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WORKHOUSE MURDER. IDustrations of life in St. Pancras Workhouse oon- tinue to be supplied to Dr. Lankester and Middlesex juries. The coroner lately held an inquiry into the cause of death of six paupers who had died in the esta- blishment. Dr. Ellis, the medical officer, and with whom the guardians are at war, described the con- dition of the infirmary, and the general state of the workhouse. Dr. Ellis, two nurses, and a patient in one of the infirmary wards, bore testimony to the fearful nature of the smells which pervaded the place; and Dr. Lockhart Robinson, superintendent of the Sussex Lunatic Asylum, who visited the in- firmary on Monday, told the coroner that he found the wards frightfully overcrowded," and that it was a mockery to carry on medical treatment in them." Verdicts to the effect that the death of the deceased was accelerated by the want of sufficient sanitary precautions were returned in three cases, and the coroner was directed to report to the president of the Poor-law Board.

I AN USEFUL SCHOOL. It appears that Norton is in possession of a most valuable endowment in the shape of a foundation school, of which Mr. Fitch reports that there are six pupils. Five in all were present at Mr. Fitch's visit. They are all very young and their attainments some- what meagre. One only could detect the nouns in a simple English sentence. Two only understand the notation of arithmetic, and of these one can work a subtraction.sum. No classics are taught, and there are no borders in the house. The viepriof the parish has a right to nominate six free scholars, but, although he advertises in the local papers, no response is made to his offers. The parents, it is stated, do not regard admission to the school as a privilege. The premises are old and in bad repair. The schoolroom is small and inconvenient, and encumbered with worn-out furniture, .and wears a general aspect of squalor and disorder. Some parts of the roof of the master's house are in a dangerous condition, and require speedy and probably costly repair. The date of the foundation of the valuable little school is unknown. The present master is a B.A. of Cambridge, and received his appointment from the Bishop of Durham. The income derived from the endowment scarcely amounts to X- 40 in addition to the house, and Mr. Fitch says that as the master has only five paying pupils, no one of whom is a boarder, he receives a very inadequate stipend.

BODIES FOR DISSECTION. At a meeting of the Paddington Board of Guardians, Mr. Diekinson moved that the 7th section of the Ana- tomy Act be put in force, so that the various ana- tomical schools in the metropolis should be furnished with subjects in the shape of giving them the dead bodies of unclaimed persons dying in the work- house. Mr. Dickinson, after quoting a letter which had appeared referring to the paucity of dead bodies given over for anatomical purposes, and the con- sequent inability of medical students to qualify them- selves as adepts in anatomical practice, went on to say that the act only applied to those persons who died in workhouses, and who remained unclaimed. Mr. Wyatt, in seconding the motion, expressed his cordial approval of the objects held in view by the last speaker, and added that, inasmuch as the motion only related to the unclaimed dead, no one could by any possibility be aggrieved. Lieut.-Col. Walker highly approved of the motion, and stated that in India every soldier who died there was subject to a post mortem examination. The chairman having spoken against the motion, the consideration of the question was adjourned for a fortnight.

r ,;1,1; RAILWAY DELAYS: INTERESTING CASE FOR TOURISTS. An interesting point for tourists by rail was mooted at the Liverpool County Court the other day. Mr. Charles Sandeman, Liverpool, sued the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to recover X3 Is., for expenses incurred in consequence of the non- fulfilment of a contract to convey himself, Mrs. Sandeman, and his daughter from Liverpool to Perth. Mr. Forshaw was for the plaintiff, Mr. Bellringer ap- peared for the company. On the 11th September last plaintiff purchased three second-class tourists' tickets for Perth. The train ought to have started at 2.15 p.m., but it did not leave until 2.22 p.m., and on arrival at Preston the train for the north had left, and there was no train for Perth until Monday morning. He and his wife and daughter remained at Preston until Monday morning, and it was for hotel expenses (X2 16s.), &e. that he now sued. Mr. Bellringer urged that the company could not be held responsible for the delay, as they gave notice in their time tables that they would not guarantee that the trains would arrive at the time stated on the tables, nor would they be held aooountable for any loss or incon- venience arising from delay or detention. His Honour having expressed an opinion that defendant should produce evidence to show the nature of the delay, the guard of the train was called, and he de- posed that the train left Liverpool at 2.22 p.m. in- stead of 2.15 p.m.; that he did not himself arrive in the station with the incoming train until 2.19, and after delivering his parcels he had only just time to jump into the train as it was moving out of the station. At Ormal-irk a delay was caused through attaching a horse-box, at Preston Junction by two trains being in front, and then the train was delayed in getting to the platform at Preston, so that there was a total delay of 18 minutes. His Honour said that this witness showed that the company had the most perfect control over the delay that had occurred. In point of fact, the narrow margin that had been left between the arrival and despatch of trains had been the cause of it. He would like to see one of the tickets similar to those issued to the plaintiff, in order to ascertain whether it bore the notice referred to by Mr. Ballringer. It turned out that the tourist'i ticket bore no such notice. His Honour said he would reserve judgment, but was of opinion that the omission of the notice from these particular tickets was a very strong fact against the case for the defendants.

