The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

EPITOME OF NEWS. '♦— THERE ARE IN ST. PETERSBURG no fewer THAN 'BOO male and 3,000 female teachers of the piano. CITAVFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, is to have a women's right paper/to be oaSed the Avenger. A STREAM OF MEN is pouring through Paris to Suez, Cairo, and Alexandria. WE (Echo) uwDERSTsfcND that Sir Sidney E. Waterlow has withdrawn from his candidature for the representation of Soufchvrark. MATERNAL PHOTOGRAPHS are so fashionable in Paris, that the more enterprising photographers keep a baby on hanfi as a part of their scenery. IT IS STATED that Government are prepared to concentrate police or military upon any ,pointiin Ireland where their services may be required. MR. DRAKE, who put down the first oil-well in America, and who at one time WS1,S worth 1,000,000 dols., recently died in the poor-honso. AT THE FUNERAL OF A CHILD IN DUNDEE the fol- lowing relatives letdown, the coffin-the father, the two grandfathers, and the surviving great-grand- father. THE CONTROL DEPARTMENT has mow formally and officially become an accomplished fact, and will be probably established, in full working order on the 1st of December. THE Preentan's Tournal "lerrns on reliable authority that the Protestant Bishop of Cashel, Dr. Daly, is presenting every curate in his diocese with a Christmas box of £ 50." AT THE [KjNi&'S HEATH PETTY SESSIONS the other day several persons were summcwned by the guardians of the King's Norton Union for refusing to support their parents, and fined in various sums. A VERY BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT is about to be erected over the grave of the late Cardinal Wiseman at Kensal-green. It will be in Gothic style, from designs by Mr. Welby Pugin. MR. W. W. HEAD, proprietor of the Victoria Press, established in 1859 by Miss Faithfull, has printed a pamphlet in vindication of the attempt to employ women as compositors. IT IS RUMOURED IN PARIS that Troppmann has gone mad in Mazas prison. It is said that he sup- plicates his warders not to conceal from him any longer where he buried the elder Kinck. A NEW WEAVING FACTORY IN PERTH, of which Messrs. Shields amd Company are the proprietors, was openedilast week for operation. When in full work about 1,200 persons will be employed there. THE REV. ENOCH MELLOR, M.A., of Halifax one of the leading Congregationalist ministers in Yorkshire, has given in his adhesion to the Education League. PROFESSOR STUBBS was on Saturday elected to the Curatorship of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, vacant by the death of Professor Conington, by 78 votes. THE QUEEN has conferred a Companionship of the Bath on Colonel Fraser, the Commissioner of the City of London Police, in recognition of the arrangements made by him in connection with her Majesty's visit to the city. A COMPANY HAS BEEN FORMED and an Act of Parliament obtained for the erection of a public aquarium at Brighton. The site chosen for the building is at the foot of the Chain Pier, below the cliff. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRINCE OF WALES will exhibit stock at the Birmingham cattle show for the first time this year. It is expected that his Royal Highness will be on a visit to the Due d'Aumale, near Evesham, at the time of the show. THE (Times announces that the Royal Academy intends to hold an Exhibition of Ancient Masters, together with a selection of the works of Stanfield ;&nd C. R. Leslie, during the months of January and February. FROM THE ENGLISH TOURISTS the donkey- hoys of Cairo pick up any names they hear frequently, and one result is that donkeys are met with bearing the names of several English and American poets and politicians. AT THIS TIME OF OPPOSITION TO VACCINATION, it may be well to report that the Native Association of Bombay has withdrawn its opposition to the Govern- ment bill for making vaceination compulsory in that presidency. AT A MEETING of the Dudley Board of Guard- ians, John Tarner, aged 87 years, and his wife, aged 77, applied for an increase of pay. They said they had 12 children, 72 grandchildren, and 84 great- grandchildren, all living. SEVERAL THOUSANDS of persons wearing green neckties, and with green ribbons in the button-holes of their coats, went to Glasnevin Cemetery, on Sun- day, to honour the memory of the "Manchester martyrs." THE DFAiril of Mr. Donkin makes the third Professorship now vacant at Oxford, viz., Latin Literature, Jurisprudence, and, Astronomy. There is also a vacancy; in Lee's Readership in Anatomy, which will be shortly filled np. AT ST. PETERSBURG Mdlle. Granzow, a danseuse, was received in the ballet of St. Leon, by Minkous, with a shower of "four hundred" bouquets! Ten minutes were occupied in picking them up, during which time the audience never ceased cheering! These offerings cost 4,500 francs! THE FRENCH STEAMER Imperatrice, at Galle, brings news of the. occurrence of a serious earthquake at Manilla. The churches and public buildings were considerably shaken and damaged, and several build- ings were overthrown entirely. The loss of life is as- certained to be about, eight ,persons. AT THE KING'S HEATH PETTY SESSIONS Peter Hemus, a labourer, has been charged with being found drinking in a beerhouse during prohibited hours on Sunday. The offence being proved, the defendant was discharged with a caution. IT IS ANNOUNCED that the Saxon Parliament will be asked for half a million of thalers for the re- construction of the Dresden Theatre. The king and 'the city will supply the remainder of the sum re- quired. A MOVEMENT is being made in Bombay to -subscribe towards the expenses which will have to be 'incurred by the Indian Daily News for defending the action of libel which is preferred against it by the 1 Calcutta secretary of the Albert Assurance Company- ONE OF THE METROPOLITAN ^UNIONS has set the good example of applying a labour test" for all ,able-bodied women who are in receipt of out-door re- lief. The test is to be that of needlework, and the women are to be employed in making and repairing ithe clothing required in the workhouse. THE INTRODUCTION OF