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multum JN PARVO. Only five Popes have reigne 1 longer than Pius IX. T^N7D^MTISNREVE'°ICILIS °VEV INTR°DUC' "isom onb3 m America. Oil flowing wells seem to be at an end in America, and mLDeral oil now is only to be had by pumping. Mr. Spurgeon is, it is said, about to build a new ellapel near-the Queen's Road Extension, Battersea Park. e ueen s A madman at Cupar, named David Mann, cut his throat the other day with a piece of glass. He was dead when found. Directly the Great Eastern returns to England she will take fresh cable on board and start for ludia, to lay a line between Bombay and Suez. The railway guards in Sweden are made to follow n, course of surgery and bandaging to enable them to render assistance in case of accidents. The office of MnsW of the Court of Exchequer, the salary of which is £ l -,00 a year, has become vacant by the death of Mr. James Corry Lowry, Q.C. A Montana lrr'PV Savs of a politician there that he ]• 1 'er have the poorest memory of any man irig, or be one of the greatest liars of the age." The Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords has decided that Alexander Brnce, of Kennet, has made out his claim to the title of Lord Balfour of Bur- leigh. St..Tames Church, Birkenhead, erected in 1848, and in which service has hitherto been conducted by licence, was on Tuesday .consecrated by the bishop of Chester. The Bishop of Oxford had put down his name to speak on the Irish Church Bill, but it is stated lost his chance through dining with the new American Minister. Sitka, says an American paper, is becoming civil- ised. It has taverns, gambling houses, robberies, murders, "caucuses," and political fights at delegate elections. The Sacramento Pecord says there is an organiza- tion of white men in California and Nevada, the mem- bers of which are pledged to oppose the employment Of Chinamen. It is stated that Prince Alamayoo, son of King Theodore of Abyssinia, will leave England for India, under the care of Captain Speedy, by the next steamer flora Southampton. Mr. Vernon Lushington, Q.C., has been appointed P^rr»ianpnt Secretary to the Admiralty, in the place &r. \y Romnine, who has accepted the office of Urlge Advocate in India. "A- cow WqS killed the oiher day, and in its stomach ere found one iron staple, from two to three inches 0ll?; about a dozen nails, a split ring for keys, seve- ral pieces of iron, and a table fork. The Duke of Genoa has written a «letter to the president of the provisional government, expressing his willingness to accept the throne of Spain if it is unanimously offered to him by the Coi-tes. -Gibraltar Chronicle. We understand that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wnles has purchased the picture of Flora Mac- donald"—No. 723, painted by Alexander Johnston— from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, Burling- ton House. Contrary to "time immemorial," Judges Chambers were opened on Monday, and Mr. Baron Pigott at- tended. For forty years such a circumstance ha3 not tnken place on the occasion of the celebration of her Majesty's accession. The Times says advices from Alexandria describe a complete stagnation in business. The present is al- ways the quiet season in Egypt, when exports and imports are at a stand, and this year the dulness is greater than usual. The breaksmen on the eastern division of the Erie railroad recently struck for higher wages, and left work. The superintendent failed to secure other hands, and the demands of the men, an increase of 25 cents a day, have since been acceded to. The Pope has approved of a decree of the "Index," condemning a French work, La Religion," by M.Vache- «t°rn' w'"rh appeared this year, and a German one, The Theology of Leibnitz," by M. Pichler, as well as two Italian and the Portuguese. On and after the 1st of July next money orders may be obtained of any Money Order-office in the United .ngdom, payable at any place in Belgium. The com- mission chargeable will be the same as 011 money orders issued and paid within the United Kingdom. Miss Vinnie Ream, the young artist to whom Con- gress awarded the commission for the statue of Pre- o Lincoln, which is to grace the rotunda of the 8a^ed for Liverpool on the 9th iust., en route rut ^here the statue as modelled by her is to be m niarble. Ther Green E^i^ f- t^reat Orange demonstration at Fair at Belfast. UlsL^11, on Friday, the largest except that 25,000 people attended. &nd r»U ^irong'h tlie town with Orange Hags, <jDr;' \e'' Party tunes, and fired shots at intervals mS the meeting. rpjl'e death of Mr. T. Wilson, of Hull, is announced. ie deceased, until two years ago, was the senior partner in the steamshipping firm of Messrs. T. Wilson, fcons, and Co. The deceased, who was 78 years of asre, was distinguished for his great liberality to many of the charities in this town. The Bishop of Honolulu recently arrived at Rio Janeiro from Bahia, on his way to his diocese. His Lordship is the first English bishop who has visited Brazil, and advantage was taken of his presence to consecrate the English churches and cemeteries at Pernambuco, Bahia, and Rio. The total exports of coal from the several ports of the United Kingdom, during the past month, reached only 820,376 tons, against 1,063,320 during the corre- sponding month of last year. The Liverpool trade Bhows a great falling off, the exports during the month Caching only 18,433 tons, against 58,528. A wealthy individual, who was lately buried in Tre- .ai»l, directed £ 50 to be paid to the Rev. N. Duff, par- Ish priest of Culullen, for masses for the repose of his and C25 to the Rev. James Sheridan, C.C., beg- gHlg that lie might be remembered by him when Offering up the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass." We understand," says the Levant Times, that