ENGLISH EXTRCATS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1398, 17 January 1860, Page 5

ENGLISH EXTRCATS.

The channel Islands telegraph is now again in perfect-working order, the repairs of the cable between Guernsey and Jersey, which r ad become damaged, having been completed on Monday inornincf. ' • . •

FttiaHiFur, Calamity at St. PETBtwiJORa — According to St. Petersburg journals, 15 or 16 persons, were. drowned on the occasion of the illuminations in honour of them jority of the hereditary Grand Duke, by the falling down of a parapet of what is. called the. Police Bridge, over the Canal de la Molka, in that city. A's many as 80 persons— -men, WAmen, and children — were precipitated into the canal, and a large number of them would, it.is said, have perished, had not three Fienchtnen made extraordinary efforts to save them. The scene of confusion on the brulge when the parapet gave Way wus frightful, everybody of the large crowd on it struggling to escape. In the course of the same evening another incident occurred : A large cornice* stone of granite fell from one of the angles of the StoafohiifF Palace at the m<»metu a crowd was collected in front of the edifice, and several persons were crushed to death, others greviously injured. > . Murder op aFbrSok Mayor- In France, as Parma, a public man has been murdered in the streets in open day from motives of private vengeance; in France, us in Paring the armed force arrived too late to be of use ; in France, as in Puma, the populace looked , on and did not prevent the crime, and- at the date of the last accounts the criminals, were not all in custody. Here is the stoty as told by the Sentinellt dv Jura :-*-*' The commune of St. Germain les Arlay has just been the theatre of a scene of unexampled violence. On the 6th irist. a band of hawkers, consisting of three men and three women, refused to show their passports to the authorities although repeatedly summoned with all due legal' formalities to.d o sol Armed with iron pointed sticks they severely wounded M. Poignant, the mayor, M. Ethevenard, anjtotel keeper, and a man servant the namet'^Cour voisier. They resisted the gnarde chatnpetre, laid about them furiously, and knocked down and left in a state of unconciousness the persons above named, and that in the presence of all the inhabitants of the village, who did not interfere. They made off, threatening to burn the place down. The gendarmes are gone in pursuit of them. It is supposed that they are the D ■■■ — family, of, Dole. P. S.— At the moment of going to press we learn that the mayor has died of his wound. The procurer imperial had arrived. Four of the guilty parties are arrested." A Spanish MtiRDEB.— A Spaniard named Belver, a blacksmith by trade, was last week tried by the Court of Assrzes at Algiers for murder. The facts of the case were few. On the 2nd July last he met at a public-house some of his countrymen, and amongst them one Mariano, with whom he had been on bad terms. A violent quarrel arose between them, and they exchanged very insulting language. Some lime after, as Mariano was returning home, he was suddenly stabbed in the abdomen in the Rue Sidi Femieh, and his assailant took to flight; but he saw that be was Belver. He was able to stagger home and to denounce the mail, who was immediately arrested. As the wound was mortal, Belver was confronted with bis victim, and the latter declared solemnly that it was lie who had stabbed him. A few hours later Mar* iano expiied. The prisoner was declared guilty, and condemned to twenty years' hard labour. A farmer in Kent advises strangers, if they wish to get teeth inserted gratis, to go and steal fruit where his watch-dug is on guard. Advices received from Paris slate that the Prince Napoleon will visit London at the end of the present week, where he will remain five days. Tragedy at Genoa.— The followiug tragical event has just occurred at Genoa. A young man, a wonvtti, and a girl, having entered a cafe, called for some sparkling lemonade. The waiter brought a bottle, poured out the liquid, and the three customers immediately drank of it. Immediately afterwards the ma.n fell down dead, and the females died a few minutes later. Medical aid was instantly prooured, but it was too late. Upon examination it was found that the waiter bad brought a buttle of laurel water, a small quantity of which is generally put into the beverage alluded to. Tie coffeehouse keepe.]\.. and waiter have both been arrested. Thejtnttn was 20 years old, and the girl's bride groom ; the elder female was her mother.

The Retuihj of Loiid Clyde.— -We hear thut tho Conimamler-in-Chief had decided on leaving Simla on the 20th of September, whei.ee he would march down to Lncknow, in order to meet the Governor-General, who was expected in the capital of Oude about the 15th or.2otb of October. It is probable that Lord Clyde would then take leave of Lovd Canning, as tho latter is on his way to visit Agra, Delhi, Lahore — per* haps Peshawur — before he takes up his quarters at Simla, which will he the seat of Govern mem ne^t summer. Lord Clyde will leave India at the close of this year, or early in January, as at present advised. Except in "escaping the heat, he has not derived muub benefit from his stay in Simla, and be is said to have suffered during ail the ruins from a severe cold. The stuff

have all suffered more or legs from illnew, with the exception, perhaps, of Colonel Stirling, Military Secretary, who has enjojed excellent health.

