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trtntet Assizes in'Sligo sentenced Timothy Lalor to I servitude for lifofbr shooting at a police- Jor. The eoUtortof jsfori Treason invited several answer' tha foUoV- ng query: "What are the qualities most essential the development of the perfect man A number fr interesting replies'iave "been txird tandolph Chujfchiirs ays: "to letter rwfi" good digestjjoii is ithe round development of a human other." The following from Mr. is characteristic: "I know of no definition adding to the wens sana tn that perfect man should also be a perfect Radical." SENTENCE. dosed at Paris on Saturday lira and turbulent excitement. The Capital veitlct witched him, he f.

Me. Robert did not dwell forth bjr upon, the arguments put the "On Friday 'morning Alice" Swain, aged 53 years, who resides at Peabody's-buildings, tittle' Coram- foundjby lying on the. pave- Aent with injuries to- the head and body, jind quite It- was ascertained ttiat her Juries had been received by her either having Jen or thrown herself out- of the- third-floor She was removed to the Royal Free lital, Gray's-inn-road, where it found tiaat -asjsuffering from a fracture of the skull, SBe vyn jies in "the Accident Ward in a precarious commanded her to SAVED JFKOM A WATERY GRAVE. An elderly toan named Charles Cootes, a charged at Bow-street police-court, was charged at i Friday, wiHi attempting to commit suicide about '-past 6 on tho night of the '12th': i ISoaW rLaw aes, and wl ws attention in the water. in exhausted tion, and was into, the tt-Mr.

Lawi Yes, but he hM been drinking freely for several aayB.TbjB the defendant but cpromised, "thafne do so again, or commit sdi rash an act alLtQi vlife.i-rMr. Lushingtohi you are now on your promise. Do not do such a foolish and wicked thing again. ly stirred Voisin, he had ice of when had entice to the house, we been murdered, and that she was there to throw the girdle arranged as a round neck. to do so, as hysterical Sit.

Eyrati'd then fifiii by Jhim wiflrhis sion, made when Bompard was unconscious, was other admissions from Eyraud. Me. Kobert protested under these circumstances agatest be the un- naturaT conduct faCfief, and her great misfortune in by him under a Woman of the girl, designedly corrupted her and thrust her into the path of vice. jurymen" wejre shut for two crime were BacTf;" jlfe was out extenuating circumstances." He was sentenced to death 20 years' hard labour. She burst into tears and laughter upon hearing the sentence.

As the prisoperS were token pard's hat fell barrister picking it up hid it under his gown to keep-' as relic. jojjmjjsrhither she and Eyraud their counsel, she cried, "What were pushed in' She pro FRUIT Fruit-growing is, jiot, to tha. small holders the Striking features of the Agricultural Returns for 1890, just issued, is the increased acreage devoted to market gardens, and the culture of small that in ftheTgrowth sjmalt -Strawberries, gooseberries, Currants, there are 4,300 more acres employed year than last, and there never were so many acres of orchards in the country since records began to be kept. In 1875 there were not 150,0001 acres I tof.owhard in Great there are 202,305. On.itie, other -hand, there is a continued decline irujJthe.ibopMarea, which was the subject of a Pariiamentary Committee's investigation sessloh.

-The surface employed for hop 54,555 never reported so low as it is in the returns of this year. tht it would Robert she embraced. ice, and ived things tCiation as ie was then "to make Her" handed over to a female warder and two sisters she- knew tmd-iissed affectionateiy. Syratid was taken by an underground.pasfeagqto the" had betibme Kg and mortr dead than alive upon hearinghis sentence, and in the sat witli his arms an( Maitre Decori toli Bope fcwfthe to sign then and there an -appeal to the Court of Cassation hs" him. they -talked 5about Jbypnotism," said, the murderer to his guards, if I had all the magnetism they said, do you not think I should use it to set you asleep and take off these handcuff To the Gpwmor of the Jlazas 6KbadeihSmi beiof yplie I 'don't care Life was Meted of the double shooti and, The new City and "PI "rt i 8- ani 9 o'clock, the number, of carried was Very large.

Tbrotighout the morning, too, the carriages were well Tiled. The fate for any distance 1 there; being six stations, and thtf time occupied in traversing the entire journ'ey is about 13 minutes. STABBED IN A CAB. On W.edneBday night a shocking tooV place in Liverpool, where a Stewart'was fatally stabbed to death in a cab, five or wounds being inflicted in her About fclockr Arthur'Knfleld, respectable'appearance; hailed a cab, at of the vehicle with tho womaniStewart, told the cabman to drive to her address in a off London-road. The" was only a short distance, and when the cabman drew up and opened the door startled to hear Pin- field say, I have stabbed dan-go for a policeman if you' Tlie.

cabman then noticed; hands' and the woman's" dress covered-with, blood, promptly brought two constables who happened to be close byj and-Pinfield said toibe policemen, did, it. She asked me to do it." Pinfield was taken tfthe Central Police-office, where he said, she is dead," and muttered something about "She asked me to do it" On his person was found a large clasp knife with, a 3in. long. the where, after a few The catman says: that when TSKIS seemed to be on friendly terms. When, the police arrested Pinfield they him somewhat under the influence of ELOPffiMliNT.

