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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. -1- The Danish Government has just signed a concession 0r the construction aud laying of a submarine cabla Yorkshire coast to the coast of Denmark. -fARis JixiiiBiTiox.—itie receipts at tne txinOition the mouth of May have realised an average of AOOOf. a day, without reckoning the payments. Kn- .rous purchases for their respective museums are marie by Prussia, Austria, Russia, and other ~?jlntries, and many of the most instinctive and useful Ejects have been already secured by them. ■ file disfranchisement of Yarmouth having left the dipping, fishing, and other interests of the eastern poast unrepresented, a petition is being signed praying fiat a member may be assigned by the new Reform Bill o Lowestoft and the neighbourhood, which now em- race a population of from 13,000 to 14,000. The pre- ject has received the support of Sir F. Crossley, M.P. &nd Sir S. M. Peto, M.P f Irish Times states that in consequence of the dis- ^Si^thewest of Ireland, the government have de- m'f 11 at the poor-law should be administered as mer- as possible, consistent with legality, and that PUOhc works shall be undertaken wherever great dis- tress prevails. i he connection of the two sides of Lough <X°mb, the construction of the piers contemplated by fj inamo, and roads required to connect the five coun- tIes, will probably be authorised. In the days of American slavery, the negro women of the South constituted fully one-half the field force in the labour of cotton culture. Even last year they worked in the field to a considerable extent, but a Southern correspondent writes that this year they have almost entirely withdrawn from it. They declare that "the white women never work out, but are supported by their men, that it ought to be so, and that they (tho blacks) will not submit any more to out-door work." A communication from London to the Havas Agency mentions a rumour that Queen Victoria had written an autograph letter to the Emperor Napoleon to congratu- late him on the success of the Exhibition, and to ex- press her Majesty's regret at not being able to visit it herself with the accustomed ceremonial. It is, how- ever, the correspondent adds, generally believed that ner Majesty will visit Paris incognito. The Prince of Wales is shortly, the letter says, to be in the French capital. FALL OF A FACTORY.—On Monday morning, the large patent-leather factory, in the occupation of Mr. Bere, in Park Road, Clapham, suddenlyfellinwithatremen- dous crash. Some alterations have recently been made for fitting up an engine, and some of the tie beams had to be cut away. Fortunately the workmen had gone to breakfast, or the loss of life would have been fright- ful. The premises on this ground were entirely burnt down about seven years ago, and 20 years since, when a large brewery stood on this spot, a similar calamity befel it. isisH AGRICULTURAL AND EMIGRATION STATISTICS.— On Saturday morning tables relative to agriculture in Ireland in the year 1»G6 were issued. They show that the total decrease of laud under cultivation was 129,526 from the previous year. The decrease in respect to the crops was chiefly in oats, barley, potatoes, turnips, and ?ay. The number of emigrants who left the country the year was 101.251, or nearly 200 less than in 1SG5. decrease was entirely in the numberof female emi- j^ants, as nearly 4,500 more male emigrants left the Intry in Ii-GG than 1865. BULL-FIGHT IN FRANCE.—A bull-fight took place *eek at Aries, Bouches du Rhone. The attack on three passed off without anything remarkable, tyL. 'he fourth animal showed an ardour and fury hj Ich disconcerted the assailants. One of them had s chest pierce 1 by the horn of the furious brute, and b as taken to the hospital. Another man was seriously and a third was hurled into the air to a height of II. or six yards, and caught on the bull's horns and Sain flung up. He was rescued by the persons present, fortunately escaped with only some slight braises, "^bout 10,000 persons were present. The General Assembly, which is now sitting in Dub- lin, met on last Saturday morning in the Presbyterian Church, Rutland-square, when it was announced that, in consequence of the sudden death of the Rev. Dr. Gib- Bon, professor of Christian Ethics in the Presbyterian College, Belfast, no business would be transacted. The Rev. Dr. Gibson was at the meeting of the assembly on Friday night until after 11 o'clock, and the next morn- ing, about 3 o'clock, was discovered dead upon the Adelaide-road. His remains were removed to the Bag- got-street Hospital. The sudden death of the Rev. Dr. Gibson is believed to have resulted from an attack of apoplexy. Deceased was about iifty-five years of -CATTLE PLAGUE RATES.—On Saturday, the Court of Qneeu's Bench heard an appeal against a cattle plague 4.1. Ibe township of Brightside, which was within e borough of Sheffield, had been assessed at a half- penny rate under the Cattle Plague Act for defraying tiihT- a/- Tjaying compensation for slaughtered cat- ifooiJ ouuty Justices. The borough constituted t an authority under the act, had appointed an in- spector, and paid the expenses out of the borough fund. i| question was whether Sheffield was a borough with- !;le nienuing of the act, or was a portion of the county ot lork, upon which the county could make this assess- ftient. The court confirmed the rate. STRANGE DEATH OF A LUNATIC.-An inquest was held Saturday, at the Bethnal House Asylum, on Mr. *»obt. Elm, aged 40 years. Tfie body was much discol- ored from bruises on the abdomen, the legs, and the ^Tns; there was a mark of violence on the forehead, ^nd six of the ribs were broken. Deceased had lived alone with his sister, and a servant from an asylum was 'S^ployed to attend upon him, as he was very violent. The attendant had been -with him a week when he was cab. Dr. Boroughs, who had at- teti(led upon the deceased, stated that hesaw hiniplaced In the cab and at that time he had no bruises about the face, and his ribs were not broken. The attendant ^ent with him in the cab. The inquest was adjourned *0r further evidence. EXPLOSION OF A RAILWAY ENGINE IN FULL CAltEER.- Monday morning, an accident happened to an ex- urs press train" bv the bursting of one of the cylinders of the ^ngine, near'Eckington. The train was due at Ecking- torl at 11.46, and the accident happened about three Joules from the station, near the Beighton Junction. Of course the train came to a standstill, but precautions J^re taken to prevent further accidents from other trains. Shortly afterwards an excursion train from Sheffield came up and was stopped, and it afterwards pushed the disabled train forward to Eckington, where a fresh engine was attached, and was despatched after pemg delayed about an hour. Fortunately no personal injury was sustained; in consequence of the boiler bursting in front, even the driver and stoker escaped. CONSPIRACY IN TURKEY.—The revolutionary move- ment or political conspiracy, just discovered in Con- stantinople and checked by important arrests, is an event of serious importance. It. is said that a general and also the commander of the gendarmerie are in. cluded in the arrests, and that great excitement pre- vails in the capital. Besides the usual reports, more Or less correct, of popular discontent in the provinces of the Turkish empire, a rumour is circulated to the effect that a revolutionary movement is contemplated in Bul- garia, with the object of establishing the "autonomy" Of that province—with the third son of the Czar (which Prince is now at Nicolaieff) as first King of the contem- plated State. We do not doubt that such a scheme is contemplated in some quarters; but there is a long step between a mere project and afait accornpli.-Globe. THE SEARCH FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE.—On Sunday, the Expedition which is to penetrate the interior of Africa lnsearchof Dr. Livingstone left England by the African n:all steamer which sailed from Southampton. It con- futed of only four persons Mr. E. D. Young, who has ee'"i entrusted with the command; Mr. HenryFaulkner, a volunteer, who accompanies the expedition at his own ■Expense; and two men, named John Read and John one amechanicwho travelled with Dr. Living- stone for two years and a half in Zambesi, and the other a seaman acclimatise 1 on the East Coast of Africa, and thoroughly acquainted with the nature of the country. 