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STEAMER BLOWN INTO THE AIR,
STEAMER BLOWN INTO THE AIR, OVER FORTY LIVES LOST. j The disaster on the Mississippi is one of the ^ost appalling ever known on a river famous fr such calamities. The Corona was one of the urgcst and swiftest of the passenger steamers r^ning on the 1,1111. The Daitlj JYitts correspondent at New York says the boat left New Orleans at f-30 on Wednesday- evening of last week for her "l'St trip after being re- paired with a large cargo and crowded cabin. She attracted more than usual attention and com- ment as she was pushed off and began her up- stream trip, many other boats along the river front greeting her reappearance with welcoming Whistles. Several persons disembarked at different places along the river, and about noon on Thursday the Corona came in sight of the large steamer St. Louis, on her way to New orleals. Many passengers were on the forward deck watching the St. Louis approach. The captain of the Corona had just placed his band on the whistle-pull to give a salute, when suddenly there was a terrible explosion, and the air was filled with cloud-smoke and steam, rlying- wreckage, and human bodies. As the smoke floated away the horrified passengers on the St. Louis saw the broken hull of the Corona sink beneath the waters, and the river strewn for yards around with debris and human beings. Many of the latter were burned or horribly maimed, but clung to the floating wreckage until rescued. Others tried to swim to the nearest shore, but many sank before reaching it. The captain of the St. Louis at once lowered his lifeboats nd began the work of rescue, but in spite of every effort the death list will, it is thought, number more than forty. Many were killed outright by flying pieces of timber. Others were so stunned as to be unable to make an effort to save themselves and Sank instantly. The scene witnessed from the deck of the St. Louis was indescribable. Men, women, and children were struggling in the waters motboro held frightened babies with one hand, while they clung for life to whatever they could clutch with the other. An eye witness of the disaster from the deck of the St. Louis says The explosion sounded like the discharge of heavy artillery, and instantly the whole cabin and upper Works of the Corona seemed to be lifted into the air, and there broken in pieces and flung back into tfce river, while over all hung for a moment a heavy pall of white smoke and steam, through which were terrled passengers and crew, freight and wreckage. The hull of the steamer appeared to have been torn in two m the middle, and sunk immediately. Several of those on board were hurled a hundred feet or more into the air, and t;brt up far above the smoke-cloud only to fall again into the river, or be crushed against the floating wreckage. Five minutes after the explo- sion not a vestige of the Corona was to be seen except floatiBg pieces of the upper works a&d a portion of the lighter freight." Captain Blanks, who com- manded the Corona, was one of the oldest and best- known steamboat captains on the river, and had a large experience in river navigation. Some of his officers had sailed with him for 10 or 15 years. The Cause .ci the explosion remains a mystery.
JUDGE LYNCH AGAIN.
JUDGE LYNCH AGAIN. Judge Lynch is not infallible, as is proved by the mob trial under lynch law of JLlonzo Edwards and his Wife Mary, at Rosalia, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and Henry Rloomer and wife were engaged as farm hands on the farm of George Dudley, ten mites from Rosalia. Last Tuesday Mrs. Edwards was left in charge of the house, while the farm hands were sent to the fields to work. To her was entrusted the <5are of the three-year-old child of Mrs. Bloomer. When the party returned to the house for supper in the evening the child was missing. Search was in- stituted, and no trace cf the child could be found. Then suspicion fell upcn the Edwardses. Mrs. Edwards is a large woman of emotional character, nd when commanded to confess the crime under nalty of being hanged, she finally said that SHE HAD ;ILum THE CHILD. She had thrown a stick of firewood, she said, at a rat in the kitchen, and had hit the child by mistake, killing it instantly, and had thrown the body into the creek. She was taken to the nearest tree, and a rope placed around her neck. She was told the fate that awaited her if she did not tell where the body was, but she repeated her former assertion. Then she was given an apportunity to offer prayer, and was then drawn up from tho ground. She was allowed to re- main suspended in the t.ir for a minute, until her face became black fro -n impending strangulation. She was I then lowered to the ground in an unconscious condi- tion. When she revived sufficiently to speak she was asked if she was ready to tell the truth. If you are not," the leader said, you will be hanged the next time until you are dead, and your husband will be burned at the stake." The poor woman was actually too btd'y frightened to speak, and assuming her silence to be voluntary the mob again fastened the rope her neck and she was again suspended in the air. This time she was permitted to remain longer, and when cut down she was 710HE THAN ATTYK. The mob was about tc hang her the third time, but Bloomer, the father of the missing chi!d, persuaded the mob to desist, ocly, however, because if Mrs. Edwards's life was takon the body of the child could never be found. Mrs. Edwards was then taken to the house and placed in charge of a guard. In the meantimo that part of the mob which had Edwards in charg" kttempfed to extort a confession from him. He protested his innocence, and be, too, was hanged from a tree and cut down. Still he maintained that he was innocent. Again he was strung up, and ögain cut down. H eeoald not be made to confess. On Friday night the prisoners were placed in the gaol. On Saturday the missing child was found alive and well, sitting on the doorstep of a farmer near Rosalia. Where it had been all the time is a mys- tery. It was unable to speak plainly, and can give nc account of itself. It is -Gupposed that it was kid- aappecl and returned when it was found what excite- ment its disappearance was musing. When the news -of the finding of the child wac brought to the city, the mob could not be made to Lelieve the truth until the clltid itself was produced and was recognised by its mother as hrr own. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were then released. The marks of the rope where it had cut into their necks are plainly visible. An attempt will be made to prosecute the leaders of the mob.
A SLEEPING IAN.
