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MULTCM IN PARVO. Sir Henry Bulwer has gone to Hyeres, where he has taken a villa for the winter. The Observer says that Parliament will assemble for the despatch of business on the 1st of February. Vice Admiral Sir Sydney C. Dacres has struck his flag as commander in chief of the Channel squadron. The Gladstone Memorial fund committee has offered to place a. bust of Mr. Gladstone by Woolner in the Bodleian Library. Sir Henry Francis Howard, Minister to Hanover, Brunswick, and Oldenburg, has been appointed Minister at Munich. We regret to state that Sienor Badiali, a once highly popular baritone, died a few days since at Bologna, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. The Rev. Dr. Osbornandthe Rev. W. Shaw had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Cliadwell, at the Colonial-office, on Saturday. Lord Augustus W. F. Loftus, now her Majesty's Mi- nister at Munich, has been appointed Ambassador at Berlin in succession to Lord Napier. The death of Lieutenant General J. A. Phillips, of the Royal Marines, which took place last week, at his resi- dence. near Sandhurst, is announced. The visit of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia- terminated on Saturday, when their Royal Highnesses left Windsor Castle for Berlin, via Antwerp. Sir Charles Lennox Wyke, last employed in Mexico, has been appointed to the mission at Hanover, and will be also accredited to Oldenburg and Brunswick. Shibola Hiengumo Kani, Japanese ambassador, nag taken h's conucs at Paris, and is about to proceed with his coadjutors and suite to England. A New York paper says that large numbers of women have been appointed postmistresses at the South, on account of the inability of men to take the required Oilth. The "Contemporary Review" is the title of a Broad Church monthly journal of criticism, theological, and literary, and social, which is to appear on the 1st of January. Letters from Toulon inform us that no change will be made in the French "squadron of evolution" before March when an iron-clad fleet will be re-organised upon au economical basis. THE MISSING HEAD CBNTRE.—We hear that Mr. Ste- phens, who is at present absent from Dublin without lea vc, is now at Pans, where a relative carries on the pro- fession of dentistry.—Post. La France states that an explorer in Lower Egypt has disinterred a basalt effigy, bearing certain hierogly- phics on its plinth, indicating; "beyond doubt, that the features are those of Potiphar's wife." M. Gerome, the well-known French painter, has been elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts, by 19 votes against, 14. He is only 41, but his name has been in the front rank for the last ten years. It is now stated that the old house at Kensington, about to be pulled down for the railway, is not that in which Sir Isa-ac Newton either lived or died. Newton's house is now a boarding-school, and it is not at present marked for destruction. is now a boarding-school, and it is not at present marked for destruction. After thirty years useless existence, the Society of British Musicians seems to have shared the fate of use- less institutions, and to be broken up. Its library is now to be disposed of by auction, if, indeed, the sale has not already taken place. A statement that the Belgian Minister at War, General Chazal, had died, or was at the point of death, from the bite of a monkey, is not true. His wound in the wrist is Jiot cured, and an operation has been recommended, but l)is life is said to be in no danger. Walter Farnua, a ticket collector on the Lancashire and York-shire Railway, was killed on Saturday night, at Sandhills Station, by a train running over him. An inquest was held in Liverpool on Monday, and a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. As a sign of the times, we may remark the proposed organisation of a series of Sunday evenings for tho People," to be held at St. Martin's Hall, in which the Performance of sacred (not service) music, by a choir in Process of formation, will form a distinct feature. At a meeting held on Saturday, under the presidency of Dean Stanley, a resolution was passed calling upon the Government and Parliament to take steps for the Restoration of the Chapter house of Westminister Abbey, Mr. Beresford Hope said the work would cost £ 20,000 or £ 30,001). We hear from across the Channel that M. Thiers has J completed a "History of Florence, in 10 volumes, and, further, that he has disposed of the work for 100,000f. A Paris correspondent surmises that lie has, perhaps, completed the first volume of the history, and sold the whole work for the amount named. The proposal to sell a portion of the gardens of the Luxembourg has created quite a commotion among the Past and present inhabitants of the Quartier Latin. A Petition is being got up against the project, and lifts been numerously signed. It is expected that the alj will bring a sum of 30r000,000f. to the Government. The Cambria Bath/ Leader reports the finding of the body of the fireman Clement Langstaffas well as the body of Cole, the engine driver, whowere killedby the accident Qn the Vale of Neafch Railway, at Swansea. The men's indies were not disfigured, nor wex-e their clothes torn. It seems as if they had jumped from the train and were downed. A new church, dedicated to St. Martin, has been erec- ted in Gospel Oak Fields, Kentish Town, by a gentle- man who wishes his name kept secret. The church is a handsome one and has a tower with six bells. A par- sonage is attached, and the total cost will be £ 10,000. ■There are 900 sittings- The Bishop of London con- 8ecrated the new church ou Saturday. Charles J. Roberts, an English counterfeiter, was ar- tested on the 14th ult. in Brooklyn, and 50,000 dols. in sPnrious 50c. stamps, of a most dangerous character, were ■Jeized, with an excellent plate, from which he designed ° realise 100,000 dols., and then depart for Europe. It 's said that 20,000 dols. of Roberts's counterfeits are al- ready in circulation.—Now York Tribune. The New York Tribune mentions the death of Mr. Leorge Arnold at the age of 31, at Strawberry Farm, ^•J., in the first week in November. Mr. Arnold, who a contributor to Harper1 s Magazine, and other American periodicals, was an elegant song-writer, much the style of Herrick, and also the author of some ru- poetry of great sweetnees. His poems are about to published. SHIPWRECKS AXD LOSSES AT SEA.—Telegrams re- ceived at L oyd's announce the total loss, by tire, of the uliip Harry of the West, 1347 tons, while on her passage from New Orleans to Liverpool, laden with 120,000 dols. wr¡rth of cotton. Officers saved by shtp s boats, and Picked up by another vessel. The Mountaineer, 1,140 tons from Now Orleans to Liverpool, with upwards °f;60,000 dols. worth of cotton, is supposed to have Sundered. Early on Sunday morning, the vestry rooms of Christ t:Jhurch Watney-street, London, were broken into by t'iieves'and all the drawers broken open, as well as the ca,sh box in which the communion alms were kept. The ll}oney was taken, but the box was left behind. It is Opposed that the thieves were disturbed m their work Plunder, as they took nothing away from the body of church itself; neither the communion plate nor the °kes of the clergy are kept in the vestry. A correspondent of Havannah says: A young man, ^fted 20 years, the manager of an estate, was crossing a Vver on horseback, and followed by a bull-dog, when tho v^vlmir of the animal caused him to turn his head, t hat was his surprise to see an alligator, at least nine ^t long, carrying off the dog by the neck P To jump his horse and into the water, to attack the monster 1 j,|s hunting knife, was the work of a moment. His "1(1I1e,,s was successful, for lie killed the alligator and 'Iv"'d his dog.We., t India Paper. TuE JAMAICA REVOLT.