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MCLTUM IN PARVU j The funeral of the late Mr. Vincent Wallace tookpkci on Monday, at Kensal Green. Skiddaw and other mountains in the Lake district are this week covered with snow. The death of an excellent ninsieial artist, Madam £ C'aradori Allan, is announced. A monument is to be erected at Moscow to commemo- rate the emancipation of the Russian peasants. The story of the cattle plague having made its appear- ance in the- Royal Zoological (rardcns is without found- ation. The cholera is still very bad at Werba-u at Saxony. Uj; to the night of the 19th there were 1;U cases, of which 42 had ended in death. It isreportedthat Belle Boyd," the Southern heroine, is studying for the stage under the auspices of one of our cleverest actresses. It. appears from :i report presented to the Norwegian Storthing, that 1<X),000 children are educated in the dis- trict schools of that country at an annual cost £80,0110. Mr. Edward Mills, of the eminent banking firm of Glyn, Mills, and Co. died on Monday. Mr. Mills had tor many years been incapacitated from attention to business. The manufacturers of Bavaria and Saxony, a3 well a5 many of those in Prussia, are agitating strongly for the many of those in Prussia, are agitating strongly for the recognition of Italy by Germany, with a viewtoa treaty of commerce. The law courts of Lyons and have decided that the participle de placed before a name is not a sign of no- bility. and that therefore auv one may use it, whether he is a noble or not. Jefferson Davis's treasure has been counted at the Treasury Department, and found to amount to 100,00IJ dols., 87,878 dols. being in gold, and 3,882 dols. in silver. is en; York Tribune. The Patrie has received intelligence that a cargo of coffee, gum, &c., purchased at Djeddah bv a Frotieh trader, has made a passage direct from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, and arrived at Port Said. In Burgundy, a hare has been shot, between whose ears a horny protuberanco, some inches long, was found, the specimen being now forwarded to our museum in the Jardin des Plants. Such leporine unicorns are not ll'ikiiown in natural hist.nrv. 'Hie French Government, m order to thwart as far as Jies in it power the Students' Congress at Liege, has ordured thp railway companies not to convey anypersons Roing to the Congress at reduced fares, and has warned the manager of the Theatre Fraucau that no member ot company must play at Liege. The beautiful theatre of Heruseand at Stockholm, *as destroyed by fire on the evening ot the 30th of Sep- tember. The flames broke out with such violence that the en'ire edifice was consumed before the engines ar- \veJ. The only things saved from the conflagration were Hiano and the chandelier of the sulle. ^he Tribunal of Commerce of Havre, in a case relative 0 Some pie-iron sent to that town from Glasgow, re- Cently decided that it is the usage of Havre that the Cost of delivery and of weighing goods shall be at the ^elusive charge of the seller also that he must pay tor warehousing up to the moment of delivery. A letter from Nashville, on October 7th, states :—At the Methodist Conference held to-day at Edgefield, great enthus asm was manifested at the introduction of Bishop Soule, the oldest bishop of that faith in the world. All present rose to their feet at his entrance. A recess was bad, durinsr which he received the congratulations of clergymen from all parts of the world. Queen Emma wa., entertained at dinner at the Man- sion House by the Lord and Lady Mayoress on Monday evening, and a great number of ladies and gentlemen the clerical element prepouderating-wei-o invited to meet her Majesty, who was accompanied by Lady Franklin, the Rev. W. Hoapili (her chaplain), and Mr. Manley Hopkins, the Hawaiian Consul General. The much debated question of the railroad across the Alps has at length made a considerable step iu advance. The municipal council of Bale has decided to contribute 1,200,000 francs tc the mil way if it passes over the St. Gothard, and it is believed that the other councils will make up the sum that would be required from Switzer- land it the St. Gothard route is adopted. There have been several duels of late between Italian journalists. The fighting, though desperate, has been attended in very few instances by fatal results; but the members of the proiesrfiou feel that thene combats are a scandal to their order. The directors of the Neapolitan newspapers have formed a "Jury of Honour" to settle disputes between writers for the press, and an effort is being made to establish a similar tribunal in Florence. A lamentable accident (observes Galignani) occurred three days back at Geneva. A body of firemen were going through their manoeuvres, and seven of them had ascended an escape ladder placed at the height of a fifth floor, when it suddenly broke, and six of the men were Precipitated to the ground. One was killed on the spot, lad five others severely injured. The seventh clung to a. window, and succeeded in getting into the room to lvbicb it belonged. Lord Malmesbury sends a letter to La France, claim- 5ng for himself, and not for Lord Palmerston, the merit ^f having been foremost to recognise the establishment of the empire in 18.">2, he being the actual occupant of the Foreign Office on the 2nd of December. The Whigs only came into power five weeks after that event but his Lordship adds, that doubtless they would have taken the same cordial course of concurrence in the new em- pire's establishment. A short time ago a Mr. Isaacs, of London, bought an old box of an auctioneer for Is., which he after- wards sold to a Mr. Bruman for :38. On examining the box Mr. Bruman discovered a secret drawer, in which Was a valuable gold coin of the reign of Charles I. The coin was chowu to Mr. Isaacs, and he detained it. Mr. Bruman Ibrought an action, and on Tuesday the Judge of the Clerkenwell County Court decided that the tinder was entitled to the coin. At a concert recently given at Rome for the benefit of the families of those who had suffered from the cho- lera, Madame Piccolomini graciously gave the assistance of her talents, and attracted a large crowd who were anxious to hear the celebrated songstress after so long a retirement from public life. Madame Piccolomini sang twice,a romar.a by C'ampana, Morir per te," and an air by Palloui. The public were enraptured, and ap- plauded the fair artiste with enthusiasm. THE ANGLO-AUSTRIAN COMJIEUCIAL INQUIRY.—Baron Wullerbtorff, the Austrian Minister of Commerce, lias given instructions that a circular should be sent to the members of the Anglo-Austrian Commercial Inquiry Commission, informing them that in consequence of a. communication from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, it has been decided not to ask the commission to resume its labours. The circular at the same time thanks the mem- bers for the attention they have devoted to the subjects brought before them. NEW COLONIAL BISIIOPHICs.-The assent of Her Ma- jesty's government has been given to the erection of two new colonial bishoprics, one for Dunedin, New Zealand, and one for New Westminster, at present contained in the bishopric of British Columbia. The Rev. Henry Lascelles Jeuner, LL.B., of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, vicar of Preston-next-Wingham, near Sandwich, has been nominated to the bishopric of Dunedin. It will include the provinces of Otago and Southend. Mr. Jenner graduated at Cambridge in 1841, and was for BOme time a minor canon of Canterbury Cathedral, and Precentor of the Canterbury Diocesan Choral Union. i° the bishopric of New Westminster the Lev. John "°stlethwaite, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, ln- vj^nhent of Coatham, near Redcar, has been appointed. e graduated in 1851. NAVY' ESTIMATES.