News by the Mail.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 10, 12 January 1870, Page 2

News by the Mail.

—o Prince Arthur has been made a chief of the .Six-Nation Indians. Mrs Vivian remains in Paris, having, at is said, declined the Marquis of Waterford's offer of marriage. An enquiry was held, on October 29th, at Cork, into the accounts of Robert Shaw, stamp distributer for that County. Mr Shaw acknowledged that he was a defaulter to the amount of £io,ooo. It is stated that the wish entertained by many of the Irish subjects of the Queen that her Majesty should visit Ireland next year is likely to be gratified. We even heir that arrangements are in progress at the Vice-Regal Lodge, with a view to a visit from her Majesty in Juno msxt. A boy and girl, children of a Birmingham cab-driver, were in bed, when their father entered the bedroom, and the girl noticed him tie a handkerchief round his neck, and attach it to the bedpost. Next morning the father was standing in the same position, and they remarked to each •other that " father had been standing there all night." He was dead. The girl said io the coroner " she thought he was joking, •and went to sleep again." At the King's Head public-house, "Somersham, some young men put a piece of tobacco into a kettle over the fire, for a " lark." Tea was subsequently made with ■the water in the kettle, of which a young ■man and young woman unsuspectingly partook. They were both seized with ••alarming illness, and It was with some ■difficulty the life of the young woman was vsaved. There is a question of prosecuting (the perpetrators of this stupid and dangerous practical joke. On the arrival of the Liverpool oxpiess at Crew station, soon after 5 o'clock on October 9, tho man whose duty it is to a<ip the wheels of the carriages saw under '»ne of the vehicles an object rather foreign to the situation. It turned out to be a little boy, who, on being "told to come out, said, "Don't say anything- I have lost my friends, and want to go to Bristol." '-lie was interrogated by the railway officials, and he told them he had hung on by bis arms and legs to a slender iron stay, only three-quarters of an inch in diameter, the whole distance from Liverpool (thirtyfour miles). When we consider the speed the express-train travels at, the constant draught, dust, and vibration the lad must ' have had to put up with, to say nothing - of the Lime street tunnel (not over agreeable to pass through under the best of •circumstances), we cannot but admire the .remarkable spirit displayed. If the train had gone much further without stopping, the poor boy could not possibly have held on, as his limbs were quite numb when he was discovered. A story is going the rounds of the French papers which shows that detectives - sometimes know how to look after their •own interests. A legacy of 500,000 francs was recently left to a lady who had long lived with her daughter in extreme poverty. Unfortunately, this suddenly enriched couple were nowhere to be found, and the affair was put into the hands of a young and active detective. He was . allowed a month to prosecute the search, and when that time had elapsed he presented himself, unaccompanied by any one, before his superior, the latter upbraiding him with his inefficiency. " Very well, my dear sir," was the calm reply ; " but I have now to inform you that I have been ■ eight days married to the daughter of the 'lady I havo been searching for, and I shall tthank you to hand over the 500,000 francs, which are the property of my mother-in-law." At the Taunton County Court, on October 23, Mr Sully, landlord of the County Inn, Taunton, sued William Calcraft, the public executioner, for 13s 9d, the amount of a bill incurred by him whilst staying at his house in 1867, when he came to the town to execute Britain for the murder of his wife near Frome. The following were the items of the account:—Bed, Is; breakfast, 3s; dinner, Is 6d; tea, 2s ; supper, 2s; grog, 2s; beer, Is 9d; boots, 6d. Some time after, the plaintiff wrote to the defendant for the money, and received tho following reply : 18G9 Sully iam quite a Shamed at your meanness of sending me that piece of paper to expose me in that way to think that you want mo to spend two or three pounds to com to your place to Pay you the sum of 14s which i never had half of it will swear if ihad yon had half of it what did it coust me when whe were out together you never spent one halfpenny and you to charge me that exorbitant sum isuppose you thought of fritening me but iwas born too near a wood to be fritened by an Owl the sum you charged mo the Sheriff ought to have settled long ago i have sent you the Beastly bit of paper you sent me in an invelope not open as you sent it to mo you can doo what you like with it as soon as it is convnant iwill Bend you apost ofiic order for the overcharg of lis with acheck upon you for so mean an action— W S—W C " iuever was served Such a ru<nn action in all my life i never hat such athing in my house before mean mean." As -he Registrar stat-vl that tho defend nnt's trade was bad now, ho was allowed a month to pay tho account, j

