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THE CROWN PRnvuESS OF PRUSSIA…
THE CROWN PRnvuESS OF PRUSSIA IN WARWICKSHIRE. Her Royal Highness the Grown Princess of Prussia accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess D'Aumale, and attended by the Countess of Cork the Countess Hohenlohe, and the Baroness de Clinchamp, honoured Stratford-on-Avon with a visit on Wednesday afternoon. The royal party visited the poet's birthplace in Henley-street, and also the church of the Holy Trinity (where the remains of the immortal poet are in- terred), where they were met by the Rev. E. H. Gul- liver, who received their royal highnesses in the absence of the vicar. Dr. Kingsly, mayor of Stratford, had the honour of being introduced, and with the Rev. H. V. ,Scriven pointed out and explained the various objects of interest to the royal visitors.
THE CIRCUMLOCUTION OFFICE.
THE CIRCUMLOCUTION OFFICE. The diocese of Bombay, which has been many months without a bishop, is likely to remain several months longer. The Hon. and Rev. H. Douglas was nominated to the see by Sir Stafford Northcote some weeks ago, but the egelesiastical law officers are not very rapid in their movements, and the late Archbishop of Canter- bury was not in a position to fix any particular day for the consecration until the necessary documents were ready. The archbishop died before they were prepared. By dint of unusual exertions, these necessary papers (they take about two minutes to read at the consecration service) were got ready [in time to enable Mr. Douglas to be pre- sented to the Archbishop of York for consecration with the Bishops of Barbadoes and Peterborough on Sunday last, when the discovery was made that it was impos- sible for the Archbishop of Canterbury to depute any other prelate to consecrate an Indian bishop. Why, it is not said. As there will not be an Archbishop of Canterbury until Dr. Tait is formally enthroned in his cathedral—which will be a long time hence if the ec- clesiastical law officers are not a little sharper—Bombay will still have to wait for its new bishop.
LOST liV - AN AMERICAN WOOD.
LOST liV AN AMERICAN WOOD. My friend and I separated after we had got a little way in the woods, and took different directions. The ,day was very gloomy and dark, and after I had travelled a long distance without getting a shot, I fell into the track of a man who had just gone along ahead of me, with a large dog following him. That can't be my friend Jo ? No; he had no dog with him." I followed on, and walked pretty fast, in order to overtake him. After a long walk I stopped, and brushing the snow from a large log I sat down, but the forest being so dense and the day so thick, I began to think I had missed my bearing and was lost. I then started on again, resolved to overtake the person on whose track I was following, who could probably put me on the right course. After walking a long distance further, and following the track, I at length found another man's track coming into it. /'That's Jo! Very likely; he is lost perhaps, and he is following that man with the dog, as I am; I'll push on and overtake him. But stop; that can't be my friend Jo, for he has got a dog also. Never mind, I'll push on and overtake him, for I know I am lost and going wrong." I continued on, and at length came to a large log where the snow was brushed off. The man has been sitting down! Yes; and this is the very log I brushed the snow from and sat upon half an hour since It can't be—it must be-and that is my own track I am lost! I am walking in a circle But that dog ? He steps in my track-he is stalking me! I have no dog!-a panther's track is like a dog's!" I was at this moment sitting upon the log, and had leaned my rifle against it by the side of me. I took it del'ibe- rately into my hands and cocked it, to lose no time if there should be need for it behind me; and rising slowly, and looking back on my back track, at the distance of some six or eight rods, I discovered the head of a huge panther raised over the top of a log, as he rested his fore paws upon it, and was staring me in the face, without winking or moving a muscle One of my old boyish shivers began to rise as I was raising my rifle to my shoulder But," said I, that won't do- it won't do to miss this time." And by the time I had got my barrel levelled my nerves were perfectly steady, and the little black wrinkle between the gentleman's eyes so snugly took the bead, that when he fell behind the log, I just walked up as confidently as I could have walked up to a target, knowing exactly where the bullet had gone. This fellow made no more tracks.Life amongst the Indians.
ELECTION RIOTS AT DROGHEDA.
ELECTION RIOTS AT DROGHEDA. At Drogheda Sir Leopold M'Clintock's voters were prevented polling by the mob, who carried bludgeons, knives, and other weapons. Fifty gentlemen who arrived from Dublin by train in his interest were mobbed on the platform. They attempted to go into town, but were compelled to go back to the station, and left for Dublin by tho next train. The Eiot Act was at length read, and the constabulary charged the crowd, but with- out effect. A troop of Hussars was ordered to clear the streets, but was repulsed, the horses being frightened by stone throwing. Infantry was ordered to fire into the crowd; one man was killed and several seriously wounded. Order was then partially restored. A petition is threatened against the return of Mr. Whit- worth.
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A NOVEL ELECTION FRAUD. The New York Times gives the particulars of a case in which a man who gave the name of William Center, called at nearly all the hotels and lodging-houses in Hoboken, and engaged all the vacant rooms for expected guests. Thirty rooms were taken and paid for at one place, 20 at another, and a similar number at three or four other places making in all about 150 rooms which were engaged by the stranger. At about midnight his friends arrived by the ferry-boat from New York—a rough and dangerous-looking set, who wore the air of men bent on mischief. The singular conduct of the man Center in engaging the rooms was made known to Captain Donovan, of the Hoboken police, and he set about detecting and exposing the fraud. Officers were stationed in disguise at the houses where rooms had been engaged, and when they came on, their plans "were soon learned. They proposed first to vote in Ho- boken, and then to move on Jersey City, where they were to repeat their crime. By some means, however, the rascals came to suspect that they were found out, and before the morning of election day dawned they had quietly taken their departure. Five of them were, however, apprehended and charged with conspiring to violate the election law. It was shown that an agree- ment had been made in New York for the party to come over to New Jersey and vote for a certain candidate for Assembly, the sum to be paid them being five dollars each. Two of the men were held to bail, while the others were discharged.