At the Winchester Assizes on Wednesday, George Light, a young man of respectable appearance, and agent for a Birmingliam lace was indicted committing perjuryln a deciaratf6n 6f marriage jefore the Registrar at Havant. The prisoner fell n.loye girl named? Gertrude Jayfleld, jflie daughter of a physician at to. visit the house; but when his ntentions became manifest, the mother ahd'Ifather' pointed'out the desirability deferring any engage, merit-' till the girl was IS. 1 Light'did a distance ''at'iBlpua. and the is for humBer of houses, and bridges Tjave been washed.away, but no a 'jf' naif 'dOHaH.

'Thfl-'WatArB n.rri-nnt» i Violent has beeh- and and telephone nave wrecked throughout flie injured here yesterday by strucV Signal' Service Jng Vessels will get the full force of the cyclone, whlcbMS, travelling north-west. There have been several mishaps id the bay, but none of A serious-character. "In Brookyln two frame-" honsev were blown down by the gale, and two boyi At Plttsburg the trains unable to proceed owing to the great snowstorm prevailing, and -the telegraph 'and telephone 4 wires havl been rendered the sfcme caiise. Ari im- mense'one-storey 'workshop at Roanoke, belonging tb the Roanoke Machine Works, has caved in beneath the weight of the-snow on the roof. A workman wasJdlled on the spot, and another was so seriously crushed that he has been obliged to have a leg and ah arm amputated.

workmen received injuries'which' will 'tfrobaMy bave fatal results. Two'large Kvery stables filled with, the and thrf' city pump-house, whicfc. provides tha water supply, have all been wrecked from the same cause. The sn6w fell continuously hours, and reached the height of the. level travel railroads'the street car service had to be suspended, There have been great snowstorms'throughout Tennessee.

No trains came in on Wednesday, and the roads are buried under 2ft. and 3ft. of snow. GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL. A Lisbon' telegram states that despatches have been received from M.

Llamby, from Baron Eezende tod from the Governor of Manica. They state that the, English attackedjUassikegse, where they hauled down; the fortnguese flag and appropriated the property of the Mozambique Company. IThe students of Coimbra have presented to the Minister of an offer of a battalion for service-: in Africa, that of any other jfty. They only imposed-four conditions, whichj being almost nominal, were accepted in principle by-the, Minister. of arms will be sent with the military expedition, each soldier will be SUD-J.

phed with 600 ball cartridges, The-late Minister of Marine, the Marquis de Vilhena, ia-being congratulated by politicians of all shades on the successful termination of the Bihe ex- pedltlon and-on-thesjtpture of the chief. The in charge of expeditioa will' be promoted and decorated. COJSYIGTION OF LONG FIRM SWINDLERS. on Friday, Robert Thomas James Crvner, conspiring to obtain possession of 15 houses, with intent to defraud. Prisoners were members of a gang of swindlers who for, a long time infested me and who perpetrated numerous frauds.

upon owners of gang haver ibeen brought and Bentenced to lone Their plan was, to obtain -possession of houses eligible, positions by means of false references, and then by letting the house they received the rents, but in every case they failed to pay rent to their principal landlords. Other members of the gang would then appear.and offer to recovet the rent from their co-conspirators, with the result, at the landlords not only lost their rents but also 're mulct in heavy In some cases they lined possession of public-houses, and in addi- ctonjbo-defrauding the swindled brewers: and The -jury'complimented Sergeant Bichards and the other officers engaged to the Sergeant sentenced Key met-arid Enwright to five years' penal servitude-each, and Cramer to 15 months' liard labour. with this, and, coining burden to me, but what a vexation for my relatives, orderedJto leave, as Dr. Bayfield I was the least guilty of the two.tbatgirl Gabrielle be a clandestine marriage. The father's 5 fearsi were is a sly minx, and did not she keep up her part all well-founded, June 6th the girl 'was missed, through Prisoners under sentence ofrdoathharej having escaped from a bedroom window ana 'run usually made to wear: the strait-jacket for a day orLaway with Light, and was afterwards married at -a? avnntr-tn hiarmi At-, regisiary office, at pi! full age being" given, with a.

of mouth. Light was proceeded against for abduction, and'was'acquitted, the 1 -girl being over 18, and 1 tlie Treasury ordeied the prosecution for perjury: Alter her marriage the to. go back. to her fatlier. The prisoner, whoXvas.

sentenced to three labour, was that the girl was his'wife, and must live with him when he came out of owing to dispensed with. He bed at halfipast 1ft and slept soundly until 7 this morning. He talked freely with his warders about the trial, and remarked that but Maitre Robert, Bompard's counsel, who threw the wholes guilt Upon him: be would easily have got off with extenuating circumstances. He said that if the verdict should happen to be gnashed, by Court, of Cassation for any legal and Another trial take place, he would conduct was in a prison van, to the Grande which standsJn front of. the place of execution.and having put on the prison lie was.placedin.icell No.

