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SERIOUS FORGERIES IN LONDON. TK tin Lord Mayor was engaged in further investiga- charges of forgery at the Justice-room of the him l0n-hou8e, on Monday, which had come before 111 the course of last week. The first ease taken 6 o0 of Robert Salisbury Saltmarsh, described as 0f ^mission agent, against whom the charge is that cu enderiug with a guilty knowledge a bill of ex- Th t'^e/or £:OO to a firm of bill brokers in the City. he prisoner was committed for trial, and a new Charge, relating to the forgery of a bill for J645, was next gone into. T The other charge was against a young man named j0h" for forging and uttering a cheque lor £ 400, with intent to defraud Messrs. Glynn Mills and Co., bankers, of Lombard-street. In this case the prisoner had been a clerk to Mr. Draper, a merchant in London-wall, and one of the London agents of the Danube Steam Navigation Company, but had left. He knew where Mr. Draper was in the habit of keep- ing his cheque-book, and what was his usual signa- ture. On the 24th of July a man went to the bank of Messrs. Glynn, Mills, and Co., and presented to Mr Hand, a cashier, a cheque for £ 400, purporting o e signed by Mr. Draper. He was paid in two notes for zC300 and dElOO, and then left the bank. On the same afternoon these identical notes were changed for gold at the Bank of England, and they then bore Arujt' frr^T name of John Draper and Henry Austin, of 71, London-wall. On the 29th nit. £ 370 n gold was changed by a man, believed to be the prisoner, at the weighing-office of the Bank, for seven f°r £ f each> and the order then Written by the person who presented it represented thaf it was required by the Danube Steam Navigation Company. It was proved that the order and the sig. laatures on the two notes for £300 and £100 were bOÚI ^'■office n^ y him in Payment, for a quest bv M der; another had been changed at his re- ployer T'r" ^dwin Draper, a brother of his em- n*y> of u? third had been paid to Messrs. Gnr- the PH. i!itlropean Tavern, Cheapside, which house a retn °?er ^ad frequented. Mr. Mullens applied for ^hichtv, Tto enable him to trace the £ 50 notes, Lord Mayor granted.

THE MINERS RIOT AT MOLD. The trial nc n assault at M i six prisoners charged with riot and j? 4 °n the 2nd of .Tune was concluded on •aid his only J ^hief Justice Bovill, in summing up, ■ojdiers and co^6 waa that so numerous a body of fifteen or w^° went through the event- ,17es- It was all escaped with their tinate for tjj 0rtunate for them, but still more for- Jt Would hav Pria°ners, because, had death followed, have preferr /i 1 t^'e duty of the prosecution to •Re had rnl c^ar&88 of wilful murder against them, the riot h '6 the men who were on the day of lawful c taken to the railway station were in ing a Ust°dy, and there was no excuse for attack- °Ut to Woun.ding the constables. It must be made Wer sa,t'sfaction of the Jury that the wounds e inflicted with one or other or all of the intents enhoned in the indictments in order to find the pri- mers guilty. It was scarcely possible, and not neces- lary, to prove which man threw the stone that founded any particular individual. The jury must Judge from the numbers and conduct of the mob. He asked for what purpose 1,500 people remained one «our and a half after the men were committed to prison ? No answer had been suggested by the pri- soners' counsel. He had been unable to discover with *fhat lawful object the mob threw stones. Captain lake deserved the greatest commendation for the bUIllanity with which he exercised the powers en- trusted to him for when the soldiers were ordered # they were not to do so ineffectually. The i up occupied more than three hours and a rp. The Jury consulted for a quarter of an hour. acquitted Richard Jones, but convicted all the j prisoners on all the counts.—The Lord Chief UsticQ, in passing sentence, said it was a painful thing that the prisoners should be placed in so serious position. They were responsible for the loss of lfe and and for the bloodshed that had occurred, and bad run the most serious risk. They had endeavoured violence to break the law, and to defy authority, They thought to overpower a small body of men and 0 e«cape detection. The wonder was that hundreds t them did not welter in their blood. If such things were permitted there would be an end to all order. ut the law was too powerful for such attacks. They :might be successful for the moment; but the con- must recoil on the heads of all who had bourse to violence. It was impossible to look lightly on such an offence; but he had power to mitigate the xtreme sentence which the law allowed. It was Necessary to prevent the recurrence of such attacks. tie sentenced each of the prisoners to penal servitude for ten years. The sentence produced much sensation in court. The trial was not concluded until past eight.

The Duke and Duchess of Argyll had the honour of fining with the Queen and the Royal Family on Satur- day. A farmer at Fort Smith, Arkansas,recently ploughed a keg containing 5,000 dollars in Spanish silver dollars of old date. The keg was probably buried 20 30 years ago. Mr. Halligan, a gold broker at Rockhampton, had °een murdered by two men, named Palmer and VV11- lam who were assisted by a publican, named Archi- ald. Archibald has turned Queen's evidence, and the her prisoners have made confession of their parlici- ation in the crime.—Melbourne Am us. 1J()1SO.IXG. — A singular case of at- o ^pted poisoning was tried at the Bristol Assizes on ^Ul'day before Mr. Justice Keating. Ou April 7, wife °f Charles Smith, a young blacksmith living -Downheys, saw a white powder on the curface of hu^ °f tea she was about to drink, and charged her foli 'd with putting arsenic it. Some angry words th and she threw the tea into the fire-place. On ^Ist of the same month a similar occurrence took th*06 'u connection with some broth, which the man ,ift'e^v away but the wife afterwards collected some che • S^ase from the pot sides, which was found, on "Ilical analysis, to contain arsenic, and Smith was into custody. For the defence it waa urged f0r although the prisoner had arsenic on the premises ^.destroying rats, the fact was well known to his the f that the araenic on these two occasions in ch^r°°d had been placed there by herself to get up a against him. The jury found him guilty, and *ent«nce4 to twenty years' penal servitude.