A SLEEPING IAN. Twelve years ago Herman Harms emigrated to t-tica, Minn., from Southern Illinois, where he had long suffered with fever and ague. Shortly after- wards he found it impossible to keep &wake. He slept continuously day and night for nearly nine years. Three years ago he roused long enough to work in a harvest field part of one season, when the lethargy returned. At the end of three more years he again awoke for a few days, and again relapsed. Each day he returns to consciousness for a brief season, but che spell of sleepiness at once exerts its sway again, and the man is as oblivious as though he were dead. He has been treated with tonics, quinine, and even strychnine, but without effect. Two years ago his oldest son, discouraged at the dark prospect on the farm, com-jzittsd suicide, and a little later the t second boy died. .0--
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I BI^IARCK IN PRIVATE LIFE.
I BI^IARCK IN PRIVATE LIFE. The following particulars have been supplied to a Berlin correspondent by a gentleman who was for some time a guest of Prince Bismarck at Fried- richsruh. He writes: "The Prince's health during the last three years, especially in 1888, has been much better than it used to bo. In the autumn of 1883, in obedience to his physician, be bad to deny himself many things at table, and to give up not only shooting, of which he had till then been very fond, but also long walks and horse exercise. Now, so far as we know, he is net obliged to deny himself anything, eats of almost all dishes, and is not required to limit himself in the enjoyment of the trea- sures of his cellar, as he used to be at the time when, besides the obstinate and de- pressing stomachic complaint, neuralgia and sleep- lessness tormented him almost incessantly, whether at work or at rest, in the city or in the country. The stoma.chic complaint seems to be quite cured now, the torture in the face is much rarer, and sleep no longer eludes him. His annual journeys to drink the waters of Kissingen and to bathe in those of Gastein are no longer necessary. He often takes long walks, and he rides out for hours. If he takes holidays, it is only that be may refresh himself in verdant solitudes, feel like a country gentleman again, and seek the forest stillness, where one hears only the wood- pecker.' He never, indeed, quite attains this isolation either at Friedrichsruh or at Varzin. The world follows him on railways and telegraph wires, for it needs him, though he does not need it. It comes to him in official envelopes and bundles of documents, and in the shape of visits from German and foreign Ministers, ambassadors, envois, and counsellors, who all bring more or less important reports and questions I with tlrem. There is, therefore, always business and work-not so much, especially not such a heap of small matters,' as in Berlin, but always more than enough. lIe is assisted in the work by Geheimrath ven Rottenburg, chief of the Imperial Chancery, and a secretary, wbo always have plenty to do. And what the great empire does not demand of the Chancellor's working power is claimed by the little empire of his estates. The Chancellor's day, both at Fredrichsruh and at Varzin, is arranged as follows In the morn- ing, work at the writing-table; then, if the well.ther is good, a walk or a ride, sometimes also a drive on the good macadamised roads of the neighbourhood; lunch at two with his family, Rottenburg, the secre- tary, and the guests that may have arrived, during which the Chancellor reads his letters and telegrams, and tells Rottenburg how to deal with them. He then goes to his study again, and sometimes takes a second walk, ride, or drive, alone or with a guest. Dinner is at seven, after which coffee is drunk in a side-room, and the guests smoke cigars, while the Prince retires to a little sofa behind the table with the lamps, and takes one of the three long pipes awaiting him there with their porcelain bowls full of Varinas. He takes little or no part in the conversation of the com- pany, which is carried on mostly in whispers he reads newspapers, among others tfee larger Hamburg ones. After an hour he retires, and -does not appear at the ten o'clock tea—probably because he goes early to bed."
IDOUBLE TRAGEDY AT BRIGHTON.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT BRIGHTON. An inquest was held at Brighton on Friday of last week on the body of John BuHock, who shot himself on the previous evening, after murdering his wife, another inquest being held simultaneously on the body of his wife. The deceased was married two years ago, Bullock being then GO years of age and his wife only 30. The marriage turned out most un- happily, the man, who carried on the Railway Hotel at Twickenham, being of a violent and jealous dis- position, and also somewhat addicted to drink. He threatened his wife's life on more than one occasion, and at last being unable to endure his conduct Mrs. Bullock left him three months ago and went to Brighton to live. He followed her there; and in order to get quite away from him she determined to go abrocid, and made all her preparations accordingly. These were completed on Thursday morning. In the meantime Bullock seems to heve become acquainted with his wife's intention, aadoame to Brighton in as infuriated at-te of mind, bringing a revolver with bm; and having prepared, either beforehand or at his wife's lodgings before he saw her, a letter in which he detailed his troubles, declared that he meant that he and his wife should die together. He also brought with him a sum of E180 in gold and notes, which be requested Mrs. Hepworth, his mother-in-law, to place in the bank for the benefit of his child, an infant boy aged sixteen months. This letter and the money were found on him when be was conveyed to the Sussex County Hospital. The Jury decided that the wife had been wilfully murdered by her husband, and that the husband had committed suicide, but they ex- prfesed no opinion as to the state of his mind at the TWKO.
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AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND. A very interesting disesvery has recently been mode at Stoke- sub- Hamdori, Somerset. The village iscituated at the foot and on the side of Hamdon-hiil, famous for its ancient British earthworks, and for the-valuable Ham stone which has for centuries been taken from its quarries. Some workmen, while engaged in digging a drain through a garden situated in c, part of the village known as The Castle," found some encaustic tiles, about three feet belew the surface, and further researches led to the discovery of the site of the free chapel of St. Nicholas, which was known to be attached to the tteaiuchamp Castie, the boundary walls of which are still to be seen. The boundaries of the chancel of the chapcl were 14ft. wide and 21ft. long, and the greater part of this was coverec with fine encaustic t!!M,.come of which bore heralfiic emblems. At the east end of the chancel was the .plinth, and a stone coffin vras discovered in front of it in which was the skeleton of a man. The castte to which this chapel was sttached was built in the thirteenth century by Lord John Beauchamp, and ibis son built the Chantry house for the residence of five priests who were to say masses for the souls of the departed members of the Beauchamp family. The Chantry-house still stands, and is occupied as a farm- house. Leland speaks of the Castle-of Stoke being in ruins in the reign of Henry VIII., and speaks of numerous tombs he saw in the cbapel of St Nicholas, the site of which has only just been brought to light. By an Act of Parliament passed in the reign of Edward VI., the chapel and Chantry caroa into pos- session of -the King, and this was followed by a seizure of tfco revenues, but when the final demoli- tion of the chapel took place there is no historical record. The samains found in the chanool.are pre- sumed to be those of Lord John Eeaucharcp, the founder of the Chantry.