SUNKEN TREASURE. The annexed is an extract from the report on the diving operations carried on by the Salvage Associa- tion of Lloyd's at the wreck of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Carnatic, in the Gulf of Suez, for the purpose of recovering the sunken treasure— Y,49,000 in bullion. It is dated from the Egyptian Government ship Ter, lying off Shadwan, October 28, 1869:—" From the 14th to the 20th there was a continual heavy gale, preventing all operations. On the 20th the English diver was down at the wreck four hours. She lies over at an angle of 45 degrees, and he works in 13 fathoms of water. He found the Carnatic's spare shaft and crank had fallen over- board to leeward, and the end rested against the mail-room door, where the boxes of specie were deposited. Bales of goods were also found jammed in, requiring great power to remove them, and breaking much tackle in the attempts. 22nd. Employed Arab divers at the loose copper sunk in ten fathoms; they recovered in that and following day 126 pieces. 24th. The diver who had been down daily managed to get into the mail-room, and sent up the mail-bags and cases with post-master's luggage. The mail-bags were rotten and the pulp flowed out. Recovered six gold watches and seven silver ones, with a large quantity of valu- able jewellery. Every tin package had given way, and the water and sediment had penetrated. There were no marks on the packages. 25th. The Bengal steamer arrived off the island, and Mr. Ham, in charge of the mails, and who was also in oharge of the mails of the Carnatic at the time she was lost, came to the wreck and took with him the recovered mails on to Bombay. The English diver, on the 26th, after several hours' cutting away, at length got into the mail-room where the treasure was, and in three days sent up 22 boxes, containing in all £ 26,000."

A NARROW ESCAPE. A remarkable accident occurred the other night at one of Lord Granville's collieries, at Hanley. The pit has three shafts, the sides of one of which had fallen in, and men were sent down to repair the damage. A cage with bricks and mortar was being lowered, when more of the shaft fell and wedged the cage tightly at 100 yards from the bottom. The men were busy clearing the rubbish away, and the engine was assisting in the effort to extricate the cage, when the strain of the latter on the rope became too strong, the rope broke, and the cage fell to the bottom. The wheel of the engine, suddenly relieved from the strain, went w-hirling round with great velocity. A cage in the second shaft was drawn up and dragged over the pit gearing, and the force with which it was drawn was so great that the pit-frame over the third shaft was forced from its founda- tions, shivered in all directions, and torn from its supports, and a large capstan standing close by was thrown down. The cage fell on the roof of the engine-house and the pit-frame against its side, and the building, which was in excellent condition, was in a moment more than half demolished. Every fraction of the roof and the upper portion of all four walls were destroyed, and a good deal of injury was done to the pit gearing besides that already men- tioned. Fortunately no one was hurt. The engine- man, seeing that something was wrong by the rapid motion of the engine, had just time to get himself and his assistant out of the way when the building fell, and the engine-man escaped almost by a miracle. The men in the pit were in what was called an "insight" at the moment of the accident, and were able to escape by way of another pit. The damage done is estimated at several hundred pounds.

== til DENSE FOG IN LONDON. During the whole of Wednesday London was en- veloped in a dense fog, which caused a blockage on several of the lines of railway, entire suspension of the steamboat traffic on the river, and partial inter- ruption of the street traffic, locomotion in the streets being attended with no small amount of danger. Where traffic was carried on the horses proceeded at a walking pace, and the streets in some of the principal thoroughfares in the City and West-end presented a comparatively desolate appearance. Nearly facing the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon's Tabernacle a woman and child were knocked down and severely injured by a cab. At the Circus, Blackfriars-road, a girl and a child, the latter being drawn in a perambulator, were thrown down by a timber wagon, and much contused. At the corner of Wellington- street, in the Strand, a gentleman passing was knocked down and run over by a cab, and, was severely injured. In the Camberwell-road a woman and two children were run over. In the Kennington-park-road, near the White Bear, where a new sewer is being con- structed, a Clapham omnibus ran the off hind wheel into tha edge of the cutting, and it was nearly a quarter of an hour before the vehicle could be ex- tricated. At Brixton Washway a gig, driven by Mr. Mitchell, from Pentonville, who was accompanied by j a friend, was overturned by running on the bank. Mr. Mitchell had his left arm broken. On Denmark- hill two light carts came into collision, and the oo- cupants, five persons, thrown into the roadway-one person, Mr. Thomas Bruce, of Norwood, receiving several severe contusions.