1 he steel cutter which has been furnished to the ex- pedition to enable them to navigate the rivers and lakes in Central Africa through which they will have to pass was taken out in the same vessel, and the African Steamship Company has undertaken to carry it to the 00 Cape of Good Hope free of cost. It is expected that the expedition will arrive at Lake Nyassa, at the northern end of which Dr. Livingstone is said to have been mur- dered, by the end of September next. THE DEATH OF THE ARCHDUCHESS MATILDA. — The Archduchess Matilda has ceased from suffering. The intended mother of the future kings of Italy, a lady destined to wear a diadem which has not rested on a female brow for centuries, a scion of that branch of the house of Hapsburg-Lorraine in which public and private worth is most conspicuously hereditary, and daughter of the conqueror of Custozza, and granddaughter of the hero of Aspern and Essling, a Princess in her nine- teenth year, by all accounts endowed with rare gifts of person, mind, and heart, died, on Thursday last, at eight o'clock in the morning-of a lucifer-match. She inadvertently trod on one which was lying at her feet on the floor as she leant out at the window talking to one of her relatives her summer dress was in a blaze before she was aware of it, and before anyone could run to her rescue she sank to the ground in an agony of pain from which death only released her. The report) of the tragic event spread slowly and obscurely the identity of the alleged victim was not at once estab- lished; then, for a few days, hopes were entertained that the injury, however severe, would not terminate fatally, Late bulletins even told us of her contempla- ted removal to better air; but all is over now, and Humbert, Prince of Piedmont, heir to the throne of Italy, must look elsewhere for a bride,-Times, TheSnltan will"beihVlte(tJby the Corporation of Lon. don to a state banquet at Guildhall. The Court of Com- mon Council has voted £1,500 for the purpose of feting the Belgian volunteers. The Chicago papers publish a list of the sales of lead- ing- business houses in that city during the year 1866. Fifty-eight firms did a business of over 1,000,000 dols., the highest being the dry goods house of Field, Hali- mer, and Lester—9,200,000 dols. Over 250 firms did a business ranging from 250,000 dols. to 1,000,000 dols., and a still larger number from 100,000 dols. to 250,000 dols. rRESiDENrTjiNCOivs-s i/IWUBSEMENT—hir. Hamilton, cashier of the First National Bank of Washington, meeting an old friend of Mr. Lincoln's one morning re- marked, That President of yours is the oddest man alive. Why, he endorses notes for niggers." It seems that some time before, a coloured man finding himself in danger of losing his house for the want of 150 dols., went to Mr. Lincoln and told his story. The result was that the man made a two months' note, and Mr. Lincoln endorsed it. The note was discounted by some one, and found its way into Huntington's bank for collection. Upon its maturity the coloured man failed to respond. Instead of serving the customary notices upon the en- dorser, the cashier took the note in person to Mr. Lin- coln, who at once offered to pay it. Mr. Huntington said, "Mr. President, you have tried to help a fellow mortal along. I am not willing that you should suffer this entire loss we will divide it between us." And the affair was thus settled.-New York Tribune. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT FONTAINEBLEAU.—The inquiry into the mysterious death of a lady in the for- est of Fontainebleau is being pursued. The corpse has been identified as that of Mme. de Mertens, a widow. After the death of her husband she had married an Englishman, but the union had been dissolved in Bel- gium, and she had resumed her former name, She was about thirty years old, and had lost a considerable part of her property in shares of companies which had been unsuccessful. She, however, possessed still about 10,000f. The woman who accompanied her, and upon whom a certain amount of suspicion falls, had only been acquainted with the deceased for a few months. She has been subjected to an interrogatory, and her dwel- ling having been searched, securities belonging to Mme. de Mertens were found, as well as a revolver which she had lately purchased. She states that the scrip had been deposited with her for greater security, and that she had aocompanied Mme. de Mertens to meet a gen- tleman to whom the deceased had given a rendezvous, that upon their meeting she had left them together, and never after saw her alive. The medical examination has discovered no trace of poison in the body.-Galig- nani. THE FEMALE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA.— Woomanhood suffrage is now a progressive cause be- yond fear of cavil. It has won a fair field where once it was looked upon as an airy nothing, and it has gained champions and converts without number. The young State of Kansas is fitly the vanguard of this cause, and the signs of agitation therein hardly allow a doubt that the citizenship of women will be ere long thoroughly recognised in the law of the State. Fourteen out of twenty of the newspapers of Kansas are in favour of making woman a voter, and Governor Crawford, ex- Governors Robinson andRoot, Judge Schuyler-General Ritchie, and Lieutenant-Governor Green, are the lea- ders of the wide-spread Impartial Suffrage League, which has among its orators Mistresses Stanton, Stone, and Gage. The vitality of the Kansas movement is in- disputable, and whether defeated or successful in the present contest, it will still hold strongly fortified ground. Ex-Governor Foote of Mississippi, the senato- rial rival and professional assailant of Jefferson Davis, makes the most remarkable of the recent contributions to this cause. He holds that universal suffrage, contain- ing the principle of woman's rights, is necessary to virtuous politics.—Neiv York Tribune. TIGER SHOOTING.—We regret to state that Lieutenant Keith, of the Royal Artillery at Kamptee, when out shooting tigers in the Wurdah district on the 22nd of April, was mauled by one he had shot. About a fort- night previously this gentleman, with two brother officers, was hunting a large boar, which, suddenly charging Lieutenant Keith, bowled him and his horse over. He had his right arm and side paralyzed by the fall, was insensible for about 30 hours, and totally dis- abled for sport for 10 days. On the 22nd, the party was on a beat in high jungle the two other gentlemen got up into trees, but Lieutenant Keith had not strength to climb the one allotted to him. He consequently stood at the foot of it in high grass. A large tiger bounded by, which Lieutenant Keith mortally wounded. It passed him about 20 yards off, but having spied, turned and attacked him. Keith had not the power, so weak was he from the effects of the recent accident, to cock his second rifle. The beast knocked him down by a blow on the side, and after seizing him three times with his mouth in the thigh and leg, died on the top of him. Keith was, however, ableto crawl away and wait the ar- rival of his brother sportsmen, who immediately sent him with all despatch to Nagpore; but he gradually sank from sheer exhaustion, and expired in the night.—Cen- tral India Times. THE BALL AT THE HOTEL DE VILLE.