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PRINCE OF WALES'S EGYPTIAN TOUR. The fact of the Prince of WalesV visit to Egypt having been arranged was kept a profound secret until everything had been settled, as it might have given umbrage to the Sultan if his Royal Highness paid any great honow to the Khedive. He remains a fortnight in Egypt, and after that may possibly go to the Bosphorus, where, it will be remembered, the Duke of Edinburgh eight months ago was hospitably received. While the Prince and his family are away, the splendid mural paintings on the Royal staircase in Marlborough House are being renovated. 1 hese were so coated with dirt thai they presented nothing but a brown exterior; but nrw that they are beginning tG be relieved from this it is seen that they represent the great battles won by tin Duke of Marlborough, which were painted by a French artist, appropriateiy called La Guerre, when the house was built, in Queen r Anne's reign. Mr. Richards, the artist who is re- storing the work, tells the London correspondent of the Birminyham Post that he had to get the original designs from Windsor Castle, in order to see what was on the walls.
LORD R. CHURCHIL IN SCOTLAND.
LORD R. CHURCHIL IN SCOTLAND. Lord Randolph Churchill was presented with a number of addresses on Saturday afternoon at Perth. In his reply, he commented upon the central organi- sation of the Conservative party in Scotland, which he declared was most inefficient. At a public meet- ing ia the evening, he sketched the history of the Scotch Act of Union with England, and said all the prosperity north of the Tweed had been the conse- quence of that Act. Similar prosperity had resulted in Ireland; and those men were taking a most mistaken course who, by repealing the Unions between England and the other two countries, would destroy the 1 benefits now enjoyed by Scotland and Ireland.
MR. CONYBEARE RELEASED. -
MR. CONYBEARE RELEASED. Mr. Conybeare, M.P., who was released from Derry Gaol on Friday, arrived at Euston Station on Satur- day night. Outside the station he was loudly cheered. He drove to Endsleigh-gardens, where be was received by the representatives of a large number of Liberal and Radical clubs. The crowd which had assembled in Euston-square formed in procession, and with bands and banners marched to Clerkenwell-green, where a meeting was held. Among the occupants of the brake which served as a platform were Mr. Cony- beare, M.P., Mr. J. Rowlands, M.P. (chairman), Dr. Clark, M.P., and the Rev. Stewart Headlam. Mr. J. l'oole, on behalf of the Patriotic Club, presented an illuminated address to Mr. Conybeare wel- coming him on his discharge from Derry Gaol after three months' imprisonment. On Mr. Conybeare rising to speak the crowd sang He's a jolly good fellow," after which the bands played God save Ireland." He said that the only way he could show his gratitude for the welcome they had given him was by further devoting himself to the public service. He had been treated in Derry Gaol as a first-class misdemeanant, because Mr. Bal- four knew that, as a representative of the miners of Camborne, and as a representative on tbe School Board of 8i»,000 electors of the metropolis, he could not be subjected to the same dastardly tricks to which the representatives of starving Irishmen were treated, If the bigoted Baifour thought that be had purged his offence and had returnod as a prodigal son, then he was mistaken. If the prodigal returned home repentant, that was not the case with him. He went to Derry a Radical of Radicals and as a Republican. but now he had come out a rebel. He had committed all the contempt in gaol that could be done, and for sending Ie> ters to an English newspaper his chaplain had been dismissed. But after the dismissal his letters still came out. He hated and abhorred such a man as Mr. Balfour, and his conduct was a reflex of his whole character, which was without womanly virtue and manly courage." Like a snail, Mr. Balfour left a shme upon everything that he came near to or touched. He felt loathing and contempt for that something which might be described as a specie3 of moral hermaphrodite, it being desticute of all prin- ciple. Mr. Balfour had disregarded the dictates of the decalogue, for what our Saviour had taught was to feed the hungry, not to commit murder, or bear false witness against thy neighbour." These com- mandments had been broken by this hermaphrodite, and a substitute, Do not hesitate to shoot," had been given in its place. Dr. Clark moved, and Mr. Thompson seconded, a vote of confidence in Mr. Conybeare, which was carried amid great uproar.
INSTALLATION OF THE IRISII…
INSTALLATION OF THE IRISII VICEROY. On Saturday moraing the Earl of Zetland arrived in Dublin, and about noon proceeded to the Castle, where he was installed as Lord Lieutenant with the usual formalities, which are very solemn. Shortly before twelve o'clock his lordship arrived at the Castle, where he was received by Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, and the Comptroller of the Household, Colonel Caulfield, and conducted to the Presence Chamber. His lordship was there received by the Lords Justices, represented by Lord Ash. bourne, Lord Chancellor, and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Commander of the Forces, the other Lord Justice, the Right Hon. John Thomas Ball, being absent. The Lords Justices were sitting, covered, under the canopy. The Earl of Zetland was next conducted to the Council Chamber, preceded by the different officers of the household. The following members of the Privy Council were seated round the table, covered, all wearing tall hats—the Duke of Leinster, Lord Fitzgerald, Baron Dowse, Sir Pat- rick Keenan, the Right non. Ion Trant Hamilton, Judge Monroe, Right Hon. Henry Bruen, The O'Connor Don, Right lion. W. Cogan, Sir William Gregory. Her Majesty's letter, appointing Lord Zet- land as Lord Lieutenant, was read by Mr. Lentaigne, Clerk of Hanaper, and the oath of allegiance was then administered to his lordship by Sir William Kaye. Lord Zetland next took the oath of office, which was administered by Sir West Ridgeway, who read 'the Queen's letter, commanding the Lords Justices to deliver up the Sword of State to the noble earl. This was presented to his lordship by Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who also placed a collar round His nock. Ilia Dnw, Lord Ueu- tenant, took his seat at the head of the table, wearing i his hat, and the Privy Council took off theirs. The 'I Lord Lieutenant was then invested with the b&dge of the < ifcrter by Sir Bernard Burke, and the cerencony having been completed his excellency and the officials retired from the Chamber in the same processional orde- ,-ai they had entered.