WHAT IS TBE, SPASS 9 A case of trespass was recently heard at Donegal. The summons was brought for the alleged trespass of forty sheep. It was pleaded in defence, that tha lands upon which the sheep were found trespassing were held in common, under rundale, by the de- fendant, and several other tenants, up till 1847, when the lease, under which the townland was held, was surrendered to the Earl of Leitrim at his suggestion, in lieu of an agreement, to the effect that the tenants would remain undisturbed in possession of their re- spective holdings, and that no alterations would be made as regards additional charges. A number of years having expired after the surrender of the lease, the Earl of Leitrim, through his agent, began to issue summonses against the tenants for trespass on part of the lands held in common under rundale. Captain Peel, R.M., in answer to an appeal to dismiss the case, intimated that the court could not dismiss the case, but that they would enter on the books-dismissed, the court having no jurisdiction. Mr. Crawford thanked their worships, and asked whether that deci- sion applied to all other cases that might arise of a similar nature. The court having replied in the affirmative, the application for costs was withdrawn.

YVITfI THE VIEW of meeting the influx of cases caused by the epidemic of famine fever in the metro- polis, the Metropolitan Asylums Board have resolved to erect a temporary hospital. This building, which is to accommodate 60 patients, will be constructed on the grounds of the London Fever Hospital, the au- thorities of that institution undertaking the care of the patients. MR. W. BANTING, of the Terrace, Kensington, was lately summoned by Mr. Bevan, of the Metro- politan, Board of Works, for having a fire in his kitchener, it being extinguished by the fireman who was called to it. Mr. Banting (who is the author of the well-known work on corpulency) said he was a great advocate for proper care being taken to prevent fires, but he attended to complain of the annoyance from the firemen's visits. Mr. Ingham: You act upon principle; I know you do. Mr. Banting: Yes. Mr. Ingham And so do 1. I must fine you 2s. 6d., and 2s. costs. Mr. Banting: The full penalty is 20s., and I wish to put the remainder in the poor-box. THE PRINCE OF WALES lately paid a private visit to the Holborn Viaduct, accompanied by Capt. Shaw (of the Fire Brigade), Mr. Haywood (the engineer of the viaduct), and several gentlemen. The prince first closely inspected the fractured granite pillars supporting the viaduct in Farringdon-street, and next went on to the viaduct, passing the whole length of it, from Holborn end to Newgate-street. Thence the prince was conducted throughout the underground" works of the viaduct, and inspected the system adopted in laying down the water and gas mains, telegraphic wires, &c., Mr. Haywood ^■mlaininsr the whole details. AN EXPLOSION OF GAS, by which three persons were injured, lately occurred in a cellar underneath the office of Mr. Joseph Fothergill, coal fitter, Quay- side, Newcastle. It appears that during the day those employed in the office felt a strong smell of gas, but were unable to discover whence it proceeded, and word was sent to the gas office for the purpose of getting the place examined. About the time men- tioned a man arrived for that purpose. The man requested a. woman to light a candle, which she did, and all throe then proceeded down stairs to the cellar. As soon as the door was opened the flame from the candle ignited the gas which had accu- mulated in the cellar, and caused the explosion. They were all severely burnt. FTAEASBCTEU'S HAIR EEOTOKEB is the only preparation which can be eociidently relied upon for restoxrag grey haar to its original,cclqur. It asaistB iIIllllt.w:e in supply the cø)øar. ing proaentiea whieh may have become deficient ihicon^h .age or afeaasa- Price 3s. <WL far bottle.