the Grand Vizier is engaged in preparing a compre- hensive and liberal scheme-of popular education for the whole empire. The Turkish Government has now granted a sum of 25,000f. towards the restoration of the churches in Crete which were injured during the rebellion." The gymnast Biermann was performing at Berlin a few days ago with his pupil Kolbe, a lad of sixteen on the tight rope, at a great height from the ground. Suddenly the cord broke under their united weight, and they fell to the ground. The younger was killed on the spot, and the other so much injured that lie died the next day. A well-known Church association in London has ad- dressed a memorial to the Pope setting forth the claims which the archbishops and Bishops of the English Church have to a recognition of their episcopal orders by the Western Church, praying that their validity may be acknowledged, and that they may be admitted to the (Ecumenical Council. A shock of earthquake, which is described as being more severe than the last two which have been felt in Gibraltar, took place at 5 57 a.m. on the 6rh inst. It was felt very generally throughout the Rock. At the Upper Signal Station three distinct motions were felt, the first two of which were in a northerly direction, and the third to the south.—Gibraltar Chronicle. On the 1st July next, and thenceforward, packets consisting of printed papers, books, and patterns of merchandise, not exceeding two ounces in weight, ad- diessed to the British colonies and foreign countries, will be liable to the following rates-viz :-For a packet not exceeding one ounce in weight, Id. for a Packet above one ounce and not exceeding two, 2d. THE MAINE LIQUOR LAW,—General Neal Dow, in a letter to a friend in England, says "I have now the satisfaction of being able to tell you that the Mas- sachusetts Maine Liquor Law has at length passed both Houses of the Legislature, and so will speedily become Once more the law of the State. The bill is almost identical with the law repealed by the legislature of ] 067 -8." CARDINAL, CULLEN ON THE STATE OF IRELAND. -Cardinal Cullen has issued a circular to his clergy, in ^hi-h he asks what the great fathers of the early ^liurch would think if they revisited Ireland and ieard the violent harangueB of those who seek to im- Pede the concession of religious equality. He com- Plains that some few Catholics join "those Orange Enemies of Ireland" in uttering the vilest sentences ^^instRome. Air. Hominick Murray, tHe actor, saireci last weeK For New York. The African mail steamer Calabar, which arrived in the Mersey on Saturday morning from the West Coast 6th June' Tp broi^rl,t advices from Bathurst to the vervVnrt 1 oJ cllolera at Bathurst, although still very much abated, the register showing betn.Tr £ ihe mortalit* .of about 5(T a day, n y 2o deaths, as against 75 a day a short time picvjonsiy. THE LEYEE.—By command of the Queen a levee as he'd on Saturday, at St. James's Palace, by His 4^. Highness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of Her Majesty. Amongst the presentations were Mr. Back- house, M.P., by the Right Hon. W. E. Forster; Mr. •■olm Ilutton, M.P., by Sir George Wombwell, Bart. Sir Chas. Leo-aid, Bart., by Hon. Colonel Duncombe, M-P. Mr. William St. James Wheelhouse, M.P., by Viscount Sandon. HANDSOME BEQUEST TO THE GREENOCK INFIR- MARY.—We understand that, by the late Dr. Mackay, the sum of £2,000 is bequeathed to the Greenock Hos- pital and Infirmary. The deceased took a warm in- terest in this institution during his life, and for many years was one of its most attentive medical visitors. He also leaves other smaller bequests to public institu- tions, including the National Lifeboat Institution.— Morning Journal. SALE OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S STUD.—The animals composing the Duke of Newcastle's stud were sold on Friday at Clumber Park, Worksop. Twelve yearlings produced 915 guineas eighteen mares and foals, 5,965 guineas ten horses in training, 1,015 guineas and threee stallions, 1,115 guineas—total, 9,010 guineas. Polynesia was sold for 1,550 guineas Gomera and Julius brought 700 each and Hawthorn Blossom, 560. MR. REVERDY JOHNSON ON ENGLAND.-The New York Times of the 7th instant publishes a long report of a conversation at Baltimore between one of its staff and Mr. Reverdy Johnson. Mr. R. Johnson ecpresse I himself in strong terms of admiration of this country and its people, and said his career here was a regular ovation from first to last. He declared that the British Government would never accede to Mr. Sumner's de- mands, and that England would rather lose her last man and her last shilling than give up Canada. In Mr. Johnson's opinion, Mr. Motley would have some diffi- culty in obtaining a settlement of the Alabama ques- tion, owing to the soreness felt here at the rejection of the treaty by the United States' Senate. THE PURCHASE OF THE TELEGRAPHS BY GO- VERNMENT.—A notion is rather prevalent, observes the Economist, that "the purchase of the telegraphs by the Government would raise the rate of interest in Lombard street, or would tend to do so. But this is a mistake. There will be new employment of capital in consequence. One set of persons will lend their money to the Government, and the Government will pay that money to another set. But there will be no new supply and no new demand. For a moment, the shifting may cause a little rise, as money in transitu is less effective than money at rest. But the result of this momentary change will very soon be impercepti- ble, and the money market will then resume its pre- vious state." THE COST OF THE' FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE — In accordance with the term, of the contract between the"Societe du Cable Transatlantique Francais Lim- ited," and the Telegraph Construction and Alaiiiieii- #•090 SSnrS latter wi" receive in all £ 9 .,0,000 if they lay the whole line successfully and if it keeps in good working order for six months But the greater portion of the above amount has al- ready been paid over to them. In the event of a failure the cable remaining on board the Great Eastern is the property of the French company. Directly the Great Fastern returns to England slie will take fivsh cable on board and start for India, to lay a line between Bombay and Suez.