—Although, as we stated last we do not expect to see any reduction of the army ^cated by the authorities during the next session of in u'arnent, we shall be prepared for a proposed decrease »avy estimates, both in reference to the materiel ■Pe-rsviinel of the service. We are not in a position JUSt now to say how far ^he pruning knife may be aophed generally to the former, but, with regard to the latter, can state that in the coastguard alone the Commis- sioners of Customs have pointed out that, so far as the Protection of the revenue is concerned, they can dispense With the whole of the mounted guard, besides a consi. derable number of the other men. They have also Pointed out to the Admiralty that there is no necessity tor keeping up so large a fleet of cruisers as at present and it is believed that they have recommended a diminution of one seventh. It does not, however, follow that the Admiralty will adopt to the full extent the eco- nomical measures thus brought under their no .ice.— Array and Navy Gazette. The Earl of Enniskillen has issued an address "to the Orangemen of Ireland," having special reference to the •ubject of Fenianism. The Orangemen, he says, have been convinced that the elements of a conspiracy, paving for its object the massacre of the Protestant and °yal inhabitants of Ireland, existed in their midst; and reh"ir0yal defensive association, originating in a time of c DeI.bon, has continued in existence from a deep-rooted ^nviction that such a plot was possible and probable nen opportunity offered. He calls upon the Orange- to extend their organisation, to augment their num- be, aiidto exercise the utmost vigilance in suspected a ties- He exhorts them to observe in all respects ^gorous compliance with the laws, to 3how themselves "er, wise, resolute, and watchful, and he adda—•" An t^^tion such as ours, composed of men of unques- sh0lli i ? energy and fidelity to all that Christian men 1 l sacre(1 au<1 dear' 3Pread far and wide through ^Q scarcely be contemplated with any feel- fireo* th03« of thankfulness for its eji^tecca ba the ■i, A JLADY'S VINDICATION.—An allair ot a sensational nature is»recorded in a l/iuenciv paper. From the narra- tive it seems that a lady, the wife of a Captain, and a native of fair Limerick, has positively llOriw-whinped, or more properly, parasoled," a military feliah" in one of the public thoroughfares. 1t nppe,lrs that this "gal- lant officer and gent!ema)t"hadthe impudence to intrude himself, in a most extraordinary manner, upon the lady s company, whilst walking alone. The affair took place a few yards from the Club-house, under the portico of which the members usually take their stand for observa- tion and impertinence. The lady in question had passed the club, and turned into an adjoining street, when she was surprised at finding a "crentlemau" walking by her side. She drew back to avoid him, but he persisted, and even after she had again parsed on, ho rejoined her. A second remonstrance, in stern and indignant terms, on the part of the lady, was made by her, but her intruder seemed rather more determined to annoy her, and would not cease. She told him she was a married lady, the wife of Captain and that he was not privileged either to speak or walk with her. To this latter intima- tion a rather uncouth reply was given by the degenerate son of Mars, whereupon the outraged woman raised her parasol, and struck him with it across the face. This had the desired effect, and doffing" his hat in acknow- ledgment of the chastisement inflicted, 110 quickly with- drew to the opposite side of the street, and entered a shop to escape the public gaze. THE PRINCK OF WALES AS A SALMON FrSHER.-At noon on Saturday, the Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke of Roxburehe, left Floors Castle to fish on the Tweed, and about the same time Prince Alfred, Prince John of IIolsteiu-Glucksburg, and the Marquis of Beau- ment set out to angle at a part of the river lower down than that occupied by the first, party. The brightness of the sun and the state of the water somewhat inter- fered with the sport, and up to two o'clock the Prince had only one rise. After partaking of luncheon he again entered the boat, and hooked a splendid salmon which he captured after a "run" of twenty minutes. The Prince leapt into the river and stood knee-deep in the water, so as more effectually to manage the salmon in the landing. The Prince's success was witnessed with great interest from the banks of the Tweed by^he Princess of Wales, Princess Hilda, Duchess of Roxburghe, and Lady Susan GrantSuttie, who, leaving Floors at three o'clock, drove up in a carriage and four to near where the Prince was fishing, and were just in time to have the pleasure of seeing him nm" and safely land his first salmon. Not long after, the Prince, a Tain entering the boat, hooked another large lish, but after a few pulls it got off. Just before five o'clock he hooked a third fish, enjoyed a good run, but he ultimately lost it. The Prince was highly gratified with the afternoon's sport, and with the measure of success that attended this, his first essay at salmou fishing. Prince Alfred angled at the parts of the liver known as the" Coachwynd" and Slate" casts. He landed a very fine salmon of 19]b. weight, and a fine-conditioned sea-trout of 81b. CURIOUS "DIAMOND" CASE.—A somewhat curious case as to the ownership of a "diamond" was settled on Friday, in the Small Debt Court at Stirling. The facts are as follows :—Alexander Allan, a wood merchant, of St. Ninians, was four years ago presented by a friend with a "diamond," set on the lid of an ivory box. Some time after, George Pitblado, caudlemaker, St. Ninians, and his wife called at Allan's house, and were shown the diamond. In the course of this examination the precious stone fell out out of Pitblado's hand, and according to Allan's story, when the box was picked up the diamond was out of its place, and though the room was searched could not be found theu, nor could it be found afterwards. Two years elansed. Mrs. Allan and Mrs. Pitblado go a jaunting together, andthe former dis. covers what she believes to be her diamond set in a ring on Mrs. Pitblado's finger. The work of challenging com- menees, and ultimately the Allans get the ring home with them to examine it. Their "diamond" had a "chip" in it, and taking the stone out of the ring they discover that it has a "chip" too. They try it in the hole on the lid of the ivory box, and find that it is a perfect fit. The gentleman from whom they got it, and who had it in his possession 17 years, further declares it is the identical diamond he gave them. Thus convinced, the Allans keep possession of the diamond, and return the empty ring to the Bitblalos, 'who thereupon raise an action to recover possession of the gem. In support of his case Pitblado proves by witnesses that he was in possession of a diamond pin five years ago; and the stone was taken out of the pin IS months ago and set in a ring; that this stone fits the setting now in the old JÙ1, and does not lit the hole on the lid of the ivory box be- longing to the Allans and in explanation of the sin- gular coincidence of his stone having a chip as well as that of the Allans, and of his not being aware of the fact till last year, proves that the stone was so set in the pin that this flaw could not be noticed until it was taken out, and further proves by the evidence of an Edinburgh jeweller that there is a sort of raised setting in the head of the pin to suit this very "chip" in the stone. The Allans, [in addition to the evidence above stated, prove by other jewellers that the stone perfectly fits the hole in the lid of their ivory box, andthejeweller who transferred the stone from the pin to the ring de- clares that the diamond was loose in the piu setting when he first saw it, and seemed as if had been fixed by hands other than those of a tradesman. In further complication of the case, Pitblado totally'denied that the diamond ring was missed out of the box on the evening of his visit to the Allans, and declared that neither he nor his wife heard n word of the story till the Allans saw Mrs. Pitblado's diamond rills'. Out of these and many other similar contradictions in this singular case, Mr. Slierifl' Scon -e sau nis way to the decision that the diamond belonged to Pitblado." ALLKGEP CONFESSION OF THE WICIAN MLKDFK.