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MULTUM IN PARVO. Tli d ■■ a W 111 Press of the the French completed her 40th year a urday. the Stl!11611 have recently been hanged by Lynch Jaw m M, Kentucky. Anna Bishop has been giving concerts in the «jn Elands on her way to Australia. cost of the Bhootan war from^ c^ence- T, DP fo February last is computed at d,280,<M)0. libe^? Q«een (says the Northern TO*/) hasi made'very ttoZ an<-i large nurchases of Irish poplin for the wedding ^au 0fthe Princess Helena. r.t arHe.s M. Beebe dry goods" merchant, of Boston, has k 'red With a fortune of 4,000,000 dols. Advertising bore °n to fortune.— American paper. j Salmon fishing has been unusually good this season in « 1nd, the abundance offish being attributed to the bene- c,aJ operation of the new fishery law. death is announced by the Paris papers of Mar- j^'oneos de Camerazza, daughter of the Marchioness de e £ To, after drinking a glass of iced water. Messrs. Darton and Co. intend to publish a life-size Portrait of Mr. John Bright, M. P., uniform with their Portraits of Lord Brougham and Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Denis Canny, a well-known Irish steeplechase i^er, died on Sunday night from injuries caused by se- ei"al lalls while riding a race at Seariff, on Saturday. A c]Ue] pjace some days back in the wood of Meu- between Viscount De Beaufort and M. Feuillant. The att' r -was was rather severely wounded in the shoulder. Mr. L. Baker, of the Public Library, Worcester, Mas- a.chUssetts, is engaged upon an edition of The Chinese •assies," based upon the text of Dr. Legge, of Hong A°ng. :t > now stated that, notwithstanding the recent pro- Ba ,s °f(tbe shareholders at Liverpool, the affiirs fo ^oandCompany, Limited, will be compulsorily Un Up. teiri llouse nex* Sir Joshua Reynold's old studio in Publish F Tluare> Mr. Robert Hardwicke, the scientific 'ccadiUy18 a^°ut to remove from his pres ent abode in Cse^rS"ke''nVe^ that the Emperor Napoleon's "Life of iu«t k' extend to four volumes, as the second, which the Rujj- Polished, only goes as far as the passing of Th threef 's announced of Baron Garat, aged seventy- fronri havii!* I?ame was formerly well known to the world Bank 0{vg for many years signed to the notes of tha nCe. ^nzjbar^u? has been received by Government from °n JJer Ti ^aves no doubt of the murder of Baron ^vas- cruej) ° n b? a Party of Soraalees> whom he Th s'abbed. ni°nt^ ~'Pping entering French ports during the three stearj 0/- V Present year amounted to 442,232 tons, in- 438 o*>Q 27,191 last year. The ships leaving port were > tons, instead of 374,400. sja_ ^attle is said to have been fought between the Rus- for artny ant^ that of the Kinr of Bokhara, in which the t. mer are reported to have Deen defeated. It is added viat the victorious army are preparing to attack the Muscovites again. The Morning Star states that two of the lions modelled Sir Edwin Land-eer are now cast in bronze, and that j!Te is scarcelv any doubt that the four lions will occupy Y'r long vacant pedestals in Trafalgar Square, beiore t the autumn. th)a. Jaqnes, a banker at Berlin, lately purchased for 300 of \jTs -Moofr) the autograph score of the Zauberflote" Xh"^rt. and made a present of it to the royal library. °f t). 'ng has in consequence conferred on him the order '"•ed Eagle of the 4th class. even;e aPPearance of Mr. Darwin at General Sabine's note was an incident that should be made a the em fiends, who will rejoice in the recovery of ^ith naturalist from the state of pain and weakness 'With winch he has long been afflicted.—Athenceum. at ]„r" Thomas Neilson Underwood, of Strabane, barrister time Who hac* been confine(1 in Omagh Gaol for some Orrio pa„st'on a charge of Fenianisin, has been released by eon? L2rd Lieutenant, on his giving security for his a ? V°n •theJ,-?-*t sey,ea years, himself in < £ 500, *u<i two sureties in « £ 2o0 each. Early on Saturday morning last a malicious attempt to °.me PerscJn or persons unknown tosKf're Livf.J i"0 ?6 m the,shi,P of Mr. Pheysey, Wate.oo, r Piece °' burnt paper was found in the let- 5 fortunately, it had only singed one or two crs, and done no further damige. be)- ^eatrical a £ ent> named Turner, in giving evidence 8alc] Committee on Theatrical Licences, on Monday, Profp veater number of educated men joined the theatrical ofa t °n now than formerly, but still the actual number aiw rs who could be procured was less. Officers of the d* aud barristers frequently applied to witness for atic engagements. Chinese rnissiori, having at its head the Mandarin at wCt°r General of the Imperial Domains, has arrived Co rseilles. The mission, consisting of 15 persons, is >l'n,ng to Paris. They have made a great sensation at larseilles> as they were very superior to any Chinese 'therto seen there. They are accompanied by at) attache P the Britis i Embassy at Pekin, and by one ofthe French ■Embassy. They visited the dockyard of La Ciotat, and ^fcre much pleased at all they saw. N MURDER IN THE POTTERIES.—At the Burslem Police Court, on Tuasday, George Smallwood, aged 26 a miner, "Vas charged with having caused the death of Ellen Davis a £ ed 1, residing at Tunstall, Staffordshire. The woman died on the 6th inst., from injuries she received at the hands of prisoner on the evening of the 28th ult. during a quarrel between the decease and her sister and the prisoner ftnd a woman with whom he cohabited.—The prisoner was remanded until after the coroner's inquest. THE LIVE STOCK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. — Returns have been issued from the statistical department of the Hoard of Trade relating to live stock in the United Kingdom. On the 5th of March there were 3,286,708 cows in the United Kingdom, 5,030,652 other cattle. 23,794,708 sheep (this is probably short by a larg-e nu mber oftlle lambs of the present year), and 3,809,399 pigs. The number of cattle died of or killed on account of the plague up to the "^eek ending April 21 was 181,443, or a loss of 3.68 com- muted upon estimated ordinary stock. JATTKMPT TO ISXTORT MONEY FROM THE EARL OP —A man named Stretch, living in a low street th J°hnson street—was charged before oh? ,'ocal magistrates, on Tuesday, with attempting to th aJ? moneJr' by a fraudulent and begging letter, from of Denbigh. The prisoner had given the name i .Richard Williams, and had requested that a letter con- th *le mone.T which he required might be sent to northern district Post-office, Liverpool. The police communicated with, the office was watched, and the Prisoner apprehended applying for the letter.—He was lorwardedto Denbigh. THE NATIONAL DEBT.—A parliamentary return has just been issued, which shows the annual charge of that Part of the national debt which consi-ts of annuities for terms of years, and the respective amounts and the period when these terminable annuities expire. The following summary shows the amounts of annuity which will cease In each of the quinquennial, periods named.—For that end- ing January 5,1871 ^'602,860 6s 6d, 1S76 < £ 11,747 8s 6d„ ]881 £ 22,047 6s 6d, 1886 £ 682,420 ls8d. 1891 £ 438 18s, 1896 £ 309,12s, 1901 ^62 17s 6d, 1906^258, 4s 6d in the three years ending 1909 X36,060, and from the year 1912 to 1953 £.23,. The total annual charge for terminable annuities is at present £ 1,358,431 15s 3d. Steam omnibuses are, it is said, to be established in Paris. The company propose to run from the Champs de Mars to the Bastille, making six halts. The first is to be at the Champs Elysees, the second at the Madeleine, the third near the new opera on the Boulevard des Capucines, the fourth near the theatre of the Gymnase, the fifth at the Porte St. Martin, and the sixth at the Chateau d'Eau. Ihe omnibuses drawn by horses take an hour and twenty minutes to perform the distance; the steam company undertake to accomplish it in 45 minutes, including stop- pages. The existing omnibus company protest against the of ganisation of the steam company, as a violation of their contract. EXTRAORDINARY SAGACITY.