-The ball at the Hotel de Ville, which far surpassed in splendour and prodigality that magnificent one given in 1855 to the Queeu of England, illustrates the progress of luxury. When the "^ood city of Paris" gave a ball to Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria, it was proclaimed in the streets, with sound of trumpet, that the saloons would be illuminated with 300 candles, and that twenty musi- cians receiving double pay for their extraordinary ex- ertions, would play all night. On Saturday, for the reception of the Russian and Prussian sovereigns, there were 70,000 wax lights, to say nothing of gas, and the orchestras consisted of 250 performers. Queen Victoria saw flowers and shrubs, the hire of which for the night cost upwards of jE2,000 sterling. But the far more splen- did floral display of Saturday was furnished by the hot houses and gardens of its own, which the city of Paris now possesses at Passy. For the last week waggons laden with exotics and the choicest native products have been circulating continually between Passy and the Hotel de Ville, to transport Flora's contribution to what in the familiar language used in the description of the Hotel de Ville fetes, and which, though stale, is difficult to improve upon, constitutes a "fairy like scenf! When, in addition to flowers, you get living" or "foaming masses of water, life-like rocks," "daz- zling lights," rank, fashion, beauty, uniforms, toilettes, and diamonds—still diamonds—you have the substra- tum almost impossible to vary in its essential particu- lars—although royalty from this or that country may be there to see—of a grand official balL-Express. ROMANTIC IF TRUE.—A very romantic story of which the following is an Outline, is reported by the last mail from Australia. It is stated that many years since a young lady, the daughter of an Austrian nobleman, left the home of her parents in consequence of a disa- agreement with her father. Years elapsed without the bereaved father finding any clue to her whereabouts, notwithstanding his utmost researches, and as he ad- vanced in years he determined upon using every effort to discover the lost one. On the assumption by the Earl of Derby (with whom lie was intimately acquaint- ed) of the reins of Government, he besought that noble- man to discover the whereabouts of his daughter, to which his Lordship responded by communicating with the different Governments of the Australian colo- nies, to some of which it was deemed probable the young lady had gone. His Excellency Sir Henry Man- ners ners Sutton, Governor of Victoria, was amongst others requested to interest himself in the matter, whereupon, his Excellency immediately communicated with the wardens of the various goldfields. The result was that Mr. Warden T of A- on being applied to, re- collected that Mr. C- late clerk of the local court of petty sessions, had a servant answering in every way the description furnished of the lost one. After due ill- quiry the warden's surmises proved to be correct, and the truant was found. It appeared further that the young lady had only lately been married to a well-to- do merchant (alsoan Austrian), resiclingat Ararat, who now states his intention to return to his own country, and exchange the toils and cares of business for a posi. tion far more exalted than his wilrlest dreams everan- ticipated.-Anstralian and New Zealand Gazette. A LONG SPEECH.—Wo read in the New York Times t "We have received proofs of Mr. Sumner's speech, about which we have lately heard so much, on the ces- sion of Russian America. It is of stupendous size, and is doubtless the best account in existence of the subject in question. It begins with the discovery of the coun. try by the navigator Behring, and goes down to the treaty of annexation. It is illustrated by numerous classical and poetical authors—by scraps from Cicero, Webster, Milton, Byron, Campbell, Goethe, and num- -it berless others, only less great. It offers to us hints in mental philosophy, botany, mineralogy, and interna- tional law. All persons interested in these or colla- teral topics, or in our new acquisitions of RussianAme- rica, will doubtless be an xious to see the speech. We regret that its length renders it impossible to give it to our readers. It would fill something like 60 columns and the Times contains but 56." The New York Herald says -"Mr. Sumner, in his speech on the cession of Russian America to theUnited States, spreads himself not only over the 575,000 square miles which make up the estimated area of the newly acquired territory, but also over boundless tracts of space and time. The speech is unquestionably the most encyclopedic of all encyclopedic works ever elaborated by the learned se- cretaries. But no newspaper can publish it in full un- less in a sextuple sheet. We have only to suggest that Mr. Secretary Seward, the only rival of Mr. Senator Sumner in voluminousness, should be instructed to write at corresponding length a reply to the speech. Both productions would be so interminably long that newspaper readers would escape havingto go through them. They might serve to swell huge tomes in which the complete works of Seward and of Sumner will be shelved, uncut, in the alcoves of the congressional library. Posterity may have more leisure for perusing than the present generation enjoys." .t.iieCa.ijeshea.Ll \Yorkn;g JVlen's'Olu'o has been taken possession of by bailiffs, on account of the nonpayment of a poor-rate. A gentleman has addressed a state- ment of the case to Lord Derbv, in the hope that some- thing may be done to adjust the matter. We have good reason to believe that there is no truth in the rumour that the Marrmis of Abercorn is about to resign the Irish Lord Lieutenancy. His Excellency has gone to Paris for a few days, and will return to Dublin almost immediately after the close of his visit to the French capital.-Sunday Gazette. CONVICTION OF A SOLICITOR FOR HOTEL ROBBERY. —A solicitor of high position in society, and whose father held a responsible Government situation, was convicted at Dublin,on Saturday, of the robbery of £ "70 worth of jewellery from the International Hotel, Bray, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. On the expiration of that term other charges of the same kind will be brought against him. THE PRINCESS OF W ALEs.-The last week has seen an important step in advance towards the complete resto- ration of the Princess to her usual health and habits of activity. During the week arrangements have been made which will allow the Princess to move about more freely than hitherto, without incurring the risk of any disturbance or injury to the knee-joint. At the request of the surgeons, Mr. Heather Bigg has arranged a light and comfortable support for the purpose; and the Prin- cess is now released from the most uncomfortable prta of her bondage, although not yet restored to complete freedom.—British Medical Journal. FORGING A SEAL.—Thomas Bassett, a process server, was committed for trial at Guildhall, on Saturday, on a charge of having forged the seal of the Court of Com- mon Pleas to a writ of summons, whereby he had ren- dered himself liable to a punishment of seven years' penal servitude. Prisoner had received 5s. for the purnose of getting the summons stamped at the Court of Common Pleas. When apprehended he said to the officer, You are mistaken. What is it for?" The wit- ness replied that it was for forging the seal of the Court of Common Pleas to a writ. The prisoner then said, Well, it's no use, I suppose. I expected it; my wife told me I was a fool when I did it." He added, How can they call that a forgery ? It does not resemble nor imitate the original seal that ought to be on the writ. It is more like obtaining money under false pre- tences." A GENTLEMAN GORED BY A BULL.-On Saturday even. ing, as Mr. Hudson, an elderly gentleman, residing in Breck-road, was passing along West Derby-road, near Tuebrook, a boy who was driving a bull along the road suddenly left the animal to go into an adjacent field. The bull at the moment appeared perfectly quiet, but suddenly catching si»ht of Mr. Hudson, it began to bellow, and rushed at him, striking him with one of his horns on the leg, and knocked him down. It then ran at him again a second time as he lay on the ground breaking several of his ribs, and, treading on the head of the unfortunate gentleman, it inflicted a severe scalp wound. Mr. Hudson, in the midst of this fearfnl and exciting scene, managed to preserve his presence of mind, and by staring resolutely in the eyes of the in- furiated animal, succeeded inarrestingfurthermischief until it was driven off. Mr. Hudson was at once con- veyed home and attended by Dr. Lyth, of Breck-road and on Monday, in spite of his numerous and serious injuries, he was progressing satisfactorily.—Liverpool A Ibion. ACCIDENTALLY HANGED IN A COAL MINE.