THE "ARM" OF THE LAW. There was no small amounb of excitement in Stour. bridge the other night when it became known thai Mr. Prescott, a well-known attorney in the place, had been apprehended an a. charge of threatening Mr. Horace Pearce, a clerk. It appears that some alter. cation had occurred between Mr. Pearce and a member of Mr. Prescott's family respecting a seat ir Oldswinford Church, and on Sunday there came a most violent ring at Mr. Pearce's door. The servani answered it, and found Mr. Prescott there. H( seemed, from her description, more like a dangerous madman than a rational human being, and, in the course of his violence, he said, deliberately, that he would "give Mr. Pearce a good thrashing.' He referred to something that had taken place ir church that morning, and said for the lies he told hif son he would give him such a thrashing as he had never had. This was at one o'clock in the day. A little after six at night Mr. Pearce and his wife were walking down High-street, whenthey saw Mr. Prescott, who renewed the threats he used in the morning: From the fact of Mr. Prescott's violence, and his repeating his threats, Mr. Pearce was apprehensive that Mr. Pres. cott would take an opportunity of inflicting some castigation upon him, and he asked for him to be bound over in sufficient bail to keep the peace. Ellen Mann said that she was servant at Mr. Horace Pearce's, in Stourbridge, and on Sunday, hearing a violent ring of the bell, she went to the door and saw Mr. Prescott, who seemed very agitated. His first words were," Where's your lying vagabond?" She said, Who are you speaking of ? He said. The scamp. He has got his house furnished hasn't he ? I will give him a good thrashing to-morrow morning for the lies he has told my boys in church. If he does not apologise (mentioning some time), I will give him such a good horse-whipping as he has not had before. Mr. Prescott said he submitted that he used no threat whatever to Mr. Pearce. Mr. Freer: Under the circumstances I shall require two sureties of X100 each, and yourself in £ 200; to kee the peace for six months.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH: ILL-TREATMENT OF A BOY BY A SCHOOLMASTER. An occurrence has just taken place at the Birming- ham Workhouse which will require, and no doubt will receive, a thorough investigation. One evening an attendant in one of the children's wards reported to the schoolmaster, Mr. Bioletti, that one of the boys, a lad about 13 years of age, was misconducting himself, and annoying some of the other children, upon which the schoolmaster ordered the boy to be brought before him. He was accordingly directed to get out of bed, and was taken, partially dressed, to Mr. Bioletti, who obliged him to stand on the cold flags for a considerable time. On the following morning he was taken ill and had to be removed to the infirmary, where he died on Thursday. Whether death was directly caused by the punishment, whether it was accelerated by it, or whether it can be at all connected with it, is a question that must depend upon the evidence of the medical gentleman who has made the post-mortem examination. One thing, how- ever, is certain-that the infliction of any punishment whatever by the gcrhoolmaster, in the absence of the master of the workhouse, is a direct violation of the rules of the Poor-law Board-and no person is better acquainted with the fact than Mr. Bioletti-for it appears that he was lately reproved by the House Com- mittee for a breach of the same law, and was allowed to go unpunished on hia promising not to err in the same direction again. It is to be hoped it will be proved that the death of the boy cannot be attributed to Mr. Bioletti's injudiciousness; but it is to be feared that, in any case, he cannot clear himself of blame.

OUR WATCHMEN. At the West Bromwich Police-court Frederick Weston, a puddler at the Crown Forge Anchor Works, Smethwick, has been charged by Polioe-constable Dutton, of the same place, with being drunk and riotous at Smethwick. The officer stated that he saw the defendant drunk in High-street, Smethwick. He spoke to defendant, when he threatened to kick him. He then took the man into custody. John Clements and a woman named Broadman were called to corroborate the evidence. Robert Bourne, now an ex-policeman, said he was on duty in High- street, when Police-constable Dutton left him for a few minutes, and went up some entry. The next he saw of him was his ooming out of the entry with the defendant into the street. He saw Dutton knock the defendant down, and afterwards arrest him. Previously to this time he had seen the defendant in the street, talking with some other men. The defendant was not drunk or noisy. They took him to the station, and Police-oonstable Dutton charged him (the de- fendant) with the offence of being drunk and riotous. Mr. Hemmant, of Birmingham, appeared for the de- fendant, and denied that his client was drunk, or guilty of any disorderly conduct, on the night men- tioned. The defendant saw the offioer in an entry" with a woman who had been called as a witness, and they were acting immorally. On the officer ooming out the defendant went to Dutton, who waa arranging his dress, and asked him what he had been doing. Dutton then inquired if he lived up the entry, and on his saying 11 No, he asked him what hia conduot there had to do with him. Dutton then pushed the defendant into the road, kicked him, struck him | on the forehead with his staff, and threatened to kick in ribs. The magistrate said that after the evidence which had been brought before them they must dismiss the case.

