Monmouthshire Merlin

VERY IMPATIENT TO BE MARRIED.—An application was made, on Friday, to Mr. Edwards, the chief clerk at- tached to the Court of Vice Chancellor Malins on a summons for him to entertain certain proposals as to a marriage settlement of a young lady who was not 19 years of age. The chief clerk said it was not vacation business, and he must decline to hear it. Surely the young lady wouid wait three months. It was stated that the matter ha beensome time pending and Lord Justice Cairns had given the young lady permission to marry on thesettlement bemgagreed upon. The chief Clerk adhered to his opinion that it was not vacation business. It was then a=ked that the matter might go before the Vice-C hancellor at his country seat on Thurs- Chief Clerk said the parties might make any apphcarionthey thought proper. All he could say was that it was not in his opinion vacation business, and he again observed that the lady, who was under 19 years of age, might wait three months, when the question could be properly heard. --FEr THE CONFESSION OF MADAME FRIGARD. It haa already been stated that Madame Frigard has confes- sed her guilt. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News says she declined to appeal to the Court of Cassa- tion, and when the time for appealing was out she said she had a communication to make to the Melun pro- cureur imperial. This functionary went to see her in prison. She then told him that the jury who supposed she had strangled Madame Mertens had been misled by the medical men. She had exercised no pressure whatever either on her neck or chest. The prisoner's face then assumed a sardonic expression, which was frequently observed during the trial, and she said, What you do not know, and what the doctors could not find out,^is that I poisoned Madame Mertens with prussic acid. It is by no means certain that this state- ment is true, but a fact, mentioned by the Droit, and which was forgotten, is that a small empty phial was found in the forest near the corpse. A chemist at Fon- tainebleau examined it and said it had not contained poison, and therefore no mention was made of it at the trial. The smell of prussic acid would, however, have gone off at the time when Madame Merten's bo dy was discovered

^ULTUM IN PARYO, tn LeP°rtefl unhealthy this year, which is at- fcHt8t ai- water and the want of sanitary arrange- rs ^airhftaTners °f the ground on which Donnybrook 0 years past, inform the public that ^r^11 be held this year. jj°Sss's p"^a^> M.A., assistant astronomer at Lord ^soptown, I13-3 been appointed Professor of S *D Qaeen's College, Cork. kilt from different points in Louisiana bring °SerioriaCAOTIa^s as to the ravages of the army worm. i[gj, *r extensive damage has yet been done. In £ e<3 ?rr°meo) niajordomo of the Pope, has been couvey to the Kine: of Naples the con lo- Ojj j. Holiness onthe death of the Queen-Mother. j?6** to„retir°rie:lt -^dlle. Bettelheim from the k ^6) 8hole "Vienna, upon the occasion of her mar- ^Ovni • s received as distinction the title of Impe- The8 Sluser to the Court. circulating libraries on a large scale ^Srallv* tried iu York, where, as in America °ciatir>'an<^ also on the continent of Europe, these The nf are k~at slightly known. beell fin ev. Thomas Carter, vicar of LJttleborough, has g ^ttda and costs for Hogging, in his school, ab0y, whom it was alleged, had thrown S°ao .g0Q defendant's sister-in-law. h?6 t'etfcp10113 are t ije French Government to provide for ^Protection of their frontier, that 500 stone- ?ed oiT+ve*n° eugaged by them at Rasel, to be em- he works of Belfort, in Alsace. arnn ^SCriptions to the Bis hop Cotton Memorial 1 » it issU^iriow to £ 3,800. The Indian Government '0ils actTmn ky a contemporary, double all snbscrip- Sjr *y paid by the 1st February next. 5 of °p'lail(i Hill is engaged in writing "TheHis- r^esg. enp7 Postage," in which he has ma le arood *> it w'll 0Tn t^e autobiographical nature of the 4tia ry naturally possess much interest. w6^ar daughter of the novelist "christened" h4*1 veSspleTe,;B1^che, which, together with another atQ. jj ^h.e Beacon, was recently launched at Chat- It j r" Sickens was present on the occasion. iJ"ePorted from Paris that the Turkish Govern- ^pita]j ,11* treaty with certain French and English ,,s, 0rthe sale of a vast quantity of timber in i fs j • -1 he purchase-money is said to be £ 14,000,000. b¡¡s f e Chief Commissioner of Burmah, Col. Fytche, ,'t necessary to issue a co ifi lential circular l>len(;C<>rs *n theprovince, warning them that Goveru- 'Wa tolerate the concubinage always rife Th" <3isj ? Kreat ironworks at Blienau in the South Wales t^ lct are stopped, and 9,000 persons are said to be tWn out °* empl°y- Many are leaving the jk 6) and the relieving officer is inundated with ap- 4tions for relief. ■Ayoung oiffeerof the rifles, whilst fishing near Bm- wee^' wa3 -attacked by a swarm of bees, and to iumP^iut° the river; the bees hovered Vu„, shead, srin.s?i"g him severely, and atlasthe and run for it. Martinez, whose name is so closely aisocia- i en'ral America, and who is at present in Ai^*W0u a diplomatic mission from the State of Was entertained at dinner by the Central association on Saturday evening. Jj^fejhVd prize of £ 1,200 has been awarded by the tfc'CjL'Of Russia (over twenty other competitors) to f es A. Hastley, C.Fi. and engineer in chief to °Pean Commission of the Danube, for his plaus Th Pl"°vemeuts of the harbour of Odessa. b °VnJ?eath of Dr. Costello, the editor of the well- 1v' ce] K^cal work> the Encyclopaa lia of Surgery," ra,ted as a successful operator in cases of *s announced. The deceased, who was in ^ear) had of late years resided in Paris. J¡t¡¡ t Bishop of Parma has excommunicated from the e journal II Presente, of that. city. The effect w°0ti visible, as the next day the editor published Wr/ierOus list of persons who stated that they felt > to subscribe to the excommunicated journal. e^s from Wnrzburg (Bavaria) states that the dis- l^p^Rient of that fortress has commenced. All the ^g°eS of position — more than 200 cannon, mostly tj, 6(i and some in cast steel—have been removed to L bant of the Maine, to go by boat to the fortress of ^tadr. Cunard steamer Persia left the Mersey on Sa- ^ar^^astfor New York with a large cargo, and up- W, passengers, including Mr. Arthur Sketch- "roiv^j0.13 about to give a series of readings on Mra ^tfp.