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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 274, 15 October 1867, Page 3

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■Ijomlou ruffianism in hqwlsg diminishes; indeed, the sights and Bemuds of revelry on the Ailveut of our foreign visitors gave m ugty impetus to \m\mn thtevem the wpwewls freely hplpwl themselves te \\\% wetlftla mm bwlgoH ww!\ li.v the flelgiftft riilumen, ami wo \m\ t« keep esfewi fftttuil ovei» the moeo mered wnwneuteoTHulton ftHtl Viceroy. ®vrt something etle«fen»tl twist bo dono, ant) to this end oiu» (Ivaiul Juries oc easiQM% conclude their labors with jiveaefitmente to the Court, 'urging a liberal AppUoation of feliu oaW-ui no- tails; wqueatln^ the prwiding Judge to forward tlieiv ve«onuuoiuln*»ion to Clovorniae\\t<» in ovdev tht\t tlio criminal law ivuxy be niftdvj more stringent, and the lash be allowed to suvo .^decent people from brutality, §hip building Booms to have departed from tlio JHftsfc of London never to return, leaving a fearful amount of pauperism, and a poor rate of lOs in the pound; the only, apparent remedy being emigration-*; Poor Law Boards now vote ft maximum sum of L 5 per head; the Emigration Commissioners give ready aid; an East Emigration Fund is started. The afflicted jump at the prospect; some have been already sent out, and thousands pine to follow. The summer, season invites adventure ; '.money is ple-,' thoric; generosity open handed; # New Zealand, Australia, and Cauada ofi'er welcome and prosperous homes, and the best wishes .of ■ humanity wail;, on the exertions •of energetic philanthropists. A most determined case of child murder has just been committed by a Bel per young- woman, named Emma Walker, at Heage, a village a few miles from Belper, -Derbyshire. It would appear that the prisoner was only 18 years of age, and up to last November lived with Mr Ash, pork butcher, Belper, and subsequently being enceinte, she applied and was admitted into Belper Union, and on the 4th of last month she was confined of a male child, which she reared, but to all appearance treated it very unkindly. Eeolirig able and disposed to leave the Union, she was discharged on the 2d inst. After visiting several relations in the town, the prisoner proceeded to her sister's, at Heage, and upon returning in the evening she seemed to have entered the farmyard of Mr Hannon, which is enclosed by a 6-foot wall, and there to have opened a Avell-door, lifted the child up by the legs, and it dropped in the well — head first. Nothing further passed until a labouring man discovered, the body of the child floating on tliß ■water upon going for water for tea. Information was immediately given to the police, who removed die body, and the clothing was identified. The prisoner was apprehended at her brother's house at Heage, and upon being charged ged with the murder she did not seem to realise what was going forth, but at length burst into tears, saying, " I did drop the child down the well head first. ' I had no place * for it, and I did not know what to do with it." On Saturday evening she was taken before Mr E. Wilmot, at Milford, and remanded till next Wednesday, to await the coroner's inquest. The affair has caused quite a sensation in the town from its atrocious nature. — " Leeds Mercury. " A large crowd were assembled in the Fairgrounds of. the Springville Union Agricultural Association, a thunder shower came up, and the people present sought shelter in the exhibition sheds, which coutained men, women, and horses. About a hundred persons were paralysed iv an instant- falling on their faces,' and as many as 50 were rendered insensible for five ox*' ten minutes, while about a dozen were seriously burned. Two horses were killed on the spot. An old gentleman, named John Gardenier. and two or three others are not expected to recover. One women was prostrated and deprived of her senses but not of her locomotion ; she instinctively gathered herself up and ran to the bus, and was conveyed to Holmes' Hotel, and declared she had no knowledge of what took place after the flash until she found herself in a room at the. house. The lightning struck a post in the centre of the shed, against which Henry Tillon, the landlord of the West Falls Hotel, was leaning, and to which a horse was attached by a-chain halter. The horse was killed instantly, while Mr Tillon escaped by being dazed and knocked down. A singular fact mentioned in connection with the strange freak of the electric fluid is that all the persons rendered insensible fell upon their faces. A young lady, named Miss Nellie Cassey, was quite seriously injured, and her dress was scorched, but did not take fire. Another woman was struck on the shouldez-, the fluid passing down her side, raising a blister in its course. . A man from Otto was hit on the right side of the head, and on his recovery the mark