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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4484, 28 March 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

tide which 1 * turned her bow toward the ' ~lsutireast, wheß'the steamer .Francom, .■which was running down the.channei, ran- • ..into her with great force on her port quarter. i-'lte* collision occurred at 4 30 p.m. Two "'ininutea afterward the boilers of the Strath- ' clyde exploded, and the steamer went tothe •bottom. The Franconi was badly damaged, .'bat kept afloat. It is thought all her fore : compartment plates are carried away. Two tugs 'immediately took her in tow. The 'weather was clear and the sea calm at the time of the disaster. The Dover life-boat ■was launched, but was unable to reach'the scene in time to rescue any of the Strathclyde'a passengers or crew. February 18, 6 a.m. —The Times reports that the Captain of the Strathclyde, and twenty-eight more survivors of the disaster, have landed at Deal. Of the twenty-nine persons landed at Deal from the steamer Strathclyde, sunk by the collision, many were greatly exhausted, and three have since die& -_ r ,. The crew numbered thirty, and there j were 26 passengers on board, of whom 11 were saved, and are at Dover. The total number lost is put at 16, in addition to the three before mentioned. The steamer Franconi which ran down the steamer Strathclyde, belongs to the Hamburg and West Indian line, and was outward bound. She anchored in the Downs, off Deal last night, and Bteamed eastward at daylight, coming to London to repair. The Strathclyde lies in the pierway, about two miles off Dover, her masts standing about 20 feet above the ■water. Two ladies and three gentlemen are reported picked up by a passing vessel, bound for London. The lists published by the papers shew that the Stratchclyde had 23 passengers, and a crew numbering 47. Another person has died at Dover. Of the 40 known to be rescued, but six were passengers, one of whom is among the four who have since died. An inquest on the bodies of victims of the Strathclyde disaster was opened at Deal, England. Thursday: The captain of the Strathclyde complained that the Franconi never attempted to assist his people—not even a rope was thrown tof ave the drowning. The American whaler Young PhceDix saved 41 survivors of the emigrant ship Strathclyde. She took them aboard on the 22nd of January, and on the 2Jlh transferred 20 to the Sierra Morena. The latter has arrived at Galle, and landed the unfortunates. NEW ZEALAND SECURITIES. During this week there have been some fluctuations in New Zealand securities. On Tuesday evening last, the Bth instant, it was announced that New Zealand four and a-half per cents, had fallen a further £ to • 95 and 96 " on an unauthentic story that • a further large loan was to be issued by the ! colony immediately." On Wednesday matters righted themselves, and " New Zealanders" experienced a recovery of \ at to 96J. If proof were wanted, this shews that nothing can be sounder than colonial securities, ana that idle rumours adverse to them are treated, after a day or two's consideration, on the Stock Exchange, as they deserve. To-day, the 10th instant, no change is reported either in the Indian .Railway Market or in colonial securities.— Home News, February 10. FIRE AT THE CALIFORNIAN STATE PRISON. San Francisco, Feb. 29.—About haTpast four o'clock yesterday afternoon information was received in the city that the State Prison buildings, at San Quentin, were on fire. As there are over ICOO prisoners confined within the walls of San Qnentin, many of them of a dangerous and desperate character, it was supposed that the first impulses of this class would be to make a break, which, under the cirenmstances, the officers and guards at the prison could not control. The result, in case, of an attempted revolt, would have been confusion and bloodshed and murder. Chief Ellis, however, proved himself equal to the emergency. The fire started in the paint shop in the attic of the workhouse. This was an immense stone building 70 x 300 feet, and four stories in height, located on the northwest end of the yard, facing the northern end of the prison. In the basement was located the engines, and the kitchens, and the convicts' dining rooms. The second floor was occupied by the California Furniture Manufacturing Company. The upper floors were occupied by the shoe factory of Porter and Co., the prison library, etc., and a department of the building was set apart for cells i for 158 Chinese prisoners. How the fire I started is not known, but it is believed to i have been incendiary. The fire was discovered at ten minutes to four o'clock, and in six minutes the prison bell struck the tire alarm. Officers and guards were quickly on the alert. The various departments of the workshops were full of men, and hundreds came pouring out into the yard. Captain Fitzpatrick being the superior officer present and in charge, at once took every measure to prevent escapes. The walls