ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 276, 7 November 1862, Page 5

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Letters from Rome announce tlie shooting? of Cbiavone and two of his lieutenants. All the coast-guards ships have been ordered to be ntted out lor immediate sea service. The Grand Duke Michael of .Russia and the Grand Duellos* have arrived in England. It is said that a contractor for guns for Government is making L 150,000 a-year profits. The London beggars are trading on public sympathy by stating that they are distressed operatives from Lancashire. I Mrs Gosling, the future Countess of Granville, | brings- with her a fortune of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds. The Emperor Napoleon has decided on fixing the majority of the heir to the throne at fourteen years We have seen many fanny advertisements in the 1 tmes, but the following which appeared on Tuesday S^d^ atS m all-: —"il- t0 <>•—He has At Bridgewater a young man has been kiiied by one of the steadying weights falling from a rope on wiiivli the " lemale Jiioudiu'' was giving a perforItissaid that no less than 1,200 applications (most of them from Corsica) i-avo liee;i made to the Governor oi the Inxalides for th>> place of guardian of i\'apoleou s tomb, vacant by the death of AI. irautiui.

■ _ fiie plant and scafibVling employed in the con- * struction of the Great Exhibition, and which was i the. m-xr. largest iv extent to that used iv eroding the . House of Parliament lias just been sold tor LIO.UOP. . From a Parliamentary return, it appears that iv t tlu jc-ar ending sth April, ISGI, the amount of i-ieouie r «.iarg«t with iax was LBo,UUi,-2(Ju ; the number of persons charged was 278,723. aud the amount of tax ■• Li, 429,1/5. The British Friend, a Quaker orspm. laments i that young Quakeresses are everywhere 'dropping the . rise poke bonnet, and taking to ribbous, flowers." and imitated crinoline. Young- Quakers ire joiniii" riile corps. The total amount of fire iusurance duty received 1 V\ \\ c /.J£ ni,te? Xin orJom for the year 18b'l was Ll.tll.Gu, being- L 53,060 iv excess of the previous Y?Jn; .J- Olltiou oiiices P!lia L 9--.8.-210 : Country ditto. f}WM*O; Scotch ditto, Lll^lOSj Irish ditto, _ Notwithstanding .speeches, on difs, aud abortions it is quite certain th:it the En-lLh Govermntnr h:is maJe an app^i! to that of t!ie Northern Seated h> com-i to au undor^faadiim with ths Confederates Tl-e answer cannot be exyecied till the end of this month twirl Journal. The Commissioners appointed to examine plans for ihtj bnneysisii; ruuommeu i no embankment hi jn\*ent from D<:p&!ort to Westiuii^ter hrid::c, but to proe-eJ at once uilh the w-^k from Westminstur-brii!".. to Jxitcir.sj;i-|.ark : partly so,id and puitiy on a viaduct L-t-ma^-d codt Ll.wO.wO, suited to be lake,', rrom the coal and wine duties:. ] In a dtsp itch which luis been published, G»ii»nil btavcly, now iv command at Shan^hae, says his I troops caii d.j n .tiling mora than protect Sli ui-hae, the Chinese Gowrmuerit can help them but little' and lie has therefore given orders to retain ull the soldiers who were about to leav<> Tien-tsin. The Charivari has a eax-icature, by Cham, which deseivts notice. Lord Palmersron, iv his place in i arliauieni is represented as holding up to the as*em- I toed Commons a Jaek-iu-the-box" behind whicli lie I gnus, while a fierce-looking Zouave jumps out and j points his fixed bayonet at the noes of the members. Elizabeth Vain pie w, thirteen years of af'c, who was tried at the Lincoln. A*si/^s for the mur.ler of au infant named Taylor, (and against whom a ver.iiot of manslaughter was returned,) was senteufied to t\v. lye years' penal servitude. During the trial, f.icts transpired winch tended to fix the deaths of two other infants on the prisoner. We have licard of a plan recently adopted by an extensive landed proprietor of the town of NeiuHi, who holds his estates at his o.vn disposal. As the custom of the couutrv has been of Kite, he received a thmi ening notice or two, with siv^estions how Captain itock desire J Jiis tenants to bo manage 1. The only means taken by him to meet the exigency was by making"a will, iv which he enjoined his next of kin, in the event of his being assassinated, to get rid of every tenant on the estate, and let the lands into sheep, ¥ walks.— Court Journal.