—On Monday, at Wigan. before Mr. William aud Mr. Jona- than Lamb, John llealey, wns brought up charged on his own confession with having feloniously and wilfully murdered James Barton, engine tenter, at the Button Pit, Haigh, on the morning of the 3rd of January, 1S6:5. He was brought from Pemberton gaol on foot, m cus- tody of a couple of police officers of the Wigan district, and his passage through the streets of the town caused a great deal of excitement, several hundreds of persons following the prisoner to the office where the heariii!/ took place, and striving to c-atch a glimpse of his fea- tures. Ihe information of John Mills Anderson, go- vernor of Warwick County Gaol, taken on the 19th 0f October, at Warwick, was first read over, as follows— ihe prisoner came into my custody ou the 7th Novem- ber last. On Sunday, the 2nd of April, he expressed a wish to see me privately, as I was then engaged in a general inspection of the county'prison. I accordingly took him into the room used by the visiting magistrates. He said, "I have something particular to tell yon. aud u;it.l I do so I cannot rest at night without bein-r troubled in my dreams. I was much concerned in the Wigau outrage about eighteen months ago. I was at the time on tralrt,. I met with four others in a public-house ne^r Wigan We had some whiskey together. They madf me <*o with them to the engine-house where Burton was. He was sitting there. We robbed ami oi bis wutch. and mouev and then we put him in the flra. I was obliged to do "it in self-defence, or they would ha.ve-Uone ^omt'thing ter- rible^ me, and I was afraid of them. 1 did not put him in the fire. I held ]nsioy« while thevput him in. We all fled. I know not what became, of tlw others. I got nothing for it but soruo .vi.(i>Tteey,; i<ad havo been miserable ever since." As jcon a:> 1 returned to my office I put down as accurately as I could what, he said, and the above is the 'jubstance cf what be stated. Superintendent Ellison, the chief officer of the county police in the Wigan district was then mv^rn. Ho said I was in Warwick on the litis of April last, anJ I saw the prisoner there, in the waif of the county gaol, in the presence of the governor, Mr. John Miils Ah.iersou. When I saw him I read over the statement which haa just been read here, and which he had made to Mr. An- derson, and then I asked him if he still persisted in say- ing that th.e statement was correct. He said he did, and he said also that lie knew the serious consequences which would fall upon him. I asked him where he had come from on the day of the murder, and he said, I walked from Liverpool to Cliorley, and left Chorley again on the same uight, about six o'clock. I walked about an hour or an hour and a half iu the direction of Wigan. I was benighted, and I sat down on the roadiide, about a mile from the place, I was quite drunk. How long I had been there I can- not tell, when four men came up and asked me where I was going. I said nowhere particular; wiien they began to talk to me, and pressed me to go with them but being a. stranger, I was afraid. We had some whiskey at a pub- lic-houseout of a bottle in their pockets. Wethenwentto i the place where Barton was put on the fire. We all went to the engine boiler house, where he was shovelling coals. One of the men got hold of Barton by the neck, and gave him a blow with his fist, knocked him down and took out his watch and money. We then got him away to the fire place. Barton kicked and struggled very much while the men were putting him in the fire. I think it was on a Wednesday about two o'clock in the morning. It was about 18 monthsago, andNew Year's Day was about two months after. I do not know whether the engine was going when we went into the boiler house. The pit stands about a quarter of a mile from the road, but I cannot give any description of the country round about. The four men were very tall, dressed in fustian jackets, and had capa on, and they were drunk. Afterwe had done it, we went in the direction of Wigan, and I went in the day to Ash- ton-in-the-Willows to°look for work. I used to live iu Brown-street, Gregory's Court, Sal ford, with a man named Lewis, who is a* hawker of slippers." That was his statement tome. He also said that he was a. stranger in the district.—In answer to the bench, the superintendent stated that he had ascertained that the prisoner did for. mei ly live with the man at Salford. A remand was then applied for and granted. The prisoner's countenanca was perfectly stolid during the proceedings and it is very difficult; from his appearance to form an opinion as to the credibility of his story. The general opinion is that little if any credit ought to be attached to it, and if it is proved to be untrue it is hoped the fellow will be severely punished for his conduct. After the hearing he was removed yi eustogij the tg it* —" I Every one wiil regret to hear that Madame Lind- Goldsehmidt. is ibiigert to pass tho wi iter in the south of Europe for the b.njiit of her health. In consequcnce of the heavy accumulation of stores in the departments of Woolwich Arsenal, and the unequal demand for supply since the termination of the Russian war, the War Department authorities have notiiied the necessity of gradually reducing the number of mechanics and others employed throughout the establishment. Major General Lord Henry Percy, Y.C., has resignea the command of the brigade at Aldershot, to which he was appointed iu tho spring. Lord_ Henry has since gone into Parliament as niemberfor orth Northumber- land, and very properly thinks staft duties incompatible with those involved in a seat in the House of Commons. His successor at Aldersliot has not yet been selected, but we hear it is not unlikely that the place will be offered to Sir Alfred Hereford, K.C.B., now Deputy Adjutant Genera!. Another brigade command at Alder- shot will be vacant shortly—Major General David Rus- sell's period of service being about to expire. General Russell was appointed in April, I860, but the. time during which he was on duty in Cauada was not counted a3 part of his five years' staff service.— A.rnty aid Vivy Gazette. REMARKABLE RECOVERY OF SPEECH.—A poor woman, sixty years of age, named Rebecca. Wilson, residing at 43, Innocent-street, Boston, has been confined to her bed for more them twenty years, and during the whole of that time has been dependent upon the parish for her maintenance. Iu 1343 the acuteness of her affliction was increased by the loss of speech. Deprived of the use of her tongue, her frieiids-the chief of whom was Mr. Farndom Groom—had the alphabet and a few figures printed on a large card-board, and by the use of these she held communication with her visitors. On Sunday, the lllth instant, as she state. she was thinking of her mother, when she was perfectly startled to bear herself speak he word—the first word she had been able to utter for seventeen years In the exuberance of her joy she would have Mr. Groom sent for, and on his reaching her bedside the tirst thing she did was to request him to ex- press her deep thankfulness to the Board of Guardians for their great kindness to her during her severe and protracted affliction.—Stamford Mcrcury. LORD PALMERSTON AS AX AUTHOR.—(From the Athe. r\i £ uiu.)