soon swarmed with guards, armed with the Henry rifles, and. the convicts were given to understand that the least attempt to escape would be the death of them. A flattering unctiou was then addressed to their souls to tl-o? effect that good conduct on their part in the emergency would tell in their favour with the Governor. The prisoners are, without exception, credited with the utmost alacrity and cheerfulness in obeying orders, of which a hundred were given per minute, according to the calculation of the prison officers. No attempt to escape was made, or, if so, was not discovered. The convicts assisted all in their power to save the burning buildings and the material in them. Whatever was saved is to be credited to their help. The flames spread rapidly, and Loon enveloped every portion of the building. The contents of the several stores were exceedingly \ inflammable. The San Francisco firemen ; arrived before six o'clock, and set them- : selves at work, the engine playing from the ! reservoir. As soon as the building got we' l afire, the water-pipes inside the building i were burned, and the water wasted itself in the fire; a circumstance which materially reduced the pressure from the plugs in the yard. The loss, both to the State and I private owners, was very great, but cannot j at present be more than approximated. The factory companies had insurances, but how much is rot yet known. The Furniture Company was pretty well insured. At sundown the prisoners were relieved from their rather exciting duty and were locked up. Provision had to be made for the 16S Cbinamen burned out of house and home. The whole number of persons, was 1050, among whom there seems to have been no spirit of insubordination, but a unanimous disposition to do all in their power to assist in saving the property threatened. It was certainly by their efforts that the prisons were saved intact. At nightfall, the yards were quiet and all danger believed to be over. . THE WHISKEY TRIALS. .- e:>. General Babcock, who has been on his,tii& for complicity in the whiskey frauds, has' been acquitted. St. Loots, February 24.—The jury in the Babcock case, upon retiring to determine their verdict, were absent but a short time, and returned to the Court-room at 3 o'clock. The Court came in at 3.15, fifteen minutes later than the jury, and in response to the j customary question by the Judge, the ver- ] diet of the jury was handed to the clerk, who read, "We, the jury, do find the defendant not guilty." As it was not expected the jury would come in so soon, there were but few persons in the Court-room, with the exception of the counsel of the defendant, his friends and representatives of the Press. ~ Directly the verdict was announced, General Babcock was surrounded by friends, who could not conceal their emotion. They congratulated him upon the result of the trial. | Babcock shook the band of each juror in turn as he passed out, and he was then borne in j .triumph by his counsel and friends from the

Court-room.. ■.'After'Sa .format dischargejby -Judge Dillon, SBabcock and party appeared'.on the Court-house steps. -lfe;jvas greeted with cheers from, the awaiting crowd, which ■were taken up and followed him as he walked up Olive-street "on his way to the Lindell. Hotel. ' There has been great excitement here since the announcement of the verdict of ■ acquittal of General Babcock. A great crowd is constantly in attendance to Congra- j tulate him. He was serenaded by a band of j music this evening, and addresses were made by General Hatch, General. Babcock,: Mr. Storrs, and Judge Krum, of counsel. In addition to the visitors to General Badeock, he has received hu'ndreds.of telegrams from personal and political friends in every section of the country. He and his party leave for Washington to-morrow evening. DEATH OF HOKACE BUSHNEIX. The telegraph announces the death of this distinguished scholar and divine. Dr. Bushnell was one of the best thinkers and writers among the Protestant ministers of this country. He was a very successful pastor of a Congregationalist church at Hartford, Conn., but was better known as an author or writer. He published a number of books, among the best known of I which are—" Nature and the Supernatural," "God in Christ," "The principles of National Greatness," "Christian Nurture," •'Work and Play," "Sermons for the New Life," "The Vicarions Sacrifice," etc. Dr. Bushnell's views were somewhat in advance of the theologians of hia times, or of those who were in his own denomination. He was . once tried for heresy, but was acquitted. | Dr. Bushnell was a remarkable example of a j consumptive who lived to a good old age. i He fought this hereditary tendency to the i last, and did not succumb until age had rendered him unable to fight any longer. He would have filled out 74 years in about six week? more. Among the climates which Dr. Bushnell tri-d was that of Minnesota, and he gave so favourable an account of that cold, dry winter climate, that a great many invalids were induced to try