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•r ACCIDENT TO THE EMIRE S3 EUGENIE. The Empress Eugenie, accompanied by the Prince Imperial, arrived at Dover on Oct." ISth. '} by the Ostend boat. HEr ::Jrt.ie<y. in the platform on to the pn.-r. slipped an;- loll. Her ar.Tsetr.red to be in so:: e iuil ra R .'sO. v the Prince Imperial Lio the Lcrl VwirJen II..tel.

TEl: PEACE SOCIETY AND TILE AEGEAN DISPUTE. The Committee of the Pcaee Sroeir-ry haveis^roii ar.' uddiT-ss, protesting against the invasion of Afghanis \iii, which they regard as imprudent and ui;/sBt, and they cor.f-iti.er ;t would be a zniferHhle ,"u confession of weakness if we pro.-iaitr.ed to the .)*:3 t *bat there is no safety for our countrymen jn nrlc-.v, we in'let t-i:r.r.l -vc-it^e'iace on the By"r Afghan CI .id for civrilv declining to receive au Amba.ssau.or who -was intend- d as a dictator. 1

TIIE PRINCESS ALICE DISASTER. into the con'vcted vriih the Thames disa- ter was resumed on Oct. IS at Woolwich. Sir. Charles Ward, marine engi- neer,. who raised the wreck of the Princess Alice, stated tl at he found the t>tern and lore pari c! her about one hundred yards otr mid-cham,ch His opinion was that the Piir.ce-ss Alice v.'aii str ick in mid-stream. and that the By will Csiki'.b iiiir c"li c)ve -LO L'Ac' Th.e wafer of the Thames where the collision occurred v n:, very thick. •—Mr. Jehu Mon- -day. shipwright, said he had examined the I wic-ck of the Princess Alice. Be found I- I very slight in scantling'.—Capt. Wm. Boutell. Americau Lloyd's surveyor, i-aid the Princes Alice was much too slight lor the work put upon her. Lie would not be classed at Lloyd's, and I .was very -unsafe for passenger traffic. Ho had «r,i'od all rouiiLi. the world, and his opinion was that if the By well Castle had starboarded her I helm, she would have struck only a sliding blow at the Princess Alice. The inquest was further adjourned until Tuesday, the 27th of October. At the Board of Trade inquiry which war, held on the sarae day, the pilot of the Bywell Castle dvided tuat either he or the captain bad been drinking on the day of the collision. His certificate was suspended lor exceeding the Úi" ts-.L-e he was licensed to ply.

THE ROBBERY OF £ 15,1)00 FROM THE BANK OE ENGLAND. Wm. Allmah Stafford, clerk in the Liverpoo. branch or the Bank of England, who absconded on the 3rd in-t. with bapk notes to the value of £ l.0,):t, was charged with the robbery on the 18th, before the Lord Mayor of London, at bhe Mansion Ho a se. The prisoner had hired a yacht at Cowes, and was apprehended at Jersey, where he had put into the harbour. He is 27 years of age. „ The Governor of the Bank of England and Aid. Sir R. Carden occupied seats on the bench. Mr. Poland prosecuted for the Bank; Mr. Edward Clarke defended the prisoner. Mr. Poland said the prisoner had been eight years in the service of the Bank. On October 3rd £15,000, in notes, were paid in by two customers, and next morning they were missed and the pri- soner was absent. He had travelled to London with a Miss M'Lean and a man na.med Malcolm Macbeth, whom he asked to change three thou- sand pounds of the notes at the Bank in London. Macbeth, however, gave information, which led to Stafford's arrest at Jersey. The Bank had re- covered all of the money except a few hundred pounds. Henry Webb, detective-sergeant, stated that he left London on October 12th, and on the 1;,th found the prisoner in custody at Jersey. He ad- mitted the robbery. JE10,600, in notes were in hie possession. Malcolm Macbeth, financial agent, said he had known prisoner eighteen years, and on October 0rd left Liverpool with him and a lady by train for London. Prisoner told him he had had in, :,sy left him by a relative. They went to the Term, tiei Hotel, London, where the prisoner asked him to get changed three thousand pound notes. Wit- ness took the notes and went to Mr. James, solici- tor, Ely place, to whom he gave them. Mr. Glenny, deputy secretary of the Bank of England in London, proved receiving the notes on October 4th from Macbeth, who also gave certain information. Prisoner was remanded for a week.

BREACH OF PROMISE. An action in the Queen's Bench Division, 41 Knowlmau v. Evitt," in which judgment was allowed to go by default, was sent by the Superior Court to be tried last week before Mr. Under Sheriff Burchell and a jury, at the Middlesex Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion square, on the execu- tion of a writ of inquiry for the assessment of damages.—Mr. H. C. Folkard appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, Miss Mary Anna Moede Knowl- man. and the defendant, Walter Evitt, was not represented. From the statement of the learned counsel and the evidence of the plaintiff (who was the only witness called) it appeared that the defendant was connected with the Stock Exchange. The plaintiff was now 39, and the de- fendant about 34. In 1868, when the plaintiff was living at Peckham-rye, she was introduced to tho defendant and other members of his family. After some time she acquainted the defendant that the children residing with her were the children of a gentleman who allowed her 230,0 a year. After that gentleman heard of her ac- quaintance with the defendant he discontinued the allowance, and two actions had been brought, by one of which the arrears of J6450 were recovered, and by the other a settlement of JE4500 on her children was made. The plaintiff had by the defendant a child, now seven years old. After the verdicts in the other cases the defendant professed his attachment to her, and borrowed money of her. A large pile of letters written by the defendant to the plaintiff was produced, and extracts were read from several couched in most affectionate terms. He called the plaintiff his darling lovely wife." He thanked her for her kind expressions of love, and down to 1874 she was addressed in similar language, and he sent "miliions of kisses." In .I.S7- the defendant took a house in Hertfordshiro for the plaintiff.—The plaintiff, in her evidence, said that after he knew her history, and that she was the mother of several children, he professed great attachment to her and was anxious to marry her.-The jury retired for half an hour, and on their return assessed the damages at £870.

