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MULTUM IN PARVO. It has been decided by the War Department Mat the Millwall shield shall be fired at by a shot from the 12-inch pun at a range of 70 yards. Lloyd's Banking Company have declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and the Stafford- shire Joint-stock Bank a dividend of 15s. per share. In making out the returns of the cost of the recent Abyssinian expedition, it is found that there will be a considerable surplus of the sum granted by Parlia- ment. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, accompanied by Mrs. Ward Hunt, arrived at Inverness ou Satur- day, from London, on a visit to his relative, Bishop Eden. The Orchestral Union, which achieved so much popularity under the direction of the late Mr. Alfred Mellon, Las been revived under the direction of Mr. F. Kingsbury. The ',Z.]be of Monday night says :—Daring the last 48 hours not fewer than 16 conflagrations were at- tended by the officers and firemen of the Metropoli- tan Fire Brigade. Mr. Alfred Wigan has accepted an engagement at the Gaiety Theatre, London, and will make his ap- pearance at Christmas, under the lesseeship of Mr. John Hollingshead. -K* Corry, M.P. has returned The °u resi^erice at the Admiralty from Dover. POf. p r, ,0,)- gentleman is better, but has not yet recovered from his illness. P!t-dwe!IIngs have lately been discovered at Fish- erton, near Salisbury. They resemble in most res- pects t1 ose found at Highfield, and contained bone tools, sharpening stones, &o. The public-house keeners of Roscrea, county Tip- Perary, have, at the solicitation of the Roman Catho- j'cclergy of the.town, pledged themselves not to sell Intoxicating drinks on Sundays. The Standard, says we have reason to believe that the Governor-Generalship of India which will shortly become vacant by the retirement of Sir John Law- rence, will be offered to the Earl of Mayo. The Weslevan General Conference of the United ofates has decided to allow women to vote also to Gron from their communion all churches tolerating Tn».„v,org connected with Masonry or other seer". 8ocioties. Simultaneonsly with the meeting of the British association at Norwich, there is to b" a gathering in v!e same city of the International Congress of Pre- ,s,oric Archaaololgy for the promotion of their fa- Drite science. NEAR HALIFAX-—On Sunday, Longwood, ^cont, in the occupation of Sir Henry Edwards, M.P., was on fire, from came unknown and °ploy Wood, Skircoat, the same day. With strena- Is exertions, the fires were extinguished. The Qneen has been graciously pleased to appoint j^r. Thomas George Knox, now Her Majesty's Consnl- J"nf>rnl in Siam, to resida at Bangkok, an 1 Captain paries Bnllen Hnsrh Michell, R.M., to ba Colonial Secretary for the Colony of British Honduras. Th» Morning Post s'ates that Mdlle. Patti, who was n,arried 0'i Wednesday week, is not to rer,ire from her profession. She will commence an engagsmfnt at Hamburg on the 16th instant, and will perform dtr-ing the next two seasons at the Royal Italian Ope-a. Mr. Bnucicault's drama, "Flying Send," has been produced at the Adelphi, Miss Charlotte Saunders, speciilly engaged, resnming her old part of Bob Buckskin and Mr. Belmore re-appearing as Nat Gos- ling, the jockey. The play now closes at the scene of the Derby Day. The Secretary of State for War has decided that, under tl'p^provisions of Her Majesty's warrant of 29th June, 1S67, every soldier now serving who lias re-en- gaged, or has re-entered the army, after having com- pleted his first term of service, is entitled to the ditional pay of Id a day granted by that warrant. alidBp°aV^ED™ lR0X SPIKES.—On Sunday, on flip p. i Henry Goodonongh, was playing on t le entrance platform St. George's Hall, Liver- poo when he fell a height of about ten feet on some iron spikes below. One f the spikes penetrated his back a depth of about two inches. A similar accilent occurred to a girl at the same spot about three weeks 'go. The Queen drove out on Saturday afternoon ac- companied by Princess Louise, the Marchioness of *4y being in attendance. Her Majesty and the Prin- cess Lonise, Princess Beatric", the Dnke of Edin- D°rgh, Prince Leopold, anl Prince Louis of Hesse ^tended divine service at Whippingham Church on Sunday morninsr, and ha 1 the 'honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family. An action for damages, estimated at £ 1,203, alleged to have b-n sustained by a Mrs. Barnett on account of the de-litli of her husband by the bursting of a J>°iler belonging to Randilstown in August lasr, was eard at the Belfast assizes on Saturday. The action 118 brought against Messrs. Lucas, of Newry. the to an ufaetnrers of the boi ler, andresulted in a verdict fOr the plaintiff; damages £500. ?°me of the members of the Statistical Society themselves upon its application "of the nu- j-i^'ical method," as the chief, if not sole method of > "'losophical inquiry. An astute Fellow, Dr. L°oni unluckily applied the "numerical method" to Bociety itself, and finds that, thirty-five years after its foundation, the number of its members has Actually lessened. He naturally asks for an inquiry 'nto the causes of this untoward result, and suggests reform. The intention which we attributed to the Govern- ment several weeks ago of sending Lord Mayo to India as Governor-General, will, it is believed, bo shortly carried into effect. It is said that Earl Derby's spoon son, the Hon. F. Stanley, will be appointed a Lord of the Admiralty in the place vacate I bv the new Governor of Tasmania. Lord Chief Baron Kelly and "V ice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood are spoken of as the new law lords, and Sir W. B. Brett as one of the judges to try elections.