—An acci- dent of a peculiar and most melancholy character oc- curred at Woodhouse Close Colliery, on Saturday morning last, to John Berry, a youth sixteen years of age, son of a colliery caller, living at South Church. Deceased was employed as a putter at the colliery* and about three o'clock a.m. on Saturday, was putting with apony, and left the bank foot with seven empty tubs in company with another driver. The roof of the mine when off the main waggon way varies in height in many places, being barely sufficient for the tubs to run clear, and the drivers whilst riding on the shafts have to take care to keep their heads as low as the top of the tubs to avoid contact with the roof of the mine. The pony deceased was driving having stopped, his compan- ion called to him, but receiving no answer, returned to where he was, and found him sitting on the shafts with his head between the roof and the top of the tub, liter- ally hanged, the blood oozing ont of his nose, ears and mouth. Deceased, having lost his light, had raised his head too high, was caught by roof, his head beinw forced in the position described, death being instan taneous. EFFIGY BURNING IN LANCASTER—On Friday evening- au extraordinary demonstration tookplace in the public streets of Lancaster. The events connected with and arising out of the late election, and terminating in the total disfranchisement of the borough, aroused in the town a very strong feeling of animosity towards certain prominent individuals, who after taking part in the bribery and corruption which disgraced the last elec- tion at Lancaster, concluded their work by getting up the petition against the return of the Liberal members When the result of the late division, deciding the fate of corrupt boroughs became known in Lancaster the feeling of exasperation against the individuals alluded to was increased, and found vent in the public parading and the burning the effigies of the obnoxious men. The effigies were each labelled, indicating the part taken in the late election proceedings by the individuals re- presented. The first was labelled "The Dog in the Manger," the second The Dog's Jackal," and the third-who appeared to have incurred the greatest amount of odium-was honoured by two epithets; on his breast were the words Lackey to both" and on his back Judas the Betrayer." The procession was fol- lowed through the principal streets by an immense con- course of people, many of them having come from the surrounding villages to witness the unusual sight, and in after a perambulation of a couple of hours, the-effigies were placed upon a prominent hill in a field to the north end of the town, and burnt amidst the shouts and groans of thousands of people. COURT GOSSIP.-Some comments are excited at the west end by the sending for the Princess Alice of Hesse to hold the drawing-rooms in the place of the Princess of Wales. It is asked why this cannot be done by the Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, who used to perform that duty before she married, and upon whom it would naturally "evolve as the Royal Princess im- mediately about < he person of the Queen ? According to current gossip, tne reason is the opposition of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambri dge, who have by no means overcome the repugnance which it is noto- rious they entertained to the marriage of the Princess Helena to Prince Christian. And as a confirmation of this story it is pointed out that the Prince i n question is neverfound at the levees held by the Prince of Wales, and that the Court Circular is silent as to any exchange of hospitalities between the two branches of the Royal Family in question. There Is certain ly something very reserved in their relations, especially when these are compared with the intimacy between the Prince and Princess of Teck and the heir apparent. Apropos of the latter, bl the way, it is confidently asserted by those who are informed by Parisian gossip, that, although in the terms of the Royal contradiction given officially through the court newsmen, his Royal Highness was not at the Chantilly races on the last Sunday of his stay in the French capital, that he saw them nevertheless, from the window of a house at which he happened to make a call on the morning in question. That there was some little hitch in his proceedings at Paris was evident enough to all who were present at the opening of the Hall of Arts and Science on the following day because there could be no doubt that during a certain part of the proceedings Her Majesty was remonstrating With him, with a vehemence which required the inter- position of the Duke of Cambridge to moderate. CONFIRMATION OF THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. On the 8th instant, Dr. Travers Twiss, the Vicar Gene- ral of the Province of Canterbury, attended at St. Mary- le-Bow Church, Cheapside, for the purpose of confirm- ing the election of Dr. T. L. Claughton as Bishop of the i diocese of Rochester. The church being under repairs prayers were said from the Communion-table by the Rev. M. H. Vine, M. A., the rector, after which Dr. Twiss i took his seat at a table in the middle aisle oft he church the Bishop clect, with his chaplain anil secretary being seated in a pew on the northern side. Mr. Tebbs the Pioctoi foi the Dean and Chapterof Rochester presen- ted to the Vicar-General the letters patent of the Queen, issued under the Great Seal, which were read by Mr. F. Hart Dyke, the Principal Registrar of the Province. The Bishop elect then advanced from his pew, and took his seat at the table opposite the Vicar General, when the Proctor exhibited a variety of legal documents, and prayed that all opposers to Dr. Claughton's election should be "preconized." The opposers were then pub- licly called by Mr. Kirtman, the apparitor, but Done appeared-a circumstance not to be wondered at, when it is remembered that anyone venturing toopposesuch an election as this, founded upon the Queen's conge d'elire and subsequent recommendation, is subject to the alarming consequence of a writofpcremunire. (Such a bold course was,however, taken in modern times by Mr. Gutteridge, of Birmingham, in the case of the con- firmation of Dr. Lee, Bishop of Manchester.) The next step in the proceedings was for the Vicar-General to pronounce a definitive sentence. In very formal style he declared that he had found that the election of Dr. Claughton was rightly made, and ordered that he, being a man both prudent and discreet, and deser- vedly laudable for his life and conversation, of a free condition, born in lawful wedlock, of due age, and an ordained priest," should be inducted by the archdea- con of Canterbury, or his deputy, into the real, actual, and corporal possession of all the rights, dignities, honours, privileges, and appurtenances belonging to the Bishopric of Rochester. Upon the conclusion of the ceremony the Vicar-General, the Bishop elect, and the officials withdrew to the vestry. The Bishop has appointed Mr. Day, of Kidderminster, to be his secre- tary, and that gentleman will take up his residence iu London with as little delay as possible
--I ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. On Sunday last (says the Stamford Mercury), a police inspector from Annan, Dumfriesshire, arrived in Boston in search of a marriei woman who had cloned with a young Scotch tally-man, to whom she had become sud- denly but very ardently altac^e i. ft appears that the husband of the fickle fair one had occasion to go abroad a few months ago, and left her and a child 10 years of age under the roof of her father, who resides at Annan. It is said there was every thincr about the house to make her happy. However, tho tally-man came under her eye, and she ran off with him to Boston, where he had been formerly employed by a draper. The police in- snector sent in quest of the frail fugitive made known his errand to Superintendeuj W ighorn, whosoonfound that a party answering the description bad arrived at the Old White Hart Inn, Pump square, on Saturday evening, and had gone down to Freiston Shore. When the "happy connle," returned thence, the Annan police officer took the female under his especial protection for the night; and on the following morning hesjset off with her and child for Scotland. She had C300 in her possession when captured. The travelling draper was left behind.