REMARKABLE ELECTION COIN-OIDENCE.
REMARKABLE ELECTION COIN- OIDENCE. It is a singular coincidence that, 94 years ago the two Liberal candidates for the representation of Bedford were Samuel Whitbread and John Howard, the philan- thropist. The former was elected, but John Howard, a man whose name will endure as long as the English language is spoken, was rejected, principally on ac- count of his nonconformity. At the present election for the borough of Bedford, the two Liberal candidates were again a Whitbread and a Howard. This time, however, both were successful, and Mr. Howard, a Non- conformist, was at the head of the poll, a fact which has more than local importance, as it indicates the growth of public opinion on the question of noncon- formity.
FHe NEW CHEER-
FHe NEW CHEER- The inaugural address of Dr. M'Cosh (late of Belfast), the new President of Princeton College, New Jersey, on the 27th ult., occupied nearly two hours in its delivery, but the interest of its subject matter, the vigour and terseness of its language, its practical common sense, the numerous happy allusions and telling hits interspersed through it, held the closest attention of the audience to the close, and hardly half a dozen left the building until it was finished. He speaks with a very strong Scotch accent, and is by no means a graceful orator, but he produced throughout a most favourable im- pression upon all his hearers, and especially upon the students, one of whom shouted as the speaker closed, Long live President M'Cosh," and then proposed three cheers, which were given with a will, followed by the usual tiger and rocket." This rocket, by the way, is a thoroughly Princeton institution, and as such deserves a word of description. It is given with a t.z.z.z-boom-a-h The first exclamation is supposed to imitate the flight of a rocket in the air the second the explosion, and the third the admiring exclamations of the enthusiastic spectators as they witness the burst of coloured fire. It is believed this species of vocal pyrotechnics originated in the army, bat wherever it came from the effect of it, as given by a couple of hundred students who have given their minds" to perfecting themselves in the art, is ludicrous ia the extreme.-New York Times. 4
A NEW SYSTEM OF BEGGING.
A NEW SYSTEM OF BEGGING. A young man who gave the name of William Speoner was brought before Mr. Dayman, at the W audsworth Police- court, charged with begging. Police-constable Peters said on Friday he received information that a man answering the description of the prisoner had left a number of printed papers at houses in Prospect-place. At half- past two he was in Ridgeway-place when he saw the prisoner in an area, waiting at the door. The prisoner told him that he was waiting for a paper which he had left. At the same time the servant came and gave it to him. Witness read it, and found it was a begging petition. The prisoner had a number of other printed papers in his pocket. One of the papers was handed to the magistrate. It was headed, The Appeal of the Unemployed." Then followed a number of verses, and at the end the paper stated," The bearers are a party of unemployed tradesmen who have been out of work for many weeks past. Having large families, we are compelled to throw ourselves at the feet of a sympathising public, hoping they will take our case into consideration, and render us some small assistance, so that we may be enabled to obtain food and shelter for our wives and children till trade mends, and for which we return our most sincere and grateful thanks." In reply to the magistrate, the constable said he saw another man, and they both had a quantity of broken victuals. Mr. Day- man said if the prisoner fancied that his ingenious mode of begging, by leaving papers at doors, was an evasion of the law, he was mistaken, for it was the same as if he had begged by word of mouth. The pri- soner said he was not in the habit of doing it. Mr, Day. man remanded the prisoner for a week, and gave direc- tions for inquiries to be made as to whether he was known, and whether many men were employed in that way.
TROUVILLE AS A PORT OF REFUGE.
TROUVILLE AS A PORT OF REFUGE. The French Government is active on the northern coast of France, and particularly at Trouviile. Trou- ville, before it was made the most fashionable and beau- tiful watering-place on the Norman coast, was a small fishing town at the mouth of the Teuques, and within three or four leagues from Havre. Now a thousand fishing boats belong to its port, and the beginning of an important maritime commerce has been made. The in- fluence of the late Duke de Morny persuaded the im- perial Government to construct an immense basin at a cost of X120,000, not only for trading vessels, but for ships of the imperial navy. It now appears, on the report of a commission presided over by Prince Murat, that the Government intend Trouville to be a port of refuge for the imperial marine in cases of emergency. The bases of a great timber trade p with Sweden and Norway have been laid. One of the objects which the authorities seem to have in view is the establishment of a direct trade, via Trouville, with the south of France; the distance from Trouville to Bordeaux being 95 miles less than via the Havre line. The pier is to be lengthened, and the river bed deep- ened so that vessels will be able to enter the port at all times. The completion of the Languedoc Canal, re- cently ordered by the government, will make this port the direct line from the northern to the southern shore of the empire. But the important and significant point is the establishment of Trouville as a port of refuge for the imperial navy, as well as the completion of it as a point in a direct route from England to the Mediter- ranean.
OLD PENSIONS.