—On Saturday,an inquest was held in London, on the body of E iphemia Johnso i, aged six years, whose death was caused by fire. The de. ceased was left in a room on the ground floor at No. 10, King's-street, New Brompton, with two younger children, by their m ther. Upon hearing the screams of the child- ren, a little dog jumped through a pane of glass into the room, and on their mother's return, which was in a few minutes, she «aw the faithful animal tearing away the deceased's clothes with his mouth and paws. When he saw the mother he laid hold of her gown to draw her to. wards the child. She succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but the deceased died from the effects ofthe in- juries. Verdict, Accidental death." THE STREETS OF LONDON.—There are in the city" 440 streets, and in only 70 of them is there room for more than two lines of vehicles to pass at a time for the entire j length, so thar a vehicle may stand still in any part of the street, and not interfere with the progress of one ine of traffic. In 11! ofthe streets oniy oneime of vehicles can pass 101 have no exit, and are not thoroughfares at all. In the year 1865, 3,958 summonses were taken out by the city police against drivers and conductors ofvehirles and other-for offences tending to impede the free passage of the public thoroughfares, but these were only the worst cases and were not a tenth ofthe number who might very properly have been summoned. In the metropolis out- side the city" 616 drivers of vehicles were convicted of furious driving in the year 1865; 140 persons were run ever and killed, and 1.707 veraoua were maimed or ia. jured, oJ -I DEATH OF MR. J. CRTTCHLEY PRINCE.—Intelligence reached Manchester on Monday, of the death, on Satur- day, at Hyde, of Mr. John Critchley Prince. I For the I last quarter of a century his writings have been well- known. Mr. Prince was, we understand, in his sixtieth year. A SINGULAR DEATH.—Mr. Simeon Warner, ofBrigh- ton, was killed a lew days agoundersingu'arcircumsfan- C' As he and his sons were enjoying wine and dtssert after dinner, one of the chains of the gas chandelier sud- denly snapped. The chandelier f 11, and with it part ofthe ceiling. Some ofthe latter struck Mr. Warner on the head procLcing concussion of the brain, from which he died three days afterwards. SERIOUS FIRE IN GLASGOW. — Early on Sunday morning the spinning department of the extensive works of Messrs Scott, Inglis, and Co., Bridgeton, Glasgow, was burned to the ground. Sixty thousand spindle." in work- ing order and sixty thousand in preparation werj destroyed. The weaving department is saved. The cause of the fire is unknown. Six hundred workpeople are thrown out of employment. The premises are insured. The damage is estimated at from £50,000 to £ 60,000. LICENSING PLAYS.—The committee ofinquiry into the system of licensing plays and places of public entertain- ment is still pursuing its investigations. It is general] i, anticipated that the restriction on theatrical licenses will be abolished, that is to say, that the proprietors of music halls will have won the day as against the theatrical managers. The regulations under which licenses are granted will also he altered, the power being taken away from the Lord Chamberlain and given to persons specially appointed. ALLEGED MURDER OF A MOTHER-IN-LAW.—James Gunning, a ferocious-looking man, was charged before the Liverpool masistrat's, on Monday, with having mur- dered Catherine Sweeny, his mother-in-law. The prisoner lodge i with the deceased, and on Saturday night, having- received an intimation that she intended to take the quilt from his bed and s'ive it to another lodger, who would pay for the use of it, the prisoner became enraged, and struck several furious blows at the woman. She died soonafter- wanls. The nrisoner was remanded. GAS EXPLOSION AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, .LIVER- POOL. Two MEN BURNT.—On Saturday afternoon, an explosion of gas occurred at St. George's Hall, by which t o men were very severely burnt. An escape of gas had been discovered in one of the cellars, underneath the hall, tind the keeper sent for the gas-fitters for the purpose of 5n lin? out the place at which tire escape occurred. Two men in the employment of Mr. Lancaster received in- structions to go to the hall to repair the defect, and while they were in the act of looking for the breach an explosion occurred, by which they were very severely burnt about their head, face, and hand. They were both taken to rhe Royal Infirmary, where their burns were dressed, and they are sti'l under treatment at that institution. The names of the men are Edward Pal ford, 29 years of age, living at 98, Brunswick-road, and John Lee, 29, residing it 31, Abbey-street. The latter is a married man. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—Hannah Connell, aged 17 years, jumped into the Thames a few days ago, and when rescue,i, said, "Why did you not let me die ? I was an encumbrance to my father. He was not able to main. t iin me. He was a good, kind father." She afterwar's died from the shock, and at the inquest, on Saturday, M. i Connell, 1, Flood terrace, Walworth, said that he was a clerk, and that the deceased was his daughter by a first marriage. She was apprenticed to a dressmaker. She was sent to live at a friend's, but a month ayo she came back to live with the family. She took all his troubles to heart and they preyed upon her mind. On Monday morning last he spoke to her. and said he would be forced to make an alteration ifshe did not become more lively. She burst into tears and he kissed her.—Mr. James Connell, a bro- ther, said that the deceased had a great love for her father but took his domestic troubles to heart. She came home a month aeo because her stepmother was away. On Monday, when her father said that she should become lively, she went to a friend's house and took leave of him, saving I must go, I must go." She stood outside their house, saying, I must so." She was not seen again until she had thrown herself into the river. SHOCKING MURDER AT JERSEY.—On Friday morning, the discovery was made that a most brutal murder had be-n- committed in the island of Jersey. The scene of the crime was a small thatched cottag- called La Fron- tiere, near Mount des Vismesi, in the parish of St. Peter's, about six miles from the town of St. Helier's, The victim was a single woman named Esther Susan Le Brun, aeed 62 years. Adjoining the dwelling of the deceased was another of the same size—also with a thatched roof—and occupied bv an old woman and her daughter, Miss LeCor- nu. On Thursdav night, about nine o'clock, Miss Cornu bade decease "ffood night," and shortly aferwards went to brd. Durins t' e nigbt she thought she heard a noise in the decensed's co! tage, and the next morning the deceased '1 was found rtead in bed, in her night-dress, and nresenf- tn!! the appearance of having been violently strangled. On her night-dress, on the bed, the floor, the window sill, f and about_ various parts ofthe h^use, marks of blood were found, which it was supposed had come from the hand of the murderer, one ofthe panes of das, in the window hav- ing bean broken. An examination of the premises sli, we(I that the nlace had bee) thoroughly ransac^e I, though nothing appeared to have been taken away, not even so rie pilver spoons which had been overturned in the search. No certain clue has been obtained as to the perpetrators oftbe horrid crime. SERIOUS ACCIDRNT IN LIVERPOOL. — A WOMAN JS.ILLED AND SRVERAL PERSONS INJURED.—The busy thoroughfare of Great Horrer street was the s'enp of great excitement shortty before noon on Saturday, conse- quent on a horse having taken frighr, and caused thedeafh of an old woman, and injuries of a more or less serious nature to several persons. About half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday morniti<r a shandry, belonging to Mr. Thomson, I contractor. of B mkhall street, was being driven from the north and by a man named Madge, who was accompanied by Mr. Hickman, cashier, in the service of Mr. Thomson. As the vehicl. was proceeding-along Great Homer street one of the wheels struck against a country cart. This appears to have frightened the horse, whieS set off at the top of its speed. The driver, havinly lost all control what- ever ove- r K> "nimal. at once inmped off t' e sha. dry, as also did Mr. Hie man, both of whom escaped without in- jury. The frightened hors had not nni -e.