ALLEGED MURDER AT WALWORTH.
ALLEGED MURDER AT WALWORTH. An inquest was held on Monday, at Walworth, res- pecting the death of Thomas Falkner, age 1 23 years. The deceased was homeless, and had obtained a very precarious subsistence by actillg; as assistant potboy at a tavern. He was in the habit of drinking himself, and was rather quarrelsome. When he was forced to leave the tavern he slunk to a stable, and lay there with one or more men as poor as himself. Shortly aftermiduight on Saturday, the 1st instant, he was found lying insen- sible on the footpath in the Queen's-road, Battersea Park. He was first taken to a surgery, and then to St. Thomas's Hospital, ât- which place he died. A post- mortem examination showed that he had suffered con- siderable injuries, and that death had resulted from c them. There was an extensive fracture at the base of skull on the right side, and a severe cut over the right ear. An attempt was mane by the jury to ascertain how these wounds had been inflicted, but in vain. One wit- ness said that deceased was in the tavern on the night when he was found insensible, and towards midnight, being tipsy, he lay on a bench in front of t he bar. Early in the evening he had been pushed out of the house, and at closing it was necessary to carry him out, which was done by the barman and potman. He had been pulled about considerably by men who were in the house, but the barman did not see him struck. After some deliberation the jury returned a verdict to the effect That the deceased expired from fracture of the skull, but how or under what ci reninstances he bad received the said fracture there was not sufficient evidence to prove."
SLANDER BY A CLERGYMAN.
SLANDER BY A CLERGYMAN. In the Bail Court, on Monday, before, Mr. Justice Blackburn, an action for slander came oil for hearing. The plaintiff, named Brierly, was a fanner re si linsj in Warwickshire, and he had rented a house of the defen- dant, the Rev. T. Leigh, who wasthereeto-of TOwbold- on-Avon. The day after theplaintiff ha ) nai l his rent, the defendant went to the plaintiff and said. "You rascal, what have you done with my horses' The plaintiff said he knew nothing about them. The defen- dant, said, "Yon took them, and I shall want you before the day is over." Theplaintiffsaid, "On what charger" The defendant said, "For stealingmy horses," and he repeated this before the plaintiff's daughter. He said plaintiff was an old hand, an impudent vagabond, a disreputable skulking vagabond,an ignorant fel low that was skulking about at nights, and he could prove it. The plaintiff, and other witnesses proved hearing: the defendant speaking the words imputed to him. When the defendant was told that the horses were not in the field the defendant said they were stolen that villain Brierly had stolen them, and they should never see them any more. The defendant denied that he had madeuseof the language stated, and said that nlaintiff had accused him (defendant) of shooting without a licence. Mrs. Leigh corroborated her husband as to his denial of using the words imputed to him at the in- tprview with the servant. The Judge said it was a question of fact for the jury which uartythey believed. The documents greatly corroborated the evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Leiarh. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for dEla damages.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT BRISTOL.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT BRISTOL. Just as the inhabitants of Bristol were on Monday en- tering on their Whit Monday festivities, an accident occurredby which two unfortunate men, both of them married, and with young families, were hurried into eternity. The decease! persons were Thos. Spencer, aged 25 years, who has left a widow and two orphans to deplore his untimely end, and Daniel Ambrose, about three or four years his senior, who was married, with three children, and his wife on the eve of her confinement with her fourth chi Id. They were both of them in the employ of Mrs. Ward, of the Montague Hotel Brewery, Kings down-parade. At the brewery was a large beer vat which required to be cleanse 1. It was not one of the largest size, holding only some fifty or sixty barrels but in order to clean it it W.,i., neces- sary for those engaged in workto get into it. At about a quarter before seven o'clock, both the decease 1 men then being in the cellar, the duty of cleansing' the vat commenced. Spencer, it is said, put a candlf into the vat, in order to ascertain whether he might venture in- to it. It is feared, however, that owing to his desire to get away for the holiday he did not make a* sufficient examination. Be that as it mav, he soon aftenvards got into the piece, where he had hot being long when Ambrose heard sounds which convinced him that the poor fellow had fallen under the suffocating influence of the deadly carbonic acid gas. His treading on the bottom of the vat by disturbing a nuantity of spent hops which lay there had no doubt had the effect of dis- charging a quantity of the vapour. Ambrose at once ran up to Mr. Sleigh, Mrs. Ward's son-in-law, and hav- ing briefly informed him of what had happened, he re- turned to the cellar in which thevatstood, and got into the piece for the purpose of pulling his fellow-workman out. He had no sooner entered the vat than the nox- ious gas overcame him, and he too fell a victim to its deadly effects. They were got out as soon as possible, but were beyond the reach of medical aid.