-E.cpress. Two HILLS ON FIRE NEAR ROCHDALE. — An un- n W«9 ^"•UG8.30ld in0the neighbourhood of Roch'ale on Sunday night. Some mischievous boys it is thought set fire to some heather and peat ou Blackstone Edge Foxstone Edge, and Windy Hill and a Itght wind fanned the flames to a considerable stance. The hill tops separating Lancashire from Yorkshire were partly illuminate 1 by the blaze There was another large fire on Mid He Hill and it wr.3 vis;ble for many miles in another direction. THE CHILD LABOUR MARKET IN BETHNALGREEN. —Mr. Redgrave, the Government commissioner, hav- ing had his attention directed to the existence of the Chill-labonr Market in Bethnal-green, recently de- scribed in the Daily News, has formally instructed tie Chairmnn of the Bethnal-green vestry, tho Rev. Septimns Hansard, to lay the matter before the ves- try. This having hepn done, it is probable measures Will spepdilv bf* taken to suppress this serious and U- • I I I ('11 'I IT, RAILWAY CAPITAL.—it appears from a i-ariia- Bientary return just issued that the amount of capi- tal in shares and loans proposed to be raised by the bills brought before Parliament in the session just closed was jE35,207,356, of which £15,269,990 was in shares, and £ 9,937,3% in loans. The total in 1867 was £ 42,638,775; in 1866, £ 175,490,646; and in 1865, £ 126,441,708. The heaviest amounts this ypar are for the Midland Railway Company, £ 5,000,000; the Brighton Railway, £1,333,333; and the Caledonian, £ 1,600,000. The railway caUs falling due within the present month amount to £ 537,320. The Dean of Westminster having invited the hon. secretaries of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union to organise a party of working men to view the various objects of interest in Westminster Ab- bey, a large party of working men visited the Abbey on Friday afternoon. They were received by the lean, who conducted them over the building, ex- plaining the historical associations in which it is so rich. On leaving, the party found provisions pro- vided for them by the dean in one of the smaller courts. A cordial vote of thanks to Dr. Stanley and his lady concluded a very pleasant evening. ROYAL NEWS AGENTS.-It is not often that kings and chiefs open news stalls. Here is, perhaps, the only instance. Mr. C. Bannerman, of Sierra Leone, issued on the 27th inst. a new series of the West African Herald, and at the end of his prospectus he tells his readers that his paper can be had of (among other agents) Ahquah, King of Winnabah at Jellali Ca.Tee, of i'ay, the chief of that place and in Aquapini Akam Crobe, Dinkuah Wassah, Fantee, and Domin- Ilssi Doonqnah, of the kings and chiefs of those places. The kings and chiefs are cautioned against giving :redit; subscribers must pay in advance. PANIC ON THE BRIGHTON WEST PIER.—On Sunday night at nine o'clock the west pier was crowded with 5,000 people, and a large proportion of them were on the outer "heal," listening to the band. A squall of wind cause 1 the hea I to sway and vibrate a little, when a knot of women took the alarm, and raised a cry that the pier was falling. The great body of tbe promenaders at once rushed for the shore end, the stamping and running causing the structure to sway in a really alarming way. Fortunately the pier master at the first indication of alarm threw all the gates open, and thus the crowd escaped with little or no damage except to wearing apparel. WhiJw it lasted the scene was one of great excitement. The Belfast cabmen are on strike. On Saturday morning not a public vehicle of any kind was to be seeu in the streets of Belfast. A young man in Manchester, on Friday, lost four Bank of England notes, amounting in value to £81<>, on the street. It is supposed that his pocket had been picked. Within the last day or two several entomologists have visited Woolwich for the purpose of inspecting the so-called mosquitoes, and they all agree that they are the cucx pipie)is of the gnat genus. Whif field's Tabernacle built in l/o3, is about to bs pulled down. The Rev.' W. Grigsby preached the last sermon in it on Sunday evening, and, till the new cl apel is erected, the services are to be held in the new Town-hall, Shoreditch. The list of rewards for service in Abyssinia will, it is said, include '.he promotion of Sir Charles Stave- ley to the rank of major general. Sir Charles stands thirty-sixth on the list of colonels, and, under or- dinary circumstances, would not obtain this step for about two years. A proposal is under the consideration of the Go- vernment for the appointment of a bishop for the army, instead of a chaplain general, as at present. The bishop would have episcopal powers at all sta- tions to which our soldiers are liable to be sent where there is now no bishop. A communication in the New York Times, dated Uttica, New York, July 15th, says :—This morning at two o'clock Professor C. H. F. Peters, of the Latch- field Observatory, Hamilton College, Clinton, dis- covered another asteroid, which makes 100 now dis- covered. It had the appearance of a star of the 11th magnitude. BENEFIT BUILDING SOCTEJIES AND STAMP DUTIES.—Clause 10 in the Inland Revenue Bill has boeu amended so that all mortgages not exceeding £ 500 are still exempt from stamp duty, and a proviso has been inserted declaring that the release receipts are also to be exempt. In other receipts these pcc'eties continue to enjoy exemption from stamp duty as hitherto. A large and influential portion of the congregation Irtherto attending the parish church at Calne have left, in consequence of Mr. Dnncan, the vicar, having illtrocJnceclwlJat they consider un-Protestant teaching and prac ices. They have erecterl a new church, and it was opened last week, with sermons by the Rev. New mar. Hall. I he other ministers taking part in the piOLeedings were Congregationalists. At Nantwich, on Friday, twelve houses, with a number of oulbtiildings, were burned to the ground. A fire broke out in a blacksmith's shop, and no water being at hand, and the town being without a fire bri- pnde, the fire raged as long as there was anything in their pith. A report of the disaster says:—Mr..T. Noden, six ho ses burned to the ground the old White Von Inn, belonging to Mrs. Bradbury, is totally destroyed; Mr. Growcutt's house, shop, and conch-house, burned to a cinder; two stables and nail»r's shops belonging to Mr. Cawlep, also des- troyed. A whole street of houses, extending from the White Lion to Mr. Carrington's house, is in ruins. LY^N I' HOME.