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SHOE BUR YNESS. Colonel Nicholson, Commandant at the School of (i una sry, in his Report to the Horse Guards on the recent Artillery Meeting at Shoeburyness, <3ays u I have the satisfaction of being able to report a distinct advance in the quality of the shooting this year, and this RGtwithstanding the fact that the strong wind, heavy rain, and indifferent light, which have pre- vailed on nearly every day, have been very much against good practice. The fire discipline competition was ic every respect a success. I have every hope that the competition may continue and even extend it iQ, ir. my opinion, the most thoroughly practical of those which take place, and of immense value in calling the attention of officers to the system by which their action in the field must be directed and controlled. I noticed this year a rather larger infusion of fresh non-commissioned officerc and gunners than last. This 1S in my opinion, a very important point, and I am therefore glad to understand that the Council have it in contemplation to offer-next year some prizes which will encourage new attendants without prejudice to the older hands. The inspection parades were most creditable, and I noted with much satisfaction that one or two points to which I had called attention last year had been carefully looked to this; one was the state of the arms, in which, on the present occasion, the," was a marked improvement. I cannot close my report without remarking on the steady ard marbad ad- vance the force are yearly making in discipline and soldierly fcearing. This is especially the case with the noo-commissioned officers; they have now an increased saase of their position and responsibilities, and are gradually attaining the influence which they should have, and must maintain, in order to carry out their dutios efficiently."
"SPIRIT RAPPING" NEAR ! SALISBURY.…
"SPIRIT RAPPING" NEAR SALISBURY. Considerable commotion has been created in the neighbourhood of Salisbury by a case of supposed witchcraft at Homington, a village about four miles fromche city. The person said to have been be- witched was a little girl named LJ dia Hewlett, aged nine, md her father is a Primitive Methodist local preacAer. Some time since the girl saw a gipsy steal some onions belonging to a neighbour, and subse- quenfly mysterious knockings were heard in the oottase where she dwelt. Some boards of the bed- room where they seemed to be were pulled up, but therappings were not explained, and by-and-by it wai noticed that the noises seemed to follow, as it weie, the little girl. These knockings were, it seems, geuerally heard near the girl, and when no one else was iK the room, but it has been alleged that when someone elsa has been with her the rapping has been heard. Soneone conceived the idea that the child was be- wiched, and a number of questions were put to the supposed spirit. According to the replies (given by mtans of knocks), the gipsy was the cause of all the trouble. She (the gipsy) had dark hair, was 4fL Sin. in height, was married, had seven children, anl was 28 years of age (the number of years being incicated by 2S raps). The questions were preceded bythe words In the name of the Lord." Canon Kingsbury heard knocks and believed that the girl herself did not cause them, but another clergyman with him was more sceptical. The Rev. J. Harper, a Primitive Methodist minister, also heard knocking, and did not believe that there was any shamming on the part of the girl. A doctor who visited her believed that she herself did it. Superinteadent Stephens, of the county police, went to the cottage with the Determination of finding out if there was any decep- tion, and he stood at the foot of the stairs and watched the girl whilst listening to the knocking, but saw nothing suspicious in her conduct, and believes that she herself did not do it. One night when two men were in the same room as the girl mysterious knocking was heard. The sirl (who looked ill and weary) has been admitted into the infirmary at Salisbury, and the strange sounds at Homington have now ceased, whilst she herself is very much better than at the time of her admission.
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ELOPING FROM A ;( XIGGEn WIFE." A curious elopement from Wantage, Berkrhire, has recently taken place. It seems that a smart soldio', named John Joyce, 29 years of acre, -was some time ago captivated by the native charms of a black woman, and soon afterwards married her. They went to Wantage to live, but evidently in this case marriage was a failure, for a month ago Joyce, who appears to have a very impressionable heart, was smitten by the fascinations of a pretty girl of 16, and the two eloped to Bridgewater, in Somerset, where up to Wednesday morning last they lived in undis- turbed tranquility when two Bridgewater police- men entered the couple's bedroom, and placed Joyce under arrest for having deserted his wife, who has recently been confined at the Wantage Workhouse. The poor girl cried, but it was of no avail, and Joyce was sent back in custody to Wantage.