-The Engineer. ENORMOUS DECREASE IN THE EXPORT COAL TRADE.—The returns issued giving the total exports during last month show that the trade is almost at a standstill. Without exception, all the ports in the United Kinsrdom show a great decrease upon com- parison with the month of May last year. The de- crease from the northern ports amounts to 106,205 tons, the Yorkshire ports 15,469 tons, London 2,636, Liverpool 40,095, the Severn ports 45,200, Scotch ports 24,339 tons. The total expo-ts during the month amounted to 829,376 tons, against 1,063,320 tons in the same month in last year, showing a decrease of 233,944. The exports during- the five months ending May show a decrease of 248,692 tons when compared with the same period of 1868. When compared with previous figures, London and Liverpool show the greatest decrease. VISIT OF MR. GLADSTONE TO THE QUEEN.—Mr. Gladstone, in apologising to the deputation of the Church of Scotland who had an interview with him on the subject of patronage on Friday, stated that lie had been unable to meet them at the hour originally appointed, three o'clock, having been unexpectedly summoned to Windsor. The absence of Her Majesty in Scotland for a month might very naturally account for her desire to see the Prime Minister; but in the present state of affairs a hasty summons like that of Friday leads to speculation, and it is not surprising that the quitinvncs associate the trip to Windsor with the strange attempt of Lord Derby to make political capital out of the Queen's conscience. There are those who think that Her Majesty's name was imported in such a way into the discussion as to justify Her Ma- jesty, if her Ministeis thought it desirable, in pointedly disclaiming the idea that she needs the House of Lords to assist her resistance 10 pressure. Of course they would not think it desirable.—London Correspondent of the Scotsman. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of the Right Hon. Helena, Dowager Countess of Mornington, was proved in the London court, on the 5th inst., by the acting executor, Mr. George Lea, bari ister-at-law, of No. 54, Chancery-lane; Mr. Edward Ponton Thompson, of Bolton-street, Piccadilly, (he other executor, having renounced the grant of probate. The personalty was sworn under £ 8,000. The will is dated March 12, 1869, and the signature thereto, Helena Morning- ton," is very feebly written at the foot thereof. It is attested by her executor. Mr. Lea, and two of her ser- vants. The will is brief, and contains but one bequest -that of JE400 to her old and faithful servant who had nursed and brought up all the children of the late earl. The rest of her property, real and personal, her lady- ship has bequeathed to her niece, Mary Christina Can- ning Cowper, the only child of her eldest brother, the late Lieutenant-Colonel John Floyd Paterson, 13th Light Dragoons.—The will of the Rev. Alexander Dyce, late of 33, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, formerly of 9, Gray's-imi-square, was proved in London on the 10t h instant by the executors, Mr. John Forster, of Park- gate House, Kensington, and Mr. William Macpher- son, of Lancaster-gate. The personalty was sworn under 225,000. The will is dated March 9 last, and testator died May 15 following,- at the age of 70. He bequeaths to his housekeeper an annuity of £;")0, and all his money, securities, and effects not otherwise specifically disposed of he leaves to his youngest niece, Elizabeth Dyce, for her life, and after her decease to his godson, Archibald Campbell, son of his cousin, the Rev. A. C. Maclaclilan, of Newton Valence, Hants. The testator has bequeathed his rare and valuable li- brary of books, and the paintings, pictures, and curi- osities, antiquities, works of art, and articles of virtu, to the Minister of Her Majesty's Government entrusted with the department of science and art, to act as e,r- officio trustee for the safe custody and deposit of the articles contained in this bequest, which is made to the South Kensington Museum, the collection to be regarded in the same manner as the Sheepshanks Col- lection, and to be designated The Dyce Collection," with directions that no part thereof shall be sold and if the conditions upon which the bequest is made should not be strictly carried out and adhered to, the articles before mentioned shall be presented as an ad- dition to the Fitzwilliam Collection in the University of Cambridge, the legacy duty that may be liable there- on to be borne by the instititution accepting the same. —The will of Mr. Thomas Coventry, of Tavistock- square, and late of Lincoln's-inn, conveyancer, was proved in London on the 7th instant. The personalty was sworn under £ 25,000. His wife, who is the only daughter of the late Justice Littledale, lie states in his will, is largely provided for under marriage settlement, and to her he leaves a legacy of £10,000, and appoints her residuary legatee. To Harold Littledale lie leaves £ 3,000, and a liberal bequest to the executors of the late Edward Littledale for the benefit of his family. There are numerous other liberal bequests, amounting altogether to upwards of £ 23.000, besides the follow- ing charitable bequests, amounting to £ ^,600 viz., to the Middlesex, University, Consumption, and Royal Free Hospitals, each £1,000; the Bible, the Tract, and City Mission Societies, £ 1,000 British and loreign School Society, £ 500 Northern Dispensary, Pancr, s Almhouses, and Samaritan Society, Brook-street, each £ 300 the Wrougliton and Swindon poor, each parish £100. and should the estate be found not to realise sufficient to pay the latter in full, the charitable be- quests are 10 abate proportionately, to be-arianged <1 between themselves."