The Wholesale Poisoning Uase. -At the Lambeth police-court, on Thursday, Constance Wilson, alia* Catherine Taylor, was brought up for furth'-r examination oa charges of ha' \\\» ciusod the deaths of certain persons by the administration of poison A fresh charge was preferred in relation to the death by poison of a youuj? gentleman named James Dixon, with whom it was proved the prisoner had cohabiteu, aud who died two months before the lnte MrsSoame/, i-nother supposed victim. The additional evidence tiken oa Thursday tended strongly to implicate the prisoner, who was again remanded.

What it Costs.—The New York Tribune, beginning to count the cost, remarks that Congress, in its rocent session, passed bills which, in the aggregate appropriated out of the Treasury the sum of !)ia,000,000 dollars, and in the extra session last simmer passed bills appropriating 205,000,000 dollars making together 1,178,000,000 dollar*, nearly all of •A-hich was rendered necessary by the war. The Army Bill alone of the recent session appropriated, within a fraction of 559,000,000 dollars, an amount says the Tribune, larger, no donbt, than was ever before cmi braced in onelawjor decree of any Government upon earth. The paper adds, that its " misguided Southern brethren" are expensive relative*, and their nieuicries will be reckoned very dear by posterity. "Mus Lonowoeth (Yeiwerton). ■— The pubi: c generally will be grieved, 1 hough not surprised, at, learning that, since the extraordinary decision of Lord "Ardmillan, in the Yelverton marriage case, the unhappy victim of it has been confined to her bed in Crawford's Hotel, in this city. The shock of that unexpected decision was too much for the delicate nervous system of a lady, who, prr-vious to it, had been'called upon to endure and suffer so much at the bands of her unworthy husband, aud the probabilities are that for a considerable time she will not be able to leave her sick room. In making the announcement, we are at the same time happy to add thattlie amount of sympathy shown towards Mrs Yelverton since the decision, has been at once large and cordial, many of the btst of our citizens, ladies and gentlemen, have •ailed at her lodgings, to solace and encourage her in her determination to have justice done her. JVuinerous presents, some of the;n of a very handsome '.?haraeter, have, we understand, reached her from yinpathisers here and in the sister countries, the • /bject of the donors being to enable her, now that is is believed her own fortune must be almost exhausted in linsatioh, to defend her character, and vindicate her rights in the highest law courts of tkis ; -.i lg-lom.— Caledonian Mercury.

EXTRAOttDINAKY TERMINATION TO A RECKLESS Caiifek.—A ftv days ago a man was found strui?«\ing in the Tyne, near Newcastle, and calling for help. Assistance was procured and he was got out, ! out in so exhausted a state that lie rlied in a few ' minutes afterwards. From evidence adduced at the coroner's inquest it appeared that the deceased ha-i been staying at the Chares XI [. Inn, Tynsbridze where he had arrived on Friday week. He had given he name of •• Mr Hums" to the landlord, who was highly pleased with <be engaging manners and gentlemanly conversation of his guest. Mr Burns appeared to have a good stock of cash, butifc would saem that he was rather partial to the bottte, and was of somewhat^ irregular habits. On the Saturday night, while out in Newcastle, he fell among loose company' md while _in some house he was robbed of all his money, his watch, an! even his coat and vest. On reaching his inn, he expressed himself satisfied that his plunderers had not taken his overcoat as will and turned him into the ■ street, ■ but h.3 strongly de-! dined tolo ge any information with the police autho- i rities respecting the robbery. The worthy landlord, i to whom.Mr Burns had not yet paid his reckoning, lent him 15s; but on Monday morning Mr BurnsJ a^ain appeared at the inn penniless.. He represented that be was respectably connected in Glasgow, and he read to the hostess a letter which he had indited fco a person in that town, applying for a remittance. In the course of the Monday morning he left the inn, saying he Avas going to see Mr Potter, a minister of the Scotch Church, in Newcastle, with whom he was acquainted. He never came to the inn again, It appeared that a man .answering to the description of the deceased waa making inquiries on Tuesday at Sthe River police-station for a vessel bound for Dieppe and % note was received from him on Weduesdav stating that he had obtained the information wanted Nothing further was heard of the writer of this note until about lialf-past six on the morning of Thursday when persons on board the steamer Newcastle, coming up the river, and when opposite the Mushroom, observed a man struggling in the water and calling for help. It w conjectured that, after a night of dissipation in the neighborhood where he was found m the iyne, the deceased had gone down an alley to the edge of the river to bathe his face, and had fallen in. biuce his death it has been ascertained that1 the real name of toe unfortunate man was William tfiderson, and that b,e was connected with a mercantile firm-in Glascroiv. Hfc was educated as a minister l>* «*« Scotch Churcb, and, became acquainted with Vxr Potter at college; but his'irregular habits unfitted him for the sacred duties of the ministry, and at last brought Mm to a nwlaucholy - deatib*r*Zdverpool Albion*