—The Government have de- manded further information, and it is not imp, tssihie ''at persons of undoubted position and qualifications be sent to institute, if necessary, a searching inves- ^a.tion on the spot. Reinforcements of troops and ships war have arrived in force that is considered sufficient <7 aliay all further cause of alarm. It is annoucced by authorities that no more soldiers are required, and Leopold M'Clintock, the commodore, has hoisted his 3? on shore, and has, under his command six or seven lips and sloops of war.—Observer. W. GORDON'S INSURANCES.—We(Star) have hen.rd r.'th satisfaction that the directors of the Star Insurance .°mpany, with whom the life of the late Mr. Gordon insured for £ 2,500, have unanimously resolved to py over the amount at once to his widow. The sigui- Jjat>ce of this fact is obvious. The policy would natur- 'y become void in the case of a man executed as a telon, f the directors of the Star Company have, we are in- ^tned, justly decided that Mr. Gordon's case is simply tj^t of a man unlawfully slain. The directors deserva highest credit for this course of action. c/f'he London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (J^Pany have been fined £ .2 and lis. costs in three es, where the Inspector of Weights and Measures had iC the weighing Machines belonging to the Com- s^y Were false on the Company's side. The machine the Bishops^ate Station, it was shown, made a 71b. ^6l?ht weigh 81b. on the 16th of September last. The ^'phine of the Newhaven Station made a 261b. weight i'sh 281b.; and the machine at the Newhaven Wharf a 281b. weigh 291b. The "Magistrat es said they ° about the case, but intimation waa given t an auueal would be made.. Prince Napoleon has returned to Paris, and it is said that both he and his wife, Princess Clotilde, will go to Co.rpIegneHextweek. The Ajaccio speech, it is said, being now forgotten, a solemn reconciliation will tako place. It was the custom in Prussia, whenever princesses of the royal family married, for the country to make a wedding present to the lady:in the form of a few cen- times added to the principal taxes. That was called the princesses' impost. The same is to be now suppressed, with reserve to the rights of the Crown, on the occasion of the approaching union of the Princess Alexandrine, the King's niece, with the Prince of Mecklenburg. 0 alignani. A correspondent says:—"TheNew York 'head-quar- ters' of the Fenians have at length been comfortably fixed in the new 'Capitol' on Union Square, and the wheels of the government have begun to move. The head-quarters are kuownas the Moffat Mansion, and were formerly the residence of a quack medicine vendor, who made a fortune by humbugging the people with Life Pills and Phoenix Bitters.' The Femans regard this as an auspicious genealogy for their head-quarters. The Journal d,e Charieroi gives an account of a dis- covery just made at Vaucella, a small village in that neighbourhood. Some labourers in a stone quarry, in making excavations suddenly found that their instruments ceased to meet with any resistance. The orifice made was enlarged, audja passage was found to a lofty grotto formed by nature. The men, providing themselves with lights, entered, and found themselves under a splendid roof, |with numerous stalactites. The cave is at least 150 yards] in depth, but with the width variable. Some ot the petrifications are exceedingly beautiful. An instance of the sagacity of animals is given by the propagateiir du Nord. At a farm, near St. Amant, was a colt, three years old, of a very high temper, but pecu- liarly gentle with a little boy who had been in the habit of bringing him bits of bread. One day a servant of the farm, heard a cry from the yard, and, looking out of the window, perceived that the child had fallen into a water cask. She lost no time in rushing to the rescue, but on arriving below found that she had been anticipated by the horse, which had caught up the child by his dress and withdrawn him from the water. The owner now declares that lie will never part with the animal. "PRESENTED" TO GENERAL GRANT.-Part of the scene on the 20th ult. at the levee held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel bv General Grant is thus described by the New York Times .-—" The presentation business was really very absurd. In front of the flowers stood Gen. Grant, with the committee all about him, like bees about a lump of sugar; just by and at his right were Mrs. Grant and other ladies mentioned; at his left were Mrs. General Hooker, Mr. Ethan Allen, General Wool, John V. Buren, Miss Dix, General Cook, occasionally General Hooker, and the members of the press. In front was the multi- tude, shouting, jostling, hot, tired, cross, weary crowd, 1 adgered and bullied and pushed and pulled by the in- felicitous committeemen. As each couple approached, a little man asked their names he generally managed to g< t them quite wrong, and announced to the General all queer kinds of cognomens which were as amusing to the parties who were present as they were unintelligi- ble to the General. Sometimes a couple would go by without a name being given, the consequences being that in his commendable effort to keep up with the crowd the pentlemau who presented them would give Mr. and Mr. Robinson the appellation by which Mr. and Mrs- Jones were ordinarily known, and the direst confusion of course existed. Every man and woman insisted upon shaking the Genf ral by the hand, so that by the time the affair was ended his right hand was shockingly swollen and shapeless. Some pious and reverend people offered little prayers for him as they passed, and others judged it a good opportunity for making pretty little speeches like these :—' I'm so very glad to see you, General. God bless and preserve you many years.' 'General, this is mv eldest son, William Mason. Willie, just tell General Grant the little prayer you say for him every night.' (Willie attempts to do so, but is moved on suddenly by the nctive committee-men.) I always knew you would be'victorious, General. I told Dr. Yinton that God would surely crown so good and so great a man with success. May I not kiss you, General ? (The General declined.) You remember we met last fall at West Point ?' (The General smiled vacantly, as if he did not like to tell a story.) 'Quite a crowd here to-night. All deserved, sir all deserved.' God bless, God protect you, dear, dear General!' 'I want to talk with you, old fellow, about Chattanooga.' 'I had a brother in the 29th Connecticut. I wonder if you knew him ? Those and scores besides were said to the General, who solemnly permitted his hand to be pumped up and down at the will of the merciless populace. So far as we could see, besides a tendaney to blood in the head, there was no fatigue or change in him from the time of commence- ment until the close. He rarely spoke, save when some old army acquaintance or come particularly charming lady made a remark, and then his words were brief, and to the point." A MISSIONARY'S VIEW OF THE JAMAICA REVOLT.— The Scotsman publishes a letter from a missionary in Jamaica, dated November 3, which has been received by a gentleman in Edinburgh. The writer says :—You will be ■ interested to know something of the fearful outbreak of popular violence which took place so unexpectedly in the eastern part of the island a few weeks ago. The savage ferocity with which they attacked and mur- dered the chief magistrate, ministers, and other gentle- men assembled in the Court House of MorantBay, when deliberating on the affairs of the parish, will no doubt be in all tho public prints. 