BAKERS' PROFITS. For the behoof of both makers and consumers of bread, we desire to note the fact that the prices of wheat and flour, which have been gradually falling for months past, has made a further plunge down- wards at Mark-lane the result being that the value of both commodities is now almost as low as it has been at any time during the last four years—that is, before our latest series of deficient harvests com- menced. In such circumstances bread ought, of course—taking the usual relation ot-the manufactured article to the raw material-to bo very choap. It ap- pears, however, that the familiar quartern is at present sold at a much higher price than the bakers need exact to gain a handsome profit, or than the public can be expected to pay unmurmuringly. With- out going very far into figures, one thing is plain. From the highest point which was reached, for both wheat and flour, rather more than a year and a half ago, there has been a gradual decline, amounting for the whole period to about 40 per cent. But the corresponding fall in bread has certainly not exceeded 25 per cent., and, in the case of high- priced bakers, it has been only about 20 per cent. In other words, the quartern is only twopence cheaper., whereas, to give the public the full benefit of the fall in the raw material, it should have been at least threepence or fourpence cheaper. It would seem, therefore, that the bakers either sold at a loss some time ago, or are reaping exorbitant profits now. Lei¡ the public fearlessly apply the screw to the bakers- and it need not be apprehended that any carnage can result. What will happen will simply be that the bakers will pass the pressure on to the millers, who are generally credited with a lion's share of the profits; and thus the community of consumers will, in the most natural way imaginable, obtain a share of what benefits aregoing.

♦ THE Nouvelliste de Rouen announces that M. Brame has been received by the Emperor at Com- piegne. The audience lasted nearly an hour, while the Honourable Deputy laid before his Majesty the complaints of manufacturers of the Nord against the commercial treaty with England. Tgg SINGAPORE PAPERS state that great anxiety was caused at that settlement by Captain Saxby's predictions that excessive high tides would "prevail along the equatorial belt in the first week in October. Owing to the low-lying portion of the mercantile part of Singapore a rise of eight feet above ordinary spring tides would have caused an 'immense destruction of property; and additionaJ 'weight was given to Captain Saxby's prophecy by the fact that the Chinese in the colony had, from their astronomical calculations, arrived at a similai conclusion. The dreaded time, however, passed awa, without the increase of even an inch in the ordinary i spring tides; and the Straits Times expresses a hopt that Captain Saxby, when he learns that 10,000 dollars will barely cover the cost of the provisioni imade in the colony in consequence of his prediction. 1" will be more careful to give distincter limits to the probable phenomena to be expected from hif observations."