RAT-HUNTING- into the iinfirmaties of our various wOÆhouses. marks an epoch tin the management of the poor. It is founded upon a. thorough knowledge of the British character, and a hearty sympathy with our national enthusiasm for CLIDort. FOR THE ILAST THREE WEEKS, -says a London correspondent, who is evidently Sown on his luck," tfcere has not bean a morsel of scandal to regale one's self upon,; in tf«st, society, so far as town is con- cerned, has conducting itself with exemplary propriety. THE ATTENTION OF THE NAPOLEON has bean the cheap dinners supplied in Norton Folgate, gji-d he has forwarded a request through the French Ambassador that the proprietor would as soon m, piassible make arrangements for providing at Paris Adieaer on the same plan. TWELVE WEEKS' HARD LABOUR was awarded by the Birkenhead stipendiary to a ship carpenter named George Watson f deserting a vessel after having signed articles and received an advance, fee- zes having had his fare paid from London, wk&ee he been idle for Jong tipie* THE North British Daily JfcwZ states that the Jteer. Mr., Stern, one -,of the Abyssinian captives, has identified Prince Boufea Workey, who was exhibiting in,a Kienagerie at Dundee as Kíng Theodore's son. He held a short conversation with ,She prince in his native language. COUNT TASCR IDB,U PA.GERTE had the, WlitL,to be wounded Mie hand&y.a stray shot during the plast battue at Compiegne. [it is won- derlult sp-qp accidents do act happen olteper. We read that all the temnisters f1t out shooting with the E-perarp avA T6b, it is notorious that maajr.of them jiover in tl^rllT60 hafers thefcvdsvfetiQn^ office TEE LANDLADY OF THE SUN INN at Saffron Walden has been burnt to death in her taproom. ITHERE ARE -2,000 Chinese ■c-igar-maker-s.ia San t iska-ncisco. SCARLET FEVER is prevalent in Leeds, and there has recently been a large increase in the number of cases. THE TOTAL of the United States p-L-,blicdebt on the 1st of the present month was, including prin- cipal and interest, 2,649,654,744 dolls. 26 c. THE EXPENDITURE on cleansing in Glasgow is £ 41,728; less for manure, £ 22,000; leaving a net cost of £ 19,728. THE MARQUIS OF BUTE has signified his in- tention of subscribing XI,000 towards the building fund of the now Glasgow University. MR. STOCKHAM, of the Foxley-read, Kenning- ton, has committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, after quarrelling with his wife. A PARISIAN AUTHOR has translated Shake- speare's line, "Out, brief candle," into French thus, Get out, you short candle." THE BRADFORD RELIEVING OFFicER, Burniston, who stands committed for trial on a charge of man- slaughter, has resigned his situation. AT THE ASTON PETTY SESSIONS Superintendent Bloxham lately stated to the magistrates that the riding of velocipedes from Aston to Sutton was becoming a great nuisance, and that there had been, several accidents caused by the practice. v A CLOTH MANUFACTURER, Mr. William Cooper, of Guieseley, near Leeds, has been committed for trial by the Bradford magistrates, for forging the name of Messrs. Pawson, Hudson, and Co. to a bill of ex- change. THE MARRIAGE OF CAPTAIN COVENTRY with Lady Evelyn Bruce, second daughter of the late Earl of Craven, will take place in the first week in the ensuing month. A DIAMOND BED is said to have been discovered on the banks of these Orange river, and near to Aliwal North. Numbers of the gems are now being constantly advertised for public sale. ON SUNDAY NIGHT the residence of Mr. o. C. Edwards Howe, Island House, five miles from Cork, was attacked by a body of armed Fenians, who effected an entrance in the absence of the family and carried off two guns. J. "which were expected to cover the whole^ expense of the Suez Canal have hardly been found adequate to half the cost, and it is said by no means unlikely that fresh supplies may be re- quired before the end is really attained. AN ATTEKTT is being made -to get rid of the custom of giving Christmas-boxes, and it is to be hoped it may be successful. Tradesmen find this annual batch of gifts both expensive and unsatis- factory. AN ADDITION is announced to the list of bene- factions given by the Marquis of Bute to the town of Cardiff. His lordship has just relieved the hospital ship Hamadryad from a debt of upwards of .£1.000. THE PAPERS (says the Guardian) have all made one mistake, and an important one, in their T«o7eS °! VeJf 7I, He Came to England in 1827, not m 1837; so that this was his adopted country for exactly half his life. > IN THE COURSE OF A SERMON a few Sabbaths since the Dean of Chester observed that he was in a position to say ".that the statement that the late Earl of Derby was not the author of a book upon the parables was incorrect. IT IS REPORTED FROM COMPIEGNE that the Prince Imperial has smoked his first cigar, and that his papa gave it to him. First Quien sabe? If he is like chimney0^6' £ rst Waa in the stable or up a THE OPENING OF THE SUEZ CANAL from sea to sea has been accomplished with complete success. The Imperial yacht Aigle reached Suez at about noon on Saturday, and at once cast anchor in the Red Sea. The Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour has been conferred on M. de Lesseps. THE LABOUR REPRESENTATION LEAGUE called a meeting of the working men of Southwark the other day at which a resolution was passed declaring it to be desirable that a working man candidate should be nominated to contest the borough. The choice of the gathering fell upon Mr. Odger for this purpose. MR. BERNAL OSBORNE has again been unsuc- cesaful in his endeavour to enter the present House of Commons. At the close of the poll at Waterford, on Saturday, he was 16 behind Sir H. W. Barron, who represented the city in several preceding Parlia- ments. Sir Henry is; 74 years of age. Mr. Osborne ia 16 years the junior of the hon. baronet. THE HANDY-BOOK OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,' ,which Messrs. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin have in the press, is announced to include 150 illustrations lof the rarest subjects; and full historical and de- scriptive letter-press will be supplied by Mr. T. Nichols, senior assistant in the principal librarian's office. A MAN OF RESPECTABLE APPEARANCE, about thirty years of age, went up a few days ago with some visitors to the top of one of the towers of Notre-Dame in Paris. He waited until the others had retired, and then threw himself into the street. AN INQUEST HLs MEEN HELD at the Bell Tavern, Bell-yard, City, on the body of Mr. George Oliver, aged 59, a watchmaker. Deoeased was going down-stairs, when he slipped and fell to the bottom. His head went under him, and he was killed on the spot. THB QUALITY OF THE MADEIRA VINTAGE this year, according to a report of Messrs. Rutherford, Drury, and Co., is expected to be very good. The estimated quantity is about 8,000 pipes, the same as that of last year, and almost a third of the old average. OWING TO THE ELECTION of Signor Lanza as President of the Italian Chamber, and of Signor Pisanelli as Yice-President—-both being members of the Left party, now in opposition—General Menabrea has placed the resignation of the Cabinet in the hands of King Victor Emmanuel. THE EMPEROR ISTAPOLEON has signed a decree appointing a superior Council of Commerce, composed of three senators, three members of the Corps Legis- latif, three councillors of state, and nine business men, to inquire into the working and results of the French commercial treaties. THE WOOLLEN MILLS IN OREGON in 1868 con- sumed about 1,000,0001b. of wool, and produced goods valued at about 600,000 dollars. Most of their product is sold at home, very little being shipped to San Francisco. There ace four mills in the state, and another is about to start. LORD MIDDLETON'S ARGENT, in Yorkshire, has forwarded a printed circular to each tenant, giving permission to "dig out, ferret, and kill rabbits on their farms during December and January, provided they do not use gun or snare, or resort .to unfair means, or damage fences. A MAN NAMED TILLAM, a carpenter, living in the Bargates, Leominster, some time since sunk a ilhalt in the garden adjoining his house, by which means he had raised a great quantity of sand. On Monday he was working in the hole as usual, and it is ibelieved that he was boring upon the foundation of & neighbour's land, when a great quantity of earth fell upon him, and he was completely smothered. A NUMEROUS DEPUTATION OF GENTLEMEN COn- nected with the county of Devon, headed by the SohcitorvGeneral, have presented the Lord Mayor with an address, congratulating him on his election f3 -pr} Magistrate 0f the City of London. His lordship, who is a native of Exeter, warmly thanked the deputation for the compliment which had been paid to him. THE LIVERPOOL DETECTIVES have succeeded in apprehending <i» that town a man named Moses Doyne, who is ".jv&ij-ted" in Glasgow. He is .a otan of colour, and seeps to be a tolerably sharp follow. Me has been holdjnjj .himself out as an Tn^ja.n panco, and has thus victijpisejl the good people of Gt iti3 fiaid, to a considerable extent. DAYS AFIO.POUNSAL on behalf of Hiason, wiao lis charged with the .^pod-green murdere, ob- taiaed A jule for against the printer. of,& local paper ffor JibeL The defendant Wj howew,=, since publialiad. t fretr^cfes^on of the charges brought agftipfit Hinson., and had^lso apologised for having suse-rtegl the artfela comped of. OMer them .cirœ1m"S.thÐ rtilk iias COLONEL GREVILLE-NUGENT on being raised 1 to the peerage will take the title of Baron Greville. The Right Hon. J. Fitzpatrick will be Baron Gowran; Lord Edward Howard, Baron Howard of Glossop; Mr. Glyn, Baron Woirerton; Mr. Robartes, Baron Robartes. j THE Observer "understands that among the minor but important measures to be brought for- ward by the Government in the next Session will be one providing for the abolition of a number of existing turnpike trusts. No renewal of any local Turnpike Trusts Acts will be sanctioned. A VERY IMPORTANT CHANGE OF TERMS is now in contemplation by a section of the tutors and authorities at Oxford, who propose to do away with the Summer Term, having only two terms, viz., from the beginning of October to Christmas, and from January to May. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER has nominated. Mr. Numa Hartog, who was Senior Wrangles: this year at Cambridge, to a clerkship in the Treasury. This unsolicited act of the Chancellor of the Exchequer cannot fail to give great satis- THE FACULTY OF ADVOCATES, Edinburgh, have appointed a committee to report in regard to the vacancy on the bench caused by the death of Lord Manor, and in particular as to how the non-appoint- ment of a judge in his stead would affect the state of business in the Outer House." THE CUBAN SYMPATHISERS announce that they nave given up all attempts to procure American recognition for the Cuban insurgents until after the S&ssion of Congress begins. The Government declines to assume responsibility in the matter, and, therefore, it is postponed for Congressional action. RED HAIR among ladies has for a long time been the fashion; but its days seem to be numbered. It is said, indeed, that the fair ladies who rule in the realms of fashion have resolved to suppress it forth- with, and to enact that brown hair, which has been banished for some time, is to resume its legitimate sway. AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE of industry is set by Mr. Spurgeon. He has a theory that the man who preaches two or three times a week must find it very hard work, and his remedy for this is that the man should preach a dozen times a week, and he is sure to find himself getting along easily enough. Mr Spurgeon carries out his doctrine. THE QUARTERLY STATEMENT ;as to pauperism shows that in England and Wales there were 926,191 paupers in receipt of relief on the last day of the last week in September of the present year. This is a decrease of 0'1 per cent, as compared with a cor- responding day in the previous year, but an increase of 6-1 per cent. from 1867. A SUNDAY CONTEMPORARY says it is very gene- rally rumoured that on the assembling of Parliament Mr. Denison, th3 present Speaker of the House of Commons, will resign his office, and, according to custom, take his seat in the Upper House. Sir John Coleridge, the