1 will therefore endeavour to give you some idea of its probable cause. The diabolical idea appears to have first of all entered into the mind of George William Gordon, about three years_ago,of mur- dering or banishing from the island all white men and respectable and influential brown men, and putting it into possession of the blacks. lie was a man who had a pretty good standing in society, and was member of the Assembly for the parish of St. Thomas in the East, now almost desolated. He made a great profession of religion, and was for a time a leading member of Mr. Watson's church. He was kind to ministers, and I have more then once spent some time with him, and was much pleased with the Christian way in which he conducted his fam ily. generally presiding at worship one part of each day. After he was elected member of Assembly, he be- came a loud and constant advocate for all popular rights. On this account, and by his interminable harangues he disgusted many, and raised up ahost of enemies for himseli in the Assembly. It was generally thought, that he was harshly treated both by the Governor and the Custos of his own parish, now murdered. And lie got into violent quarrels with the clergy and leading men of the parish. ] have no doubt that he was mightily puffed up by the notice that was taken of him, and especially as being generally accounted the leader of the popular party. In all his ambitious designs, finding himself constantly thwarted and contemptuously treated by his opponents, the thought of getting rid of his enemies appears to have taken possession of his mind. To accomplish the infernal design, he seems to have imagined that the only way was by an outbreak among the people; and this led to the horrible thought of destroying all the present influential men in the island. It now appears that forthe last three years, he has been making preparations for this general massacre, and for the last three months has been inde- fatigable in maturing it. By the admirable skill and promptitude of the Governor, the power of the re- bels was in three days annihilated, and in three weeks, almost every vestige of rebellion obliterated. I doubt not that in addition to the wide-spread desolation it has occasioned to the parish in which it broke out, and to the misery of untold multitudes, whose houses have been burned, and they themselves forced to hide in dens and thicket s to preserve themselves from military execution, more than a thousand persons have been either shot or hanged, and a great multitude severely laslied. Such ap- pears to be the end of this wicked revolt. Gordon some time ago joined the Baptists, and he became a preacher among them but I fear he was a wicked hypocrite, and a savage at heart. He was Imng-ed at the Court House, where the slaughter commenced, unpitied by all, and leaving a name to be execrated by all good men. IV hat give Gordon considerable influence was the distressed state of the colony. For some time the price of sugar in the home market has been very low, which lias oc- casioned great loss to the planting iuterest and they w rrt3 compelled to reduce wages to the lowest possibk- J Then, the very high price of clothing, and a great /h-miffht with which the island was visited, brought the labouring classes into great misery Many public tings were held throughout the island, and the dis- J11 of the labourers brought very prominently mtc 8 nnd also many remedies suggested. Unfortunately VHV.' svmmthy was expressed by the leading men of the httle sy mi y T)eople. Though the rebellion is now island for tHe Pjopic 1)g rcnewcd> after the quashed, and rebe]gj yet j fear that there fearful examp>V still in the minds of many of the is no small disaffection s Miuto great difficul- people 1 he planters DetJ severe upon the la- ties, have been latteily pixunai j bourers. Many of the overseers aie magistrates and 0 ten are severe in punishing the people by hue and im- prisonment, while the people have no redress At pre- sent a great multitude are undergoing punishment for what no man in the island ever considered an offence The common fruits of the country, growing near the road, in open pastures, were freely taken by all classes, I suppose, since the British landed upon the is and. This was a great help to the labouring classes, and I believe did little injury to any one. It was like the law among the Jews, by which any traveller was permitted nluck ears of standing corn, as they passed through the fields. Depriving the people of such privileges, nffnv their long enjoyment, produces a most powerful impression on populai feelings. And I cannot heip be- lievuig that the hundreds, or perhaps thousands who are now undergoing punishment, for disregarding the orders of the planters in this matter, are becoming pre- pared for any seditious movement. It may be remembered that Garibaldi, in declining tc sit for the constituency which had elected him, requested that Alissori, one of his officers, might be returned in his Stead; but he latter had refused to accept the candidate- ship. EX-CONFEDERATE GENERALS. — General Joseph E, J olmston, late of the Confederate army, is at present in New York, and is received with the warmest hospitality. George Davis, who was the Attorney-General of th-j Confederate States, arrived in New York last week under guard. He had been captured in Florida, and was consigned to Fort Lafayette. Colonel John S. Moseby, who is now practising law at Warrenton, Vir- ginia, has been made the prosecuting attorney of War- renton county. SERIOUS FIRE NEAR BISHOP AUCKLAND.—On Tuesday morning, about four o'clock, as a pitman was proceed- ing to his employment, he observed a fire breaking out upon the premises of Mr. Rogers, a grocer, situate on one side of the village green, in Crook. He immediaffely gave an alarm, and a number of persons were soon ion the spot. The fire soon assumed alarming proportions, fcfae wind blowing rather strongly at the time fanned the flames, which rapidly spread over the whole premisfes, and also communicated with a blacksmith's shop next door. A telegram was sent off to Darlington for engines -the appliances at Crook for suppressing fires being; of the most primitive description, in fact, well nigh useless -but before they could arrive on the spot both the places had been burnt down. By the exertions of the croud who had assembled, and the police, the fire was pre- vented from communicating with any other premises, The cause of the fire was unknown. Correspondence from Vienna announces one of the most horrible facts we ever remember to have seen re- ported. In Wegelebeu, a little town of 2000 inhabitants, 294 persons have been attacked by trichinae, the worms bred in pigs under the new disease called after them. Fiity-four of those attacked have already died under tortures so terrible that many requested the surgeons to end their sufferings. The worms all came from one animal, which had been made into sausages, and eaten, we presume, only half cooked. Thorough cooking—but it must be thorough-is a preservative against the trichinae, Hid it is the only one, for they, if left alive, breed in the human patient as readily as they do in the pig, and eat their way through all tissues till the mechanical injuries to the system, and the consequent nervous irritation, produce a horrible death. Cases of this description have already been watched in English hospitals, and doctors caution their patients even here never to eat pork not fully cooked, or any variety of sausage under any ci'r. cumstances.— Pall Mall Gazette. f GOVERNOR EYRE.