~Pretty early in lile Lord Palmerston began to write, and though he was too much of a politician to etudy the graces of literary expression, his hand was sharply felt in the "Tory mischief" then going on. The New Whig Guide," a pleasant battery directed at the Liberal opposition, was mainly, we believe, written by Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Wilson Croker. Palmerston wrote a sparkling piece of banter under the title of Report of the Trial of Henry Broug- ham for calling Mr. Ponsouby an Old Woman." This squib is very like the Harry Temple of later years. Brougham is found guilty, but recommended to mercy on the ground of his having vilified the Prince Regent. Lord Palmerston also contributed a plan for re-arrang- ing the Red-book on scientific principles, introducing a Linusean system into Parliament. Had he cultivated this talent of drollery he mig.it perhaps have carried off some of Canning's laurels but society and office, won too early in life, seluc jd him from literature, which never grew to be anything more than a toy to him. Some of his speeches, particularly the speech in defence of his foreign policy, and many of his minutes and des- patches, have great merits. The public would be glad to see his papers on the Eastern Question, the Spanish Marriages, and the Crimean War. THE EXTRAORDINARY HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT ILFORD. —The man, New by, charged with violently assaulting and robbing Mrs. Cardelia Williams, a young widow lady residing at little Ilford, was re-examined on Sa- turday. It will be remembered that last Friday week as the prosecutrix was walking along the Ilford Road near White Post Lane, the prisoner, a respectable looking young man, came towards her, and said, Good evening ma'am." It was then near five o'clock. He then said, Have you got a watch ? If you have I must have it." Mrs. Williams drew back in alarm but tiie prisoner struck her in the face with such force as to knock her into a ditch. He then knelt on her and with very great violence tore open her dress and dragged from her bosom her gold watch, which is valued at £ 15. The lady struggled and resisted as well as she could, but he knelt on her breast and tried to take the ear-rings from her ears. Her screams however, brought assistance before he could succeed in effecting this object. He gave her another violent blow, covering her with blood, and said to the man, George Elliott, who came running up, "Well, 1 have got her watch, and now 1 am off." He ran straight across the fields, tearing up and scattering about a letter, the frag- ments of which were picked up afterwards. Eventually he was captured. Inspector Brice now stated that, ever since the outrage, Mrs. Wiliams LetS been in a state of great suffering. She was still too ill to be able to attend. and give evidence. The fragments of the letter torn up by the prisoner had been placed together, and it appeared to be a letter written from Dublin to the prisoner (by a sweetheart of his, so it was stated), but it did'not throw much light upon the question who the prisoner was.— The bench remanded the prisoner. A RUNAWAY MATCH FOILED.—In course of Thursday, Captain Jenkins, of the county police, Dumbarton, was communicated with by a. solicitor in Manchester, to the effect that a young lady, 21 years of age, belonging to that city, had a few days ago, privately left there in company of a young man, and had gone to Dumbarton, where, in the course of a day or two, they were to get married and, it was further stated, that, although un- known to the lady, her heartless swain was a married IV man, whose principal aim was evidently the possession of money, the lady having just become entitled to con- siderable property in Manchester. Sergeant M' Donald proceeded, iu the course of the afternoon, to institute inquiry, and, on entering the lady and gentleman s lodg- ings he was told they were not in, but were expected in the course of an hour or so. The officer hft, and in about an hour and a half returned but behold the birds were flown." and they were nowhere to be seen, the gallant cockney having prevailed upon his prize to flee once acain. By this time it was seven o'clock, aud the night dark, when Messrs. Jenkins and A1'Donald set out in search of the fugitives, wliowere discovered at Bowling Railway Station in the act of purchasing tickets for Glasgow, but were taken back by Mr. Jenkins to Dumbarton, where the young lady was informed of her dangerous game—that of getting married to another woman's husband. It appears that the lady is an orphan, and had only been acquainted for about three weeks with the man! when ho had prevailed upon her to aceom- Eany him to Scotland to get privately married, leaving is own wife behind in another part of Kngland. The voung lady left Dumbarton on Sunday morning, accom- panied by "Sergeant M'Donald, who flaw her on the train bound for Manchester, when she appeared tmly grateful In escaping the toils of her three weeks' lover,—Giasyoiv Evening Citizen. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A BRIDEGROOM.—An in- quest was held on Friday, by Mr. Laughom, at St. Ann's Vestry Hall, Soho, on Albert William Thresh, aged 24 years, who a few hours before his intended marriage was found dead in bed, under circumstances of a very extraordinary character.—Edward Thresh, a youth, said I live at No. 4, Lichfield-streec, Soho, and my brother, LOW dead, also lived there. He was by trade a water gilder. I saw him last alive on Tuesday morning, at half-past eight, in his bedroom. lie was dressed ready to go out. He seemed to be very low-spirited, for which I knew of no cause. On Monday evening he put his hand to his head and said, "Oh, Edward, I wish it was all over." He was going to be married on the Wednesday, and I thought he referred to that, as he did not look forward cheerfully to it. I felt that he alluded to the excuement of the day. I am not aware that he had any cauie to repent of his choice. I do not think he had had any quarrel with his in- tended wife, neither do I know of anything but the wed- ding that was at all pressing upon his mind. On Tues- day my brother was missing from two o'clock in the afternoon. I am engaged at a jeweller's, and when I left in the morning he told me to come to him at six in the evening to Xo. 7, Green street, Leicester square, where he was employed, and if not th.:re i.o co home. He was not at either place. I er-ulci ilis room, as the door was locked. 1 waited tili nine o'chck, ,t 0 and thou concluded he had gone t) his young ladv- My sister slept in the nest room to my brother! He was in very comfortable circumstances. I have heard of his having threatened to destroy h mself. I never heard him express a wish to get ri, I of his engagement to be married. Every preparation had been male, and everything was ready to put on.-Lomsa. Thresh, sister to deceased: I saw my brother last alive at five minutes to two on Tuesday, at dinner time. He was sitting on a. chair, in his own room, reading the bible. He had been very dull lately, for which I knew of no cause. He was usually very excitable, and complained of his headaching. About half past ten on Tuesday night the young lady to whom my brother was to be married the next morn- ing called, and was surprised, that he had not visited her. We went upstairs and tried his door, which was locked, and hearing no one within we tried to burst open the door, but did not succeed. The young lady then proposed that it he did not come home all night that she should be informed early in the morning. I rose about four o'clock to prepare for the wedding, and when Miss Rowbotham came, finding that we still got no answer, the landlord opened the door, when my brother was found lying on the bed partly undressed, and dead. My brother was very steady. We found no letter nor any writing in the Bible. Deceased was very reserved.—Lucy Rowbotham, of 6, Cnarlotte street, Blackfriars road I was engaged to be married to the deceased. I never had any quarrel with him. I cannot account for his destroying himself. He had never ex- pressed any wish to break off the engagement. He was rather excitable.—The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had committed suicide with oil ot vitriol while kbourius under Umoorwy iaiuutx „ RESIGNATION of MR. JUSTICK OUOMNO.—On Friday at the Jugdes Clumber*, Mr. Justice Hyles stated to counsel engaged in a. summons that Mr. Justice Cromp- ton had resigned, or was about t > resign, on account of his very serious illness. lie believed he had actually resigned.—<S tar. ACCIDENT TO CHIEF JrsTfcr ERI.E.-—Mr. Justice Bylea mentioned on Friday, at the Judges' Chambers, that Chief Justice Eric had met with y.u accident by a faU from his horse. His Lordship was better, aud it was expected that lie would take his seat at the commence- ment of the ensuing term.