it. At one time that State wa3 famous as a refuge for consumptives. But in later years, opinions in this respect have been modified, and milder climates are sought by invalids. Dr. Bnshnell was at one time a tutor in . Yale College, as WP.S also his class-mate, Henry Durant. They were nearly of the same age, the latter dying a year ago. THE OPENIKG OE PARLIAMENT. . ' London , ,/ February S. —The day so long expected by Londoners broke' unfortunately with respect to the condition of the weather. There was rain and a leaden sky, with slight flurries of snow. It wab by no means the Queen's weather, of which London legends | speak. As was generally the case on the i. occasion of the Queen's visits in the earlier part of her reign, long before noon all the approaches to Westminster and Buckingham Palace were crowded, and at half-past two in the afternoon at least 500.C00 people were out, including of course, a good sprinkling of the rougher element, who were more anxious to see Dr. Kenealy than the Queen. '■ Col. t! enderson, with a strong" body of police, was busy in keeping back the rougher element and chasting a few who ironically expressed a wish to see John Brown. I must add that one individual who passed insulting remarks about the Queen was instantly knocked down. Their demeanour was respectful as the Queen passed, looking young, fresh cheerful, and rather imperious, and bowing gracefully, and evidently pleased. Besides her sat the Princess of Wales, and opposite her the Princess Beatrice. The cheering was slight, but sincere. The royal carriage was drawn by the eight cream-colored traditional Hanoverian horses, harnessed with splendid trappings. Following Her Majesty's came carriages—all closed, as was the Queen's— with household dignitaries, leaving only the flunkies to be admired by the crowd. A fine corps of Life Guards, accompanied by officers of the respective corps of Yeomen of the Guard and Gentlemen-at. Arms closed the procession. Nothing important occurred during the passage to Westminster, if I except the ridiculous disturbances of MagnaCbartists, who had determined to escort Dr. Kenealy, with flags and banners to the House of Parliament. Some of the banners were inscribed, " All Honor to Eeaealy !" All Honor to Sir Roger Tiehborne 1" The police fortunately prevented their approach to Westminster, and they retired towards Trafalgar Square—Kenealy, in a close carriage bringing up the rear. He was greeted by hootings from, the crowd, the people being determined not to permit such a ridiculous and blackguardly farce. Simultaneously the House rose on the entrance of the Princess Mary and the Ducbess of Edinburgh. They were escorted by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Cambridge to the woolsack. The Koyal Dukes tben sat together in front of the Opposition bench. Both were dressed iu their peers' robes. The Queen walked straight to the throne, and seated herself, having on her right Princess Beatrice, and on her left Princess Louise ; the Marquis of Winchester, with the Cap of Maintenance, standing on the right, and the Duke of Richmond, holding in both hands the Sword of State, and , standing stiflly at "attention," on the left. ' The Princess of Wales sat immediately in front of Her Majesty, between the Duchesses of Edinburgh and Teck. Behind I the empty seat of the Prince of Wales stood the Lord Chancellor. Close by were the Dukes of Norfolk and Northumberland, the latter carrying, on a crimson cushion, the Crown of England, the jewels of which shed out a flood of light. During the interval I had time to observe Her Majesty. She wore dark purple velvet robes, cut squarely in the Body, and trimmed with rich lace. Across the breast was the blue ribbon of the Order of the Garter, and a large diamond clasped her dress iu front. Around her neck ; was a magnificent necklace of diamonds, ! trembling with light at every movement of ■ her head, which was adorned with a tiara of diamonds. On her hands were black kid gloves, forming, with a black fan, an odd ! exception iu that brilliant assembly. THE BREMERIIAVEN EXPLOSION. London, February 12.—A Pest's Bremen dispatch reports that the Committee of Re- ' lief has collected £ 20.C00 for the victims of I the Bremerhaveu disaster. New York, February 7.