—The case of Lyon v. Home came be- fore Vice-Chancellor Giffard on Friday, in the shape of an adjourned summons from chambers. Mr. Home having been called on to pay into court f 854 in re- spect of the divilends he had received on the Bank Stock transfeired to him by Mrs. Lyon, insisted that the costs of brokerage and Mr. Wilkinson's charges for preparing Mrs. Lyons's will, amounting to about £ 170, should be deducted from the amount. It was arranged that he should be allowod to make the de- duction for costs on paying the JEC64 info court, and that the costs should be reserved for discussion in Michaelmas Term. TRADES' UNIONS.—The following appears in the Times' :-We enclose you a letter we have received pu rrorting- to come from a General Secret Committee. If we had not recently seen in your columns that other employers had received similar notices, we should have at once concluded it was a hoax, and we still incline to that opinion. London mechanics sometimes act injudiciously by striking for higher wages than the state of trade will afford, and tyran- nically by compelling their unwilling fellow-work- men to act with them; but we have not hitherto found them to be such cowards as to threaten under the mask of a secret committee, or so silly as to be- lieve such threats would have the slightest effect. Perhans publicity may elicit information as to the source whence these circulars are issue 1.—We arp Sir, your obe lient servants, E. and W. PoNTIFEXand J. W OD.—Farringdon Works, Shoe lane, E.C., July 30.—"July 27.—Gentlemen,—We have to inform you tint a resolution has been passed condemning the system of piece work which many employers are en- deavouring to enforce, and which they well know is most obnoxious to trade unions, and hereby inti- mate that after the usual period has elapsed, such employers, deviating from the tenGur of the foregoing must boar the consequences.-Yours respectfully, FROM THE GENERAL SECRET COMMITTEE.-Messrs. Pontifex & Wood." A MIRACLE WORKER. The Wiltshire papers say that considerable excitement has been caused at New Swindon, by some some so-called miraculous cures performed by the Rev. F. R. Young, the Unitarian minister. The cure, it appears, is effected by faith," i.e. the person operated upon must have faith. One case has attracted much attention. A Mrs. Joseph Jones, living at New Swindon, was suddenly struck with paralysis about three months since, and lost the use of her lower limbs. She was unable to get up or down stairs, and her bed was made in the parlour. She could not even dress without assistance. On Tuesday in last week Mr. Young called upon her, and obtained permission to operate. We must let the reporter of the Wilts and Gloucester Standard describe the modus operandi :—"In the presence of another i woman he first stroked her legs from the knees down- wards, prayed earnestly, and then passel his hands over her face in the manner of a mesmeric pass, and seizing her thumbs as she lay on her bed commanded her to get up and walk. The poor woman-we had these facts from her own mouth-says her sensations were at that moment indescribable. She got up and walked across the room to a sofa, Mr. Young strictly commanding her not to touch anything with her hands as an aid, nor did she. He further told her to walk down the passage, which she did, and the cli- max of wonder was reached when she walked up stairs. We ourselves on Tuesday morning saw her walk across a room. It afterwards appeared that she had been in the habit of taking Turkish Baths at the Voiunteer Inn, New Swindon, being wheeled there in a chair,but the bath did her little or no good. The other evening she astonished the landlady of that inn by walking in to see her. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—Probate of the will and two codicils of Admiral the Right Hon. Henry John Cl etwynd, Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, being also Earl of Waterford and Wexford, Viscount In- gestre, Lord Talbot; Baron of Hensol, in Wales and Baron Dungarvoti, of Ireland, C.B., P.C., of In- gestre Hall, Alton Towers, Staffordshire, was granted on the 2/ th IT It. to his son and successor, the present earl, one of the executors, power being reserved to Ills Countess and to his son, the Hon. Walter Cecil lalbot, R.N., the two other executors. The personal property was sworn under £ 50,000. His Lordship iSoi nnn j i b'S ,<onntess an immediate legacy of £ 1,000, and leaves her ladyship the use of all the family jewels during her life ais0 a life interest in certain investments, and the interest arising from all his personal estate. His Lordship effected insur- ances in the Law Life, the Equitable and Legal, and the English and Scottish Law Life offices in the sum of £ 10,000 in favour of his wife and younger children. His Lordship directs that upon the decease of his Countess a sum of £ 6,000,being part of the residue of his property, shall be divided into certain portions amongst his six brothers and further a sum of £ 40,000 shall also be set apart for his younger chil- dren, whom he appoints his residuary legatees. He also directs that an offer of the purchase of his estates in Jamaica be made to his three younger sons in succession, at a price of £ 10,000. There are legacies to his servants; Riuharl and Mary Beare, each a legacy of £250, free of duty. There are the following charitable bequests, being the division of tl,500, but subject to contingencies :—The National Lifeboat Institution, Shipwiecked Fishermen's Institution, Coton-hill Lunatic Asylum, Staffordshire; Gover- nessess Benevolent Institution, St. Paul's Founda- tion for the Sons for Poor Clergymen, and the Insti- tution for providing additional Curates in Populous Parishes. — 1 he will of Mr. John Outhwaite, M.D., formerly of Bradford, Yorkshire, but late of Park ^Tr0^6' iT!?ga;te' Was Proved at Wakefield, by Mr. William lo.lard, of Scarr-hill, Bradford, knd Mr. Andrew Scott Myrtle, M.D., of Harrogate, the joint acting executors and trustees. The personalty was sworn under £3D,000. The will is dated June 13th IfGï, and he died on February 18,1608. He bequeathes to his wife a legacy of £4,000 and an annuity of zC5000 in addition to any provision under marriage settle- ment. To his son and only child Francis John he leaves the residue of his property on his attaining the age of 30; but in the event of his son not obtain- ing a vested interest. therein, then lie leaves the same to be divided into two parts, one moiety to be given among the four undermentioned societies in equal scares—viz., the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Church of England, and the Additional Curates' Aid Society; the other moiety to the Ecclesiastical Com- missioners towards the endowment of a parsonage to soma benefice in Bradford.