—ijt ir. THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.—Capts4a Allen Young, the well-known Arctic navigator, throws some doubt upon the story told in Captain Hall's recent letter. He says :—" The narrative is so startling as it first to lead Us to believe that he had listened to one of those Esqui- maux legends related to please the traveller—a narrative containing details so minutely entered into as almost at once to stamp the story as afa'ble. We ought to dismiss, without further thought, the account of the feeding on human flesh, which is as improbable to everyone in the least acquainted with Arctic life as it is impossible when the distance from the line of march is considered. The scene of the meeting with the white men is laid at Neitch- ill-lee, correctly stated to be on the isthmus of Boothia, but at least 5UO miles from where Hall dates his letter. Kow, Dr. Rea was only 40 miles from Neitch-il-lee in May, 1851, travelling with the natives, and gaining all information from them; and M'Clintock, with an inter- preter, travelled from the Fox within 90 miles of the same place in the autumn of 1858, and again in the spring of 1859, making every possible inquiry: and as all the natives gave the same account, that the white men marched towards the Fish River, and did not return, does it not then appear unaccountable for Hall's informa- tion now to have reachod him 500 miles in another direc- tion? The natives told M'Clintock that they had not visited the Erebus and Terror until after they were abandoned, and so the story of the cousin having recog- nised Crozier and the three men, whom be had seen one year before when the ships were in the ice, certainly appears doubtful. Then as to the sword-a naval sword would be the last thing an Arctic traveller would encum- ber himself with. The fight with the Indians also would suggest that they had been to the Indian country, up the Fish River. Is it likelv that they would again turn northward? The whole account, therefore, ought to be received with great caution: and until we hear more. we ought not to dwell with too much reliance on this pain- ful narrative." THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND THE BRITISH PORTS.— The following has been published. Earl Russell to th-- Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty— Foreigu- ofllce, Oct., 18(j,).— My Lords,—With reference to my letter of the 2nd of June last, prescribing the course to be taken by Her Majesty's several authorities in all ports, harbours, and waters belonging to Iter Majesty, whether in the United Kingdom or beyond the seas, owing to the recognition by Her Majesty's Government that peace Was restored within the whole territory of which the United fetates of ISortli .America before the commence- ment of the civil wa" were in undisturbed possession and with reference more particularly to that passage in my letter in which it was laid down that Confederate vessels departing, in pursuance of requisitions to be made by Her Majesty's authorities, from any ports, harbours, or water belonging to Her Majesty in which, at the time of the receipt by those authorities of the fresh orders, such ves- nels might be found, should then, and for the last time. have the full benefit of the prohibition thereby enforced against pursuit of them within twenty-four" hours by a cruiser of the United States lying-at the time withiuany such ports, harbours, or waters I have the honour to etateto your lordships thaiHer Majesty's Government are of opinion that itis desirable that Her Majesty's navalaud other authoritiesathomeandin Her Majesty'spossessions abroad, should be formally apprised that, as full time has now elapsed since my letter of the 2nd of June for giving effect, to the provisions of that letter, all measures of a restricti ve nature on vessels of war of the United States in British ports, harbours, or waters, are now to be considered as at an end, and that it is the desire and intention of Her Majesty's Government that unrestricted hospitality andfriendship should be shown to vessels of war of the United States in all Her Maiesty's ports, whether at home or abroad. I have addrasaed a similar letter to the Secretaries of State for the Colonial, Home, and Indiii Offices, and also to the Lords Com- ntissionersoi Her Majesty's Treasury.— 1 am, &c., USSLLL. Wrrxs RFQI"FST< —'Tl,o will of Sir bock, Bart., F.R.S., D.L., of High Elms, Farnborough Lainas, Norfolk; and Lombard street, banker, was proved in the London Court, on the ]0th inst., by his Bon, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., the acting executor. power being reserved to Lady Lubbock, his relict, to prove hereafter. The personiltv was sworn under £ 120,000. Sir John has bequeathed to his wife her jewels and paraphernalia, also the furniture, wines, farming stocK, horses, and carriages absolutely; and fu6S ''0r ladyship the use and enjoyment for her life oi his pictures, paintings, books, and plate, which at ner decease will pass to hi* eldest son, the present baronet. He disposes of his share in the banking house (Robarts, Lubbock, and Co.) as follows—Oue moiety to Ins eldest son, and the other moiety equally between his sons Henry and Beaumont, they paving therefrom an annuity of t6,000 to his relict. To hit sons Alfred and Edgar each a legacy of £ 10,000. To his BOn) Nevilie (of the firm of Cavan, Lubbock, and Co.) and his sons Montague and Frederic, legacies are bequeathed amounting to about £ 50,000, under busi- ness arrangements, thev also paving to his relict a like annuity of £ 6,000. To his daughter Henrietta he leaves a legacy of £ 1,000. His two married daughters, Alary and Diana, he states, are both sufficiently pro- 1 W ^°r' ^'S r6a^ atlC' 'ease*10U estates in Norfolk and Kent, and elsewhere, he leaves to his eldest sou. A he residue of his personal estate he bequeaths to his Vf> Nathaniel Soarnes, Esq., formerly of Northwood, ^uislip, uear {Jxbridge. and late of Warwick Gardens, •ensington, has left the following charitable bequests t^fe West. London Hospital, Hammersmith, £ 2000; tne University College Hospital, Cower street, £ 40o0; to the Great Northern Hospital, Caledonian road, -Islington, also £ 40;>0,-The will of Wm. Day Wills, late was proved in the Court at Bristol by his re- TJ k M-t'-y Wills, the actin? executrix and trustee— • U. Wills, and F. W ills, his brothers, both of Bristol, le °fher executors and trustees, have renounced the grant of probate. The personalty was sworn undgr £ 50,000. Mr. Wills carried on business at Bristol in partnership with Mr. Frederick Ricketts and the said Mr. H. O. as wholesale tobacconists and snuff manufac- turers. He has by his will given permission to his trustees to continue his share and interest in the said co-partnership by way of loan, if so desired by Ills sur- viving partners. He bequeaths to his wife all his fur- niture, plate, wine, Ac., and a life interest arising from any investment of his propertv, which at her decease will pass to his son. William Henry Wills, absolutely and to his son he leaves a legacy of £ 2000.—Illustrated Kett' TIIE AMERICAN COTTON MAXRRACTUR.ES.