^11 the United States and Canada during the c months. dTsonl'prf are c°ntinually increasing respecting ei"tnan TJ Pr°ceedings of the students of several J^onths thniVers^ties- A(] ^onn' during the last six ] 6 Gfti'lave ^een three duels followed by death 6ss grave ° encounters, anrl of several others th Wereevery case very trivial. Times alludes, in a tone of just indig- »CV? the practice of defacing books belonging to A 'braries," which appears to be common in the rK*Vovrnerican city. The pages, it seems, are scrib- hi often with the most outrageous indecency. <^t°f it isj that the officials make a jest of the of Holland has transmitted to the Prince if ass "rl11" Auvergne, as well as to the whole of the irJ'la 0rs who signed the convention of the 11th of Sf\^e grand cordon of the Gol len Lion of the „• °a] Nassau the Belgian and Italian ministers, took part in the conference, have received a ^ark of distinction. provision appears in the new Metro- Act issuer! on Saturday — "Where the Payable on hiring any hackney carriage I 6 drii? 011 any stand shall not amount to one shilling ejf ershall be entitled to one shilling." It will fjj ect on the 1st November. acc^tQer^ca"1 correspondent of the Times furnishes ISofVi.1 of rhe taxation now levied on the inhabi- Jin ^reat cities of the Union, the State, and fi1:JPality. Every man in New York now •' nti?8 Philadelphia, £ 4l7s.; of Boston, £ 7 San t,ociunati, £ 5 4s. of Chicago, £ 4 18s.; and 1*jj Francisco, £ 7 13s. 6 Ki!"w L"rr?SS DAXKER-~This lady, the relict of the t11 a vJ ™ Denmark, is said to bo at present engaged 9enevolent mission, thatof trainingchildren yest;ic=erviceand that she had turned her1 palace, aSersprus, into a complete asylum for children 'he r0to ^onr yerir3 °f age, whom she will feed, oc'ge, and train un until they are of age to aiQ themselves. ere0?erman papers coni ain a proposal by Karl Blind ^tnh a uionumont in honour of Robert Blum, the HVip ru!.t he German Parliament who was executed ^8^ei?Qain 1S4S, according toacourt-martial decree, 9f the p'S 0ne honour of Trutzschler, also a member iil ISir, ermau Parliament, who was shot at Mannheim, ^6lho together with a large number of champions of Of J^acy, at the order of the then Prince, now King J, J. Mechi, in a postscript to a letter against tre ^sowing, says that the season, as far as Tip- 0^e ^ad farm is concerned, will be a very profitable ftr0\5e has just threshed six acres of white wheat; the six';narter3 per acre, sold at 64s per quarter, ei-j ? ^ore acres are estimated to produce from five to Barley of malting cfnality, from six or fiQvpr, ^Uarters oats, nine to ten quarters andbeans, nen quarters. VJP^Vjx- ylerh 0F THE ^0XT Gems RAILWAY.—Captain '^■ra, je tuS telegraphed to the President of the Board of St. ?at on Monday he crossed the Mont Cenis from <jf 6 7oo f t0 Susa, forty-eight miles, at an elevation t)"au) with the lirst engine over the line, and a tyerei?0l'veyiiacr a liUlnber of passengers, among whom JVl. jj eDakeof Vallambrosa, M. Fell, M. Brogden, tu'onIeDl!es3 ;U11 others. The company are preparing j1 'a lhc due tor trat'.ic in October. L" M.P., who is engaged in the iron OQ 11 uolneering business, and has resided some years ^n!eL°ut'i-en,">'s about to visit France, Belgium, accn^an^\ and Switzerland, with a view to obtaining ^tir) 'ate ^formation as to their industrial position, %ncj ,^Pe«aliy to their recent manufacturing progress ^re state of labour and instruction amongst them. Sp a^uelsoa undertakes this mission on his own re- thgj?1. il't.v, but he has received the co-operation of the « Ca"oua' -Department of the Privy Council and aSs- cretary for Foreign Affairs, and he will have the stance of our representatives abroad. kEsPEEATE KXC0, VTEK WITH BUJCANDS. — A san- Jj ,nary episode is recorded as having taken place at (j Schuk, on board the Austrian passenger steamer It apjiears that two Servian patriots, alias an ?aiK^s> had concealed themselves on board this boat, pj that the iurkish authorities, awareof their hiding tljaCe' reQuested that they might be sent ashore, when tljp^ would be taken care of." The captain ordered thr01 T^e k°af' when they drew revolvers, and <}j to shoot him if he attempted to have their '■Urbed. He applied for assistance, and several gen* were sent onboard. Meanwhile the patriots sutrenched themselves in the sleeping cabin, and °claimed death to all who should assail them. A r°e and bloody tight ensued, in which three gen- tatri?es fell> ancl one of the brigands the other, despe- { wounded, being carried off to prison,probably ta WR a pear tree' within an hour orso, if Mithad Pasha for at home- The boat was cleared of passengers be- e the lower cabin Was stormed by the gendarmes, the resistance a I' outrance offered by the bandita is described as having beeaternbie indeed. There is to be a new ilieatrebnThe CHiiajaat Naples, bearing the title of the Teatro Donizetti. M. de Lamartine is at present residing in thecharm- ing valley of Daves, near Basle, in Switzerland. There was a Musical Festival at Dordrecht on the 2.i l of August. Another, at Meiningen, has also been held. Two women at Leeds have been sent to gaol for three months for cheating servant girls by pretending to toil their fortunes. Lorenzo Sorlerini,' a new opera by the Count Cerci- B lognetti, is said to have pleased at the Pagliano, Theatre, Florence. From Santa Martha we learn that the Governments o Carthagena and Santa Martha had amicably arran- ged their differences. The death is announced of M. Paccard, Architect of the Palaces of Fontainebleau and Rambouillet, at Aix- les Bains, in his 54th year. The Town Council of Drogheda have adopted a mem- orial protesting against the removal of the military at present garrisoned in that town. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Miss Prim- rose have arrived at Raby Castle, Durham, from Battle Abbey, the Duke's seat near Hastings. The Cork Examiner is surprised that in the most glorious season for touring in Ireland^we ever remem- ber we should have few or no tourists. Mr. Waif or d is busy on a new and enlarged edition of his 'County Families,' which will appear, under the patronage of the Prince of Wales, early next year. The Epoque is "authorised to declare thestatement inexact which announces that M. ituers is to visit England either alone or in company with M. Jules Fa- vre." A care:oof Spanish wheat of thepresent year hasjust been landed at Havre. The harvest in Spain this year has been most abundant, and can furnish wheat in great quantities. The France Musicale aunounces that M. Offenbach has promised a new setting of a former burlesque by hiin, Genevieve de Brabant,' to the iheatre de Menus Plaisirs, at Paris. The official physician of New York reports a few cases of cholera in that city, but says that neither there nor in the west has the cholera attacked any "decently clean localities. Foreign papers announce the death, in Russia, of Mr. Ira, Aldridge, the black tragedian, whose performances gained for him a success in France and Germany which he never enjoyed in England. The first part of the Abbe Liszt's oratorio, 'Christ,' devoted merely to the birth of the Redeemer, has been piesented at Rome. The performance lasted three iiuurs. Two other parts are to come. By an act just issued it is enacted that in the con- struction of a will a general direction for payment of deots out of personalty is not to include