Madame Thiers arrived in London last week from Dover on a short visit. While the cattle fair at Leek, Staffordshire, was ben g held on October Kith, a bed room at the White Lion Hotel was entered and about £11)0, chiefly in gold, was stolen. Ko clue to the thief has been obtained. A fire broke out in the waiters' room at the officers' mess of the East Cavalry Barracks, Aldershot, on Oct. 16th. The room was burned out, but the fire was got under before further mis- chief was done. The session of the Congregational Union closed 11 11 at Liverpool by a meeting of young men at which addresses were delivered. The Rev. Ai'red Morris, of Tynemouth, spoke on the sub- t-z of amusements, conteading that the character of English amusements was very limited. Tho good from theatres in the present day was counter- balanced by the evi'lB, and the plays often flung aside the tin commandments. Henry Irving was & "reat dramatic reformer, but the Augean stable vras too black with flesh for one hand to cleanse it. jIR. GLADSTONE AXD THE BISHOP OF PETER- Bo?.ouGH.-The Bishop of Peterborough n hlfi visitation on Oct. 16th at the Cathedral o5 Peterborough, where he delivered a formal chafe alluded in touching terms to the loss of the 1 U Dean. Dr. Saunders received his appointmenl from Mr. Gladstone, and in these term Dear Saunders,-You are, if you like. Dean of Peterborough. Now do not drop the baby or spill the tea.-Yours affectionately, W. E. G. Dr. Saunders never got over the opposition of H friends to his accepting the Deanery of Windies* ter, for which they thought he was too old.

FAILURE IN BIRMINGHAM, j .rr.- the Birmingham Court of Bankruptcy, on I Saturday, lUr. Christopher Wood, St. Paul's square, Birmingham, trading as Wood, Garnet, and Co., general merchants, filed his petition for liquidation, with liabilities £ U,50o, and assets ¡ not yet ascertained.

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. The boiler of a locomotive on the Ince Hall Col- The boiler of a locomotive on the Ince Hall Col- liery line exploded on Saturday, killing James Bromiiow, brakesman, and severely injuring another man. The engine was destroyed. >

THE IMPORTATION OF CATTLE. The Jersey States have passed a regulation, which came into operation on Saturday, directing that all vessels engaged in importing foreign cattle to Jersey shall he licensed and registered, the penalty i'or omission being the confiscation of both I the vessel and cargo.

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF A MILITARY OFFICER. Major John Bellamy, 2nd Battalion, 17th Regi- I ment, blew his brains out at bhornciiffe Camp, on Saturday night, with a gun. He had been in a very depressed state of mind for several weeks, and was about going on tick leave.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A COLLIERY MANAGER. James Henry Price, late manager of the Aped ale Colliery. North Staffordshire, was charged on Saturday, at Stoke-on-Trent, before Mr. Spooner, County Court Judge, Mr. Evans, Chief Inspector of Mines for the Derby district, sitting as assessor, with negligence, carelessness, and incompetence, in regard to che sad catastrophe that occurred at Apedale Colliery in March last, by which 37 men lost their lives hy all explosion of gas. Mr. Booth, coroner for North Staffordshire, prosecuted on behalf of the Home Secretary; and Mr. Underbill, Oxford Circuit, defended. Messrs. Wynne and Gilroy, inspectors of mines, and other witnesses were examined, showing the explosion to have occurred after the firing of a shot by one of the men, and by the return gas from the inner work- ings of the mine coming in contact with a fiaiue from the furnace. After a lengthy hearing, Mr. Spooner, without calling upon Mr. Underhill for his defence, said there was no evidence to show unskilful management on the part of Price, and, therefore, he did not see any reason why he should be deprived of his certificate. The case was, therefore, dismissed. On the application of Mr. Underbill, costs were allowed against the Home Secretary.