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MISOELLANEOUS ITEMS. A" Er Friak —An elephant in Coblentz ha:stee-i rT,-ij, to emulate the discursive tf ILts o the lions which lately broke 'oose from a menagerie at Birmingham. The ?ipp11llt stjeuifl to have taken a sudden fancy for a nocturnal stroll on che banks of the Rhine he accordingly brcke oat of his vage and wandered 011 till he found a hou-e, inside Lue door of which was a sack of potatoes. He beat in the door, n stamped the potatoes into a inat-h with his fore feet, and then settled (io,,u to enjoy bis pju tr. «*«•/•■••/nj/.ew u« terse, but was disturbed in the midst oi it by the keepers, who, missing the elepbant from the menagerie, traced him to his rejort. He allowed himself to be quietly recaptured and led back. > Pcnuc Words in Poktcgal. Her Majesty 8 Minister f:t Lisbon has forwarded to the Foreign Office a copy of a decree published in tbe 1 nuiol (Taette inviting tenders for the cumpletion of works for the improvement of the Bay ol l'avoa de 1. Zim. The tenders are to be opened at the Dt-parlnienf of Public WorKs, Commerce, and ludustry on the 22ud of November. The works are completion of a mole or breakwater on the north of the bay, the construction of a mole or breakwater on the south side, the com- pletion of the work of diistrojing the Borraceira rock, and the buoying of the Geintlgas rock. The basis of the completion of the entire work is fixed at S60), and the amount of deposit previously to being allowed to compete at Rs.20,000,(»X) ( £ 14M\ Further particulars will be found in the decree, which can be seen on personal application at the Commercial Department of tbe roreign Oibce. Naval Appoi.vt.mkxt?.— Lieutenants — Walter E. Elliot to the Hearty John A. Colwe.ll, to the Tcur- mahne. Fleet Paymaster—Charles B. L. Brockman, to the Xorthumbeiland. Assist-anr Engineers—Charles J. Huddy, to the Speedwell George H. idorris, to the Spanker. Gunoer—William Jeifrey, to the Thunderer. Boatswair.s-George Millard, to the Thunderer; Thumas \V. Sutton, to the Collingwood George Springall, to the Hearty. Carpenter—John H. Woods, to the Saltan. Port OF London'.—The entries from oversea ports during the week ended October 2 numbered 1(;2 vessels, of which 12U were steamers: total tonnage about 116,00' 1 tons. On the other hand. 1 IS vessels cleared out, of which 71 were steamers total touDSg*about SS,OOC tous. British vessels cleared out numbered S6, of which G6 were steamers total tonnage, aboat 84,000 tons. Vessels cleared out in ballast numbered 41, 11 beikg steamers total tonnage, about 27,0tons 108 British vessels entered inwards. Fourteen British vessels cleared out in ballast." Last Wbecks.—Twenty two foreign vessels and 23 British vessels were reported as shipwrecks last week. Sixteen British were wrecked off the United Kingdom also one German, one Dutch, one Danish, and^twe Norwegian vessels. Forty persons lost their lives by a vessel exploding, and 20 persons lost their lives by ordinary shipwreck. Six Norwegian vessels, four American, three German, one ilussiaa, one Danish, and one Dutch were wrecked. Ghkat Fike at Ant-.vki p.—A terrible fire broke out in Antwerp on Saturday nilht in the large cooper- age works of M. Persenaire, situated at the corner of Coninck nlace, which assumed such alarming propor- tions that at one time it was feared that the entire neighbourhood would be destroyed. Thanks to the exertions of the he brigade, assisted by the civil and military authorities, the tire was confined to the cooperage and a few other houses. The tlames rose tc a prodigious height. A krge number of empty petro- leum barrels were in the cooperage at the time. It is supposed that there was no loss ot life. The buildings were covered by insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown. The owrtr of the cooperage is absent in Paris. Emigrants "RKFr.-ivrj TO JB Vaccinated.—The Liverpool steamer Circassian, which left the Mersey on the 5th ultimo for Canada with over 35() passengers, arrived at Quebec in due course, and landed a number of the emigants. Her arrival at Montreal, however, was somewhat delayed through the remsal of 26 of the passeDgers to be vaccinated. They had to be landed at (:rosI'e Isle, where the Circassian's passengers had to stop for the purpoe. Gros.-e Isle is a sort of sanatorium, and there the 26 passengers will have to undergo a certain period of quarantine before they are admissible into the country proper. Commercial Faii.vkes.—According to A" Jftr- 1"7.!li,'e'(;,7"ttt the number of failures in England and Wales gazetted during last week was b". The number in the corresponding week of last year was 83, showing an increase of three, being a net decrease in ISSP, to date, of 177. Public School Coups AT Wnn:LR:<o.—On Satur- day afternoon the school cadet corps of Harrow, Dulwich, and Haileybury joined with the Artists Ptifles at Wimbledon for a field day. When the corps reached the common the rain had already been iaiiing heavily, and the groirnd was in a very swampy condition, but it was determined to go on with the work. Under the disadvantageous the operations were con- ducted in as admirable manner, and to the apparent satisfaction of the umpires. A Railway in THE Snowi>on District.—Sir Edward Watkin, M.P., has just retorted to North- enden, Cheshire, from Snowdon, where he has been spending a few days in company with hi sen, visiting his newly-acquired property there. Sir Edward ascended the mountain, the summit of which was sprinkled with snow and hail from the recent storms. Confident expectations are entertained all along the North Wales coast that Sir Edward will promote a bill for a competing line into the district, commencing at the new bridge over the Dee near Kawarden. Bckied Unidentified.—The remains of the last Whitechspel victim were buried at l'laistow Cemetery shortly after ten o'clock the other morning. B rom Clocij TO Rivku.—An American female p&ra- chutist made an ascent at Jarrow on Saturday, and in her descent fell into the river Tyne near Kowdt n Dock. She was, however, promptly rescued by a small boat, and appeared little the worse for her immersion. In the evening the lady related her adventures at a local music hall. Rfwaut>ed AT Last —The Board of Trade have awarded a go'd medal for gallantry and humanity to ir. Hairn Amzaht,k, British consular .vgent at Jaffa. in recognition of his services in assisting to rescue the shipwrecked crew of the barque Thomas and Rebecca, of Sunderland, which stranded off a on December 10, 1874. Nailmakkrs' Strike Endt?d.