—Among the resources of the South which the war developed was the extent of its ability to manufacture domestic goods for horae consumption. Being compelled to manufacture its own clothing for its armies and people, new factories were erected and although, of course, not so perfect as the new England establishments, they were still a great ^"Provemeut upon those that existed before the war. The immense water power existing in nearly all parts of the Southern country has now been pretty well developed and it is open to all enterprising: capitalists who are seek- ing opportunities for investments in manufactures. The fact of having the raw material near at hand is one ad- vantage the South has over the factories of New England and Europe. It is only the procuring of operatives that makes the question of a rapid and extensive in- crease in the manufacturing business of the South at all one of conjecture. But this difficulty will no doubt arrange itself as soon as the strength of foreign and Northern immigration is felt, and the Tierro population are made to comprehend that they must Inlnur or perish. But while the manufacturing interests of thn South pre- sent such suspicious indications for the future, it is only necessary for the intelligent observer to look at thepre- sent condition of the New England manufactories to satisfy him also of their wonderful and increasing pros- perity. The manufacturing power and resources of the South ami the immsnse and well-developed power of the North combined, and the bulk of the cotton fabrics for the use of the world can be manufactured here. -Already able to feed the world, the United States, now in ahappy state of peace, is amply competent to clothe it. We see the great New England manufacturing establish- ments beginning to depopulate some of the manufacturing districts of old England by a demand for operatives. Vessels are continually coming overfilled with passengers Of this class. Our New England manufacturers, now that the war is over, are not able to fulfil the orders they receive from merchants all over the country. The milla are running night and day, but, being short-handed, can- not do full work. One establishment, capable of running 100,000 spindles, is only able, for the want of help, to run over 40,000. Operatives labour from fifteen to twenty 'o hours out of the twenty-four in most of the New England factories, receiving extra nay for extra hours' work. The dividends of these New England corporations are enor- mous, equal to any of the oil companies in their palmy days. 13to 18 and 20 per cent. on capitals of from 2,000,000 dola. to 3,000,000 dols. are nothing uncommon, leaving- a sur- plus fund of a million or two for running capital The oil wells now-a-davs are the cotton mills, and more than fne extensive operator in the former are now investing largely in Eastern manufactories. The cotton manufac- turers calculate upon a continuance of the present high tariff on account of the national war debt, and upon prices keeping up; and, the supply of cotton promising to be all they want, they do not hesitate to enlarge their mills and extend their operations to the utmost extent the supply of physical force will warrant.-New York Herald, lJurmg the past week 68 wrecks have been reported' making the total for the present, year 1,691. Last week, P. Richard Head, a carpenter, living at Worplesdou, Surrey, ;jusi as he was discharged from his employment, received a letter acquainting him that his wife's uncle, a Mr. Ring, of Petersiield. Hants, had died, and that by the event, Head's wife and her three sisters, all occupying an humble position, had become entitled to equal shares in £ 200,000. A PLYMOUTH DEFAULTER APPREHENDED IN LIVERPOOL. -John Augustus Whitley, traveller in the service of Messrs. Pontey, nursery and seedsmen, Cornwall-street, Plymouth, absconded last week, in company with a groom named Clark, employed by the same firm, and after he had disappeared it was discovered that he had embezzled considerable sums of money. A war- rant was obtained, and placed in the hands of Inspector Jullien, of the Plymouth detective force, who traced the men to London there they had taken passage in the North American for New York, and as the vessel was to sail from Liverpool, he went on to that town in pursuit. Having learned that the men had taken their passage in the names of Charles Simpson and Henry Jenkiuson, he obtained assistance from the Liverpool police, and found them both in Waterloo Road. There being no charge against Clark he was not detained; but Whitley was taken into custody. It is stated that a respectable young lady, to whom Whitley was engaged to be married, had followed him to Liverpool, with the intention of inducing him to return, but ah&tiid not find him till he was in the hands of the police. A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.—On Sunday evening a man had a hair's breadth escape from an instant and horrible death on the South Devon Railway. Just after the last down train had left the Brent Station, the guard and passengers were alarmed at hearing vociferous shrieks and cries. Fearing that something was wrong the break was applied, and the train brought to a stand about 300 yards from the station. The women, from whom the screams proceeded, had by that time been left far behind, but the voice of a man at the left side of the train calling for help, and declaring that he was "killed," directed the guards to the spot where the injured man lay. He was found with his body stretched out, face upwards, from the carriage, suspended by the part of his legs below the kuees, the calves of his legs resting on the lower stern of the carriage, and his toes pressing upwards against the carriage floor. Thus he had been dragged from the sta- tion with his head and hands scraping the ground. For- tunately at that spot. although the line passes through a cutting, the embankment is not close to the rails, and thus the man escaped being crushed; but a few score yards further 011 there is a bridge, against the side of which the man would have been dashed had not the t rain been so promptly stopped. The sufferer was carried back to Brent Station, and it was there ascertained that his injuries were not dangerous, although he had lost a good deal of blood, and the boot was torn completely off one foot by friction against a wheel of the carriage. WHOLESALE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SUICIDE.—The magistrates at Tavistock were engaged on Monday in the investigation of a most determined attempt at the murder of a whole household, The prisoner, John Mel- land, fired at no less than four persons, and then cut his own throat. The complainant is Eliztbeth Blatchford, and is one of three daughters of Mr. James Blatchford, farmer, of Moortown. The prisoner, who had formerly assisted on the farm, was spending the day there on Tues- day, and at about five o'clock, when Miss Blatchford was blowing the fire in the kitchen, prisoner stepped up be- hind her, and deliberately shot at her from a six-barrelled revolver. Mrs. Blatchford, hearing the report, rushed into the kitchen, and found prisoner standing near her daugh- ter, who had fallen to the floor, with a pistol close to her ear. She said You villain, what are you about?" and pri- soner replied I'll have you, too," and put the muzzle to her face. At this moment. Selina, another daughter who had heard the report, came in, and clasped her arms firmly round Medland, thereby saving her mother's life, for the ball passed close by her mother's face and entered the wall beyond her. Medland, however, managed to get his hand partially freed from the embrace and fired over his shoulder, but strange to say this shot also missed, as the desperate mau could not get his arm high enough to take aim over his shoulder. Selina Blatchford, in her fright, released Medland, and rushed out of the kitchen with her mother. The sister Eliza- beth, lay bleeding on the ground. They both tried to escape, but both fell when near the door, for Medland had fired off a fourth barrel. The young ladies, however, sprang from the floor and hurried into an adjoining field where their sisters and mother were detaining- theif father, lest he, too, might be shot at. While alone in the kitchen, however, Medland secured a butcher's knife, and with it cut his throat, dividing the small arteries and the windpipe in two places. He rushed out with his bleeding throat, and when the gashes, after his capture by Mr. Blatchford and his son, had been dressed, he tore open the stitches and tried to bleed himself to death, The prisoner was committed for trial at the Exeter as. sizes. THE LATE GALES.