mortgage debts unless such intention is expressly implied. An extraordinary prevalence of diseases of the heart an arteries is reported in California, owing, it is gen- erally thought by the physicians in that locality, to the habit of using such large quantities of intoxicating liquors. Complaints of exhibitors respecting the awards of the juries in the matter of recompense continue to be sent in to the Tuileries and the various ministerial de- partments more thau 800 protests, it is said, have been already transmitted. The first Meyerbeer scholar is Herr Wilhelm Claus- sen, of The "exercise" (to use the University phrase) was a fugue, for two choirs of four voices each, an overture, and a cantata, on the story of Jephtha's daughter. The memorial by our dramatists in defence of the interests of French authors, has been duly presented in high places-too late in the parliamentary season, of course, for any thing to be done. Its consideration oil a future occasion was promised. The John Bull is desired to state that the Archbishop of Canterbury has given no one any authority for saying that he intends to issue a prayerduringthe Pan- Anglican Synod for public use, nor has His Grace at present issued any for private use. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland has reported a3 fol- lows on the claim of Viscount Dillon.—"The right of Theobald Dominick Geoffrey Viscount Dillou to vote at the election of representative peers for Ireland has been established to my satisfaction. The British Medical Journal learns that the Govern- ment intend to appoint a Commission to inquire into the character, causes, and prevention of the epidemic of the Mauritius. The Commission will consist of a civil and military physician and an engineer. Works for the reconstruction of the nave of Bristol Cathedral, as described by us some weeks since to be according to the designs of Mr. Street, will shortly be taken in hand. Contracts for the execution of por- tions of this long desired building have been made. La Comedie en Voyage,' all operetta, by M. Defies, has been given at Ems, with entire success.—The oper- etta 'Sacripant,' by M. Durprato, has carried off the prize awarded by the Government to the best work which has been represented at the Fantasies Parisi- ennes. Sir John Ramsden, Bart., and the Right Hon. Edward Horsman, M.P., have had abundant sport at their shooting quarters in Scotland. The game is plenti- ful on the moors in their district. Last week 120/ £ brace of grouse and two stags, besides hares were killed. Prof. Tyndall, Dr. Percy and Mr. Barry, a commit- tee appointed to report on the best means for improv- ing the acoustic qualities of the House of Lords, have recommended that they shall be permitted to postpone full consideraion of the subject until the beginning of next session. An inquest was hold, on Saturday, at the London Hospital, on Deborah Levy, a Jewess, aged 110. She was crossing the street in ITollusditch when she fell down, and was run over by a milk cart. Both her legs and her arm were broken,and she died from exhaustion owing to her injuries. The Empress Charlotte says the Journal cT Anvers, has for some days past resumed her painting imple- ments, which she uses with considerable skill. Her majesty has finished a view of the Park of Tervueren. Her husband appears in it on horseback accompanied by some Mexican gentlemen. The cattle plague has reappeared in the neighbour- hood of Durham. A cow that was suffering from the disease has been destroyed by order of the inspector, and the case having been reported to ttie Privy Coun- cil, an order has been issued prohibiting the holding of markets in the affected districts. ° Mr. Charles Dickens is stated to be in a critical state of health, and his intended voyage to America is pro- bably prompted more by consideration for his physical well being than anything else. Eminent surgeons have recommended change of air and scene, and cessation from literary labour for some time to come. The Prefect of Venice has, says the Gazette of that city, requested the President of the Academy of Fine Arts to properly advise upon suitable means for pre- serving from accident the objects of art which are in the churches, and particularly in those in which clergy who had belonged to the suppressed religious corpora- tions perform the services. It is stated positively that the Naval command on the West Coast of Af rica is now vacant by an intimation on the part of Commodore G. P. Hornby that he is desir. ous of being relieved. Captain Arthur Cumming, C.B. an offieerof distinguished merit, will probably, if he is anxious for furtheractive employment, be offered the vacancy.—Anay an d Navy Gazette. By information receivedfromthe Sandwich Islands, the King of lvamehamaha V. is understood to be seri- ionsly ill. He was visiting his island of Molokai, and so great was his apparent danger that lie had appoint- ed a successor to his throne. The names mentioned as the future sovereigns were those of Queen Emma and Prince William Qutialilo. The present King's age does not exceed 35 years. Prince Humbert has sent 10,000f. to the Prefect of Palermo for distribution amongst the sufferers from cholera. The disease is decreasing there, as from the ICth to the 17th there were 161 cases and 96 deaths. The Corriere dell' Emilia states that from Friday night at ten to Monday midday there were only two cases of cholera at Bologna. The sanitary commission of Gir- genti has declared that town to be free from the epi- demic. We hear from good authority that the heir to one of the oldest Catholic baronetcies in England is about to join the apal army, and that his brother has been studying for some time past for the priesthood. The parents of these two young men belong to two of the noblest and most aument families in England. The church also claims two uncles of these twS younggen- t emen-one a well-known bishop, the other a priest of the Society of Jesus.—Weekly Register THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIKTY. A very valuable edition has been lately made to the collection of animals in the gardens of the Zoo ogical Society. The total num- ber of animals which have been recently presented to the society is about thirty and comprise two black Ihibetian wolves, one Panoliadeer, one Indian arct- onyx, one Llow loris, one female gayal, two pelicans one hemipode, eight water tortoises, four demoiselle cranes, two polyplections, one white fruit pigeon, one bronze fruit pigeon, one singing pigeon, one Entellua monkey A handsome pair of embroidered gauntlets, abont 300 years old, has just been presented to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow by Mrs. Ham- ilton Gray. The interest attaching to the gift is ex- plained by the circumstance that the gloves, which have been preserved through several generations by the Grays of Carntyne, originally belonged to Dr. Peter Lowe, the founder of the corporation. THE CLAXRICATIDE FAMtLY.