—Tbe strike in the South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire horse- nail trade, which has lasted 19 weeks, terminated on Saturday by the whole of the employers conceding an advance of lOti. per thousand. Owing to the importa- tion of machine-made horse-nails, the haad-ma.de nails had been reduced to such a low price as practically to prevent the operative^ getting a living, and in despera- tion the me- struck work for the advance in wages now conceded. E 54Tiie Expclsion of Russian Jlws.—The Argentine Government has instructed its agent in Faris to offer facilities for emigration to the Jews who are being expelled wholesale from Russia. Several thousands of these people, who are under orders toluit Bessarabia, have accepted engagements to go arid colonise lands on the Argentine territory. A shipful of the emigrants wil) start in a few days from Ismailia. Barvibi.d in America.—The Scotland-yard police authorities have written to the Chief Constable of Walsall—apparently in reply to a communication ad- dressed to them in the name of Mrs. Bar ield, though that lady has had nothing to do with the sending of such a corimuriication-stafidg that not having com- pleted their inquiries in reference to the case, they have at present no definite information to give, but there is little doubt that :\lr BKrf-eld and Miss Buarne have arrived in New York. Eavt London Distress—Something Tehliule." —" I know of myown knowledge, writes the London correspondent of the /th-mi-f/hnm that the dis- tress in the East-end now is something etrrible." For those who have work. there is the loss of several wee-Ks wages to be made up, while those who are still without work have starvation staring them in the face. To say the pawnshops are lull would be misleading, for the PC-ople have now nothing to pawn. All that was of any value went weeks ago. They are also in arrear with their rent, and, as a consequence, evictions are being carried out wholesale. Houses for tiie French Ahmy.—Some months ago the French Government despatched a commission of officers to the United Kingdom to purchase horses for the French cavalry. In Yorkshire and Ireland ex- tensive purchases were made, the animals being specially selected for their size and strength, as they were wanted for the Laucer arm of the service. Horse- dealers will be pleased to learn that the authorities in Paris are so well satisfied with the animsus already sent to France, that an extension of the order has been forwarded to the agents who are purchasing for them, so thaf there will probably be an increased demand for animals fit for military purposes within the next few months. The Ieish Mackerel Fishery.—There have been some remarkable captures of mackerel on the s',n»V> coast of Ireland d-ring the past week, several boats making £ 100 a night, and a number of otiS Anl^h The haul of each boat varies from 4060 to i" W0 in Ireland^reays nothing To'Tnt^" fJli8e,|Ueiitly fair* &There'is rmw 1 .^amdate organisers of industry, and a drtvis, 1Pf rit 1S a!one necessary to stop an emigration V To P"ov;de abundant means of livelihood for the peop.e. The />■?/. Krpress says that Lord Zet- ?rr,ves wader the happiest of circumstances, bountiful harvests having increased the people's re- sources. Red he will see in the returning prosperity ar,4 peace of the country the best preof of the wisdom of the Government policy.
THE PRIEST AND THE CABBY.
THE PRIEST AND THE CABBY. Dr. Ciscrge Porter, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bombay, who died a few da;, s ago, after a brief illness, was well known to many in London M the rector of the Jesuit Church in Farm- street, a poat which he gave up less thai three years ago to go to India. Rome chose, in the first instance, tor the new Archbishopric of Bombay, the Rev. Schom- berg Kerr, an ex-naval officer who had bean chaplain to Lord Ripon during his Viceroyalty. Etc nolo (pis- C'lpari, backed by the plea of ill-bealbb, vv-as suc- cessful, and tiMa the lot fell on George Porter, to the regret of his many friends in Engiand. Of Scotch extraction, I r. Porter had, says Van it;/ Fair, a vein of tin humcur such as often belongs to those who hail from beysnd the Tweed. He was eminently practical and hard-headed, but at the same time as kind-hearted a man as ever lived. On one pcint, however, he was inflexible. He held that there was no particular reason for over-paying the London cabby, and always tendered the exact legal fare. Hence now and then there was an encounter of wits, in which he usually had the best of the game. Do you call yourself a gentleman ?" asked an indignant Jehu on one of these occasions, only to collapse under Dr. Porter's quiet reply: II i never call myself any. thing so expensive.
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-»- MANCHESTER SIIIP CANAL. An inspection cf the Manchester Ship Canal shows i that on most of the eight or nine sections into which 1 the whole length is divided substantial progress has .1 been made. This is especially marked in regard to the two end sectionc-Eastham and Manchester. The volume of work still ^remaining to be done in both is enormous, but in relation to the whole the advance- ment is substantial. At Eastbam the foundations to the locks where the elnal debouches into the Mersey are in active progress; the granite blocks for copings, river-wall facings, &c., are stored in huge piles, and comething like an idea of the general design can now fee formed by the casual eye. Frodsham Section, which is one of the easiest to excavate, and presents the fewest engineering difficulties, is in a forward state, and on this and several other detached cut- tings the work of lining the slopes of the canal with red sandstone rubble facings is in active progress. Runcorn section is by far the most backward. This is the more surprising, seeing that the engineering difficulties to be encountered on this section are pro- bably the most serious on the whole line, the canal having to be carried for two or three miles bodily in the existing bed of the river. The Acton Grange and Moore Section, No. 5, which comes next, and carries the line up to tho first inland locks at Latchford, is in a distinctly forward state. The locks at Irlam, Barton, and Throstla Nest are now scenee of great activity, and, indeed, the great bulk of the labour on the different sections now seems to be concentrated upon them. The work at the Manchester and Salford Docks is fairly well advanced, but in the excavation of the great basin much remains to be done.
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A DUBLIN SCANDAL.