CONTINENTAL ON DITS. --+-- FATHER MULL-DOLT, prior of the Irish Domini- cans, has made another interesting discovery in the subterranean basilica of St. Clement, consisting in a vast chamber supporting a vault of extraordinary thickness. This room is 25 palms long and 20 wide and high, and lies under the pavement of the ancient Basilica. The southern wall is like that already dis- covered in the cuniculus, consisting of immense blocks of tufo and travertine stone, the tufa being of the same quality as the wall of Servius Tullius. THE ROMAN COUNCIL.—Some experiments have been made in the enclosure in St. Peter's to test its acoustic capabilities. Shortliand writers were placed in the reporters' seats, and some English, French,. German, and Sganialr scholars rose at different points and delivered Latin speeches, with the pronunciation, of their respective countries. It was found that the speaker nearest the altar could be heard at the greatest distance, and accordingly this spot is chosen for the tribune. But even here the result was not satisfactory, and there is now a talk of covering the enclosure with a glass ceiling. AN account is given in the Autorite, of Dunkirk, of the death of M. Dickson, an eminent tissue manufacturer of that town. He was driving out with his daughter, when the horse took fright, and over- turned the carriage into tho Bourbourg Canal. Both were rescued, but the father expired soon after from the effects of the accident. THE oldest member of the British artistical colony in Rome, Mr. Dessoulavy,who duringa period of nearly fifty years delineated with enthusiasm and success the fine and infinitely varied landscape scenery of Rome and its environs, died recently. Mr. Laurence Macdonald is now dean of the brotherhood of British artists in the Eternal City. You ma,y have seen in the papers how stalls were- sold for 480 fr. each, and boxes for 3,000 fr., for Mdlle. Sarah Bernhardt's benefit at the Odeon on Friday night. Listen to our personal experience, gentle reader, as it may be useful to you at a later period. A friend of ours sent down on that evening to the, Office des Theatres, and found seven stalls available at 25 fr. each.-Paris Correspondent. A ST. PETERSBURG paper tells the following singular story:-A short time ago the chief magistrate in one of the principal towns of Southern Russia was robbed of a silver dinner service. A few days after he was invited to supper at the house of the Director of Police, and saw, much to his amazement, the missing plate on his host's table. Next day he reported the circumstance to the Crown Prosecutor, who in his turn communicated it to the governor of the town. The latter then simply requested the. Director of Police in a polite lettor to return the stolen plate. This was done, and nothing more was said about the matter. THE Empress, on the occasion of her fete, received, by telegraph the congratulations of the members of her family and of her intimate friends, separated from. her for the moment. The telegram of the Duchess de Mouchy was presented to her Majesty, it is said, with a magnificent bouquet, prepared, in all probability, in advance for the occasion. AN IMPERIAL HORSEMAN. The Emperor of Austria, who is famous for' his horsemanship, gave a proof of his capacity for rapid and fatiguing equi- tation on the day of his depature, which is still the talk of Buyukdere. Starting early from the latter village, accompanied by one or two of his suite,. Muzafer Bey, and the caimakam of Arnaout-keui, he rode to Baghtchekeui and Belgrade, and thence past the Topuz Bend up to the wooded heights of Tohiftal, from the top of which a splendid view of the Black Sea and of the country inland is afforded. After enjoying this for some time, his Majesty returned, as rapidly as he had come, by way of Roumelikavak and the Marina, accomplishing the whole round, which usually occu- pies five or six hours, in one hour and forty minutes. The camiakam especially is said to have "suffered and has been laid up most of the week since. A MAN named Leau, aged 62, has just been tried. at Angouleme for the murder of a wealthy old miser- named Gauthier, residing alone at Audeyille, France. There was no doubt of the guilt of the accused, as after committing the crime he had not time to. escape, and was found red-handed and concealed in, the house by the mayor and some other neighbours. The murderer had not then apparently searched the premises,as a sum of 45,900f., all in five franc gold, or silver pieces, was found in a loft, in a bucket con- oaaled beneath a pile of oats. Uau was condemned, to death. ACCORDING to report the Emperor Napoleon has- requested M. Emile Ollivior- to form a new Ministry,, into which he is to bring four of his friends of the tiers pwti, viz., the Marquis de Talhouet, M. Segris,. M. Buffet, and M. Louvet. THB Paris Patrie mentions that French commerce; has been the first to; avail itself of the advantages of the Suez Canal. On the 7th Ootober the Noel left Bordeaux for Bombay by the new route with a cargo- of wine and spirits." She reached Port Said on the 2nd inst., and was to pass through the canal on the- opening day with the other vessels. M. LEDBU ROLLIN, as already announced by tele- graph, has resolved to withdraw from the electoral contest in Paris. The reason he alleges -for abandon- ing his candidature is that although the question of the abolition of the oath-" which would result in the abolition of the empire "—has now met with sufficient support to make its own way, yet that many of the electors dread the effects of. raising that question at the present moment. M. RoCHEEORT has left the Rappel, and is about to start a paper of his own, to be called the Marseil- laise. He has already deposited the caution-money at the Prefecture of Police. THE opening of the Italian Parliament took place: on Thursday by Royal Commission. In the speech from the throne reference was made. to the Sympathy expressed by the country on account of the King's illness, and to the interest attaching to the birth of the Prince of Naples. The Government had not. interfered with the bishops who intend to go to the (Ecumenical Council, but the nation might be assured- that whatever course that assembly adopted, the rights of the Italian Kingdom and the dignity of tho. people would be upheld. In conclusion, the speech. dwells upon the necessity of restoring the finances,, and states that various mEJasùres arè in preparation, for improving the system of taxation, and for effect., ing domestic reforms.

anqthwr MURDER. On Thursday morning, between two and three- o'clock, an "unfortunate" was stabbed by a man. named George Weir, of the screw steamer Fusilier. It appears that about twelve c'elock Weir was in, company with- three other men on the Quay side, when: they 'kke unfortunate woman, who began to talk to them. Soon after Weir and the woman went into a ho*ae in Pandon. After staying for about two hours the man left the house, followed by the woman. She had not been long out until she was heard to shout w Murder!" "Police!" Two men and a woman who were in the house ran out to see what was the matter, when they found the woman lying on her back on the flags. She was bleeding very much 1? 9 from a wound in the left breast. Information was at once sent to the Manors Police-station, and a constable immediately repaired to, tha spot and found the woman in a dying condition. He had her conveyed to the Manors, where- she died fifteen minutes afterwards. The woman. was attended by a doctor, who from the first.thought, the case hopeless. In the meantime the man made- off along the New-road, shouting Police; I've b 'eem robbed." Police-constable Coxon, who was in the- vicinity, went with the man to search for the woman, who had robbed him. On arriving at Pandon Coxon. leamt what had taken place, and therefore appre- hended Weir. The woman was stabbed m the left, breast, and the wound is about three inches deep.. On arriving at the station the woman said a had done it." The prisoner was very excited on learning the true state of affairs.