present Solicitor-General, will, it is said, be proposed as the new Speaker. MR. GLADSTONE, the Premier, has, it is re- ported, purchased the Aston estate, in the parish of Hawarden, which comprises Aston Hall and Aston Lodge, in all about 923 acres.; also three collieries, the whole producing a rental of about Y,2,590 per annum. The property formerly belonged to Admiral Dundas. A CAUTIOUS ITEMIZER tells what is the matter with a noted lady in the following terms: The Princess de Metternich is to retire from society for a little while, and is buying lots of edgings, insertions, muslins, and so on, which she is making up into little garments too large'for a doll and too small for herself." ABOUT A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO Mr. Peabody was so much pleased with an American lady, visiting London, that he offered her his hand and fortune, which were accepted. Learning a short time afterwards that she was already engaged, he rebuked her lack of sincerity, and broke off the engagement. JESSIE HARRIS, police-constable 49 Y Reserve was charged recently at Marylebone on a warrant, by order of the Commissioners of Police, with withdrawing himself from duty without permission. Inspector Barber, Y division, said the prisoner absented himself from his beat, and went and enlisted in the Royal Artillery. He was fined 45, or, in default, twenty- one days' hard labour. AN INQUEST HAS BEEN HELD AT BOLTON on the death of Lawrence Young, a lad, aged 13 years, a spindle polisher, in the employ of a machine maker. As deceased was at work near a rapidly revolving glazer, the latter, which was 4ft. in diameter, and covered with emery, flew into pieces. One of the fragments struck the deceased, and killed him in- stantly. Verdict, "Accidentally killed." A STEAM-STEERING .APPARATUS has recently ibeen invented in the United States, which, while simple in its arrangements, it is asserted completely and instantaneously controls the motion of the vessel. Instead of a cumbrous wheel, a lever like the starter of ia locomotive is placed in the pilot-house, and is worked with great ease. The motion is communicated ;,to the rudder by wire ropes. A LARGE NUMBEB. OF BEER-HOUSE KEEPERS, lwhose licences were suspended by the magistrates, jhave been brought before Mr. Headlam, at the Man- chester City Police-court, charged with selling beer while their appeals were pending. Mr. Headlam aid he was informed that the accused persons had got an additional certificate from the excise authori- ties. Considering all the circumstances he would dismiss the case. WE ARE INFORMED, by telegraph from Paris, that Lord Foley, after a few hours' illness, died at the Hotel Bristol on Saturday morning. Lord Foley was teller of the Whig party in the House of Lords for several years, and during several adminis. trations, including the present, held the court ap- pointment of Captain of the Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. ON SUNDAY MORNING, as Constable Cross was walking his round in the neighbourhood of Wellgrove Quarry, he heard the exclamation, You've often garred me wander afteryou at aicht, but I'll never wander again." This was followed by a heavy thump. The constable found that a woman had fallen from the brink of the quarry -on to a ledge of rock a depth of 16 feet, but unhurt. The woman's name was Jane M'Greva. JOSEPH VICKERS, a Birmingham pawnbroker, hanged himself from a rail of some stairs, after send- ing his son of an errand. When the lad returned he was shocked to find his father in the position de- scribed. He, however, could not believe that his father had hung himself, and he cried out, Father, come down." Immediately after this the rope broke, and the wretched suicide fell down-stairs into the shoo. AT A THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENT in Lafayette (.Indiana), a few days ago-one of the very few ever given in the town-the audience was made up of people who had so little experience in the drama that they did not know when the play closed. After the curtain had fallen on Oliver Twist, they still kept their seats until the dead Jew, Fagin, came out and told them they might go home. New York Tribune. CORNELIUS WARD a disreputable, was lately charged with stealing a fork, and with insulting the police at King's Heath Petty Sessions. The prisoner called at the house of Mr. George Taylor, Bourn. brook, to solicit elms, and on leaving took away a fork, value 4s. He was followed, and he threw the fork over a hedge. As the prisoner had been previously ,oonvicte4i the was committed for trial. A SINGULAR EPISTLE.—The following is a copy of a letter lately received by one of the officials of the Chesterfield County Court:—"Dr Sire .Thi-s his to Seattefy thattl ham .usable to cum To The Cort I have just Been Confined off a Baby and my Husband hiss very Hill and Has sent yea a Settfit and I hope The Honer Will Over Look hit Till The next Cort. Hass the Dett Hiss Nott H -Sheffield Telegraph. As THE TRDSHIRE CPUDDLERS, whose WtLtes have been advanced, offered tomake no im- provement in the position of their under-hands, the latter .have struck throughout Earl Granule's ex- tensive works in the .neighbourhood.of Haitley, and compellefi the puddleuca to leave the forges. [There mat wm ,ti,ly L A DREADFUL ACCIDENT has just occurred in the I coal-pit of Bully-Grenay (Pas-de-Calais), belonging to the Company of Bethune. A steam-engine, used for hoisting the mineral extracted, set fire by some accident to some woodwork below, and in a short time flames burst out. The smoke not finding an issue was forced back on the works, and out of 65 men below, 19 were suffocated. A LETTER FROM MONTEVIDEO, just received in London, reports a dreadful shipwreck on the English Bank, near Montevideo, just a month since. During a severe gale, which destroyed several ships, the Spanish barque Adela, bound from Barcelona to Montevideo, struck on the bank, and, before any assistance could be rendered, went to pieces. Thirty-seven passengers, the master, and all the crew, with the exception of two men, were drowned. THE OTHER AFTERNOON an immense travelling crane in the wood-yard of