—Miss Eyre, of Bernard-street, RUB- sell-square, a sister of Governor Eyre, writes a letter to the Morning Star in vindication of her brother. "No doubt," says Miss Eyre, you, Mr. Editor, and all your host of correspondents on the subject of Governor Eyre's misdeeds, are infinitely better informed as to the state of the colony than Mr. Eyre and the whole Legis- lature of Jamaica People see so much clearer from a distance.. Still they must know something about it. It is not fair, it is not English, to publish only letters abus- ing a man, and stigmatising him as a 'wholesale mur- derer and Robespierre, who ought to be hung with the same rope with which he hung Gordon, and none in his defence. His sister surely may say a word for him. It is that Edward John Eyre has all his life been a consis- tent advocate for the coloured race and as such held the office of protector of the aborigines of Australia it is that in his previous governments he has never been charged with arbitrary conduct or injustice; it is that his revileis ought to make some allowance for a man placed in a very difficult and dangerous position and to wait till they have full evidence that he has been criminal before they condemn him; it is that, amid all his hard work, he founU time to write a brief letter home to me enclosing d650L to pay for the schooling of a little niece whose parenta are far from rich. And lastly I would ask what his de- tractors would have said had he really 'lost his hea3 with fright,' and lost England to Jamaica. Of Sir Gervaa Eyre, Governor of Newark, it was said that hadCharlei I. had many such soldiers he would neither have lost hia crown nor his life.' I trust that of this direct lineal dea' cendant it will be proved that Governor Eyre's wisdoni and courage in suppressing a dangerous rebellion prt, served the island of Jamaica from ruin." 4 i A STORY FOR FRENCH READERS. — The Tlvenemeni, says a Paris correspondent, gives its readers a dose ot the marvellous in relating a curious instance of clairi voynnce, which, if true, surpasses anything of the kind I have ever before read of. It states that a girl named Louis B. (the full name, I do not know why, is not given), a native of the Seine-et-Marne, and the daugh- ter of very a rich farmer, one day fell into a lethargic sleep that lasted 5G hours, and which was brought on by grief for the death of an only sister. She awoke from this sleep to an abnormal state of existence. Insiead of being, as she was previous to it, of a vivacious tem- perament,, she became listless, but her listlessness was al- lied with that expression of beatitude that Catholic pain- ters sometimes give their saints. The whole day long would she sit immovable on a chair, and reply in mono- syllables to any question addressed to her; and in the evening she would fall into a cataleptic state, characterised by the rigidity of her members and the fixity of her look. Sometimes the mental faculties and the senses acquired superhuman intensity. The hearing participated in the extension which seemed to be given to the sense of sight. She could hear what passed at a considerable distance, provided her attention was directed to the spot. When she touched an object she became cognisant of its in- ternal qualities, and the function it was to perform in the order of creation. In a quantity of botanic, minera- logic, and metallic specimens submitted to her touch, she signallised their latent virtues. She has an euual insight into the nature of those persons with whom she comes in contact. She sees them when adults as they were at a less advanced age. The ravages of time are not visible to her; and she even failed to see on one occasion that an old and mutilated soldier had not all his limbs. Louise B- affirms that, independent of the modiii- cations of the external vital action, the body is perpe- tually repaired by the nervous fluid. The Lvevement gives this affirmation in more cloudy language; and I doubt greatly if the faculty of Paris would at all endorse Louise's physiological discoveries. But to return to the question, the same paper goes on to say that when brought to a cemetery, this strange being described the former appearance of its occupants and that she becomes af- fected by nervous spasms on finding herself in a place where there is any mineral water. Another remarkable symptom is that although illiterate, when in a catalep- tic state, she expresses herself with singular eloquence. THE FENIANS IN NEW YORK.—The Fenians have had a most laughable row with the editor of the New York Times, owing to an article on their character and aims which appeared in that journal. Mr. B. Doran Killian, who is one of the chiefs of the brotherhood, wrote to Mr. Raymond, the editor, asking for a retraction, which the latter declined, but offered to publish any in- formation they might choose to send in showing that the charges against them were unfounded. Mr. B. Doran Killian then rejoined in the following fashion "• — Mr. Killian has received and read Mr. Raymond's reply to Mr. O'Mahonv's application for a retraction of 'state- ments of a personal character, embodied in the 'Fenian Imposture' article of yesterday's Times' Mr. Killian cannot agree with Mr. Raymond that these statements are 'merely an expression of opinion concerning an or- ganisation of persons; nor, if they were, could be, re- gard them otherwise as libellous, grossly offensive, and richly deserving the rebuko from such organised per- sons.' He sees in them, on the other hand, a palpable attempt to 'individualise' the responsibility of the 'Fenian imposture,' as Mr. Raymond is pleased to term it—to 'charge the managers of the order here and else- where with complicity in, and the management of, a 'swindle'—in brief, to stigmatise them as dangerous citi- zens and disreputable men, preying on the credulity of their fellow-countrymen. The official 'managers' of the order being, just at present, three executive officers, now resident in New York, there is no difficulty in making the application personal to tli(,iii-tiie Jif- ficulty, indeed, seems to consist in presuming that the expression of opinion' could have had any otner meaning. To save Mr. Raymond from any further em- barrassment on this head, he is respectfully informed that three 'managers' whose names I handed to tnni yesterday, may be regarded in either an 'individual' or 'collective' light, but that each and every of them con- sider Mr. O'Mahony's demand for a 'retractation' individually and collectively proper, just, and fit to be insisted on. Mr. Killian cannot restrain his expres- sion of astonishment at Mr. Raymond's allusion to such a 'submission of facts as shall lead to a change of opinion in' Mr. Raymond. He considers such a proposition, made under such circumstances, an aggravation of the original insult, and the very acme of impertinence in iuseif. Libels starting from ignorance can have no warrant or apology; the very right of criticism depends on a superior knowledge of the subject matter criticised, So far from submitting facts' to Mr. Raymond for the purpose of overcoming his defective iuiormation, Mr. Killian has the honour to renew the demand for 'retraction,' not merely from a sense of justice to the managers of the Fenian Imposture,' but with a well- assured belief that the wise liberty of public criti- cism, the dignity and usefulness of the press, the sacred rights of private reputation, the more alluring rewards of public ambition, are all deeply concerned in any effort to guard our press from recklessness and our politics from incivilism. Should Mr. Raymond fail to see the urgency of the retraction asked for, he is requested to name some gentleman with whom Mr. O'Mahony and Mr. Killian might enjoy a more satisfactory acquaintance. To this Mr. Raymond responded by asking if Mr. B. Doran Killian desired a hostile meeting, to which Mr. Killian refused to answer, having, as ho confessed, the fear of the police court before his eyes, and the duty then devolved on Mr. O'Mahony, the president of the Fenian brotherhood of holding Mr. Raymond up to public odium as a person not possessed of the courage of a man, or Of the instincts of a gentleman." APPLICATION OF ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TO THE ROYAL SPECIAL TRAINS.—The directors of the South Western Railway, in deference to the wishes of the Queen, lately expressed upon the subject of increasing Lhe safety of railway travelling, have caused the state saloons used by the royal family to be fitted with the new system of electric communication between passen- gers and guard recently adopted by the company, the first-class carriages and vans forming the rest of the royal trains being provided with the same efficient means of communication- ARRIVAL OF PRINCE CHRISTIAN OF HOLSTETN.