—Among the passengers on the steamer Wieland were Mrs. Thoinassen, nife of the author of theßremer Haven dynamite disaster, and her four children. She expressed unwillingness to talk about the cause of her unpleasant prominence, particularly in the presence of her children, who are yet as ignorant of the whole affair. She proposes to seek retirement in her own home, in this country. SPEECH BY THE POPE. The Pope, on receiving the civil officials formerly employed in the various Papal Departments, on Monday, said:—"The powers of darkness were permitted to invade this poor Italy, and the invaders took pos- '< session of the posts you occupied. That j j usurpation had been long prepared, and more ' than twenty years ago a Catholic Prince, seated at table in one of the chief cities in Italy, declared, like a professor from his chair, that he had never understood what the Vicar of Jeses Christ had to do with temporal power. He added, as a reason, that St. Peter never had such power. That Prince, hewever, did not reflect, and perhaps had never learnt, that the Prince of the Apostles, if he did not then enjoy temporal power, was nevertheless inveeted by God with the power of inflicting sudden death on hypocrites and liars. But turning to you, I repeat that yon served faithfully, and were not abandoned by God, to whom be glory, honour, and gratitude. Not so, certain other employes and non-employis of high and low rank, who have invaded this unhappy Italy to seize on the substance of others, belying. every principle of justice, and sacrificing to gain, not only their honour' —a noble quality unknown to many—but their own. conscience." ■

- CAKDrSAi, MANNINOj ENGLISH 'I'II JMTUAIJISTS. EpME, February 3.—lt is asserted that KSardin'al ■'Manning-''- suppoits: aJ scE&me which has been — submitted to • f -hjm, and upon.which he has . been., engaged for the last two years,-..-for the union of the j extreme English Ritualistic clergy with the Roman Catholic Church, but that the Sacred Congregations are opposed to it. The Pope, however, is represented to view the scheme with favour, hoping that its realisation may be found possible, and that the Anglicans may gradually unite. with the Church, as was the case with the Gallicans. It is added that Cardinal Manning and other personages are endeavouring to remove the difficulties in the way, and that the former will come to Rome to defend the scheme before the Congregations. THE CARDINAL'S DENIAL. Sir, —In the Times of yesterday and of today. I have seen two telegrams, purporting to come from Rome, in which my name occurs, As I think that both you and many others may desire to know how far their contents are true, 1 may say that they are both, from, first to last, wholly devoid of truth. No scheme whatsoever on the subU'ect of Ritualism has ever been conceived iy me ; I need not add, none has ever been, I to my knowledge, proposed, or opposed, or defended in Rome.—l remain, sir, your I faithful servant, Henp.y Edwabd, Cardinal Archbishop. MONSIGXOR. NARDI ON FREEMASONS. A correspondent of the Times telegraphs : —Paris, Feb. 6. Monsigaor Nardi has just I replied in the Voce della Veritd, to your ! comments on his sketch o£ Lord Ripon. He j disclaims having derived his description of j the eating, drinking, and merry-making pro- I pensities of English Freemasons fi-om. JLord Ripon himself, to have interrogated whom would have been contrary to common sense. A man who has visited England 13 times, and : has made what happens in That noble country the subject of his dearest studies, may know something of the craft. > Such a suspicion, however, gratifies him, for the writer of the article must himself be a Mason, having the style, jargon, and tone of ;one. After this apparently unconscious hit at Lord Ripon, Monsignor Nardi adopts the description of Masonry given by a ■ distinguished English Catholic Bishop as a goose club. Pope's "fasciuation" "consists," he says, "iu his virtues and merits, and the noble Marquis, having studied the the arguments many years by himself before coming to us, probably fascinated himself." CLOSING- SCENKS OF THE CABLIST STRUGGLE. • Madrid, February 29.—The following intelligence has been sent to the Spanish Minister in London: —The war is at an end, ! Don Carlos has asked France for hospitality. I.He informed General Poncet, commanding Bayonne, that he would enter France;at 9 o'clock this afternoon by the Bridge of Arnequi. Three hundred Carlists have entered France at St. Jean, and reports say they are crossing the frontier at Alduides. The French will not interfere with them. Alfonso has arrived at Pampeluna. It is reported that King Alfonso will go to San Sebastian and receive ex-Queen Isabella on Saturday. Grand preparations are making here for a public demonstration in honour of the return of the King to the capital. Paris, February 29.—The Carlist Generals "Velasco, Lizerrago, and Berga, accompanied by Don Carlos, entered the French territory at Mauleon yesterday. February 29.—The Standard has the following special despatch from Madrid:— Great enthusiasm prevails here. Alfonso will have a splendid reception on his return. The letter of General Poncet, giving notice of Don Carlos' intention of entering France, declares that,-havin» been conquered by adverse fortune, Don Carlos has resolved to abandon any further struggle as useless. He I asks the generous protection of France. I General Poneet, on the receipt of the note, started for Arnequi to interview the fugitives. Throe Alfonsist army corps are advancing .in Pastan Valley. They met with no resistance. THE ISTHR-NATIOITAL KIFLE MATCH. LONDON, February s.