OLD PENSIONS. A curious pension list has just been issued as a Parlia- mentary paper. The arbitrators appointed under the Crown Lands Act of 1866, Mr. W. M. James and Mr. Pickering, two of her Majesty's counsel, have awarded X496,000 as compensation to be paid to the land re- venue of the Crown for the transfer to the Board of Trade, for the benefit of the public, of the Crown's rights in the foreshore of the sea and of navigable tidal rivers. This sum is to be paid partly by charging upon the Con- solidated Fund some four or five hundred pensions and annuities which are payable out of the land revenue. Most of the pensions are very small. The majority of them were granted to churchmen by pension deeds @f King Charles II. The Archbishop of York has three pen- sions of JE2 16s. 8d., £1 4s., and X12 12s. 2d. The Dean and Chapter of York have also three-LI 10s., 16s. 8d., and X14 17s. 8d.; and the Dean has one of zCl to himself. The choristers of York Cathedral have also JB1 a year among them. The Bishop of Winchester has 10a. for each triennial visitation. The grants to the Bishops of Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Lincoln, and Worcester are larger and the Welsh bishops have small grants from jE3 to X-15. Several Deans and Chapters are on the list-Sarum, Chester, Gloucester, Lincoln, Oxford, Lichfield, Hereford—the last for only 18s. 4d. A host of vicars and curates have grants of pensions ranging from less than £1 up to XIOO. The key-bearer of Hereford Cathedral has his grant of 16s. 8d. a year for ever. Masters of grammar-schools come in for their share of these grants, Oxford professors, the poor of various parishes, the owner of Cheshunt-park, one or two lords of manors; and, under a modern Act of Parliament, the Master of the Hawks has his £ 1,300 a year. Ireland gets but one of all the pensions, and that is for a eonstable-the constable of the fart of Hillsborough. The grants to Scotland are chiefly for University professors, but one or two ministers are on the list, the minister of Dunkeld receiving the price of 43 bushels of meal and a like quantity of barley under a grant from King George IV. The gross amount of these pensions is X 1, 9 4 6 a year, or X,7,210 net. They will materially lengthen the already long annual list of pensions charged on the Consolidated Fund.
EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY IN _FRANCE.
EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY IN FRANCE. The Court of Assizes of Loire-et-Chere has just been engaged in the trial of five persons, the brothers Adolphe and Leon Thizeau, a man named Durivage, and the wives of the former, for an extraordinary robbery of a sum of 800,000f. in plate, cash, and securities, from the residence of M. Bezard, of Romorantin. The pro- perty was contained in an iron safe weighing over three hundredweight, and which was carried off from the prosecutor's house on the night of the 26th of March, during his temporary absence. The premises had been left in charge of two female servants, who, however, heard no noise during the night in question, although the safe had been carried away from a room on the first floor. Two days after, a bundle of the securities stolen was found in a street of the town, and at about the same time the iron chest was discovered, empty, in the river Sauldre, about a mile off. Adolpha Thizeau ultimately confessed his culpability, and declared that he had been aided by his brother Leon, and that Durivage had received a small sum to purchase his silence, as he was privy to the affair. The property had been divided in presence of the two women. The brothers Thizeau had effected an entrance into M. B6- zard's room, had thrown the safe out of the window, and had then removed it on a barrow, and concealed it beneath a dungheap until they had an opportunity of breaking it open. Adolphe Thizeau was condemned to fif- teen years' hard labour, Leon to ten years' imprisonment, and the wife of the former to two years of the same pu- nishment. The two other prisoners were acquitted.
MR. BOBERT HARTWELL AND HIS…
MR. BOBERT HARTWELL AND HIS ELECTION EXPENSES. At the Guildhall Police-court, Mr. Robert Hartwell, accompanied by his solicitor, Mr. Merriman, attended to swear an information against the two members of his committee, who, he alleges, illegally received the sum of £280, which was held in trust to be paid to him and them jointly for the purpose of defraying his election ex- penses, the object of the information being to obtain a warrant for their arrest, in the course of the discussion which took place, Mr. Alderman Besley asked Mr. Merriman whether he would admit the correctness of the agreement in reference to the sum in dispute, and on that gentleman saying that he could not deny its accuracy, the worthy alderman said he was jealous of using the criminal law to settle a civil action and could not grant a warrant on the information produced. It transpired during the proceedings that Mr. Hartwell's liabilities are over J6300.
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BROTHER IGNATIUS AND THE city MEN. Brother Ignatius has addressed a letter to the mer- chants bankers, and others of Lombard-street, in which he denies the accusation that he has insulted them by his preaching at St. Edmunds, and formally delivers to them his prophetic message. He declares that he is a true member of the Church of England, in which he wishes to live and die, and that that Church is not Protestant, and does not call herself so, but Catholic. He defends his practice in adhering to the very plain and meagre service at St. Edmunds, when it is well known he prefers a ritual and ceremonial adornment, by his desire not to offend any one. Further, he says that although his friends have been assaulted, and one, a clergyman, was laid up from injuries he received in Lombard-street, he will not be bullied out of his con- victions.
TLTB RAIL WA Y A CCIDBNT IN…
TLTB RAIL WA Y A CCIDBNT IN B OHBMIA. It appears that a night passenger train, containing I some 250 men of the 26th Hungarian Regiment, who were going on furlough, having completed their drill with the breech-loaders, got into a snowdrift near the station of Horowitz, and was run into by a luggage train coming after it. The three hindmost carriages, where the unfortunate soldiers were packed, were broken to atoms, and nearly one-half of the in- mates killed, or more or less severely wounded. The number of casualties was, unfortunately, very large, and it is known that thirty-three men have lost their lives, nine were found dead 011 the spot, four have died since, and twenty men are still missing and are sup- posed to be buried under the wreck. Some seventy are more or less wounded, forty-four severely. The fourth carriage was a first-class one, where the officers of the de- tachment and some civilians were seated. It was broken to pieces, but its inmates escaped unhurt. Strange to say, with the exception of a breaksman, none of the servants of the company received the slightest injury.
VISIT OF THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR…
VISIT OF THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO THE QUEEN. On Friday afternoon, the Chinese Ambassador, ac- companied by Lord Stanley, visited her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. The two principal members of the embassy to this country wore their native costume, and according to their rank were attired in the well- known round hats and feathers, black silk jackets, brown figured silk skirts, and paper-soled boots. Thair costume was rich and ornamental in its character. At Paddington a special train with two saloons was prepared for the conveyance of the embassy to Windsor. Lord Stanley and his charge left London at 1.25, and arrived at Windsor at 2.25. There two of her Majesty's carriages, which had been sent from the Castle, were waiting, and in them the ambassador and Lord Stanley drove to the palace. After the audience with the Queen the embassy, accompanied by Lord Stanley, drove back to the station, and left by special train for Paddington.