—Illustrated London News. Between Saturday night and Sunday morninT 185 Persons were apprehended at Liverpool on charge of being drunk and disorderly. ° HOME AND LYON.- This case, mentioned on a former occassion when an application was made at the Judges'Chambers to change the venue, has, it is understood, been settled. It was an action in the Common Plea3 by Mr. Home against Mrs. Lyon for the return of some articles of jewellery which were said to be worth £500. An arrangement has been made antf the action discontinued. MURDER AND SUICIDE BY A JEALOUS ZOUAVE.— A drea-lful crime has just been committed at Pau. An ex-Zouave, decorated with the Legion of Honour and several medals, married in November last, just after quitting the service, but having had some cause of complaint as to his wife's conduct, they separated, Three days back, the husband entered a shop for gro- cery kept by the woman, and after altercation, stab- bed her several times withaknife, one blow piercing the heart and killing her instantaneously. He then plunged the weapon repeatedly into his own abdo- men, making several frightful wonnds. He was re- moved to the hospital, but expired shortly after. ACTION AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.—At the Surrey assizes at Guildford, on Wednesday morning, a verdict for jE170 damages was given against the South-Eastern Railway Company in an action for assault and malicious prosecution. The case for the plaintiff, a Mr. Walker, was that on a Sunday night in June he returned to London from Gravesend by the defendants' railway an altercation occurred between some passengers and the railway servants, in which plaintiff interposed, on which account he was run down the incline at London Bridge Station, and kicked by a railway constable. The court for malicious prosecution was abandoned, and the ver- dict given was for the assault alone. THE WILL OF THE LATE SIR BENJAMIN GITIX- NESS.-The personal property of Sir Benjamin Guin- ness has been sworn under £ 1,100,000. He leaves his estates in Mayo and Galway to his eldest son, Sir Arthur; his estates in Kerry, Limerick, and Kilkenny and £ 20,000, to his second son, a captain in the 1st Life Guards his estate in Dublin, and his townhonso, to his youngest son, Edward Cecil. He leaves £30,000 to be used for the sole and exclusive use of his dangh- ter, the Hon. Mrs. Plunkett. There are a number of legacies to relatives and friends, varying from £ 3,000 to small annuities. The brewery is left to the eldest and youngest sons and if one of them should retire from it, he is to receive from the other £30,000, and half the value of the stock. These two sons are the residuary legatees. Should the estate bequests fail from want of issue, the property is to go to Trinity College. The interest to be expended in maintenance of Protestant students of all denomi- nations, Arians and Socinians excepted. There are no charitable bequests. A GHOST IN A CHURCHYARD.—At Southwark, on Friday, James Jones Tanner was charged with assaulting a roliceman.-Ths policeman said, on the previous night he saw a crowd surrounding Ber- monrtsey churchyard, making most discordant noises. He tried to disperse them, but the prisoner jumped on the railiners, and cried, "Don't go. There is the ghost again." The mob then re-commenced shouting and, as the prisoner refused to quit the railings witness pulle 1 him down, and told him to leave quietly. On this he knocked off witness's helmet and took him into custody. The prisoner said he was a hard-working man. Hearing that there was a ghost in Bermondsey churchyard, he, after finishing his work, went at nicrht to see it. He was sorry if he had assaulted the officer. Ho did not intend it.- Inspector Manson said a dead body was taken from the river some days ago, and conveyed to the dead- house adjoining the church to await an inquest. In the night time some boys cried out, "A ghost in the churchyard," and since then thousands of parsons assembled nightly, creating great disturbance. The clergy and officials beingunable to disperse the crowd the police were caDor).—Mr. Burcham said it was really ridiculous that in this nineteenth century 2,000 persons could be so superstitious as to surround the churchyard in order to see a ghost. The prisoner was quiet oil enough to know better. For the assault he fined him 2s. or one day's imprisonment. A MELANCHOLY CASE.—A suicide of a singular and melancholy character took place near York on Saturday. Early on the morning of that day a young woman, named Charlotte Burley, and her sister Marv Ann, along with another person, were taken to the York lock-up, on suspicion of having robbed a sailor from Redcar, to whom they bad given shelter during the night. Charlotte was kept in cnstorly by the police, but Mary Ann and the other were dis- charged. These soon after went to Pippleton gate- house on the North Eastern Riilway, wliere Mary Ann's parents reside, and there Mary Ann, who is a cripple, was noticed to be in a low and desponding state. A little after seven o'clock in the evening the passenger train from York to Harrogate, which was being driven by a brother of the two Burley's, was observed coming up, and Mary Ann undertook the task of seeing to the gate and signalling it past. As the train got up to the gate-house, Mary Ann de- liberately crossed the line on to the further four footway, upon which the train was travelling, and to the horror of her brother, deliberately threw'herself in front of the passing engine, and was so frightfully mangled that she died in a few hours afterwards. Burley, the driver, did all he could to stop his en- gine, but without avail, and on coming to a stand, the painful task fell to his lot of gathering his unfortu- nate sister up and carrying her to the gate-house to her parents. A verdict of Temporary insanity" was returned by a jury on Monday, and the deceased's sister, on being brought before the bench on the charge of robbery, was discharged, the prosecutor withdrawing from the case. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. — At the Cambridge assizes, on Monday, before Mr. Justice Keating, a case of breach of promise was decided. The plaintiff in the case was Rhoda Paine, the daugh- ter of a widow, residing in Clarendon street, Cam- bridge, and the defendant, a farmer, living at Witch- ford, in the Isle of Ely. The damages were laid at £ 500. At the latter end of October, 1863, the plain- tiff went on a visit to her brother, a farmer, resid- ing at Wichford, where she became acquainted with the defendant. She returned to Cambridge in Decem- ber, 1863, when a correspondence commenced be- tween them. In the March following defendant made an offer which was then accepted. It was un- derstood that as defendant was not in a position to marry, that they should wait two or three years. The defendant then began to show a coolness, and as a reason, said it was in consequence of what a Miss Cropley had said to him to the effect that he would soon be tired of going to Cambridge. The defendant received an anonymous letter sup- posed to have been written by Miss Cropley, who was a jealous rival, stating that she (the plaintiff) did not wish to see the defendant any more. This was overlooked. After a time, however, defendant grew cold, and, when remonstrated with, said it was in consequence of receiving a letter accusing him of flirting with Miss Green at a fair. In February of the present year he married another young lady. The letters written by defendant commenced "Dearest Rhoda," and usually ended "your devoted lover." One letter concluded, "It is more this time—kisses, kisses." Again, "my most adorable," and "our's (meaning the wedding) will be first." The defence was that the letters were not in the handwriting of Stevens.—Mr. Justice Keating "If I were to go a courting I think I should write my own letters. (Laughter.)—A verdict was returned for the plain- tiff—damages £ 50. A PLEASURE VAN UPSET.—SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.—Shortly before eleven o'clock on Sunday night all accident occurred in the Clnpham-road, between Stockwell and the rise, by which nine per- sons sustained serious injuries. It appears that a number of persons, in tne employment of Mr. Rim- mel, perfumer, of the Strand, engage I a van of Mr. Cooper,^of Leader-street, Chelsea, for the purpose of a day's excursion. The party numbering about twenty-five persons, started in the morning from the Black Prince Tavern, Chandos-streef, Strand, and proceeded to Walton-heath, near Banstead. The return journey was performed safely until arriving 111 the Clapham-road, when, without the slightest warning, one of the fore wheels gave way. This caused the under carriage to sway, and then the van turned over. I he screams and cries of the occupants brought assistance, and eiorht persons were at once removed to St. ihomas's Hospital. Others less in- jured wfre attended by the neighbouring surgeons. T he following is the list of those attended at the hos- pital by Mr. Ridge, the house-surgeon :—Martha Buckle (34) of 5, Charlotte Mews, Portland Place, severe bruised shoulder; Chas. Birkett, aged 15, 3*, Brownlow-strnet, Long-acre, injured legs; Robert Russell (39), of 34, Upper Marlborough-street, severe wound of face Eliza Russell, an infant, nine weeks, his daughter wound of face Richard Foulkes (14), of Drury-lane, injury to side Charlotte Ward (48), of 2, Hill-street, Wellington-street, Blackfriars road, severe injury to spine and back; Charlotte Beales (59), Charlotte-mews, Portland-place, severe injury to head John Harris (39), 19, Nelson-square, Ber- mondsey, fractured thigh. The last three persone are in a very serious condition. A young woman named Lizzie Adams was removed to her home suf- fering from a fractured leg. The majority of those severely injured were on the outside of the van, and the man Russell fell with his child under him. Those inside were greatly bruised and shaken, and were with difficulty got out. On examination of the van it seemed that the fore wheel was completely broken up, and it is believed the cause WIUI over dryoesss of the nave of the wheel.—Express, According to an official report on glass-macing ID Italy, made by Mr. Herries, it appears that there are six glass-works in Turin; three in Genoa; four in Milan; thirteen in Florence eleven in Naples; and twenty in Venice. These fifty-eight works produce articles of the annual value of 9410,000. The great glass-works at Mnrano, near Venioe, employ 5,000 persons. Among the peculiar manufactures of Ve- nice is aventurine, the secret of which is said to be in the possession of a single manufacturer. THE CONDEMNATION OF M. MTRES.-M. Mires appeared a few days ago at, the Tribunal of Correc- tional Police to make opposition to a judgment by which he was recently condemned to2,000f. fine, and the insertion of the verdict in six journals of Paris, for defamntion of M. Sinson St. Albin, banker, in an article published in the Presse, and signed by the de- fendant. M. Mires had formerly had frequent busi- ness relations with M. St. Albin, and in the incrimi- nated writing had accused him offrandulent manoeu- vres; those imputations had also formed the subject of a charge brought by Mires against St. Albin be. fore the correctional police, which had declared them unfounded. M. St. Albin then instituted the prose- cution for libel, which resulted in the above-mention- ed verdict, Mires having allowed the judgment to go by default. The court now condemned the previous condemnation. THE MORTALITY FROM HEAT IN NEW YORK.