^led far, when at the bottom of Taylor stree1, it knocked down an old woman—Mary Chadwick, of26, Florence street. She was taken to the shop of Mr. Evans. druggist, 290, Great Homer street, and was examined by Mr. Lai in he 'r, surgeon, who happened to be passing at the time. The medical gentle- man at one- promunoed 1 fe to be extinct. Sron after killing the old woman, the horse, in its mid oar-er. knocked down a man named Wm. Flood, wh- is abouf 60 year,- of age, and reside- in Bostock-street. He sustained a rather svere scalp wound, as well as injury to the thigh, but the wounds are not considered dangerous. A little girl named Rosanna Speakman. who resides with her parents in Rnbsart street, was also knocked down by the horse and rec ived injuries, though not of a serious nature. The flight of the horse was at length stopped by the shandrv stri king against another country cart, the violence of the collision causing the shandry shafts to give way, and the hors fell down, and wa.s at once pre- vented from doing any further mischief. Madge, the per- son who was driving the shandy at the time the horse took fright, was taken down to the Central Police-office, in Dale street, but, so far as could be learned from per- sons who witnessed the affair, he was not blameable for the accident, and was not detained. SELF-AcruSATION OF PARRICTDE.—At the Liver- pool Police-Courr, on Saturday, a dock lal ourer, Samuel O'Keefe, was brought up charged on his own con less ion with having murdered his father at No. 4 Court, Glover- street, on the 29th March. On Friday night, Police-of. • ficer 281 found the prisoner loitering about Smithdowti Cemetery, and he requested him to go away. He replied that he could not, for he was in great trouble about his father, as the people knew he had killed him. He then took the prisoner into custody as a suspicious person, and on the way to the Bridewell they met Inspector Jones, who, after questioning the prisoner told him to go home, but he would not do so, as his conscience was troubling him. He was accordingly taken into custody. Mr. Su- u perintendent Kehoe said the prisoner charged himself with killing his own father, John O'Keefe, and had stated that he had not only inflicted injuries upon him on the day that he died, but that he had previously kicked him on the' body and legs. Inspector Jones said he met Constable 281 on his way to the Bridewell with prisoner as a suspicious person. After questioning him and receiving satisfactory answers, he told prisoner he might go about his business. He said he had something on his conscienfe and refused to go, and added that he had killed his fit her. He (wit- ness) asked what he meant by killing his ftther, and he replied that he did it by kicking him about the h"rly and the legs. The prisoner then stated that on the 29th ol March, the day before Good Friday, he went our of the house leaving his father and a washerwoman, and aftet working half a day he returned to dinner, buf it was hot ready, and he only got some porridge. Some words-1 passed between them, and he kicked his fituer about the legs, and he carried him on his back up stairs, where he shook him well. He then carried him down-j to a chair and went out, and two hours afterwards, word was brought to him at the docks that his father wns de id. On Saturday, the 31st of May, be went to the Coroner's Court with the washerwoman and Mary Burns, and f-om what they said he got a certificate to the registrar. No doctor was called to the deceased either before or aft"r death. Theprisoner added that three days previous he had kicked his father about the body and legs and that a fortnight before he did the same. He said to the in pf-ctor that he w s very sorry for it, for he believed that he had caused his father's death.— Mr. Raffles: Was he sober when he made this statement P Inspector Jones, He was quite sober.—Mr. Raffl"s (to prisoner), You bear what he says, is it correct ? Prisoner, Yes sir.— Ellen Rawson, wif'-of John Rawson, 16, Glover street, said she went to the deceased's house on Thursday, March 26th, to wish. She proved that the prisoner did kick his father. The aunt of the prisoner praised him as a good son, but sha thought he was really not right in his mind. The prisoner. who had previously bten is aa asylum, was remanded, c 0 L.-NTHLW VJi KBVI. I it is to tHe tact and discrimination ot the Prince of Wales that the Princess Mary of Cambridge, whose face is as sunnv as her heart is warm, owes her husband, who has been invited to Sandringham to meet her, and who "came, saw, ai.d onquered." In appeirance the Prince von Teck is remarkably good-looking, and hut for a very slight accent in his speech would be taken for an English- man. His income is small-something less than that paid to a fashionable jockey; but the generosity of the nation, with whom the Princess Mary is so great a favourite, will gne the young couple i nough to start with, and keep a pig" into the bargain.-Ficld. ALONG FIGHT.—We (Solicitor's Joitrnal) sometime since cal led attention to the lengthy litigation which had occurred in the case of" M'lntosh v. the Great Western Railway Company," and pointed out that it would probably engross a considerable portion of the time of the Lord Chancellor before the coming long vocation. We are in- formed that after 20 year, of contest, it has come to an end by a compromise having been effected between the litigants. Mr. M' ntosh, a descendant of the original plain- tiff, has, it is understood, agreed to accept the sum of £120,000 or thereabouts, in liquidation of the claim made in the suit, and thus the courts are relie ved from a cause which has occupied them so frequently and so long. EXTRAORDINARY RESTORATION OF STOLEN BANK NOTES.—About lour months ago a serious robbery of the foot post man carrying the maii bag between the village of Farhand, Aberdeenshire and the Deeslle rail- way station at Aboyne was accomplished. The even" hap- pened early in the morning, the pest nan—an old man being thrown down on the road, and his b ig tiipp 'd of J a bank parcel containing 878 notes. Suspicion at first I rested on the postman himself, and he lay in gaol a week, He was then liberated, and the police con-table ofthe dis- trict apprehended and put into confinement, where he re- mained till Saturday week, when he was placed at. the bar ofthe circuit court, before LordArdmillan and Nene. Meantime, although the closest search had been go;ng on in the woods and fields about Tarband, rot the slightest clue could be got of the missing money. Milt e the police- man, pleaded "Not guilty" to fne charge. After a whole day's trial during which thirty witnesses were examined he was discharged from 'e h ir, jrrygiving a una- nimous ver !ict of "No" Proven." On Friday the stolen parcel, with the seals unbroken, and the money untouch- ed was mysteriously returned to the head office of the bank in Aberdeen, whence or by whom no trace what- ever has yet been obtained. CURIOUS OCCURRENCE ON BOARD A STEAMER. — Saunders's Nnvsletter relates a singular occurrence which took place on board the mail steamer Connaught, on her passage from Holyhead. Shortly after the steam- er left Holyhead, one of the passengers, a well-dressed female, named Matilda Lambert, conducted herself in a very extraordinary manner by screaming and exclaiming that she was going to be killed, and made a rush to the sile of the vessel, whereupon the quartermaster hastened towards her, and so prevented her from throwing herself overboard. On the arrival of the steamer at Kingston the female was with some difficulty tak"n ashore. On landing she rushed towards the end of Carlisle Pier dragging some ot'the sailors after her, and shout'd to the steame" Munster, then under weigh, to stop and take her back tQ England. She then clapped one nfthe iron pil- lars, and strenuously resisted all efforts to loose her hold. A Roman Catholic clergyman walked towards her, and speaking to her kindly she loosened her grasp, and walked- away quietly. The police then took her in charge. and conveyed her to the station-house, where she was well treated. Subsequently she was sent to Dublin, and taken before Mr. M'Dermot, at the head office. The Governour of Arbour Hill Military Prison, by whom the female was engaged as a servant, was present in court and took her in charge, promising to take care of her' There is no reason assigned for the woman becoming so suddenly demented, nor was she drunk. SHOCKING COLLIERY. EXPLOSION NEAR WIGAN — A shocking colliery explosion occurred near Wigan on Friday, adding another melancholy casualty to the list which has occurred within the past few months. Eight persons have lost their lives, and six others have been in- jured. Tt e expl sion of gas cau.