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(fpiiflira of itins. A FEMALE LEOTARD is announced in New York. L'Abime (No Thoroughfare) has been produced Bre MR. PALGRAVE SIMPSON has been elected secretary of the Dramatic Authors' Society. MADAME CELESTE is performing at Bristol, and has been enthusiastically received. MR. E. T. SMITH and Mr. Hopkins are to have the "getting up of the Crystal Palace pantomime this year. Miss LYDIA THOMPSON has so far recovered as to make her first appearance at New York in the burlesque of Ixion. Her reception was very great. SINCE THE DEATH of Mr. Charles Kean, his widow has restored to Mr. Lovell the copyright of the two dramas, The Wife's Secret and The Trial of Love. THE 9TH CAVALRY have punished a band 01 Indians near Fort Davis, Texas, killing 30. THE London Review believes that on an average there are half-a-dozeu poets in every Scottish parish. DURING THE PAST WEEK 37 wrecks nave bee, reported, making for the present year a total of 1,669. FROM THE LONtj UUOA IUR, water at Ajvnere Rajpootana, has been so scarce that it has been selling at threepence per pint. MARTIN BROWN, the man suspected of having murdered the old man Baldey at. Newmarket-hill last week, has been captured at Maidstone. I LETTERS FROM MADRID say that the two real candidates for the Throne of Spain will be the King ol Portugal and the Dake de Montpensier. A SPRIG OF BLACKTHORN in full flower and perfume was gathered on Sunday from a hedge at Finchley. THE MARQUIS OF LORNE was entertained last week at a banquet in the Town-ball, Campbeltown, and Was also presented with the freedom of the burgh. DURING THE PAST WEEK a large number of Cornish miners were engaged to proceed to Brazil, to work in the Don Pedro and other gold mines. THE Bristol Post says that a few days ago a fisherman of the village of Oldbury-on-Severn caught an eel over 80lbs. in weight. THE AMERICAN PAPERS contain accounts of gold discoveries of extraordinary richness in the territory Of Idaho, in the Cosur d'Alene mountains. MARSHAL CONCHA has quitted Madrid. He was accompanied as far as the French frontier by one of General Prim's aides-de-camp. IT IS ASSERTED that this year's apple crop is the largest Massachusetts has produced for many past seasons. SUBSCRIPTIONS are being raised in New York and elsewhere in the States for the benefit of the suf- ferers by the recent South American earthquakes. THE HUNTING ESTABLISHMENT of the Emperor has arrived at Campiègne from Fontainebleau. Stag- hunting will take place as usual. UP TO 18TH AUGUST the fever bad so much abated in Mauritius, that the admissions into hospital had sunk to two daily only. A RIOT OCCURRED aT OPELOUSAS in Louisiana between whites and negroes. One of the former and two of the latter were killed and several were wounded. THE Patrie asserts it is in a position to state that in consequence of the numerous furloughs lately granted, the French army does not reckon at present more than 354,000 men under the flag. I LORD WESTBURY has requested his name to be withdrawn from the Royal commission to inquire into the constitution of the courts of justice and the administration of the law in Scotland. k DURING THE PERFORMANCE of Divine service on Sunday morning, Mr. Arnett, the sexton, aged about 60, dropped suddenly in All Saints1 Church, Windsor, and expired. THE ROMAN CATHOLICS of Sale have erected in Hope-road, Warrington, a cross from 12 to 14 feet high, upon which is a painted figure representing the Saviour. A FIRE BROKE OUT last week at Mr. Phillips's brewery in Water-street, Stamford. The premises are very extensive, and have lately had a large sum ex- pended upon them. The loss is very great. GENERAL M'CLELLAN has written a letter ex- pressing his hope that the Democracy will succeed at the ensuing election, but declares at the same time his inten- tion to avoid participation in the political canvass. MR. CHARLES READE has sent Elo to the two men who were severely wounded in a skirmish wliich took place during a recent performance of Foul Play, at the Broadway Theatre. IT IS WORTHY OF NOTE that David Garrick has escaped (as yet) being" centenarisecl." This very month a hundred years ago he was the leader of the Drury Lane company. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY coined at the Paris Mint during the present regime up to the end of 1866 is as follows :—Copper, 59 300,000f silver, 260,382,510f.; gold, 5,323,724,415 total, 5,643,406,925f. THE Due D'AuMALE has in preparation a pam- phlet on foreign affairs, which has especial reference to the battle of Sadowa. The Duke pleads extenuating circumstances in favour of the defeated Banedek. THE SITTINGS of the Congregational Union Conference were brought to an end on Friday by a public breakfast to the Board of Education. The chair was taken by Mr. Samuel Morley. MR. MURPHY, sub-inspector of police, has been fired at at Ratbkeale, county Limerick, and slightly wounded. His assailant escaped, and there is no clue to him. AN OMNIBUS has been started from the Water- loo-road, South-Western Railway Company's Station, for the conveyance of passengers to the Strand at a fare of one penny. THE Gaulois states that General Prim has declared to a correspondent of that paper that he has never dreamt of assuming the crown of Spain, and even if it were offered to him he would refuse to accept it. THE WATERS of the rivers in the south of France have risen very considerably, and the telegraph communication between Lyons and Marseilles and Mar- seilles and Nice has thereby become interrupted. DURING THF, PAST YEAR the Bombay Govern- ment derived a net increase of £504,000 in the revenue on opium. The estimated value of the opium exported from Bombay to China was over £ 5,920,000. MR. LANCELOT DASHWOOD, a young gentleman studying for the legal profession, has been accidentally shot dead while shooting wild-fowl on Rockland Broad Norfolk. ON THURSDAY a carrier pigeon, six months old, flew from Starcross, in Devonshire to Clerkenwell, a distance of 180 miles, in little more than three and a half hours. THE CRICKET SEASON at the Oval was brought to a close on Saturday by a match between 11 gentle- men of Surrey and the native Australian players, in which the latter were beaten. THE SALES OF ENGLISH WHEAT noted last week were 70,181 qrs., at 54J. 3d., against 98,264 qrs. in I 1867 at 64s 10d. The London averages were 57s. lid. on 3,763 qrs. THE OUNT DE GIRGENTI has arrived at Paris, where his bride was awaiting him with the utmost anxiety, after the melancholy interruption to their honeymoon. J THERE ARE now 516,270 cinchona or quinine plants growing at Dar,eeliNG) IN India. THE highest point at which they are planted is 6,000 feet above the level of the sea. e FORTY PERSONS were fined by the Newcastle magistrates last week tor neglecting whitewash or otherwise cleanse, passages and STAIRCASES ON premises belonging to them, or under their control. THE FORTUNE that Mid lie. Patti brought to her husband, the Marquis of Caux, is stated by Figaro to have been a draft for 800,000f., ( £ 32,000) signed "Rothschild." THE PEOPLE OP NORTHUMBERLAND will learn with gratification that Earl Percy, at no distant date, will lead to the hymenial alta-e the Lady Edith Camp- hell, eldest daughter of the Duke of Argyll. IT APPEARS that the exportation of wheat from the United States during the first nine months of the present year has been 3,744,338 bushels against 627,018 in the same period of last )ear, and 279,796 in 1866 The petroleum trade seems also to have experienced a revival, the shipments having been 41,047,423 gallons, or nearly twice as much as in either of the two preced- ing years. A PARIS JOURNAL states that Malakoff was a cordmaker of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. After being discharged for drunkenness, he opened a cabaret at the top of the hill to which was given his name, since shared by General Pelissier. AT AN EARLY HOUR on Friday morning two men were apprehended while in the act of committing a burglary on the premises of a drug merchant in Lime- square, City. They had found the key of the safe, and broken the lacks of many desks and drawers. AT A MEETING held in Northampton last week, on the occasion of Mr. Charles Gilpin and Lord Henley addressing the electors, the proceedings, which were of a very stormy character, ended in a show of hands largely in Mr. Bradlaugh's favour. THE EXPERIMENTAL TRAMWAY, about 100 feet in length, laid down on Blackfriars-road ten years ago, has been taken up by the St. Saviour's Board of Works, on the ground that several horses have been crippled by falling down m the rails. THE CRICKET MATCH between the All England eleven and the Philadelphians was concluded on the 6th in favour of the former, with two wickets to spare. The match is stated to have been the best contested in the annals of cricket in America. IT IS REPORTED that arms have been shipped by the Loyal League in Missouri, for the use of the negroes in Arkansas. Four thousand staads of arms arrived at Memphis, but the boats all refused to con- vey them to their point of