IN A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT, La Turqtde pub- lishes a translation of the Khedive's last reply to the Porte, which is spoken of as being respectful in its tone, but in rea-lity little favourable to a settlement of the major points in dispute. IT is REFOBTED that by an indiscretion the news that the Princess Margherita meant to redeem from the Mont de Piete of Naples all pledges under ten francs, became knpwn,, and hundreds red to the branoh offices to put articles in pawn. Thepreference giyepJbo j&frqjnpaAt's Tea for years, is attributable toitsuniformgoodquality, great strength, &1id rcatcheapMSS. Sold in Paoketa by 2,538 Agents i(} '1 f'

THE REV. C. C. BAKTHOLOJOTW, vicar of Com- wood, has written a long letter complaining of the course adopted by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter in electing Dr. Temple, and urging the preparation of a memorial to the arohbishops and bishops crayine them not to eooseorate him to ihe see.

PASSING EVENTS. WHO would be a Lord Chancellor or a popular author ? The road lies open to him, he has the ball at his feet, and it only costs a penny to give it a kick, so at least an itinerant Scotchman in London would have us believe. His is, perhaps, the newest dodge in the street-lecturing line. He places himself at a street corner, armed with a black board and a piece of chalk, .and, with these weapons in hand, com- mences his preparatory exercise. Stenography, he tells us, is the only road to independence. He points with glowing eloquence to Charles Dickens, Edmund Burke, Justice Talfourd, and Lord Campbell as short- hand writers in their youth, and asks, why should not you achieve similar eminence F He then, still talking of the advantages of stenography, aepiets on the black board a few long words in both, long and short hand. The public are amused, and some interested. Shorthand is their desire; they must learn, and our worthy lecturer forthwith has the means whereby they can teach themselves. Price one penny the stenographic alphabet; and scores of the sheets are at once bought up by the unwashed," and Sandy departs to another rostrum. This is certainly a novel application of stenography; the unwitting buyers of tha alphabet —many of them, at least-think that they have but to choose between a Lord Chancellor and a popular author; but even though they will find out their mistake, they may derive some advantage, while the lecturer has "raised the wind by a means as in- genious as it is unique. OH reform it altogether," says Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, to the players and we may well echo his words with respect to the railway companies of our own degenerate days. What trouble, difficulty, or discomfort under the sun is there mot to which one or other company does not put its unfortunate travellers. Bad roads, worse carriages, and still more disobliging officials-always excepting in this latter case the guards of some trains—are among the pleasures of railway travelling, and to most minds it is high time that the whole system should be reformed. One grievance pointed out by a con- temporary is certainly one of somo little moment. The writer complains of the darkness of the carriages when in the stations, and suggests a skylight. Now, it is undeniable that the carriages are always somewhat, gloomy, and a skylight at each side of the roof would certainly be a great desideratum. This, however, is a minor ill, but there are many real faults to be found in both the construction of the carriages and the management of the line. For our part the American carriages are to be desired, and the existing rolling stock could be easily altered to a new pattern. We see in the American carriages, which are open from end to end, a filter of iced water in summer, a stove in winter' and conveniences of all descriptions. The light is good, and although the contiguity of a navvy fresh from the brickfield is not desirable, yet it is always possible to avoid any unpleasantness. The windows have verandah as well as glass blinds, and the sides of the carriages are so ventilated as to allow of the passage of air in summer "without "tho dust, while in winter the opening can be closed. For those who wish privacy, it is always possible to have a few carriages on the present construction in each train. In short, the whole system is bad, and if the com- panies do not effect the reformation willingly, the time will come when the public will break down beneath the last straw, and compel the adoption of a more comfortable as well as convenient system. THERE has been quite a gala at Newcastle on the occasion of a series of races of considerable import- ance in the aquatic world. The return four-oared race for the championship and X400 was the first on the list, and took place on Thursday. The men were the same as those who rowed on the 5th instant on the Thames—Taylor, Winship, Martin, and Renforth representing the Tyne; and Hammerton, Messenger, Sadler, and Kelley doing efficient duty for the Thames. On the 5th the latter crew was beaten easily; but on the Tyne, the positions of the men having been changed, the race was not only most exciting, but very gallantly contested. As usual on the Tyne, there was a strong wind, and the water was very rough. On the word being given to start, he Thames craw shot ahead and retained the lead for a quarter of a mile, when the Tyne men drew up and passed their opponents, who ware eventually beaten by about four lengths. The next day Brown, the American sculling champion, rowed a race for £ 100 against W. Sadler, the brother of one of the Thames crew. The Yankee led for about two miles, when Sadler came up almost level, and when only 300 yards from the finish was compelled to suooumb from sheer exhaustion, Brown then winning. On the following day (Saturday) the Thames was again opposed to the Tyne in a double sculling match for £ 100 a sida-Renforth and Taylor being pitted against Kelley and Sadler. The latter, rowing very fast from the start, won by about two lengths. This ended the series of raoos, although it is reported that Sadler intends rowing Brown before the latter returns to America. There can be no attempt at styling it an international boat-race, for Sadler is any- thing but England's best man; and though we would not discredit the Yankee's prowess, it would certainly be more satisfactory were he to be pitted against Renforth or Kelley. The races themselves proved one thing, that it is possible to have watermen's races without any disagreements; and we recom- mend those crews that go in with the determination to win, tie; or wrangle, to "take a wholesome lessen from the recent doings on the Tyne. THE Suez Canal is now wi fait accompli. Ten long years has M. de Lesseps striven to compass the actual difficulties nature imposed in his path. Five more was he in endeavouring to convince the authorities of the practicability of the design, and now-after fifteen years of labour and toil-M. de Lesseps finds his work com- plete, and his name registered on the roll of those whose names shall be handed down to posterity as the great men of the earth. Fifteen years ago M. de Lesseps failed to convince Europe of the possibility of a canal through the isthmus of Suez; yet it has been accomplished, and in such a manner too-at least so we are told by the telegrams—that its practical utility as a highroad of commerce and the world is assured. Nous Anglais have unquestionably acted the part of the unbelieving Jew in the matter Stephenson, indeed, ridiculed the whole affair in Parliament, and even up to within twenty-four hours of the grand result there were not wanting sons and daughters of Perfide Albion who would oracularly announce its reported failure. Even the newspaper correspondents, although obliged to acknowledge the ultimate success of the canal, yet prophesied that it could not be opened on the day fixed, the 17 ti inst. Yet it was done, and the canal ia now free to all ships who will pay the tolls. The question as to whether it will pay only indirectly concerns the trader, for so long as the company keeps up the efficiency of the canal, so long will it be used by a large body of enterprising and determined merchants. It ia, indeed, probable that there will be built a new class of ships of light draugbtiiiorder to be able to use the canal, employing auxiliary ..e.team. power for use in calms and in the canal Should this be so, it will, doubtless, jsxpye advantageous to all, for an increase of ships means at increased nmnber of sailors, and, moreover, labour fpr £ oany of the .un- employed poor.