1, the last abode of criminals sentenced to death. Gabrielle Bompard was on the whole, i She preferred, DARING BOBBERY. the treasurer -of "Bluebeard" Company, appears, says a telegram from Atalanta or to have been the victim of a violent the Was I of robbery. 'He states Id that he was attached in 'nis' room at the hotel and- severely Wounded in the head. His (TTTI i described; and Mr, servitude to fear of Eyrand.

first request was for aoUnner, which she ate! with hearty ippetite. PROSPECTUS STATEMENTS. in the 'Riday, before actiopwai brought by White's against a Hoare, to recover allotment calls on ehares. The defen- flant couhterclaimed to have I At. ji i.t.—^_»i.

1 j- 1 MALLET BAIT. Writing to the Field bh W.S." I when, after breakfast the other morning, as I was overhauling a pair of skates, he suggested that there was no better bait for pike, when' the lake was frozen, than a mallet. It was possible, to be sure, that, in yonder Did angling book, trolling with that useful imple- aent been, recommended but an opportunity for explanation soon came. We both of us went out to 0 but the young.squire brought with him a tiling which he bad fetched from the woodhouse, and- which-1 believe is some parts of the country, a "beetle." At any rate, it was a long-handled mallet, which-' the' use in "driving wedges for splitting The yourig squire affected great mystery when mm what he meant by Coming out 'ikpting with such a ponderous weapon over his sjipulder. -Did be want to balance himself with it he intend to exercise himself ui some amateur job of Was he going to kill a bullock? To all these questions the only reply was a provokingly knowing grin and the worus, You will see'presently." It was beajitiful A.L_I.

Sailant succeeded in taking from him of the company- salaries. The man is having approached him from behind, Murdoch says he did' not see him. the (xmtractf.to take the shares' rescinded, 'on the ground that, as he alleged, certain 'statements in the company's Ice that day.for no snow had tKen fallen, and ft was leading. The-defendant relied upon it aar smoot h' I noticed that my companion, as in the to the that the property we made the irons ring upon the surface, looked keenly about with downcast eyes, as if in search of something. Very soon my eyes also- werp peering atoout in the same manner the ice.

was strikingly and 1 a beautiful 'display of weedy growth could be seen as plainly as if the 2in. of black ice of plate glass. 'By-aud-by we apprcached'a A.9Z Canada, was' proved asbestos property; and also complained of certain quotations in the prospectus from the report of Mr. Boyd, There was imputetiononthebohourioi the directors, but it was contended that a very material misstatement in the prospectus, whether the directors were aware of it or not, was sufficient to entitle the defendant to have the contract -rescinded. company, on the other hand; said that although ttoe reports which they had received since fronv other engineers were not so favourable as Mr.

et they shewed thafc portions of the property contained asbestos in appreciable quantities, and that it the tune when tue statements in the prospectus were published they honestly believed them to be Justice Day, in JEriving-judgment, said be was happy to think tJiat tion on the honesty or hpnonf of the directors, but tne prospectus niisstatements, for which they must be held responsible. He therefore gave judgment the defendant on the claim and also onthecountercfoaii A SURE CURE FOR ENNUL The Hospital, speaking of cures for ennui, says It has been our privilege within the last few months to inspect an increasing number of hospitals, many tf them in the provinces. Few occupations could iiave given greater 'pleasure or satisfaction than we have received frointheso visits. How many a man and woman the winter months especially, and wonders, what to do to pass the time in the afternoons of many days! How many there are who become subscribers to our hospitals, who give an order to their bankers for the payment of the annual subscription, and who then forget all about the matter. We would suggest to such people that they have not yet got full value for their money.

It is all subecribo txm. hospital, or to any otbet charity, but -to stop ttiero is to shew an absence of appreciation little creditable to the individual. is an old saying that he who pays the piper shall Delect we tune. So those who support ourbospitals we bound, not only in tlie interest and welfare of the public and the patients, bnt in their own in." tereststoo, to become familiar with their meftods of work, and to strive to possess some small portion at any rate of tlie spirit which undoubtedly the large majority of those wKo constitute the official of these institutions: We have been impressed over and Dver again with a feeling that a hospital tiow-a-day sis a cheerful place," where most people are all are genuinely happy. Even.

the sick feel tliatr they are safe 1 when theyfitidi themsei ve8 in a hospital bed', and as to the children, wh a and then tlie his pace, andsaidj "Hold hard, now I Mil shete' ytfu what 1 1 mean by sa ttiat a mallet is a capital bait for to take a cigar out of my-case, and was EXTRADITION CASES. David Henri Bellencomstra, a notary, formerly of Tours, is the Department of Calvados, was jat Bow-street Police-cburt, a visional extradition warrant, with misappropriating moneys entrusted to him as bailee. The prisoner was arrested at Jersey by Detective-sergeant a description of the accused having been fprwardecl to the authorities by the French Government. told the cliarge, he asked the officer to allow him to remain in Jersey for statiiag that he had received a telegram from his lawyers to the effect that important papers in his favour were in Sexton explained that he could not do so. The prisoner, he would only yield to force.