MULT UM IN P A R Y O. The London General Omnibus Company's dividend will be at the rate of 6 j per cent. The Bishop of Oxford preached in the Leeds Parish Church on Sunday evening last. The Grand Duchess Marie gave birth to a daugh- ter, on Tuesday, at Ludwiglust. Mr. Henry Kingsley is about to assume the editor- ship of the Edinburgh Daily Re? ieiv. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Clif- ton, left town on Saturday evening for Homburg. A smart shock of earthquake was felt at Dhoolia, on the 5th ult. The same night, a shock was felt in Bombay. A one-act comedy, by M. Jules Prevel, has been received at the Francais. Its title is, Les Hommel qui Pleurent." Mr. Cornelius Grinnell, of the New York steam yacht Hawk, fell from a window at Ryde, on Tuesday morning, and was killed. A Boston gentleman has invented a rat trap which kills the animal instantly, throws its body in the air, and sets itself for another victim. Lord Monck and the two other Irish Church Com- missioners were sworn in members of the Privy Coun- cil, on Saturday, and took their seats at the board. A letter-carrier named Henry Handy has been in- dicted at Wells, for stealing a post letter and 80 post- age stamps, and sentenced to 15 months' imprison- ment. Prince Alfred sailed from Auckland on the 1st of June without having had an interview with the Maori King the latter, thereupon, refused to see the Gov- ernor. The partisans of Don Carlos VII. at Madrid have taken as their emblem the daisy (Margarita), in al- lusion to the name of the princess, wife of the Pre- tender. Reports from Wildbad state that already a favour. able effect has been produced in the health of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, by her stay at Wildbad. An extensive fire has occurred at Greymouth, by which the principal business block in the town has been destroyed, including the banks. The loss is estimated at over £40,000. The rumour that Mr. Chichester Fortescue is to be raised to the peerage is revived, with the important addition that he will shortly succeed Lord Spencer as viceroy in Ireland. Benjamin Whiteley, labourer, of Greetland has been charged at Halifax with attacking and robbing John Chester, factory worker, on the highway. He was committed for trial. Mr. Wright, Chairman of the Hull Dock Compauy, was introduced to Her Majesty's presence after the Council at Osborne on Saturday, and received the hon- our of knighthood. The Incorporated Law Society have appointed Mr. Fitzroy Kelly the lecturer and reader on equity Mr. Howard W. Elphinstone on conveyancing and Mr. Henry M. Bompas on common law. Jas. W. Dempsey of Boston, who has lost an arm in the engaaement between the Kearsage and the Alabama, and the last survivor of the wounded among the Kearsage crew, died in Boston a few days ago. A contract has been made with the India Rubber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Company, to make and lay the West India and Panama cable for £587,000; the whole to be completed within eleven months. A severe earthquake was experienced in Christ- church, New Zealand, on the 5th and four following days. Nearly all the brick and stone buildings were shaken, and numerous chimneys were thrown down. No lives were lost. On Saturday the brothers Barbour were committed for trial on a charge of murdering Mrs. Reed in the house occupied by them in Greenock on Saturday week. They will probably be tried at the eusuing Glasgow Circuit Court. The sudden death is reported of Mrs. Grant, of the farm of Laggan, in Strathspey, under extraordinary circumstances. Mrs. Grant was watching her bees, and was stung by one of them in the point of the nose. She died a few minutes afterwards. Within eight years there have been built in San Francisco 25 new Protestant houses of worship, as follows :—Baptist, 4; Congregational, 3 Episcopal, 4 Methodist, 7 Presbyterian, 7 also one mariners, one Lutheran, and one New Jerusalem. The marriage of Lord Monson and Adelaide Coun- tess of Yarborough was celebrated at St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London, on Saturday. The ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev. Evelyn Monson. vicar of Croft, Lincolnshire. SUICIDE FROM A MANX STEAMER. — A woman jumped overboard from the steamer Tynwald, on her passage from Douglas to Liverpool on Monday, when between the Fairway Buoy of the Zebra Channel and the Formby Lightship, at about 12.30 p.m. Her name is not known. Directly the English Government knew that Mr. James Haggerty had been appointed American Con- sul at Glasgow, it refused exequatur, and immediately telegraphed to the American Government. As soon as the American Government, who were igaorant of the transaction, were apprised, they cancelled Hag- gerty's appointment. THE ADMIRALTY.—The Lords of the Admiralty have abolished the office of timber inspector in all dockyards, and appointed Thos. Laslett late of Wool- wich, to be timber inspector at the Admiralty, and visit dockyards when necessary. This arrangement will effect a saving of nearly £2,000 yearly. Her Majesty and Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice attended divine service at Whipping- ham, on Sunday. The Rev. George Prothero, assis- ted by the Rev. R. Duckworth, officiated and adminis- tered the sacrament of the Holy Communion. The report' that Mr. Maguire will succeed Mr. G. A. Hamilton as permanent Secretary to the Treasury is believed to be well founded. The office is one which disqualifies its bolder from sitting in Parliament, and it is rumoured that if Mr. Maguire accepts the ap- pointment, Mr. Massey will become a candidate for Cork. General Sir William J. Codrington, G.C.B., has been deputed to attend the forthcoming reviews of of the Prussian army in Pomerania and Eastern Prussia. Besides General Codrington, several other British officers will be present; amongst others Major- General Carey, G.C.B.; Colonel Barker, 10th Hussars, &c. The late Mr. W. J. Etches, of Derby, who left jE30,000 to the Crystal Palace Company, has, it ap- pears, also left £:W,OOO to be divided equally between the Liberation Society and the Financial Reform As- sociation. An old lady, nearly seventy years of age, has a life interest in the £ 20,000 before it can be divided. REPRESENTATION OF CAITHNESS.- Mr. Traill, M.P., is to accept the Chiltern Hundreds. This. was quite unexpected by the constituency. The election will be held about the 20th inst. There is only one candidate as yet in the field, Mr. James C. Traill, barrister-at-law, of London, nephew of the retiring member, and a son of the late police magistrate at Greenwich. UNCLAIMED PRIZES AT WIMBLEDON.