News by the January Mail.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 21, 6 April 1870, Page 3

News by the January Mail.

The plate discovered at Liverpool, which i was supposed had been stolen from Mr I s otley’s residence, turns out to have bonged to Earl Russell. The well-known Star and Garter Hotel, i£ ichmoud, was destroyed by fire on tho A Jth of January, The manager, Mr Lever, v te of the 52nd Regiment, perished, ed It is said that a daughter of Madame md Goldschmidt has a beautiful voice, J hich she is eduucating with a view to her ; r' pfessional appearance. the police incidents of the day bdPy be mentioned two professed govorJpsses smuggling tobacco in their petticoats :om Holland. oj A short time ago it was stated that the aptain of an Irish steamer, running short f. 1 f fuel, used 100 live pigs, part of his argo, as fuel. This has since been contra>u lictedL The eldest son of the Due de Nemours ,l] ias been declared heir-presumptive to the rj Irazilian Crown. The war in Paraguay >« jas been brought to a close, and Lopez is iriven out of the Paraguayan territory. An old and trusted servant of the firm . 5f Lyon, Lord, and Co., of Manchester, ab- % jeonded lately, leaving large defalcations. A. reward was offered for his apprehension, Ij md he was captured at Exeter, where he had just attended Divine aerviee. ag On January 8, London was visited by a severe S.W. gale, which for a time ini-.' jj peded the traffic on the river, and caused M tome apprehension for the safety of the n numerous craft moored below the bridge, b Many casualties in the Channel and at sea ,r are reported. j The annual sale of reserved seats in the Rev. Ward Beecher’s church at New York took place on the 4th January. Mr Gage ei bought the best seat for 615 dollars. The 111 next two sold for $490 and $485. The net sum realised was larger than on any ,j former occasion. Jj The manager of the Oriental Commercial * Bank, a Greek named Demetrius Pappa, s has been charged at the Mansion-house s with embezzling the money of the bank, which is in liquidation. The inquiry has J been many times adjourned, Mr Pappa a being admitted to bail. On January 21, Mr Hodgson, jun., of Beampston Mills, East Riding, went out to shoot small birds. A.t his first shot the gun burst into scores of pieces, some of which were picked up at fifty yards distance. Strangely, Mr Hodgson escaped totally unhurt. After the explosion he held the stock of the gun in the right hand, and the end of the barrel in the left.

On January 23, while the evening service was in progress, a drunken man created a disturbance in St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Chapel, Liverpool. During the excitement some persons cried “ Fire ! ” The crowded congregation rushed en masse to the doors. After the crush had passed, sixteen dead bodies, all grown up, -were found, and a number were badly hurt. Twelve of the bodies have been identified. Efforts are being made to discover the men who cried “ Fire 1 ” and raised the disturbance.

The long-talked of “ calico-ball ” at Toronto (Canada) has come off with signal success. Contrary to the expectation of numbers, in whose mind “price makes quality," it is reported that the fair guests never looked more bewitchingly dressed than in the homely fabric calico. Although the material was strictly enforced, no limit was placed on the fashion of the costume, consequently the combination of colours and adaptation of patterns were studied to produce the most genuine effect. All will understand that the absence of silk and satin was no drawback to the charm of the scene. The precedent of the above calico ball might be turned to good account in circles where many young people are prevented from accepting invitations and living dancing-parties on account of the supposed costliness of befitting dress.

A barbarous murder of a woman has been perpetrated in Finsbury. The proprietor of a hotel in Christoph er-street employed as night-porter a Swiss named Jacob Spinaz, 23 years of age. On January 14 this man was absent without leave, and at half-past one on the following morning he 'was let in by a fellow-servant. About four hours afterwards the body of a loose woman was discovered in the kitchen, the head and face having been battered in such a manner as to render the features scarcely distinguishable. Empty wine bottles and a heavy metal candlestick were the instruments with which the murderer had completed his fearful work. Spinaz, who gave an incoherent account of the occurrence, was at once arrested ; and the constable who took the prisoner into custody stated that he found the prisoner with his clothes covered with blood, and his handkerchief completely saturated. When told he was charged with murder, he replied that he thought there was a thief in the house, and he battled with her till the lights came, when he found she was dead. °On January 17 the deceased young woman was identified as Cecilia Aldridge. The jury returned a verdict Of “ wilful murder” against the prisoner.