SUEZ MAIL NEWS. MARRIAGE OF SIR H. TICHBORNE. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) London, September 16.

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SUEZ MAIL NEWS. MARRIAGE OF SIR H. TICHBORNE. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) London, September 16.

*The social rvcnfc of the week has* b&en tl. e marz-iage of the young Sir Henry Tichborne to Lady (^wencloline Petre. Wnc© the unfortunate Duke ot Norfolk's wedding thore Las botn no similar- ceremony of equal itnportmce in Catholic circle:', And the mus ter of influential Homar.i^ at Whitloy Abbey was veiy large. IVominent amongst the public spectator at the church was a .young soldier, a pi hate in a foot regiment. '.He attracted but little attention till the went round that the young fellow /was none other than " Sir Roger's heir." It Is not, however, altogether tiue 1 believe that he wenc up to Sir lleniy subsequently , and said, " Surely, cousin, this is not light. You wouldn't rob Peter to pay l'.uil, would you? Then why rob poor lloger to pay Petre?"

Tho KitclieJstown Massacre. The debate in the Commons on >the ■ Mitchelstown massacre was one ot the iwost intei'e&ting 1 have u\cr listened to. Ido not, as a rule, approve of the Iri&h mem hers' methods and manners,, but on tlits-oc-casiou their conduct eertainlj was ineproachable. Mr Dillon brought home the facts of the MitcheKtown atiair to the House with fried i;e hammer force. The Ministerialists (rod not to bclk\e him, wished not to belie\o him, but they couldn't help it. E\ery accent bore the impress of strict truth. " Air i'aiuell was also most powerful. With passionate earnestness he solemnly warned the Uo\ eminent ot bhe terrible consequences of such teaoedies as the one under dUeu^-'ion. It w ould not bo in his power to a\eit them. li'tland't Jilood was np, and all the jjood that }vlr Gladstone's jjacitic measures Siptl achieved ■was undone.

The Exeter Holocaust. The funeraU of the victims of the Exeter liolocau&t pcem to ha\ u been associated w itli some re\olting scandaK The poorer classes made the occasion of the principal burials a legular holiday, i he women tinning up at the cemetery with peiambulatots and picnic basket-., and the men with bottles of liquor. Thot-e who weren't milgarly cm ions wnie either noisy or maudlin, and general disorder prevailed. These Lorrors culminated vrith :il«i appearance ot a mibeiablc clergynnn, appaiently much the worse for liquor. I!e had to read sen ice o\er the body ofa\oun» giil, who happened to have died of consumption about that time, and was being buiied in a prove adjacent to those of the lire's a ietims. At first the ciowd tin unlit theie\. uentl<>man must be ill, but v/i^n he mixed up > uiarriage with the Ivuial beivice, and finally bioke oil feiiddenly and stumbled about, the liuth became only too painfully apparent. An. auJV^nant rush was muae u> lyncii lnin. and wit.ii -\erygieat tliiKculty borne fnends and other clergymen, who fortunately came up, cot the old man away. Subsequently lie was chained at the Police Come with betn^ diui'k, and denied the oihMice. Ahtheie had been no disordeilinc-s in Sh ingle's conduct, and as he w ould cci tainlj Lt; -^ e< ely dealt with by the Bis-hup. the ma^isLrate-r thought it better to di-miis the ca^c. The ftiquiry intc? the cau^e^ of the Exeter tire ha-, revealed the awkward fact that when the ibeatie was licensed the local in>{/ectoir, (who were, however, without oihei-ii st/itu*) ad\i.^ed the addition of another door to the fatal gallery , and that their lecomiihisuhitlon wasionoied. Mr Phipps F..5.A., Ujv aioliitect of tlui and &ome 40 other tliea'res, hab come in toi some sereze, and on the v, hole, I think, deserved criticism. It v c^- ceitaiuly he objected to the extia dooi.

An Extraordinary Fraud. When Benson, the heato of the gieat T)e Goncourb frauds, was lelcased fiom durance vile about 18 months ago., after undeigoinEf a prolonged peiiod of penal "oiwtude, it may be lunembcred that Sioinc of the newspapers \entured to dcploio the tiuningloose of puch an ingcnio>i^> '•coundiel on society, Mi LensGii was uxich hurt bj - their insinuations, and got a cJtM^nnian fiiend to say so. Whilst in pi ison hcuiad he dechued seen the error of his way° and lefoimed. His health was completely b. 1 okendown, and all he asked was to be all'xv ed tolheout the fae-end of his wrecked life in peace and quiet on a .small annuity which a relative had thoughtfully leit him. For some months the man's conduct v.os blameless. The police, how ever, persisted 'in keeping their eye upon him. Wheiever he went he ■was "supervised," and so iiksouie did the reformed ".sharp" find thib system of "shadowing" that no one was veiy much suiprised when one ivieht he disappeared. The papeis and the police said he had gone to Australia, and the latter even knew the name of the Orient boat by which he tra\ elled. There can, however, now be no doubt that Benson put the authorities on a false scent. He took a berth on the Orient steamer himself, bub another person (similar in appearance) really occupied it. This double left Rewson free to recommence life on the Continent in the character of Mr Clincliwood, an American of means and position. He took up his residence at Geneva, and there made the acquaintance of Dr. Kees, a retired officer of the Indian army, and his daughter, j The latter, a very charming girl, fell , in love with the handsome and fascinating adventurer, and the pair presently got engaged to be married. Mr Clinch - ■wood made his Jiancce a present of some splendid diamonds valued (he said) at £4,000, and also placed in his future father-in-law's hands bonds of A*aiious sorts worth £7,000. These were deposited with much formality in Kees's strong box at a Geneva bank. Mr Clinchwood then explained that he should have to run over to the States to settle up his affairs before the wedding, and casually offered, as Dr. Kees had expressed a wish to invest £7,000 in American stock, to see to the transaction for him. The doctor innocently thanked his prospective ton-in-law and handed over the cash. Up to this point, Benson had succeeded admirably ; now, however, he blundered. The rascal should have proceeded direct to America, but the temptation to look up his old friends and confederates, the Kerrs at Bi emen, proved irresistible. Unfortunately, the Kerrs had been more than once -"in trouble" abroad since their release from Portland, and were well watched by Oerman detectives. Benson's identity soon became obvious, and private inquiries were instituted into the recent doings of "Mr Clinch wood." Dr. Kees, enlightened as to the character of his prospective son-in-law, proceeded bimiodly to the Bank. His strong box was called for, and the contents examined. Need I Hay the diamonds were paste, and the seciuities waste paper ? Benson and the Kerrs had everything propared for ilight when the police arrested them. I fear the former gentleman will not have another opportunity of exercising his fascinations on the f.ir sex for some years to come. Whilst at Dartmoor ho attempted to commit suicide, you may remember