DEATH OF THE SOlON OF A ROYAL…
DEATH OF THE SOlON OF A ROYAL HOUSE. Colonel Wm. Chester Master, senior gentleman usher of her Majesty's Privy Chamber, of Knole-park, near Bristol, and of the Abbey, Cirencester, died on Friday last, in his 84th year. The late Colonel Master was de- scended from Henry VII. through his daughter and her second husband, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, whose daughter Eleanor married Henry Clifford, second Earl of Cumberland, and left an only daughter and heiress Margaret, married to Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby. Their son, Ferdinando, fifth Earl of Derby, had by his wife Alice, daughter of Sir John Spencer, of Althorpe, three daughters, the second, Frances, married John Egerton, Earl of Bridge water, and from that mar- riage Colonel Master was descended, and quarters the Royal arms on the family escutcheon.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
ATTEMPTED MURDER. John Lazenty and Joseph Young, well known as poachers, were brought up at the Berkhampstead Petty Sessions for examination on a charge of having attempted to murder Jas. Ball, gamekeeper on the estate of the Hon. C. D. Ryder. The prosecutor, who was so injured that he had to be carried into court on a chair, deposed that on the 31st of October last he met the two prisoners at the bar, and others, poaching on his master's grounds, and warned them off, when some of the party left, but the two prisoners said they intended to maintain their rights, and if he dared to interfere they would murder him. Without waiting for any reply they commenced a terrible onslaught on him with knives and other weapons, and left him for dead. The prisoners were committed for trial.
GENERAL GRANT ON PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS.
GENERAL GRANT ON PUBLIC DEMON- STRATIONS. General Grant arrived in Washington from the West on the 8th. On Tuesday he was waited upon by a dele- gation of the "Boys in Blue," and was tendered a public reception, which he declined to receive. The Mayor of Washington afterwards waited upon the general, and in the name of several Republican organisations delivered a brief complimentary address, requesting the general to appoint an hour when he would receive a public demon- stration from his friends. He responded as follows :— Gentlemen,—I am very glaei to meet you all, and re- ceive your congratulations, but hope you will spare me any public demonstration. I much prefer having none, and none will be had with my consent. I reside here in this city privately, and will be glad to receive my friends at any time without display, either at my residence or here at my office. This will be much more agreeable to me, and I hope will be agreeable to you, I am not un- mindful of the feeling which induces you to tender me this honour, but I will take it all for granted and appre- ciate your motives all the same." I
BRITISH MUSEUM.
BRITISH MUSEUM. The sculptures from Helicarnassus, which were on their arrival deposited in temporary sheds erected for their reception outside the British Museum, are at length in course of being removed to the interior, and disposed of in the Egyptian, Elgin, and Roman galleries. The shed at the eastern side of the building, having been emptied of its valuable contents, has been demolished, and the remaining objectionable erections, as soon as they have yielded up their treasures, will also be cleared away. In the Roman gallery an additional shelf for a number of ancient busts is in process of construction, and the walls coloured to a higher shade of red, adapted to give effect to the marbles. A statue of Hadrian, from Cyrene, of great antiquity, is also placed in this gallery. S)me very interesting statues from the recently-acquired Farnese collection have been arranged in the Egyptian saloon-the bassi relievi and detached friezes, together with a figure of Mercury, and the unique ancient copy of the famous Diadermenos, are now exhibited for public inspection in the different sculpture galleries.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT A CHURCH.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT A CHURCH. During Sunday morning's service at St. Martin, Ludgate, City, a young man, apparently a sailor, and about 26 years of age, entered shortly before the com- mencement of the Litany, and on being shown to a pew he attracted the attention of the congregation by the wildness of his look and by standing during the whole service. Towards the end of the service the young man made a movement quickly to leave the pew, but not being acquainted with the fastening was for the moment prevented from getting out. The beadle, seeing this, went to the pew tc unfasten the same, when the young man, instead of turning the way to go out, made as though for the reading desk, but as the vestry door was beyond, and was opposite him, it may be that he mistook this for the entrance. The beadle prevented him going this way, and the young man, after calling out loudly some words about the Son of God, Heaven and Hell, and declaring that no man should take him, made an attempt on his throat, and it was then observed that he bad a large Spanish knife in his hand, and with which he stabbed him. self. He was taken out of the church, but in the mean- time he inflicted on himself another dreadful wound about two inches from the heart, and driving the knife in, right up to the handle. The wound is of such a serious nature that no hopes are entertained of his re- covery. He was immediately conveyed to St. Bartholo- mew's Hospital. No money was upon him, but a paper showed that he held a situation as cook in a vessel. He states that he comes from Germany, and that his only relative is a mother, in South Carolina, his father having been killed in the wars. He refused to state the motive which led him to such a desperate act.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT. It blew very hard from the N.E. on the eastern coast on Saturday night, and there was a heavy sea on. At about six o'clock on Sunday morning the schooner Sea Gull, of Lynn, drove from her anchors, and drifted on to the pier (on the north beach), which cost in its con- struction upwards of £ 6,000. Here she lay broadside on and as the tide rose she was driven with great violence against the centre piles of the pier, carrying them completely away. The schooner then burst through the pier, destroying everything in her course. Her masts were caught while she was passing through by a portion of the debris of the pier, and they were snapped asunder instantly. The crew of six hands escaped by clinging to the timbers before they gave way. From 70ft. to 80ft. of the pier has been utterly demolished, and the damage is esti- mated at from zC700 to £ 1,000. The Sea Gull is a complete wreck, and the shore was strewed with masses of timber. Daring the storm in October, 1859, a sloop drove through the same pier, carrying off about 70ft. of the end of it. The pier, which previously to this first accident was 750ft. in length from the entrance- gate, was afterwards shortened; when the present cata- strophe happened it was about 680ft. long.
THE PARLIAMENTARY PANTOMIME.
