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Our Weekly Budget.
officer who advanced the money , which enabled the Government to have this further inquiry . This is by no means the first time Ihis Department has been denounced for its contemptible meanness . More than once have the judges publicly rebuked its officials for similar conduct , on the
ground that such parsimony had a tendency to defeat the ends of justice . No doul . t this coroner's officer lias learnt wisdom by experience , and the next time an inquest , under similar circumstances , is held at the instance of the Government , will leave payment of disinterment fees , telegrams , notices , & c , & e . to the Government officials .
We abominate practical jokes , but a more cruel one was never perpetrated than that referred to the Marshland bench of magistrates on Tuesday . Three men , having , one Sunday evening , a few weeks since , dug up a wasp ' s nest , seized hold of a poor boy , aged thirteen years , who was
walking quietly to chapel . They took off his boots , tied his legs together with the laces and a piece of rope , and having also made fast his hands , flung the little fellow into the nest . He was fearfully stung , of course , and so agonising were his cries , that at length the defendants returned
to set him free , and the lad in terrible pain was led home and had his wounds dressed . The magistrates characterised the case as a brutal one , and fined each defendant one pound , and twelve shillings and sixpence costs . We consider this a most inadequate punishment . True , one of the
defendants was suffering from typhoid fever , and ought not , indeed , to have appeared in court ; but a sentence of some months' hard labour would have been a juster penalty to have inflicted . We have seldom read of a more disgraceful
case . Certainly , this justices justice which sends a poor lad or woman to prison for stealing a cabbage , and fines a man £ 1 , with 12 s 6 d costs , for binding a boy hand and foot , and then throwing him into a wasps' nest , is incomprehensible .
Birmingham has been enjoying its annual musical festival , and , as usual , there have been produced one or two new compositions of merit , which met with the heartiest applause from the audience . These were a cantata , by Mr . F . H . Cohen , entitled the Oorsair , and an oratorio , by
Professor Macfarren , called the ' Resurrection . Among the artistes—vocal and instrumental—may be mentioned Mdlle . Albani , Mdlle . Titiens , Signor Foli , Mr . Santley ,
M . Sainton , Mdme . Lemmens-Sherrington , Mdme . Patey , and Mr . Edward Lloyd . Bro . Sir Michael Costa was present also , and Mr . Walter Macfarren conducted for his brother during the performance of the latter ' s oratorio .
The contemplated race for the rowing Championship of the World appears to have collapsed in a very discreditable manner . Trickett having come all the way from Australia to test his powers against Sadler , proved victorious , and thus became Champion of the Thames . A Tynesider ,
named Lnmsden , then challenged Trickett , who was about starting for America to take part in the Centennial Regatta , the terms being arranged for £ 200 aside , and a staked bet of £ 200 . Lumsden's backers , however , a fewdays before that fixed for the race , gave in , and have
ordered the stakeholder not to pay over to Trickett either the staked bet , on the ground that such bet is illegal , or even the portion of the stakes so far paid up . Thus Trickett has lost his chance of winning a prize at Philadelphia , and will , further , have to remain in England some months , in
order to obtain the money he is so justly entitled to . We cannot congratulate the Tynesiders on their notions of honour . So long as our English sports are conducted honourably , so long as everything is done in such a manner as to exclude all chance of foul play , so long will
they be well , and even handsomely , supported . The moment , however , a suspicion attaches to any particular sport , that its professors are not acting honestly and straightforwardly , it will get into bad odour , as did the Prize Ring a few years ago .
The cricket season of 1876 is now ended . Many more matches , of course , will be played , but the legitimate season closed with the two great county return matches between Surrey and Gloucester , and Yorkshire and Notts , the former being left drawn , the rain coming clown in torrents
and stopping the play ; while in the latter Notts proved victorious by eight wickets . The result of the season is , that Gloucestershire is at the top of the list among the
counties , thanks , of course , to the wonderful powers of tbe Grace family ; while among individual players the highest average , we fancy , must fall to Mr . W . G . Grace . At all events , his performances this year have exceeded anything previously recorded in the annals of cricket . On
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three different occasions has this leviathan or championas he is variously called—exceeded the grandest achievement of former days—the well-known 278 score of Mr .
Ward . In one case he made 400 against a twenty-two of Grimsby . At Canterbury he compiled a total of 346 in a match between the M . C . 0 . and Kent , But the grandest of all was his 3 IS nob out in the return match between
Gloucestershire and Yorkshire , against the bowling of Hill , Emmett , Ulyett , Clayton , Myers—among the best bowlers to be fonnd in England . On other occasions Mr . W . G . has made his nineties or his hundreds , or hundred and fifties , but such scores as these will cease to be of any
account now that he has taken to scoring over three hundred . Certainly he and his brothers , and his cousin , Mr . Gilbert , have raised Gloucestershire to a height never before attained by any county . By way of contrast to these brilliant perfoi'mance 3 of
Gloucestershire , we note that in the return match between Surrey and Notts , the whole of the former team were out for 26 , of which one was an extra , the highest individual score being seven . At the time of writing , Notts had lost one wicket for 39 runs .
The authorities at Chatham appear to have received warning that an attempt was about to be made to release some of the convicts detained there . Accordingly , all possible precautions have been taken to prevent improper communication with the prisoners . The warders are all armed ,
and a cordon of troops by night and day is drawn round the prison , no one under any pretence whatever being allowed to approach within a certain distance , so that no preconcerted signal can be given , as was done at the time of the Clerkenwell explosion .
In our early days—we regret to say how long since—we remember to have made the acquaintance , at the Egyptian Hall , of certain Ojibbeway Indians , brought over to this country under the auspices of a Mr . Catlin . A year or two later , we saw another set of the same interesting
people , who went through a series of performances at Vauxhall Gardens . And yet a third group of these uncivilised fellows has arrived , and is now on view at the Alexandra Palace , where we presume they will for some time to come be held out as one of the chief attractions .
