NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2579, 24 May 1871, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

A merchant tailor of Boston, recently deceased, has bequeathed the sum of 3,000,000 dollars —about LOGO 00!) fur the foundation of “ an institute for the education of women to obtain their own livelihood.” “ Soother condition,” says the Pall Mall Gazette., “is attached to the legacy, and the application of the bequest is left to the judgment of the ptiucipd execute •, his legal adviser, who proposes to make the principal feature a school of domestic economy and an art school, which, from the amouut of the funds

disposable for it, will probably be the most important in America. Mr Simmons, tire testator, has bad in his employ many seam • stresses and other women, and so was made painfully aware of the which he has enlcavorcd to supply.' 1 _ The obituary in a late issue of the Junes contained some rare illustrations of prolonged existence in 12 persons, viz., seven ladies and five gentlemen, whose united ages amounted to 1,018 years, giving an average of 8d years and 10 months to each. The oldest was a gentleman who had reached the great ago of 93, the youngest of the same sex, was 81 years of ago ; of the ladies, the oldest was 88 end the youngest 81 years of age. The Journal Temjs, of Home, says considerable investments have lately been made in the .English funds on behalf of the 1 ope. An odd incident occurred in the House of Commons one night. Whilst the leader of the Opposition was talking, the Marquis of Lome came into the gallery to hear him, many members had taken the same point of advantage, and the Marquis sat down without seeing that his next neighbour was Mr. Taylor. The two looked at each other with of course no sign of recognition ; but neither seemed very comfortable. Mr. Taylor tried to edge away, but could not, for the member on the other side enjoyed the joke, and Mrs. Torpey, the person accused of assisting her husband to rob Messrs. Ifydor s assistant of L 2500 in diamonds, has been acquitted. The Recorder laid it down that if the wife acted under the coercion of her husband she was innocent; but if she took an independant part she was guilty. The evidence that she took an independent part was very strong—she having, for instance, left the room to put chloroform on a handkerchief, and written a forged letter—but the jury’, moved by her appearance with a baby at the breast, acquitted her. She was also acquitted of the assault. It appears, therefore, that any woman may commit any robbery if only her husband is present, and if he can escape with the booty, nobody can be punished. That is a lesson forgers wiil improve. A more discreditable failure of justice never occurred, or a worse illustration of English sentimentality. The Court of Exchequer Chamber lately decided that it is negligence on the part of a railway company if they so construct hoir line that any considerable space is lc f t between the carriages and the edge of the p atform. In a ease wherein the plaiutill recovered L 1,500, they ordered the verdict of the jury to stand. At the North Shields P> lice Court, Mr Ralph Turnbull, a number of the school board of that town was lately found guilty of having influenced voters at the school board election by treating them to drink at a p iblichonse. He was fined 5s and costs, and deprived of the franchise for seven years.