Messrs. Kirklands and Sons, Dundee, broke and fell when lifting a log two tons in weight. Two men were seriously injured, and one has since died. Singularly enough, at Aberdeen, about the same time on the same day, a new travelling crane was being tested with seventeen tons ef iron at the harbour, and broke; in falling the huge machine injured five men dangerously—one sustained a fractured skull. THE OTHER DAY EIGHT ABLE-BODIED SAILORS were brought before the Cinque Ports magistrates at Margate on the charge of disobedience. They were the whole of the able-bodied seamen on board the merchant ship Mallard, of Liverpool, which was on a voyage from London to Auckland, New Zealand' The defence was that the deck was in a lumbered" state that the men were overworked; that the sleeping accommodation was bad and that the sup- ply of food was insufficient. They were sent to gaol for six weeks each, with hard labour. EXPERIMENTS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MADE at Usworth Pit, near Newcastle, with Mr. S. P. Bidder's coal-cutting machine. The result was eminently satisfactory. Twenty-five tons of coal were set free in the remarkably short space of 35 minutes. Un- like the ordinary hewing, the coal was left in very large pieces, and by the prevention of waste in this way alone the saving in certain collieries to coal- owners must be immense. A SINGULAR CLAIM against a railway company was lately heard in the Bolton County Court. The holder of a second class contract ticket for the journey between Bolton and Blackburn some time ago went to the Bolton station for the purpose of going by an afternoon train. As they were unable to find him accommodation in a second class carriage, he took a cab and sued the company for its hire as well as for his loss of time. A former trial resulted in a verdict in his favour, and this verdict has been confirmed, with costs of the new trial also. Two YOUTHS, named Samuel Thompson ana Thomas Wheeler Simpson, who absconded about eight or nine days ago with nearly £1,000 belonging to Messrs. Duignan, Lewis, and Lewis, solicitors, of Wilsall, have been captured at Woodside Ferry. Upon being apprehended on the bridge leading to the Woodside landing-stage, Simpson threw into the river a purse containing between £50 and XGO in gold and X60 in Bank of England motes. Some divers tried to recover the money, but without -success. THE GROSSLY DEFECTIVE STATE of the Manx criminal code has just led to a disgraceful miscarriage of justice. The woman who was accused of having tried to murder her husband, by slowly poisoning him, at Port Erin, was put on trial.; but although the evidence against: her was almost overwhelming, the prosecution had to be withdrawn, as there is no provision under the Manx criminal code for the punishment of a person charged with attempting to murder by poison. A MAN NAMED MOLESKY, foreman at the com- posite candle manufactory of M. Dubois, at Tille- mont, near Paris, met his death lately in a horrible manner. He had got on a ledge level with the top of a large copper of stuff in a state of ebullition to take up a sample of it with a ladle, when his foot slipped in some of the fatty matter which had been spilt on the place where he was standing, and he rolled into the boiling liquid. He was got out with some difficulty, but expired in horrible sufferings a few minutes later. AT WESTMINSTER POLICE-COURT JohnMusson. formerly in the service of Mr. Robert Lowe, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was charged with obtaining by false and fraudulent pretences from Robert Tillett three quarters of oats, a quarter- load of hay, the same of straw, two bushels of old beans, four bushels of bran, and a sack of chaff. The prisoner went to the shop of the prosecutor in Knightsbridge, and stating that he was servant to Mr. Lowe, ordered the goods mentioned in the charge. Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner for a weak. BLUE GOWN, during the past season, has been seen at the post eleven times, and has won eight races. His public performances, however, appear to have been almost the least part of his achievements, for the trials in which he has taken part at Kings- clere have been even more severe than his races, and quite as numerous and yet, after this amount of hard work, he is as sound as on the day on which he was foaled. The great Eclipse did not commence running until he was a five year old, and yet his legs did not stand for more than two seasons. AT THE LIVERPOOL POLICE-COURT two girls, named Sharp and Harlett, both under 16, were charged with having stolen a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Jessie Sharp, the mother of the first-named prisoner. Mrs. Sharp is a dress- maker, and left her house in charge of her daughter and Harlett, leaving in the parlour several articles of clothing. The prisoners were apprehended at a ball i held in the St. George's-hall the other evening, and it appears that they had stolen the property, and pawned it, for the purpose of obtaining money to buy finery to wear at the ball. The ,case was remanded. AN INQUEST HAS BEEN HELD on the body of Louisa Davis, aged 34. Deceased had lived with a street acrobat, named Walsh, as his wife, and she and her child had been subjected to systematic brutality and violence. The poor woman at last applied for admittance into the workhouse, and the medical evidence was to the effect that her body was covered with wounds and bruises, evidently the result of kicks and blows. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia. Verdict The deceased died from an attack of pneumonia, accelerated by violence. PUBLICANS' HALF-OUNCES.