The King of the Belgians has granted a week's leave to the band of the Belgian Grenadiers to go to London for the purpose of giving concerts for the benefit of the sufferers by the Prinsess Alice catastrophe. An elderly widow lady, of independent means, named Alice Burnett, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour at the Lincoln Quarter Sessions for stealing a gold brooch and other articles from a. lodging house in Lincoln. The Bristol Working Men's Conservative Asso- ciation have asked Mr. Cross to address them on the occasion of his attending the Colston anniver- sary in November. Earl Granville is expected to be the principal gnoet at the Liberal banquet. The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Fitzmaurice have also accepted invitations. TnE BAFFLED BUROLABB.—Scene—A drawing- room by night. Enter three thieves. They com- mence to remove the plate. One of them acci- dentally touches the handle of the talking phono- graph. A Voice: "You rascals, I've caught you at last? Mary, get my revolver!" Exit baffled burglars rapidly. Triumph of mind over matter. —Melbourne Punch. Some extraordinary fishing has been done at Maidenhead, on the Thames. Mr. Stinger, of London, took in one day twenty-five jack, the largest weighing Ililb. On a previous occasion he landed twenty-two jack. Mr. A. Bonningfield, another well-known angler, has taken in two days, at Monkey Island, over a hundredweight of barbel, besides returning sixteen fish. German newspapers state that the yield of amber procured from the Baltic has fallen off very seriously of late years, and shows no symptoms of improvement. There has again been a very poor yieid this summer. Farmers of coast reaches have not, in many cases, recovered their outlay. Almost all the amber now brought into the market is said to be the produce of mines. The heavy guns of the Dreadnought have been tried with maximum charges of IGOlb. each, the projectile weighing upwards of SOOlb. A report of the experiment says that the concussion was tremendous when the guns were fired simul- taneously. A considerable portion of the glass in the ship was broken, and the huge vessel heeled over fully two degrees, but her hull and machinery sustained no damage whatever. SHOCKING THEASHIXG MACHIXE ACCIDEXT.—An inquest was held last week, at Walcot Dales, Lincolnshire, touching the death of William: Goodwin, labourer. The deceased was in the employment of Mr. Tonge, farmer, and had been assisting in some thrashing operations. These were drawing to a close, and the deceased gathered up the loose straw and proceeded to put it through the machine. For this purpose he lifted the lid of the drum, but slipped, and his leg was drawn into the machine. Before assistance could be rendered the leg was torn from his body. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND GAS SHAKES.—In offering some gas shares for sale by auction at Nuneaton, last week, Mr. Lester, auc- tioneer, said there appeared to be a scare in the country respecting the influence which the intro- duction of the electric light would have on gas shares, but in his opinion no one present that evening would live long enough to witness the electric light illuminating Nuneaton. He believed the pleasure of seeing the electric light was re- served for those who entered the New Jerusalem. Those present evidently did not share the auc- tioneer's opinion, as the shares were withdrawn. THE DANGERS OF STONE THROWING.—Dr. Hard- wicke, the coroner for Central Middlesex, held an inquest last week on "he body of Elizabeth Cottiss, aged six years, A ho died at the Royal Frea Hospital, London, from fracture of the skull. A witness said that she saw the deceased sitting on a doorstep (her father's) while four roughs were playing tipcat." In running away one of them whom he knew, named O'Keefe picked up the stone produced (weighing :Flbs and threw it at one of his comrades whom it missed, but struck the deceased on the hesd deluging her with blood. Witness at once carried her to the hospital, where she was instantly ad- mitted. Dr. Hicks, resident surgeon, Royal Free Hospital, said that on the 8th inst. deceased was admitted suffering from fracture of the skull Trepanning was resorted to, which was performed by Dr. Grant, and the operation was followed by a succession of convulsions, which termin ated in death on the 15th inst. The fracture was the re- i suit of a blow from a stone. Sergeant Wakefield of the Criminal Investigation Department, said he knew the person (O'Keefe) mentioned. He was an habitual thief, and had suffered several term-* of imprisonment, and was now wanted for a fowl robbery. The jury, after a long consideration, returned a verdict of manslaughter arair.st the man O'Keefe. and issued a. warrant for IllS com- mittal to Newgate. ■ WII !■ Iliniilllgaw—W— ■■■" —

TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD. The election to the headship of Trinity College, Oxford, took place on Tuesday. Bv the statutes of the college the fellows are obliged to submit two names to the visitor, the Bishop of Winchester, and these were selected on Tuesday, the choice of the electors resting upon the Rev. J. Percival, M.A., the head master of Clifton College, who took his degree in 18;)8; and the Rev. H. G. Woods. M.A., who took his degree in 18Go, and has filled the office of bursar and tutor of the college for some years.

GREAT FIRE IN LONDON. At about noon on Tuesday, an alarming ifre broke out at the London and North Western Goods Station, Haydon square, Mmories, City of London. A large number of steam and manual fire engines wore called to the scene, and after some four hours work the firemen succeeded in mastering the flames. By that time, however, four upper- floors of warehouse, used as whisky and wool stores were partially destroyed, and two adjoin- ing warehouses were much injured by lire and water. One of the firemen sustained a fracture of the skull by falling from a ladder, and lies in a hopeless condition.

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. Atame. tingofthc Sewer Commissioners on Tues- day, at the Guildhall, London, it was resolved to experiment with the electric light on HolLorn Yiaduct and in front of the Mansion House. Mr. Yates, the eminent electrician, has arrived in Queenstown from Liverpool. li0 guarantees to light up the entire town and harbour. taking in Monkstown Passage, Cross Haven, hitegate, &c., by four electric lights, for considerably under £ ">000, including engine and every other requisite. The cost, he says, of each light, will be -id. per hour. A company is talked about to further this object.

MR. GLADSTONE INVITED TO VISIT BEDFORD. A deputation of three gentlemen from Bedford waited upon Mr. Gladstone, at Woburn Aboey, on Tuesday afternoon, in accordance with a resolu- tion of the Bedford Town Council, to invito Mr. Gladstone to visit their town. The right hon. gentleman, replying to the deputation, said it would have given him great pleasure to comply would have given him great pleasure to comply with their request, but he desired to avoid be.ng drawn into a discussion of public a-hairs until after the meeting he was already pledged to attend. He felt himself, for this and other reasons, precluded from accepting the invitation to Bedford. lie, however, spoke freely with tho deputation, giving his views on the present aspect of affairs, and the issues to be raised at the next general election.

THE UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE. The annual meetings of the United Kingdom Alliance were held on Tuesday, in Manchester. The usual business me., ting of the Council was held in the forenoon, when a largo number of delegates were present from all parts of the country. In the evening a groat public meeting was held in the Free Trade Hall. and so great was the demand for admission that an overflow meeting had to be held. Professor Smyth, M.P., presided. and amongst the gentlemen who took part in the proceedings were Cardinal Manning, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P., Mr. Peter Rylands, M.P., Mr. Barran, M.P., and Mr. Dickson, M.P. Resolu- tions were passed approving of the Permissive Bill as the most just, reasonable, and practicable measure for dealing with the drink traffic that has been before Parliament; thanking the lOti members who supported the second reading, and pledging the meeting to the support of the Alliance; and urgently calling upon the electors of the United Kingdom, in the coming election, to return can. didates who would vote for giving the people power to veto the issue of licences in their midst.

