SUEZ MAIL NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1075, 8 January 1872, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS

EUROPEAN ITEMS, : A small farmer; residing in the hamlet of Villebeau (Seine-et-Oise), has, in a fit of mentalaberration, deprived himself of sight, that he might no longer be a witness of the occupation of his countiy by the Prussians, who had burned down all his property in his presence, a member of his family perishing in the flames. He had often threatened that he would iear out his oyes,.and everything that could be thought dangerous was kept out of his way. He, however, got hold of a book which described the Chinese method of blinding offenders of high position by placing a small portion of quick lime over the. eyes and tying it down with a wet bandage. He procured some lime, applied it in this manner, and destroyed his sight. The Stafford School Board lately received the following among other applications for the office of clerk :— " Septr2o3, 1871— Sir i see in the Stafford paper a advertisement for a clerk to the school board 1 shonld be willing to Take the s.ittu action at §0 a year i am Not a Member of the Legal porfission i should be eble to give all My time the Dutys of the office i could take to it at Once if I was ellectd i have had a Good Eaducation this is my Own Handwriting i ham 305 years of age and I can have a good Caracter I have been employed on the Railway but I have left has I think i am Abel to take a Better Sittiatioh And i think the office would Suit Me very well ple3e let me no if i shall have to come fo Stafford or wheather this will bo Suffischiant By Doing so yo will oblidge Sir Your most Obedient Servant, J JJ."— — ." M* Veuillot tells the readers of the Univers that they had better .subscribe for the relief of the Pope than for that of the sufferers by the Chicago fire. '.;.'. The Ruth, brigahtine, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, arrived in. the Thames with 2000 barrels of petroleum and 100 barrels of resin on board. While at. anchor off Erith, the petroleum exploded, and>set tho vessel on fire. : Three of the crew were severely injured by the explosion, and were removed tb the hospital. Tlie mate was blown from the vessel a distance of several feet -into the river, and was picked up by a boat. The ship 1 was burned to the water's edge. Two other vessels— the Cairo and' the EtlehMpore —the latter with 200 barrels of petroleum on board, were lying alongside the Ruth, and their riggiug, sails,- and decks were much damaged' by 'the fire. The explosion shook the windows of the houses in Erith, and. the dense column of smoke which arose, from the burning ship could be seen for miles. : i 4 new religious seofc has sprung up in the congenial soil, of: Russia, the birthplace already 'of innumerable, mushroom creeds as shortlived as their tenets- are extravagant. If an additional proof js required to impress upon the ' new ' faith the stamp of insanity, it is to be found in the poetical turri' of the reformer how startling tlie neighborhood, of Te]c'atarinoslaff, and attracting, . as we hear,: thou-i sands of converts. He scorns to, speak in! prose, but expresses himself invariably in rhyme, and an approach to metre. The' founder of the sect preaches polygamy, : abrogation of all denominationalcreeds, ; and utter religious. license, and gives himself out for the Saviour. What preju-' dices the Government against him more than any of these vagaries, however, is his proclamation , of communism. The authorities suspect the religions move- i i menttobo only a mask for a political ;

one, and accuse the enthusiasts of being Communists in disguise. On this ground the police have announced that they will speedily put a stop to the new religions development. All possible arguments for and against public gambling have often been laid before the- public. The immorality of licensing such dens of, iniquity as JBaden and Monaco has again and again been urgfid by the advocates for their final suppression ; while their supporters haveTno.t less stoutly urged the still greater evils to be .apprehended from the clandestine and unlicensed houses which would, in their opinion,, be the necessary consequences of the suppression of these comparatively honest and well-conducted establishments. There can, however, be little doubt concerning the general current of popular feeling,- and the approaching suppression of the hells of Baden, Hotnburg, Wiesbaden, &c, has been hailed with, general satisfaction. . Even the Italian GovernmenVnotwithstaocling its notorious financial embarrassments, has recently refused the most tempting offers of a German company for permission to establish roulette and rouge-et-noir tables at Naples and the baths of Lucca: . Monaco arid San Sebastiano ; seemed destined to be thellast refuges of this dangerous. pastime, ( and it is with much regret that we 'perceive in France many indications of a disposition to substitute for the lost attractions of Paris the unwholesome bait, of public gambling. The subject is, according to many well-informed newspapers, -under serious consideratiod in the Ministerial Council; and one of the most famous German "fenniers de jeux"'is now in Paris,. with a view to arrange a concession for the establishment of public gambling tables in that oncfe brilliant capital. The popular presses full of those short articles well known in French journalism under the name of " ballons d'essia," and, as ifet, not a dissentient voice has been raised.