-At the Wednes- bury Police-court several cases have been brought forward by the inspector of weights and measures. The defendant in one of these was James Tulley, tobacconist, who was charged with being in posses- sion of a scale which was two drachms out of balance. Mr. Horder said the defendant told him they were weighing the" half-ounces for publicans," and when doing so they made a practice of reckoning the tobacco at the rate of eighteen half-ounces to the half pound. OWEN TURNER was lately charged before Mr. Knox with refusing to work in Mount-street Workhouse. The prisoner had only been discharged from prison the previous day, having been imprisoned for a similar offence. His only excuse was that he was not in a fit condition to work, but the doctor had certified that he was. The prisoner has been con- victed several times for the same offence, and set the authorities at defiance. Prisoner had said to the police" the work. They won't get a stroke of work out of me. I get better treatment in the House of Correction." Mr. Knox committed him for forty-two days. A SINGULAR ACCIDENT h&s happened to Lord Leconfield's hounds. The meet was at JAngmering, near Arundel, and a find was made in the Duke of Norfolk's flowers. The fox made way to Burpham Chalk Pits, where it either took to earth or jumped over. Eight eouple of the leading hounds precipitated themselves in the pit, and all weue more or less mangled. So serious were the injuries that they had to be conveyed home in carts. The hunt was sua. pended. AN AGENT .of the London and Manchester Insurance-office was lately charged at Guildhall with embezzlement. The defendant, who was P&jcl by a .commission at the rate ,qf 15 per cent., had the power ito issue policies -sulyeot to the approval,of the board, (flffid in the present instaace had not accounted for fiffe -guineas, the premium .qpon a inssKaHce policy for £ 1,000. The defen&w, t, who pleaded a setoff, stated that the company ;h&d been remised settling various claims Ou account,^ losses by fee, and a was, stkerefore, impossible Afcat he could remain iuWapAr,%O-vice. He>\was renj&a&g^ and bait 1 was aocepted. f THE LOCAL PARLIAMENT of Guernsey proposes to pass a law for taxing dogs. Every owner will be required under a penalty from January, 1870, to de- clare the number of dogs he possesses licences will be granted by the constables of the parishes on pay- ment of 5s. for each dog; every dog will., under a penalty to the proprietor, carry a collar bearing the name of its owner, and initials of the parish where he resides MR. C. MOZLEY AND MR. L. B. MOZLEY have again appeared before Sir James Lawrence, on charges of publishing a false prospectus and con- spiracy in connection with the formation of Barned's Banking Company. The examination of Mr. C. F. Kemp, the official liquidator, was completed, and some further evidence for the prosecution having been called, the hearing was adjourned. THE BARONETCY FOR THE RETIRING LORD MAYOR is to be supplemented by two knighthoods for the Sheriffs, Mr. Alderman Causton and Mr. James Vallentin. Similar honours to those now bestowed were conferred, in 1867, upon Lord Mayor Gabriel, and Sheriffs Waterlow and Lyoett, in connection with the reception of the Sultan. It should be added that Colonel Fraser, the Commissioner of the City Police; is now to receive the distinction of C.B. HONOUR WHERE HONOUR IS DUE.—We (Toma- hawk) understand that the spirited competition which has been going on between the Times and Telegraph for the honourable post of trumpeter to the Emaeror of France has at last been decided in favour of the former. The spirited owner and the editor of this versatile leader of public opinion will go over to Paris shortly in order to receive the just reward of their exertions. We understand that, considering the amount of dirt they have eaten, both gentlemen are as well as can be expected. A PAINFUL RESULT OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM, under which so many mothers leave their homes to go to earn money at the mill," was illustrated in a case which came under the notice of the Blackburn coroner. Mary Ann Kelly, a girl of eight years, was left at home in charge of the family, both of her parents being at the mill. One of the children made the point of the bellows red hot, and touched Mary Ann's clothes, which took fire. Immediately the poor child's clothes were in flamep, and the girl was so much injured that she died. GENERAL SHERMAN has introduced a new phase into the question of removing the United States capital, by reminding the western cities that the city which is fixed on for the purpose must sur- render its entire municipal government to the National Congress, and become a second Washington." 11 is considered very doubtful whether either St. Louis or Chicago will do this, and it is now thought thai the removal may be to some smaller place in the Mississippi valley, which will have nothing to lose by the surrender. THE OTHER DAY the Bolton borough magis- trates had brought before them a well-dressed stranger, named Walsh, on a charge of obtaining < £ 2 under false pretences. The prisoner went into a bazaar, and accosting the gentleman who kept the door handed to him a paper signed "James Barlow," which contained a request that the bearer should receive X2. The gentleman gave X2 and watched the man, who instead of giving the money to the ex- mayor (Mr. Barlow), was walking off with it. Remanded. THE Levant Herald of the 8th instant says that a very cowardly murder has taken place in a tavern at Therapia. The victim was a Greek ship chandler of the village, and his murderer a Croat, with whom he had had some trifling money dispute. The former was sitting in the tavern with a couple of friends, near the shop window, with their backs turned to the street. The assassin fired through the window at his victim's head with a large pistol loaded with slugs, two of which entered the Greek's neck and skull, killing him on the spot. AT AN ELECTORAL MEETING which took place in Paris on Monday evening,, one of the speakers read a letter written by a candidate whose name he said he would mention afterwards. The letter proved to be highly eulogistic of Republican Government, and was received with loud cheers. At this point the Commissary of Police interfered, and declared the meeting dissolved. The speaker thereupon announced the writer of the letter was Louis Napoleon, the pre- sent Emperor of the French. Much disorder fol- lowed, and the meeting broke up with shouts of Vive la Republique." AT THE BATH ARMS, Southwark, occupied by Mr. George Dunton, a fire broke out about three o'clock on Wednesday morning. The conflagration was first discovered on the ground floor, and all egress by the doors was cut off. Some of the inmates, how- ever, escaped by the roof, and the others, with one exception, were taken from the upper windows by means of ladders. A servant girl, named Susan Goddard, about sixteen years old, was unable to escape, and her dead body was discovered after the extinction of the fire. BROTHERLY Lov.E.