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THE PAPAL STATES. — The Turin Gazette, alluding doubtless to certain symptoms of agitation apparently manifested by the party of action, intimates that the Government may very shortly adopt some precaution- ary measures to prevent any imprudent attack on the Pontifical provinces. FORBIDDING THE BANNS.—On Sunday last, the some- what unusual occurrence of forbidding the banns was witnessed at the parish church of Preston. Whilst the Rev. C. J. Astbury was rea ling over the names of the persons intending matrimony, a feminine voice called out sharp]v, after the names of a couple had been an- nounced, 1 forbid that there!" The reverend gentle- man, on hearing the interruption, quietly turned to- wards the quarter whence the voice seeme ho issue, say- ing, Then you must come to the vestry after the ser- vice is over to which the same resolute voice quickly responded Yes," in a tone of previous acquaintance with, and a determination to pursue, the necessary steps to be taken. At the conclusion of the service the woman stated to the vicar that she came from Long- bridge; that the banns she had forbidden were those relating to her daughter, who was under age, and a young man with whom she was keeping company and that she had come there expressly for the purpose. The vicar received her statement good naturedly, and inti- mated that the marriage should no' take place unless he received satisfactory proof that what she told him was untrue. "WHO IS THE HEIR?" — Amo #;=t the fashionable announcements last week, there appeared the notice that the Marchioness of Bath had' been safely deli- vered of twins, a son and a daughter." The birth of the former of these infan ts is said t o solve a nuestion of some importance to the Thymic fanily. "It,appears that the late Mr. I'.jt'iel ), formerlv member for Lud- low, considered himself niai. ly indebted for his great rise in life to the good offices of that house, the head of which is the Marquis of Bath. Accordingly, by his will, he bequeathed his large estates-after the death of his widow, to whom they were secured for her life- to the second son of the Marquis of Bath.' At that time the Marquis had only one son, and consequently a curious question arose—in case the widow were to die —as to what would become of the estates andtheaccu- mulated rents, between that decease and the death of the Marquis, seeing that until he were dead, it would be possible that he might have" a second son." Even now a very awkward contingency may arise, and one not unlikely to give cause to some litigation hereafter. The Marquis may, of course, have three or four more sons. But this one just born-and the first in the re- version of the estates-may marry,and having afamily may bring them up in the expectation of succeeding to the property. But if he should happen to die one single day before the decease of the testator's widow, his next brother, and not his children, would take his place in the reversion! That brother would then be the 'se- cond son' of the Marquis of Bath; and as there was no second son at all born at the date of the will, it cannot of course, be pleaded thatanyparticularindividualwas intended to inherit. According to the terms of the clause, it is believed that whoever happens at the de- cease of the widow to be second surviving son of the Marquis, will succeed to the property, and it is sup- posed that this was the intention of the testator, in order that the estates might pass-at least in the first in- stance—to an heir male,'whereas, had it been other- wise, an 'heiress' of the first in reversion might have become entitled to them. The property in question is supposed to be worth about £14,000 a year."
I FLOGGING IN JAMAICA.
I FLOGGING IN JAMAICA. Some furthef correspondence relative to the affairs of Jamaica, just published, gives the deposition of a number of women and some menwhowere flogged with- out trial after the rebellion, together with the evi- dence of witnesses who saw the treatment they re- ceived. In the case of a charge of flogging preferred against, Mr. Christopher Codrington, who is a justice of the peace, Eliza Collins said—" I live at Long Bay, on my own place, which I work. The same Friday in De- cember last yearthat defendant flogged my daughter, Charlotte Scott, I was taken before him to Mein's shop in Long Bay, in this parish, by one Michael Pearcey, a constable. Mary Johnson was taken with me. Defen- dant asked Mary Johnson, 'Did you not hear Mrs. Collins wanted to catch one of my farrows in the place of one of her hogs I poisoned ?' Mary told him No;' and he swore her on a Bible, and she still said 'No.' He then said to her,' You see that cocoa-nut tree ? That woman (meaning me) is to be tied to it, and get some lashes and if you refuse to tell me what that woman said, you will get the same.' Then Mary said, 'Yes, she did hear me say I would catch one of his hogs.' He or- dered Pearcey to put me up into a room. Pearcey did so, and a while after brought me out; and then defen- dant ordered James M'ComockReid totiemetoa cocoa- nut tree. Reid tied my hands and feet to the cocoa- nut tree, and pulled down my clothes to my waist; and defendant ordered him to give me thirty lashes, which Reid did with a cat on my shoulders. I bled much, and was sick two weeks. I have the marks still. Mr. Chris- topher Codrington and Mr. Mein were present when I was flogged. Before martial law, defendant poisoned a hog of mine, but I never said that I would take one of his in payment." The man who administered the flog- 11 ging, JamesMomock Reid, said, "During martial law I flogged Eliza H. Collins with a cat on her naked shoul- ders at Long Bay. She was tied hands and feet to a cocoa nut tree. I gave her more than twenty blows, the cat was made of black fishing line. I did this by Mr- Christopher Codrington's orders. He was present and saw me do it. The woman's back bled. Mr. David Mein was on the left hand with asword." Mr. James Codring- ton, who, it is pointed out, had not even the question- able justification of being a magistrate to order flog- ing, appears to have resorted to that mode of punish- ment upon a very slight provocation. One Ann Gal- loway gave the following evidence against him: "On Wednesday, the 18th day of October last year, I was taken by Charles Hunter before defendant at Long Bay, in this parish, and he ordered Daniel Biggerstaff to give me 35 lashes. He did not try me or examine me at all. The defendant made Biggerstaff drop my clothes, and made me naked to the waist, and he told Biggerstaff to tie me to a wain wheel, and he did so, and defendant told Biggerstaff to flog me, and Biggerstaff did so on my bare shoulders with a guava stick. Defen- dant was standing by. My back bled, and defendant washed it with salt pickle. It burned me. I was in the family way, and I was sick for two months and two weeks after the flogging." In preference to these and similar cases the Earl of Carnarvon writes to Sir Peter Grant, under date of January 31,1867, that he has read the depositions with the deepest regret, both at the unwarranted acts of cruelty which, upon the face of the depositions, appear to have been committed, and the political prepossessions by which unhappily the grand jurors have allowed their minds to be influenced in the discharge oftheirjudicial duties." As there is nothing, however, in Sir Peter Grant's latest despatch to lead to the hope that a better feeling existed among the classes from which grand jurors would be elected, his lordship refrains from instructing the Governor to take any further steps for the prosecution of the accused. At the same time, he adds, "if the local feeling has under- gone any change, or if anything has occurred which in your judgment makes it more probable that a fair and impartial investigation could be obtained in the cases of these persons, you are of course at liberty toproceed."