—illustrated London Neii s. T. The Duke of Argyll will preside at the annual clin- ner of the- Cobden Club. It is srated that there are upwards of 4,000,000 Ger- mans in the United States. During the performance of mass it is stated that the Vicar of Candies de St. Paul killed his curate in a manner and for motives which are not yet reported. All the unfortunate victims of the brutality and in- discriminate zeal of the police have been released from Bicetre. The most fortunate remained there two days the least lucky spent seven days in those black holes. Thirteen hundred have been released, there not being the ghost of a charge against them. It is a curious fact that very few foreigners were caught in the police razzias, and of these barely a dozen were English or Americans.-Par.is Correspondent of the Standard. An execution has just taken place at Rheims (Marne). The condemned man was one Louis Diot, who, with his brother Theodore, both keepers of a small draper's shop at Pleurs, were recently tried for the murder of the late Mayor of the town, named Zollard, agaius. whom they had nourished an intense feeling of hatred. Louis had been sentenced to be guillotined, and the other accused to hard labour for life. Louis Diot to the last moment maintained that lie had only had a secondary share in the crime. He showed great weak- ness when being prepared for the execution, and had to be assisted to the scaffold. A great number of women were present. THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA'S LOVE OF ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH.—It may interest sume of your readers to know that the last born child of the'Em- peror of Austria is to be brought up as an English princess. She was born at Buda, not two years a<ro and her mother, the Empress, has appointed an Eng- lish unmarried lady to be head of her household (which is to be composed of English people, her nurse has been English the first tongue she learns is to be English, and the privileges accorded to the lady who is to superintend the establishment of the infant Princess are something quite unparalleled. The Em- press Elizabeth's own predilections for everything English are so great that she positively speaks German with an English accent, and this determined Angli- cising of her last child seems to please the Hungarians, among whom the little Princess was bom.—Or lobe's Paris Correspondent. ONE OF MR. MOTLEY'S DIFFICULTIES.—TheAmeri- can correspondent of the Times says the American press-writers are beginning to fear that Mr. Motley will not succeed in England any better than his pre- decessor, Mr. Reverdy Johnson. Indeed, some of them are already sounding the alarm that the new En- voy is treading in the steps of the old one that he has made a speech that lie has talked about peace and goodwill; that he actually extends his hand in friendship and that soon he may be expected to ca- pitulate, as his predecessor did, to the sunerior in- tluences of an English dinner. The Nno York Times thinks Mr. Motley's Liverpool speech pleased the Englishmen so much" that it hopes he will hesitate a good while before making another;" and after ad- vising him that "speech-making is not among his diplomatic duties," tells him that he "will save him- self needless complications by abstaining from it al- together." Indeed the editor gets so earnest on the subject, that lie finally announces among the points embraced in the new Minister's instructions was an injunction to keep clear of big dinners and avoid speech-making." In the New York Times office there is evidently some hope felt for Mr. Motley but the Journal of Commerce already gives him up! He in- tends, it thinks, to travel the same path as his prede- cessor his speech at Liverpool has that look and "nf- Kev(e,'d,y Johnson began in exactly the same kept at home. Mr JcWn CM do M," as well as he if not better." The alarm has beeS sounded and the new Envoy will be closely watched If he makes more tender-worded speeches he will be harshly criticised, but if he accepts an invitation to dinner the entire pack that hunted down Reverdy Johnson will be at his heels. The cable reports alL his movements on this side domestic policy is so dull that a little excitement is wanted, and Mr. Motley knows what a carping, restless, dissatisfied set the Sumner coteries is in America. A vow of silence aud a daily fast can alone circumvent them. THE CIVIC EXPENSES OF GLASGOW AND NEW YORK.—The Canadian Scotsmall-a journal recently established in Montreal to promote loyalty to Queen ictoria and the British Constitution, and cherish Scottish sentiments and traditions—gives the follow- ing comparison of Glasgow and New York, so far as regards crime and the means taken for its repression in these two cities :—" In Glasgow there are eight magistrates, five assessors, one public prosecutor, and perhaps half-a-dozen clerks, involving an annual charge of less than f 1,500. In New York there are eight police justices or stipendiary magistrates sitting daily, with seventeen aldermen to assist them, and twenty- one clerks, the whole involving a yearly outlay of £18,560, or twelve times more than Glasgow. The number of the New York police is set down at 2,200 officers and men, and the aggregate outlay amounts to 2,900,000 dols. or £ 580,000 a year. The Glasgow police force numbers 842, or rather more than a third of the New York establishment, and costs about £44,000, or thirteen times less. The cost of