THE MARQUIS OF RIPON ON THE INDIAN CRISIS. The annual banquet of the Mayor of Ripon was held in the Town Hall, on Tuesday, when the Marquis of Ripon and Earl De Grey, M.P., were present. The Marquis of RIPON, in reply to the toast of his health and the House of Lords, said, referring to the affairs of Afghan, that he hoped when Par- liament met the Government would be prepared with a statement to show they had a sufficient cause for the measures they had taken. There could he no greater political crime that to involve this or any other country in an unjust war. It was the duty of the Government and the country to pause before they took a step in the teeth of a man entitled to such respect as Lord Lawrence. But if they could show a good cause, they would be supported. If we should be engaged in a war like this, it would be simple madness to engage in such an undertaking with a small or inadequate force. The main part of the burden of any such wax ought to be borne by this country. It would not be just to call upon the suffering people of lndia to bear the cost of an Afghan war. The extension of our Indian frontier would be neither just, wise, nor judicious. Earl DE GnEY said the policy of her Majesty's Government had been of such a character as to rouse in men's minds either the strongest feelings of approbation or distrust. He boped a sober and moderate policy would bring back a renewal of employment to the people, and a fresh impulse to our industry. He notified his intention of re- tiring from Parliament at the next dissolution.

CHANGES AT OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. [FROM THE "TIMES.'] Oxford and Cambridge annually renew their youth by the advent of a new generation of students, But at this moment they are both undergoing a far more searching transformation. The anxious parent who returns after long absence to his old university to settle his son at college will at first see little change from the days, so far distant in time and yet so near in recollection, of his own undergraduate career. The fair city with its dreaming towers" is as fair as ever, and nothing seems changed save the faces in the streets. But a few minutes' conversation with his son's tutor will soon convince him that all is changed where everything looks the same. He will be bewildered in the maze of new examinations, so different from the sweet simplicity of Little Go and Great Go in his own undergraduate days. He will hear of schools subdivided and of Triposes newly created. Classics, mathematics, law, his- tory, theology, and natural science will be offered to his perplexed choice, and even the tutor will hardly be able to tell him of the latest changes in statutes which are amended from term to term. He will finq the air charged with unfa- miliar ideas and the ground covered with brand- new institutions. At Oxford he will hear of two new colleges, one remarkable for the rapid growth of its spacious and sumptuous buildings, the other for that of its liberal endowment. If he takes a walk beyond the park which he remembers a bean- field, and now finds a spacious promenade much frequented by nursemaids, he will discover an ex- planation of this latter phenomenon in a new and extensive suburb, the chosen abode of married tutors and lecturers. It will not surprise him after what he has heard of the subdivision of examinations and the growth of new subjects of scudy to find that what was called the New Museum a few yeprs ago is now but the nucleus of a group of ever-increasing buildings, and that the vast pile now rising in the High street is to be de- g voted exclusively to examinations. If he stays for a few days, until the work of the term has begun in earnest, he will be met at every hour during the morning by crowds of undergraduates hurrying from college to college and from lecture to lecture. In his own days he never went out of college for a lecture save for compulsory I attendance on some professor. Now he will learn, to his amazement, that half-a-dozen colleges combine together, and that the undergraduates of each are free, if they choose, to attend the lectures of all. If he is not satisfied with the evidence of change which his brief but perplexing experience of the new ways of the university has afforded him, he need only turn to the statements which Oxford and Cambridge have put forth of their own requirements, or to the reports which the respective commissions charged with the re- organisation of the two universities have lately issued in obedience to an Act of Parliament which enjoins them to make a public statement of the principles on which they propose to discharge their duties.

Captain F. W. Richards, commander of the Medway steam reserve at Chatham, has been ap- pointed commodore of the fleet at the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa.

CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST A BARONET. At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, Sir CapelFitzgerald, Bart., was cllal'g0cL with stealing diamonds irom a woman named Susan Stevens. in Paris. The jury returned a verdict of "not guilty."

BRUTAL MURDER IN IRELAND. A farmer named Doolan has been brutaTv murdered at Coolaton, Westmeath, by some men who forced their way into his house and stabbed him. The murder is believed to be of an agrarian character. No arrests are reported. -1 1 T j (7,

THE BATTLE(OF TRAFALGAR. Admiral of the fleet, Sir George Rose Sartorins, K.C.B., Admirals Robert Patton, W. W. Percival Johnson, and Spencer Smyth, Commanders Francis Harris and William Vicary, and Lieut.- Colonel James Fynmore, R.M., are now the only officers alive to commemorate on Monday the 73rd anniversary of the ever memorable battle of Trafaigar. Admiral of the fleet, Sir G. R. Sartorius, who is now in his 8'th year, entered the navy in June, 1801, and fought as midshipman on board the Tounant Admiral Patton, now in his 88th year, and who entered tho navy on February 1, 1801, was midshqmian in the Bellerophon; Admiral Percival Johnson, who entered the navy on July 2, 1.■!(>:{, was mid- shipman in the Victory; Admiral Suiylh, who entered the navv in March, 1803, was midshipman in the Defiance; Commander Vicary, now in his 86th year, who entered the navy on February 6, 1805, was first-class volunteer in the Achille; Commander Harris was first-class volunteer in the Tc-meraire; and Lieutenant-Colonel Fynmore was midshipman in the Africa.