THE PARLIAMENTARY PANTOMIME. Theatrical workshops are all agog with preparations for the coming pantomimes. Masks are being created fairies are having their wings tried scene painters are up to their eyes in ochre and foil; and a general spirit of bustle pervades the flies, while traps are being oiled and ropes repaired. Before long we shall have the usual preludes in the theatrical columns of the daily papers, descriptive of the scenery and incidents of the promised entertainments. We have been favoured with the synopsis of the Grand Historical Panto- mime to be given at the opening of the old Westminster Theatre, though there is still some doubt as to the absolute management engaged. Whether Mr. Disraeli or Mr. Gladstone becomes lessee, the performance will be much the same, so we may safely publish the programme. Harlequin Dizzy Dog-in-the- Manger. The Great Spectacular Pantomime for 1869. Burlesque opening. The Dismal Domains of the Demon Debaters. Arrival of the Cadi of the Caucasus. Judg- ment of Alarcos. Forging of the chain of Erin. Sudden entrance of the Fairy Reform. Off to the haunted Mill. The Mill haunted with the Ghosts of Theories. Ballet of Amazons pas seul by Signora Beckerini. Sudden disappearance of the Mill. Screams of the Amazons. Charge of the Light Brigade under Doctor Russell (if he gets engaged). The Orange Groves of the Emerald Isle. Descent of Gladstone in a halo of light. Sudden Transformation. Harlequin, Bendizzi; Colum- bine, Mdlle. :Gladstone Clown, the old favourite Bright; Pantaloon, Whalley; Sprites, the Adullam Family. General rally. Here we are again! Which is up and which down? Stealing a march. "Never again with you robbing." Here's Sir Richard again. Change to Model Parliament. Female Suffrage; Babel and Babies. A Row and a Mill. Tom Hughes to the rescue. What will he do with it ? Clown's solo on a Brummagem Teapot-" Bright were my dreams." On we go again. Change to the Pakington Toy-shop, Pop-guns and impostors. Moncrieff et Mon Droit. Clown puts the Secretary through his exercises. Sir John rammed into a mortar and fired. Hoist with his own petard. State of War and State for War. Pas de Dustinhiseyeso, by Harlequin and Columbine. Off again to the Land of Muddle and Tape. How not to do it. Comic Interlude by the celebrated wag, B. Osborne. Song, Up in a Balloon." Down, again in a hurry. Foreign. Arrivals. My Nap's on the Rhine." American Notions. Say Never- die-Reverdy. How will it end ? Clown and Panta- loon, &c. &c. &c. Return of the characters to Fairyland under the auspices of the Peri Prorogation. N.B.— Seats may be retained in advance. No money returned. —Tomahawk.
SHOCKING POWDER ACCIDENT AT…
SHOCKING POWDER ACCIDENT AT HANLEY. A person named Shenton, living in Gloucester-street, had gone to the theatre with his wife, leaving their three children, with four children of neighbours, in the house. Soon afterwards a boy named Myatt, ten years old, entered, and while the elder of the Shentons was pour- ing some water from the kettle into the tea-pot, Myatt took something from his pocket, which he threw into the fire. Immediately there was an explosion. The children were scattered over the floor, and the contents of the room set on fire. Neighbours burst open the door, extinguished the flames, and attended to the children, all of whom were more or less hurt. Myatt and the elder Shenton were very much burnt, and were in a dangerous condition.
ORIME IN THE METROPOLIS.
ORIME IN THE METROPOLIS. During the six months, from May to October inclu- sive, 199 burglaries were committed in the metropolitan police district; 99 persons were apprehended for these crimes, and 69 convicted. The street outrages com- mitted in the same period, in which the object was to obtain possession of property, were as follows :—rob- bery with violence, by day, 10 by night, 44 larceny from the person, of an open or aggravated character, by day, 16 by night, 46. For these crimes 102 persons were apprehended, of whom 59 were convicted. Similar returns for the same months of the years 1866 and 1867 are not prepared or kept at Scotland-yard; but the criminal statistical returns prepared for the Home Office, and published annually, give the following results. The number of crimes committed for the twelve months ending September 29th in the years 1866, 1867, and 1868 resDectivelv. were 1866. 1867. 1888. Burglary and housebreaking 330 474 428 Bobberies in streets and highways 101 119 90 Attempts to rob 17 8 15 Total. 448 601 533 The number of persons apprehended for these offences was 366 in 1866; 388 in 1867; and 377 in 1868 and the number of persons committed for trial was 328, 346, and 337 in the respective years. The significance of these returns is of course a matter for public discus- sion, but they do not at a first glance bear out the as- sumption of a great increase of crimes of violence, which have been fewer in the year ending Sept. 29, 1868, than in the twelve months previous, while the apprehensions stand in a higher ratio than previously to the offences.
•■ COMMUNICATION WITH JAPAN.
• ■ COMMUNICATION WITH JAPAN. An arrangement has been entered into between the. French West India Steam Packet Company, the American steam packet companies in the Pacific, and the Panama Railway Company, to effect a communication between Japan and France in little more than 50 days. It is expected that silk shippers will make use of this route. Silkworm egg buyers are already trying it, as the short time of the tropical heat by this route prevents the losses of eggs by death which take place on the Red Sea route. Besides, the climate throughout will enable shippers to send forward goods a month or two earlier than by the old line, and thus diminish the expenses of storage at Japan. The time on the route is thus estimated :—From Yokohama to San Francisco, 22 days; to Panama, 12 to Colon, 1; and to St. Nazaire, 19 days.-San Francisco paper.
GREAT FIRE AT EXETER.