—The brig Chance, Thomas Jowsey master, of and from Sunderland, for Rotterdam, with coals, was caught in a severe gale at the back of the Hasborough Sands, on the afternoon of the 19th inst. After labouring for some time she sprung a leak, and notwithstanding the efforts of the crew at thepumps, the water continued to gain. At nineo'clock thenext morn- ing the smack Lord Willoughby offered assistance and took her in tow; but, finding it impossible to do anything with her, owing to the force of the wind and sea, and the water gaining so much, the crew were taken on board the smack, and on Saturday the vessel went down, Lowestoft, bearing west and by north 35 miles. The crew were landed at Lowestoft" about 7 30 on Sunday morning, having lost everything. The brig Friends Edmonds, from Shields, of and from Lowestoft, with coals, appears to have been overtaken in the same gale when off the Dudgeon, and lost maintopsail, foretop- gallant-sail, and split maintop-gallant-sail. She shortly after commenced making a great deal of water. The wind increased, and the water gained on the vessel till three on Friday morning, when the wind shifted to west and by south, blowing very strong, with a heavy sea on. About this time the smack Violet, of Yarmouth, came to her assistance, but was not able to render her any help, owing to the strength of the gale, and, having taken the crew on board, they were obliged to leave her, and at daybreak on the following morning she went down, about thirty miles from the opposite shore, oppo- site the Texel. The Danish schooner Wilhelmina, Svendson, of Faroe, from London for Newcastle, has put into Yarmouth in a damaged state, and landed three men, whose escape from death is somewhat remarkable. It seems that during the storm of Thursday, which was distinguished by an almost blinding rain, the Danish captain, when just ofrthe Spurn Head, near the Humber, observed a small boat tossed about at the mercv of the waves. She was evidently in a crippled state and seemed to be sinking. The Danes hore down to the boat and discovered three men on board shrieking for help, and almost exhausted. At great risk the brave Danes res- cued tae perishing men, whom they discovered to have been driven out to sea from Hull in the yacht Oliver Cromwell. When they were fallen in with the mast of the yacht had gone by the board, she was utterly un- manageable, and within a very short periodof the arrival of the Danish schooner she foundered. ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A Don AND A BURGLAR.— Several most daring burglaries have been recently com- mitted at Pemberton, Orrell, and Upholland three out- townships laying to the south-west Wigan. On Satur- day morning week there is no doubt an attempt was made to break into the Upholland parish church, and shortly afterwards the provision shop of Mrs. Birch, in the same village, was broken into, and some goods and money carried away. On the following Monday the Wesleyan Chapel was entered, the missionary box forced open, and the contents abstracted. On Wednesday night the Orrel railway station was broken into by means of the slide window of the ticket office; several bags were ripped open, but an attempt to force the safe in the office failed, although a sledge hammer brought from the line had evidently been useJ. The same night the premises of a shopkeeper, named Scrivner, at Up- holland, were entered by a window which had been left unfastened, but the burglars were disturbed by a boy who was passing, and who, seeing a light, raised an alarm. The drawers had all been opened, and their cou-1 tents scattered about, but a sum of 92 12s was left be- hind by the burglars in their haste to escape. On Sun- day morning last an attempt was made to enter the pre- mises of a farmer and beerhouse keeper, named William Liptrot, residing at Orrell, near the village of Lamber- head Green, but a dogkept by the family completely dis- comfited the gang. The dog slept at the door of the bedroom of the sons of the farmer, and about three o clock on Sunday morning it awakened the young men by barking and scratching at the door of a small Jantry fhJ f P'°Uud lhe s?n? de £ cended and opened the door when the dog rushed m and seized by the waistcoat a man who was making his exit by the open window, and as the sons were following a nistol evi. dently leaded by shot, was fired either ft the dog or at them, and they in consequence hastily retired. The. dog. however, stuck fast, and though one or two burglars outside were pulling against the animal, no doubt the ,man would nave been secured, but the vest gave way, the dog lost his hold, and ere he could again aeize the thief the ruffian had escaped through the window. The dog would have followed but he was held back by the inmates, who were afraid lest the bur- glars who had shown that they were possessed of tire- arms, should destroy him. A couple of police consta- bles, who heard the report of the pistol, were on the spot in a few moments, but the thieves had vanished in the fog and darkness. Information was immediately conveyed to the police office, at Peniberton, and as it was believed that the burglars had come from Wigan, an extra staff of c'oustables was placed on duty, so as if possible to intercept them on their return. About six o'clock a. man was discovered at Robin's Lane Ends, on the road n from Orrell to Wigan, without a waistcoat, and as he ;could give no satisfactory account Qf kiJBSelfj be WRO £ sikee iste-eustedy, — — —— „ The Prill AFall G.iz-t+s Mvs—We learn from our Egyptian correspondence that the lake discovered by Mr. Baker i", after all, the Luta N/.igc of Captain Speke. THE REPRESENTATION OF TIVERTON'.—The Committee of the Liberal Association of the borough of Tiverton; have announced that the Hon. G. Denmau will become- a candidate for the vacancy occasioned by the death of Lord Palmerston. It is said that there will be no oppo- sition to the honourable and learned gentleman. It has been ordered at Moscow that in all public build- ings the doors of the main entrances shall open outwards instead of inwards as hitherto. The reason of this arrangement is to enable people to have free egress in the event of any accident or panic occurring. Ilabinal Hamilton. King of the Tumut tribe, died on the 5th of August. He was about 50 years of age, and was in the service of Mr. Brown, of Blowering. The race of Australian aboriginals known as the Doomut, or Toomut Blacks, is fast becoming extinct.—Tumut (Aus- tralia.) TiJlU!.> The commanding officers of the various corps of vo- lunteers in Liverpool have been summoned to a meetine to arrange for their taking part in the reception of tll5 Prince and Princess of Wales, on the 31st instant. The Bishop of Ely has presented the Rev. John Saul Howson, D. D. principal of the Liverpool College, to the vicarage of Littleport, near Ely, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Edward Bowyer Sparke, M. A. Crockford's Clerical Directory" gives the annual value of the living at £ 2,035. Dr. Howson is the Bishop < examining chaxilain- KUMOI RED SCANDALS AT KOME.—A Koman oorres* pondent writing to the Temps of Sunday, accounts for the dismissal of M. de Mferode as follows:—"In the! first place, he was assured the removal of M. de Meroda) has been the work of M. de Sartiges, although the latter) arrived here only three days ago. During these three days he had two interviews with Cardinal Antonelli. For a long time past the state of the finances under M. de Merode produced dissatisfaction. The mine was pre- paring for some time, and it sprang the moment M. dftj Sartiges supplied a little diplomatic powder. The M.1 de Merode family have been in straightened circum- stances. Mgr. De Merode has ruined himself for the Pope, and he endorsed bills of exchange for more than, a million. His brother was mixed up in this busineasJ aud it seems there is inextricable confusion in regard to the Papal Bel: ian loan. In this state of things the- Mout-de-Piete put in a claim upon the Ministry of War fora sum of500,000 Roman crowns, and Mgr- Ferrari asks for an account of 200,000 crowns the pro-minister of war took to invest in Belgium. No account could be rendered. Surrounding this prelate there are arrant knaves who,) under the mask of-zeal for religion, have plundered him. The committee have the proofs of this. Then there is another adventure, It has been discovered that M. Merode went every Saturdav during last winter to the house of the banker and that there (but no, I shall, not be the first to relate the story I can hardly believe it). Some disorder in the keeping of the accounts and wretched intriguing amongst the prelates, aided by diplomacy, constitute perhaps the truth of the scandal, but be assured I will find out the truth. P.S. My Bourbon correspondent, whose letter has reached me in the meantime, confirms everything." The Italia says that M. de Merode sent in his resignation, which, was accepted, and that it was caused by two circum- stances—irregularities in the finance department, and' a secret circular sent to the officers in command on the Papal frontier, ordering them not to treat as enemielltho royal bands" (brigands). CAUSE OF THE CHOLERA AT EPPLNG.