The Vienna journals stato that two natives of New Zealand nave Seen brought td Austria by the Novara, the frigate which has just made a voyage of circumnavigation, and at their own* request they are, after. a time, when they know the language, to bo placed in the Imperial Printing-office, at Vienna. Fat ai. Leap paost Blaokpbia&s Bridge--On Wednesday t Mr. Sergeant Payne held an iv* quest in St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of Mary Ellis, aged 3*, a married woman, whose husband resides at2B, Edward-street, Blaokfriar* road, London. Mary Roberts said tbat on Saturday, night,, about half-past seven o'clock, as she was parsing over the left-band side «f Blackfriars bridge, the deceased came in front of her, and touching her on the. shoulder^ c*» claimed, " Good God \ " and at the same tira* she placed her feet upon the seat in one of tbv recesses of the bridge, and then jumped- over into: the water. Daniel Gaulter, a police offi* cer, Biiid that he observed the womad floating along with the tide towards Sou thwart bridge. Two young men et once rowed to- the spot; and to.k the female out of the water, and they landed her at the step 9 of the Blackfriars bridge* Sbe was taken to the hospital. In her boson* he found a purse containing £2 3s. 6d. and a letter, which had been written by her husband most affectionate language. Me (witness) stop* ped 2£ hours in the hospital with her, when sbf was pronounced quite dead. Mary Ann Car* penter had known the deceased "fpf';ijJ ; 'yea : r» r who ha 4 oftei applied to her to feerber heai), which she said was " bnrqing, hot."* She had heard the doctor say that she had a determina? tion of blood to the head. Mr. Charles Drake, , home smgeon t ßaid the woman did not die from drowning, but front injuries she ■ had received by striking against tile piers of the bridge or falling upon the bard/ground of the river. Wh' ttiidrnitted she was in an exhausted state. Her right leg was fractured, and there , was a wound 3; or A inches deep ~it» the tbiijb^ whichwas the principal cause of ,' death. The post mortem examination proved th&t the brain was diseased.;. .The jury returned a .verdict of "Temporarj ijasanity." „ '■'.. ."•'..••;. Moobish AxswoiTT,r-A correspondent wrtt« ing from Gibraltar states :-«-".. Vim -will be sorry to bear of a sad affair near -Tatigie (precise 1»* cality not specified,) near Tangier or Tetuan, Tbiee British officers a major and -two-Captains from Gibraltar, went off to shoot together, abont a month ago, and were set upon by the Moors, but miraculously escaped out to sea in a boat somehow or another^ and where out in an open boat seven days, I suppose without food or drink or, at all events, very little, and were picked up and brought to" Gibraltar.' One captain a fine young fellow, ju»t 25— is dead of fever, and another tying ;Wben my brother wrote* (Who ft in the Bth at' r Gibraltar ) Both were much beloved by all who knew them. AH the officers of the gan isson attended bis funeral, arid tht : affiiir has caused a sad sensation." - l

AnqtherMordebih South SrASToabsHißft. At Comley. near Wolverhamploi), early on, ths morning of the 9th, Thomas Wilkes, aged Ifl^ Btabjbe,drto the heart John Reynolds, aged : 4O; They .and others were turned out of a public house at midnight They subscribed 6:1. each to have a spree elsewhere; but, beiug refused drink, Wilkes claimed his sixpence from Bejr* nolds, who refused it, saying they would flpeni! the money on Sunday ~ afternoon. Wilke* rushed at Beynolds, who exclaiihed—^ Why, you coward, you have struck me with a stone," and then fell down, »tghed, and died almost immediately in the arms of one of the party. He was taken home aud the fatal wound discovered. Wilkes, as if ignorant of the injury, went whistling off, but he whs soon apprehended. Notwithstanding disparity of ages, he is said to> have conceived a strong passion for a woman as old as Reynolds, living with hint as wife, and the mother of four deceased children ; and Wilkes is said to have sent this woinau a note Sroposiog to "go 08" with her unknown to Reynolds, which she, However had refused to do. On the 1 1 a verdict of wilful murder wa> returned against Thomas Wilkes, who is incus* toily. Upon the removal of the prisoner ~aa affecting scene took place. ■ . The high clergy iv Austria are resolved not to be behind the clergy of Franoe in their expressions of concern for the present positioaof the Pope. A pastoral on the subject, from the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna, was read on Sunday in all the Churches of the diocese. A crowded meeting of Human Catholics {a Spital fields, on Wednesday evening, passed a resolution according its respectful and affectionate sympathy with the Pope, and praying that God would protect him The resolution was moved by Mr. J. j&urke, barrister, who complained that the newspapers teemed with abuge of his Holiness.

Hull Thuatbk Destboybd by Fms. — Au alarming; fire was discovered shortly before seven, o'clock on Thursday morning, in the Theatre Royal, Humber-aUeet. It raged with great fury. The valuable wardrobe, dec, &c, was totally destroyed, in spite of the exertions made to save it. The building is entirely destroyed, but we have nut heard that any lives were lost. ..' „ . '„',. , Tag , Status ro Joseph Hums, -* The colossal statue erected by the inhabitants of. Montrose to commemorate the public services of their eminent townsmen the late Mr. Joseph Hume, was formally inaugurated on the 24th October. The statue, which was executed by Mr. Calder Marshall, has «os>t nearly £300— a sum raised by public subscription. A procession composed «f representatives of almost every trade and profession in the town, with numerous flags, banners, mode s, and other devices, besides the various . masonic lodges, the Odd' Fellows, Free Gardeners, and a large number of the general pubiio, marched through the principal streets of tiie town, accompanied by instrumental bands. The shops and other places o/ business remained closed during the afternoon. The Provost commenced the proceedings by au address, in which he res (erred to the main features of Mr. Hume's career, On the conclusion of the inaugural address the figure was unveiled amid enthu-* siastic cheers and the music of several instrumental bands. The statue was then formally handed over to the safe keeping of the niagis^ trates and tpwn Council. Thb Cholera in Belgium.— lv the ancient city of Bruges which was a population of rather more than 50,000, the cholera is now carmuff off some forty or fifty persons daily, U»e ordinary daily mortality being two or three. "This l numerous canals ol the okl Belgian towns are stagnant an>! stinking — the nairow streets are fifihy and the weather has been, as elsewhere, uta' usually dry and hot; beuce, it is thought, the visitation. At certain .famous and holy upritß tho people gather together and. pray .Heaven to avert the epidemic, but ihcy do litt|e or nothing else to wunl it off. The si.Vters of charity anj the priests are said lo be untiring iv their auen> tious to the sick und dying. '

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