GREAT FIRE AT EXETER. A very destructive fire occurred at Exeter on Sunday night. The Cavalry Barracks, where a detachment of the 3rd Buffs are at present stationed, were partly burnt down, and the total damage amounts to several thousand pounds. The accommodation for about 200 men and horses was destroyed; a large quantity of stores, a chest of tea, soldiers' clothes, &c., were also consumed. Nothing but the bare walls of the left wing of the barracks were left. The flames first appeared in the cooking department (the middle house), and steadily worked their way in a line, the fury unabating. Fifty round of ammunition exploded with a startling effect. The West of England and all the other brigades of the city were playing on the flames, which raged for four hours, and lighted up the whole city.
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE…
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW FOR 1868. Preparations are making at the Agricultural-hall, Islington, for the forthcoming cattle show, on Monday, the 7th December. The whole of the orchestra, flooring, and other materials connected with the late concerts have been removed, and their places are being supplied with the iron fittings which form the avenues for the cattle and sheep. The number of entries will render it difficult to find space, that which was formerly known as the Minor Hall being still in the hands of the con- tractors. Had it been finished it was intended to have been converted into a general bazaar during the show, similar to the Islington Arcade. The basement of the new building on the eastern side, known as Berner's-hall, will be appropriated as the new piggery department, with entrance and exits from the great hall and avenue. The demand for space for implements has been so great that the lists have been filled up some weeks, and large numbers of intended competitors have been disappointed; but as a set-off they have already had their names booked for precedence at the next horse show. To secure a pure atmosphere and effi- cient ventilation, Sir William Barnett's disinfecting fluid, exhibited during the last two shows, will be still more ex- tensively used. The show of the present year, although not likely to be visited by Royalty, will probably attract a larger amount of aristocratic patronage than usual. The termination of the elections and the congregation of members of Parliament in London, so unusual at this period of the year, will have a decided effect in this di- rection, and create a more than ordinary interest in that class, many of whom, including Mr. M'Combie, the great and successful Scottish breeder, have made entries of stock for exhibition. There are improvements of various descriptions both in progress and fully contemplated. Messrs. Spiers and Pond have become the general contractors as regards the refresh- ment department, and whilst Berner's-hall is to be con- verted into a first-class restaurant, a portion of the new concert room will be devoted to second-class refresh- ments and to the general accommodation of the employes, herdsmen, &c. J
Jjitracts from Our Comic Journals,
Jjitracts from Our Comic Journals, --+- (From Punch.) ELECTION COLOURS.—Too often black and blue. THE CURRENT COIN.- In the event of a contested election for Orkney and Shetland, it is understood that all bets are to be paid in "ponies." COMPENSATION FOR HER. Lord Mayo's off to rule the East: Insulted India cries "Boo-hoo Tears are not wanted in the least, Has not Lord Napier gone out, too SOME CONSOLATION.—Many of those ladies who were disappointed at being refused the franchise are now quite contented to be without a vote for they have been told that one of the questions electors are bound to answer at the polling booths is, "What is your age ?" THE BOOK FOR A WET NialIT.-One of the books in Mudie's list of forthcoming works is Goblet's Theory of Sight." The theory of sight with which a goblet is usually thought to have most to do is a sup- posed power to cause us to see double. THE WORST OF WEALTH.—Rossini is stated to have left a fortune of two millions and a half of francs. Few composers have been so successful as he was in turning notes into cash. Fancy leaving a fortune of above two million francs But perhaps that is what you wouldn't fancy. The worst of having made a large fortune is being obliged to leave it. LIBERAL TO A FAULT.—The Missus (affably): "My 'usban's out just now, sir. Can I give him any message ?" Liberal Candidate Ah-I have called with the hope'that—ah—he'd promise me his vote at the aproacb-" The Missus Oh, yes, sir. You're Cap'm Blythe, the Yallow,' I s'pose, sir! Yes, I'm sure he'll be most 'appy, sir The Captain (de- lighted) H Y a.as- I shall be much obliged to him- and-ah-he may depend upon my-" The Missus: Yes, I'm sure he'd promise you if he was. at home, sir; 'cause when the two I Blue' gents called and as'ed him the other day, sir, he promised 'em d'rec'Iy, sir MORALS FROM THE ELECTIONS, Intellect will not seat a man.—Mill. Nor gold.-Rothschild. Nor faithfal service. -P, oebucli,. Nor handsomeness.—The Attorney-General, Nor wit.-Bernal Osborne. Nor its reverse.-Darby Griffith. Nor raisins railway fares.—Sir E. Watkin, Nor philanthropy. -,Sir Fowell Buxton. Nor causticity.-Horsgnan. Nor educational science.—Bruce, Nor love of one's Pope,-Sir G. Bowyer. Nor a Duke of Devonshire.-Lord Hartington. Nor a Duke of Buccleugh-Lorcl Dalkieth. Nor a Duke of Abereorn.-Lord Claud Hamilton. Nor a philosopher's recommendation.-Chadwick. Nor popularity and aniability.Militer Gibson. Nor vulgar atheism.—Bradlaugh. Nor windbaggery.-Beales. Nor brilliant novels.-Anthony Trollope. Nor longwindedness.—Mason Jcnes. Nor gallant exploits.-Shemrd Osborne. Nor staunch Dissent.-Miall. Nor the Pen of the War.-W. H. Russell. Nor loyal Catholicism.-Lord Edivard Howard. No, even with high talent.-Sii- John Acton. Nor devotion to the Witlers.—Homer. Nor making beer.—Coope. Nor blatant bellowing.—Ferrand. Nor forensic skill.—Sleigh. Better luck to some of you next time, Gentlemen. PUNCH." THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—" Is Archbishop Tait's Christian name Richard 1" asked a Ritualist on bearing of the appointment. "No," replied Charles, his friend. "I am glad of that," returned the self-willed Incenser because we won't be Dic-tate'd to by Can- terbury." (From Fun.) A CANNIBAL COUNTRY.—Man-chu-ria. BROKEN VICTUALS.—A bankrupt baker's stock. A SUP(P)EP.-CARGO,-The nightmare. THE GREATEST UNDERTAKING IN LONDON.—The Underground Railway. WHERE SHOULD ONE GET A GOOD DAY'S PHEASANT SHOOTING ?