— The New York Times, of July 22nd, says :—"The hot days and nights of the now closing week will be long remembered in this and the neighbouring cities, while the terrible record of victims they have left behind will set apart for the statistician the month of July, 1868, as one of fearful figures. In no past year was the mortality, having the excessive heat of the weather as its immediate cause, nearly so great as it has been in this one, with half of July still be- fore us. Of the past twenty years, but three gave a list of deaths by sun-stroke exceeding a hundred in number in 1853 the fatalities from this cause were 211 in 1863, 132 and in 1866, 114. During the past five days, as nearly as we can reach it, waiting offi- cial returns, the deaths in the metropolitan district number at least 400, and the prostrations by heat were probably three times that number. DUEL BETWEN MM. JECKER AND ODYSSE BAROT. -In consequence of an article entitled the Epi- logue" which appeared in La Liberte of July 27, and signed "Odysse Barot," M. Jecker demanded satis- faction from the author by arms, Belgium having been selected as the place of meeting. The duel took place at six o'clock on Saturday evening near the skirt of the forest of Soignies and the avenue which leads to Waterloo. The seconds of M. Barot were MM. LeonCahun andUlric do Fonvielle those of M. Jecker were MM. Morineau and Salor. They fought with pistols thecombatants were placed at a distance of 25 paces, and at the word given by the seconds both fired. M. Barot was hit in the region of the abdomen, but by a singular piece of luck the ball was turned aside by a button, and was afterwards found in the waistcoat pocket. He suffered in con- sequence only a severe contusion, which is not likely to have any serious consequences. Owing to the skill and care of Dr. Feigneaux, M. Barot was able to return to Paris on Monday morning with his friends. MR. GLADSTONE.—Mr. Mainwaring, M.P. for the Denbighshire boroughs, issued an address to his con- stituents a short time ago, concluding with the fol- lowing sentence: "Still Mr. Gladstone deserves re- spect, if it be true, as is said, that he feels the bitter pangs of remorse for having taken a course which he was urged to pursue." A few days ago Mr. Main- waring met his constituents in the borousrh of Holt, where he nndertook to defend the assertion, stating he made it on the authority of one of the law officers of the Crown, and that they might venture to rely on its truthfulness. On hearing this, Mr. Powell, of Holt Academy, at once wrote to Mr. Gladstone, lay- ing before him the above facts, and he has been fa- voured with the following reply 11, Carlton- street Terrace, July 27, 1868.—Sir,—I beg to assure you that for the story told you by Mr. Mainwaring, as reported in your letter, there is not one particle of foundation. I must add thst shoulo other candidates throughout the country prove to be equally credulous with him, it will not be im my power to spend my time Ln undeceiving them.*—I remain, W. E. GLAD- STONE." STAFF APPOINTMENTS.—Sir R. P. Douglas's pe- riod of service at the Cape will shortly expire, and it is reported that he will be succeeded by Lieut.- General the Hon. Sir A. Spencer, K.C.B., now about to vacate the command of the western district. It is understood that the command at Devenport will b3 given to Sir Charles Staveley. Major General P. M. N. Guy, C.B., who lately commanded the troops in China, will succeed Lieutenant General Burke Cuppape as Lientenant Governor of Jersey. Major-General W. S. Newton, formerly of the Cold- stream Guards, is likely to be appointed to the com- mand of the 1st Brigade at Malta, which will be va- cated by General Ridley in October. We hear that, in all probability, Lieut.-Colonel W. Bellairs, unat- tached, will be made Assistant Adjutant General at Gibraltar, in succession to the late Colonel Hugh Smith. Lieutenant the Hon. C. E. Edwardes, Staff College, of the Rifle Brigade, is appointed aide-de- camp to Major-General Cunynghame, C.B., com- manding the Dublin division. Lieutenant C. L. C. de Robeck, 60lh Rifles, has been appointed aide-de- camp to Lord Napier, Governor of Madras. Lieute- nant A. Clark Kennedy, 21st Fusiliers, is appointed aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir J. Rowland Smyth, A-J commanding a division in Madras. Captain W. A. Bridge, 21st Fusiliers, is appointed aide-de- camp to Major-General Tapp, C.B. in the Bombay Presidency.-Army and Navy Gazette. j OUTRAGES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.—Some I Further correspondence was published on Saturday relative to the importation of the South Sea Island- ers into Queensland. It may be remembered that a while ago serious outrages were committed by the natives upon vessels visitingtheIslands, and in some cases murders were committed, the avowed object being revenge for the abduction to or at least forci- ble retention in, Queensland, of a portion of male natives who, it was alleged, had been decoyed there for temporary service only. Sir Geo. Brown directed that inquiries should be made into the causes of the grievance, and Commander Bingham of Her Majesty's ship Virago, was deputed to perform this duty. In a despatch received by the Duke of Buckingham on the 22nd ult. from the officer administering the Go- vernment of Queensland, the result of this inquiry is given. Mr. M. C. O'Connor says, in reference to the treatment and mode of engaging those of the Island- ers who were employed on board vessels engaged in Beche-de-Mer Fishin in Torres Straits and the neigh- bourhood of Cape York, that it is satisfactory to find that Captain Bingham has been enabled, from per- sonal observation, to come to the conclusion that none of these people were brought away from their homes against their will, nor maltreated. He adds I am enabled also to report to your grace that on enquiry from the emigration agent in this colony (who is now, under the Polynesian Labourers' Act charged with the supervision of these islanders in Queensland), I learn that the employment of these people continues to be very favourably thought of by those gentlemen who have engaged them that the men themselves, on the establishments he has visited, are apparently industrious, contented, and happy and that he has, up to the present time, had no complaint of ill-treatment of any kind." DESTRUCTION OF LOUGH BRAY, THE SEAT OF Sm Joim GHAMPTON —On Friday