—Lord Hubert doBurgh Canning, son of Lord Clanricarde, will not assume the title of his lamented brother, Lord Dunkellin, but that of Viscount Burke of Clanmories-a title of nearly a century later date than that of Dunkellin, and which has not been borne since the death of the original Sran" tee, but which reverted to the main branch of the family by the terms of the patent. There have been several instances lately, observes the Army and Navy Gazette, of discontent in regiments arising from the refusal of the medal for long and good service to men quite entitled to it. The regulation li- mitingthenumberof such medals, no matter now many may deserve them, seems vexatious and unreasonable. It is a coveted distinction, and it is looked for with anxiety, and regarded with pride by those who get it, whilst the refusal of it to men equally deserving causes anvy, ill-blood, and dissatisfaction. INFLUX OF BisHops.- Several colonial bishops are at present in London, and the Cape mail just arrived has brought the Bishops of Grahamstown and the Orange Free State. The Bishop of New Zealand is on his way to England. The Bishop of Honolulu will be hero in about a fortnight. It is expected that about eighty bishops will be present at the Pan-Anglican .synod, which is to be held at Lambeth in September. At the request of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the inauguration sermon will be preachelbyn, bishop of the United states of America, and Dr. Whitehouse, bishop of Illinois, has been selected for the purpose. THE SEARCH FOR DE. LIVINGSTONE—The Pall M"oll GazeitesajB:—Weunderstandthat on July 15th H.M.S Petrel received on board at the Cape the expeui ion, under the command of Mr. Young, which has um.er- taken a search for Dr. Livingstone or his remains, and that the ship was to sail on the evening of the same day for the mouth of the Zambezi. On arnvi n g there the various sections of the steel boat specially buiit at Chatham for the use of the expedition will be put to- gether, and the party will proceed up the ri ver to the Shire, and thence as far as the Murchison Falls, where the boat must be taken to pieces agaiu and carried some thirtv or forty miles overland. There will then be a run across the Lake Nyassa, within lifty miles of t he northern end of which is the spot where Dr. Li vmg- stone is alleged to have been murdered. DESTRUCTION OF A WASTE WAREHOUSE, AT ASHTON- UKDER-LYNE.—Atn, quarter to seven o'clock on Monday evening it was observed that the warehouse of Mr. Michael Bateman, Burlington-street, Ashton-uuder- Lyne, was on fire. The fire was observed on the top s oreyof the building and the second window down Burlington street. As soon as possible after the fire was observed, the West of England and two of the bor- ough engines were got to the fire, but we are told there was a want of water, aud the fire in consequence spread with great rapidity. It was soon obvious that the whole of the square building, and the addition iuto,Newman- street, would be sacrificed, and the exertions of the fire- men were therefore directed to prevent the spread of the lire to the adjoining property. By great exertions the firemen succeeded. The damage will be consider- able, and tho insurance will not coverone quarter of it. VIOLENT ATTACK UPON A FARMER.—At the Hanley Police Court, on Monday, three young men, named Tomkinson, Wilshaw and Bradshaw were charged with having assaulted and robbed a farmer, named John Gratton, at Endon. The prosecutor who is suffering from eight wounds on his head, three broken ribs, and two broken fingers, was unable to attend, being in a dangerous state, and not likely to recover from the in- juries inflicted upon him.—The evidence of Mr. Kirk- ham, farmer, Downfield Side, was that about two o'clock on Sunday morning he was awakened by loud knocking at the door of his house, and was further dis- turbed by hearing some one shout Mr. Kirkham, for God's sake got up; I'm murdered and robbed." Ho went down and admitted the man, whom he found to be Gratton. Gratton was literally covered with blood, and was nearly exhausted. Witness sent for a policeman and a surgeon, and as soon as prosecutor was fit to be removed he was conveyed to the Infirm- ary.—Evidence was given that the prisoners, in com- pany had passed along the road near Mr. Kirkham's house, between one and two o'clock, when prosecutor must have been on his way home, and when Sergeant Birne apprehended the prisoners, two of them had It blood on their boots.-They were remanded. NARROW ESCAPE OF CHILDREN FROM DEATH BY POISON- ING.—through the carelessness of some individuals an extraordinary accident has befallen several children at the south end of the town of Liverpool. They had eaten some Calabar nuts, and though iu their casethe results were happily not fatal, yet a number of pigs to which the children had given nuts were poisoned. The matter was first made known to the police by Mrs. Margaret Holland, who, on Friday evening, reported to an officer that on Thursday night seven young pigs had been found dead. She supposed that they had been maliciously killed, but inquiry did not sustain such a supposition, and it was proved that the pigs had come to their death through the playfulness of some chil- dren. Recently t h. premises of Messrs Evans, whole- sale druggists, Hanover-street, were destroyed by fire, and since then men have been employed in cartinc away the debris. It was to be taken to some place at the north end, but it turns out that a load or two found their way to the vacant land in Beresford road. On Thursday, the children in the neighbourhood were playing about the rubbish, and found some Calabar nuts. Being unaware of their poisonous nature, they ate some, and gave some to the pigs. Thechitdrenbe- came seriously ill, and Drs. Bennett and Barrett had to be called in. They received prompt medical attention and gradually recovered. Dr. Bennett opened one of the pigs, and in the intestines found a quantity of nuts. The rubbish where the nuts were found was examined and amongst it was discovered a lot of other poLonous matter. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISONING AT SUNDERLAND. On Monday an inquest was held at Sunderland by Mr. C. Maynard, coroner, on the body of Michael Pardon a labourer, aged thirty years, who it was suspected had died from poison. The deceased was a wharf labourer and lived on the Pottery Bank, Sunderland, with his mother and her grandchild, whom he supported. On the Thursday night he and his mother had some supper of tea and bread, and the child had milk. Duringthe night, the neigh bours in thosame house heard deceased screaming with pain. These screams lasted for more than half an hour, and the neighbours went into the room and found deceased in bed an l in great agony. He was attended to, and sometime after became round sufficiently to thank his friends and to smoke a pipe of tobacco. He was then left, but early next mornincr on the neighbours going in again, the man was found ta be writhing in great agony, aud Mr. Evans, the parish surgeon, was sent for. Before his arrival the man was dead. Deceased's mother and the child were also very ill, with the same symptoms, but by prompt attention they were brought round. When the post-mortem of the body was to have been made the neighbours of de- ceased were unwilling to permit it, and it was only by a strong guard of police that the medical officer wau permitted to examine the body. Mr. Evans stated at the inquest that the man bad died from the adminis- tration of strychnine. The deceased's mother was ex- amined, and stated that there had been no quarrelling nor was there any rat or vermin poison in the house! She felt ill after taking the tea. She was unable to state how thepoisou had been administered to deceased nor could any of the neighbours who were called as witnesses throw any light on the matter. The jury re- turned a verdict that deceased died from poison, but how administered there is no evidence to show. OUTRAGE ON A RAILWAY.—A youth named David Williamson aged 14, was examined before the Counts Magistrates, at Stockport, on Mondav, on a chr'w'o] placing ten chairs on the rails near the Mersov Bridn-o Choadlo Bnlkeley, on the Stockport anl Ti'nrwl^v Railway, with intent, ioupsetthe express train from Godley to Liverpool, consisting of an engine tender and eight passenger carriages. It appeared the driver of the train due at Warrington at 10 49 did not perceive anything unusual until lie approached the Cheadle Station, and crossing the long bridge over the Mersev when a sudden jerk attracted his attention. He de- sired f he stoker to look out, and without stopping the train it was ascertained that thesprings of the two fead- ing wheels of the engine were fractured, but nothing occurred to the passenger train, and it was necessary to be very careful in order to reach Liverpool insafetv A platelayer, named Shaw, in passing in the direction indicated about five o'clock the previous morning dis covered that some person had placed ten iron chairs upon the metals and that they had broken and injured some rails. A reward of zC20 was instantly offe-ed for the information of the parties, and Detective ivood was sent from Sheffield to make the necessary inquiries and the prisoner was apprehended, and his cWs com pared with some marks near Rogerson's crossiuV whore the chairs had been laid. They were found fo correspond exactly, and, although the prisoner at first dcmcl all know ledge of the transaction, he admitted subsequently placing a stone on the metals, and that the footmarks pointed out by the detective were made by his clogs. He then endeavoured to implicate a number of other boys, but his statements could not be corroborated by the facts of the case. In reply to question as to his motive in putting something on th« railway, he said, To have a spill and a smash "JN! evidence having been called for the defence the n •oner was committed to Chester assizes for trial -"l'liE"i:TTË'CoNSPIRACY IN MONTENEGRO.—The "Vienna Debatte^tates from an authentic source that the Mon- tenegro Government had discovered a conspiracy at Cettigneto dethrone the Prince and unite the country with Servia. Several notables, among others Fillop- 0 vjoriwich, the lieutenant of the Prince when the lat- ter was absent, have been condemned to be hanged. The conspiracy had been suppressed and an aide-de- camp of the Prince was killed. FUNERAL OF CARDINAL ALTIERI.—Cardinal Altieri's funeral obsequies were parformed in the church of Santa Maria in Portico, by express ordAr of his Holi- ness, without the presence of the corpse. Tho pope assisted at mass on a throne, and granted absolution over the catafalque. The cardinals, patriarchs, and other ecclesiastical and lay dignitaries, who usually attend the papal chapel, were present at the ceremony. The church, which contains interesting monuments and the records of the princely house of Altieri, was fully attended onthe occasion, the late cardinal s courage and devotion at Albano having excited universal ad- miration and esteem. FRANCE ANP ROME.—A letter dated from Rome, in the Italie of Florence, corroborates the statement that Count de Sartiges, before he left for Paris, signed, withthe Pontifical Government, a literary convention and a treaty of commerce between France aud the Holy See. By the stipulations of the former, all literary and artistic productions are to enjoy reciprocally, in France and in the States of the Church, the ad vintages which are or shall be accorded by law to such property provided the author prove that his work is original. The commercial treaty reduces by one half the Roman customs duties upon French silks and wines. The same journal is informed by its correspondent that the agent for the Italian Government h LS ccnne to a.i un- derstanding with the Holy See on the bases of a1 ar- rangement respecting the obligations contracte I by Italy for the payment of the portion of the debt of the Roman States belonging to the annexed provinces. A FRENCH ATLANTIC CA P.LE.-Jt was announced some time ago that the French Government had authorised au A nglo-French company to lay a telegraphic cable from Brest to the American continent. The Point* says that the preliminary soundings commenced 4 months a." o are complete. The cable will be laid from Brest to St. Pierre Miquelton, it having been ascertained that the bottom of the ocean along that line is favourable to the design. From St. Pie>re it will go along the coast of New Brunswick and the shores of the State,? of Maine New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. A direct line from Brest to New York would offer many difficulties, owing to the tremendous depth of some parts of the ocean, where the officers employed have been unable to find soundi-ig-i, an 1 where, consequent- ly. immense quantities of cable might be sunk without resulr. The immersion of the cable now making in London is to begin in May next year, and the Great Eastern is to be employed to lay it. It is honed that a month will suffice for the work, and that in duly, 1868, at latest, France and the European continent will be iu direct telegraphic communication with America. A TRAFALGAR HERO.