-ing the catastrophe oc- curred at the Lin e Pit, at theGarswood Colliery, belong- ing to Messrs.D. Bromilow and Co., and situated near Wig- an. About 120 m m were employed at the pit. The gas was fired at about ha If-past nine on Friday morning, and it was ignited, it is presumed, in consequence of the firing of a shotbyoneofthcmnintheiar end ofthetevelat the top of the jig-brow. It is a fortunate circumstance that the arrangements for ventilation were as satisfactory as hnman fore lgh t r-onkl >,ia';e them, and hence the effects of the explosion were confined to a comparatively small area. Strict snpe; vision, too, was exercised over the men employed in the 'nine, which is no.ed as a fiery one for they all worked with docked Jam; s: and the cause, there- fore, of the shocking accident caused the customary pain- ful exciteu.ent in the immediate district of the pit. No time was lost in sending the dead and injured to the sur- face, where preparations had been made for conveying the poor fellows to tin-ir respective homes. The following is a list ofpersons killed — Henrv Anders, aged 49- Peter Molyneux, 46; Richard Swif,, 30: Thomas Harrison, 28 Peter Swift, 18 J,.mes Knowles, Ifi William Thomas, 12 Ralph i\.ilshaw, 11. Several of the men leave widows and firge LuD.Ues ol cbihhen, and, as is but too common, therefore, the accident extended its dire effects intoa wide circle of relations. ANOTHEIS INVENTION IN GUNNERY. — Mr. Gale, F.C.S., the discoverer of the process by which gunpow- der can be rendered no n-explosive and explosive at plea- sure, has just invented a very ingenious piece of mechan- ism which, on being applied to small arms, will enable him to discharge them with far greater rapidity than has been possible hitherto. It consists of a longitudinal piece of steel perforated for bullets and fitting into a is pistol between the .stock and the barrel at right angles to the weapon. A revolving screw worked by the trigger moves this bar on, and at each movement one of the holes in the bar is brought opposite the barrel of the pistol, and a shot is fired. The bir last pisses out at the other side with all its shot expended, and can then be loaded again and used as before. Supposing ea -h bar to con- tain ten shot, and a soldier to be provided with half a dozen such, he could load and disCh u-ge at the rate of 60 rounds a minute, necessary; thus far outstripping the famous needle g,n. Ti.e same mechauis n CM be applied to rifles andeven to.artillery, and a proporrmn ate increase o, rLp.d.tv m discharge is obtained. Last week Mr. (Tale had the honour of exhibiting his inven- nat lr i,(' \'re Iils Highness the Duke of Cambridge, commander-in-chief, an i also before the following distinguished oilic rs :-Lie tenant-Genera) the Honourable S,r Junes Yorke S •arletf, K. C. n., Major-General Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.B., Colonel Sir Alfred Horsford, K.C.R, Major-General l,ord Wil- liam Paulett, K.C.B., Mujor-General C. Hay, Inxpec- tor-General of Musketry* M ajor-General C. EUice C.B. and Colonel de .atlie, of the Scots Fusilier Guards'. The Commander-in Chief expressed himself as highly de- lighted with Mr. Gale'.s invention, and his royal high- ness declared it to be the most ingenious and clever in- vention he had ever seen, an opinion which was shared by the other ollicers. The distinguished party compli- mented Mr. Gale in flattering terms upon having contri- buted a second valuable discovery to the art of war. The Commander-in Chief then further requested Mr. Gale to bring the invention before the Ordnance select committee. SAD END OF A RKTIRBD TRADESMAN IN A METRO- POLITAN POLICE CELL.—A lengthened inquiry was held before the Westminster Conner in reference to the death of Samuel Dymond Evans, 65 years <>f age, who was found dead in a cell at the Cottage-road Police Station. From the testimony of numerous witnesses, the following histiry ofthe case was deduced :—The d. era ;ed was a cabinet maker, and formerly in a very influential and wealthy Josition in Arabella-row, and Stockbridge-terrace, P,m- ico, but having given way to drink, his patrons left him and he then retired upon his accumulated money, which he spent with great rapidity. At twenty minutes past eleven on Saturday night week, the dec ased was found by a police-constable lying in an insensible condition in the Victoria-road. His face was on the ground. By the assistance of a second police-constable he was con- veyed to the Cottage-road Station, where, after rallying he was placed in a cell as a drunkard, and watched and visited at frequent intervals. He spoke very frequently and offered his snuff-box to the officers. He was suonlied with tea, coffee, and bread and butter, but no spirits or beer, as that was contrary to their regulations. De- ceased wished for some such stimulants, and was told tnat he could see the doctor who would order it ifhe thoughl it necessary, but he refused all medical attention. When deceased was locked up his,clothes were ra'har damp from the rain but not wet through, or they Would have been taken off and dried. He was well known to the police, owing to his former position and residence in the lo- cality, and was, therefore, treated with every kindness compatible with duty. He complained of cold, and was then taken out of the cell and placed by the fire. The thermometer at that time was at 105 degrees, but orders were given to increase the heat. Between 9 and 10 o'clock on Sunday night week deceased was vi-ited by his friends who left to ob.am bail, but were unsuccessful. Abo it 3 o'clock he received refreshment, when he looked like a man suffering from the effects of drink. He wanted to he let out and said he knew his friends had gone for bail. He again refused medical assistance, and shortly afterwards he was found dead. The police had no other idea than that he was recovering from the effects of drink, or they would have sent for the doctor. The divisional police surgeon, Dr. Lowe Webb, was called in immediately after the death. He made a post mortem examination, and found extravasation of blood or a decea- sed brain. The liver weighed 8lbs. loz., whereas if it had been in a healthy condition it would have been between 31bs and 4lbs. That condition was produced by drink. The cause of death wns disease of the brain caused by hani. tual drunkeiint s 'The jury thought that a person bt,ina, locked up for thirry or lorty hours, exhibiting such symp- toms as the d-ce used, should be medically visited, as in such a case the a hninsiration of stimulants ndght save life. They, however, took into consideration the offers to send for the surgeon, and the refusals by the de- ceased, and thereupon freed the police from all blames. They found a verdict, That deceased died from diseaw of the brain and exhauytion from intemperance." •Wciit&u •• -4 ^lr. D.ion B.tucicault has submitted a stite nent to tae Foreign Office, calling on the government to make cer- tain alterations in our copyright conve"fioa with France, with a view to the better protection of French drama1 ii authors against rhe piracy of their works in Engl-md. Mr. Boucicault should lay his statement before the pub- lie. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Alfred, and attended by Major Tees iale, rode on horseback on S < .urday morning. The Prince of Wales and Prince All": el were present at the anniviisary ba iqu t given by the President and Council of the Roy I Academy in the ev oiing. The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Prince Alfred," with Viscountess Walder, Major Tees Iale, and the Hon. E. Yorke, in waiting, attend-d dtvine service at the Chapel Royal, Sr. James's, on Sund ty. The commun- nion service was rea 1 by the Rev. the Sub-dean, the Rev. T. Povah, and the Rev. T. Mills. Mr. Go-s presided at the or an The sermon waspreached by the Rev. Thos. Mills, fiom thegospei of St. John, chapter 16, verse 24. THE RELKASK OF THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES.- ADKN MARCH 29.—He;- Maje-tv's steamer Victoria re- turned f om Mussowah this afternoon, after a passage of five days, having met with severe gales all the way, right against her, and froth the east. Sue brings cheering news from the Abyssinian mission. Mr. Rassam had been re- ceived bv King Theodore with gr.ar honour ani state, and two hour? after the arrival of Mr. R sssam the whnle ofthe prisoners—English, French, and missionaries—who had been in irons for neaily three ye.trs, were released and handed over to Mr. Rassam to return with him to Mas- sovran. The king had given one grand feast that cost 1 OHO-dollars, xnd this was to be snccei ded by grand fete on .a larger scale, and to cost 1,(00 dollars. Mr. Rasssm was also loaded with costly presents and jewels. The captives are reported well, and are in great joy at their release. We look; for their arrival in Aden in a few weeks. -Times of India. IRISIÍ HAiLWAYS.—The nnancial position of t e whole Irish ail ways is as follows: Gross revenue, X1,5Q 1 ,(V)f>; less w rking expenses, =67^0,")3(); net revenue, d £ 831,076. The'total charge Oil net revenue, exclusive of interest on floating debt, was last yp<*r < £ 868,849, thus leaving a net leficieucv, beyond interest; on tlottmg debt, of £3,,7,3. The average intelest paid on debentures and debenture stock was 4i p r cent on preference shares the average dividend was 3i per cent; and on ordinary shares 3 per cent. Of rhe preference shares ^l,12 i 340 received nil, and .s £ l96.6y5 only l i per cent, the remainder receiving various rates ranging from 4 to (i per cent. Of the or- dinary shares, £ T2,fl84,751 received nil, £ 549,512 only 5 percent, £ 211,816 receive 12 per ce it, £ 332,048 was paid 2;, per cent, and £ '2,508 u41 divided 3 per cent. Dividends of were paid on £ 873,500, of 3j upon £ 556,703. of 4 upon £ 1,205,173 of. 4|- upon £ '4,791,990, while upon £ 350,< 00 of the Dublin and Kingstown Rail- way tne handsome dividend of 9 per cent was paid.- Railway News. FATHER IGNATIUS IN DrpFicul.TiES.—Father Igna- tius, O.B.S. has so far recovered his health as to is- "Ie a passionate apleal for help—the last he intends to make, he s iys. S I long as he could personally superin- tend the working of the order at Norwich, he tells us, he was never a penny in debt. H-, n 1 his monks lived on the bread and herrings which t:i» very poor broughl th"m, and his contract with the builder of the new mon- ast-ry was that "so .-0011 as the lund> ceas -d coming in tile work was to he stopped. But no sooner did the Su- perior fall ill than "the reckless waste and extravagance of the brotherhood became almost wicked. The net re- sult is that the order is > £ 10 >0 in debr, of which X31,10 is owing to th§ builder, and < £ 100 to a "holy poor man," who disbursed tlif; slim on hrs gnarancee, and will be ruined if it is not at once repaid. Under these circumstances Father Ignatius, who has not a penny of his own in the world, appeals first to the branches of the order at Bir- mingham, Coventry, and other places, and, next, to "all pious churchmen who desire to see the ancient ordinan- ces of the English Church restored; to relieve hi n of his present difficulties, in which case he will" trust in the Lord to carry him forward in his work. A PATRIMONIAL AGENCY.—The Correctional Tri- bunal lately tried the proprietress of a matrimonial agency, named Galoppe, aged 53, on a charge of having, by false pretences, obtained the sum of 1,650f. from a M. D'Ouezy D'Olferdon. The complainant stated that he had been introduced to th.1 accused, assuming the title of Viscountess du Plessia-Praslin, as a person who possessed an extensive connection, which would enable her to es- tablish a profitable agency for negotiating marriages. She proposed to him to become a partner in the concern. She represented that she had been charged to find a bus- ban for a coloured youn* lady, age I 32. with a fortune of 2,500,0001: Being allured by the expectation of profit, he accepted the offer, and advanced the money necessary or establishing their office in a chalet at Au-euih Adver- tisements were inserted in the journals to find a husband for the young lady above mentioned, and more than a hundred applications were received. He so in after found that no such person existed, and that the agency in reality was worth nothing. He then lodged the present com- plaint.—M. Lachaud, who defended the accused, proved that his chent had no; obta ned the c unol u.iant's money by fraudulent representation, that the latter knew her real name from the first, had cohabited witii her for some time, and that the com daint was an act of venpe ince dictated by jealousy.—The Public Prosecutor, under these circumstances, declined to pr ss the ch rge, the Tribunal ac mitted the accused, and co idemned the complainant to pay the costs. -(Ialignctni's Messenger. THE CHILD MURDERESS CHARLOTTE WTXSOR.— This case was decided on Monday. The Judges who have sat to hear the arguments in error are—The Lord Chiet Justice of the Common Plea the Lord Chief Baron, Baron Martin, Baron Bramwell, Mr. Justice Byles, Baron Piggott, and Mr. Justi -e Smith. Wilen the prisoner was first arraigned the jury, being unable to agree upon a ver- dict, were discharged. The woman Wis kept in custody until the succeeding assizes and arraigned before another jury, by whom sheVas found guilty. Tne contention on her beh a II now was that it was illegal to the first jury before they had '-omet o a verdict all-! trv the prisoner before another jury. On Monday, Chief .Justice Erie, hav- ing intima"ed that tile Coi.r' would not cali the coun- sef for the Crown to argue the case, proceeded t" rea-1 the unanimousjudgm ntof tneir Lor Is'ii^s, w.'i.ch was to this effect: H° said it 1 ad be >n contended on b '-all of the prisoner, the plaintiff in er or, (hat the conviction on the record w.s erroneous because it ar>p"art»d thereon that she should have been given in charge of another jury at a former assize, who came to no verdict, and had been dis- charged by order of the Jijdge for r asons which were- alleged to he sufficient m law. Tl.ev we e of ooinion there was no error apparent on the recorl, and they cam- tc that conclusion notwithstanding the arguments of and the authorities a-hlnce by t e learned counsel for the prisoner because they found that the power of a judge to discharge the jury before the verdict had heen the subject of numer- ous adjudications, and that all the important, arguments and authorities to which their attention had been directed had been frequently collected and carefully' discussed in those cases, and they considered that the strength of rea- soning and the weight of authonty led clearly to the conclusion stated. The learned Judge then g,lve the titles of several cases, which, he observed, contained ail that could be said on each side 011 the subject. They did not think it necessary to go again into an examination ol these authorities, which all, with one exception, led to the conclusion now arrived at. the excepnon being the "Queen v. Conway and Lynch," where the judgment was to a contrary effect; but Mr. Justice Cramp on dissented in that instance from the rest of the Court, and gave a judgment remarkable for sound reason and deep research, by which the propositions of the law on which be relied appeared,to their lordships to be clearly established. The doubts which caused this repeated litigation they con- ceived had originated in the unlimited terms used by Sir F. Coke, instating what he conceived to he the rule of common law re.ating to the discharge of juries before the verdict. He said that alter a jury bad been sworn and charged they con Id nor be discharged except by