A CHAMPION BILLIARD PLAYER. Cyrille Dion, who died at Montreal on the 2nd inst., became a professional billiard player in 1805, when he won the championship of Canada at a tournament that lasted a week in Montreal. Soon after this success he defeated the champion.; of several Eastern and Western States. He came to live in New York about eight years ago. His first great success here was in winning the. championship of the United States at a tournament he:d in the Hippotheatron, in Fourteentn street. He won the diamond cue, the symbol of championship of the United States in the four-hail game, and retained it fer a year and a half, beating all aspirants for its possession, thus gaming the ownership of the trophy. He won the champion- ship of America from Maurice Daly, but forfeited it to Gamier, and a few months ago he defeated all other players in a pool tournament. He did not keep the pool championship long. The Swedish player. Wablstrom, challenged and beat him. Cyrille Dion was a player of great nerve and judgment, and his skill drew to him as much honour and profit as are attainable by followers of his profession.—New York Times.

SINGULAR ACTION BY A TRADES UNION. At the Holyhead County Court, on Saturday, Henr) Jones, the late treasurer of the Holyhead branch of the Manchester Boilermakers' Society, was sued for the recovery of £:27, moneys belong- ing to the society. The branch, it appeared from counsel's statement, was established in January last year, and the defendant was elected treasurer, his dnties being to receive the members' monthly contributions and pay them over to the trustees. Owing to information which reached the trustees, his accounts were examined in November, and a deficiency of about £ 30 was discovered. The defendant was called upon for an explanation, and stated that he had lost the money at Chester Railway Station. Whilst inquiries were being made as to the truth of such explanation he absconded, and was arrested under a warrant and committed for three months' hard labour. It was now contended, under the 11th section of the Trade Unions Act, that the criminal procedings were no bar to the institution of an action in a civil court for the recovery of the deficiency.—The de- fendant, who appeared in porson, said that when before the committing magistrate he had offered to recoup the society by weekly instalments of 10s. This offer was not entertained, and he was sent to gaol and had served the full term of im- prisonment.-The Judge deferred his decision, remarking that it seemed rather hard that a man, after being punished and making an offer which had been rejected, should be the subject of such an action as this.

Clancy, another Fenian prisoner sentenced in 1867, has been liberated. The Pittsburgh Telegraph thinks that the best plan to make a barrel of flour go a. long way is to send it to the starving Chinese. The individual who called tight boots com- fortable defended his position by saying they made a man forget all his other miseries. We (" Central News") regret to announce tho death of Mr. J ohnstone, proprietor of the Standard newspaper, which took place on Monday after- noon at his residence at Caterham. Under the orders of the Government of India, statements are being prepared showing the pro- posed armaments for inland and seaboard forts throughout India, and when these are completed requisitions will be sent home for the necessary number of rifled guns. A FATAL FIRE occurred on Monday at New Brompton, near Chatham. Two children, named Luson, were left alone in the house by their parents, and they set fire to the room while play- ing with matches. One child was burned to death, and the other so injured that it is not ex- pected to recover. The Wqterford Mail states that on Friday, Oct. 18th Mr. Ernest Strangman, third son of Mr. Han- cock Strangman, of Lissalinn, Tramore, went out with a loaded gun into his father's wood. In passing from one field to another through a gap the trigger caught in a briar, causing the gun to explode, and Mr. Strangman's arm was blown of. He has since died. A young boatman named William Baker, be- longing to the Nortli-end of Deal, with two othe; s named Constance and Buttress, was cruising off Broadstairs in the galley-punt Forester, on ^at^r- day, when a large steamer approached. ixio boatmen hooked on to it for the purpose of land- ing the steamer's pilot. Baker was knocked out of the boat by the tow-rope, and he sank imme- diately. At a meeting of railway servants last week in Manchester, resolutions were passed con- demning the working of ,n now on- forced on the London and North-Western Rail- way, and stating that no system would be just which did not provide for payment, at the rate of eight hours per day, for all time worked by drivers and brakesmen beyond the time allowed in the working time table. A collision occurred on Saturday afternoon at the junction of the Metropolitan and Great Northern lines on the Metropolitan Railway. A goods van broke away from a train which was ascending the incline to King's-cross Station, and was run into and smashed to atoms by a pas- senger train. Only one passenger complained of injury, but the pussenger engine was thrown off the metals, and the line was blocked for an hour. At the Lancaster County Sessions, on Saturday, Hie overseers of the poor of Liverpool were sum. moned for neglecting to remove a Liverpool patient from the county asylum after having re- ceived notice of his discharge. This was a test case to fix responsibility in the matter, and tho object was to obtain a judgment from the supe. nor courts by appealing from the magistrate's ae. cision.—The Bench inflicted a fine of £ 1 and costs; A serious accident occurred about a hundred yards from the Poynton Station, on the lIan. chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, on Saturday. Eight colts strayed on the line from a neighbouring field unobserved, and a heavy goods train ran into them, cutting two to pieces. Teii waggons were thrown off the line and smashed to atoms, the contents being scattered. The engino kept the rails, and the driver and stoker escaped. The guard jumped off on hearing the danger whistle. KEMARKABLE KIFLE SHOOTING.—A shooting scoro which altogether surpasses anything hitherto re- corded is reported by the New York Herald. P. was accomplished by Mr. Joseph Partello, a clerk in the War Department, at Washington. Upon the first of this month, shooting at the target ranges of the Columbia Rifle Association, Mr. Partello scored 224 out of a possible total of 225. ii!™? SC01!e Was accomplished at the 800, 900, antf 1010 yards ranges. At 800 yards he scored 15 consecutive bull's-eyes, at 900 14 bull's-eyes and a c°, re> 1000 15 consecutive bull's-eyes. The rue used was the Remington Creedmore, the. regulation rifle of the National Association of tht United States. -r.O'N' "t!JI