A passage between Boulogne-sur-mcr and Calais has been made in four hours and three quarters by two marine velocipedes. The currents were against the voyagers, but they landed almost dry. The address of the Mayor of Cork to the Lord-Leiutenant on his recent visit to that city has, by some accident been copied into a local journal as the address of the ladies of Cork ; and this mistake is tho more to be regretted as the following passage figures conspicuously in the document :—" Nature has done much for us, but nun almost nothing." A Tenant-Right Meeting attended by between 20,000 and 25,000 persons, was held in Kilkenny on. October 18, under the presidency of Mr George Bryan, of Jenkinstown, M.P. for the County. Resolutions were adopted to the effect that in the adjustment of rent between landlord and tenant due regard shoukl be given to capital invested in substantial improvements ; and that to meotruie exigencies of the country, a land measure, based upon the principles of fixity of tenure and fair rents, is reqnired. Placards have been posted at Clapbam containing the following piquant invitation to worshippers at " Bethseda Chapel" : M Ned Wright, who, before his conversion, was convicted tbre" time*of burglary, will deliver a gospel address. Come, and welcome ! No collection !" A rumour has reached us from Portsmouth that it is intended to fit out another flying squadron, of a less formidable character than that which is under Rear-Admiral Hornby, to leave England about the" month of April next October 21 being the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, Nelson's flag-ship Victory was, in accordance with custom, dressed at each mast-head and yard-arms with laurel wreaths. During the afternoon some few of the remaining survivors of the memorable engagement went on board, and were, with several of the senior executive, petty, and executive officers in port, entertained at dinner through the liberality of Admiral Sir James Hope. In Grayton-le-Marsh, a woman recently died of an attack of peritonitis. She was thirty yeara old, and her case has been of much interest to her medical attendants on account of the unusual symptoms it presented. On a post mortem examination being made, a tumour, composed of human hair, resembling in appearance a black duck with a very long neck, and weighing nearly two pounds, was found in. the stomach and gullet, forming a tolerably accurate mould of these organs, and extending into the mouth. This remarkable concretion had caused great thickening and ulceration of the stonuvm, and was the the remote cause of her death. Her sister stilted that during the last twelve years she had known the deceased to bo in the habit of eating her own hair. Some of the Church papers state that the Royal Commissioners on Ritualism intend to propose that the Athanasian Creed shall be struck out of the Prayer Book. The Rev. Shapharzi Edalzi a converted fire-worshipper of the celebrated sect of the Pharsees of Bombay, is now acting as assistant curate of Holy Trinity, St Ebbe's, Oxford. The reverend gentleman was ordained by the Bishop of Oxford. The powder works beionging to Messrs Dixon and Co., situated about four miles from Lake Windermere, were the scene of a devastating explosion on October 19. The press and charge houses were utterly demolished, and six mills were completely wrecked. Unfortunately, there were three men at work at the time, and they were blown to atoms.

On the 20th October, an inquest was held on tho body of Charles Swift, who was thrown into a copper of boiling water by his master, Mr Lister, a German-sausage maker, at Hatcham. Two witnesses swore positively that Listor was quarrelling with Swift, who was drunk, and that he took up the deceased in his arms and threw him into the copper. Lister then pulled him out again by the heels, and on the policeman coming, he told the latter that Swift had fallen in. Swift, who was sensible, said, "No : he threw me in." The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Lister, who was tried at the Central Criminal Court on October 28, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour.

The Morning Star, a daily paper started by the once powerful party called the Manchester School, ceassd to exist on the 13th October. Mr Bright, whose, powerful writing was frequently recognised, had ceased for some little time to give active co-operation to the journal. Mr Milner Gibson and the other chiefs of the party had also withdrawn their support. It is said that the interests of the paper have been disposed of to the proprietors of the Daily News for £BOOO. On the 27th October, the Earl of Dudley, with Lord Rokeby and a party of ladies, visited the Nine Locks Coal Mine, the scene of a deplorable accident some months ago, and while down in the workings, his Lordship presented to each of his agents (seven in number), by whoso exertions a wonderful rescue was achieved, a handsome gold watch and chain. Subsequently the party visited' Dudley Ctverns, which woro splendidly illuminated for the oc-asioa.