—Robert Christie died at Alloa, on Sunday last, at the age of ninety-ehrht. A t, lie ea,r]y age of thirteen he engaged with Capt. M'Farlane of the Caledonia, as cabin boy, but left that ship and joiued another belonging to Greenock. He had not been longon board of her, however, when the nress (1, gang" made its appearance there, and he, along w ith several of his shipmates, was forced on board His Ma- jesty's ship Bloodhound, where he remained under training for some time, after which he was sent on board the man-of-war ship San Joseph, and fought on board of her at St. Domingo, for which he receive I a silver clasp. After this he was transmitted to the Su« perb, and fought with Admiral Nelson at Copenhagen, and in several other engagements, including the" re- nowned battle of Trafalgar, where the "mighty Nel- son" fell. Hs was engaged also at the bat tie of Algiers. -i'helast battle he took part in was Navarino, when tho combined fleets of Britain and Russia destroyed the Turkish fleet. Altogether he had been engage 1 in nearly 40 battles a'td skirmishes, and, strange t > sny, in all these conflicts he never received a wound. After peace was restored Mr. Christie was, in 1820, dischar- ged with a pension of £ i'0 per annum, which he recei- ved up to his death. A HUMAN AMPHIBIAN.—A most strange story is told, b the last number of Land and Water, by that excellent naturalist, Mr. Frank Buckland. It is a llescription of the performances of a man named Cooper, who, under the title "Natator," is exhibiting at Cremorne. This man eats, drinks, dances, rolls about like a por;ioise, and, most marvellous of all, smokes—without letting his pipe out—beneath the surface of the water, in a huge aquarium, through the glass fro t of which all his motions can be very plainly seen. The. difficulty of performing these tricks so as to avoid the entrance of water to the lungs is enormous, and the fatigue which they produce is also very great. When the performer emerges from the water his pulse is at 148, but in twenty minutes it sinks to 92 and it appears that his general health is excellent. Mr. Buckland hiuts at "strano-o phenomena" which are revealed by auscultation of f he heart and lungs of Cooper; and we doubt not that a great number of medical men will examine this very interesting case for themselves, in order, if possible, to discover the means by which nature can "accommo- date the machinery of an air-breathing animal to long stays in au element only suited for the existence of fish and other cold-blooded vertebrata."—The Lancet. THE POWER OF FRENCH OFFICIALS.—The Paris cor- respondent of the Daily News says .—When M. Casse (whose sentence, by the way, the Court of Appeal con- firmed on August 22) was condemned to three months' imprisonment for resisting the police ageut in plain 1 9 clothes, who illegally arrested him for crying "Viva LaPologne," he was solemnly told by the Avocate- General that he should have tnmpty submitted to the wrong, and trusted to the law for his remedy. En- couraged by this doctrine, M. Parent, an artist on the staff of the flhis'ration, and a man of unquestioned re- spectability, indicted a police agent named Andre for false imprisonment. The case was tried at the Police Correctional Court ou Monday, before Presi- dent Deiesvaux. It appeared that on June 4th, M. Parent being in the crowd at the time when cries of "Viva La Pologue" were heard, but not (as is now admitted) having uttered that cry himself, was laid hold of by Andre, dragged to prison, violently pushed down;upon a guardhouse bed, and called a miser- able. He remained in custody for fourteen days, when, the legal authorities being unable to find any pretence for prosecuting him, he was released. For this frightful outrage upon a peaceful citizeu, he made bold to require that the agent should be punished. The moment Andre was placed at the bar the Advocate- General took the preliminary objection that he was a Government agent," and could not be prosecuted without leave of the Council of State. M. Durier, the counsel for the prosecution, relied upon some cases in which it has been held that municipal policemen and gardes Chaiyipetres were not Government agents with- in the meaning of the statute referred to. °The court however,^ allowed the public minister's rdea to the jurisdiction, and dismissed M. Parent's complaint with costs. He may now go to the Council of State if he does not mind throwing away more money and wasting his time. There is practically no legal remedy for the subject in France against the arbitrary acts of the low- est functionary. The Council of State, without deign- ing to give reasons, almost always covers the illegal acts of authority. ° GREAT CONFLAGRATION IN SAXONY. —The following letter gives an account of a fearful calamir y which oc- curred last Moudaymorningat a village called Johann- geargerstad, in Saxony, and which resulted in the de- struction of 350 houses and the loss of seven lives At half past nine o'clock on Monday morning there was a cry of j fire some distance frum our house. Of course we all ran to fetch water; but the houses are principally made with wooden roofs, and the sun having beeu so hot during the past few weeks, they were so dry that water seemed only to feed the ila,nrs which leaped across the street, and some engines had to be left, as the heat was so great. Very soon the whole town was in a blaze, tho flumes leapt from house to hou:;e, and all had to be abtndoned. Oh, the misery ot that. da\ \t e li ved rather luga up, ;iu 1 got our things on the mountain safe. Many lia I thpirfurni- ture and effects in carts, but the flames caught them aud the people had to run for their lives. There are only a few houses on the highest part of the town saved, Three hundred and fifty houses are one mass of ruins, only stonewalls to indicate the place where they once stood. Up to the present time seven de-id men have been found. It was a blessing it occurred in the daytime, or the loss would have been greater. At present the goods are in a large barn, which was saved We slept there last night, the cows on oneside, servants and ourselves on the other. Some people have saved nothing but what they stand in, and many of the peo- ple are unable to build their houses again. What will become of them I do not know. There is no doubt much money may come in from all parts of Saxony. A meeting has been held this morning, and provisions have been sent in from other towns. Our house is 1 4Tlng;, th,erf was 8,° much wood stacked theie that they had to watch all the night that other houses dill not break out again, astheheat was so intense, but it is now all safe. The scene after the fire was awful, women wringing their hands, children screaming, and men rolling in their agony, and weep- ing like children. Of course, no assistance could be got, every one had to look after his own goods; all were in the same danger, and in less than three hours the whole town was in a blaze. It is the first time such afare has been known since the town was built, 200 years ago. there were 5,000 inhabitants, but many have gone to othertowns. The post comes here all the same, though the office, market, church, and everything is gone. The Sultan has signified ilis intention of conferring the order of OsmanlionMr. J. Trevor Barkley, who had immediate charge of the Imperial train, and of all the general arrangements between Rustchuk and Varna, when