-The prin- cipal prizes now remaining unclaimed are J615, won in the 1st stage Albert, by Lieutenant Walker, of the 34th Regiment; 25, by Earl Denbigh, and 25, by Captain Ross, of the London Scottish and in the 500 yards' Enfield £20, by A. J. Smith dBlO, by the same gentleman in the 200 yards' Enfield; £ 15, Earl of Denbigh; £ 10, Lieutenant-Colonel Oxley; £ 7, Lord Goderich and £ 7, Major Ewen. The opening of the St. Petersburg Industrial Ex. hibition is fixed for the 15th May of the coming year. All goods intended for it are to be sent in between the 15th February and 15th April. The introduction of explosive and combustible materials is strictly pro- hibited; and the exhibition being a purely native one, all foreign manufactures, or Russian manufactures into which any foreign ingredient enters, are to be specially distinguished. A lad of twelve has just been tried in St. Peters- burg for incendiarism, having deliberately set fire to his master's house, and to other houses in its vicinity, no fewer than five several times, two of the conflagra- tions occurring on the same day. On being questioned as to his motive for these outrages, he replied with apparent sincerity that he wanted to see what a fire looked like The magistrates discharged him, re- commending his relatives to keep him under close surveillance. A Ne w York telegram reports the Ocean Bride aban- doned on July 7tli. An official remeasurement has been made of the work remaining to be done on the Suez Canal, and the result is stDted-Lo be favourable. A good deal of discussion has taken place in Aus- tralia. in reference to the announcement that the im- perial parliament was to be asked to recoup Prince Alfred for donations and presents made in the colo- uies. A debate is likely to take place in the Assembly upon the subject. According to the (Roman) "Catholic Directory, there are now in London and its suburbs about ninety churches and chapels belonging to that religion. In the Stranger's Guide through London" for 1808 there are enumerated only eleven Roman Catholic places of worship in London, and two in the suburbs. During the recess Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Lowe will pay a visit to Ireland, and will be en- tertained in Dublin to a great banquet. The Freeman says that the visit of Mr. Gladstone is with a view to satisfy himself, by personal observation, of the real state of the country, and especially as to the state of land tenure. ANOTHER NUNNERY SCANDAL.—The Express con- tains an account of the forcible removal of a girl into a nunnery in Belturbet, county Cavan, by her mother, aided by a crowd, who dragged her violently through the streets, notwithstanding her screams and struggles. Her father, who is a Protestant, is about to take legal steps to recover her. A very imposing Trades' Union demonstration was held in Manchester on Saturday. After a procession through the principal streets of Manchester and Sal- ford, a meeting was held in Albert Square, where the point in dispute between the masters and men was elaborated, though the weather unfortunately inter- fered with the whole of the proceedings. Another failure in the cotton trade is reported from Preston. It is that of Mr. William W. Ogle, of Or- chard Mi Ms, Croston, and is stated to be connected with the recent suspension of Messrs. Livesey and Thorpe, cotton brokers, of Liverpool and Manchester. Six cotton trade failures have occurred in the Preston district within the last six weeks. The CRACOW NUNNERY MYSTERY.—A telegraphic despatch from Cracow, published in a Vienna journal, states that the lady superior of the convent of Car- melite nuns in the former city, as well as her'predeces- sor, declares that in sequestrating Barbara U bryk, in- stead of sending her to an asylum, they had acted in accordance with special orders from the chief of the order at Rome. Her Majesty's ship Rosario seized a slave schooner, the Daphne, at Leruka (Fijis) with 100 slaves aboard for Queensland. The slaves were released, and the Daphne, with a prize crew, sent on to Sydney, where Captain Dogget, the master, was on Saturday com- mitted for trial for piratically seizing natives for the purposes of slavery." The crew were floating about ou a rait for several days without food before they were rescued. The report, of the Joint Committee of the Lords and Commons on the despatch of business in Parliament has been published. It suggests that expedition in legislation might be obtained by the introduction of legal and ecclesiastical bills in the Lords but it is added that the arrangement must be left to the dis. cretion of Ministers. The appointment of a joint cretion of Ministers. The appointment of a joint Committee of Referees on the Opposed Private Bills" and of a joint Committee on Standing Orders is re- commended. THE RIVAL ATLANTIC CABLE COMPANIES.- Hostilities have begun between the English and the French Atlantic Cable Companies. The charge of the English Company was 40s. per message. <> The rrench Company began by reducing the terms to 32s. and the English Company have retaliated by putting their price down to 30s. If this game be continued the end will be a combination between the two com- panies to charge higher rates than ever. So that the American and English public may be made, after years, to pay for all the losses that have been in- curred. On Saturday, the Warehousemen and Clerks' Or- phans' Schools were opened at Cheadle-Hulme with considerable ceremony. Sir James Watts, the presi- dent of the association, presided at the meeting, which,|was held prior to the formal opening of the institution. The Earl of Ellesmere, after a brief speech, declare I the building to be opened for the service to which it was destined, the Countess of El- lesmere received the "purses" which had been col- lected to defray the cost of the building, and Mr. Hugh Birley, M.P., Mr. Alderman Heywood, and others took part in the proceedings. THE STAR OF INDIA.