THE INSURRECTION IN CRETE.
THE INSURRECTION IN CRETE. A correspondent at the head-quarters of the insur- gent Cretans wrote from Minonas, on the 17th ult., as follows :—"The day before yesterday an important en- fagement took place at Ayos Miron, and after thirteen ours hard fighting the insurgents were victorious. It was reported that some hundred Mahometan Cretans had possessed themselves of places in the province of Malavisi in order to levy contributions. The provisi- onal government ordered the Cretan leaders to drive the Mahometans from their posts, and also to intercept the Turkish troops, who, advancing upon the eastern provinces, hoped to prevent the disembarkation of vo- lunteers and munitions of war with which the Arcadi, there as elsewhere, assist the insurrection. Petrop- oulaki marched towards the south-east, and encamped in the ravine of Pentaxare, awaiting further orders from Kokinidis and Skulas. The next day, on a hill in the middle of the valley, was held a great council of war, under chepresidency of the general-in-chief, Pe- tropoulaki. Here the Greeks decided to march east- wards, upon Assites, a town to the south west of Ayos Miron, to offer battle to the Turks, then to turn rapidly to the north west and attack at once, and from all sides, Omar Pasha, who, with 6,000 men, had advanced east- wards from Rethymno to Kamalevri. At about ten on the night of the 14th we broke up our encampment, and marohed upon Assites. At six p.m. the attack com- menced, 500 Mahometan Cretans who possessed the plaoe being already drawn up in order of battle. After along resistance they retreated, and were pursued by the Christians. Meanwhile the Turkish garrison of Ayos Mixon took arms and sent two battalions of infantry of the line, 300 Cretan Mahometans, a squadron of cavalry and two guns, to the support of their allies. The battle grew warmer as the Turkish troops approached, bring- ing their two guns with them; but volunteers and Cre- tans alike offered a brave resistance from the heights of Assites. Meanwhile Reschid Pacha sent back to Ayos Miren those troops which had started to suppress the insurrection in the eastern provinces. The fresh rein- forcements arrived for the Turks just as the insurgents began to look anxiously at their rapidly diminishing cartridges. About two p.m., the Cretan vanguard re- treated slowly upon Petali Castelo, where was the re- serve, and the Christians were on the point of yielding the battle when the order was given to make a last ad- vance, and endeavour to redeem the fortune of the day. As the fight recommenced the courage of the Greeks re- doubled, and they fought with heroic contempt of death. The Turkish guns sent ball after ball against our position, which their infantry vainly endeavoured to storm. At length, at 7 p.m., after an unusually se- vere engagement, Reschid Pacha retreated, and a Don- fire on Petali Castelo announced the Cretan victory, The insurgents thoroughly accomplished their object, for Reschid Pacha has again concentrated his troops before Heracleum.
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Garibaldi has written to Juarez congratulating him Upon his success, and requesting him him to behave magnanimously to Maximilian. New York spenris 4110,000 dols. and Boston 200,000 dols.annually forcut tlowers. All know that large sums are paid for presentation bouquets aud baskets; but some people would be astonishe t to see what money is expended regularly for flowers by families who think they are economical. A New York merchant of ordin- ary means thinks nothing of spending fifty dollars for artificial flowers to decorate his table, when he has a few friends to dine.-Home Journal. THE TOILETTES AT THE CITY OF PARIS BALL.—We may state that more irreproachable toilettes had never graced the Hotel de Ville of Paris, and that flowers and other ornaments of preceding years had given way to lace in all its forms. Brussels-application point-d'- Angleterre; black Chantilly Aleneon, yellow with age; and even old Argentan, known to connoisseurs as having been made with the needle, were to be seen in wonderful profusion. One lady woresuch a quantity of fine old Venetian point on a good coloured satin as would have equalled the value of a knight's ransom. Happy woman to possess such a treasure! Happierstill to be able to show it to the world Happiest of all to display it in such a presence !-Galignani. THE TRAGEDY IN THE BELGIAN COAL MINE.-The Jour- nal de Liege says that the men engaged in re-opening and repairing the works of the coal mine of Bow Buveur at Jemeppe, after reaching a depth of nearly 160 me- tres, have, at the end of four months come upon a gal- lery communicating with the lower ladders; there they discovered seven bodies of the unfortunate workmen who were there imprisoned while making their way to the surface. The bodies are completely mummified the shrivelled flesh adhering to the bones. This pheno- menon is attributed to the abundant exhalations of carbonic acid gas. The bodies lay on their backs, one after another, the hands being crossed under the head. Two were found locked in a close embrace. No satis- factory conclusion has as yet been arrived at as to the cause of the death of these men, whetherfrom the inha- lation of carbonic acid, or from want of food, being thus entombed. THE VOLUNTEERS.—The long-promised memorandum relating to the employment of volunteers in aid of the civil power has just been issued from the War-office. The circular expressly declares that the civil authority cannotorder or call upon volunteers to act as a mill- tary body, but affirms that in performing the duty of special constables they are entitled to use and put in I. aotion such knowledge and practice of military discip- line and organisation as they may possess for the pur- pose of making their combined strength and the use of euch weapons as the occasion may justify more effectual. The Times referring to the War-office regulations on the employment of V olunteers in aid of the civil powers eays: It is plain that the Volunteers cannot in the ordinary nse of the words be called ont hy the civil magistrate. A mayor cannot send to a commanding officer, nor can the commanding officer order the as- gembly to be sounded, nor can the men muster inuni- j Form or with their arms. To bring about such results many conditions must be combined," 1
THE KING OF PRUSSIA IN PARIS.