Ultimately: he offered no resistance, and was brought to London. The papers in support of the charge not haying arrived, Sir John Bridge tlie accused. A German named Apollinar Koch was charged at the same court with embezzlement and fraud, within tlie jurisdiction of the. German Emperor. The accused was employed as a clerk -in the.

Offices at Bonn, and in that capacity was "entrusted with money with which to make advances. On the 22nd November he absconded, and upon examination of his books and cash box it was found that he bad stolen 938 marks. It was discovered that he had come to England, and the usual course was adopted to secure bis capture. He was arrested by Detective-sergeant Terrell at the General Office, where holiad gone for letters. The prisoner was formally remanded for -the production of a formal document, when an order will be made for his estradition within tlie period of 15 days.

EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER. The Allan Caspian, which has just from Halifax, btings intel- disasfa-bus explosion on a steamship, on the 9th irist. The powder magazine of the Dominion Government steamer Newfield blew up while the vessel was at Chebogue, near Yarmouth. M'Crae, coal trimmer, was and six others seriously injured, the recovery of two of them, Daniel Morrison and Thomas Isnor, boatswain, being Jfdoubtful. The 'powdei' was in the forward part of the steamer, and seven men lounging around in the forecastle at the time.

The steamer was badly-damaged. The deck wasthrown up, a large hole was made in her side, and the forecastle was reduced to-splinters. of the explosion ie a The steamer was on lighthouse duty, and not no fishery protection There was no necessity for having powder on board, and the officials knew nothing of its presence. persons were drowned on Sunday in the Argentine Republic, owing, to a canu-having burstand flooded the city. Hundreds of booses were The entire first'section of the Western express the Pennsylvania" Railroad, consisting of eight carriages, has been overturned into a snow bank in a west of Altona.

Fortunately nobody was 1 how. The ocean tug Magnet sailed from Portsmouth on Monday for Gfalway with meal and potatoes for tho inhabitants of the islands on the west coast of Ireland. The vessels now engaged in this work nr; the Seahorse and Britomarte, and they are to br joined by the Grappler, On their arrival they will receive instructions from Dublin Castle, and it is understood they will be engaged t'iree months. on the work for If 1 told lighting i I bring it a ft, when I saw down with a in the act him 'swing tlie mallet, thundering thud on tho children's proved a paradise on to many a Uttlersufferer wid waif, as our hospitals can We wouTd say, then; Get'full your money" we are asked howYw of visiting'the hospitaF with some sort of rei Clarity, and. so learn lessons in life, lessons in suffering, and; what importantt leant appreciate the privilege of being able to give jBupjwrt of.

instttuwpn' fee, making a magnificent star, with: rays extend ing yards from the central -Where the heavy head of the implement had, could see underneath the ice brown form of over 2ft. long, gradually turning over, so as to exhibit a long streak of is 20-pounder at least," cried tlie young man. By this time I had already discovered that the brown form was that of a pike, which I presume had been effectually stunned by the blow. The young squire, was now in a state of great prising the mallet again, ho exclaimed, He is not dead yet, I give -him -Down came the neavypiece of m0re fa'the centre oitbe starT Tliere was a a loud noise as of an explosion, and there 1 Was- also a loud splash; Sor 'cute young squire had not reckoned all the chances, and -had liberally knocked. bis away.

broken i up in, a circle, and the breakage luckily ceased about a loot from where I was. standing. Being only humaii, my first instinct was not to rush forward to save the son and heir oi my old friend, but; to get well out of danger. There was not much danger, Jiowever, for the bottom of the lake at that particular part happened to be firmer than it is in some portions with which I am acquainted, and the man of the literally nqw" -f was only flouaderidg with the water teaching tfr about his waist. After he bad ejected, from nisi mouth the outlying streams that had got; do wo his throat, I am bound to confess that the of the sportsman at once asserted themselves, and, before be would think of rescuing himself from his- (at least') uncomfortable hoaejswd tlie slioulders, Just behind with the finger and thumb, and throw him, feebly Tlion he got to shore, which best he could, taking the pike wfti him.

was the only example of mallet batt pike I hai e-OTerseen To a certain extent 'was 'iuccessf til, and my oung friend- assured mo'that he of ten Hicy could aridi Upon- lake: being frozen "with somedegWeof regularity he' said was whrti, he jrdutfe ln round killed pike And other fish in that way. THE BATTERSEA MURDER, At the Central Criminal Court, onTliursday, before Mr. Justice Day, Samuel James Harvell, 48, was Jndicted for tlie wilful murder of his wife, Rosina barvell, by shooting her with a revolver. The alleged murder took place in Plough-road, Battersea. Tho prisoner was the manager of a business in tho York-road and another in the Plough-road.

An assistant named stated that on the 2nd inst. be was in the SP ce 'Of the 1 prisoner in the Plough-road, and left ti premises' at 10 o'clock at night, when the was in her usual health. The lowing morning he went' to work about 8 o'clock. The prisoner let 'him in, and, saying he was suing for a walk, went out. About 9 o'clock the police came to Uve prisoner not having he heard for tlw first time that the prisoner had wife 1 Evidence was given to tiie effect that iu November, last the prisoner purchased a revolyer from a pawnbroker, a friend of his, in the York-road; and a retired constable deposed that in July last the prisoner instructed him to watch his wife, who, he' said, was in the habit of going out in the evening about 6 o'clock.