destination. THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES at the Havre Exhibition will take place on the 26th inst. M. Forcade de la Roquette, Minister of Commerce, will preside, and a grand banquet will be given in the evening at the International Club. THE Canadian Ministers of Customs and Agri- culture, it is announced, have decided to remove the prohibition from importing cattle into Canada from the United States after October 8, but inspectors will examine cattle until November. AN INQUEST has been held on the body of a boy who was killed by jumping hastily from the back of a cab, on which he was stealing a ride, and falling directly under the wheels of a railway van, which could not be stopped in time to save him. A FATAL ACCIDENT has occurred near Den- mark-hill, on the Brighton line. A train on leaving that station passed throagli the tunnel and knocked down a man who was on the line, cutting him completely in two. He was a gardener in the employ of a gentleman whose residence is adjacent to the railway. IT IS SAID that the Liberal committee at Not- tingham have accepted the offer of Mr. Bernal Osborne to refer the claims of the respective candidates to arbi- tration, and that they have named Mr. John Stuart Mill as arbitrator. Mr. Merriman declines to accede to this course. AN INQUEST has been held at Low Wortley on the body of a spinner, named Samuel Pearce. The de- ceased on Monday took his gan and went down the Bull- hill-lane. Not long afterwards he was found with his discharged gun lying by his side, and the top of his head blown off. AMONGST THE PASSENGERS who left Liverpool on Saturday were Mr. Cyrus Field and party. Mr. Field was compelled to leave England sooner than he anticipated, and will of course be absent from the banquet about to be given in Liverpool to Mr. Reverdy Johnson. TEN PARISIANS have burnt their fingers with the Lanterne. They formed an association to buy up a large number of that incisive periodical at Brussels and sell it in Paris, where it fetches a fancy price for this they have been sentenced to periods of imprisonment varying from six days to twenty. A DINNER WAS GIVEN last week to Mr. Tite, M.P., by a body of gentlemen connected with the West end, to celebrate the passing of an Act which authorises the embankment of the Thames in front of Chelsea, a compliment well deserved by that eminent architect and useful public servant. AN ORGANISED body of men recently set out in the state of Mobile to discover a gang of ruffians who had been concerned in the murder of Captain Mason, a superintendent of registration. Four of them were captured, tried, and hung by sentence of a vigilance committee. A LETTER FROM PAU says that the ex-Queen of Spain has been requested by the Emperor and Empress to occupy the palace as long as she thinks proper. It is now supposed that her ex-Majesty and suite, which is no numerous as to require accommodation out of the chateau, will remain in France for the winter. AN ALARMING EXPLOSION took place at the Basinghall Gunpowder Mills, Westmorland, on Satur- day. The two mills where the explosion took place were entirely unroofed, and about 601bs. of powder in each mill was destroyed; but an adjoining mill, also containing a charge, fortunately escaped damage. No one was injured. STEPHEN HOPE, an elderly man, formerly an innkeeper at West Auckland, and a well-known quoit player, fell down and immediately expired, whilst in the act of playing a game at a quoit ground, at West Auck- land, on Saturday afternoon. THE EXCAVATIONS along the Tiber have not only given Baron Visconti during the week some enor- mous blocks of rare marbles, such as African and Cipoliin, but have led to the discovery of a new quay, in a perfect state of preservation. EFFORTS ARE OX FOOT to establish an infirmary in Oldham. The proposal has arisen out of the grant of f 1,000 from the Mansiou-house Relief Fund, and at a meting held oa Monday nearly X2,000 was sub- scribed in addition. THE COMMITTEE appointed at San Francisco to solicit aid for the Peruvian sufferers by the late earth- quake report that they had collected 13,000 dollars, and that they were about to remit 10,000 dollars to Lima by the steamer leaving on the 6th iust. THE TENANTRY of the late Lord Farnham have held a meeting on the Cavan property, and startel a subscription to erect a testimonial to his memory. It is likely to take the form of a Grecian column, surmounted by a statue, to be erected on Tally mongon-hill. THK Lancet says toothache can be cured by one drachm of collodion added to two drachms