evening, about eight o clock the inhabitants of a cottage, consisting of wo ladies and a little girl, beheld a figure in the ;gh Ending on a hillock on the opposite frim /i ? CI ■ y a -,leam of flame shot up Irn ofty summit al.ttle to the left of the Eagle's nD(^ 1U- 7 ? a ,mile from the figure i1,gc ab0ve h,m" In another moment came a puff of smoke beside the figure, followed by the bursting forth of flames just at his feet. And now the fire broke out at once and, as it wern si- mnltanpously On all sides of the mountain-above below, around—rushing down like a stream of lava fl°'" i ?, °p of tlie crag to the dense heather that clothed that part of the mountain that divides the tipper from the lower lake. The grandest, but to the lookers on the most torribleand distressing sights were now witnessed. The entire mountain around tho lako was in a blaze. The flames rose up like a furnace, and looked doubly terrible reflected as they were in the calm waters below. The rocks, loosened from their hold by the heat and the tire, fell crash- ing '.own into the lake with a sound like thunder. Assistance was speedily sent for to tho Reformatory at (ilencree, and the inhabitants of the cottage were left alone LO gaze on the work of destruction and the ruin of the place they loved best. It was while thus patiently waiting for expected succour, in the midst °q t.e 'iRrror °f the scene, that they beheld the same darii figure again, as they sat in the verandah of the cottagOj and saw him distinctly set fire to the hillock opposite to the house. It was but a momentary glimpse by the light of the fire, but enough to assure them that it was the work of an incendiary. They called loudly for help, but no one was at hand all had gone to extinguish the fire. We were quite alone, says the writer, "and feared the man might come round and fire the house, so we ran and bolted the doors, but they saw him no more. And now the Crag was one sheet of flames it burnt all that night, he rocks falling into the lake, and the trees burning like torches. The gentlemen of the Reformatory at Glencree and their boys now come and worked gal- lantly, assisted by the keepers from Powerscourt and others, but nothing could extinguish, and all that could be done was to prevent the progress of the names, which they happily saaceeded in doing. The Peace Congress is to meet this year at Berne, and will sit from the 22nd to the 26th of September. M. Rattazzi has arrived in Florence from Germany and immediately had a prolonged interview with General La Marmora. It is announced from Canada that the Hon. W. P. Howland has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario, and the Hon. L. S. Will- mott Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. — The di- rectors of the Midland Railway Company have deci- did to recommend to the proprietors a dividend on the ordinary stock, for the half-year ending June 30th at the rate of five per cent. per annum. The Earl of Shannon died on Saturday, at Blar- ney. His Lordship, who was fourth earl, was born in 1809, was married in 1832, and succeeded to the title in 1842. He is succeeded by his son, Henry, Vis- count Boyle. His Lordship was colonel of the West Cork Artillery.—Dublin Express. On the assumption that the central depot of the West India mail steamers will shortly be removed from the island of St. Thomas, a memorial influen- tially signed has been addressed to the Home Gov- ernment from Barbadoes in favour of that island being constituted the new station. Last week there was a narrow escape of a serious fire at the palace of the King of the Belgians, at Os- tend. The fire began in one of the kitchens, and was caused by a defective flue. Some of the roofing has been burnt, but otherwise little mischief has been done. The King, when crossing the garden of the palace, was the first to perceive the fire and give the alarm. Sir Robert Collier has taken for three months Bur- rator, recently occupied by the late Rajah Brooke, romantically situated at the foot of Sheepstor, thir- teen miles from Plymouth, in the heart of Western Dartmoor, surrounded by magnificent scenery and fanned by pure and exhilarating breezes. The pro- perty belongs to the present Rajah of Sarawak, the nephew of the late Sir J. Brooke. On Saturday, a review of the Volunteer forces of the counties of Perth, Forfar, and Fife was held in the city of Perth by Colonel Bulwer, C.B., Inspector of Reserve Forces for Scotland. The men numbered nearly 4,000, and, aided by a detachment of the 42nd (Royal) Highlanders, fought an admirable sham battle on the North Inch. The display was in every way a most successful one; and it is likely that a re- view will now be held annuallv at Perth. The correspondent of the Morning Post, writing from Rome on the 20th ult" says :—The presence of some thousands of soldiers on the summit of Alban- hill does not prevent its base from being infested by brigands. On Saturday last Signor Santovetti a landed proprietor of Frascati, was driving by the Molara, five miles on the road to Valmontone, when two brigands summoned him to halt. His coachman, however, pushed on, resolved to have a gallop for it, and the brigands, left in the lurch, fired after their intended victims, wounding Signor Santovetti in the shoulder, but not preventing his escape. FOUR PERSONS MURDERED BY A MANIAC.—The bodies of four persons, each of whom had evidently been murdered, were three days back found in an abandoned lime kiln at Lafare (Bouches-du-Rbone). These corpses have not yet been identified but a former inmate of a lunatic asylum, who has recently been allowed to go at large, has been arrested, and has confessed that be was the perpetrator of those crimes. He appears to have laboured under the hallucination that he would one day be killed by so me vagrants who took refuge in the lime kilns, and in consequence he watched at night for any houseless persons that might go there for shelter, and then murdered them during their sleep. STREET TRAMWAYS.