Ho followed the deceased, who was always accompanied by a little girl. She visited several as woman would do who went shopping; and the prisoner then told him tliat he ehould not require his (the officer's) services, again, as the woman had gone away, and there was a good riddance of her. Five or six weeks before the murder the witness again, by the prisoner's instructions, followed the woman, but with the same Sergeant Hudson deposed that the prisoner came. Into the Hattersea police-station about half-past 8 in the morning, and said he.had shot his wife. Se asked for a piece ol paper to wri.to to his brother, and, taking the revolver from his pocket, said, "Hero's-the revolver, it is loaded in three chambers." Tlie witness asked if his wife was and he said, "I-dott't know." The' prisoner wrote on the £aper asking his brother to'go to 17, Plough- road, and take charge of the place.

He also asked his brother to take care of his children. A brother of the prisoner Said that he had been married or 15 There were three and the prisoner and his wife, lived together happUy until October when, the prisoner became (Jealous of her. The witness' told him his suspicions were.altogether but the prisoner got very excited over the matter. The medical evidence, which included Dr. Hasten, who was commissioned by the Treasury to examine the prisoner, was to tlie effect thac the prisoner was Insane when tho act was ie jury of guilty, but tho prisoner to.

DR. KOCH'S LYMPH. Dr. Koch, since his return from his visit to the Duke of Mecklenburg at Cannes, has, says a Berlin correspondent, shewn decided signs of weariness, his face being pale and his manner nervous. He acknowledges the fact that the young man Simons, of Elberfeld, died through inoculation by Dr.

Libberitz and Another friend of Dr Koch, Head Burgomaster Winter, of Danzic, received 10 injections without improvement, and they, besides producing fever, acted on his eyes to such a degree that it is feared he may lose his sight. It is learnt from an authoritative source that Dr.Koch is also greatly agitated because the wholesale manufacture of lymph has 1 a failure. nally the lymph was prepared in small phials, but Minister Gosslar ordered the speedy manufacture of large quantities. Now that the time for the process has expired Dr. Koch finds that the lymph is totally spoiled, and Dr.

Koch's entire private preparations of lymph material are destroyed. Dr. Koch is so filled with disappointment and annoyance that he treats foreign physicians who gain admission to his rooms, with an abruptness quite foreign to his habit, even leaving tlie room when they enter. DESTRUCTION OF A MARGATE HOTEL. The Grand Hotel adjoining the jetty at Margate, and extending to Paradise-street, was entirely destroyed by fire early on Thursday morning.

At about 20-minutes past 1 an alarm of fire was raised, to which the Margate brigade quickly responded. They were subsequently joined by the Broadstairs and Birchington The proprietor of 'the hotel, Mr. Goldsworth'y, has been" away from Margate for a few days, but there were on the premises Mr. Johnson, manager, and eight others, who experienced great difficulty in escaping. Some got away by means of a ladder, and of the roof of a house at the back of the premises; the manager and porter escaped at the front, and the head barmaid, Miss Cooper, sprang from a window, her head Being injured by the fall.

All nere in thejr nightclothes, and were save any of their belongings. The neighbours promptly rendered did also the police and coastguards. Nearly the whole of the furniture and the entire stock were destroyed, and of the hotel only the walls The Ship Hotel, and other adjacent propertv, escaped destruction, but injured by emoke, heat, and water. Tho cause of the fire is unknown. The hotel had recently been thoroughly renovated and decorated at great expense, ana the loss wil probably amount to about £20,000.

A The Russian Government has determined that in addition to the' Finnish officials who are, at tho ex' sent into Hie' interior of I to perfect in the language of tltrit Bflttmnvtat jn Sir John fronijthe London, to ms nmrtri' a presents et K'uwa cfl-coiistoblo a North German Lloyd stoamer was ittictirtnMt -ftys She'U Walt for Warnm for him tlie admiration of the doctors' evidence. Mr. Justice of dfiatlunnd whilst promising' to the comuicndatlon to tho proper authority, he warned the prisoner not to have, any hopeful 'upon tho jury's recommendation. i The XShtriSKre retWrted to have bridges near ChowngwVtmd out nhd carried away 11 miles of telegraph wire' bbtween and The garrison of Yokwa has' 'been rein- 78 n-tfQ SINGULAR STABBING AFFRAY. Alfred Gilchrist, 42, bookbinder, of Emma-street.

Hackney-road, charged belore Sir Henry Knight, at the 1 Guildhall, onThursday, with stabbing a man named Police-constable Mitchell, 339, stated that at a quarter past 12 on Wednesday afternoon he saw a crowd of persons in Newgate- Street, by the Old He went to ascertain the cause, and saw tlie prisoner flashing the knife produced (a large clasp knife). Be struck prosecutor on the left shoulder with it, and then made nu attempt to strike him again on the left breast, but witness catching hold of his wrist. Prisoner dropped the knife and said, "I have done it this time. The next time I Shall have a revolver." Prosecutor war lying on the ground at the time, Witness took prisoner into custody and the prosecutor was taken to the hospital, whore he was detained, being seriously injured. He had a wound three inches deep In the left (interrupting): JAnd one on the chost, hasn't he Sir Btenry: Now do you wish to nsk him any questions Prisoners No, he's quite, coy- rdct.