was found to commence at the right eye, and could be plainly traced down the neck across "the chest, and off the left arm. The most fearful consternation existed jimong the people until it was discovered how light the injuries were.. . The "Owl" or some other "well informed" paper has announced that the cost of thY naval review will amount to L 50,000. How this -calculation has been arrived at exceeds our knowledge of arithmetic. The chief heads of disbursement are as follows : — The conveyance of the Naval Reserve men to and from Portsmouth, the hire of five steamers from the Peninsular and Oriental Company at L 350 each, and the feeding of about 2000 persons at 12s 6d ahead. The sum of L3OOO would cover all these charges, and it has been thought by persons well able to judge -

lint the Admiralty will not have to pay more than LSOOO as their share of the cxpq&se ; but even let vs s suppose that their Lordships will, have to .pay LI O,QOO, we have still to account for the Inr^e margin of L 40,000 ! It should ho recollected that a very little coal/ a. most, expensive item, was burnt. A good deal of powder was exploded; but this is a very cheap article, and LI OO worth woukVgo far in making a teriific noise. Doubtless, first and last, at least tho sum of L50,00U has ,been expended in preparing for and carrying.; out the review, but this will not be extracted from the Exchequer. The India Council will make oii^r Mohammedan fellow subjects pay for' the respect which -Sir Stafford NoL-thcotc, . his colleagues, and a large party embarked' •on boai-d the Malabar paid to the Commander of the Faithful. The cost of entertainments, some on a large scale, given by noblemen and commoners .to their friends will be paid for by themselves and so on. We adhere to our belief that from LIO,OOO to L 12,000 will be all that the nation will be called on to pay, and little enough, too, for so magnificent an affair. — " Army and Navy Gazette." A photographer went to the naval" review at Spithead hoping to take some views of the fleet. This resolute man set sail in a small boat from Sonjbhsea ;beach when 'all was clear in heaven j but no calm' rested on the sea, bearing his apparatus to the Noman's Fort, which is now a blook of stone just above low water, with a. precarious wooden structure on the top of it. fSe went out alone in his undertaking, scarcely venturing to think that the boatman would jbeable to land him, and utterly ignorant of his chances of returning. However, he was landed successfully, and forthwith he oommenced a scientific struggle with the elements to wrest at least one scene of the weeping pageant from devouring time. . He had in his desperate ardour neglected to take provisions of any kind. Hungry, drenched, his lens broken, his plates blown about, himself with his head in his camftra, several times nearou being hurled bodily into the sea, with the prospect of having to remain starving at his post until it was possible for the visiting steamer to put off from shore, he battled on undauntedly, and managed to obtain a couple of '.' negatives," for which priceless treasures his personal .suffei ings and professional disasters seemed in his t.iumphant mind a small payment. Tired of persecuting him, fortune towards evening rewarded him for his contempt of her. He was taken on board by a friendly boat that happened to hear of his plight. A few weeks ago a shipload of four hundred Mormon emigrants landed at the Port of New York from England and set out across the plains for the City of the Great 1 Salt Lake.: By all accounts it seems certain that they will find their paradise in a sad turmoil when they get to it, and the Saints' in a most ungodly rumpus. The schism to which we alluded a short lime ago has become so wide and has made such an ugly wound, that there is, little prospect of its ever being healed. Bri^ham Young is totally denounced. His followers have ceased to obey him ; his adversaries set him at defiance. . When he falls, the keystone of the Mormon structure is overthrown. The Latter Day Church cannot outlast its great prophet. It is said that Young is about to remove to the newly-discovered gold- mines of L T tah, but we are loth to belieye that he so quickly gives up the fight, and it is more probable that he will make a determined stand at his capital. At any rate, the Mormon difficulty, which has perplexed us for so many years, seems to be rapidly solving itself without bur assistance. In another generation we may hope to see the polygamists of the great Plains quietly absorbed by a lawabiding and industrious race of new settlers. If they withstand the combined influences of internal discord, the Pacific Railway, and the tide of immigration which will be attracted to Utah by the discovery of gold in the territory, they will show a stabilityand strength of character to which history affords no parallel. — " New York Tribune." ,