-On Friday the Companion. ship of the Star of India was conferred by the Duke of Argyll, as representative of Her Majesty, on some of the gentlemen who have been recently considered worthy of being enrolled in the order. At first it was proposed that the decorations should be bestowed on the gentlemen to whom they had been awarded in the midst of an imposing ceremonial, but the event proved that that resolution was judiciously rescinded. Only five of those entitled to the honour specified ap- peared in person on Friday at the India-office, but of course the absence of the others does not in any way invalidate their claim to write the letters C.S.I, after their respective names. The gentlemen who received their badges from the Duke of Argyll on Friday were Lieutenant-Colonel G. Hutchinson, Colonel J. B. Spur- gin, Mr, J. W. S. Wyllie, Dr. J. Arthur, and Mr. II. C. Hamilton. DISASTERS ON THE AMERICAN LAKES. — The Supervising Inspector of Navigation for the Eighth District, which comprises the great lakes on the northern boundary of the United States, has just made public his report of disasters during the year 1868. Of these disasters the most serious were the following:- On April 9th, 1868, the steamer Sea Bird was burned off Waukegan, Ill., on the west shore of Lake Michi- gan, and out of 70 or 75 passengers only two escaped. The Inspector reports that the great loss of life in this accident was caused by not stopping the engine at the first alarm, and recommends the adoption of a rule making it imperative uppn the engineer of every steamer, in all cases in alarm of fire, to stop the engine, and not to proceed except by the command of the captain. On the night of June 28th, a collision oc- curred near Cleveland, on Lake Erie, between the pas- senger steamer Morning Star and the barque Court- land, when both vessels were sunk and about 50 out 75 persons perished. This accident was caused by neg- ligence in displaying signal lights. On August 8th, a collision occurred off Point aux Basques, Luke Huron by which one life was lost, and on September 7th, the propeller Hippocampus foundered on Lake Michigan, with the loss of nine passengers and seventeen of the crew. On October 9th, the steamer Milwaukie, with 70 passengers aboard, was totally wrecked by striking on a sand bar at the entrance of the harbour Grand Haven, Michigan no lives were lost. The statistics of the passenger travel and the disasters during 1868 are as follows :—Passengers carried, 900,000 lives lost from fire, 73 from collision, 51 from wreck, 26 from ex- plosion, I; making a total of 151. The accidents were 19 in number, as follows — Collisions, 8 fire, 6 striking on sandbars or rocks, 3 founderinar, H. Of the fires, five were of vessels burned at night, while lying at the dock. THE SCHUMACKER FAMILY AGAIN.—The Schu- macker family will, no doubt, be remembered, with its law suits and criminal trials The father, a cab. man, suing his daughter, a woman of the demi-mondet who had become the Marquise d'Orvault, for alimony, and the son condemned to the bagne, from which he subsequently escaped, for shooting his sister to extort money from her. The parents have just now appeared again in public to prosecute a female swindler, calling herself the Countess Jordan Poninska, nee Countess d'Osten-Sacken. This woman, shortly after the trial of her son, called on the Schumackers, and, pretend- ing to have great influence with the Empress and per- sonages of rank, offered to solicit a pardon for the young man. The cabman and his wife, from their past experience, might have been expected to be less credulous, but they readily became the dupes of this great lady, who, although, according to her represen- tations, possessed entire villages in Poland, conde. scended to borrow sums of money varying from lOOf. to meet the costs on a draft for 80,000f. which she was expecting, down to If. 35c. to pay for mending a pair of shoes. The soi-disant countess, of course could not call on great people to intercede for the son without wearing jewellery, and as she had none herself, she borrowed from the Schumackers a gold chain with a diamond worth 400f., a pearl ring, a coral bracelet, but which, as might be expected, she never returned. She likewise took Madame Schu- maker into her service as cook, and allowed the latter to advance money for marketing. But the famous draft for 80,000f. not arriving, the cabman and his wife lost patience, and denounced their protectress to the police, who discovered that she had been already condemned for swindling in Baden, Saxony, and Eng- land. Being now brought up for trial, the spurious countess was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. —Galisrnani, The match between the Oxford and Harvard U ni- Tersity crews is fixed for Wednesday the 2oth of Augnst. WRECK OF THE GERMANIA.—The Germailia haa been totally wrecked off Cape Race. The passengers and crew were saved. Last week, mackerel were sold in Douglas market, Isle of Man' at Is. per 100, and in t he evening were retailed as low as eight and ten for a penny. Rumours are current that extensive corrupt prac- tices have been discovered among the officials in one of the government departments, and that an investi- gation is now going on. A shocking stabbing case occurred at Wallingford, in Berkshire, on Sunday morning. Two men were fighting at a place called the Lower Green, and a young man named Young, who was passing, remon- strated with them, and advised them to become friends. He had scarcely spoken when one of the brutal fellows rushed upon him and stabbed him in the abdomen with a large knife. A frightful wound was inflicted, and no hope is entertained of Young's recovery. The Lambeth police were fortunate enough a day or two ago to stumble upon a professional robber, who had a most complete outfit of burglarious imple- ments, and a large quantity of stolen property in his bedroom. The prisoner, whose name is Bentley, was brought before the magistrates on Monday and re- manded. It was stated that there were 60 skeleton keys of the most admirable make," and a sort of knife, ingeniously contrived, to unfasten window catches. Owners are wanted for a variety of articles of jewellery and other valuables. At the Southwark Police Court, on Monday, a haw- ker, named Kate Roe, alias Coclilin, living at Brent- z;1 ford, was charged with a murder committed a year ago in the Borough. In August, 1868, there was a row in Parson's Alley, an extremely low neighbour- hood, and an old man named Dennis engaged in £ fight with a man named Roe. While this was going on, Mrs. Roe fetched a chopper," and struck Dennis two blows on the head and one on the arm, from which lie died The woman absconded, and has only just been apprehended. She was committed for trial. TURKEY AND EGYPT.