— At Four o'clock on Friday afternoon, Prince Christian of Holstem, who is betrothed to the Princess Helena, arri- ved at Windsor Castle. Prince Christian, who was at- tended by Count Rantzan, left Calais, whither the Queen had dispatched a special courier, about five o'clock in the morning by a mail packet for Dover, whence at seven i o'clock he took his departure for London by the Chatham and Dover Company's line, and arrived at the Victoria terminus about nine o'clock. The prince and suite on reachingtown, proceeded to the Grosvenor Hotel, where he remained till the afternoon. Shortly after two o clock the Prince and his attendants drove to the Vauxhall Sta- tion of the South-Western Railway, and left town by the 2.40 passenger train for Windsor, which was reached at 3.45 p.m. Prince Frederick William of Prussia, at- tended by Count Eulenburg, drove from the Castle to receive Prince Christian, and accompanied him to the Castle. Prince Christian, who is apparently much older than his intended royal bride, is tall, has a fair complex- ion, and is decidedly what the fairer sex would call a handsome man. There was a dinner party at the Castle in the evening. THE COMING RFFOTDr BILL.'—The following announce- ment from the Observer may be regarded as semi- official:- It is now ascertained that the proposed reform of the representation will he a simple measure of ell- frauchisernent, and a correction of the scandal of fr, inequality in the number of voters, compared with the increasing population, wealth, and intelligence of tho country. Earl Russell declares that his government will take care to be fortified by facts as well as argu- ments for the proposed change. It is no secret that inquires have been going on through the poor law authorities as to the present number of voters and the number that may be added by the new bill. The addi- tion will mainly consist in the inhabitant householders, although it will be also possible and expedient to add those who are equally eligible from sufficient residence and rental, although notm the sole possession of an inhabited house. We believe it will be found that those paying a certain amount of taxes-one of the qualifications pi-o- posed—will be, in nine cases out of ten, included in the number of those who are already rated, or who will ba admitted under the new residential qualification. There will be no fancy franchise, but all will be straightfor- ward, and easy of acquirement and of ascertainment. The government will produce the result of their in- quiries on their own reponsibility. and will probably be prepared to do so much earlier than is generally sup- posed. SINGULAR ECCLESIASTICAL QUESTION.—A curious dis- cussion as to a clergyman's power to interfere with gravestone inscriptions, has taken place in the south of Devon. Permission was asked of the incumbent of the parish to place an inscription on the tombstone of a person recently buried. He granted it, provided it was confined to texts of Scripture. The friends of the de- ceased placed on it the following words Neither can they die any more, for they are equal unto the angels and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." For death, the last enemy, is destroyed." On seeing this inscription, the clergyman ordered its immediate removal. His permission had been exceeded by the introduction of the word "Hr," which was not to be found in the Scripture, and he also objected to the variation of the latter text from the au- thorised version. His last objection was combated by A reference to the Greek text, which he was obliged to own warranted the interpretation, and a reference to ecclesiastical law convinced him that, though he had IPower to veto an inscription before it was actually pat up he had no power to remove it after it was once in its place, excepting it contradicted the doctrine of the i church. The only case on the books on this subject is a very curious one. A widow, in the Isle of Wight, in- scribed on the tomb of her husband, Pray for the 80LLI 0F John —1—•" The clergyman sought to compel its removal. The case came before Sir Herbert Jenuer Fast and he decided that the clergyman had no power to remove it, for the Church of England did not forbid prayers for the dead. Patriot. THE LATF, Toit SA YEI,S.The whole of the trophies and other effects of the late Tom Sayers were sold on Friday. Great interest was manifested on the occasion by a numerous and respectable company, who were ad- mitted by a shilling catalogue, the proceeds of tha sale of which are to be made over to the father of the de- ceased. The articles in gold and silver, comprising 33 lots, were put up first; then followed t he household fur- niture, among which was a heterogeneous collection of pictures of sporting subjects in oil, water, line, and photography; these being followed by the live stock, &O- We subjoin a few of the lots to which most interest attached :—Lot 13. Solid gold Cross of Valour," with appendages, presented bv the oificers of Her Majesty's ship Marlborough, 2oz. ldwt.; £ 10 10s. Lot 14. A solid gold medal, presented by a few friends in New York, for gallantry while defending the "Belt;" t6 15s. Lot 15. A silver medal, Model of Prize Ring," presented by Mr. Levy, ot Glasgow, for bravery and endurance at Farnborough £ 4. Lot 16. A crystal portrait of Tom's well-known dog Lion," set in gold-mounted scarf pin; £ 6. Lot 20. A diamond shirt brooch. IF stones IL7- Lot 24. A silver cigar case, richly ornamented, the gift of Mr. S Abrahams, 7oz.6dwt. C7 7s. Lot 25. A silver pint tankard, presented by a few friends for bravery and skill," Ittoz. 19dwt. £9. Lot 26. A hunt cap, the gift of Mr. Charles Goode, of Bristol, for manly conduct in and out of the ring," August 16,1860, lloz. lSdwt. £10. Lot 27. A silver cup, the gift of Mr. Moss Phillips, "as a token of admiration for manly courage on April 17 1860," lloz. £9. Us. Lot 28. A silver cup, with two handles, by Hunt and Roskell, presented to the late champion by Captain Webster, for his gallant conduct on the occa- sion of his fight, in 1857, with Aaron Jones this article weighed 19oz. 13dwt. and bore on the obverse side the quotation" Courage; fight it out! A crown or a glorious tomb It wasknocked down for £ 31 10s. Lot 29. A two handled silver cup, the gift of Mr. T. Foreman, for "gallant conduct in his late encounter"—Farnborough, 34oz. 10dwt. £ 57 6s. Lot 30. A silver wine tankard, the present of a few friends at Montreal, June, 18GO, 25oz. 1 Odwt. tl 7 7s. Ca. Lot 31. Tom Cribb's Champion Cup, 76oz. lOdwt. • £35. Lot 32. A ram's horn, mounted as a snuffbox; a gift; £ 10 10s. Lot 33. The Champion Belt presented on the'occasion of the International Prizefight, presented bv Mr. Wilkes, of New York £33. 12s. Lot 34. Tom Cribb's Champion Belt £ 18 10s. Lot 36. A silver mail born the gift of Mr. Henry Distin, of New- port-street, £ 0.' Lot 103 was the now well-known Eng- lish mastiff, Lion," for whom evidently many gentle- men had gone to bid. After a keen lire from the first bid of 20 guineas the hammer fell in a few seconds for 39 guineas to the'nod of Mr. Warner, of the Welsh Harp public-house, liendon. Lot 104, the performing mule Barney," brought £ 13. Lot 105, and the last, the dun mare, realised £ 23, bringing the total amount of the sale to £499 16s. FASHIONABLE "NECESSARIES."—The case of Foster V. Baylis was heard on Friday, Before Mr. Baron Martin. IT was brought to recover jE153, for goods supplied to the defendant's wife. Mr. John Foster, the plaintiff, said:— I and my wife carryon business as a French millinery establishment. MRS. Baylis came often to our establish- ment after her introduction to us, and purchased the goods. She generally came in her brougham, but some- times in a cab. Mr. Chambers What kind of a cab ?. Mr. Philbrick: Why, in a hack cab, to be sure.Mr. Cham- bers I am not so sure of that. Gentlemen of fashion sometimes keep cabs of their own.