—The first act of parliament authorising the construction of street tramways on a scale sufficient to test their adaptability for the omni- bus traffic of large cities and towns, received the royal assent on Friday week. The act empowers the company to lay down and work a line of tramway running from north to south of the borough of Liver- pool, passing through crowded, and in some instances narrow, streets, with a loop line in the centre of the town, enabling carriages using the tramway to reach the Exchange. The act now passed was the thirl introduced for the purpose in three successive ses- sions. The two previous bills were thrown out through the opposition of the omnibus proprietors aided by the London and North-Western Railway Company. The corporation supported the project"; many of the leading inhabitants gave evidence in favour of the scheme, and there is every prospect that street tramways, on a sound principle, will at length have a fair and adequate trial. EARTHQUAKE WAVES ON THE PACIFIC.—An earth- quake wave which followed the recent eruption in the Sandwich Islands, was transmitted to this coast and recorded on the Government self-registering tide guages at San Diego, San Francisco, and Astoria in about five hours. On the 23rd of December 1854 a similar wave was transmitted from the coast of Japan to the Golrlen Gate in twelve hours and thirty-eight minutes. It will be recollected that this earthquake wave caused the wreck of the Russian frigate Diana in the port of Simonda, and great loss of life. These facts, which are derived from the best authority convey an impressive idea of the tremendous power required to disturb the whole body of an ocean for a distance of from 3,000 to 5,000 miles, by a movement distant from its ordinary tidal swing. It will be seen that the revulsion of the great tidal wave at Hawaii reached this coast, distant over 2,000 miles in five hours, and was observed along a stretch of shore over thirteen geographical degrees in length. — San Prancisco Bulletin, June 13. THE NEW BANKRUPTCY ACT. — The statute to amend the bankruptcy Act in respect to deeds of ar- rangement has just been been printed. It is to take effect on the 11th October next, and to be construed together with so much of the Bankruptcy Act 1849 the Bankruptcy Act, 1854, and the Bankruptcy Act' 1861, as is in force, in one Act, and to be cited as the' Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1868. Among the altera- tions made, is one that assenting creditors to com- position deeds are to prove their debts, and the amount due to each creditor, after deducting the value of all the securities held by him, is alone to be reckoned, and the deed is to be left at the office of the registrar 28 days from the day of the execution by the debtor, or such further time as the court may allow. Any creditor executing a deed whose debt exceeds £10, may apply for an examination of the debtor or any creditor. In a change from Bankruptcy to an arrangement deed the assenting creditors are to prove. The Lord Chancellor, with the assistance of two Commissioners, and subject to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, 1861, may make general orders under the act. In addition to officers and persons enumerated in section 207 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1861, affidavits, declarations, or affirmations required to be sworn or made in relation to any matter under that act or this act may be sworn, made, or taken be- fore such of the officers or clerks in the Court of Bankruptcy as the Lord Chancellor by order may appoint for the purpose, and every ordpr, warrant, certificate, or proceeding in the Court of Bankruptcy required by law to be signed by a Commissioner, may, in lieu of being so signed, be under the hand of a registrar and seal of the court. The act is not to ex- tend to Scotland or Ireland. THE SYSTEM OF CREDIT AT THE UNIVERSITIES. -At the Cambridge assizes on Saturday the case of Rivington and another v. Hopwood, came on before the Lord Chief Justice. This was the first of three actions entered on trial at the present assizes on the part of tradesmen, against Mr. John Benterick Hop- wood, formerly an undergraduate of Trinity College, the question involved in the whole three actions being the system of credit at the universities. The plain- tiffs in this case are the Messrs. Rivington, the well known publishers; and they claimed from the de- fendant the sum of f-99 7s 2d for books supplied dur- ing one year and a half. On the part of the defen- dant £ 80 had been paid into court, and with regard to the balance it was pleaded-first the minority of the defendant at the time of incurring the debt; se. condly, that the books supplied were not necessaries and thirdy, that the plaintiffs, through their man- ager, Mr. De Lisle, who conducts 'he business of the branch house iu Cambridge, had been warned but they wou Id trust the defendant, who had been made a ward in Chancery. The minority of the defendant was proved by his brother, and the production of a copy of the registry of his birth. Other evidence having been taken, his lordship, in summing up, animadverted severely on the credit system adopted by tradesmen in university towns. Books, he said, might be neces- saries, but there was no necessity for binding a book in vellum at the expense of 17s. 6d. There could be no necessity for the supply af a copyofthe Bible with Gusiave Dore's illustrations. A "History of Sign- boards" was clearly not a necessary copies of war- rants for the execution of Charles the First, and a copy of Rabelais, illustrated, could not be necessaries. Five volumes of a Chinese work, or rice paper, and a volume of Joe Miller," could not be necessaries. Tennyson's poems might be very excellent—a very excel lent work to have-but were they necessary to this young man, illustrated, at the extravagant price of four gnineas? Then they found a charge for binding "Don Quixote," £ 5 10a., and for a copy of History of Signboards," £ 1 lis 6d.—a total, in fact, in the course of eighteen months, of £ 99 7s 2d. The question for the jury was whether the defendant was in a position to incur such expenses as those, and whether the plaintiffs had taken proper precautions before they had so trusted the defendant. The jury after about twenty minutes' consideration, found for the defendant.