protecting life and property and administering the law in New York amounts to £642,538 per annum—reckoning 5 dollars to be equal to one pound—or about six times more than the citizens of Glasgow pay for the police, the fire bi igade, the lighting, the cleansing, sanitary, and medical departments, all put together. New York is not three times larger than Glasgow, while its serious crimes are three times more numerous and forty- eight murders and eighty-five brutal assaults take place in New York for one murder and assault committed in Glasgow. During the last ten years 34 cases of murder or culpable homicide have occurred in Glasgow being a fraction more than an average of three every year. At least one murder and 148 brutal assaults take place in New York every week, being a third more than the combined murders and serious assaults com- mitted in Glasgow for a whole year. Out of 352 murders committed in New York during the last ten years, the police failed to discover the guilty parties in no fewer than 131 different cases, leaving, perhaps, as many murderers at large, while in Glasgow no cases of murder or culpable homicide occurred during the last ten years without some person being brought to trial In connection with the crime." OUTRAGE ON AN ENGLISH THEATRICAL MANAGER IN NEW YORK.—Mr. Henderson, a gentleman well. known in English theatrical circles, and a few years ago the lessee of a large theatre in Liverpool, sends to this country an account of a gross outrage perpe- trated on him in New York. Last autmnn he went over to New York with a company consisting of some of our best and most graceful burlesque actresses, and he was so successful in his speculation that English actresses, good, bad, and indifferent, flocked across the Atlantic to share in the golden harvest. The con- sequence was that the the Americans began to think that they might have too much of a good thing, and several of the leading journals in New York complained that acting was being driven from the stage to make way for exhibitions of "half-naked girls singing low songs from the music halls." With these complaints we are much disposed to sympathise. It is hard, however, on Mr. Henderson, that he should suffer for the shortcomings and vulgarities of those who have endeavoured to imitate him. He was grossly libelled by a person signing himself G. II." in the New York Spirit of the Times. What followed Mr. Henderson shall himself tell I caused," he says, my solici- tor to formally demand from the proprietor of the paper the writer of the article in question. This met with no other response except a second article of a character similar to the first. On the evening of Sa- turday, 29th May, the day upon which the last article was published, after the performance had concluded, and when the house was in darkness, 1 was accosted by a Mr. George H. Butler, who desired to speak to me, and asked me to accompany him so that what he had to say might be heard by some witnesses. I con- sented, and when in the dark with two accomplices, lie announced himself as the writer of the article in the Spirit of the Times, at the same time striking me a blow on my temple which completely stunned me, and whilst in that state again struck me a second blow on the cheekbone, which has penalised a portion of my face and teeth. Some interference at this time I was about to be made in my favour by Mr. Palmer and the servants of the theatre, when the man Butler drew a pistol and threatened to shoot the first person that interfered. Since the assault I obtained a war- rant and had him arrested, and a trial will shortly be heard upon the double charge of assault with intent to kill and libel. I am proud to say that the public sympathy and feeling for me is very great, and I am fain to hope that this anti-English sort of criticism and bitter personal animosity, which at present is as- suming an appearance of positive intimidation, will receive a chcck. It is but right to say that I have never had any words or personal conflict of any kind with this man, therefore his attack upon me is the more unaccountable." Mr. James Corry Lowry, Master of the Irish Court of Exchenuer, died on Sunday. The Prince of Wales shot with the Peers in the an- nual pigeon match between the Lords and Commons on Saturday, at Hnrlinghnm Park. Fnlham. The Peers won the match by two birds. The Prince killed five birds out of six at 25 yards rise, and two out of six at thirty yards. GREAT FIRE NEAP DARLINGTON.—An alnrming fire broke out on Mr. Kay's Farm, Forcett Valley, eight miles from Darlington, on Monday afternoon. It commenced in the granary, and was confined there. A large quantity of grain and machinery were des- troyed. Two thousand bushels of oats were saved. The fire wns finally overcome on Monday night. The estimated damage is from £ 600 to -C,-CO. ANOTHER RACHEL CASE. At the Marylebone County Court, on Friday, Mr. Wilding, a solicitor, re- covered from Miss Leverson, daughter of Mdme. Rachel, £ 18. 3s. for professional services rendered to her mother. Mr. Wilding was consulted by Mr. Stack as to whether he should become bail for Mdme. Rachel and Mr. Stock afterwards introduced him to that lady, and he performed various professional services for her. ALLEGED MURDER OF A WIFE.