of Calvert's carbolic acid. A gelatinous mass is precipitated, a small portion of which, inserted in the cavity of an aching tooth, invariably gives immediate relief. LORD STAMFORD has discharged his trainer, Bumby, and his blacksmith, for not acquainting his lordship with the fact that Warrington had a diseased foot, which led to the noble owner's sacrificing large sums needlessly over the Cesarewitch. THE COMMITTEE formed in the City of London to collect subscriptions in aid of the sufferers by the late earthquakes in Peru and the neighbouring countries have now received nearly £13,000, although the fund has only been in existence about a week. MR. GEORGE PIGOTT, father of Mr. Richard Pigott, of the Irishman, died in Dublin on Sunday. The deceased had been himself connected with the Irishman, old and new series, for a period of over twenty years, and was universally respected. M. ARNOULD, editor of a satirical journal, entitled the Foire aux Vamies, appeand last week before the Correctional Police of Paris on a charge of having published three earicatures without authorisa- ti, H,, was condemned to a tine of IGOf. for each offence. THE widow of the late Mr. William Salt has given to the county of Stafford her late husband's library, valued at £ 8,000. The collection contains a variety of documents having reference to the county, and will constitute a very valuable collection for refe- rence. NEW ORLEANS PAPERS say that a noticeable feature in that city at present is the vast amount of building going on, especially in the upper districts. Houses of all kinds are going up, among them a large number of cottages, suitable for persons or families of moderate means. ANEW NEEDLE-GUN, invented by Herr Werder of Nuremberg, has just been tried at Pesth. The weight is but eight pounds and a half. The powder charge is a half grasiime less than that of the Prussian guns. It was fired 20 times in one minute, and that number can be increased. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE occurred at Hartle- pool on Sunday, at an open air lecture delivered by an imitator of Murphy. A series of tights took place, and several persons were injured. On Monday some of the rioters were brought before the magistrates, and were finwl for participation in the disturbance. TutE NUMBKR OF FRESHMEN at some of the colleges of the University of CamhringfJ this autumn is as follows St. Peter's, 18 Clare, 18 Gonville aud Caius, 31 Trinity.hall', 37 King' 5; Queen's, 19 Pembroke, ^3 Downing, 8 Jesus, 35 Christ's, 30 fit. John's, 111 • Magdalene, 12 Trinity, 151; Em- saanuel, 26; Sidney, ig, t THE NUMBER OF VISITORS at the South Ken- sington Museum during the week ending Oct. 17 was as follows:—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free, from ten a.m. to ten p.m., 16,631: on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (admission 6d.), from ten a.m. till five p,m., 2,286-total, 18,917. Average of corresponding week in former years, 11,025 total from the opening of the museum, 7,851,636. ACTION AGAINST SIR RICHARD MAYNE.—An action, it is said, will be brought against Sir Richard Mayne by two inspectors lately connected with the cab and omnibus department of the police. This will be the first instance on record of proceedings in a law court being taken by subordinate officers against the Chief Commissioner of Police. A NEW ACT on judgments obtained in the courts of England, Scotland, and Ireland has just come into operation. A certificate of a judgment in one county can be enforced in another without bringing an action. The judgments are to be registered, and the courts at Westminster and in Dublin are to make rules to carry out the new Act. IRREVERENT SPARROWS.—Bombay Cathedral s now lighted with gas. The sparrows that frequent the place found the burners very convenient to build their nests in, and when on the two first Sundays the gas was fully turned on, the materials composing thene nests ignited, and there were for a few minutes three or four small conflagrations that for a time looked dan- gerous, more especially as several sparks fell into the pews immediately under the burners. THE NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. —■ Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales have most kindly consented to take under their special patronage a bazaar, to be given in Exeter during Easter next, in aid of the support of the 21 lifeboats belonging; to the National Lifeboat Institution on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall. The lifeboat stationed at Pad- stow, presented to the institution by the City of Bristol, is named the Albert Edward, after his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT COVENTRY.