A DUBLIN SCANDAL. A Dublin correspondent writfs: I have gleaned the following particulars of what has been described as "a Dublin domestic scandal," but which is realiy one of the most painful cases that have come under notice for a long time. It seems that one of the leading doctors in Ireland lost his wife about two years ago, and some months after was married again to a young, attractive woman, who was understood to be a widow. The doctor, who is very popular, angered his friends by his speedy second marriage, and his wife was not received into society. Indeed, it seems generally to have been considered that the doctor had married be- neath him and he is stated to have explained that he had fallen in love with his wife when she was a patient under his care. The pair apparently lived happily enough till a short time ago, when a gentleman presented himself, and, in an Interview with the doctor, claimed the lady as his wife. The man was at once igno. miniously kicked out. His story, however, was true, as was proved by the startling events which immediately followed. It has been established beyond doubt that the lady, when very young, was married to a Dublin solicitor, who afterwards left for America, and she had not heard of him for years. The news of her second marriage, however, reached him, and he at once came over from the States, and claimed her from the doctor. The most astonishing part of the affair now comes. After the first husband had been ejected the lady disappeared, and there is no doubt she joined him. She then—so it is said—proceeded to a Dublin jeweller's, and, as the wife of the doctor, obtained a large quantity of jewellery on credit, with which, it is believed, fib", lefc the country in the company of her real husband. The deluded doctor having ascertained all these painful facts put the matter in the hands of the police, and the warrant is now out for the arrest of the lady on charges of bigamy and fraud.
OLD IN SIN.
OLD IN SIN. Australia is always beating the record" nowa- days in some way or other. Her latest achievement in this respect, however, is one of which the Old Country need not be at all jealous. In Victoria has been discovered the oldest criminal in the world. This is Elizabeth Young, who belies her name by being no less than 101 years of age. Elizabeth emi- grated—without expense to herself—some 50 years ago. At first she resided in Tasmania, but when she reached the Psalmist's span she removed to Mel- bourne, where she has cultivated close and constant relations with the police and the magistrates for the last 30 years. In fact, during all th&t time Miss Young has hardly passed a single Christmas away from home-home being in her case the prison.
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"RELICS OF OLD SAINTS." The parish church of Llanelidan is now under- ,going restoration, and while the men were engaged in pulling down the north wall they came across a quantity of human bones laid in a recess built on four sides into the wall, and having a stone lid over it. They are supposed by an authority to be old relics of old saints," hidden in this manner for safety from iconoclastic rage. It is certain that they must have reposed there for centuries. They are supposed to have lain at first under the altar, whence they were removed to the north wall. The church is one IJÍ the oldest in the diocese of St. Asaph.
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A TOO-TARDY REPRIEVE. On September 30 a man was executed at Ossuna, in Andalusia, for murder. Up to the last moment the wretched convict, who had been placed in the chapel for 24 hours with-e. priest from a Hermandad of Peace and Charity, according to a Spanish custom, expected a reprieve, because the local authorities and corporations, even in Seville, had made powerful efforts bo induce the Government to advise Qu&en Christina to commute the death sentence into one ot penal servitude for life. Now it seems that the Government not only recommended the reprieve, but that the Queen Regent actually signed it, and orders were telegraphed to insert her decision in the Madrid Gazette, and to forward it to Ossuna. The authorities caused the usual delays, and the telegram that announced the reprieve arrived only when the convict had already been executed. The shocking affair has created a painful impression at Ossuna and Seville, and is commented upon in the severest terms by several Madrid papers as a terribkj illustration of the .defects of the telegraph service, which prevented the iloyal pardon frem being sent in prefer time.
A NEW SIGNALLING DEVICE.
A NEW SIGNALLING DEVICE. Superintendent A. M. Mozier, of the Western divisiGu of the Nypanc, has, according tc The Railwa!1 World, adopted, and 13 about to put into operation on his division, a nes7 and important device to prevent train accidents.. It is a rule Car station agents to keep train sigcals at a danger point, and after its pacsage to restore the signal to itc normal danger indication. It oftes happens, however, that when an expected train has a clear track ahead the station agent hooks down his semaphore to the safety signal, acd leaves it there. A call from the wire distracts his attention, and in the urgency of other business the misleading semaphore is temporarily forgotten, and the trains which should be held for orders or otherwise get by at the risk of collisions. The device which Mr. Mozier has adopted is a shunt circuit so connecting the semaphore and the operator's key that when the safety signal is displayed the key cannot be used. The result is that the agent must keep his signal at the normal danger point. Any remissness is speedily dravrn to his attention by an attempt; to uss the line.
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LITTLE Dick: I am so glad to have a new little brother now. He and sister and I make three, don't we ? Mamma Yes, dear but what of that P Dick: Well, there's only two drum sticks to a chicken, and one of us will get some other part now. I'll be the one sometimes. I'm tired of drum sticks." PROGRESS OF EDUCATIO.-A. geologist was out geologising one day, and took his hammer to a country blacksmith to be sharpened, when the black- smith said An' d'ye jistchap the stanes to see what's in them ? Yes," said the geologist. i An' d'ye tell the lads a' about it ? Yes." Ay, ay, it's an awfu' thing education. I didna think my father very clever, but my sons think I'm a born idiot."
! STORM IN THE DUKE1UES. j
STORM IN THE DUKE1UES. i A thunderstorm broke over the district of Worksop about four o'clock on Thursday afternoon of last week, and rapidly developed to an alarming extent. The flashes of lightning were most vivid, and the roar of the thunder was almost drowned by the noise made by the faHing hail and rain, which descended in tremendous volume. The storm was bad over a great extent of country, but seems to h",ve been felt most severely at Wei- beck and Cress well. At the latter place the lightning struck the row of stone houses which stand's opposite to the road leading to the crags, and th-3 eud house, occupied by Mr. Woodhead, was completely j wrecked. There was a greenhouse at the end of this house, and it was smashed up en- tirely. The roof of the house is almost cleared of slates, and the walls of the building are rent Lorn top to bottom, rendering it practically untenable. The three houses adjoining were also partly demolished at the back portions. The utmost alarm prevailed ,I, in -1 throughout the whole village, for the thunder which accompanied the destructive Hash was something awful. Mr. Tom Morris, ironmonger, of Wcrks.ip, was out shooting at C* ess well, and was walking along the streets at the time of the flash. His gun was under his arm, and was struck with grea: force, the gun being wrenched from him and burled a distance of 20 yards. Mr. Morris was knocked down and rolled over and over, and was for a time stunned. When he came to himself he found that his knee was slightly injured, his clothing torn, and himself covered with mud. He was able to come home ifter a time, and no serious results are anticipated.
