News by the Mail.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1870, 30 December 1874, Page 2

News by the Mail.

.Ann , JCiiza., the nineteenth wife of Brigham deserted theliarem some time back and entered an action for divorce, has had an an-wer to her petition filed by the " Prophet" in which he avers that he has now* and always had but one wife, Mary Ann, whom he married at Kirtland, in Ohio. Ann Eliza, and the scores of others who have hsid the honor of Young's attentions have been, ho maketh oath, bnly his "celestial" companions! It is now siated that Brigham Young lias been indie ed for polygamy. The Duke of Abercorn has definitely accepted the office of Grand Master of Irish Freemasons, and will lie installed at the next meeting on December 1. The Marquis < #'ivEiLii.— Jhe Marquis Henry O'Neill, who has just died a lieutenant in the French army, claimed to be descended in a direct Hue from the famous Hugli O'Neill, Prince of Tyro»e, who. waged a long war against Elizabeth. His genealogical tree shows many alliances with tho MacMahons, and in the list of his family the number of monarchs, princes, and saints is something enormous. It includes a line of 180 king's who reigned;in;lreland for neiry 2000 years. The remains of the late Duke of Leinster were interred in the family vault in Maynooth parish churchyard, on Oct. 14. Thi? funeral was strictly pr-vate ; the ■shops in. the town were closed, and a laige "number of the inhabitants and tenantry joined* the procession as it left •"the demesne. The chief mourners were the Duke of Leinster, Lords Gerald and Otho Fitzgerald, Mr Eipton, M.P., and the Cbmte de Jarnac.

Mr Nicholas Chevalier—who is busily erigdgtd on a picture representing the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh to the <t,rand Duchess of Russia, at the command of her Majesty the .Queen—lias recently been elected a member of the Graphic, a position that any artist may well be proud of. We are sure that Mr .Chevaliers friends in the colonies will be heartily glad to hear (he news. Mr A. Nish, who will be well remembered in connection with Rayner's and other troupes of Christy Minstrels, died after a short illness on the 3rd October. Ever since his return from Australia, some six or seven years ago, he filled the post of irusical director to the Moore and Burgess Minstrels, and there is no doubt but his talents and experience tended materially to. Secure the success they bave achieved. The funeral was attended by numerous friends, the members of the troupe singing a dirge by the sidd'of .the grave. It is satisfactory to add thjifc :the widow of the deceased is left in '^comfortable pecuniary circumstances. The cause of death is .said to be erysipelas, the reault < f extracting a soun J in-tead of a decayed-t^bthY. - ■." ■ 'J he confirmation, dated the 25th Sept., under seal of the Continissariat of Lanaik>hirt>, of the late Dr, Livingstone, granted to Mis 3 Agnes Livingstone, 'Jhonias Steel livingstone, >* y William Oswell Liyingstoue,.and Mi« 3 Auna Mary

Livingstone, was sealed in London on Oct. 3, the total value of the personal estate and effects of the deceased in )-ngland and Scotland being sworn under £1500. The d'-ceased is stated to have drd at Ilala, Central Africa, on May 4. 1873. His description in the official documpnts is given as the Key David Livingstone, LL. D., D. C. L., African trareller. The Berlin correspondent of the Times writes thus, under date of Oct. 12:—"The body of an English lady, who died in London, was burnt on < >ct. 10 at Dresden. The ceremony was performed in the furnace recently invented for burial purposes by Herr Siemens, and the r lattves of the deceased lady permitting strangers to be present, a large numbei of scientific men attended the experiment. When the company had comp ied with Herr Siemens' request to offer up a mental prayer, the coffin Wa3 placed in the chamber of the furnace ; six minutes later the coffin burst; five minutes more, and the flesh b?gan to melt away; ten minutes more* arid the skeleton was laid bare; another ten minutes, and the bones began to crumble. Seventy -five minutes after t!ie introduction, of the coffin into the furnace all that remained of the deceased and the coffin were six pounds of dust, placed in «m urn. fcfome friends of the deceased were present." The first account of the above circumstance was contradicted soon after it appeared. It is added that it was the deceased lady's wish that her remains should be so.' disposed of. rJhe lady referred to is s£id to have been the deceased wife of .'ir Charles Dillie. John Lilltwhiie.—Our cricketing readers will learn with regret that John Lilly white died on October 27, having succumbed to a serious illness from which be had suffered for several months. He was borne at Hove; November 10,1826, and at thr time of his death was therefore in his forty-eight year. Few cricketers have been so popular in the profession as Lillywhite, and it will, doubtless, be in the recollection of our readers that his benefit match took place upon the old , country ground, when, through the instrumentality of Mr I. D. Walker, one of the finest amateur teams that ever "donned flannel" met the plajers in friendly contest. Lilly white for many years pcted as coach to the Ruby eleven; his valuable tuition enabled the school to send forth some of the finest "bats" of the period. The Sussex executive will miss one whose advice was eagerly sought respecting the importation of young : blood into the county ranks, while players of all classes ! will regret the death at a comparatively early age, of so eminent a cricketer.