—At the Marlbor- ough-street Police-court on Monday, JosejA Smith, a sweep, of No. l,Street's-buildings, Mount-street; Grc.s- venor-square, w as brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt by In- spector Steed, of C division, charged with causing the death of his wife, Sarah, It appears that the prisoner and his wife have of late had frequent nuarrels, and led a very unhappy life; that they quarrelled on Satur- day night, and in the course of the Quarrel the prisoner kicked his wife very severely, having also struck her several times with one of the canes belonging to his machine. From the wound inflcted by the kick she b ed to death. The prisoner was remanded. On Saturday, before the Buxton magistrates, Sir Hew Pollok, Bart. was charged with assaulting a commissionaire employed by the Duke of Devonshire to look after the Crescent and the gardens. In ac- cordance with his orders to remove wandering musi- cians, the commissionaire was driving away two boys playing and singing in front of the house where Sir Hew was staying, when the baronet, it was alleged, came out, seized and threw the commissionaire to the ground, and pulled out a quantity of his whiskeis. The answer to the charge was that the boys were playing for the amusement of Lady Follok and Sir Hew and that the latter had a legal right to eject the V, commissionaire from the private grounds of the house, where he had no business to intrude.—The Magis- trates imposed a fine of 5s. and costs upon the defen- dant. SERIOUS VELOCIPEDE ACCIDFNT.-On Saturday night a serious accident happened at Armathwaite,. about twelve miles south of Carlisle, to Mr. White- head, of Beechill, Saddleworth, near Oldham. In the afternoon Mr. Whitehead arrived at Armathwaite Castle, which he and his brother lease from Lord Lonsdale in connection with some fisheries in the river Eden.After tea he went out in order to practise a bicycle, in the use of which he was quite a novice. He had mounted the saddle and was in the act of pro- pelling the machine when his foot slipped off the crank and became entangled with the lever by which the wheels are worked. The consequence were very serious, Mr. Whitehead's leg was violently doubled up, his ankle was dislocated, and some broken bones pro- truded through the flesh. Mr. Whitehead was re- moved to the Castle, and surgical assistance was fetched from Carlisle. According to the latest ac- counts, the unfortunate gentleman is progiessing favourably. The accident is much more serious to him than it would have been to a younger man. ACTIONS AGAINST THE RAILWAY COMPANIES.—A series of actions against railway companies engaged the courts on Saturday. Against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company an action had been successfully brought before Mr. Justice Brett, recovering jEf2 for injuries received by falling from a third- class carriage while endeavouring to shut the door which Lad flown open during the journey. A lady named Mary man sued the Midland Company for injuries received on their line near Kentish Town, to wit, a shaking, a lump on the back, and a rash which came on the face. The case set up for the defence was that the shaking was slight, the lump imaginary, the rash measles. The jury thought differently, and gave damages, £100. The lady had previously recovered 30s for a dress which had been spoilt. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company lost a rule they had gained for a new trial in a case wheie £ 48 12 6d damages was given against them for negligently mana- ging their engines so as to scatter live coals on the embankments and to set fire to adjacent crops. The Midland Railway were mulcted in £ 350 for injuries to a passenger by a collision, and the Great Eastern Railway Company in £1,000 as compensation to the widow and children bf a farmer who died from the effects of injuries received while alighting from a train at Ougar. A CLERGYMAN CONVICTED OF ASSAULT. — The Rev. Dr. Samuel Pyemont, vicar of Whit wick, Leices- tershire (better known as the Rev. Dr. Smith, lie hav- ing lately taken his mother's maiden name,) has been fined by the Ashby-de-la-Zoucli bench of magistrates xl, and E2 3s 6d costs, for having committed a violent assault on Thomas Fewkes, 16 years of age. On the Sunday evening in question complainant was standing in the main street, Wliitwick, looking at the "Halle- lujah Band," which had arrived from Leicester, when he was pushed into the gutter by the defendant's son. In trying to save himself from falling, lie caught hold of Dr. Pyemont's son by the back. Defendant then came up, demanded his name, took hold of him by the collar, shook him violently with both hands, tore open his waistcoat, and struck him on the mouth, and drew blood.—Defendant, who conducted his own de- fence— (Mr. Dewes appeared for complainant) — ad- dressed the Court for three-quarters of an hour, urging that if he had overstepped the law he had done so in ignorance, and in support of his argument quoted an extract from a newspaper of a case tried in one of the superior courts. The rev. gentleman threatened to appeal against the decision, and was told by the chairman of the bench to leave the room at once. The assault was one of more than an ordinary character. MR. MURPHY'S LETTER TO THE LORD CHAN- CELLOR.—Mr. Mnrphy has addressed a letter to the Lord Chancellor in reply to recent strictures in the House of Lords. He explains his vocation—that of a pubhc lecturer against Popery, preaching loyalty to the throne, and obedience to the laws. He declares that he has been systematically misrepresented by the press. Ife does not remonstrate with Roman Catho- "But for the purpose of warning I read to adult.Protestant men extracts from Romish text-books 1 !v'ey may k,10W what sort of teaching their wives aiu children are exposed to, if they should come under the influence of the priesthood and for the same good purpose my wife reads to English Protestant women the like examples. Irish Roman Catholics I ° not invite; I do not address them I do not de- sire that they should come to my lectures." In such a work he considers he has a special claim for protec- tion from a Liberal Government." He points out how differently violent politicians, such as Finlen and Bradlaugh, have been treated. He is not the only sufferer in this cause. Mr. Flynn, Mr. Houston, and otlierei-all more loyal subjects then Drs. Man- ning, Ullathorne, or Culleii-liave been in the same way put down by provincial magistrates at the insti- gation of the priests. One, Mr. Mackay, is now in prison." The letter was accompanied by various docu- mentary proofs. Its receipt by the Lord Chancellor has been acknowledged. AGRARIAN OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.