LONDON GOSSIP.

Evening Star, Issue 3810, 11 May 1875, Page 2

LONDON GOSSIP.

1 Ihe death, of .f Lord St. Leonards had almost b;en forgotten, when his name is once more revived by jifle singular oiroumataqoe that his will is nowhere to be found. Two codicils are forthcoming, but no will, - This is donbly eingulardu the oaseof; aumanvwhp was so great o* the subject of .wiils. fr whispered that the dooament has -been buried with him, having been placed by him, shortly before his death, in the pooket J of a favorite dressing gown, in which he dfes&ed to be interred Some people think it has been stolen in the hope of teward If ; sb 1 , it most soon turn up, aa LfiOO is offered ierits production. , v . .... A V , ‘ -fTT In spite of the rejection by . the House 1 of Commons ofthe Bill for SKlmitting - women to University honors at Edinburgh, female colleges flourish, and agitatione' m of female suffrage Are rife: ft is rather funny, by’ the way, that there has been started a Men’s Association against Married Women’s Property Set. In one of, its circulars it is stated that the' effect of the Act is td drdate “ wifely insubordination.” It wrecks bodies, gives the' wife an independence of her husband, and sends her for', sympathy to other hearts, encourages her to adultery, and thpn punishes her husband for her shame. It seems that man has become a poor wretched miserable henpecked creature, living iq v perpetual fear of his: wife when she has any property; The circular adds that in America ‘‘Free Lore’*--is theohild of a-similar Act, and nnless we reform ourselves and our laws, and that quickly, the old style of English family bliss will soon be a thing of the past and “ English society become chaotic.”

(he son of Dr Leslie, of Beading, fu(i in custody on a charge of murder. It seems that a young girl of the place, named Raster, was confined of an illegitimate child, of which the young fellow was the father, and to get rid of the nuisance of an exposure lie took it away and threw it into a pond. The trial is delayed because the girhcannot appear, being'about to be the mother of a aeoond child by the same young rascal. aaurdot* of infants nre becoming very frequent. The papers daily give accounts of bodiel of murdered newly-born children being dis.covered, but the perphtratohjof the phones are scarcely over brought to justice. Sjfcaking of crime, a clergyman got intohdrt&dfuL mesa the other day at Kinthury, near Readiig. The Rev H. B. ' WilU&insMsecuted a girl named Woodley for stealing his watch and chain. Aa it turned out on the trial, the parson had better have let it alone; for the evidence showed that he knew .more of the girl than waa necessary in his capacity aa pariah priest, and ■in default of having • any coins -about him, he had her with his timepiece. Quoa Dens vult ptrdere, print dementat, was never better exemplified, surely, than in this case. The girl waa acquitted amid the applause of the Court. A most preposterous verdict has just been returned by a jury in a breach of proinise case, and if it were to be regarded as antecedent, which happily it cannot be, it Would be time for all good-looking single men to. flee these shores. Five hundred pounds damages in a case where plaintiff and defendanthad met only once, and in which the first advances were made by the lady. The fasts are soon told. The plaintiff, a Miss Rightingale, daughter of a dentist, met, while walking in shields, the defendant, a Captain Perry, R.N., a man about thirty-eight years of age, the lady being then twenty-three. This captain was remarkably handsome, and although he did not see the Shields Nightingale, she saw hj m, and fell in love with-him on the spot. A year after they met at the house of a mutual friend, and were both smitten, and Captain Peiry complimented her on her singing, asked who she was, and said he woqldsend his photograph. This he failed to do, but "at the end of four been month# the “ love-sick jade” sent lumber photograph, with-k 1 letter saying she should b.®‘ glad tp hear from him. Thehapltain wrrte back, a civil'letter,. saying he Khbuld be glad to hear, from her,, and to know her "hopes and fears. 1 ’ These shb comlinumcated very freely, pd, JBeww soM found himself'engaged to y|uS forwanymmx, whom he had only seenonoeahd meuretyexchanged the -moat ordinary, civlfiSSs J wifch. , It -was arranged for ber to where he. was -stationed and nWre hp’Afterwards married but the letter* the captain began, to grow cold and it wagevidont broad repented of the engagemonk into. which he had been dragged. The end of it was that he broke the; affair off -and l married another lady..: And. -yet iths joiy. wWhrdevuisoO damages, the.dofendant; by tiftfoappoaring in bMit mther counsel, so chare' r wSs only-- (he <Mvterto go upon. , v . a V-.x 7 Wh.-n Me&h Moody and Sankey cams ovsr .Kngknd ifitm Aipema swas-nigh. teui months ago, no one knew anyth fcg of rjociyqd eoldK-. jfutoe that tune, however, they have made "such a reputation j'tynt their names are in everyone's mouth, photographt are in every ISotfkMUer*s jii 'iil. -ij AC

window, and on every drawing-room table ; their hymns : are surg in ever? household, and they are amongst the Hons of the season. And yet two more modest ;nd retiring men do not live. They avoid <ny appearance of distinction, they dt elide society, they are careless of money, they live indeed simply and plainly, and think, talk, and iet about nothing but their Apostolic work, They-go about from place to place, {)re*cbmg to the largest crowds they can colect, and speaking individually whenever they are able to do so, with persons who are desirous ol holding converse with them. At their meetings there is no show of excitement, no frothing at the mouth and convulsions and shrieks, or any ol those stupid ► symptoms so often connected with revivals. Everything is quite orderly. Mr Moody, i who la i benevolent-looking, fatherly mao* Kand gives an address with immense r and wonderful power, and' then Mr Sankey, a very handsome fellow, .strikes up one of his hymns. Most of these are priginal and new-to English ears. They are not to be called poetry, but they are niellifluous, and Jingle well, and they are adapted to tunes of the Christy Minstrel order, with chor uses. You would hfe astonished to hear an immense congregation of several thousands “ wiring in ” to one of these choruses. It is really most splendid. < , And. these- men have splendid voices. Every word they ntter can be heard, and although it cornea with'a slight Yankey twang, it “ fetches” people sooner than any Anglican orthodox sermon. Of course the church is awfully, down cat the revivalists \ almost all sects seem to object to them, but only* where they are not. known. In all places , where : they have held- meetings they have won respect and support. As for their hymn tunes, they are whistled inihejstreets,. oh omnibuses, knifeboards, in railway stations—everywhere. Whatever the results of Moody and Sankey’s work, may be, there is no doubt they have done a; lot of. good among people who never see a parson’s face from year’s end to year’s end. In London they, are going : to hold a three months’ mission. They will hold meetings in the Agricultural Hall, the Italian Opera House, and indeed in all the biggest places they can get hold of. . They have won the respect of .the people, if they have not that of; lie bishops, priests, and deacons, and the other day, at Dublin, a rather significant circumstance occurred in connection with them which 1 will relate. At a pantomime in that city, before a full house, Pantaloon was made to say to down“ How do you feel?” to which Clown. replied, “Bather Moody and Sankeymonioua,” and Pantaloon added, with a grimace, “i'old the Fort.” This was received with groans and hisses, and the audience on the moment st r uok up the hymn of the revivalists “Hold the Fort,” and sang it uproariously right up to the end of the performance. Auckland •Star.’