—A correspondent at Viennai writing on the 6th inst., says:—"It is stated in official circles here that the real cause of the issue of the threatening despatch sent to the Viceroy from Constantinople was that Ismail Pasha had made cer- tain overtures at St. Petersburgh which came to the knowledge of the Turkish Government and entirely disclosed the Viceroy's plans. It is added, however, that these overtures were coldly received by Prince Gortschakoff, who, in his reply, while expressing great interest in the prosperity of Egypt, added that Russia must adhere to existing treaties. It is, there- fore, probable that the matter will be peaceably ar- ranged." Pall Mall Gazette. A well-known pugilist named Dillon is in custody on a charge of committing a violent assault in a rail- way carriage. It appears that as Dillon and other pugilists were returning by rail from Stockbridge Races on the 25th of July, he commenced annoying gentlemen who were in a first-class carriage with him. He was remonstrated with by the gentlemen, and he caught hold of one and struck his head agaiust the back of the carriage, butted another with his head, and struck a third on the nose, blackening both his eyes. A warrant was obtained for his apprehension, and he was arrested on Monday morning as he was leav. ing Waterloo station for Egham Races. He was taken to the Andover petty sessions, the assault having been committed in that district. The Oberkirchenrath, the very highest ecclesiastical authority of the Protestant Church in Prussia, has summoned extraordinary Provincial Synods for the eastern provinces of the kingdom, in which the lay element will be largely represented. The synods of the various districts are to elect two or in some cases four representatives, before the 15th of next September. The provincial meetings will be opened by the Gen- eral Superintendent of the Province, and will then proceed to choose a president and two vice-presidents, one of whom may be a layman. These three will together form a kind of directorial board. The prin- cipal subject of discussion will be some reforms in the constitution of the church, and the sittings will last from two to three weeks. THE COST OF "LIQUIDATION."—Mr. Mc'Creight. the official liquidator of the late Birmingham Bankj has just sent in his bill to the committee who are now entrusted with the task of gratuitously winding-up the affairs of this unfortunate concern. Mr. Mc'Creight's services began in October, 1866, and ended in May or June, 1869-a period of about two years and a half. For the work done in liquidation during this term Mr. Mc'Creight charges between £27,000 and £28,000. The items embraced in this account include, we are told, only the costs of the liquidators-that is, Mr. Mc'Creight for the whole time, and Mr. Laundy for part of it-their clerks, office rent, and travelling ex- pences. The solicitors' bills and other legal charges are not included. SUPERSTITION IN INDIA.—A curious case was lately tried before the Sessions Judge of Nellore. A woman with a few young children was walking one evening after dark to Nellore, and stopped to rest be- neath a tamarind tree which had the reputation of being haunted. A washerman came along driving an ass, and seeing the figure beneath the tree called out demanding to know who was there. The woman re- plied, "a Yanad," when the man instantly rushed at her and struck her with a heavy stick. Both the child. ren and the man fled in terror from the place. The man at once told what he had done, but the woman when found was quite dead. Ti e Judge admitted hiE plea, as it was apparent that he could have had nc other motive for assaulting the woman than his opin- ion that she was something supernatural, but convicted him of culpable homicide as be had not exercised due carefulness, passing a sentence of one year's rigorous imprisonment.- Friend of India, July 25. ACTION FOR DAMAGES AGAINST AN OMNIBUS COMPANY.—A lady named Fennel sued the London General Omnibus Company at the Croydon Assizes, on Tuesday, for damages for an injury sustained by a fall while getting into an omnibus at Regent-circus, owing to the carelessness of the driver in moving on before she had got in. The lady was lame, and while she was getting into the omnibus a policeman told the driver to move on the driver, without looking behind I or speaking to his conductor to see if all was right, did so, and the lady was suddenly thrown forward and sustained a rather severe wrench to the muscles of the spine, which had caused a serious injury. The Lord Chief Baron, in summing up, said that the case was of some public importance in one point of view, as to the duties or powers of the police in directing the drivers of omnibuses. The police had no right to drivers to move on" when it was improper to do so, and it was improper when it was unsafe to do so as m the present instance. The duty of the conductor was to direct the driver, and the duty of the driver was not to move on until told to do so by the conductor. The police, therefore, bad no right to direct the driver to move on until they had applied to the conductor, and seen that it was safe and proper to do so and the driver was not justified in obeying their directions until the conductor directed him to go on, or until he had ascertained that it was safe to do so. The Com- pany, therefore, could not excuse their driver or them- selves from the consequences of his careless act by reason of the improper directions of the police, which he was not justified in obeying. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £300. THE NEW BISHOP OF SALISBURY.—Dr. George Moberly, who has been nominated by Mr. Gladstone to the vacant bishopric of Salisbury, was born about the year 1803, and was educated at Winchester, whence he went to Balliol College, Oxford. He took his B.A. degree there in Easter Term, 1825, obtaining first-class honours in Literis Humanioribus. In the following year be obtained the Chancellor' a prize for the English essay, the subject being Whether a rude or refined age is the most favourable for the produc- tion of works of fiction." In 1830, and also again ill 1833, he acted as one of the public examiners in the classical schools, and during some years he was tutor as well as fellow of Balliol College. In or about 1835 he was appointed to the Head Mastership of Winchester School, from which he retired some three years ago, when the Bishop of Winchester conferred on him the rectory of Brightstone, in the Isle of Wight and the Bishop of Chester gave him a canonry in his cathedral. Dr. Moberly was also on several occasions one of the select preachers at Ox- ford. He is the author of several works among which we may mention, An introduction to logic," a pam- phlet on The studies and discipline of public schools," in the shape of a letter addressed to Sir William Heathcote. He