—The further inquiry into the death of Louisa Warren has led to the discovery that the cause was idiopathic tetanus, a very unusual form of disease in this country, and one which always causes strong suspicion of poisoning. The contents of the stomach have been analysed by Dr. Hill, of Birmingham, but there was no indication of poisoning At the adjourned inquest, Dr. Anderson deposed that death resulted from idiopathic tetanus, and a verdict to that effect was returned. ATTEMPTED MURDER BY AN OFFICER.—An attempt to murder the editor of the Italia, journal of Naples, was made a few days back by a pistol being fired almost point-blank at him fortunately the ball struck his watch, and glanced off without doing any injury. The assailant was arrested and proved to be a former non-commissioned officer of Francis II., named Gambella, who had been promoted by his Majesty at Capua. He said that his intention was to take vengeance for articles published in the above journal against the ex-King. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT has granted the sum of X20 to each of the four widows of the coastguardsmen who lost their lives in their noble efforts to save the crew of the American ship R. H. Tucker, which was wrecked on the BJackwater Bank off the coast of Wexford, on the 17th of September last. THE REPORT of the Royal Commissioners on international coinage is generally favourable to assimila- tion of the currency of different countries, but they do not conceal the serious difficulties of such an arrange- ment, and suggest reference to an international con- ference. A CORRESPONDENT of a Dublin contemporary states that Sir George Bowyer, Bart, M.P. for Dundalk, has just been made a member of the pontifical household, having been appointed by his Holiness the Pope one of his chamberlains, in recognition of his services to the Roman Catholic Church. FALL OF THREE HOUSES AT HOLLOWAY.— Three houses which had been lately erected in the Hollo way-road, adjoining the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway, fell down on Sunday morning. Fortunately no one was in the houses or passing by at the time. THE MARQUIS OF HUNTLY and Lord Gosforth were at the commencement of last month the guests of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjaub. The Prince of Schleswig-Holstein was expected to arrive on the 20th ult., and would also be a guest at Government- house, THE JAPAN PAPERS state that the following Imperial decree is posted up at the gates of Yokohama and at Homura: The Christian religion heretofore being strictly forbidden, still in the same manner as formerly is strictly interdicted. The devilish sect is strictly prohibited." PRINCE FEROZE SHAH, one of the mutineers of 1857-8, has been circulating an Istahar," or narra- tive of his doings since the defeat of Tantia Topee, in which he says a saint has revealed to him that the term of the English rule in India is not yet complete, and that he is to wait before attempting to recover his power. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR IRELAND ha placed X200 in the hands of the Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Dublin, in order to found an annual prize of £10 to be given to the author of the best essay, or to the best answerer at an examination, on the Creeds and Articles of the Church. IN JANUARY and February last a revolution was effected in Peru at the cost of many lives. Imme- diately afterwards yellow fever raged, and destroyed nearly a third of the inhabitants of Callao and Lima. Since then an earthquake has destroyed three important Peruvian cities, and reduced more than 10,000 persons to starvation; and since the earthquake a fire broke out and raged for several days in Callao. PERILS OF THE STREETS.—Mrs. Helsdon, the wife of a respectable tradesman in Great Qaeeu-street, was passing along Southampton-street, in the Strand, at about seven in the evening, when a ruffian seized a black leather satchel she was carrying, which contained her parse and other articles. She clung to it, upon which he felled her to the ground with a life preserver, the blow knocking out two of her teeth and loosening another. Fortunately a youth who was near raitei the cry of Stop thief," and the ruffian was captured. VOLUNTEER CAPITATION GRANT. -Another appeal is to be made to the Secretary for War to increase the capitation grant to the volunteer force. About 140 volunteer commanding officers of corps which number nearly 100,000 men have already signed a memorial to Sir John Pakington, asking that the allowances may be made on the following scale:— £ 3 to light horse, mounted rifle, and field artillery £ 2 10s. to garrison artillery and engineers and X2 to riflemen. The name of the Duke of Manchester, who is the commanding officer of the 1st Huntingdon Light Hoise, appears in the list of signatures. ATTEMPTED ASSAULT ON A RECORDER.