It don't matter Mr. Webb, the house Surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, said tint ho admitted the man Hamilton-. He was suffering Irnni wound in the shoulder. It was 2inclics deep and 1J in.

The might prove tb lie; dangerous. There were, no other wounds on tlief linage steuck him in the IMiU ieroandyou, yofiba'd' to fmivc to say till' rtoxt iT Very "fcell then directed oj keep a apeciaj oft the cells. Good ojSceVi It the MunsterAssiises, on Wehiesday, before Mr. Btloe i found at MacroonA In the course of conversation recently the German Emperor said that he was quite resolved to visit. England again next year, if it could be managed.

He has instructed Count Eulenburg to report to him in detail on the prospects of the German Exhibition to be held in London during 1891, and Bhewe tbe interest in the project now that tlie leaders cf art and industry in this country have joined tbe German Committee and intend to exhibit. A panic prevails at Treport. Since the thaw set In, large portion of the chalk cliff shews signs of being unsafe, and it is feared that it will fall upon the fishermen's houses built at its foot. Tlie Mayor has provided wooden huts for such of the inhabitants of the threatened buildings as have no friends or relations able-to receive them. The engineering Authorities are doing their utmost to prevent the fall of tbe cliff, which would be a real calamity.

The time for depositing in the Private Bill Office of the House of copies of all private bills that will be proceeded with during the present Session expired on Saturday. The total number deposited is 197, which is only four more than the number lodged in 1887, when fewer bills were deposited than had been known for many years. Compared-with last Session, the decrease is 47. Of tho total number deposited 159 relate to England and Wales, 33 to Scotland, and five to Ireland. While th'e average yield of potatoes in the United States this year is given by tho Department of culture as only bushels per acre, an offer of zes by American Agriculturist for heavy crops brought to light some cases of extraordinary productiveness.

The first prize, £100, was won by a farmer in Wyoming, who raised 974 bushels on a single acre of virgin soil. The profit on this acre, apart from prizes, was £143, The land was rich in potash, and copiously irrigated by water containing much; saline material. on Sunday.morning a luggage engine and tender "left the rails on the Swinton and Knottinglcy Railway a fewhundred yards north of I'ontcfract Station, turning over on to its sides and blocking lines: The driver and stoker escaped serious' injury. A large gang of workmen were engaged in clearing the lines, and a single road was worked between Pontefract and Ferrybridge by a pilot. 'fortunatelyno passenger trains are run on this lino on Sundays, therefore no inconvenience was caused to passenger through traffic.

The heating apparatus in a first-class carriage of a westward bound train on the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway exploded the other day at Michigan city, filling the car with' gas and burning coal. Two'inen jumped through the window, and severely cut. The other windows were quickly broken, thus letting in the air, and saving the pos- sengers from' Suffocation. The carriage caught fire was 'badly' damaged: Several passengers received including two children of a Mr. Isaacs, from England, but no fatalities occurred, The examination of the ruins of the house, the falling in of which caused a terrible and fatal accident in Bombay last week, shewed that none of thfe main walls than one bricfe thick, and that the materials were old and bad.

Although the house was built only four years ago, many of the bricks could be crumbled into powder in the hand. It appears that, there is no law to prevent a person in building houses in Bombay from using l.finfe'rioi' and making the walls of any Matters are not much better in Calcul ta. more stringent rules are urgently wanted. i The latest of the edicts for the torment of tho Poles is that all persons employed on the Polish railways shall- be Russians, and the railway directors have been enjoined to dismiss, as soon as they conveniently can, all the Poles who are now their employment, whether as engineers, clerks, guards, or servants. The number of these amounts to over 14,000, and the majority of them, when thrown out of employment, will have no resource but to join the hordes of their fellow- countrymen whom emigration agencies are conveying away to endure new troubles in Brazil and the Argentine Republic.

Not long ago the Rev. H. V. Mills, of Kendal, Westmoreland, put forward a scheme for settling the unemployed on the waste lands of the country. Last week: the committee of the Home Colonisation Society formed to carry out Mr.

Mills's idea had a meeting, when the secretary announced that five- iixtbs of the subscribers were in favour of the funds being handed over to General Booth, on his undertaking that'the farms should be managed on the lines indicated in Mr. Mills's book Poverty and the State." It was accordingly agreed that ihe treasurer should pay over the money of the assenting subscribers to General Booth. On Saturday morning a polled Angus bull, which had just arrived at Peterborough from Aberdeen for Mr. George C. W.

Fitzwilliam, of Milton Hall, bolted from the Great Northern station, and, running down tlie railway approach, got on the line. It proceeded as far as the viaduct which passes over the Midland line and spans, the rivet Nene, when the newspaper mail from King's Cross ran into it, and cutting its legs off passed over the mangled carcase. It was fortunate that the body of the animal-did not get under the wheels, or tho train would most probably have left the metals and gone over into the river, on which at the time large numbers were skating. William Hendry, a labourer, is in custody at Leith charged with causing the death of his wife on Saturday evening. The woman was found dead in her house by some neighbours, and it was subsequently ascertained that she had been ill-treated by her husband.