—Mr. Tho Forshall, consulting: surgeon, has written a letter to the London papers on the subject of the recent outbreak oti cholera at Epping. He says Having read this morn- ing an announcement of the death of the late Mr. Groom- bridge's mother, at Thoydon, near Epping, I am induced to send you the following statement, as it may in some measure tend to lessen alarm, and relieve Weymouth of the suspicion of having been tainted with Asiatic cholera in the period of the late Mr. Groombridge's stay there.' Veryearlyin June last the late Mr. Groombridge consulted me, and he told me he had felt unwell for the last two years; that be had been troubled with indigestion and great depression of spirits, which he said he could not at all account for, as his circumstances were comfortable and that he h id made money not only by farming, but also byi brickmabng. I found that he had been under medioaij treatment frequently for a year or two past, but that he had only found temporary relief. As the medioines I pre-, scribed did not produce so much benefit as I expected, C inanireH riflftienlarlyas I o locality <->f li is ruuidenee, til* drainage aud water supply. He told me that, with th* exception of a little rain water occasionally, their aole. supply was from a deep well, and that the water was very hard, and made the ,tea very disagreeable. I requested him to bring me a bottle of water on the nexti visit, which he did on the 17th of June last. I fouua that, although the water was perfectly limpid, it had am unpleasant odour and nauseous taste, amply a.ccounted. for by recent disclosures as to the leakage from the cess- pool into the well. I handed the bottle of water to Mr.] Goff, the well-known operative chemist of Kingsland,' who, after examination of the contents, stated to met that he detected sulphuretted hydrogen gas with a QOU-, siderable quantity of organic matter. Mr. Groombridg* got me to prescribe for his wife and her mother, both of whom had been, to use his own expression, out of sorts for a long time. Comment upon t he foregoing statement, is needless. I advised change to the sea coast; then went to Weymouth, came back to Thoydon to drink irn^ pure water,—their constitutions enfeebled by long-con-, tmued functional disorder of the digestive organ speedily succumbed to the cholera when attacked." Ir THE fepiRiUALisxs AND THE LATE PRINCE CONSOBT!—» The h>pi>i dual Times contains the details of an intervieni which Mr. Robert Cooper, of Eastbourne, describes him-' self to have had with the spirit of the late Prince Con) sort. Mr. Cooper says that at the beginning of lasts year he was almost daily in communication with the spirit world, and that he inquired of a spirit of hut acquaintance whether there was any chance tlfct Prince Albert would condescend to favour him with an inters view. The spirit friend said that he saw a good deaf of the Prince in the next world, and that he would pre- vail upon his Royal Highness to call on Mr. Cooper. Ac-, cordingly, at an appointed hour, the spirit-friend rushed into Mr. Cooper's room, and then exclaimed,—" Prince Albert is coming in five minutes; be ready for him. On the arrival of the Prince, Mr. Cooper and hit friends with much tact and fore-thought had arranged to gratify liim by singing a Christmas hymn of his RayaS Highness's composition, to which performance, we are assured, "the Prince beat time with a stick on the waty bseide the harmonium." As soon as the hymn was over Prince Albert made the following communication to. Mr. Cooper and friends, which we re-print exactly as it, is printed in the Spiritual Times It is very kind of; you all to learn it to sing tu me. You did it very nice" ly. Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotiui died at, Windsor Castle in 1S61." As this startling revelation was made, Mr. Cooper's large dining table, weighing upwards of a> hundredweight, reared right up on end. It had never played that prank before, but has frequently been guilty of it since. Then Mr. Cooper suggested a little mora, music, and told the Prince that he also had composed a. Christmas hymn, to which the Prince affably replied that he should like to hear it, but that he wished to en- core his own hymn first. A piece from Mozart followed the two Christmas hymns, to which the Prince is stated to have beaten time with the ability of a Costa." Then Mr. Cooper asked, quite familiarly, Are you often with. the Queen ?"—" Yes, very often." Are you pleased at the birth of a Prince ?"—" Delighted." On taking; his leave, the Prince gave Mr. Cooper the comforting assurance that before the lapse of five years spiritualism will be pretty general," and the Spiritual Times th* leading journal of Europe." INAUGURATION OF THE EOLINTON MEMORIAL AT AYK. -On Saturday afternoon, the ceremony of inaugurating the bronze statue of William Archibald, Thirteenth JI<&I1¡ of Eglinton, took place at Ayr under the most favourable circumstances. The weather in the morning was clear and bright, and with the exception of one or two passing showers, the afternoon was fair; and the interesting proceedings passed off with the greatest eclat. Soon, after the death of the late Earl of Eglinton, a general opinion was expressed that some memorial should be erected in commemoration of his lordship's talent9 as t, statesman, and an orator, of his affability as a country gentleman, and of his generosity and kindliness a landlord. Accordingly, subscription lists were opmiH. and in little more than six months after the Earl's decease £ 7,000 was collected. At a meeting of the subscribers to the memorial fund, held in Ayr in June, 1862, it was, resolved to employ a certain portion of the money sub. scribed in presenting the towns of Ayr, Irrine, Kilmar. nock, and Ardrossan with full-length portraits of the late Earl, and the following committee Was appointed to decide what shape the memorial was to take and. how the remainder of the fund was to be disposed of s> The Marquis of Ailsa; Sir Jam9s Fergueson. Bart M.P.; Mr. Alexr. Oswald, of Auchencruive Mr. And- rew Campbell of Blythswood; the Right Hon. Lord Col- ville and the Right Hon. Christopher Nisbet Hamilton. After careful deliberations it "laA resolved to employ the greater part of the memorial fund— £ 4,500—in found-, iug a fellowship id wasgow University, of which venais able institution the late Earl of Eglinton had been Lord Rector. The fellowship is to be named Tha Eglinton Fellowship. With the rest of the money at the command of the committee, it was determined to erect a bronze statue of his Lordship, to be placed in the county town of that shire of which he had been Lord-Lieutenant for nearly twenty years. The com- mittee entrusted the execution of the statue to Mr. Natthew Noble, of London. This statue, inaugurated on Saturday, stands 12 feet high, and is placed upon a pedestal about 18 feet in height—giving a total height to the monument of 28 feet. The inaugural proceedings were conducted with Masonic honours. Lord Colvillt. the Marquis of Bilsa, and others took part in the cere*, anony, and many of tke leading men of the couati (Were pr<ieotr —— — —3