—Mr. Baron Martin Did she come in a four-wheeler? (Laughter.)—Wit- ness: les. The witness add, d that he wished it to be understood that he did not keep a shop, but an estab- lishment." (Laughter.)—Mr. Baron Martin: Was she a young or elderly lady?—Witness: She was a young lady.—Mr. Philbrick I see there is an item for a bottle of hair dye. What did she want that for?—Witness: f" dun t. know. I think that it was for her husband. She said that it was not for Iierself.—Mr. Phil- brick: What colour was the hair dye? Witness: It was black dye.—Mr. Philbrick What colour was her hair ? Witness She was quite fair. Her hair was quite red. (Laughter.) Mr. Chambers: She was a blonde. (Laughter.).Mr. Baron Martin You say the dye was dark and she was quite fair ? Witness: Quite fair Mr. Philbrick: Then the dye was of course to be kept dark? (Laughter.). Wit- ness Among the articles supplied were a white tulle bonnet trimmed with gold, and one trimmed with silver supplied on the same day. One was two guineas and the other 92 13s. 6d. After a few days she had a blue crape trimmed with white roses for £1 15s., and a pink tulle bonnet, also with white roses, for £118s. Six days afterwards there was a bonnet of Cluny lace, pink roses, and blue feathers, for 93 15s. On the 20th July she had a Greek head-dress, trimmed with real butterflies, for £1 is. Two days afterwards she had another head-dress with gold butterflies, for jEl 8s. 6d. —Mr. Chambers: What do you call a real butterfly ? —Witness It was a stuffed butterfly. (Laughter.) —Mr. Philbrick I thought that young ladies did not wear head-dresses of this description. — Mr. Cham- bers Oh, yes, they have always plenty of real butter- flies fluttering around them. (Laughter.) — Witness She was supplied with a pair of stays of lavender moira antique, lined with white silk, at three guineas.—Mr. Philbrick Did you supply those yourself ?. (Laughter.) —Witness: No; my wife supplied those. I have no. thing to do with the under-linen department.— A con- sultation then took place between the learned counsel, and eventually it was agreed that a verdict should ha taken for the plaintiff, subject to a. referenca. THE YELVERTON CASE.—Mrs. (Longworth) Yelverton writes to say that, so far from the decision in the House of Lords upon her case being final, there are still two stages. There is an appeal from the Scotch Courts to the House of Lords to determine the validity of the Scotch marriage, which will be made by Mrs. Yelvertcm, and there may be an appeal to the same tribunal from the Irish Court wJich determined that the Irish marriage was legal; but, adds Mrs. Yelverton, the Major has not made it. nor is likelv to. for he his hiding abroad. MR. CALEB CrsHiNG.—A "traveller" writes to tne Daily Neius :—" The visit of the Hon. Caleb Cushing tc ;his country is referred to almost every day by one 01 another of your contemporaries as if he were coming as 1 special envoy to the British Government on the sub- ject of the Alabama claims. I believe this is a mistake. Neither the telegram which originally announced his visit, nor any other trustworthy report, lias" contained such an assertion. At Washington I was very lately as- sured that he would not be accredited to the British Government in any way. Indeed, it is difficult to see what the American Government have to gain by taking this case out of the hands of Mr. Adams, who has hither- to conducted it with an ability which I believe is gener- ally acknowledged both in England and America." SCENE IN A THEATRE.—The St. Petersburg Voix says that about a fortnight ago a frightful accident happened at the Alexandra Theatre during the representation of a German opera. Mdlle. Louise Ehlers, one of the pretti- est ladies of the company, who in this piece filled the role of a Mexican, was dancing the cachuca, when, on approaching the lights, she went on her knees and began playing the castanetts. At this moment her gauze petti- coats caught fire, and she was immediately enveloped in flames. A cry of anguish escaped from every breast. The unhappy actress, filled with terror, ran about the stage and thus fanned the fire which was devouring her clothes. She shrieked, sobbed, and cried for help. M. Lobe and Zimmerman, who were on the stage, threw themselves upon her and succeeded in leading her to the side scenes. The other actresses, who were also clothed in gauze, fled in order to avoid becoming victims to the calamity. The curtain was lowered, but the audience would not retire before learning the fate of the artiste. It was ultimately announced that though she was in a dangerous state, there were hopes that her life would be saved. Cmnous POINT OF LAW.—The Lord Chancellor gave judgment, on Monday, in the case of Wallace v. the Attorney General. The question raised for the first time by this petitiou was, whether the Crown was en. titled to succession duty in respect of j646,000, the residue of personal property, which had been bequeathed by the will of the late Lord Henry Seymour. The de- ceased nobleman was born in France and always resided there; ho was possessed of very large property, real and personal, both in France and in England. It was con- tended on behalf of the executor that in the case of a testator domiciled abroad the Succession Duty Act did not then apply. The Lord Chancellor, in delivering judgment, said he was of opinion that the Legislature lid not intend the Succession Act to apply to such a ffase as the present. If the Act applied to cases in which persons were domiciled abroad, the collecting officer would find himself surrounded with difficulties in at- tempting to get succession duty, and the only safe way of solving this question was to bold that succession duty was payable only by those who claimed to be on- titled to property by virtue of our laws. Mr. C. N. Newdegate, in a letter to the Daily News, justifies the Atlierstone Magistrates in sending a man to prison for a month for picking acorns. "I have this season, he says, "employed a considerable number of women and children in collecting acorns. My keeper informed me that parties of four or five men, some oi them not of good character, had, without authority or permission from me or my agent, been picking acorns in the North Wood, and carrying them away, thereby dis- turbing the covert, and this had occurred on several oc- casions. I desired my keeper to apply for summonses, that theselmen might appear before the justices in petty sessions, not being at that time aware that John Watts was one of the parties. This man some time ago forged my name to an order for clothing, and induced a trades- man in Nuneaton to accept the order. I was compelled to appear to prove the forgery, of which he was convic- ted. The Superintendent of the county police in Nun- eaton, when asked by the justices of Atherstone whe- ther Watts was -a man of good character, adduced this conviction, and I conclude that this was the circum- stance which induced the justices to imposed a month's imprisonment upon Watts while they adjudged the penalty of only seven days upon the other man who was brought before them for this trespass. AN INFANT SMOKER.—Mr. Baron Martin and a com- mon jury were occupied in the Exchequer Court, on Sa- turday, in considering an action brought by Mr. Levitt, a cigar dealer, against the son of Sir Percy Arthur Cun- ningham Fairlie, to recover the sum of £ 26 14s., the amount of his account for cigars. The defendant pleaded infancy, and his father gave evidence that he was under age. Being cross-examined, he said that his son was in London at present, but he generally stayed at his place in Hampshire. He knew his son smoked, and he did not object to his doing1 so. He did not know his son got cigars from the plaintiff. /1 o did not smolte his sou's cigars, because he did not smoke at all. He was aware that his son had a very handsome cigar-case, engraved with his crest and initials, but he did know that his son had obtained it from the plaintiff. He did not inquire where he got it from. He had made no inquiries as to whether the goods had been supplied or not. He heard that the action was brought, and he defended it on the ground of infancy. His son had no property of his own, except, an allowance he had made him. He allowed his son £ 200 per annum, kept horses for him, and supplied him with all necessaries. His son was only nineteen veara of age. He was not in the army.