Hendry's son has stated that whilst bis mother was lying on the floor he saw his father kick his wife several times on the head. The boy also told a neighbour that ho saw his father jump on his mother several times. The post-mortem examination shewed that the woman had some of her ribs broken, and her head was battered in, most probablv from kicks. She was about 34 years old, and her husband is about the same age. A serious disturbance bas occurred at Gibraltar in connection with the coalheavers' strike.

Three of the men were charged with intimidation and sen- 68nced to three montlis' imprisonment. A crowd assembled outside the police-station, and when the ffesnlt of the case was known assumed such a menacing Attitude that tlie Riot Act was read, and military escort protected the police who conveyed the prisoners to gaol. Both tho soldiers and policemen were pelted with stones by tlie crowd, several of the military and one of the police being slightly injured. Ultimately Jhe rioters were dispersed by the troops, and towards evening the excitement subsided. The strike has now terminated, the native coalheavers having unconditionally accepted the coal merchants' terms.

The trial of ttie suit involving the validity of a will made by Miss Saralr Hampson when in a convent at Woolton was continued on Saturday The testatrix, during the last few years of her lite, gave Targe sums for Roman Catholic purposes, and bequeathed the bulk of tho remainder to sisters and others connected with convents. Ma'damo Dupuis, Lady Superior of the St. Paul's Convent, hanj, to whom was left the residue," amount to several thousands of pounds, admitted having received nearly from tlie deceased at various times; and Sister Columba, a nun, explained tluvt money left to a sister in the convent would go to the general fund of the community, as sisters had absolutely no property of their own. The further hearing was adjourned till the 12th of January. The execution of Remi Lamoutague for murder of Jus brother-in-law Michael took place on Friday morning at Sherbrooke.

Lcda, Rcmi's sister, who refused to give evidence at the trial, and who was consequently imprisoned for contempt of announced that she was willing to go into the iritnesB-bOx. Tho judge was sent for, and tho execution was'postponed for an hour. In tho excitement caused this' unusual incident Sheriff Webb, who had charge of tho arrangements for tho execution, and, who was much excited, dropped down dead from heart disease. He was an old man, and highly respected. On tho matter being submitted to the judgn he decided that thero was no reason t6 further delay the-execution, and Itoiui was jumped.

It was afterwards said that Lnnion- tague was illegally executed, as the warrant for lua execution was issued to the sheriff, and ho having died before the hjlujfi'd then cen'sed to be of aiiy legal and 'all 'authority for.the execution was tfiercby cancelled. Ori SaViirHny'morfiips tliq oJpthi.ngM-what.would srcni to lifivii belofigqcl to! ail Jnbpuriud iriaii was found tinjthb bank, about oni- ami a-lialt mill's from Uople, of Ahtv and Cixlder Canal. Grappling operations wore commenced, but 116 body luis yet beenirecovered. A Jewish newspaper at New York prints a letter CONTEMPOKAEY CHAT, sentenced to penal servitude for Lucy oof the' istiaus' entertain feelin is when It to world which has ever betn a Chrtttlsns and Jews: alikjy. duslon, his says his blessed floh.

attaches him. stronelv to the raou. Irt otin rist and to Probatly many persona Lad forgotten that tha world ought to have to an end in the year 1.889 according to the of the W. JBaxter. On Sunday, however, when the rev" gentleman bad delivered a "prophetic" lecture in the theatre at Hastings to a large and expectant of the listeners with an inconvenient memory inquired how it was thafc this prediction, which the lecturer had made in that town cone ago, had failed of fulfilment.

The reply vouchsafed was fclmt nil were liable to make and (says a contemporary) the rev. gentleman might bave added especially prophets, and of all prophets those who foretell the end of the world. The Pope, almost ever since he was elected, has been endeavouring to form a great inter, national bank, under tbe absolute control of the Vatican. The project has always had the enthusiastic support of various branches of the Roman Catholic Church, and especially of the Jesuits, wh'o recognise in it a lever wherewith to manage the world but divers events have conspired to frustrate the Pope's plans, which until very recently have Appeared to be incnpable of realisation. Now, however, hia Holiness has thrown himself with great zeal into the project, and already, writes a correspondent, the scheme is in a considerably advanced condition.

All the work of organisation is entrusted to M. Fremy, but the Pope takes a personal interest in the wh'ch are proceeding between the Vatican and prelates in different parts of the world. Apropos of tbe appointment of Mr. Karl Pearson to the CfresbMn College Professorship of Geometry, vacant by the resignation of Dean Cowie, a curious document lias been found in the Guildhall Library, which shews that no less a personage than Oliver Cromwell interested himself in an appointment to this office in his time. On May 9th, 1656, the Protector wrote from Whitehall to the Greaham Committee as follows understanding that some of you bave appointed the election this afternoon of aGeometry Professorship in Gresham College, we desire you to suspend the same for some tyme till we shall bave an opportunitie to speak with some of you in order to do that businefs Sovereign friend, OIIVEB, It would be interesting to know what reply the committee vouchsafed to the "Lord whether it was the problems and theorems of Euclid about which he was con cerned, or bis anxiety was to ensure the nomination of some geometer who sound in the faith as an Independent.