ANOTHER HEAVY FAILURE IN GLASGOW.—LIABILITIES, .i%J(J0,CC0. It is announced that the affairs of JamM Morton and Co., Australian merchants, Glasgow and London, have been placed in the hands of a London accountant. Mr. Morton is understood to be the heaviest debtor to the Glasgow City Bank, the sum due being stated at £ 2,300,000, and the total liabilities of the firm seem to be set down at £ 2,500,000. Mr. Morton is the son of a farmer, -%I;s brought up at East hilbride, and for some years drove his father's milk cart into Glasgow. With one of his father's servants he came to Glasgow when a young man, and, we (Scotsman) have heard, started business in a small way as a rag merchant. After- business in a small way as a rag merchant. After- wards he became connected with a payer mill. and later on went into the wool trade. During the height of the gold fever he entered heavily into trade with Australia, and became associated with Potter, Wilson, and Co. He shipped largely all kinds of merchandise, and brought home wool in return. Making one or two good speculations in land in Australia, he extended his operations in this line, both in Australia and New Zealand; and the floating of the New Zea- land and Australian Laud Company is said to have been chiefly due to him. From the time of his earliest business connections in Glasgow he was known to be a man of great enterprise. He went through a vast amount of mental and bodily labour with au endurance that astonished many. After going extensively into the wool trade, he opened an office in London, and at least twice a-week travelled between the two great commercial centres. In his younger davs he does not seem to have been always successful. WTe believe Mr. Morton has never been in Aus- tralia, but several of his friends are settled there. He has resided at Elderslie House, Renfrew, the seat of the late Mr. Spiers, M.P for that county, for the last four years. He is a leading Sunday school teacher in the city, and has been a promi- nent man in church matters.

THE GLASGOW BANK FAILURE. VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION RESOLVED UPON. GLASGOW, Tuesday Night. A meeting of the shareholders of the City Bank was held in the City Hall, Glasgow, this after. noon. dearly a thousand persons were present, including a number of ladies, and the chair was occupied by Mr. Craig, of Craigesk, by Dalkeith, the largest shareholder of the bank. Very strong speeches, regarding the actions of the directors, the manager, and secretary, were made. Perhaps the most bitter was that of the Rev. F. F. Robert- son, of Glasgow. He moved that it had been pio\ed to the satisfaction of tne meetimf that the bank could not, by reason of its liabilities, continue to do business, and that it was advisable to wind up the same. In speaking to this motion ho referred to some of the directors as walkiug the streets of the city arrayed in the garments of righteousness, and making long prayers, whilst they were devouring widows' houses. This motion was carried, as also one to wind up the affairs of the bank, by voluntary liquidation. Messrs. Anderson and Cameron, Glasgow, and Jamieson and Haldane, Edinburgh, were appointed the liquidators. The share- holders' committee was re-appointed to advise these gentlemen. GLASGOW, Tuesday Night. The Glasgow City Bank directors were brought before the Sheriff this morning. Messrs. Wright, Salmond, Taylor, Potter, Stronach, and Leresche were, during the forenoon, taken one by one in a cab from their place of confinment to the County Buildings where they emitted their declarations before the sheriff in turn, the only parties present being the Procurator Fiscal and Mr. Chalmers and Mr. Hart, assistant fiscals, and Brander, clerk. The door was guarded by a couple of officers, and an intense desire was evinced by the crowd to see the accused. Nothing can be said of the nature of the declarations which were made, as the authorities were even more than usually reticent. R. S. Stronach, manager, was the first to be examined before Sheriff Clark. His examination lasted over half an hour, but the examination of Mr. Lewis Potter, by whom he was followed, only took up about a. quarter of an hour. Mr. Robt. Salmond, who was the third to be examined, was in the sheriff's room for over two hours. All tlie parties are having their interests attended to by legal gentlemen, and we believe that an applica- tion will be made to admit the prisoners out on bail. In connection with this point, it may be stated that the charge brought against the directors is a bailable crime. Sums fixed by law as bail for crimes of this class are £1200 for a nobleman, £ 600 for a landed gentleman, and £;)00 for a burgess, householder, or merchant.

ALLEGED FRAUDS BY AN ENGLISH OFFICER. A correspondent of the Western UL rning News at a Mediterranean port reports a serious matter. Necessity having arisen for the investigation of the accounts, &c., of an officer holding a responsi- ble position, a large deficit-it is said £ 1200—was discovered, and the officer was placed under arrest pending an investigation.

THE AMMERGAU MYSTERY. The manager of the Westminster Royal Aqua- I rium has prudently abandoned his intention of producing at that place of entertainment selected 1'ell' tableaux from the Passion Play, as represented at Ober-Ammergau. We fully concur with the re- mark of an evening contemporary, that if he had been so ill-advised as to persevere with his pro- ject, it would have been an outrage upon all com- mon sense and good taste, not to say upon all ordinary decency.

THE PRINCESS ALICE DISASTER. SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. At the Board of Trade inquiry on Tuesday, Mr. Jones, for the Board of Trade, charged the follow- ing persons with contributing to the loss of the Princess Alice:—Long, first mate of the Bywell Castle, for neglecting to post proper look-outs; Captain Harnson, for neglecting to post look-outs and put engines astern; Dindow, engineer of the Bywell Castle, for leaving engine-room; second engineer Thorn, for failing to go astern when ordered. Dix, the pilot, is not charged, as he did not hold a Board of Trade licence.