ROYAL MENUS.
ROYAL MENUS. The following from the Paris Figaro is an amusing specimen of the Court news" of the Continental press: "Queen Victoria'ikes Scotch cookery; all her meals begin with a preparation of oatmeal. She eat? raw ham, which is specially imported from Granada, drinks beer, and eats a particular sort of bread, specially baked for her. The Queen of Sweden prefers stronger nourishment; she has beefsteaks, often raw, at every meal: salmon, preserved in the Swedish fashion", and pancakes fried in oil. At the Court of Berlin the cooking is chiefly French: the Empress Frederick, however, prefers English cookery, and is particularly fond of cakes. The Grand Duchess of Baden, whose table is the most in Germany, al ways makes the coffee herself, in a Russian cO"ee machine of gold. At the Quirinal they ilt-ariably eat off gold plate, and drink Italian wines. The Com- tesse de Paris has English cookery, and the Due d'Aumale eats garlic soup regulariy every day. The ex-Queen Isabella's peculiar weakness is Valenciau rice-soup; while the present Queen of Spain remains true to her native Austrian style of cooking."
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THE BETTING MANIA. Theorists who assert that the evils of turf gambling are much diminished in countries where public betting agencies are tolerated should read a report on the toialisareurs which the Hungarian Government is going to lay before Parliament. Advocates of the toialisatcurs or parts mutuefc are apt to say that these institutions are as well managed as banks. They are indeed so well managed, remarks the Vienna corre- spondent of the Tim's, that, as it seems, all the youth of Hungary, including schoolboys, invest money in them recklessly during tbe racing season. The tickets, by purchase of which the buyer backs a certain horse at the current odds, are not only sold on the racecourses, but in any lottery o;jce or tobacco shop. The report speaks so indignantly of all this that one is quite prepared for the announcement that the Government intends to ask rarliampcit for powers to abolish the betting agencies altogether. But it is simply proposed to restrict the sale of tickets to race- courses and to tax the winnings of the gamblers. This means that the Government prop-ses to abate a great social nuisance by acquiring 3, vested interest in its maintenance.
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PICKPOCKETS ON SHIPBOARD. The passengers who landed from the steamer LTfim- 4. bria on Friday night of last week, on her arrival at Queenstown, from New York, report that a series of robberies occurred during the homeward passage. One gentleman states that he felt convinced that a number of pickpockets were on board. A saloon pas- senger was robbed of all efforts to trace the thief proving fruitless. Several robberies were effected among tho steerage passengers, one man having £ 0 stolen fiom him, and a collection was made up to pay his passage from Liverpool to Glasgow. A poor woman with two children had all the money she pos- sessed, 17, taken from her, and a theatrical perform- ance was given on board en behalf of herself and children, and the amount was again realised f(,r her.
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A BLUE MAN. In Dublin, a small town in Laurens county, Georgia, there lives a blue man. He is a Caucasian, but in- stead of being white is a greenish-blue, and is known as Blue Billy." His whole skin is blue, his tongue and the roof of his mouth are blue, and where his eyes should be white is seen the same ghastly greenish-blue colour. When a child Billy was afflicted with epilepsy. He tried many remedies in vain, and fmaily his physician put him under a treatment in which large doses of nitrate of silver were given him. This medicine cured his epilepsy, but turned him blue < all over. He has a pretty wife and a number of in- teresting childr. n, who love their father devotedly in spite of his blue colour. His affection is known tmong medical men as argyrea, and consists of a dis- colouration of the inner cells of the skin.
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CYCLONE IN SARDINIA. A most violent storm raged on Saturday night in the Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, causing great de- struction in the country districts. Two hundred and forty houses were blown down, ard many o:hers were more orless damaged. Sixteen persons are known to have been killed. In the town of tagliari itself several houses, including the Prefecture, were damaged. Steps are being taken by the authorities to convey help and relief where it is needed.
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DAUGHTER, aged 33 (facetiously): i'apa, I foaad a dozen grey hairs in my head this morning and pulled them out. Don't you give me away, though." Father (sighing heaviiy): Give you away, Emily; I've abandoned all hope of it." NERYOfs Gentleman: Now, be careful how vou drive, cabby, and go slowly over the stonps, for I hate to be shaken. And mind you pull up at the right bouse, and look out for those dreadful steam rollers." Cabby «' Never fear, sir, I'll do my best. And which lorcepital would you wish to be taken to, sir, in case of an accident ? BAD spelling," says Benjamin Franklin in one of his letters, is generally the best, as conforming to the sound of the letters and of the words. To give you an instance: A gentleman received a letter in which were these words, Not finding Brown athom, I delivered your meseg to his yf.' The gentleman, finding the writing bad, and therefore not very intel- ligible, called his wife to help him to read it. They i picked out the meaning of all but the yf, which they could not understand. The lady proposed to call her chambermaid, because Betty,' says she, has the best knack of reading bad spelling of anyone I know.' Betty came, and was surprised that neither sir nor madam could tell what yf was. Why,, says she, I Y-f spells wife; what else can it spell ? And, indeed, it is a much better as well as a shorter method of spelling wife,"