—Mr. Baron Martin closed the case by saying to the Jury-" Gentlemen, you will find your verdict for the defendant, who will not be of age till 1867- —Verdict for the defendant accordingly. EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF A FEMALE SATLOR.- Captainr Lane, of the Expedient, now lying in the Victoria Dock, Hartlepool, furnishes the following facts relative to the eccentricities and waywarndess of a female who had abandoned home for the roving life of a sailor Her statementmade at Palermo, is as follows My name is Charlotte Petne born at Aberdeen in 1846. After the death of my grandfather I went to reside at Newcastle with my uncle, but shortly afterwards returned to Aber- deen, where I resided as servant in two or three places. The mate of the ship Mary Gardiner, of Cape Town (named David Roberts), took me from a factory where I was working, and placed me aboard a vessel, which sailed from Newcastle, dressed in boy's apparel, and shipped me as cook s mate. On arriving at Newcastle I left the vessel and worked as a boy in Haggie and Company s establishment, under the name of William Bruce. After this I lived for three weeks in a shoe es- tablishment, with Mr. Pilburn, late Collinson. I then shipped aboard the Mary Ann, of Berwick, bound for the^FYned^p t f 1? N1ew^stle- I then shipped aboard 9eimo on the 1/th of August. During the passage, I per- formed my duties as an ordinary seaman, not the least suspicion having arisen amongst my 'mates' during the whole voyage; but when in the harbour during the heat of the night my sex was discovered, and the captain kindly took me to the British consul, to whom I made the same statement. I expressed my urgent wish to perform the voyage according to the ship's article, which was sanctioned by the British consul. I then proceeded to Alicante (?) to load sulphur, thence to London, where f ^aST,Px Such's the episode of the life of Char- lotte 1 etne. Captain Lane says he still takes a deep in- terest in the "future" of his brave sailor "boy." That gt ntleman has been recently informed that William Bruce" is at present working in a lead factory near Newcastle.—Northern Express. FALL or A VIADUCT NEAR HourFTRTH.-The Mytliolm Railway Viaduct fell to pieces on Sunday morning for.. tunately without, loss of life. It lay between Thong- bridge and Brockholes Stations, on the Lancashire and Y orkshn-e line, and was 90 feet high. The original struc- ture was of wood but as that material had decayed, a stone structure of thirteen arches was in course of con- struction, and had so br progressed that the arches were turned, the battlements were built, and a considerable portion of the wooden viaduct had been removed. The traffic was carried on along the southern line of rails, which was laid on wooden beams, and the northern line was nearly completed, the sleepers having been laid and many of the metals keyed up." The viaduct,however did not appear to be in the best condition, and some of the residents in the locality were suspicious of its stability. On Saturday about sixty men were at work on it, and late at night a coal train weighing about L>00 tons passed over it. The noise of its fall on Sundav morning was heard at Upperthong, a distance of two and a halt miles, and a man who lives near said,it went clap, clap, clap, one arch asramst another, and th-n a regular roll right furious," and the aspect of the of Xthe ;VUSttlfieS this des7il)tion- The middle arch tL whJI fTi oonearSJ ave ?iven way> and then fall + A16 y^rds of masonrv and woodwork 16 damming up the stream which v. 11 rt'?d 11 i off the supply of water to a corn 111f as though a, street of stonehouses "rea^ masses of stone, enormous beams o imber, lengths of rail, and heaps of masonrv, lie intermingled across the valley. At Holmfirth end the masonry has given way as if cut with a knife. At the other end, a few yards off', the old wooden viaduct is Standing with the ends of the rails projecting over the abyss. On Tuesday a line of omnibuses commenced runumg from Brockholes to Holmfirth. The railway communication will be cut off for months. There were fourteen trains daily, and it is expected that goods will be delivered at a siding near the fallen viaduct. The inconvenience and loss to the town of Holmfirth will be great by the cessation of railway communication and 1 the faJluig of the viaduct, besides the loss of traffic, The Army anct JSavy Gazette says, according to rumour" ifloat, we may look for numerous changes at the Admi* ralty about the time Parliament meets. The Prussian corvette Venite, 22, from Kiel, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday, en route for Rio Janiero* On entering the Sound one of her crew was outside a port preparing the customary salute, when he was knocked overboard bv the soundine lead and drowned. THE STATHAM EMBEZZLEMENT CASE.—Statham, the young man charged with embezzling £ 2,500 of the monej of Messrs. Rylands and Son, Liverpool, cotton brokers, pleaded guilty at the Liverpool sessions on Saturday be- fore Mr. Recorder Aspinall. The ballet girl Hastings, alias Tate, who accompanied him to the continent, and shared in the gaities and dissipations which were paid for with the money Statham had stolen, was then tried and found guilty of receiving property which she knew to have been dishonestly obtained and of harbouring the male prisoner. On Monday, Statham was sentenced to be imprisoned 18 months, with hard labour. CAPTURE OF A FENIAN PIKE MAKEK IN LONDON. At Marlborough-street, on Monday, Timothy Hegarty. a blacksmith, residing in Moss-alley, Great Guildford- street, Southwark, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhit by Dawson, by whom he was taken into custody on a war- rant (signed by Mr. Richard B. Tooker, one of the jus. tices of the peace for the county of Cork, and backed by Mr. Knox,) charging him with, while in the county of Cork for several months past, being engaged in making pike heads for an illegal society called Fenians, and for treasonable purposes, and for levying war against the Queen. It having been proved that the prisoner was the person named in the warrant, Mr. Tyrwhit told him that he would be handed over to the proper officials and taken to Cork, whence he would probably be committed to Dublin. The prisoner was subsequently taken away by two of the Irish constabulary. DARING HOUSE ROBBERY IN HULL.-On Sunday even. ing, during the hours of divine service, the house of Mr. Osborne, of Hull, a gentleman connected with the royal navy, was entered, and considerable property stolen therefrom. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. Osborne, on returning from church, observed a light in the kitchen, which was considered remarkably strange, because they bad left no lamp or candle burning. On entering they saw that robbers had been at work. A desk was found lying on the floor in front of the fire and the furniture otherwise disarranged. On their examining the child's money-box, some money was missed, and a further search showed that a watch, two gold pins, some studs, a cruet stand, and other articles had been stolen. The upper rooms appeared to have been ransacked, and the drawers &c., were all displaced and in confusion. The thieves must have entered by the front door, but whether the lock was picked or a key used, is not clear. DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, a washerwoman obtained a verdict for £200 against the Great Western Railway Company for injuries she had sustained through being knocked down by one of the company's vans which was being driven by a boy under thirteen years of age, The company pleaded that the woman was drunk, and that the accident was the consequence of her own neg- ligence; but the Lord Chief Justice told the jury that the mere negligence of a person in putting himself in a position of danger would not necessarily exculpate the person doing the injury, if by reasonable care he could have avoided doing it, and the accident substantially arose from his not doing so. If, therefore, the jury should think that a competent person might have avoided the accident, and that it arose from the driver not being competent, the plaintiff would be entitled to a verdict. If the story on the part of the company was true, that the woman staggered under the horse's head, so that no driver, however careful, could have helped driving over her, it would be otherwise. But the fact that that she was drunk and fell could not exonerate the company. THE CASE OF CHARLOTTE WINSOR.-It has already been stated that the arguments in this extraordinary case will not be resumed until the sittings after term, and, as it is necessary that the prisoner should be pre- sent, she has been removed from the county gaol, where she has been confined since her trial at the assizes, to the gaol of Newgate, where she will remain until after the decision of the Judges upon the point of law raised in her favour. She will be taken into court every day during the arguments, and, if the decision should be in her favour, she will of course be set at liberty. In the event of the Court coming to a contrary decision, in all pro- bability the capital sentence will be carried out, the crime of which she was convicted being one of the most atrocious character. A somewhat similar case occurred in the year 1857, when a soldier, named Thomas Mansell was convicted of murder at the Maidstone assizes. Up- on a technical objection token by his counsel with regard to the constitution of the jury who tried hin), sentence was respited but after a long argument, during which the prisoner was taken every day backwards and for. wards from Newgate to the Court of Exchequer, the Court decided that the conviction was a good one, and the prisoner was taken back to Maidstone and executed in pursuance of his sentence.—Morning Post. MEDICAL STUDENTS ON THE LARK."—At the Mary. lebone Police-office, on Saturday, Charles Rockley, aged 29, of No. 3A, Cambridge-place, and John Williams, aged 20, and Edward Fortescue, 21, both of the latter'giving the address 4A, Cambridge-place, Paddington, all said to be medical students, were placed at the bar on the charge of ringing bells without any lawful excuse. They were n.1so charged with wiltul damage. Thomas Fitzgerald 127 D, said A-bout half-past three this morning I was in Norfolk-squaie, Paddington, when I saw the prisoner-! ring the bells of several houses. I heard the bells ring. Hollowed them, andaccusedthem of it, when they laughed at me, and walked away. I said I should take them into custody, and with the assistance of 72 D I did so. They were sober, and after they were locked up I went back to the houses where they had been, and found several of the bell knobs broken off. The inhabitants said they were aroused by the violent ringing, and thought the place was on fire. I had seen all the bell knobs which are now here wrenched off quite safe half an hour before I saw the three prisoners.—Inspector White, D division: There is not a night but what similar cases to this are occurring. It is not more than nine months ago that a parcel was brought to this court by the Parcels'Delivery Company, addressed to Mr. Yardley, which on being opened was found to contain several pounds weight of bell knobs and knockers. After hearing other evidence, Mr. Mansfield said:—Rockley will have to pay a penalty of 40s., or be committed for a month, for ringing a bell without lawful excuse, it not having been proved that he committed any damage. Williams and Fortescue have behaved the most foolishly. Williams must pay 15s., the amount of damage done in one case, in ad- dition to a fine of J65, in default of payment to be impri- soned andkepttohardlabour for one month and as soon as that fine and damages are paid, or the imprisonment empires, to pay in the other case 7s. 6d. damages, and a penalty of E5, or in default to be imprisoned for a fur- ther term of one month, with hard labour. Fortescue will have to pay 15s. damages in one case, in addition to a penalty of £5, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a month, and when that fine and damages are paid, or the imprisonment expires—whichever should happen first, then he must pay another sum of 15s. for damages in the other case, in addition to another pe- nalty of £5, in default a further term of one month's im- prisonment.-A few hours after the sentence had been pronounced, the friends of the prisoners came and paid their fines, amounting in all tot24 12s. 6d. FATAL FASCINATION.—A STRANGE DEATH.—On Satur- day, Mr. Richards, deputy coroner, held an inquiry at the Royal Sovereign Inn, Brook street, Upper Clapton, relative to the death of Benjamin Pryor, aged 27 years. It appeared that the deceased was a bricklayer's la- bourer, employed in the construction of a new chapel at Cambridge heath. On the previous Saturday evening, he returned home to his landlady, at 1, Nursery place' Upper Clapton, and stated that during the afternoon-he' went on board a barge at the Cambridge heath bridge, of the Regent's Canal, and he saw the water beautifully coloured, and that he was quite dazzled, and hecouldnot help looking at it for some time. There was a, dread- ful smell, however, coming up from the colour.and he became ill, andwas unable to eat during the rest of the day. He continued ill until Wednesday. Mrs. Sarah Hayling, his landlady, deposed that his eyes became suddenly smaller, bladders of blood" appeared about the lids, and in a short time the eyes became a black and jelly-like mass. The deceased said that he could not see, and a doctor was instantly sent for. Mr. C. W. Walsh, M. R. C.-S., said that he found the deceased in- sensible and dying. The body was swollen, and the eyes loaded with blood and staring. They were spots of effused blood over the body. The deceased died at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Denny, who saw the case with witness, said that it was one of the worst instances of fever that ever he had seen in all his practice, in either India or England. It was. in fact the black fever of the books. The witness believed that it could have been caused as stated by the deceased by the inhalation of poisonous vapours. In answer to the Coroner, Mr. Jeffreys, the officer of the court said that he had seen dazzlingly beautiful colours in the Regent's canal, near Cambridge heath, and they were very fas- cinating to the eye. He believed that they were caused by the refuse matter from chemical works on the hanks of the canal. Mr. Clarke, a juror, said that he believed the exhalations which caused the deceased's death were the result of an accidental overflow of poisonous mat- ters from either the Independent or the Imperial Gas Works, which were both situate on the canal banks. The companies were not allowed to discharge their re- fuse matter into the canal, and they, therefore, sent it away in covered barges, the smell from which, as they went down the canal, was something dreadful. "he Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verd ct "That the deceased died from the mortal effects of tv- phus fever of the most virulent character, accelerated by the inhalation of some noxious vapour while at work on a bargQ on the Regent's canal at Cambridge heath bridge,"