THE KING OF PRUSSIA IN PARIS. You no doubt wish to know the whole truth aa re" gards the reception of the King of Prussia by the popu* lation of Paris. All I can say is that I never witnessed such a cold one, and I was quite correct in informing you on Saturday that not one of Louis Napoleon's Ministers would consent to be presentat this ceremony. The Constitutionuel informs us this morning that if the different members of the Cabinet were not present on the occasion, it was owing to their being retenus paf" Isurs fanctions, which means that they all had some serious business on hand. A poor excuse, and one f^.accepted, I fear, even by the readers of this semi-official paper, however simple and well- disposed.they may be. The fact is that King William's visit is disapproved of by the greater part of the Paris population, and they have evinced their displeasure avoiding to. meet the cortege, and by closing the shutters of their houses on the line followed by the procession. The only windows which were decked with Prussian flags were those of photographers, who are ever ready to daguerreotype any great personage; or those of jewellers and tailors who, beingentitledtocallthem- selvesifourw sseurs del Empereur, are anxious I suppose, to add to this appellation that of every other crowned head. On such occasions as these the windows of Paris are most eloquent, and well worthy the attention of the student or philosopher. A window when its shutters are closed, instantly reveals to you that somebody is there standing behind it, anxiously watching the cor- tege, and delighting in the idea that this political mani- festation of his will be noticed by Government. Awin- dow when it is only adorned with the tricolour flag sig- nifies, "I am a Frenchman, and I hateallothernations!" When, however, as was the case yesterday in many streets, the Russian flag was joined to the French one, it is easy to conclude that the inhabitants of the house or apartment arc disposedto promote theFranco-Russian alliance, which of late has been so much spoken of. The windows of Paris are, in fact, a means of expressing one s political opinions, and that without running the risk of being arrested by the police. Another curious fact to which I call the attention of visitors to this cap. °^ ing to the present system of building, which consists in dividing a house into so many apart* ments, or letting it out in so many rooms, one often notices the most opposite and contradictory opinions expressed on the same floor of a house. In one of these houses, five storeys high, I calculated no less than nine different political ideas expressed by means of flags displayed at the windows. With the exception of the Ministers, who did not consider it their duty to so and welcome the arrival of the King of Prussia, the recep- tion of his Majesty by the Government was very simi- lar to that given to the Emperor of Russia. Napoleon accompanied by General Fleury and several of his aide- de-camp and equerries, went at four o' clock in the after- noon to meet the King, who, having alighted, pressed the EmlJerol" s hands in the most affectionate way. The the Chasseurs de Vincennes then struck up, irod have the Queen," which is also adopted in Prus- sia as the national air. About eight Court carriages were waiting outside of the railway terminus. I he _ing, the Emperor, the Prince Royal of Prussia, and ± rince Joachim Murat occupied the first; Count Bis- marck and three other Prussian dignitaries took seats in the second carriage. From the station the corteae Z^T] 6 /if 7°s by the Boulevards, Magenta, Strasbourg, and Sebastopol—the only feeling of rario- sity evinced by the people being to have a look at Bis- marck. I could not see him yesterday, but this morn- ing l was fortunate enough to meet him at the Exhibi- ^k^eKingof Prussia and in company with M. Rouher and M. Le Play. I gazed on him with amazement. His eyes are large and somewhat dull, yet at times they emit amost piercing look, which proves him to be a man of courage and of daring. Coolness and decision are written in every feature of his face. W fieneyer he notices that he is stared at, he draws him- back like a fencer at the charge. His head is re- markably broad behind, and almost bald. I detected however, one thin lock falling over his brow in the fa- shion of a Mandan Indian. In his whole person and countenance there are the indubitable marks of bold independence and indomitable energy .o-Paris Letter. It is very remarkable that the Moniteur, which was pleased to say that the Czar had received an "enthusi- astic ovation from the Paris population, does not re- C^r TT-- at 80 muc^.as one solitary cheer was given for the King of Prussia on the day of his arrival. It does not even take any notice of the crowds that lined the streets to see him pass, or of the flags which were hung out from the windows. As we know that truth has no part in prompting official accounts of such things, and, moreover, that the attitude of the population was as cool and undemonstrative in the one case as in the other, this nuance is highly important, and will not fail to be so understood by the Court at Berlin.
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The John Bull says there is great probability of the Government issuing a Royal Commission to liiuuireinto the state of the Irish Church. THE TORNADO CASE.—The Daily News notices, with regret, a communication from Lord Stanley, in reply toanappheation made to him on behalf of of the crew of the Tornado, who after suffering greivious inius- tice, are informed, after four months delay, that their claims have not been lost siirht of CRUELTY TO CjALVES. — A Liverpool physician-we £ ?by^Rstebinrthe-n1116!111"6-^16^ is bled to fai^" with tow a litHe t-f?1 T*5 •the W0UDd is st»ffed action of the heart and preseSly thewoun^re- is imminent ?f torture is kept up till death and head downwards. IS then removed and the congeries of cut across with the knife. "An occasional blow anil the iLtSlaK vlott the process of S flavour. This is ev-i dently a matter in which public should be brought In aid of humanity; and, if the accounts thus given by the of the Lit,erpool Daily Post be correct, the sooner the bleaching" calves is numbered among the things of the past, such as. the whipping of pigs to death, the bet- for our OOnsClences and our reputation.-British Me- Jourl1..al. afteTth^l net?aTtle Pl|pe- 0ne directs that from and after the 10th June, 186i, cattle exposed for sale in any market, for the time being so licensed for the sale of cattle for immediate slaughter, may be kept alive for the period ofsix days after exposure in any sueb mar- for sale in aiTS w ra°h °attle sha111)6 exposed o sale in any such market a second time- thatthiROr shall be in like manner as the Order of therein contained relative to the offemrJzf pT?/I8]0na trav-ention thereof, and the penalty for the same and otherwise now in force so far h^lt w an<J iust, the Order of the 18th of September last relative to rescinded, and be no longer of force or validity, ex cent in respect of any matter or thing commenced undent and not completed, or of anv offence committed in slaughter-nousein the towns of Blackburn, Bolton Bury Lancaster, and in the townshin o? Bir-Vo v, county of =„d„the^la.,onsenforoedb,theloil„thVriS CATTLE BY RAILWAY.—The Farmer gives a striking instance of a form of cmeltv M „ •*= a stnKing often been noticed but tS ~,ma* whlc^ haa which is rmifo ? J^adiest way of remedvina Sks were nm v,arnt TVenty-one Highland bul? lino' and i° ree trucks at Dounre, near Stir- t?U b-V the 7 a-m- train to Winchfield in tinitFn 6" 1 J J ^ere 100 hours in reaching their des- food n 1' a* d"nng that time they tasted neither er' .Ivowonder°nly 19 reached Winchfield (theywere consigned to Lord Calthorpe and Mr Good' vh'ed cS,rn(derl' < £ ld yvvea. Cattle trucks were never mean* fnT.«r.wv; but short journeys. A few years ago no one ever thou g-ht that almost the whole cattietrafficof the country wofld be carried over the iron road. As lr.no. wouia stock are content, companies can hard if be ^erted to adopt more expensive arrangements iWSttle trucks crowded with wretched beasts become ^SeX of oo hem when the journey is unusually long If this seems taking too much care for oxen let us remem- be'that another outbreak of the cattle plague, orTv^n riooi pleuro-pnenmoma, would cost a great deal more than new trucks of the most expensive kind For every railway in the United Kingdom. 5f ^uraa Parliament must interfere if things go on in this wav • but ought Parliamentary interferencl to bene £ *Sary