-Considerable sensation was created in Cotton-gardens, Hackney-road, on Thursday, in consequence of an alleged attempt to murder a brother. It appeared that James Collins, aged 16 years, and William Collins, aged 19 years, had a quarrel about some money, when James knocked down his brother and beat him over the head with a brickbat in the most brutal and violent manner. The injured man was taken to the London Hospital, in a very precarious state. James Collins was taken before the magistrate at Worship-street, and re- manded. THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN, a few days since, sent in his application to the Government for the appeint- ment of a suffragan bishop, to assist him in performing the duties of the see. As to size, the See of Lincoln is the second in the kingdom; and Dr. Wordsworth has calculated that if he were to preach in every church under his supervision, taking one of the whole number on each succeeding Sunday, the task would oceupy him some fifteen years. a A LETTER FROM BASLE STATES that three travellers have just lost their 'lives on the Great St. Bernard mountain. They had passed the inn at Proz at about seven in the evening; but, although the night was dark, and the wind blowing with violence, _Is had refused to stop, probably to avoid the expense, and had resolved to push on to the hospice. They never reached their destination, and were found the next morning dead from cold within a short distance of the monastery. JOHN SLOAN, a pointsman, stationed at the Woodmuir Junction of the Mid-Calder and Cleland branch of the Caledonian Railway, has been charged with neglecting his duty, by having been found drunk and asleep in his box while on duty. From the evidence given it appeared that on Thursday last, on the approach of a train from Glasgow, both the red and green signals were on. The train was stopped, and the fireman, who went to the box of the points- man, found him drunk and asleep. The prisoner was fined .£10. DR. M'KENNA, who was formerly in partner- ship with Dr. Parkes, the late husband of Miss Amy Sedgwick, has appeared in the Bankruptcy Court for his last examination and discharge. Miss Sedgwick opposed the bankrupt in person, and charged him with having tortured her husband, accelerated his death, and taken possession of all the money due to Dr. Parkes at the time of his decease. The further hearing was adjourned, in order that the creditors might have an opportunity of aseertaining the value of the business. AT AN ADJOURNED MEETING of the European Assurance Society the report of the special commit- tee appointed on the 10th inst. was presented. According to this document the committee had traced the existence of gross mismanagement and extravagance in the direction of the company's affairs, and the report recommended that the general manager, actuary, and auditors be called upon to resign, that the whole of the directors be requested to place their resignations in the hands of the committee, and that a call of 10s. per share be made. THE TRIBUNAL OF CORRECTIONAL POLICE at Villefranche, France, has just been engaged in the trial of 27 men employed in the iron works of Aubin, for participation in the strike and disorders of the 6th, 7th, and Sth October last, which gave rise to the fatal intcrveiitisn of the military and the loss of several lives among the rioters. More than a hundred witnesses had to be heard for the prosecution or for the defence. The present proceedings occupied the court for eight successive days, and terminated by .the acquittal of one of ihe accused, named Pascal, ,E,-Icl the condemnation of the others to different terms jsf imprisonment, varying &&21 one week to one year.

SEEDS, LONDON, Nov. 22.-British seeds: Mustard per bush., brown, lis to 13s white, lis to 13s; cana. peT qr., :2s to 62s cloverseed, red, 62s to 70s; coriander :0'[;1" :,r.. 21s to24s tares, winter, new, per bush., 8s to 1 =■ » L 8 to 23s; ryegrass, per qr., 23s to 33s; Ln "«• 70s to 72s crushing, 60s to 33s; linseed RII 5s to Cll 10s rapeseed, per qr., 6-is to per ton, L6 15s to £ 7. Foreign seeds Coriaaa — ) 21s to 22s carraway, 4Ss to 60s cloversee- :"e, (;1s; white, 70s to 84s; hempseed, small, 44s to • r Dutch, 46s to 48s trefoil, 20s to 22s ryegrass, to 25s; linseed, Baltic, 58s to 62s; Bomba_> 0> linseed cakes, per ton, £10 Os to L-11 10s rapeseed, Dutch, 66s to 70s; rape cake, per ton, £6 10s ::0£7 Os. HAY AND STRAW, LONDON, Nov. — was a. large supply of hay and clover on sale'; the heavy, and prices ruled with a downward 1 Prime meadow hay, £ 3 18s to £ 4 4s; inferior ditto, C3 Os to £ 3 10s; prime clover, £ 6 to £ 6 6 ditto, £ 4 10s to £ 5 10s; prime second cut clover, £ 5 xo £ 5 fcs inferior ditto, t4 to t4 10s and straw, j61 6s to -i 13s per load. HOPS, BOBCTTGE, Nov. 22.—Bather less animation has prevailed in the hop market. Nevertheless a firm tone has continued, and prices have been well maintained. Foreign parcels have arrived freely. The prices are as follow :— Mid and East Kents, £7 Os to £ 12 12s; Weald cf Kents, L-5 6s to £ 7 10s; Sussex, R5 10s to k7 0s Bavarians, t7 to tll Os; French, L4 to LS American, L5 10s to £7; Year- lings, £ 2 10s to £ 5 5s. POTATOES, BOKOUSH AND SPITALFIELDS, Nov. 22.—These, markets are well supplied with potatoes. Business to tt. moderate extent has been concluded at eur quotations, English Shaws, 60s to 80s; Regents, 70s to 90s; Rocks, 60s to 75s; French, 60s to 70s per ton- PRODUCE.—MINCING-LANE, Nov. 22.