—At Bang-kok. How WOULD YOU EXPECT AN ACCOUNTANT TO SPEAK ?—Figuratively. MEN WE HOPE TO FIND IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. —Army contractors. A FLIGHT OF FANCY.—A carrier-pigeon match. THE LOUDEST PATTERN IN CERAMIC ART.—The cup that cheers. APROPOS OF THE FLIGHT OF ISABELLA.—" Madrid- dance of bad rubbish." READING AND WRITING—Considering his popularity as a novelist, might not Mr. Trollope have called his new story He Knew They Would Read," instead of He Knew He Was Right ? DON'T HE WISH HE MAY GET IT ?-It is reported that Brigham Young has expressed his intention of re- tiring into private life. But how on earth will he do that, when he has quite a small village-full of wives ? Poor fellow, when we reflect on his over-married con- dition we do not indulge in the oft-repeated wish-" Oh, that we were Young." PURITY OF ELECTION.—How useless it is to legislate against corrupt practices at elections In spite of all the Acts passed to prevent treating, we have only to turn to the papers to see how many candidates have the audacity to declare their readiness to "stand" for a whole county. OBVIOUSLY AN OVERCHARGE. A one and six- penny ordinary at one and four o'clock. (From Judy.) THE FINAL STATE OF THE POLL.—Baldness. To THE PUBLIC.—Any person, having a few minutes to spare, is respectfully requested to send them to our office, where they will be thankfully received. Time is money," and "every little helps! MOUNT VESUVIUS. Mount" Vesuvius No, thank ye we'd rather not, at the present moment MOST LIKELY.-The Theatrical and Musical Revieiv, of November 19th, had an advertisement of a song called The Singer's Good Night." This, we should say, must be his Benefit Night 1 COMPLIMENTARY. —The eldest son of a large landed proprietor in Yorkshire is so awfully ugly, that he has gained the unenviable sobriquet of The Frightful Heir!" DOES SHE?—Amongst the advertisements in the papers is the following :—" Pauline Waltzes." Dees she, indeed! Sa do a good many other young ladies and why the fact should be announced solely of Pauline, or even at all, we cannot imagine. Our curiosity, however, has been aroused about her, and we should like to have some information on the subjoined points :-How old is she ? Is she pretty ? Blonde or brunette ? Engaged or no ? Where does she live when she's at home TYNE VERSUS THAMES. At Putney when the tide was low, All silent lay the untrodden tow- ing path, and misty was the flow Of Thames down rolling sluggishly. But Putney saw another sight, When that the tide had reached the height Appointed for th' aquatic fight 'Twixt Renforth and the champion. By umpire Ireland arranged, Each sculler dipp'd his oarsman's blade, And furiously the crowd hurrah'd Te see them start successfully. By Bishop's Creek and Craven Cot, Where Renforth, pulling strongly, not Less than a length ahead had got Of Kelley, spurting pluckily. In vain the champion bent his oar The Northern man still flew before: Whilst loud and lusty from the shore Outyell'd each sculler's partisans. Past Chiswick Eyot OR they sped, Beneath Barnes Bridge, where Renforth led, The Times says, four boats' lengths ahead The Telegraph says, three or so. The winning flag is gain'd at last, The race is won, the die is cast, And Kelley's championship is past- Some say past all recovery. Well done, Northumbrian, well done Right bravely was the battle won, (Ay, too, and lost!) as you've begun May you go on, triumphantly 1
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HAD SEEN SERVICE.—Moses Smith, a coloured man, died at Washington on the 4th inst., at the age of 120. He was formerly a slave in Virginia, and retained a distinct recollection of the stirring events of the Revo- lution. He was a servant of an officer in the Legion of Light Horse Harry, and remembered many incidents, which, despite his age, he related graphically, of the campaign of this cavalier in the Carolinas. His wife is still living, at the age of 115 years.
THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT…
THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT 11f JERSEY. In the Jersey Royal Court on Saturday, the Attorney- General called attention to the case of a Mr. Miller, manager of the Channel Islands Granite Company, who had that day been suddenly arrested and incarcerated on four bills of exchange due by the company. He cha- racterised the proceeding as most scandalous, and pointed out that, under the laws and procedure of the island, the clerk of any firm might on the same grounds be any day arrested and dragged to a prison cell. He asked the Court to inquire into the matter at once. The Bailiff (chief judge) declared, however, that by the lam tm" Court could not compel the arresting officer to brag rm the case that day, as the incarceration was only effected that morning but the case might be heard on Monday. The Attorney-General admitted that the Court was powerless unless the other party consented, and lamented that the gentleman whose liberty was infringed had no remedy. He would have to remain in prison all Satur- day night and Sunday. The Attorney-General further remarked that, under the laws and procedure of the island, it was idle to seek redress for the infringement of Bersonal liberty.
LATCH-KEYS AND THE LODGER…
LATCH-KEYS AND THE LODGER FRANCHISE. The latch-key question in connection with the lodge: franchise, which excited so much interest during the late revision, has been decided by the Court of Exchequer Chamber, Dublin. A Mr. Browne claimed to be enrolled as a voter, in respect of lodgings at 39, Tighe-street. The claim was rejected by Mr. Purcell on the ground that the landlord should have control over the outer door of the house, and the power to enter as of right, and independently of the consent of the lodgers. Four judges—Keogh, O'Brian, 0 Ha-. gan, and George held that this decision was wrong, and ought to be reversed; that the statute was an enfranchising one, and gave an additional right to the franchise and that if the whole house was occu- pied by lodgers, and not in the occupation. of the land- lord, the persons lodging therein, if they had done so for 12 months, and that the apartments were worth zElO a year, were entitled to the franchise. Baron Fitzgerald dissented from this decision. He considered that, in order to render the persons having apartments in a house eligible to qualify as lodgers, the landlord should have control over the premises. The decision of the court will have the effect of admitting a considerable number of voters.-Saunders's Keivs Letter.