—As the Oswestry Sessions, Richard Jones and Sarah Williamt pleaded guilty to stealing a bottle of brandy, and were sentenced, the former to seven years' penal servitude, and the latter to six months' imprisonment. The female prisoner, on hearing her sentence, produced a piece of coal which she had by some means concealed, and hurled it at the Recorder, who narrowly escaped a severe blow. She was again placed in the dock, and, after a reprimand, was sentenced to a further imprisonment of three months. U UR "WOODEN WALLS." Our "wooden walls," once the delight and pride not only of our sailors, but of England, are rapidly and surely passing away. The Agamemnon, that graceful among all graceful ships; the Queen, once looked upon as the finest three-decker afloat the Illustrious, with many a fond and kindly West India recollection clinging to her old timbers and the Sutlej, that type of what a fine frigate should be, are all to be brought under that remorseless little instru- ment—the auctioneer's hammer.-Army and Navy Gazette. THE PRIZE-RING IN AMERICA. Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, having received information that Wormald and O'Baldwin, the English and Irish pugi- lists, intended to come into that State to fight for the championship, has issued a proclamation warning those persons and their followers not to come into the State of Pennsylvania with any such purpose, and pledging all the powers of the State to prevent and to panish such a breach of the peace. It is also said that Mayor M'Michael, of Philadelphia, has issued a similar proclamation. DECISION ON IMPORTANT MATTERS.—" The Sacred Congregation of the Rites," says the Monde, "has just published four decrees, the first of which authorises the pleadings for the beatification and canoni- sation of the Venerable Brother Dominique Antoine the second affirms the validity of the account given of the miracles performed by the Venerable Brother Michael Angelo de Saint Fraugois the third announces the satisfactory result of the investigation at Vienna as to the sanctity of life and miracles of the Venerable Clement-Marie Hofbauer, belonging to the congregation of the Holy Redeemer; and the fourth confirms the veneration rendered from time immemorial to the Dominican GuaIa. Bishop of Brescia." AN UNCOMMONLY SMALL CHILD.—At an in- quest held touching the death of the illegitimate male child of a servant girl, Dr. Lankester said the internal organs of the child (which was a year and seven months old) were bird-like in smallness." The heart weighed two drachms, the lungs two ounces and two drachms, the liver five ounces, and each kidney one drachm. The weight of the whole body only reached SIbs. The child, which had been fed on cornflour and arrowroot, died from wasting, accelerated by want of mother's milk, and the jury found accordingly. FORGERY.—A sad case of forgery was in- vestigated by the Lord Mayor on Monday. A youth named Way, the son of highly-respectable and well-to- do parents, in the employ of Mr. Devaux, a wine merchant in Whitechapel, cashed a forged cheque for X278 14s., at Smith and Payne's Bank. This took place in March last, when the prisoner absconded, and had not been heard of until on Sunday last he called at the Mansion-house and gave himself up. He pleaded guilty, and offered, on behalf of his friends, to repay the money with interest. He was, however, committed for trial.' THE CHANNEL BRIDGE.—It is stated in the Courier du Pas de Calais that the works on the model have been progressing with great activity, and that the shareholders were invited to witness the proceedings, some important experiments having taken plaee in illus- tration of M. Boutet's system. The power of resistance of a single wire of coir cables and of a tress or plait of cables was successively tried. The company present, some of whom were engineers well competent to judge, were astonished with the results, which clearly estab- lished a very great proportionate increase on the power of cables when combined on M. Boutet's system. ROYALTY AND ST. LEONARD'S.—Tie Crown