—Sir Henry Halford writes, coucerning the Inter-national Rifle Contest at the Centennial: —"If I fail in inducing Scotland and Ireland to join in the British team, I shall place my resignation as captain in the hands of the Inter-national Ride Association. I have every reason to believe that Knglaud wEI not be represented by any separate team." The Scottish Club has finally decided to 3end its own team to the International contest at Philadelphia next summer. RESULT OP THE DEOTSCHLAND INVESTIGATION. The report of the oHicial investigation into the ease of the Dcutschland says that the wreck was owing to an error of reckoning, the captain's disregard of the force and direction of the tide, bad discipline aboard the steamer, and the conduct of tile officers. The boatmen at Harwich and elsewhere are completely exonerated. The report recommends that telegraphic communication be established between lightships and the shore. CARDINAL LEDOCHOWSKY. Berlin, February 3.—The small town of Ostraw, where Cardinal Ledochowsky is imprisoned, is filled with sympathisers, gathered to testify their joy at his liberation to-day. Among those present are many of the high Polish nobility, including the EinI peror's nephews, the Princes Edmund and Ferdinand of Pralzville. There will be special thanksgiving services to-day, and the town will be illuminated. The Cardinal, upon his release, proceeded by rail in the direction of Breslau. He was informed if he entered the provinces of Silesia or Posen, or the districts of Frankfort-on-the-Main, or Marieniavder, he would be arrested. February 4.—Cardinal Ledochowsky is here, the guest of the Prince of Radsea, where he is completely unrestrained, except in the matter of interdiction from returniug to his diocese. DEATH FKOM TJGHT LACING. On December 10 the Westminster coroner held an inquiry into the cause of the death of Mrs. Kazia Wheeler, aged 77, an independent lady, of 34, Stanley-street. Mr. Henry Nieholls said he resided a few doors from deceased, who was his mother-in-law. She wa3 always in excellent health. She was out with a lady friend. Witness called at the house to sec her, but on knocking could get no answer. Witness told the landlady lie thought something must be wrong, and asked should he burst the door ; but the landlady said she did not like such a thing, aud declared witness had no authority. Next morning he went with a surgeon, had the door broken in, entered, and found deceased dead on the floor, fully dressed, with a Bible in her hand, leaving no doubt she was in the act of going to church. The Coroner said it was impossible for witness to have done wrong in breaking in the door. Mr. William Folwell, surgeon, said she had been dead since the preceding morning, having died suddenly from the breaking of an aneurism. A post mortem revealed a very sad state of things. The lower ribs were tightly jammed together, the sides were nearly touching each other. The liver, intestines, stomach, and other organs were all jumbled up together, and were remarkable for their smallness. Deceased was a tall, and had been a very beautiful woman, and this was caused by former tight lacing. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, with an expression of opinion that it was very wrong deceased should remain so long before being discovered, was returned. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION. . The Bishop of Exeter having been interrogated by a foreign ecclesiastical dignitary as to whether apostolic succession is a doctrine of the Church of England, has replied as follows :—" The Church of England desires to include within her pale all those who hold the doctrine of the apostolic succession and those who do not. To meet the need of the latter, she nowhere requires any of her members or ministers to hold that doctrine. ..To meet the need of the former,, she provides that all her ministers shall profess that succession as a fact." -■' -, t

I ' MANCHESIEB TTBAL NAVIGATION. ( Some "Yew 7 '"-yearV- 7 ago 3 %Kis- subject was t "m66ied,"and~at"tKe"time~excited"consiclerable--3 interest, but, owing to the then unfavourable, , state of the money market and other circumr stances, it was thought expedient to pqst--5 pone its consideration. It is now under--3 stoed that soms gentlemen in London 1 interested in the progress of trade' at , Manchester have the matter under deliberas tion -with the view of forming a company to ' carry out the undertaking. The proposal is j to , strengthen, cleepen, and widen the river i Irwell from below Manchester downwards to I its junction with the River Mersey. By i this means it is~proposed to provide a tidal i channel from below Manchester to the sea of ) sufficient depth to accommodate vessels of a like character to those-which now navigate the Suez Canal, by which the embarkation and landing of goods and passengers at Man- • Chester and the surrounding districts would ; be economised and accelerated. The length s of the proposed .channel would be about ' thirty-three miles, the width 200£t., with a • minimum depth of 22ft. The construction > of such a channel would greatly increase the : quantity of tidal water in the estuary