THE BLACKBURN TRAGEDY.
THE BLACKBURN TRAGEDY. The inquest on the body of Thomas Whittaker, who was brutally murdered in the streets on Tuesday night last, has been opened at the Town-hall, before Mr. H. U. Hargraves, coroner. Maria Whittaker, widow of the deceased, deposed that he was 40 years old, and a weaver by trade, but had latterly been out of work. They had been living separate for some time, but they had lately taken a house with the intention of again living together. They had four children, of which she had the charge. Police Constable Entwistle deposed that about 20 minutes past eight on Tuesday night he found the deceased in Frances Ann-street. He got hold of him, and, finding that he was very heavy, obtained a light, when he discovered that be was dead. Bloed was coming from the mouth of deceased. Witness assisted to remove the body to the police-station. The inquiry was then adjourned. After the adjournment of the inquest the accused, Thomas Fallon and Daniel Duxbury, were taken before two of the borough magis. trates (the Mayor and Thomas Bury, Esq.). The chiet constable explained that the prisoners were charged with wilful murder, and asked for a remand till the day on which the inquest would be resumed. The bench once granted the request, and refused an application lof bail.
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY. Col. M'Dougal, 45, Sloane-street, Chelsea, was bflmmoned at the Westminster Police-court to pay 6d. due by him for the hire of a hackney carriage of which William Arnold was the driver.—The cabman said that at a quarter to four on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 9, he was on the rank at Vauxhall-station, when the defen- dant hailed him and ordered him to drive him to Tatter- sail's there he waited a little time and then was driven to 45, Sloane-street, then to 18, Down-street, Picca- dilly, and back to Sloane-street, when the defen- dant gave him Is. 6d.; his fare was 2s. — Colonel M'Dougal, on his oath, said he could produce evidence to show that he was at Tattersall's all that afternoon, and never near Vauxhall-station; he only took the man from Tattersall's, and he gave him Is. 6d., which was 6d. more than his fare. The cabman persisted he was not mistaken. Mr. Selfe said it was absurd to suppose that for the sake of 6d. a gentleman would tell so paltry a lie. The colonel applied for an adjournment to produce witnesses as to his being at Tattersall's. Mr. Selfe refused the complainant was evidently mistaken, and he should dismiss the summons. Cabby persisted he was the gentleman, and Colonel M'Dougal said, after that assertion, he would not recompense him for his lost time OF pay his costs, which be intende4 doing.
LOVE, MURDER, AND SUICIDE…
LOVE, MURDER, AND SUICIDE IN AMERICA. It will be remembered that in June last we published the details of a horrible murder in Grant county, Miss Catherine Jordan having been killed by her lover, Wil- liam E. Kidd, in Glen Haven, June 15, 1868. There were circumstances of such peculiar atrocity connected with the crime that public indignation was aroused to the utmost, and large rewards offered for the arrest of the murderer. Mr. Delaware, a resident of Glen Haven managed to trace the murderer, and with the as. sistance of Frank Winship, of Sioux city, Iowa, arrested him in Noble county, Minnesota, on October 8, Kidd giving himself up to all appearances wil- lingly. He was taken to the railroad as soon as pos- sible, and while on the cars, October 14, near Jeffer- son, Green County, Iowa, committed suicide by taking strychnine. Careful search was made about the persen and clothes of Kidd for concealed weapons or poison but nothing was found. After taking the poison Kidd told of it, saying, You searched well, but the small paper of strychnine had been sewed inside the lining of my pantaloons, whereiits discovery was next to impos- sible." The poison had been provided for use in case of need. Kidd's death took place one hour and twenty. five minutes after taking the poison. At intervals between spasms he conversed freely, and even with cheerfulness, giving directions as to what should be told his friends at home, &c. The following is the substance of a confession made by Kidd to Delaware on the first night his capture:—He and Katie Jordan had always been intimate friends; that he loved her and told her that if she didn't marry him she never would marry any one. This was two months before the murder. A couple of days before the act he took his trunk to Casswell, and shipped the same to S. O. B. Martin, Mazomanie. On Monday evening thereafter, he went with his horse and buggy to Malvers to see her asked for her, and she came out to see him they talked awhile, and he asked her to take a ride with him, saying that it would be the last ride she would ever take with him. She got into the buggy; he referred to the presents he had made her, and that he had a set -of furs in his trunk that he had intended to give her, and other articles; observed while riding that a ring he had given her was not worn; he then returned her picture, which she took and put in her pocket: he let down a fence and passed through a field, came to a ravine, turned his horses quartering across the road • he then took out his revolver and told her to shoot him she refused, and asked, William, what are yon going to do ? I am afraid of yon;" he then took out his knife, and she said, My God, William, are you ^going to cut my throat ?" He answered, I am;" he then placed his arm around her head and aimed to draw the knife across her throat; she seized the knife, and in so doing cut her hand severely • he then wrenched the knife from her and cut her throat' holding her head with his arm until life was extinct; he then alighted and lifted the body out of the buggy, intending to throw it into a sinkhole near by, when the horses started thinking somebody was coming he left the body and jumped into the buggy, drove to his father's, left his team, and got a horse and fled. The rest of his confession refers to his life after this diabolical murder, which was such as might be expected of a wretch so abandoned and desperate.-Madison (Wis.) Journal.
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AMONGST THE LATEST ADDITIONS to Madame Tussaud's Exhibition is a remarkably accurate likeness of Madame RacheL It is stated that, as a likeness, it has been highly approved of by members of her family and others who have known her. Madame Tossaud's fair visitors may avail themselves of the opportunity now afforded them of a personal introduction, without the fear of yielding to her persuasions to be made beautiful for ever.