SUFFERINGS OF A SHIPWRECKED CREW. Some additional particulars have been received in Liverpool about the terrible sufferings of the survivors of the British ship Beauraonair, which was driven on the Florida Reef on the 6th uit., while voyaging from Havannah to New J-01'k with a cargo of sugar. It seems that af ^er strik- ing the vessel heeled over on her port side, throwing the men into the water. They clung to the starboard side. The vessel then com- menced to break up, and the starboard quarter became detached. The men, by strenuous efforts, got on this portion of the wreck, and there being a strong current running, Hiey were soon carried away from the scene of tiie disaster. They were unable to obtain any lood or water from the vessel, so sudden and complete was the wreck. They drifted about in the hope of being I picked up by some passing vessel. As da}' after day passed the sufferings of the men became in- tensified. Their eyes were strained to look for some faint prospect of rescue, and the increased privations through hunger and thirst were de- veloping symptoms of frenzy. The men slept and kept watch alternately. The captain's son, a little boy of tender years, was also on the raft, I and the want of food and water told with greater severity on him than on the rest. The sailors in turn took the poor little fellffw in their arms; but it was plainly visible that he would soon succumb to his sufferings. On the fourth I day, when in sight of land, three of the sailors, who were half maddened, jumped into the water with the intention of swimming ashore. One I of them, named Telfer, disappeared a few yards off, and was never afterwards seen. Another was observed clinging to a spar of the vessel, and was j carried out to sea, while a third was lost sight of. He was a powerful swimmer, and when last seen wras still striking out for the shore. Shortly afterwards a German named Beerman took the captain's son in his arms, but feeling sleepy, he gave the boy to his father. Beerman went to sleep, and on awaking found that the poor little fellow had been washed overboard. Altogether, ¡' five of the men were lost, including the mate. On the fifth day they were rescued by the Nor- wegian barque Asterae, which took them on to l Queenstown. They have since arrived at Liver- cool