also published Practical sermons," "An examination of Dr. Newman's theory of development," "Sermons preached at Winchester College," "Discourses on the sayings of the great forty days," an Essay on the law of the love of God," a sermon on "The unity of the saints," and Remarks on Essays and Reviews." Dr. Moberly is understood to be a sound but moderate High Churchman. ° The Bombay Association hns ppritioned the local Government to make the penal clauses in the Cotton Frauds Bill less stringent. A bottle was picked up at BiJeford on Sunday, which contained a scrap of paper, with a few lines in pencil upon it, announcing the loss of the Seagull u and all ou board, with two exceptions, on the :29(h July. The death of Major General Frederick Hope, on the 2nd instant, will cause the following promotions:- Colonel the Hon. R. W. P. Curzon, C.B. to be major general; Major T. V. Cook, half pay Royal Marines, to be lieutenaut-colonel; and Captain W. R. Annesley, of the 97th Regiment, Inspector of Musketry of the Dublin district, to be major in the army. Bushranging is still of too frequent occurence in New South Wales. The Southern mail, when near Goulburn, was recently stuck up by armed bush- rangers, who fired at the passengers, wounding Mr. Longfield, a dentist, very dangerously in the face. Constable Chalker, who accompanied the mail, re- turned the fire and killed one of the robbers' horses. The men, however, escaped. An appalling catastrophe (says the New York Times of the 29th) occurred last evening at about a quarter- past eight o'clock in Printing-house-square in this city. Some fireworks in a waggon, the six occupants of which were returning from a chowder party, were suddenly ignited, one of the party having carelessly dropped a box of burning matches in their midst. An explosion followed by which seven persons were injured, three of them fatally. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS AT WILDBAD.—A pri- vate letter from Wildbad states that the Princess of Wales, on her arrival, was dressed in an ecru-coloured silk costume, embroidered in white silk, and a white hat and blue feathers. Their two sons were in their carriage with Mrs. Hardinge, a governess, and two maids, the two little girls being in another. Then followed an omnibus full of servants and the Nubian boy brought from the Nile. The Prince and Princess came out after their five o'clock dinner, and sat with all the visitors at Wildbad in the Platz, to listen to the band. The Prince had his little girl on his knee, till it struck her that drawing and digging in the sand with her father's stick would prove an agreeable oc- cupation. The two little boys, who were sitting on either side of their mother, thought the amusement 30 attractive that they provided themselves with the sticks of the gentlemen in waiting, and proceeded to the same occupation. CONSPIRACY IN CHINA. — The Overland China Mail reports that a conspiracy has been discovered at Soochow to setup another Teeping rebellion. Three men were captured and beheaded as soon as all that was possible had been extracted from them. Many arrests have taken place in Soochow, and between twenty and thirty ringleaders have been caught in Shanghai, some in the city and some in the French concession. The conspirators, almost all Canton or Ningpo men, and old Taepings or disbanded braves, are reported to number some 50,000 men. The head chief is believed to be an old Chungmow and to be now in Shanghai. So serious is the apprehension that numbers of inhabitants have been flying from Soochow Shanghai wards for several days, taking with them all their property, in anticipation of an outbreak and general sack. A mutiny among the imperial troops in Shensi has been quelled, and the city of Suy-le recovered; and the ringleaders of the mutiny have been beheaded. BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETIES.—A bill has been prepared and brought in by Mr. Gourley, Sir Roundell Palmer, and Mr. Stevenson, to amend the act for the regulation of benefit building societies. It enacts that no former or future regulation of any such society shall be deemed repugnant to the laws of the realm because it provides for the borrowing of money for the purposes of the society, or because it provides for the raising of moneys by the issue of shares known as "fully paid-up shares" or realised deposit or pre- ference shares." The secretary, manager, or other persons acting as manager to every building society shall, once a year, lodge with the registrar of building societies an account setting forth the funds of the so- ciety and how they are invested, distinguishing be. tween funds raised by subscriptions on ordinary shares and funds raised by the means before mentioned. The penalty for omission of this clause is £::0, to be re- covered on the suit of any member of the society, who ahati receive half the sum, the remainder to be paid into the funds of the society. Any officer rendering a false statement of account will be guilty of a mis- demeanour. WINDSOR PARISH. CHURCH.—Contributions to the amount of JE3,050 have been promised towards the renovation of the parish church at Windsor. This sum includes donations of £100 from the Diocesan Church Building Society, and £ 50 from the Incorpo- rated Church Building Society of London. It is in- tended to proceed at once with the erection of a chan- cel, then with an organ chamber, the removal of the organ, reseating the Church, and reconstruction of the western gallery, the estimate for which is about £ 3,600. When these works shall have been com- pleted, and money sufficient contributed, it is contem- plated to spend between £2,000 and £3,000 upon the decoration of the church, which is at present a very plain structure. Amongst the contributors are Her Majesty the Queen, JE200. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian of Schieswio-.HoIstein, in forwarding a donation of 50 guineas, express "their entire approval of the plan submitted for the renovation of the interior of Windsor parish church so far as the same relates to the Royal pew proposed to be appropriated to Frogmore House, in substitu- tion for the present very objectionable pew." The Bishop of Lichfield heartily joins in the plans for the restoration of a church with which he was formerly so closely connected. Sir Theodore Brinkman is a very liberal donor. INCOMES OF BISHOPS.