefore, probably go on till some decisive result takes place. The United States minister, Mr. Washburn, had visited the allied encampment, and bad had some interviews with the generalissimo, which had favoured the opinion that terms of peace were on the eve of negociation, At Buenos Ayres the universal desire still continued to be in favour of peace when it could be brought ahont with honour and credit to the allies, and with security for the future against any invasion of their territories by Lopez. Mr. GLADSTONE AND THE LIBERAL PARTY.—Mr. Glad- stone has sent the following ietter to tbe Daily Iseics .— The communications which have reached me since the 12th of April with reference to the division on that day, from individuals, from the provincial press, and espe. cially from the chairmen or other acting representatives of meetings in the large towns and elsewhere throughout the country, have been, and continue to be, so numer- ous as to place it beyond my power to acknowledge them separately and iu the manner I could wish. I there- fore beg the favour of being allowed to do it by this pub- lic reply, which I trust that those who have addressed me will be so good as to accept. As respects myself, I have reason t'» be deeply grateful for the terms in which these communications have been couched and to feel that, if I cannot merit the confidence they express, stiil they impose upon me even an enhanced obligation to labour, together with others, for the prompt settlement of the question of reform upon principles liberal, in- telligible, durable, and equal in their appliances to the various classes of persons whom they may affect. SUNDAY IN SCOTLAND.—The Sabbath Altiance of Scot- land reports that "notwithstanding all the efforts of their own and of kindred institutions, Sabbath profana- tion has rather increased than diminished." They state that the Glasgow and South Western railway ba" been recently opened for Sunday traffic, and that the North British railway is getting worse and worse in that re- spect. On one occasion it actually removed two large stills from Cowlairs to Haymanket on the Lord's Day, and on another it permitted a special train starting from Edinburgh on Sunday at noon, tol convey the Royal Italian Opera Company to Carlisle. Moreover, in spite of the remonstrances of the society, the enginemen persist in holding their meetings on Sunday afternoons, and will take no notice of the communications made to them on that subject by the secretary of the Sabbath Alliance, who, it seems, is a Welshman, an4 who finds Scotland far behind Wales in a proper observance of the Sabbath." THE MILLENIUM AT LAST.—The Progres of Lyons pub- lishes a letter from a chemist of Marseilles, who sug- gests a mode of opposing the needle-guns by a Greek fire he has invented. He says To give an idea of the efficacy of my discovery, I declare, and I am ready to prove, that I can, at a distance of 1000 metres, enve- lope an army of 100,000 men in a sea of flame, witbin less than five minutes. If a town has to be taken by as- sault, I have no need of a rotopschine, as I can set it on fire in very nearly the same period. In a naval battle I would run into the enemy, and, in 15 seconds, cover the deck of the vessel with a torrent of flame which would burn the rigging, penetrate between the decks, and in- stantaneously stifle all the crew. In an attack on a sea- port, I could burn the town and'arsenals within range with the rapidity of lightning. With such means no war is possible, as neither victors nor vanquished would return from the field of battle. As to the fortress of Luxemburg, the subject of dispute at the present moment, I undertake to rid it of its garrison in a quarter of an hour." The Progres adds that if there is no Mar. seillaise exaggeration in the above description, such an invention would certainly put an end to all war.