TZE LADIES' COLUMNT^F f. ring'' are not worn by gentlemen ladi 13 wear them on their wedding-ring finger. To Fn:,rovE STAINS FROM MOURNING Dr.rs-E^ Boil a handful of fig leaves in two quarts of watf until reduced to a pint. Bombazines, crap1 p cloth, ric-d only be rubbed with a sponge dippe 1 ¡ in the 11 -uor, and the effect will be instantly p duced. 1 CALr.rxo DRESSES.—The dress worn at cef 1 monions calls should be plain walking 1 If ladies use their own carriage for conveyaflcj any wraps not to be worn in the house should left in the carriage. Ladies who walk when pa 1 ing visits should bo attired in a quiet style I dress. To DESTROY FLIEs.-Strong green tea, sweetefla well, and set in saucers about the places wlle they are most numerous, will attract and dcstra them. This plan is much to be preferred to use of those horrible fly papers, which catch$ poor i.us'cts alive, cruelly torturing them starving them to death. To SORTEN THE SKIN AND IMPROVE THE Co; n.ExioN.— Mix a little flowers of sulphur in af^ noor. milk—about a wineglassfnl. Let it stand9' night, to he used before washing the next'iu0^ ing. The milk only is to he applied to the sl^' witho'it disturbing the sulphur. It must n used when kept longer than the morning. PEARL POWDER.—A well-known cosmetic for shin; it is a mixture of equal parts of FreO^ chalk and pearl white. The latter ingredient j sometimes applied in smaller proportions, advisedly so, as pearl white is a preparation bismuth, the free use of which is said to iu)^ the skin, and to be otherwise objectionable. To CLEAN LADIES' KID BOOTS.—Dip a RAGJ^ almond oil, and remove all the mud from theh^" j a piece at a time, drying as you go, and ne leaving the leather moist. Polish with clean leaving the leather moist. Polish with clean and mere oil. If you dislike the dullness process leaves, r/htn quite dry polish with palm of the hand. Kid is thus both cleaned$ preserved.—CaxselV.- Household Guide. WHAT TO DO WITH STATE BR?-:AD.—When Stol bread has become so hard that it cannot be te" it should be grated into coarse powder, and pf, served in widc-mouthed bottles or jars. kept w- 11 covered up. and in a dry place, it keep gesd for a considerable time. Bread t-b' powdered will be found very useful for the p' paraticn of puddings, stuffing, and similar V powdered will be found very useful for the pI, paraticn of puddings, stuffing, and similar pIP poses. ETIQVETTE IN CARRIAGES.—Unmarried la&F. driving with elderly or married people, take_^ seat with the back to the horses. A ceremoiii"^ offer of the opposite seat may be made, but sLO) be declined. When there is only one step to carriage, and a person intends to sit facing 9 horses, the left foot should be placed first ony1 step; when a contrary position is intended, iff ( right foot should be placed on the step iirst. married gentlemen, when driving with unmai^jf, ladies, sit opposite the ladies, not side by & y Gentlemen always alight first, and assist la'di^ alight. Children cannot be taught too early that are responsible beings, and that in a great meas^ their health and happiness are in their own k0iL ing. Any event that is capable of exciting I ipt terest in the mind of children is deserving of be 4 made clear to their understandings. The na I of all pursuits in which they are eagerly enga^. should be viewed in all their various aspe^, whether producing pain or pleasure, HAPPINE^ misery. In this way only can children be fit to live in the world with enlarged sympathies discernment of the true nature of things, c- dizzying heights of success and the despond^ of failure being alike guarded against by initial training. Cvssell's Household Guide. SERVANTS' CLUBS. An Experienced Mistre'f writes to the Queen: -I do not imagine that e'Q' vants find any difficulty in becoming such societies as are established for the bene^I the working classes; but "servants' clubs' very objectionable they are secret societies, the rules, as far as they are known to outsi^ are opposed to the good order of houseb°D j Servants, with rare exceptions, profess ignorfjh of the existence of such clnbs, as they know | would be objected to if their true character I influence were revealed. These clubs are S -} ported by men servants; the meetings areheWj.t public-houses; the affairs of families discus^ and thus slander, disaffection, and false ide#' J independence are spread. Of course the j i servants are influenced by the club rules, ■v'M they hear of from the men; and this is one' e*F^ nation of the difficulty experienced by the C> rity of employers in ruling their households cording to their own plans. VTrNTER BONNETS.—Madame Caroline RebOiJ has held an exhibition of winter bonnets in ]; showrooms, 23, Rue de Is Paix, and the evegt, usual, attracted the fashionable world nof Paris. This noted milliner makes small bonnets for Parisians' town wear; l«f-. Gainsborougha for country wear, boroughs for carriage wear in Paris, and later in the season at Cannes, Nice, and Pan. small bonnets expressly for Parisians are ofdr01. satin the drawings are arranged to go round *1. round, commencing from a point in the ceD and are very close together. These bonnets are ojf', in all shades of satin, and some consist entirelY, chenille fringe arranged round and round on f shape; the manner of mounting is called en vmcon. Many pretty bonnets are made of plt:„, of such bright colours as caroubier red, pale bll garnet, peacock, and of the shade of autf' green that blends so happily with the favoO^ demi-saison costumes, which are a dark 11"; green. The Gainsborough hats are in bllf:; brown, and white beaver and in felt, with featt to match; grey felts alone are trimmed with c~\ > trasting colours. Several sulphur-coloured G&'J' borough hats have been made for the Loot market, but they are not affected here. I velvet hats are to be lined with fur this wiU' and at Mdme. Reboux's I saw one lined with S, Large round balls of cut feathers, like the Spa11"^ silken balls, are on several bonnets, only instefl^ C frayed-out silk, feathers are substituted. Inot*'1', i milliners' rooms I have noticed many tinsel eHac, on bonnets and hats; perhaps the iridescent which caine into vogue a few years ago sngge=-e'i the idea. On one brown velvet bonnet I couf-^ thirteen tinsel bees on the crown, and three oD front. Tinsel butterflies, lizards, and humE-^ birds are as frequent on winter as on demi-sea-'11 bonnets. Furry beavers and camel's hair i' are more general than smooth-surfaced felts. wear with plaid costumes there are small of green and blue combined. The brim ISCOVCRF^ with gathered myrtle-green velvet, and at TBF back are rows of the eyes of peacocks' feathers, 11<- f blue with green; the soft crown is a mass (> supple basket-woven silk of Scotch plaid IR.^ two prevailing colours, and to finish'it one STXIT»» is blue satin ribbon and the other is myrtlÐ green. There are also light grey, brow"- and blact felt bonnets trimmed with Alsatian bow and strings of soft ribbon in ga:: Scotch plaids, in which much old gold and aark red enter; but the present rage for plaid COSTUME* is iikely to be ephemeral. Among new ribbons 'I#' a soft striped ribbon called camel's hair, from itli. blending of old gold, red, and black. The cor- duroy ribbons with satin on the wrong side AR<? also handsome. Brocaded satin ribbons are shown in gay colours, and moire ribbons promisee to be popular. As for the shapes of bonnets this B winter, they are legion. IT^ seems that all th>? *[ bonnets worn at different periods compete to-day for public favour, but are compelled to ?HAR*^J it with ea.ch other, as they are all worn. Besides 1 the forms already alluded to, there are Da Vir.ci | bonnets of black velvet, similar to the cap worn by Leonardo da Vinci; the Cabriolet, a 'F bonnet with wide open front, called Clarissa; EL riowe; Henri III. toques, with soft crown anù t stiff Rabagas brim. The new veils are black thread net, speckled or dusted over With tinsel.. They are worn in mask style, and also in scarves that cross behind the head and tie in the front- The small mask veils are, however, most liked, as everything about the new bonnets is compacti and without streamers. These black and gilt veils are especially suitable with black velvet b, CNF-W that are trimmed with old gold.—MnM. de ? r y in the Queen.

Young women are advised to set good EXA SPIEF: he:'a.uao young men are always following them Over at the Exposition they are laying up v. O- thing for a rainy day-not an umbrella, hut a Paris-haul. Riches will take to themselves wings and i*j away unless you sprinkle the salt of econoas: t their tail. Why does a fall down a well so often pro bÜ.H Because the one who falls is so int.. kick the bucket."

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE IN A RAILWAY ¡ i:) U.1.1 v .L. .1. 1-\¡¡ 1.L SIGNAL RON. As a train on Sunday morning was approaching Wolverhampton the driver observed the danger signal was on. He sounded the whistle, and re- ceiving no answer sent to the signal box, where the signal man, John Gattrell, was found lying j dead. It is supposed he died in a fit. j I

EXTRAORDINARY SHOOTING CASE. I An oi raordiuary affair took place at Sale on the 17th instant. A joiner, named Wardle, who resides at Aitrincham, when in a state of intoxi- cation rambled from Sale Railway Station to Sale I Nov/ Hall. A market gardener, named Edward Gresty, hearing his dogs bark, got up, and cu looking through his window, he saw something lying m his yard which lie believed to he a dog. He shouted twice, but seeing the object still there, he fired a duck gun loaded with shot. The charge entered the thighs of the man Wardle, who Gresty had supposed was the dog. The unfortunate man was promptly removed to the Manchester Infir- mary, where he remains in a precarious condition. Gresty has been taken before the magistrates and remanded.