-The sugar market is quiet, the offers chiefly for common quality are too lo'.v *■<> be accepted. Refined This YC1:n"ket has also been quiet,, but previous prices are supported. A moderate business has been transacted at steady prices in coffee. Rice, rum, and saltpetre have all been inactive to-day. Mace is in more request. Nutmegs there is also more inquiry for. Pepper, 1,000 bags of Penang, sold at the easier price of 4id. Linseed oil, 28s 9d; rape, English brown, 37s refined, 39s to 39s 6d; foreign, 43s. American petroleum, Is 8Q to Is 8sd. American turpentine spirits, 2Ss 9d; French, 28s 6d. Iron*.—Scotch pig, 54s 73d. Tin: Straits, £ .18 cash. Spelter: Common, ZC19 10s to L19 15s. WOOL AND WORSTRD, BEADFORD, Nov. 22.—There i3 a steady business doing in wool to-day for immediate con- sumption. The choicest sorts of wool are still more in re- quest, and in some of these, which are scarce and dearer, staplers seek a slight advance, but without effecting busi- ness. Prices are on the whole firmly maintained, but wherever an advance is sought negotiations are invariably suspended. The worsted yarn trade is, if anything, quieter in tone. Merchants seem unwilling to pay the orice's that have been offered during the past week. On the other hand, spinners of the better classes of single 30's are open to do business at a slight reduction on late rates, thougii this ap- parently does not tend to lllcrease transactions. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 220-The supplies of cattle on sale here to-day were below the average, and, although trade was not active, prices generally were the turn dearer. A large proportion of the foreign axrival&. of sheep was again detained at the waterside. Per 31bs. to sink the offalInferior coarse beasts, 3s 2d to 315 81: second quality, 3s lOd to 4s 6d; prime large oxen, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; prime Scots, &c., 5s 6d to 5s Sd; coarse and inferior sheep, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; second quality, ditto, 4s 4d to 5s 4d psime coarse-woolled ditto, 5s 2d to 5s Gd prime Southdc wn, ditto, 5s 8d to 5s lOd; large coarse calves, 4s Od to 5s Cd prime small, ditto, 5s 4d to -6s 2d: large hogs, 4s 4d to 5s 4d neat small porkers, 5s 4d to 6s Od quarter-old store pig& 22s to 25s each. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, Nov. 22.—The sup- plies of meat have been moderate. The trade ha s been quiet o^ Nations. _Per 81b. by the carcase:-—Inferior beef, 3s 4d to 3s lOd; middling, ditto, 3s 8d to 4s prime laqge,. ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 6d; prime small, ditto, 4a8dto 6s large pork 4s 4d to 45 8d; inferior mutton, 3s 6d to 3s lOd middling, ditto, 3s 10d to 4s 2d; prime, ditto, 4s 6d to 4s lOd; veal, 4s 8d to 5s; small pork, 5s 4d to 5s Sd. POULTRY, ^c-—Turkey poults, 4s to 6s 6d; geese, 4-s to os 6d; ducks, Is 6d to 2s 6d; tame rabbits, Is to Is d; wild ditto, 9d to Is Id; pigeons, 6d to lOd pheasants 3s to 3s cl partridges, Is to Is Gd; hares; 2s 6d to 3s 6d grouse, 2s; Surrey fowls, 4s to 6s; barndoor cutto, Is 9d to 2s 4d each. English eggs, 12s ôae, French ditto, 9s to 10s per 120. 1 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.— COVENT-GAEMN.—Busi- ness remains without any fresh features, buyers generallv holding off until we get & little nearer to Christmas. Flowers chiefly consist of mignonette, fuschias, chrysanthjiv mums, primulas, heaths, and cyclamens. Fruit.- Applet per half sieve, 2s to 3s oobs, per lb., 9d to Is chestnuts, r> £ bush., 8s to 14s filberts, per lb., 6d to 9d grapes, per lb.. Is 6d to 5s; lemons, per 100, 6s to 12s melons, each. Is 6d to 5s; oranges, per 100, 8s to 14s; pears, per doaieE, 3s to 6s; pine apples, per lb., 4s to 6s. Yesretables: Artichokes, per doz., 3s to 6s; beet, per doz., 2s to 2s;. broccoli, per bundle, Is to 2s 61; brus. sprouts, per half- sieve, 2s to 3s; cabbages, per doz., Is to Is 6d; cspsieums, per hund., Zs- to 2s 6d; carrots, per bunch, 4d to 8:1; cauli- flowers, per doz., Is 6d to 3s celery, per bundle, Is to Is 6d cucumbers, each, 6d to Is endive, per doz., Is Gdto 2s garlic and shallots, per lb., Sd herbs, per bunch, 2d to 4d; horseradish, per bundle, 3s to 5s leeks, per bunch, 2d to 4d; lettuces, per score, Is to 2s; mint, per bunch, 4d to 6d mushrooms, per pottle, Is 6d to 2s; onions, green, per bunch, 4d to 9d; parsley, per bunch, 2d to 41: potatoes Tori:: Regents, per ton, 60s to 105s; nukes, per ton. 80s t'¿ 120s radishes, per 12 bundles, Is to Is 6d; s:iIsdy, per bundle, Is to Is 3d; scorzonera, per bundle, is to is spinach, per bushel, 2s to 3s tomatoes, per dozen, 9d to Is 6d turnips, per bunch, 4cl to Gd. MANURES, LONDON, Nov. 22.-Pernvian guano direct from the importers' stores, L-13 los to £1:3 15s per ton bones £ 3 5s to t6 10s; ditto crushed, £6 10s per ton; animal charcoal (7J per cent. phosphate), £ 5 per ton coTjrolite Cambridge, whole, L3; ground, £3 10s per ton Suffolk" whole, £ 2 10s; ground, £ 3; gypsum, £ 1 sx,Tpr' phosphates of lime, £ 5 5s to £ 6 5s per ton acid, concentrated, l'S45 Id per lb., brown, 171^>. aa;: l phate of ammonia, 16s lOd to 19s 10d; salt fin T.oVrlrm) 25s per ton; blood manure, £ 3 5s to £ 7 10s Slved bones, iC7 per ton. LivERPOOL, Nov. 22.-Guab Peruvian" f. iV+ ?' -+e 6dto l0s phosphate of lime, ll|d to Is; nitrate of soda, per cwt., 15s 6d to16s. COALS, LONDON, Nov. 22.-Må,iiwl; heavy at reduction or- last day. Gosforth, 17s 6d Hettons, 19s 3d: Hettons (Santn), 18s 9dj Hartlepool (original), 19s. 6d; Hartlepool (South), 18s 9d: Kelloe, 18s 3d- Lambtons, 18s tid; Eden j'lain, 17s 6d; Hartleys, l'is Ships fresh arrived, tIZ; ships left from last day," 2; total, 64; ships at sea, 30. TALLOW MARKET, Nov. 22.-The (market has been inactive. Y.C. on the spot, 47s 3d. per cwt. Town tallow. 46s id, nett cash.

IT IS STATED that Bishop Trower has ex- pressed his decided intention of opposing singly cr with others the confirmation of Dr. Temple, the- newly-elected Bishop of Exeter, in Bow Church. THE OTHER EVENING a respectably-dressed, middle-aged man, threw himself from Westminster- bridge into the river, and was drowned. This was done in the presence of several persons, but the act wa.s too sudden to be prevented. The body was taken to the dead-house, and on being searched the only thing found was an order from the County Court of Westminster, for certain weekly PayMelatr, to be mado these in the matter of a judgment.