giving a verdict'. That rule, t.ikenliterally, seemed to co" mind the con- finement of the jury until death, if they did nof agree 5 but to avoid any sur-h consequence, an exception was in- troduced in practice, which was (le,crib, (I hI" Blaekstone in the words in case of evident necessity," and it was this exception which had been the main source of all the questions raised on these writs of error. It seemed cleai that the discharge of a jury before verdict might be lawful at some time and under some circumstances, and, m refer- ence to the faots on this record, they held that the judge on the first trial had, by law, power to discharge the jury before verdict when a high degree of need for such discharge was made evident to his mind from the facts which he had ascertained. They could not define that degree of need without some standard of comparison, nor approach Dearer to it than by describing it as a high degree, such as in a wider sense of the word might he conveyed by neces- sity. They held further that the judge alone had to de- cide when the necessity, in this sense of tlie word, for the diseliargeof the jury, was made evident to him, and his decision could not be made the subject of review by any legal tribunal. It was entirely a matter for the exercise of his own discretion, and the statement of the result upon the record was, in their judgment, sutlicient to establish the fact that the order cf discharge in question was law. fully made, and that the subsequent trial and convic- tion were not rendered erroneous thereby. It; theretbre, the discharge of the jury was lawful, the grounds of error alleged against the conviction at the second trial had failed. The only pleas known to the law against a second trial were the pleas of a former conviction or a former acquittal for the same offence, but, if the former trial was abortive and without a verdict, there had neither been a conviction nor an acquittal, and as the plea was not proved on these grounds, they decided that there was no. error apparent on this record, and the judgment of the Court below wa* affirmed. Their Lordships were also of opinion that the accomplice, Mary Hirris. was under the circumstances stated, an admissible witness. The Lord Chief Justice then directed the Governor of Newgate to deliver the prisoner, Charlotte Winsor, to the custody of the sheriff of the county of Devon. She was then re- moved in custody from the court. ( Prince Teck and the Princess Mary of Cambridge will be married on the 11th of June.—Court Jotti.it")bz. Her Majesty will leave Windsor for Scotland either on the 17th or 18th instant, where the Court will reside for nearly a month, and tiien return to Windsor. The Dublin Express states that the Kingstown Com- missioners have resolved to insist upon the cleansing and whitewashing of all the dwellings of the humbler classes without delay. READING ELECTION.—On Saturday Mr. G. S. Lefevre was elected without opposition. He made a short speech in which he defended the Government measures on the question of reform. Out of 220,000,000 of single passengers in the year 1864 there were only 15 deaths of passengers. Tiiere were 10J railway servants killed whilst in the performance of their duties, and between 70 and 80 injured. Her Majesty has followed up the high compliment she paiu to the 89th Regiment by presenting them with n'-w colours as a more permanent mark of her consideration. The regiment is now to bear the title of the Princess Victoria's."—Army and Nary Gazette. The Freeman's Jovmol states that an agrarian outrage has taken place near Waterford. A farmer, named Denis Phelan, residing on the townland of Russellstown, has been fired at by his brother-in-law, Thomas Prendergast. with a gun charged with shot, and wounded in several parts of the body and head. VETERINARY SURGEONS,-The bill laid before Parliji- ment by Mr. Holland imposes a penalty upon any one who, nor being a member of the Royal College of Vete- rinary Surgeons, shall assume the title of veterinary sur- geon; but this bill is not to affect persons who have as- sumed the titie six months before the passing of the bill. FOURTEEN SAILORS OF THE EXCELSIOR DROWNED, —News from Lloyd's agent at Norden, near the mourh of the Elba, announces that on Tuesday week a boat, contain- ing 16 people, proceeding to and from the wreck of the Excelsior, was struck by a sea and capsized, and only two out ofthe 16 succeeded in swimming ashore. They weie nearly all married, and have left families. Mr. Rawson has not been appointed as successor to Sir Henry Storks in Jamaica, as has been stated by many of our contemporaries. The misconception seems to have arisen from Mr. Rawson merely holding a dormant com- mission to act as governor of Jamaica under possible con- tingencies. Mr. Robinson, late president of Monfsernnt has been appointed governor of the Falkland Islands.— Observes. The population of the metropolis has been estimated the Registrar General at 3,054,940 on the Stli of Apri I, 1866, five years from the date of the last Census. Of tkis population, 2,629,339 are within the metropolitan parlia- mentary boroughs, represented by Is members in the House of Commons; the remaining 425,601 persons are not within the limits of any of the boroughs..The" me- tropolis" of the Registrar General extends from Fulham tc Plumstead, and from Hempstead to Streatham. GARIBALDI AND WAR IN ITALY.—A Florence letter says:—" After a lengthy correspondence, Garibaldi has made his peace with the Italian Ministry, and has been ap: ointrd to the command of several battalions of vol un- teer corps. Garibaldi has already instructed his favourite lieutenants to organise these corps. The latest reports of these officers to their chief announce that 2,800 ^en have been enrolled at the city of Milan, 6,000 at Naples, and two battalions equipped and ready to march to Flor- ence." The taste," says the Moniteur, for historical studies which is one of the particular characteristics of the pre- sent age, is beginning to penetrate into the East. The town of Edcemiadzin, near Mount Ararat, Armenia, the residence of the patriarch, contains a splendid library, COil. pesed of3,000 Armenian MSS. of which the literary world was hitherto quite ignorant. A catalogue has now been printed, and pn sents a vast field for researches into the religious and political history of Central Asia. It reveals the existence of unknown works by the fathers of the Church, and of fragments of Diodorus, Siculus, and of Aristotle. The Armenian Patriarch states, in an official preface, that those manuscripts which have been kept se- cret will be for the future not only open to examination, but that extracts may be taken for learned men in all parts of the world, if they pay the cost of copying." THE END OF AN ELOPEMENT.—GERRARD V. GER- RARD AND ULLATHORNE.—In the Divorce Court this case was called for .hearing a few days ago. Dr. Spi nks was for the petitioner, Dr. Tristram for the respondent, and Mr. Pritohard for the co-respondent. This was a husband's pet ition for dissolution of marriage, on the ground of the wife'a adultery. The respondent and co-respondent denied the charge. The petitioner and respondent uecame ac- quainted in 1860, while the latter was at school in Kent, and an elopement was agreed to on the part of the lady. They were pursued to Paris by their friends, and wera married at the British Embassy. They then went to New Yo k shortly afterwards, but they returned to England in 1861, and then lived for some time with the respondeat father. The petitioner, who had no regular occupation. then obtained a commission in the Bengal Mounted Police, and he and also the respondent left for India. In 1862, Mrs. Gerrar returned in consequence of ill. healtn, and was shortly afterwards joined by her hus- band, who came home on leave of absence. In 1863 he went back to India, it being arranged that the respon- dent should likewise return after her confinement, whi"h was then expected. On his return to India the petiti- oner left the Mounted Police service, and became the manager of an estate. The respondent proceeded to join him in 1864, but was seot back immediately by the peti- tioner, in consequence of information which had reached him during their temporary separation. He himself soon afterwards returned to England, and instituted inquiries into the truth of the statements which had been com,nun- icatedtohim. He ascertained that they were well-ibunoed and that in his absence the re-pondent had forced a guilty connect.on with the co-respondent, a Mr. Osc,Lr Ullathorne, whom they had both known as a friend. The co-respondent occupies chambers at Stap es Inn, Holborn. and iiis lauiidres-i and toe night porter of tHe inn proved that the respondent, whom they identified by mean.