—It is anticipated that the Bishops' Resignation Bill, now passing through Par- liament, will affect the tenure of the sees of Winches- ter and Exeter. The diocese of Winchester comprises the counties of Hants and Surrey, and the Channel Islands, and Dr. Sumner has presided over it for 42 years, having in 1827 been translated from the bishop- ric of Llandaff, then worth only £1,000 a year. The value of the see of Winchester has been variously es- timated from £10,000 to £ 30,000,a year, but it is offi- cially stated at £10,417. The diocese of Exeter is I the largest in all England. It embraces the whole of the vast district to the west of the county of So- mei set, and it also includes the Scilly Islands. The see, which has now for a long time b^en in a state of ecclesiastical chaos, has been held by Dr. Phillpotts for nearly forty years. The bishop holds a canonry in Durham Cathedral, and his income is f 6,700 a year. Within the term of his episcopate Dr. Sumner has received f 438,514, and Dr. Phillpotts £ 20^,000. It may be added that on the passage of the Act for t lie superannuation ofthe Bishops of Lon- don and Durham, in 1856, Dr. Phillpotts strongly ad. hered to the doctrine of once a bishop always a bishop," and opposed the measure at every stage. He is in his ninety-second year, and the Bishop of Win- chester is twelve years younger.-Daily News. THE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS VISIT TO BELGIUM.—On Monday afternoon a meeting of the Anglo-Belgian Committee was held at Captain Mercier's studio, 21, Parkside, Knightsbridge, to meet Mons. Audrimont, the Bourgmestre de la Ville de Liege, and the Belgian Consul, to confer on the proposed visit of the Euglish Volunteers to the rifle meeting which begins on the 18th of September. Colonel Thomson, of the Tower Hamlets corps, presided, and it may be generally stated that the proposed visit is under the special invite of the citizens of Liege, who have contributed en masse to the expenses of the entertainment, making it, therefore, more of a civic than a national character. Lord Elcho, as president of the National Rifle Associa- tion of England, had been in the first instance applied to, but declined to act, on the ground that their func- tions for the year had virtually closed with the Wimbledon meeting; and Colonel Thomson as chair- man of the Anglo-Belgian Committee, undertook to be the friendly medium of communication. It is proposed to invite the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the city of London to attend on the 21st of September, when His Majesty the King of the Belgians will preside at a banquet and fete for 3,000 volunteers of different countries, so making it a friendly national matter. The prizes wiil be worth from JB800 to zCI,000, of which jE300 will be shot for at Liege, and the residue at Spa, about twenty minutes rail from there, to which place all Volunteers would be provided with tickets. The Anglo-Belgian committe are in communication with the authorities to obtain tickets from Ostend and Antwerp to Liege at the cost of about 5s. each ticket, to be obtainable in London, 11, Bury-court, St. Mary Axe, by Volunteers only. It is, however, to be dis- tinctly understood that thefete was offered by the in. habitants of Liege in a friendly spirit to other nations, and not as a national affair, as a special mark of the friendly and fraternal feeling that animates the Rifle- men of both nations. The details of the meeting and the general arrangements were fully discussed, and every indication is apparent of a most friendly and enjoyable meeting. During the past week 15 wrecks have boon reported, making for the present year 1,416. At Dudley on Friday, two children, acred eight and Eve ycar3, were killed by the tilting over of a cart oil which they were amusing themselves. The soldier of the Slst Regiment who was recently tried at Cork Barracks before court-martial for making use of seditious language has been acquitted. At Lrimbeih parish Church on Sunday morning last, the publication of the banns of marriage occupied a longer time than the reading of the sermon.—South London Press. Out of twelve jurymen who decided upon the merits of a case heard at the recent Merionethshire assizes, only four could speak or understand English. The evidence was given in English, the counsel spoke in English, and his lordship's charge was given in Eng< lish also. And eight of the jurymen understood not a word. ACTION FOR LIBEL BY MISS FAITHFULL.—An action for libel was brought at the Croydon Assizes by Miss Emily Faithfull, a lady who has taken an active part in providing emplovment for women, against Mr. James Grant, of the Morning Advertiser. The alleged libel consisted in the statement (made in the preface to a work written by the defendant) that Miss Faith- full was one of the promoters of a "ladies'secular club, with which, in fact, she had nothing to do and also that she was an atheist, which she positively de- denied. A verdict for 40s was taken by consent. THREE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH.—Early on Saturday Morning, the village of Aberfeldy was thrown into a state of intense excitement by the report that a house at Croftcur, about two miles west of Aber- feldy, had been burned down during the night and two persons, a man and a boy, burned to death, while a woman was so severely injured as not to be expected to live. The family consisted of Dr. Donald M'Grea-or crofter his sister, who kept house for him and a bo; about 16, named Menzies, a son of the woman M'Gregor. They had all retired to rest in the evening and when the fire commenced or how it originated is not known, but about eleven o'clock people on the Appin and Weemside of the river saw the house (which is not visible from Aberfeld) in flames. The neighbours also noticed it about the same time, and, hastening to the scene, were able to rescue the woman alive, though dreadfully burned, but the man and boy were quite dead, and the bodies badly burned, having no doubt been suffocated by the smoke ere the fire reached them. The body of Mr. M'Gregor, was found as if he had been trying to reach the door when over- powered. The boy bad never got out of bed. Dr. Menzies was speedily in attendance, and attended Miss M'Gregor, but little or no hope is entertained of her recovery.—■Dundee Advertiser. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The number of new members returned to the House of Commons since the dissolution of November, 1868, has now been in- creased to 25, not taking account of 13 re elections. The new members are:—Mr. R. H. Hurst ías to whose election there was at first some uncertainty), Horsham Mr. Drax, Wareham; Colonel Wilmot, South Derbyshire; Mr. Bruce, Renfrewshire Mr. T. Whitworth, Drogheda the Marquis of Hartingron, Radnor; Mr. E. Miall, Bradford; Major Anson, Bewdley Mr. C. Phipps, Westbury Baron L. N. Rothschild, London Sir H. Johnstone, Scarborough; Mr. H. James, Taunton; Mr. C. W. Hoskyns, Here- ford Colonel Clive, Hereford; Mr. E. K. Hornby, Blackburn Mr. H. M. Feilden, Blackburn Major Walker, Dumfriesshire; the Earl of March, West Sussex; Lord Hyde, Brecknock; Mr. M. Guest, Youglial; Mr. Horsman, Liskeard; Mr. Salt, Staf- ford; Captain Talbot, Stafford; Mr. C. Seely, Not- tingham and Mr. A. Seymour, Salisbury. Of the 25 new members returned, 17 are Liberals, and eight are Conservatives; they succeed 16 Liberals and nine Conservatives, so that during the last nine months the Liberals have gained by elections one, counting two on a division. Eight seats are now vacant- Norwich, 1 Dublin, 1 Cashel, 1 Sligo, 1 Bridge- water, 2 and Beverley, 2. Of these seats, five were held by Conservatives and three by Liberals, making a difference of two-on a division. The strength of the Liberals has thus been increased by four since the general election. DEAN CLOSE ON THE RAILWAY WHISTLE.—THE Dean of Carlisle writes a local newspaper The late Sidney Smith is reported to have said 'that until they killed a bishop the railway authorities would never be aroused to a sense of their duty of protecting the lives of their passengers.' I felt the pungency of his remarks as I read the report of a judicial lecture delivered to the grand jury at Carlisle upon the intol- erable nuisance occasioned by the railway whistle. A poor dean has in vain bewailed his hard lot in hav- ing his venerable residence made almost uninhabitable by their detestable noises. The able master of our ancient grammar school loudly proclaims the same nuisance; being at times actually compelled to sus- pend the duties of his school until the remorseless tor- mentors of the drums of our ears are pleased to stop whistling. But now that a new Judge, unaccustomed to this northern torture, has piteously lamented his own disturbed rest at night, and proclaimed that the business of Her Majesty's Judges of Assize has been impeded by this nuisance, peradventure the railway magnates may condescend to grant some relief to the citizens of Carlisle. Even the harmony of divine worship and the sacred music of the cathedral are frequently disturbed by the discordant and vile utter- ances of the railroad indeed, these would be insup- portable on Sundays but for the happy Sabbatarianism of our neighbours, who suppress the use of the rail- ways very much on the Lord's day. Where I a young man, or did I love the precincts of our venerable Cathedral less, or could I conscientiously absent my. self from her daily services, I might feel justified in forsaking the old Deanery to seek some more quiet resting place, especially since all these evils have been doubled and trebled during the 13 years that I have discharged the duties of my office in Carlisle. As it is, I must leave this case to the consideration of my fellow citizens. Of the railway directors I have little hope. I have always received from them much cour- tesy and many soft words, but no abatement of the evils complained of is discernible." ABDUCTION AND RECOVERY OF A CHILD —On Saturday last, an extraordinary case which led to the recovery of a female child, ten years of age, who had been taken away from her mother, residing in Dover- street, Liverpool, occupied the attention and engaged the exertions of the detective officers connected with the Greenwich division of Metropolitan Police. It appears that the child in question, which is illegiti- mate, had recently been the cause of some legal crimi- nal proceedings against a man who is now undergoing a term of imprisonment and about a fortnight since the mother, into whose care she had been restored, had occasion to visit Hull. During her absence the child again mysteriously disappeared and, conjec- turing that it had been taken away to London, she started in pursuit by railway a few hours afterwards. With much perseveraace she succeeded in tracing the whereabouts of a female, the daughter of a person in whose charge the child had been placed by its father; and, whose residence being within the district of the Greenwich Police-court, application was made to Air. Superintendent Griffin, who placed the case in the hands of Serjeants Kittmar and Ling of the detective force. A difficulty then presented itself. The house in which the suspected party resided had only re- cently become occupied, and the occupant was un- known personally to the neighbours. Legal advice was then sought; and Mr. Pook, solicitor, made ap- plication to Mr. Patteson, the police magistrate, to issue a warrant. This application was made in pri- vate; and, in the absence of a material witness (an elder sister of the child), who had been telegraphed for to come from Liverpool, and who would be able to speak to the identity of the individual in question, the warrant was not granted. Recourse was then had to gain admittance to the house and, under pretence that the clergyman of the district had paid a visit, the object was effected, followed by the entrance of the two detective officers named. The lady of the house, answering to the name by which she was ad- dressed, acknowledged her individuality, but the child was not then forthcoming. A search of the house next took place, and an article of underclothing, which was distinctly identified as that worn by the child at the time of its being taken from Liverpool, was found. This circumstance allowed some pressure to be applied, as it admitted of a charge of constructive felony being made, and the officers proceeded to act upon such. power. Finding matters pressing so closely, the individual in question, who disclaimed all wish to have charge of the child, expressed her willingness to state where the child was; and accordingly Inspector Digby accompanied her in a cab to a boarding-school at Camberwell, where the child had been placed, and from which it was taken. All the parties afterwards appeared before Mr. Patteson, when it was stated that, on the child being returned to its mother, the charge would not be gone into. Mr. Patteson said the taking away or detaining a child against the con- sent of parents rendered the person offending liable to seven years' penal servitude. It was then arranged that the child should be taken by the mother, an,i they left for Liverpool shortly afterwards.