ENGLISH NEWS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 155, 29 October 1872, Page 6

ENGLISH NEWS.

Tho Prince and Princess Frederick Chat* of Prussia have been on a tour in the His lands. The harvest in America is so large tl much grain is being lost for want of room house it. Tho total number of persons who ht died from the famine in Persia is stated be three, millions. Tom Thumb has narrowly escaped dron ing by the capsizing of a boat in which was sailing about. At Kingston-on-Thames a lad 15 years age was sent to prison for a week for doi unr. j)i; f n '/ S WOrtii of damage to a feiiCe. Mr Spurgeon has discovered that while, seven Ritualistic churches in London only Ids. 2d. was subscribed to foreign missic f »r a whole year, the choir of one alone q £IOOO a year.

Mr Hollo way, of pill and ointment repui t'.on, is about to erect, at his own expense middle-class asylum at Virginia Water. T as ,'lum will cost from £70,000 to £100,0! and will accommodate 200 patients. Several old theatrical favourites in At tvulia are contemplating a return to the co nics., First in point of importance is Lai D >n, who, whilst retaining all the freshni and spirit of the old days, possesses add excellence, tho result of fur travelling aj careful study. We are sure h«r ladvslj will receive a hearty welcome from colon!* Mr Farquharson also speaks of return!! Barry Sullivan mav be looked for also.

An English Peal o ly.—The noblest a that has been made in England in mode times is that of Mr Josiab Mason, of B mingham. lie bail the wisdom to make will while the power remained to him superintend its execution. One day, a qu: meeting of half a dozen gentlemen assembl at Mr Mason’s house at Arlington, a subu of Birmingham, to whom he handed over stately building valued at L.00.0J0, and which he had attached endowments esthnat at L.200,000 more. There was no oth ceremony save the splendid munificence the act, and the town at once became p< sessed of tlxe noblest orphanage in the worl Mr Mason, like Mr Gillott, is a famous pe maker.

An English magistrate sentenced a com co matrimony under circumstances whi seem •legally just, although legally curioi A "oung man and a young woman were cn testing possession of a pioc* of property, t one claiming under an old lease, and t other under an old will. ‘‘ It just strife me,” said the justice, “ that there is a pit sant and easy way to terminale the old la suit.” The plaintiff appears to be a respet able young man, and this is a very ni young woman. (Laughter.) They can bn get married and live happy on the farm, they go on with the law proceedings it n ail he frittered away bt Lcnon lawyers, wh 1 am sure, are not ungaUant enough to wi the marriage not to come oil’.” The hi •lushed, and the young man stammered they “ liked e*oh other a little bit,” so avt diet was entered for plaintiff on condition ids promise to marry the d ,r -rhiut with two months, a stay of execution being add to the verdict till the marriage ceremoi should be completed.

A magnificent tribute to the memory \lbert, the Prince Consort of Queen Vi L oria lias just been completed in London,! the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851. 0: figure, 1 o veve v , a statue of the Prince, i aains to be supplied, owing to the illness the sculptor, Mr Foley, and will not he rc.ii ft some time. Th.e memorial has been t wars building, at a cost of nearly £100.0(1 If this sum £35,0 )1 were raised bv priva mbscripti >n, £13,000 by an appeal to tl working classes of the kingdom and colonif and £SO 0l)0 were vot 'd by Parliament. Ti design selected was prepared by Mr Giibf oort, and comnr : sed a colossal statue of tl Pr ime, p'aced beneath a maguiiicent shr,i ..v tabernacle, and surrounded by works sculpture, illustrating the arts and seienc he fostered, and the great undertakings 1 migiaat d. The design, it is said, has be< leantilaiilv real'sed, and forms one of tl grandest monuments ever erected. Tl ■arvings, mosaics, base-work in stone, &< are marvellous. The sculpture embrac our great corner groups, ropresentingEurop Asia, Africa, and America.

Mr Warden Simpson, who has been a visit to the 110-no •'min try on leave of absen retnrnel lav flic Nevada last week.

The Mount Ida Jockey Clnh Eacesaj ii t ike place on Tbnrsl.iv and Friday. I‘2'h at 1 T b December. The aggregate amount of to ho run for is (.’40(1.

School ('ovmitit.e-Mkk in Victoria.—D 1 si-Wab'e amusement was create 1 in the b t >rian Assembly by an lion, member, in tl c airse of the Kduca/ion Debate, reading the f< lowing samples of entries made by local cm mhteo men :—“VF‘ci Ibis school and foul present ‘2d.J, thinjs in a ordley manner and to tl

a'isDeti m of all with whom I have convet with/' —! on the local co ntee 'dated tl school and found pisont ’27 children and to I ippiercnce everythin ; goingingon all wrightat •dr given ill s’tcsf wHon to all partis ■ have this day visited the scholl. Found tl children giaUdv improved both in disciplcn ?• ednoat on.”—“ 1 have ibis day vjstied « school, well conce.rcled, great improvement.; ■‘Virtual the scbo«!. roods ve’-y hevvev, salt itten lance ” —“ Visete-1 the school rood carder, and get ing .on week’ —“MsD 'be school, which I found''in verry effect state.’’— ‘‘ Made a visit to school, everythin?

good order, but a fetalde storm ragingout -w" “Visaed the school, orrganicasioti very m ferent pcnsills to short.”—“ Beging in nayW hood went to school, found master asleep, playing. ”