of ; the Mersey above Liverpool, the ebb and flow of '. which would augment the scouring power, and so have a tendency to remove the bar at • the mouth of the river, and thereby increase • the depth of water over the bar six feet or [ eight feet. The total cost of the undertaking, including the •-,. construction 1 of wharves, railway bridgesj and other matters, taking the present price of labour and : materials, is estimated, by Mr. Hamilton Pulton, the engineer who has had this project in hand,- at £3,500,000. It mayi be : stated that at Glasgow, in the year 1775, after certain, attempts had. been made \o j deepen the Clyde, and after a quay had been J . built at the Broomielaw, no vessel drawing j 6ft. of water could reach the city except at spiing tides. Four years later a plan was ! adopted for deepening the river so as to accommodate vessels drawing 7ft. at neap j , tide. Steam dredging followed, until at length a depth at from ISft.to' 21ft. at neap tides had been ; obtained, and the length of wharfage on both sides of the river required ; for the trade of Glasgow measures more than three miles. Dredging: is still ■ continued,, and 800,000 tons of excavation are annually removed from the bed of the river. Lr,st year the expenditure was about £50;(C\1, and the income has arisen to about i £200,000. The Manchester proposal, bears ! an analogy to that of Glasgow. In regard to traffic, , it may be stated that last year the total tonnage of ..the port of Liverpool, inwards and outwards waT about £!O,0CD;O0O. It is considered that a trade of 4,000,000 ; tons inwards and outwards is not an unreasonable estimate for Manchester. • i ENGLAND IN/ THE EAST. Kef erring to the alleged acquisition by England of the harbour of Mohammerah, at the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates, an Austrian journal says that this is probably the first step towards the construction of the Euphrates "Valley Railway, and the continuation of the policy wHchledto the purchase of the Suez Canal shares. ' • England has now one foot in the stirrup at Suez, and tb e other at Mohammerah. Russia will have to lower her flag; she has neither the material power nor the spirit to beat England'out' of the field. Was it to be expected that 0 while Russia was advancing towards. Ind'-.jA tbe statesmen of the richest and most. cul- . tivated nation of the world should look on with folded arms ? The truth is that England is now as strong, and her policy is as great as ever, as in the time of William 111. or of Wellington. She does not make any show of military strength, but she will get that when she wants it. A country which has so much money and so many resources, whose people are inspired with so grand a patriotism, and whose Government acts with such a masterly policy, does not meet with the difficulties of Continental nations in raising an army. Let the English people only be convinced that their army requires developing, as seems to be the case since the Duke ot Cambridge's last speech, and the thing is'as good as done." THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. A TIME OF PROSPERITY. - - - The year lS7oseems!ikely to form a memorable epoch in the annals of the Cape of Good Hope. At no previous time was the prosperity of the colony so assured or so unintermittent. From last New Year's day until now, every branch of industry has continued to develop unceasingly, while immigration has been I stimulated by fresh discoveries at the diamond and gold fields. The sensational news brought by the present mail goes far to prove that the mineral resources of the Cape are as j yet only partially opened up. The latest discovery is that of a silver mine in the Transvaal, while from other districts reports are received of splendid " finds" in diamonds. One of these, weighing 103 carats, has actually been sold for-£3,350, a very dispropartionate price if the stone is of good water. This gem is, however, a mere'bagatelle in comparison with a 300-ca-at diamond which is said to j have been picked up somewhere about the same time. Should this be true, the Kohmoor will at last have a formidable rival. Such discoveries are not, however, so important as the continuous growth of the Cape revenue. Only a few years ago the colony was ou the verge of insolvency, aud many of the oldest settlers began to beiieve it "played out." The railway connecting Cape Town with the interior barely paid its travelling expenses, owingto the stagnation thathad fallen upon every branch of industry. Just when ! matters had arrived at their worst, the dis- : covery of diamond fields in the interior led to a rush of immigration, the one thing needed • to develop the resources of thecountry. From that period dates the financial recovery of the i Cape, which has iiow reached positive affluence, the revenue return for the present i year showing an increase of more than ; £400,000. Should the deposit of silver just found, prove sufficiently rich to pay for working, and be followed by other similar dis- • coveries, the