A TIGEU. i.v A.Ckowd.—The PUtshurq Chrrmtcle, c;l July aO, states :—'• During :u 0 iatu cxlii bition of Van Ambush's tnenayierc at MonoaKaliela City, a fearful and excitin.; scene occurred It appem-s that shortly aih-r t.'ic aadietie-- Ind assembled a fvrrihie .storm ;iv<»;c. ••hi.-h tor- 'he canvas in;o rau;s and thre; 1- a I sciiuas : - to the spectators. While t: • ■ r, ' I ; w and revelled, one of the huge \ - cage, which added netv terroi- ■,-, J ! vast assesixbly swayed from suie to .sidy -Ir-t i that part of the tent which had bten b.'ovvn • and then to' the main cntwncc, Bume 5-.:'!„«? h-om tlie top of the seats out tli.-ou-li the < n iv, between the top -and the circular c-n.'lu^iie • others cut a passage through the canvas and -11 rushed with alarm to iiny place of estvp- preJerriu.' to brave the storm to taking their chance for life amid the crashing, timbers and furious wild beasts. Women shrieked for help, avd children cried; strong men looked pale ; and lakhithe confubku of the multitude, and the ra;-hi<r Jl' the storm, the scene was fearful and Hpplillfn.r. The keepers of the animals stood by the cauts or these wild denixens of the woods" and imis'-lcs The man who kept the elephant Ha-nnib.il stood in front of the huge brute with his hands \v,>un his tusks, as pale as a corpse. One of the iion.s h-ui 1 partaken of the excitement, ami his jriaring eve. balls, erect posture, and extended -and flowing mane, gave an idea of how he looked id his p.£ tivo forest, The tiger which had escaped from Ins cage was driven batik by Mr Van Aml)ur-h into the sa<ne cage with the lion, and the kin^of tho. woods had put his luiiro p>i\v upon him was hoidmg him tight upon the floor. Vauire grand .and terrible, was au exhibition at this ■show. After some moments of terrible confusion tno storm ceased, and-the auditn<o se»arated, but not until several had been iuj-nvd -niJ trampled on find bruised in the general' confusion which prevailed.

tKARPot Earthquake at Accra.—The African mail bungs lntclli-jemie that Accra, on the 10th .lubwas visited by a very severe earthquake ; l!r> shook laste/1 tea minutes. The strou^fc Lne-Lili houses I'oeKed touad iro, and Ml -in'iaut, ail i,h,, ! U ii!u'i..".-s nre wore ov less destroyed. The En-inn :u>d Duir'i torts are almost in nu.is, and th.'.v are uo ioime:laoitaule. lh, guns and ammunition are J.uriea"iu tliorfeim aaa.l.e p^.le dan: nut venture inu, tho houses whu-h were 1,.-ft s!;lI1 {~.,. ni . jr u , I|lS living undo" ri-nts and s!:--a!i woolen \ )m , ..> 'i« !ie i natives Were so fea:f,ii!y iVUhfeuM tint. f..>v i • v .' uiKentodrinkin- and ui.lcin- 'Tcii-ili" ni.^ aVd tl.-y. bev.'j-al sln'ks hare bom {"fit .!-!!■ -•■■ .<•>,.. lutli. The earliiquake \v.!B noi coaiiacl' i,i"'V t vra only, hevenii .sulHerran-aa ■■■.h'>ek> w-re tV'i. i )V i!.(> ■ships ri.iin % rr i n the rna-ish-vl, ;s n«i t;i.- vvsvls "••'•' tossud about as Jt in a heavy s.-a, b;st' serious .lainaye t.jyk [^..ee. At Aco.a, Ju.v.w.-r" «' v . caitli opened in m:u;y j)!;^..^ ;m: l an i ;il . a ,, u . v /;.'..;,,.,. wa- iiiiKic iv the i-.j i; :;s nja./<t Jjiii,.,^ [.'ore '\..:.' wi!lwtanunirfthe imm.'nse .iawaw done to prop.-rtv iortuiiate.y only tlii-.o liv.'-; >.-,:••. i., t, >''*^<»gMB»^-J^aßai3gai!^aWJW- Wilful ...»i jm » ■■