One of the last of KapoU'-on's veterans, and naturally one of the very few survivors among the officers of tbe Graade Anr.ee, bas jusn celebrated bis 97th birthday in his retreat at Herblay, en the banks of the Seine. M. Soi.fflot, who is extremely popular in that part of tlie country, loves to fight his battles over again. He took part in tbe campaigns of 1812 and tbe three following yeara, and before Napoleon went to Elba he was promoted to the rank of captain. He was a ataunsh Imperialist, and after tbe downfall of bis hero he refused to serve under any otber regime, and was put upon half-pay but he emerged for a short time from his retirement to command a squadron of of the Old Guard aft Waterloo.

After the final collapse of the he left the nimy for good, at tbe age of 22, and spent tbe following half-century of his life in civil employment. He then pitched his tent," to use his own expression, at Herblay, where he is held in high esteem for his many acts of kindness. M. Soufflot is Baid to be tbe doytn of the members of the Legion of Honour. Tbe death, under circumstances of tragic suddenness, is announced of Mr.

Nathaniel Clayton, head of the great engineering firm of Clayton and Shuttleworth, Lincoln. Tbe unfortunate gentleman had been in failing health for some months, but felt better than usual on morning. He walked to church, but fell down on the seat while a hymn was being sung, and expired instantaneously. Heart disease was the cause of death. Mr.

Clayton born in humble circumstances in 1811, and at tbe age of 31 he commenced business, in conjunction with the late Mr- Shuttlewortb, in a small smithy on the outskirts of Lincoln. From this small beginning sprang an establishment of ahnost world-wide repute. It was in 1845 that the firm turned out its first portable threshing-machine, which made finch a name that ftfter the lapse of 20 years the output of engines alone was nearly COO per annnni. Tbe deceased was Mayor of the city of Lincoln in 1856-7, was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the county, and served the office of High Sheriff in 1881. Practical arrangements for carrying out the law of compulsory State insurance for working people in Germany are now completed.

The statute "comes into operation on January 1. It is estimated that about 11,000,000 of people will be affected by the scheme. There are three contributors to the insurance State, the workers, and the employers. The workmen contribute, roughly speaking, from a penny to twopence a week, according to the varying amount of their wages, and the benefit they derive from the scheme varies with the contributions. Their liability to contribute begins at the age of 16; and at the age of fiO they may chum the pension for old age.

which ranges from £6 to £10 a year. There ia also a pension for those who are invalided, rangincr from to something over £7 to those who have contributed to the funds for five years, but increasing with the number of years' contributions, until after 45 years it reaches £21. Tbe pensions cannot be said to err on the score of extravagance, but the practical working of this great echeme of State insurance will be watched with interest. Its success would ensure imitation by other nations. Ju this country the railways form GO per cent, of the working in Belgium they form 68 per in Holland 40, in France 47.

an engine-driver does not earn less than 5s. a day, on no Continental line does he receive more than 5s. day; so it is with the firemen, the Continental wages leave off where ours begin. The wages of our guards range from a guinea- to £2 a week, those of the Dutch guards range from 13s. to a Kviinea.

In Germany the range is 15s. to 26.4. in Belgium the guard ia made more of, and hia wages muge from 18s. 6d, to in France he may even rise to lid. Our signalmen are paid from to 30s.

a week the French signalmen are paid better, the range being from 18s. 6d. to 32s. but the German signalmen never rise above 23s. a week, the Dutch never above.

Zb. and the Belgian begins at and leaves off at 17s. 6d. Our porters aie paid from 15s. ta 24e, week; those on the continent begin at 13s.

and to 20s. The wages of our shunters rise to in Holland they stop at in Trance at 17s. A Dutch platelayer gets from l'2i. 14s. a week, a German from 12s.

Sd. to 14s. 6d an Knp'ishman from 16s. to General ignorance questions," they are called, being now much in favour witli those who are entrusted with the duty of educating our boys, the Private bas taken the trouble to suggest a itring of appropriate testa of knowledge of familial- things. The chief of these are "Why does An apple fall to the ground?" "What is a jury, and how are jurors elected?" "Explain as simply as you can the action of tha electric telegraph What keeps the earth iir position How wonld you spend a present of £3 in books Why do most leaves turn colour in the autumn?" What is the difference between tradition and history, art and science, parable and allegory, murder and homicide, simulation and dissimulation, Bill and Act?" some of the chief daily and weekly newspapers." Name some of the planets that round the sun." "Why does marble appear colder to the touch than wood?" How many tanaee have The author cf this littlo plok does not conceal tha fact that he looks forward to eliciting somo original boys, he thinks, might also be tried witti- UtbM Ud wUbtished ''Wbat body camfli into, contact port and fitvxthitiugo, probably ii fefr-lo postpone these till the Lolidays are over;.