EXTRACTS FROM ENGLISH PAPERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 247, 17 October 1874, Page 4

EXTRACTS FROM ENGLISH PAPERS.

The Lucknow papers say tbat daring last year no lees than 128 persons los t tbejr , lives in Oudh by the hands of assassins. It is added :— " Tbe lower classes of people in Oudh are pugnacious and sanguinary, and become maddened by rage at the slightest provocation. As for legs broken, heads fractured, ears slit, and noses bitten oft by- infuriated wives, these are common occurrences, and do oot in the least excite any sensation. Something should sorely be done to tame these ferocious animals of tbe human kind." (The Laborer? Union Chronicle, in an article on the abandonment of tbe lock-oot, demands an uprising of the entire moral, and, if necessary, physical fofcfe of the people of this coantry, to declare with voice of irresistible authority that \bis combination of landlord and farmer shall not prevail. About thirty tons of American "beef," some of wbioh were horse-flesh, which ■was shipped as food for " British-far' h«fe been seized and condemned at Birkenhead. It was io such a fearful condition that the smell was distinguishable at a distance of 500 yards, and the men who removed and examined it were all made ill. . An extraordinary marriage is reported by tbe East Sussex Hews to have taken place at Jevington early this week, the ceremony being performed by tbe Very Rev. Archdeacon Poiipot in the presence of a large congregation. The nuptial pair both belong to tbe parish of Jevington; but the singular part is the fact tbat tbe bride had no arms, and the ring bad to be placed on the third toe of her lef t^ foot. At the conclusion of the marriage ceremony she signed tbe register, holding the pen with ber toes, in a very decent " band." The bride haa accustomed herself to use her needle, and do many other useful things with her toes. A novel u.e of the telegraph is about to be put into operation in New York. The coort rooms in that city are to be telegraphically connected witb the offices of the leading lawyers, so that tbe state of the calendar and the progress of ; the trials can be announced, and the parties summoned when wanted. ".'.The^telegraph/'itisadded "in this respect promises to be quite as useful as it is on the Stock Exchange or in b{i£ioe?J3 circles." . Several years since the name was echoed throughout Europe of the boy Mttrtara, a Jew who had been baptized sujrreptitioaaly and taken from his parents in Rome. Tbis boy is now Father Pius Mortara, an Augustine Monk in the Monastery of Notre Dame de Beauchene. Don Carlos has issued an appeal to th^ Christian Powers in which he defends tbe action he has taken. He denies tbe calumnies which tiave been circulated concerning himself and his method of conducting the war; states that he does not believe in foreign intervention, but adds, that if it comes he aad bis army will conquer, or die to the last man, crying, "Vive l'Espagne." 'The fortune ofthe late Baron Anslem de Rothschild is .estimated, according to Galignam, at more than a thousand million of francs, equal to £40,000,000 sterling. Qaeen Isabella has been summoned by her Parisian butcher and other tradesman for non-payment of bills. Her Majesty's defence is that Bhe contracted with her cook to supply the Royal table at twelve francs per head, exclusive of wines The court hes taken -a week to consider whether the ex-Queen of Spain shall be put on oath to answer the evidence given on these domestic particulars. > A gigantic Sunday-schom treat Was given by tbe Mayor of Southampton on Tuesday. His Worship gave a tea to twelve thousand children, six thousand teachers, and several thousands of vj^i,tor« v Id addition to tbe tea, five bands performed sacred music, and tbe performance finished with a display of fireworks. " Tady Bute, on tbe 23rd ult, opened at Cardiff a 1 nfew dock, constructed at the dtat-bf Her husband. Tbe dock \& said to be the largest iv.the world, and upwards of £1,000,000 has beea expended in its formation. , Mr Sims Reeves is at Wiesbadeo, in the enjoyment of abundant health and spirits, and laughs at the reports about his impending retirement. It is not likely, says the Observer, that snch an event will take place pmil after our great tenor shall have paid a lengthened visit to his cousins across the Atlantic. By the will of the late Mr Thomas Banting, of Worthing, whose personal estate has been sworn under £140,000 about thirty legacies of £1,800 each, four' of £900, one of £450, and five of 300 goine-fl bave been left, duty free, to as many hospitals and other charitable institutions, and after having nftde several personal bequests, tbe testator has left tbe residue of bis property for a charity to be called *' Tnoraas Banting's Memorial,'' and to be established at Worthing for convalescent . persons. A very good bit was made recently at an election in Scotland by one of the defeated .candidates. A gentleman approached him' with, " Well, Mr , fibw do you feel ? ' '•« Well," said he', "T feel, I suppose, pretty much es iAiarus did." "As Lazarus, did ?" said" the first speaker. "How is that?" " d he, <i " 08 was licked by 'dogs, and so was I,"

MURDEEING HIS M OTHER.— The/ following is from the Home Hews :fJohn William Barker, twenty-thnee, labourer, was charged at the L/eds Assizes on August 8 with the wilful murder of his mother, Ano Barker, at Kir by Malzeard, on the 4th of Juoe. The prisoner was the eldest of tbree brothers living with tbeir father and mother, at Sirby Malzeard, a village a few miles from Ripon, Up to the beginning of tbe year the prisoner had been a well-conducted, hard-working lad, on the best terms with bis family, and particularly fond of tbe deceased. In Peburary iast he was attacked by an illness, supposed to be diphtheria, and since then bis conduct was such as to excite the attention of his parents. On the morning of the day of the murder the prisoner's father and brother George were going to Ripon, and they asked bim to accompany tbem. No persuasions could induce tbe prisoner to go witb tbem, and tbey went without him. Another brother of the prisoner, Alfred, wbo had tbat day been also absent from home, entered before Mb fatter or brother George. He found 'tbeXprisoner sitting in the chair by the fireside, but did not See his mother. Se ' aeked where she was, and tbe prisoner said she had gone out for five minutes. The prisoner then went own to the cellar, and as he stayed a long time his brother called out to him, asking what he was doing. He received no answer, end in a few minutes afterwards he came up from the cellar. The father, who had then returned from Ripon, asked the prisoner where bis mother wbs. He answered, " Father. I have killed her." "Surely," said the father, "thou hasn't done so." " Yes I have," returned the prisoner. 11 1 have chopped ber head off witb a bill, and she is lying in the cellar." The father requested one of his sons to go down into the cellar, when it was discovered that the prisoner's statement was true. Tbe deceased was lying in the cellar in a pool of biood, with ber head nearly severed from her body. The prisoner was found to be insane and committed to a Lunatic Asylum.