SUEZ MAIL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6213, 15 October 1881, Page 7

SUEZ MAIL ITEMS.

Hfr Majestt has given an order for a basrelief bnst of Dean Stanley to his niece, Miss The Queen has appointed Dr. James Reid to be resident medical attendant to iler Majesty, in the room of Dr. W. Marshall, resigned. ... The Queen has accepted from Messrs. Longmans a complete set of the recently published "Hughcnden edition of Lord "irish labourer lost his hat out of a train nearing Stafford Station. He jumped through the window after it, and falling on the line was instantly killed. A new game is to be introduced. It is called eye-peeping, and the fun consists in trying to guess the unknown owner of an eye which is shown to the spectators through a hole in the curtain. In a cricket match played at Cambridcu, between the Caius and Emanuel Long A acation Clubs, Mr. W. Koe scored 415 and was then "not out." This is supposed to be the hif'hest individual score on record. James Anderson, aged 42, a mastermariuer, shot himself through tlie head with a revolver on August 22 at Liverpool. He was vexed at losing employment with a firm in whose service he had been 10 years. The Queen lias intimated her intention to confer the honour of knighthood on Mr. M . MacCormac, surgeon, St. Thomas's Hospial, in consideration o; his services in connection with the International Medical Congress. A gunner named John Finegan, charged with having made use of disloyal and traitorous words regarding the Queen, at Secundcrabad, lids been sentenced to 3(i;"> days' hard labour, and to be discharged with ignominy from the service. The Congress for the reform and codification of the laws of nations now sitting at Cologne has, upon the motion of a delegate from the United States, expressed the hope that asylum may be refused in all countries to political as well as other murderers. Tiik bell of the Plymouth public school, whilst being rung, was swung out of its place, and precipitated on to the heads of two little boys who were entering the door with their arms round one another's neck. They were so injured that recovery is impossible. . An important discovery or aucient silver coins is reported from Tarlasco, province of Lomclfino, Piedmont. A countryman found a vessel containing 000 silver coins, mostly belonging to the first Roman epoch, as shown by the eftigies of Brutus and Collatinus designated as p. h,ii Colonics. Others of more recent period, dating from the time of Cesar, Pompey, Antony, and Antouius Pius are still of great archaeological interest. A sad accident has just occurred at Palavas, Trance. Madame IJaumes, the sister of the military commander of the Palais Bourbon, her grand-daughter, a child five 3-ears of ai_'C, and two friends, went out for a sail iu a" p]ea=uro-boat. Tlie weather was fine on starting, but the wind suddenly robe, and before the party could put b-ick, the boat w.is upset, and everv soul on board perished. The bodies of Madame Baumes and of one of the sailors were recovered.

The authorities of ihe Paris Mint propose to substitute for the .iresent bronze pieces a new coinage of :i .smaller ami more elegant kind containing -20 pei cent, of nickel. .Sp-.ei-niou coins hive been struck of the respective values of a halfpenny ;tive centimes), a penny, ami twopence-halfpenny. The die used is an old one, cut iu the troublous times of IT'. , :?. Its device is an allegorical head of the Republic, wearing a cap of liberty. In the German army English will be a compulsory subject of examination for the entrance of officers after February, ISS:>. Candidates coining from Gymnasia, however, will have the option of offering Greek. _ The programme of the examiLatiou in English is as follows: -Reading of English at siuht; translation of English into German and German into English ; English syntax, and matiearand etymological analysis, of English phrases. A curious action arising out of a conjugal dispute has been decided at Bucharest. It appears that the wife of a General Comesoo was ordered by her medical attendant to proceed to some metliein.il springs for the benefit of her health. To this the husband objected, and thereupon legal proceedings were taken by the wife in order to compel him to give his consent. In the end, the Court decided for the fair plaintiff, who was authorised to raise a loan of "2000 francs for the expenses of her journey. At the Chapel Royal, Savoy, on the 21st, Lord Colin Campbell, M.P. for Argyleshire, fifth son of the Duke of Argyll, was married to Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Blood, youngest daughter of Mr. Edmoncl Maghlin Wood, of Briekhill, county Clare. Princess Louise of Lome -was present. The Marquis of Stafford was best man. The bridesmaids were the Ladies Mary and Coustance Campbell, sisters of the bride-room, Miss Zarita Shaw, Miss Violet Fitz-YVygram, Miss Violet Miles, and .Miss EverilJa Creyze.