colony will soon obtain the one l thing necessary for its present prosperity. . Without European labour, its vast rer sources can never be properly utilised, l the Kaffirs being too indolent and j untrustworthy for work requiring energy 1 aud incessant attention. If, however, ; the temptation offered by the mines L diverts a fair proportion of our annual flood o; r immigration to South Africa, the land will L only require settled government to become • one of the most prosperous dependencies of , the British Crown. A HAN KILLED BY A MOUSE. • A most extraordinary occurrence was L brought to light, says a London paper, a few days since at an inquest held on the body of t a man in South London. From the evidence 2 it appears that in a working-room where 3 many young girls were at work a mouse suddenly made its appearance on a table, ' causing of course, considerable commotion - and a general stampede. The intruder was 1 seized, however, by a young man who hapT pened to be present, but the mouse slipped 3 out of his hand and rnnniDg up his sleeve 3 came out between his waistcoat aud .shirt - at the neck. The unfortunate man had his 1 mouth open, and the mouse on the look out a for some convenient place of concealment, > darted thither, and in his fright and sur--1 prise the man actually swallowed it. That a mouse can exist for a considerable time - without much air has long been a popular t belief, and was unfortunately proved to be a 0 fact in the present instance, for the mouse began to tear and gnaw inside the man's throat and chest, and the result was that i- the unfortunate fellow died after a little time s in the most horrible agony. Several wite nesses having corroborated the above facts, s and the medical evidence having been given s as to the cause of death, a verdict of " Ac--1 cidental death " was returned. The mouse i has been preserved in spirits ot wine, and e has been placed in the Museum of the London - Hospital. O _ A.ROMANCE..AUD ITS SEQUEL s . A sad "story", (says the. London Weekly t Times) has jrist_been fittingly terminated by the death of "thej three persons .who were its

heroes; —Oife"qf"these "actors—was-arTnair-of--3 high scientific; j attainments, an astronomer, j—and-a Fellowof the Royal Soeiety-rth»eecond--9 : was a pretty, but illiterate woman ; the third -',' a died in prison. '-Thelearne*d - j man was Mr. Carrington, who lived jfor - many years in a lovely and romantic spot, at i which'lie'had "constructed an observatory; at i Chert, near Farnham. One day Mr. Carring- - ton met in Regent-street a good-looking and > attractive young woman from Bristol, l but of much - lower . station -than he was. : Unfortunately for the happiness of all three, > she had relations with a man named ' but, although Mr. Carrington- knew I her previous history, he married the fair and E frail one, who, however, deceived her husi band to this extent, that she represented . Rodway as her brother. This fellow kept l Mrs. Carrington in abject fear of him, and . by working on her fears he continually '■ rel ceived money from the frightened woman by i threatening to reveal her deception to ier ; husband. At length, desperate at losing his , sweetheart, and at being refused more money, ; and failing to induce Mrs. Carrington to run ". off with him, he visited the lonely house at . Chert, and so savagely assaulted her that she tuarrowly escaped death at his harfds. He was apprehended, sentenced to twenty years' i penal servitude for attempted murder, and : shortly-afterwards died-in gaol. -A-short . time ago Mrs. Carrington was found dead in bed by her husband when he awoke 'in the ■ morning; and a few days after the inquest in this case was concluded, the police, noticing an unusual quietness about the house, , , broko open the door and found Mr. Carrington lying dead upon the mattress. Thus ends a singular romance, the elements of which, if they had formed the foundation of a novel, would be regarded as impossible. BISMARCK AND THE CHUBCH. Februarys.—Bismarck, havings recovered, : . will resume Parliamentary services. When questioned by his deputies about Cardinal , Uohenlohe's visit to Rome, Bismarck distinctly stated that whatever, might be the ; Cardinal's mission, or whether there.be any mission at all, it is not authorised by him. ■ He declares that so long as he remains at the belm, it-is not the State which will make the advance towards reconciliation with the Church. GRANT AND SCHENCK. • "'■ Washington, February 21.—1n--justice" to Minister Schenck, the President will not accept his offer to resign until the investigation of the Emma mine scandal ordered by the Democratic .House is It is now charged that among-the parties who participated in the.ha'f-milUpn dollars expended m Washington, in connection Tvith the Memphis-El Paco lobby, years ago, were sevr.al present members of Congress,' and General Schenck." .."'