-) of a. photograph, had frequently passed the nigtit with him. His Lordship granted a decree nisi with costs. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the above society was held on Friday evening 111 Exe er- hall; Sir Franci*Crossiey, M.P. in the chair. Dr. Davis the secretary, read the report, from which it appeared that during the past year the society had publisne 60 n >w tracts, 17 hooks for Adults, and 24 hooks for children, inde- ] endenr of the regular issue of rs five ifu.straied periodi- cals, including the Leisure Hc»w- and the Suvday at Howe. Free grants of tracts had been given to 827 np- plicanfs, value it* 1,635, and 630 applicanrs had received grants of tracts at balf price to the value ofjt'858. Grants had also been made to rhe Paris Tract Society -and Sim- day School Union, to the Toulouse Book Society, and to the Genevan and Belgian Evangelical Societies, amount- ing to ^*982, exclusive ol' £ .'9(X> paid towards the debt of |- the Paris Tract Society. Grants had also been made to various tract societies in Germany, Holland, Russia, Swe- den, Italy, and other countries to the value of. £ '2,460: also to India, Ceylon, China, the West Indies, Australia. Africa, and Bri ish North A nerica to the value of £ '2,830. The totai value of the grants in money, plilwr and pubii- cations amounts to £ "14,575 7s. 2d. The total receiptsfoi the year amount to £107,25;) 8s. 5(1., and thetot.il pay. ments to it'l05.884 10s. 5d leaving a balance of< £ 'l,370 18s Of these receipts only .£9,379 were benevolent contribu- tions, and £957 legacies. The total circulation ofthe society's publications for the year had been 46,000,000. The Rev. Mr. B.irgess, Rev. S. Martin, Rev. L. Vince. Rev. Mr. Pennefather, Rev. Air. Craig, and others hav- ing addressed the meeting, the report was adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BILL.—This bill extends tc England and I retard, but not to Scotland. It is to ne murder of the first degree (T, where a person murders another with express malace aforethought against the per- son or any other person, such malice being found by the jutyas a mat'er of fact; (2) where a i ersoii murders another with a view to and in or immediately before or aftei the commission by such person or of any of the following felonies, viz., rape, burglary, robbery, piracy, or uuiaw- fully and maliciously netting fire to any dwelling house, some person being therein; (3) where a person murders another in the act of escape, or for the purpose 01 thereby enabling himself or any other person to escape from or avoid lawful arrest or detainer, immediately after commit- ting or attempting to commit murder or leionies; (4) where a person murders a constable or any other peace olncer admg is the discharge of his duty. Causes 6 to 8 provide that on conviction for murder of the first degree, judgment o^ death may be pronounced in open court, and the offender uhall suffer death as a felon or the court may order jacg- ment of death to be entered on record, and this snail nave the like effect as if judgment of death has been pronounced in open court, but execution thereofhad been respited. All murders not of the first degree are of the second uegree, the punishment of the latter to be penal servitude for iife or for not less than seven years. The indictment is to charge murder of the first degree, or to charge murder 01 tile second degree. It is made felony uniawfully and malicious- ly to wound a child or indict upon it grevious bodily harm during its birth, or within seven days thereafter; and it I"; not to be necessary to prove that the child was comp etly born alive. On an indictment for child murder the accused cannot be found guilty of concealment of birth. Execution-" are to be within the walls ofa prison. Thesheriflor deputy, the governor or chief ohicer of the prison or his deputy, the chaplain or an officating minister attaciied to the prison, the surgeon or chief medical officer ofthe prison, and such other officers of the prison as the shenft require s, shall be present at the execution and any justice ol the peace having junsdiction, ani such persons as it seems to toe sheriff or visiting justices proper to admit, may also be pre- sent at the execution. Tne surgeon's certificate of tue death, a certificate from the other above-named officials. and a duplicate of toe coroner's inquisition on the body are to be sent to the Secretary of State, and copies are tc be exhibted at the prison entrance for a certain number of hours. The body is to be buried within the walls ol the prison. — — ';¡: -Z .1::8 whole ofthe men on strike on the Dublin and Bel- tast Railway were summarily dismissed on Friday Prince Christian who is to espouse the Princess Helena s near v old enough to be her father,• but his accomplished «a domestic rone ol character are described to be l 'rl^1 .mainly secure the happiness of he illnstri- *0 who shares the amicable dispositions of her klfjTanJ[ \VinTra'i< > Wlth, ere« affection both at Os- borne and \n,isor for her chanties to the poor, and her attention to the Sovereign when she needed it. Field The Army and Nary Gazette says « Some weeks back we mention d ttie names of some ofthe members of the Recruiting om mission. The fodowin? is complete list:—E irl 0! D dhousie, Ear1 of Longford T ord Eversley, Sir Duncan C '.mero i, Sir Morton Peto M P Mr. Whitehead, -d Mr. O'Reilly, M.p.; General Ba'- four, Colonel Ratcl rfe, an/! Colonel Chapman, R.E. with Mr. Milton, o. the War Office, as secretary. The following announcenents are made by the Sunday Gazette No step has yet been taken for filling the Lordship of the Treasury, vacant by the appointment of Mr. Knatchbull Hugessen to be under secretary for the Home Department. The Hon. G. James Agar Ellis, now second secretary foi Paris, 11 as been promoted to be secre- tary of legation at Athens. Mr. Francis Ottiwell Adams, secretary at Paris. Mr. Edwin Corbett, now secre- ta:y of leg.itibn at Munich, has been appointed the charge and the corsu] general in Central America. Mr. Fenton, secretary of legation at Athens, has been appoin- ted secretary of legation at "Munich. Mr. Henrv Grant: has been appointed consul at Brindisi. Mr. W'n. Rohm- son, lat ly administering the Gov rnment of M<>ntse"rir has b0en anointed governor of the Falkland Islands in' the room of Capt..Mackenzie." 'WTT I.S AND BKQTTESTS.—The will of the lat° General the Right Hon. Ulysses de Burgu, Lord Baron Downes, G.P K.T.S., K.A.S., of Bert House, Kildare, was proved in the London Court on the 2nth nit., and probate g a), f '0 his daughter, Ann, Countess of Clonmel, wife ofthe Earl of Clonmel, one of tne executors: power being J reserved t,) his son-in. law, Lord Seafon, the other exe.cu- to-—a probate Laving bt en first eraated to them in lre- I and. -.The will is dated Mar 14th. 18P3. He has i)e- queathed to his grandson, the Honourable Thomas Ch udesi S'-ott, an estate in Arctristan and to hts grandson, Joan Lord Earlsfo-t, an estate at Eimgrove. To his daugh- ter, the Countess of Clonm-1, he leaves some landed elates in Durham; and to his son-in-law, Lord Seaton, be bequeaths all his estates in Kildare; and appoints his said daughter and son-in-law joint residuary l-'ga- te°s.—The will ofthe Right Hon. Lady Maria Ther- esa Lewis, of Kent House. Knightsbringe, relict ofthe Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bsrt., was pr ved in the London Court by tbe execu'ors—viz., her brother-in-law, the Rev. E. H. Cr-idoek, D.D.; and lier son, T. Y. Lister, Esq. The personally was sworn undi r if 40,000. The will is dated Aug. 11, 1863. After leaving le-ou ies to servants and an annuity to the person who was formerly, trie Tlurs" to her children, her ladyship bequeaths the lease of Kent House and all the rest of her property betwepu her, son, Thomas Vjlliers Lister, and ner caugli- ter, A:ic" Beatree.in equal portions.