A machine for making artificial snow has lately been perfected in England. The question may possibly be asked, Of what use can such a contrivance be, when the supply of the natural commodity i≤ nowadays so fur above what we care about ? We are apt to forget that in many countries snow is a luxury. In the bazaars of Cabul, for instance, it is sold as such ; and mixed with sherbet, it forms a favourite drink. The machine in question is intended for Palermo, where frost is rarely experienced.

The prosperity of Protectionist Countries aeing one of the " myths" in wliich our new raciprocitarians or fair traders believe, it may interesting to notice one of the signs of this " prosperity" which are now attracting attention in Germany. According to the Magdeburg Zietung, during the month of June last, the savings banks in Saxony paid out over 1,000,000 marks (about £100,000) more than they received, aud during the half year ending June the receipts had diminished 3,356,000 marks (aboutjEl69,ooo), : and the payments hart increased 5,039,000 ; marks (about £282,000), as compared with the corresponding six months of ISSO. This showing is very different from that of the savings banks in this country, where there is a steady increase this year in the deposits, ' as compared with last year. Yet the trade of the United Kingdom is spoken of by our reciprocitarians as depressed and that of Germany as flourishing. A few figures taken from a Parliamentary , return just issued, relative to Property and Income-tax assessment, Poor-rate, &c, may be commended to the attention of the Fair Trade League. In a paper lately circulated Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart., asserted that " the zrftole of the manufacturing capital of England is at present unremunerative, working without profit; operatives' wages are being paid out of the profits and accumulations of former years." The operatives here iitated to be (lipping into tlaeir e:nployeis' savings are assuredly too wide-awake to be deceived by nny such extreme statements Instead of an utter collapse of British trade, what do the statistics show ? An increase in wealth. It appears that while in the financial year 1573-74, the gross annual value of property, including trades, professions, &c, liable to the different forms of income-tax, was £437.611.490, it had grown for 1579-S0 to £451,251,'502. During the same period the Poor-rate valuation lias grown from £132,551,,529 to £1f>7,968,922. An inquest was commenced on August 24 at the London hospital, before Mr. George Collier, on the body of George Leek, aged 10 months, of 12, Collingwood-street, Bethnalgreen. Sarah Leek said she was a married woman living apart from her husband, and the deceased was her illegitimate child. About five months ago it was in. bed with auother child, and in endeavouring to reach something, it fell out on to iht* floor. Some fen- weeks afterwards it became very bad, and witness took it to the hospital, where it was prescribed for. It ultimately became so bad that on Saturday last it was admitted to the hospital. It was insensible when she took it there. Mrs. Wilson, the landlady of the house, stated that the mother had lodged her about three months. She always livm^? d tne man with whom she was or two aiio r tw ba i nd, and lt was onlv a da y her husband i dlacov ered he was not a third man.' The, « oased was the cm ' id of in S the deceased and ,* Was oftea u . e S lect " lock it up in a room a time. It had cried sciZf hours at had climbed on to her fo&,"?' 7*™™ reach it through the window M r X y , aud c Albert-square, Shadwell, deposed that V lodged with her about sevenmonths ago; the deceased was then three uZtui old. She -would get drunk every da\\ aud leave, her baby in her room with uotliirjL' but a bottle of water, and covered with ijilth.Witness, although a poor woman, oft-in fed the child herself. Dr. Coatcs said he. was ot opinion that death was due to brought on bv extreme emaciation, tH e result of neglect and want of food. £»e; jury retur'nid a"fefd'icVof "Manskughter"},'^" lß * the mother; ;but at the suggestion* .<". «ie coroner the inquiry was adjonrned foAFJ™"* evidence, the latter functionary; OI opinion that there wae not a primafaW f^ e against lie womap, ae the evidence thens* 000.