■• : .. ■- BEVERDY JOHNSON. Baltimore, Maryland, February 10. — 'j.he Hon. Keverdy Johnson visited the residence of the Governor of Maryland to-day, to participate in a State dinner.' About dusk, while walking in. the garden attached to the Gubernatorial Mansion, he fell over an embankment. • Upon being picked up he was . found .to be. insensible, and , on further examination it was discovered that he had sustained a fracture of the skull. The uhfortunategentleman lingered ■ but an. hour or two. and. died about eight o'clock. The deceased was born in the same £ city in which he died, on the 21st May, ■ 1796, and was, consequently, nearly SO years of age. The deceased was a man of unexceptionable character, and was one of the most remarkable men that the State of Maryland has ever produced. FRANCIS DEAK. The Hungarian statesman, Francis Deak, died on January 29. He was. seventy-three years of The Emperor has addressed an autograph letter to M. Tisza, the HuDjarian Minister, President, in which he says :—" The death of Francis Deak fills the country with the deepest grief. 1 am also deeply moved, and must express how sin- . cerely I share the general sorrow, and how ; much I deplore the loss of the man who, devoting his whole life to the public good, merited in so great a measure the confidence and affection of his sovereign and of his fellow-citizens by his loyalty to the throne and the Fatherland, the conspicuous character of his character and his civic virtues. History will perpetuate his merits as a statesman ; his glory will be enduring and will not be confined to his otvn country alone, and liis memory will j be revered. My grateful appreciation follows him to his grave, for which 1 send a wreath." RAILWAY ACCrDENT. A disastrous railway accident, or as we should be justified in saying, a hideous case of railway assassination, took place on the Great Northern line, at Abbot's Kipton, on Friday, January 21. A coal train, -which should have left Peterborough, for London at 5.35, was eighteen minutes late, not actually leaving inconsequence, as the driver alleges, of the roughness of the weather, till C. 53. At 6.28 the Scotch express to London was due at Peterborough, and before the shunting of the coal train was complete, dashed into it. The effect of this collision was not only to block the up line, but the down line as well; the engine of the Scotch express was precipitated over the embankment, and the metals of the t>vo lines for many yards were strewn with the debris of carriages. But the disaster was far from being complete. The Leeds express from London was duo, and before it could be stopped, had cut its way through the wreck on the down line, and the whole of its superincumbent weight was hurled upon the prostrate carriages of the Scotch train, both on the line and at the bottom of the embankment. Then ensued a scene of distress, mutilation, and . bloodshed, the horrors of which defy exagi geration. Twelve passengers were crushed to death. After a period of terribly protracted suspense, the sufferers who were sti)l i alive were dragged or cut out, and were conveyed for the "most part to Huntingdon. . Among those killed, let us hope instan- . taneously, were the eldest son of Mr. Boucicault and the only surviving son of Mr. . Noble, the sculptor. A GRAND-DAUGHTER OF RURNS. A graud-daughter of Robert Burns, through his eldest son Robert, is living in Guelph, Canada, the wife of Thomas Brown. [ UNAUTHORISED LOVE. c It is said that Princess Beatrice of England—who is not, as previously reported, to ; marry Prince Louis of Baltonburg—is deeply : in love with tiie Prince Imperial of France. GARIBALDI AND CREMATION. '■ Garibaldi has. given his adhesion to the i Italian Cremation Society. "To be burnt r after death," remarks the Papal organ at E Rome, "is a sign of civilization in the eyes s of the modern Pagans." < 5 ENGLAND AND EGYPT. 3 Negotiations by French capitalists in Egypt , for railroads and other monopolies, have i failed, leaving the way clear for English proi posals. A telegram from Rome says there - are reasons to believe that the terms of a 1 treaty for the sale of the Egyptian railroads s to- an English company have been settled, t and it is said that the contract will be signed s next week. J t THE HEAD CENTRE. , The Irish Citizen states that Jas. Stephens, - the well-known Fenian leader, is not dead as t reported, but is in good health aud is living e in Paris. I r PEKSONAL. I » a Froude will probably be made Sir Ana thony. ~..'.- j s Chang, the Chinese giant,, is said to be fc residing with his wife at Shanghai, where he e was lately received into the Baptist com- •■ amnion. It may be known that Chang's i,' height is 7 feet 8 inches, but his sister is '8 a inches taller than himßelf, and tlie whole :- family—father, mother, and four brothers— e rival him in height. - j - - d Mr. Ruskin is begging all persons -who n have any regard for him or his Writings, to sign a' petition to Parliament to [prevent - the extension of across the Lake y country;--'-' ".ii::'~J \ , r . - r .„ f Elihu Burritt can drive a strange idbg'out a of his yard in 33 languages; -'• ! :". ' ; i \•'