—A reinrn of the number of agrarian murders and outrages in Ire- land, and of the number of cases in which the authors of the crimes have been made amenable to justice, is published. It extends from the six months ending December 1, 1866, to the 10th May, 1869, and is divi- ded into half-yearly periods. During the six months ending December 1, 1866, no agrarian murders were reported to the police, but other outrages reported numbered twenty-five, and only in two of the cases were the authors made amenable to justice. In the half year ending June 1, 1867, one murder was repor- ted, and the perpetrator was brought to justice. Other outrages numbered 31, punishment 6. Half year ending 1st December, 1867 no murders; other out- rages 44, punishments 7. Half year ending 1st June, lb6/ murders 2, punishments none other outrages 53, punishments 7. Half-year ending 1st December, 1t-öt5: murders 2, punishments 2 other outrages 25, punishments 4. From 1st December, 1868, to 10th May, 1869, there were 3 murders and 3 punishments; 51 other outrages and 7 punishments. The total num- ber during the whole period is murders 8, punish. ments 6 other outrages 229, punishments 33. The murder of Mr. Edward Tracey, county Tipperary; and that of Captain Rowland Tarleton, county West- meath, not having been proved to be of agrarian origin, are not included in this return. The number of agrarian threatening letters Teported for the same periods are respectively—11, punishments 2 18, pu- nishments none 27, punishments 1 30, punishments S 38, punishments 4 78, punishments 3. The re- turn bears the signature of G. E. Hillier, the Deputy Inspect or-Geaeral of the Royal Irish Constabulary. On Friday morninc, a destructive tTre occurred on the premises of Mr. J. Keene, cabinet maker, Milford Mews, Hornsev. By great exertions the surrounding premises were saverl, but the workshops and stock of Mr. Keene were entirely destroyed. The Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten- tiarv for the United States of America arrived at Windsor Castle on Friday afternoon, and was intro- duced to Her Majesty by the Earl of Clarendon Secre- tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and presented his credentials. A seaman, named .Tohn Miller, who had married the widow of his maternal uncle, and afterwards re- married was charged before the Liverpool magistrates with b-'gamy. The bench held that the first marriace i was within the prohibited degrees of affinity, and or- dered the prisoner to be discharged. The proposed New House of Commons is to hold 569 members, 419 of whom will be accommodated on the floor against 428 in the present House, of whom but 306 can find room on the floor; and 330 strangers are to be provided for, against 263 now. Thn. the House, as proposed, will accommodate a total of 899 persons, while the House as it stands gives room only to 691 persons. THE FENIAN CONVICTS.—Mr. J. F. Maguire. M.P., has written to the amnesty committee at Dub* lin, stating that, for many considerations, public as affects the country, personal as regards the men them- selves," he is most anxious for a "complete act of amnesty to the political prisoners,"—it "would be a graceful accompaniment to a policy of conciliation and justice." He regrets to think that, owing to the storm raised against the Government because of what they have already done, and the systematic manner in which every incident, even the most trivial and trumpery, is magnified into monstrous propor- tions, there is not much hope that this full and per- fect amnesty can be granted at present." He snggests that the friends of amnesty should be more prudent and circumspect in the means adopted to further their object. The authorities in this country have received from Lord Napier of Magdala the resignation of his post as Commander-in-Chief at Bombay and Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Augustus Spencer, K.C.B.,lias now been nominated to the chief command of the Presidency. Sir Augustus Spencer served throughout the Eastern campaign of 1854-5 he commanded the 44th Regi- ment at the battles of Alma and Inkermann, and throughout the siege of Sebastopol. He was wounded on the 18th of June, during the occupation of the cemetery but, recovering, he was soon again in active service, as Brasradier-General of the First Brigade in the Fourth Division, at the attack on the Hedan. Subsequently, he commanded the British land forces in that expedition to Kinburn which resulted in the capture of the forts and the garrison. Recently, Sir Augustus has bren employed at the Horse Guards as President of the Committee appointed to revise and reform the authorised evolutions of the infantry.—• Daily Telegraph. THE HAYMARKET NIGHT HOUSES AND THE LICENSING SYSTEM.—Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P., on Friday introduced a deputation to the Home Secretary to present a memorial from the inhabitants of the parishes of St. James, St. Martin, and St. Ann, West- minster, on the disgraceful condition of the Haymar- ket and its vicinity, which was attributed to the pre- sent freedom from all interference enjoyed by the keepers of the refreshment houses. The memorial recommended that these persons should be brought more under the control of the police, who should have the power to enter any of the refreshment houses at all hours of the day or night. It also dwelt on the unfortunate result of the reversal of Mr. Knox's well- known decision. The Home Secretary intimated that the law as it at present stood would prove strono- enough to deal with the evils complained of if the magistrates were only permitted to enforce it. He had hoped that the good sense of magistrates and justices would have enabled them to settle the matter without the necessity of fresh legislation under the circum- stances, however, he would be prepared to consider whether a short bill could be introduced to deal with the question that had been raised by their conflicting decisions. RAID ON THE BETTING HOUSES.