OPENING OF THE SUEZ OANAL. The Suez Canal has been successfully opened, and the Empress Eugenie has arrived at Ismailia from Port Said. Two French steamers have arrived from Suez. The canal is consequently open from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. The Emperor of Austria and the Prince of Prussia are at Ismailia. The fdtes in inauguration of the event commenced by religious ceremonies in the open air, which were performed both by the Ulemas and the Catholic priests. The latter was concluded by a speech and a benediction from Monsignore Bauer, the almoRer of the Empress Eugenie. Monsignore Bauer applauded the consum- mation of the work, and thanked the Khedive, who had immortalised his reign by co-operation in one of the greatest undertakings that any century had pro- duced. The speaker then dwelt upon the complete liberty which the Khedive had granted to Chris- tianity, and thanked the Empress Eugenie for the deep sympathy she had displayed with the work, and he also thanked M. de Leaseps for the great exertions he had made to effect its completion, and the princes and the representatives of Foreign Powers for their presence. Great enthusiasm pre- vailed throughout. The Viceroy and his Ministers, the Empress Eugenie, the Austrian Emperor, the Prinoes of Prussia, Holand, and Hesse, the diplomatic representatives of all nations, as well as an immense cancouose of distinguished visitors, were present.

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A SENSATION SCENE. On Wednesday evening, just before eight o'clock, a scene of great excitement occurred on the platform at Farringdon-street Station of the Metropolitan Railway. On the arrival of the seven o'clock Hammersmith train, the guard was informed by a passenger that a woman was standing against the wall in the tunnel. This statement was seon veri- fied by an elderly woman going up to the guard crying, and saying that her daughter had got out of the carriage in the tunnel. At that moment there was a down train in the station about to start, and the utmost excitement prevailed as to the safety of the young woman. The fog was very dense outside the station, and fears were enter. tained that the young woman would be run over by a passing train and killed. The anguish of the mother was so extreme that she could not be-restrained. Mr. Pearce, the inspector on duty, kept the down train in the station while he went in search of the young woman. He procured a lantern, and cautiously proceeded along the line. During his absence, some five or ten minutes, the mother was crying out, "Oh, my child-she is killed." Fortu- nately the young woman sustained no injury. The inspector found her on the line, very much frightened. The mother and daughter warmly embraced each other. It was stated that the train stopped before leaving the tunnel, and the fog having increased the darkness, the young woman mistook the place for the station and got out.