the Sultan, on the Cth ult., performed his first railway journey in his own dominions. Mr. Barkley, who may in verity and truth be called the father of rail- way enterprise in Turkey, has spent the best years of his life in that country, has roughed it on the shores of Asia Minor, among the snows of the Drobrudscha, and the mud of Bulgaria, and has, by indomitable pluck and energy, done more practical service in establish- ing British reputation among the Turks than any other Englishman who has lived amongthem intheprovince of the Ottoman Empire. The Times says—"The bill for amending the com- panies Act of 18(52 having become law, it is believe that several companies will at once take steps to avail themselves of its provisions,and especially of the claure that permits the issue of paid up share certificates 'to, bearer.' With regard to the clause which allows any limited company formed for the purpose of promoting commerce, art, science, religion, charity, or any other useful object, and not for gain, to dispense with the addition'limited'to its name, no statement seems to have been furnished of the reason of its introduction. Associations such as those described are almost as apt as any other to incur financial liabilities, and it is dif- ficult to perceive why persons who may be asked to give them credit should be deprived of whatever pro- tection may be afforded by the warning as to the extent of the existing responsibility." THE NATIONAL REFORII UNION.—We understand the executive of the National Reform Union are taking steps to summon another of the great Liberal Confer- ences, which have been annually held by that organ* i isation since its origin. Circulars have been issued to nil its branch associations throughout the United King-1 dom, inviting them to appoint delegates to assemble in Manchester, with the view of discussing the character, j and probable effects on the country, of the new reform! measnre just passed into law. It is contemplated to I hold the Conference in the course of a few weeks, and, that it shall be succeeded by a great banquet, at which many of the leading Liberals from all parts of the' country will be present. The forthcoming gathering, will be the sixth Conference held since 1861, the first being held in Leeds in that year, under the presidency of Mr. George Wilson, who also presided at the one held in London in 1862, as well as those held since in Manchester. THE NEW ACT ON EQUITABLE COUNCILS OF CONCILIA- Tlox.-The act to establish equitable councils of con- ciliation toadjustdifferences between masters andwork- men has been issued. A licence is to be applied for by petition to the Queen or Secretary of State by masters and workmen, and a council of conciliation andarbi-, trationto be formed to decide all disputes submitted by both parties to them, and to enforce the awards as if made by virtue of the Act 5 George IV. cap. 96. No council, under the act, is to establish a rate of wages or, price of wages or workmanship at which the workmen! shall in future be paid. Neithercounselnorattorneya are to be allowed to attend the council or committee of conciliation, "unless consented to by both parties. Householders and joint occupiers may demand to be registered and to have a vote for a council. The forms I to be used are annexed to the act. The gunmaker Specht has received from Paris a Chassepot gun similar to those adopted in the French army, and experiments have been made with it which, according to therein. Gazette, have furnished im-j portant results. The Chassepot is certainly superior tothePrussianneelIegun. Competitive essays have: been made with the two. More than fifty officers of all arms witnessed them. The Chassepot was in the! hands of M. Specht, the needle gun in those of one of the best marksmen in the garrison. The arrangement was to fire with each weapon for a minute. The needle gun was the first; it fired eight rounds and struck the target eight times. The Chassepot fired ten shots, and was loaded the eleventh timewithin the minute: it also reached the target eight times. The two guns were afterwards fired together during half a minute; the needle gun discharged three shots, the Chassepot. five. i Six of them were found to have struck the target, but From which of the guns was not known. A COSTLY ENVELOPE.—Whatever may be the short- comings, in regard to free trade and other weighty matters, of His Majesty of the Golden Foot-the King of Burmah—there can be no complaint against him in the matter of State envelopes. The letter he recently I addressed to Viceroy WBS-enclosed in a sumptuous and costly covering. The ornamental scroll on which: the letter was written was placed in an ivory tube about 18 inches in length and rather over two inches in diam- eter the surface was marked in circular flutings, and the case was closed with a properly fitting top made to screw on. This tube was encased in a covered cloth of gold, and that again in a case or bag of thick crimson silk. His auriferous Majesty could not brook the no-; tions of such a magnificent missive being sent by the common dawk along with a multitude of quarter-tola chits for half ananna each so the royal letter was sent to Rangoon in one of the King's own boats, specially chartered for the purpose. It was brought thence to Calcutta by Lieutenant Forlong, but from Calcutta to Simla the precious package was taken by the common work-day dawk.—Times of India. RACING SWEEPS AT TAVERNS.—At Southwark police court, on Saturday, W. Waters, Sportsman Tavern, Bermondsey New road, was charged with unlawfully opening his house for the purpose of money beixi"' re- ceived on behalf of John Joseph Hall, for the under- taking and agreement to pay certain moneys as the re- suit of a horse race and Hall, a newsvender, was charged with publishing a placard concerning the 1 7 same. This case was adjourned from Saturday, the 10th inst. Mr. Meadows White now appeared for the Commissioners of Police, and submitted that the de- fendants had rendered themselves liable under the Betting Act, the former with publicly selling tickets, and the latter by publishing a placard setting forth that there would be 200 members at 2s 61 each, for the St. Leger race the first horse to have flO, the second £ 5, and the third £ 210s, and C4 10s among starters. If these conditions were fulfilled there would be about f3 left for the promoters.—The defendant Waters said he tnerely displayed the placard because Hall asked him to do so, and to sell tickets for him. He did it to oblige Hall, without knowing that he was acting ille- gally.—Mr. Arnoldconsidered that this was not a case within the meaning of the betting act. It was more like a lottery than anything else. He did not think that the evidence had proved any infringement of the Act. The summons against W. Waters was dismissed, but that against Hall was withdrawn to consider what proceedings should be taken. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SALZBURG MEETING. — A curious pamphlet on the above subj ect is now largely circulating in Vienna, chiefly among the lower classes, by whom it is eagerly read and commented upon. Its title is "Napoleon III. in Salzburg, the Emneror Charles V. in the Untersberg; what are Napoleon's se- cret plans, and what will the year 1565 bring us r A glance into the future of Austria, by a diplomatist ini- tiatedinto Napoleonic secrete." This pamphlet, or rather broad-sheet, for it only consists of a single sheet of paper, and is sold in the streets for a penny, is writ- ten in a popular style, and contains soms suggestions which, looking to the form and place in which they are published, are worth noticing. The author begins by makingan appeal to the superstition of the Vien- nese. He connects the disaster at Koniggratz last year with an ancient prophecy, foreboding misfortunes to Austria if two princes met under a famous old oak tree at Klum, and accounts for the defeat of the Austrians by the circumstance that King William and Prince Frederick Charles actually met under oak tree during the battle. Though defeated, however, he considers that Austria will be more powerful than ever. He reminds his readers of another popular legend about the Emperor Charles V., according to which this monarch, though buried, is not yet dead, but sits doz- ing at a marble table in a cavern of the Untersberg, a mountain near Salzburg, waiting for the day when Germany will be united. Every hundred years the Emperor, whose beard has grown to such a length as to force its way through the table at which he is seated, wakes from his reverie and asks if Germany is yet united, and on receiving an answer in the negative sinks back into his restless sleep. At length, says the writer of the pamphlet, the time has arrived when the perturbed spirit of the old monarch will be laid at rest. At Salzburg, close to the mountain where he is con- fined, his descendant is now holding an interview with the Emperor Napoleon, which will be followed by events that will lead to the unification of Germany on a really permameut basis-not by the instrumental- ity of Prussia, but of Austria. A terrible war, he tells us, is at hand between France and Prussia, the former supported by Ttaly, Turkey, Sweden and Denmark, and the latter by Russia, Austria remaining neutral. The result of this warwill be that France will seize Holland and Belgium, and restore Poland. As soon as France and Prussia are reduced to exhaustion by their tre- mendous struggle, Austria will step in, declaringthat not a single German village shall be ruled by the foreigner. Sie sollen ihn nicht haben, den freien Deutschen Rhein!" To this France, satiated with glory, will not object, and the grateful Germans of the North, perceiving that Germany without Austria is only a Bismarkian dream, will return to the Hapsburw fold, with so loud and unanimous a cry of Wir sind einig, grosser Kaiser!" (we are united, great emperor) that Charles V. will hear it in his cavern in the Unters- berg, and lay himself down at last to an eternal rest. These ideas are certainly extravagant enough, but it is not a little significant that even now there are people in Austria who have not yet abandoned the hope of seeing a Hapsburg Emperor at the head of Germany — Fall Mall Gazette.

THE INSURRECTION IN SPAIN. The Paris correspondent of the Times writes :—The insurrection in Spain has been made a great deal of by the Paris papers, and spoken of by others as if already extinguished, and the truth must be sought between the two extremes. I have good grounds for believing that the facts of the case areas follows :—General Con- treras entered Catalonia from France with a handful of armed men, and was joined at the frontier by the greater part of a company of Custom-house guards. So far as is known, his force does not exceed a few hundred men. General Pierrad crossed into Arragon at or near enn^aSS Canfranc, and was joined by from 400 to n nn £ roalier,t,.r<^0Ps' ^id to have in all about 1,000 armed followers. At the same time one Lago- nero, better known as politician than a military man, suddenly appeared near Tarragona, rallied around him some hundred armedpeasants and others and had an encounter with the garrison at Reus, which issued forth about five companies strong, to attack him. The end of the affair was that the troops retired. On hearing of the appearance of armed bands in the province there was great excitement in Barcelona and elsewhere and the inhabitants of Sabadell, Tarrasa, and other of the principal manufacturing towns rose in open insurrec- tion. Thereupon General Pezuela, who commands at Barcelona, sent out his whole garrison to those dis- affected places, retaining only thirteen companies t<r hold Monjuich and the two other forts. He did not fear that the insurgents would venture to attack his fortifications, by the batteries in which and by the threat of bombardment he was able to keep the city in check. This was the state of matters up to the latest authentic accounts received here. No insurgent band has as yet been defeated and driven across the frontier, as reported by certain Paris papers, which perhaps derive their information from the Spanish Emba9sy. There is as yet no intelligence that Prim has appeared anywhere in Spain. He would have to take a great many precautions to get into the country nnperceived, and that may have inevitably retarded his movements. On Tuesday the post from Madrid did not arrive. It is stated that an inundation was the cause. This is rather an unusual season for inundations in Spain, and it is thought probable that there are risings between the capital and the frontier. Hence reports of a mili- tary insurrection in Castile. The success or failure of the revolutionary attempt turns upon the attitude of the army. If the troops remain faithful to the Go- vernment, the imperfectly organised bands at present on foot can hardly keep the field. Strong forces will be sent against them, and they will probably soon be surrounded or dispersed. If Prim appears on Spanish soil, and is able to raise his banner, it may have great effect. He has not many partisans among the generals and colonels of the army, but among the troops and subaltern officers his name is a power. A few days will probably settle that matter one way or the other. O'Donnell and the other generals of what is called the Union Liberal party would gladly see this popular movement of the Liberal party fail, and then them- selves to try their hand at a revolution by means of the army but, as yon were lately told, if they see the re. bellion prospering they are pretty sure tojoin it. With the exception of General Zabala, it is believed they are all anti-dynastic. The partisans of the insurrection in Paris are evidently anxious, but they do not by any means despond.