NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2688, 28 September 1871, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

The whale fishers on the Norway coast fire their harpoons from cannon. Some of the Prussian railways pay dividends as high as 244 P er cent, per annum. The “Good Templars” in Scotland now have 530 lodges, with 50,000 members. The population of Scotland shows an increase of 296,319 since 1861 ; that of Ireland a decrease of 396 208. The total number of militia officers in England is shown by a return just issued to be 3189. The total amount of money given away by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts in charity i> said to be L 5,000,000. The authorities of Chalmers’ Hospital, Edinburgh, have refused to admit .female medical students for purposes of study. At a recent lecture Archbishop Manning said three cities had been destroyed fot their sins—Jerusalem, Rome, and now Paris. Official statistics show that out of every three immigrants who land in Canada, two find their way into the United States. Amongst the Communist leaders forty* nine were but not one was an Englishman, The London Fire Brigade while in Paris laid on water to any part of the city from the Seine at the rate of a mile an hour. It is estimated that during the late wat one hundred and fifty pounds of lead for every man killed was fired away in bullets. An important functionary at the Japanese Court boasts of the title of “ Supreme Controller of the Golden Poodles.” The annual revenue derived from the trade iu alcoholic liquors in Great Britain is shown by a return just published to be L 25,000,000. The merchants of Indianapolis send their wives to collect bad debts and teach them to swear horribly so as to intimidate their debtors. The result of the Women’s Christian As* sociations of America for the last year is that over 3,000 girls have been rescued from a life of shame. A manuscript waltz by Beethoven, longer than those previously known to have been composed by him, nas been discovered in Belgium, and will shortly bo published. Iu one year the London General Omnibus Company conveyed no less than forty-two million people. Their horses, in the same period, ate 9,000 tons of grain. There are 1,178 pictures and drawings at the Royal Academy Exhibition this year, being 143 more than last year. 2,500 pic* tures were rejected. The Rev Dr Amot, in a recent speech, said that “there is more in the public, houses of Glasgow to stir up the spirit of a minister than allthat Paul saw at Athens ’■ The railway from Golspie to Helmsdale, a distance of seventeen miles, has been, con* structed entirely at the expense of the Duke of Sutherland, who has also given L 60,000 towards its further extension. Love makes queer combinations.' In Convington, Ky., the mother of a young gfrl recently murdered there, is about to rnarry the father of the youth accused of killing her. Mrs Fawcett, the beautiful wife of the Prdfessor of Political J conomy at Cambridge, and M.P. for Brighton, is creating : great enthusiasm OR her lecture throughout England, The following announcement lately ap--' peared in a country newspaper“ Edward Eden, painter, is requested to communicate with his brother, when he will hear something to his advantage—his wife is dead,” A young fellow who has been in Salt Lakg City about a year, writes to say that any number of young Mormon girls have offered to elope with him. He adds that the girls are all down on polygamy and want Gjentile husbands. They have discovered out West that it is no good policy to employ young girls aa school teachers, for the reason, that love affairs and elopements are pretty likely .to occur between the teacher and head boy in... the first class. ■ A reporter of a Cincinnati paper attempted to interview one of Brigham Young’s wives the other day, but she quickly dismissed him by saying, “ I will have nothing to do with you. lam perfectly contented. I get everything I need, and have an easy, pleasant life. Clear out.” Miss Beecher says “It is the side issues of the Woman suffrage question that have caused me and others, who once favorably regard it, to change our opinions.” Miss B, •is right. Free love, as expounded by handsome hut notoriously bad women, and by virtuous but sharp uosed women with broomstick shins, has swamped-the cause. In a town in Ohio, not long ago, the women went in hands of two and three with their knitting and sewing into dram-shops of the place, and spent the whole day with their work, and talking politely upon various topics. Husbands and friends came in, saw how things looked, and had not the courage to step to the bar and drink. This was kept up for several days, and the result was every shop in the place was closed. ' In the House of Commons on August 11th Disraeli questioned the right of the United States to maintain its demand for indemnity for damages caused by the Alambama, now that the American Government had granted amnesty to the rebels, and reconciliation with the South was complete. He asked whether the Government intended to bring . this point to the attention of the Arbitrators at Geneva, and proceeded to argue the question at gr.at length. Granville replied that the question of liability for the depredation* of the Alabama would be argued in all its bearings be’ore the arbitrators by Sir Jtoundell Palmer and other eminent counsel retained on the part of Great Britain, whose interests would certainly not suffer for lack of able and learned defenders. Special private information from a corres pomleut at Salsburg says :—The military organization iu Russia is being pushed vigorously on the Prussian compulsory service plan and vigorously carried out. without exception. In consequence of the enormous extent of the country, provincial depots are to V established, officers are examining the frontiers aud reporting. The Government is trying experiments to see hoijr soon.a corpg d’armee advancing can lay a fine of. railway

for forwarding supplies. If such is the case, everything politically promises well for Austria making an alliance with Germany, as there is an apprehension of all alliance between France and Husia. This is the chief question of discussion between the Emperors of Austria and Germany at Gastein.