—BOW-STEEFT, Saturday Evening.—William Wright, George Leish, Alfred Arnold, John Barton, John Scheller, Alfred Dunerin, Geo. Taylor, James Wakelin, Jouas Corry, James Tooley, Geo. Donaldson, William Ulpll, Francis Beimau, George West, Thomas Graham, William iN on, Sam Lockwood, and Thomas Patterson, were placed before Sir Thomas Henry, charged with keeping a betting house in Brydges-street, Covent Garden. 1\1r. Pollard stated the case for the prosecu- cutiou, which was that the authorities, having deter- mined to put down betting-houses, has made a seizure in Mr. Wright's premises, and the property taken pos- session of consisted of betting lists, books, &c. The hearing of the case was adjourned for a week to af- ford time for the police to examine the documents found, and to decide what should be done with the defendants, most of whom were clerks to Mr. Wright. The defendant Wright was held to bail in f 100 and one surety in £100, and the other defendants £20. A similar prosecution was also begun against Henry Morris and Henry Russell of the Turf Commission, Cork-street,Bond-street. They were both remanded till Saturday next, but admitted to bail. And George Leigh and others, No. 100, Jermvn-street, were also placed at the bar for a similar offence. They were re- manded, but admitted to bail. MATRIMONIAL HOAX IN LIYERPOOL.—THE BITER BITTEN.—It is not at all an uncommon thing to hear of a matrimonial hoax in Liverpool, but the subjecis of those practical jokes are generally the simple, who are very easily duped. In the present case, however, one who is considered by his companions as knowing.' and even called "fast" by those who are not entirely unacquainted with his character, has been outdone by members of his own class, and his consternation has been an all-absorbing subject over the convivial glass. The person to whom we allude is employed as a col- lector for a well-known brewery company carrying on business in Birkenhead, and lately he conceived the original idea of" advertising for a wife." His appeal to the fair sex was inserted in the local papers of this town, and it was not long before he received a reply "from a young lady well suited to make him happy during the course ofhis natural life." A correspondence ensued between the supposed fair one and the object of her confidence, who ultimately proposed a meeting in Dingle lane, at Toxteth park. Ou Wednesday even- ing last, at the stated hour, the youthful adventurer appeared upon the scene but, as lie might have ex- pected had he possessed the foresight of many others of his sex, instead of meeting a blueing maiden, he came face to face with a gang of fast young men of the period" well supplied with rotten eggs, many of which were broken over the head of the unfortunate bachelor, who sought shelter in a neighbouring public house amidst the roars of his excited pursuers. A benevolent cabman subsequently conveyed him to the landing stage, where he embarked upon a Birkenhead boat, and returned to the bosom of his family a sadder, but a much wiser man."—Liverpool Mercury. THE PROSECUTION OF MR. BENNETT FOR HERESY. —The prosecution of the Rev. Mr. Bennett, the vicar of Frome, reached another stage on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Right Hon. J. C. Napier, and the Right H011. Sir W. Erie heard, as Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the case of "Shepherd v. Philli- more and Bennett (clerk)." It will be remembered that Mr. Bennett was charged with heresy—the al- leged heresy being a belief in the real presence in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The Bishop of Lon- don was compelled, by order of the Court of Queen's Bench, to issue letters of request to the Dean of Arches asking him to try the charge, but when the said letters were brought before him, Sir Robert Phillimore re- fused to accept them, on the ground that there was no reason given why lie should do so. They were, lie said, letters, not of command, but request. Against this refusal the plaintiff, Mr. Sheppard, of Frome, ap- pealed, and the case was thus brought before the Privy Council. Mr. Stepheus, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff (appellant), and urged that Sir Robert Philli- more over-stepped his jurisdiction in refusing the letters. He pointed out that the old Acts before 1840 left the Dean of Arches no choice. Did the Church Discipline Act leave him room for refusing to follow a Bishop's request ? Mr. Stephen urged not. He also showed that the questions had never been raised be- fore, and that no judge had ever attempted to use dis- cretionary power. The Lord Chancellor said that, suppose the bishop refused letters to issue, and the judge refused, on the ground that he had no letters of request from the bishop, and the former was cited by mandamus, he would say, on the 7th section, I have sent it to the Arches." That would be a good answer to the mandamus. And suppose the judge argued iu the same way, what would become of the suit ? It must drop. Mr. Phillimore said the bishop would then still be liable to an appeal to the archbis- hop. At the conclusion of Mr. Phillimore's speech the Lord Chancellor said that their Lordships would take into consideration whether they should hear Mr. Stephens in reply, and would appoint a day to givf their decision.