—The will of Sir George Joseph Palmer, Bart., of VVanlip Hall, Leicester, w is proved in Lon 10" by his .on, Sir Arahdale Robert Palmer, Bart., and Mr. George Anderson, of V\ alton-on- ] Thames, the joint exe'-utors and trustees. The personalty v. as sworn under £ '14,000. The will bears date February 7, ISGl. He bequeaths to his wife, Lady Palmer, bis carriages, horses, wines, and consumable stores "nd farm- ing srock absolutely. The plate, linen, books, pictures, and ho'sehold furni'ure he leaves to her ladyship to en- [ joy the use of whilst she occupies Waniip Hall as the I c of residence <if"c'se)f and his children, or nt p ae and afterwards they will devolve to the son o:- heir entitled in possession of thu said mansion an i estate, and be- queaths the residue of his personal estate to his wife for Iller "fe, and upon her decease to his eldestson.—Illus >ra- ted N, '1',°. COMFORTING DISCLOSVHF.S IN THE CIGAR TRADE. —At t e Lord Mayor's Court, on Friday,-beiore Mr. For- syth, Q.C. and a common jury, the case of S-holey a to- bacco broker, of iiilliter-square, versus Tucker, a ship chandler, di-closed some singular circumstances in refe- rence to the trade in cheap cigars—Mr. Kemp appearing for the plaintiff; Mr. Talfourd Salter and Mr. Mactae Moir representing the defendant. Mr. Kemp, in opening the case, stated that his client sought tn recover the val ue of a parrel of cigars which bad been sold to the defendant i at 2s. 3d. per pound 111 bond for ship's stores. Defendant had seen tne sample, and alter having accepted the goods now repudiated the contract. Plaintiff's brother said de- fendant called upon me for some cigars for ship stores, as he had a captain going to sea. I told him I had some very common cigars—imitation Manillas—which might be good enough for his purpose. The cigars were lying in bond, and there is a unifoim duty of 5s. per lb. upon all qualities of cigars. Defendant had a sample, and the price fixed was 3s. per lb., but defendant subsequently offered 2<. 3d. complaining that the cigars were very common. The bar- gain was then closed. V\ li, ii I applied Ibr payment I found that. defendant had paid the duty, and he wisdiedme to take them back. 1 s ud, Why, you surely have Dever paid duty on Such rubbish as that?" 'lie price in bond of goo cneroots is oulv 3-. 6d. perlb. Crass-examined If the cigars won't smoke as cigars they may smoke in a pipe. The cigars may be "duffers," but defendant bought them with, his eyes open. I never sold a differ as a real thing. I old them as imitarion Manillas. We would have taken the cigars back had defendant not encumbered them with the duty. I may say that these imitations will pass mus- ter sometimes for Manillas. By his Lordship: Thecigars are made of Kast India tobacco. And tt ese are made ill Calclltta, not jor tlie purposes of fraud, but to meet a deman i. Evidence was then called to show that the ci- gars had been smoked and wele smokable. On behalf of the r'elence it was sworn by def-ndant that the plaintiff's brother bad represented the cigars to be Government Ma- n lias. Wlien Le to'd Mr. Sclioley he had paid the duty, that person said it was a pity, but he would get some Ma- nilla cigar boxes, pack the cigars in them in five hundreds 1 hndput them in a sale where they could pass for real Manillas. Evidence was then called to show that the cigars were not .mokable. and the co :rt adjourned for a witness. During the adjournment, samples 01 the cigars I W'-re handed to the jury in or.ier that in--y might form a judgment or tile quality. At t e conclusion ot* the defen- dant's case, Mr. Soholev was recalled, and denie that iJe ■> had ever represented tli., cigars to e Government Manil- las, or that he had offered to get some .Manilla boxes for « repacking. The learned jud: e having >ummed up, the jury found a verdict (almost immediately) for the plaintiH for the full amount. RATING OF STNDAY SCHOOLS.—A deputation waited upon the President of the Poor-law Board. 0:1 Friday morning, consisting of Messrs. Cheetham. M.P.. Hiohert, M.P., Banes, M.P., Bazley,-M.P., Platt, M.P., Kin- naird, M.P., Graves, M.P., and T. E. Pot'er, M.P., Messrs. H. Booth, Rogers, Davies, Holt, Poppleweil, and Swallow, of Manchester, representing the Lancashire District Sunday S'tmol UnlOll Associations. Mr. Wil- liam Warburton and Mr. Fo rester, from Salford Sonday 1 Schools. M°s*rs. B. H. Grindlev, from Liverpool H. Denny, London R. Butcher, Bury J. H, Estcourt, London; W. H. Watson, London; Pank 111 rst, London tii London. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Cheetham. Mr. Warburton stated the alarm and dis- satisfaction which had been produced by the idea of Sun- day schools being rated, and the uncertainty connected therewith, was daily increasing. He was oi opinion that I Overseers would be found reluctant to proceed, and read a notice sent by the Overseers of Saliord, saying they. should be compelled to have schools assessed, which they' • regretted exceedingly, and advising the fri nd* of schools to combine to oppose it. He thought it might be argued that long custom in exempting Suudiy school* was equi- valent to law, and thought the case of the Mersey Docks. and Harbour Board was not 111 any way parallel. Ht> hoped Mr. Vilhers would be in a position either to de- clare that the law as it stood exempted schoo's, or that Government would speedily take stens to make it. so. The request was just, and, considering the national ad- vantage conferred by theunpiid labours in these institu- tions, abundantly justified.—Mr. Butcher, oi'Bury, pointed out that small country schools would feel the pressure most, and that of course other rates woubi follow the rat- ing to the poor.—.Mr. H. Bootli dwelt upon thisp-,int, in- stancing Angel Meadow Schools, one-oi tne lowext dis- trictsin Manchester.—Dr. Pankhurst spo'<<' at soine length on tbe legal internivtaton of the Act ot >YilliamIV.— Mes rs. Graves, Hibbert, Barnes, Plait, Bazley and Kin- naird, M.P.'s, heartily supported tbe views of the dertuta-' tion, and urged upon the Government the claims «f Sun-; day schools for exemption.—Mr. Villierssaid unhesitAt- inglv that alf buildings, for whatever purpose they were' used, and whether any pecuniary benefits at ail were derived from them or no', were liable to be rated. The) churches and the chapels, in t,ie ol'tlie act, evell- though t; ey, the v estries, or the premises were made of for schools or 'or ii.d'ant classes, were exempt; also buildings for the promotion of fine arts and volunteer stores, along with <Tovernment buildings, whicu were now eoughttobemade chargeable. Committees of the Cotn- inons and Lords had pronounce aim ,st unanimously against all exemptions. H. referred to a copy of the act of William IV. and was inclined to think that Sunday- schools under a place of worship or attached as part of the same building would bpexemptef). He cordially concurred with all that had now been said respecting ilie great value and service of Sunday schools and he would be the last man to injure them, but did not see ,n what correct principtethey could be exempted. If vhey were impoverished the best plan might be to ask for grants in their favour.—(Cries of "-No, no.") He said exemption of schools denominational was virtually com-; polling the community to support their peculiar doctrines.' However, he would represent to bis col e igues m office the statements to which he had listened, and proniised, their most earnest consideration.—Mr. Cheetham sp,)ke as a fellow-labourer an 1 Snrntay school teacher, and stated that if Government did not see its way to secure the ob-, ject fought by a n-w act, ifn cessary, he and those mem- bers :jf Parliament present, along with others would feel it their duty to do all they could, by preparing a bill or otherwise to accomplish it.-1:1Iis statement was heartii^ responded to by the members of 1«u;Uameat present.