The party are eight in number , four men and four womenj with , we believe , a papoose thrown in as a kind of makeweight . A Captain McDonald has brought them over ,
and he puts them through a number of military exercises , all of which are performed with marvellous skill and dexterity . The rehearsal was applauded , and no doubt the exhibition will prove highly attractive .
Murad V . has been deposed , and Sultan Abdul Hamid reigns in his stead . The event has long been expected , and has created , therefore , no great excitement . In a country like Turkey , where the sovereign plays an important part in the conduct of public affairs , the retention
on the throne , for any length of time , of an imbecile was clearly impossible , Whether the new Sultan will be any improvement on Abdul Aziz remains to be seen , as news of his proclamation has only just reached us . As regards news from the seat of war , there is little additional matter
to record . If we are to put any faith in Servian advices , the Turks ought , by this time , to have been , if not annihilated , at all events , driven back , pele-melc , into their own country . On the other hand , the Turks say they are still in the neighbourhood of Alexinatz , and aro gradually
pressing closer and closer upon that j > lace . Servian entrenchments and redoubts , almost without number , have been stormed and carried , and if these advices are to be credited , the destruction of the chief Servian army must be nigh at hand . On the Montenegrin frontier , Turkey
has been concentrating fresh forces , and is formidable , both as regards men and guns . Meanwhile , an attempt is being made , or said to be in contemplation , to bring about peace . The Great Powers have indeed been invited , by Prince Milan , to use their good offices with Turkey , and
there is talk of an armistice having been proposed , but the Turkish Ministry is unwilling to accept it . It is desirous of terminating the struggle—there are obvious reasons , indeed , why this should be the case—but she objects to stay tier warlike operations , till a proper basis for negociacions has been settled . We thiuk this conduct not
unreasonable . Other foreign news is of comparatively little importance . Marshal McMahon is on a tour of military inspection , visiting Chalons and other military centres , while Spain is on the point of dispatching heavy reinforce * ments to Cuba , mtb . a -new to putting clown the insurrection .
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Our Weekly Budget.
officer who advanced the money , which enabled the Government to have this further inquiry . This is by no means the first time Ihis Department has been denounced for its contemptible meanness . More than once have the judges publicly rebuked its officials for similar conduct , on the
ground that such parsimony had a tendency to defeat the ends of justice . No doul . t this coroner's officer lias learnt wisdom by experience , and the next time an inquest , under similar circumstances , is held at the instance of the Government , will leave payment of disinterment fees , telegrams , notices , & c , & e . to the Government officials .
We abominate practical jokes , but a more cruel one was never perpetrated than that referred to the Marshland bench of magistrates on Tuesday . Three men , having , one Sunday evening , a few weeks since , dug up a wasp ' s nest , seized hold of a poor boy , aged thirteen years , who was
walking quietly to chapel . They took off his boots , tied his legs together with the laces and a piece of rope , and having also made fast his hands , flung the little fellow into the nest . He was fearfully stung , of course , and so agonising were his cries , that at length the defendants returned
to set him free , and the lad in terrible pain was led home and had his wounds dressed . The magistrates characterised the case as a brutal one , and fined each defendant one pound , and twelve shillings and sixpence costs . We consider this a most inadequate punishment . True , one of the
defendants was suffering from typhoid fever , and ought not , indeed , to have appeared in court ; but a sentence of some months' hard labour would have been a juster penalty to have inflicted . We have seldom read of a more disgraceful
case . Certainly , this justices justice which sends a poor lad or woman to prison for stealing a cabbage , and fines a man £ 1 , with 12 s 6 d costs , for binding a boy hand and foot , and then throwing him into a wasps' nest , is incomprehensible .
Birmingham has been enjoying its annual musical festival , and , as usual , there have been produced one or two new compositions of merit , which met with the heartiest applause from the audience . These were a cantata , by Mr . F . H . Cohen , entitled the Oorsair , and an oratorio , by
Professor Macfarren , called the ' Resurrection . Among the artistes—vocal and instrumental—may be mentioned Mdlle . Albani , Mdlle . Titiens , Signor Foli , Mr . Santley ,
M . Sainton , Mdme . Lemmens-Sherrington , Mdme . Patey , and Mr . Edward Lloyd . Bro . Sir Michael Costa was present also , and Mr . Walter Macfarren conducted for his brother during the performance of the latter ' s oratorio .
The contemplated race for the rowing Championship of the World appears to have collapsed in a very discreditable manner . Trickett having come all the way from Australia to test his powers against Sadler , proved victorious , and thus became Champion of the Thames . A Tynesider ,
named Lnmsden , then challenged Trickett , who was about starting for America to take part in the Centennial Regatta , the terms being arranged for £ 200 aside , and a staked bet of £ 200 . Lumsden's backers , however , a fewdays before that fixed for the race , gave in , and have
ordered the stakeholder not to pay over to Trickett either the staked bet , on the ground that such bet is illegal , or even the portion of the stakes so far paid up . Thus Trickett has lost his chance of winning a prize at Philadelphia , and will , further , have to remain in England some months , in
order to obtain the money he is so justly entitled to . We cannot congratulate the Tynesiders on their notions of honour . So long as our English sports are conducted honourably , so long as everything is done in such a manner as to exclude all chance of foul play , so long will
they be well , and even handsomely , supported . The moment , however , a suspicion attaches to any particular sport , that its professors are not acting honestly and straightforwardly , it will get into bad odour , as did the Prize Ring a few years ago .
The cricket season of 1876 is now ended . Many more matches , of course , will be played , but the legitimate season closed with the two great county return matches between Surrey and Gloucester , and Yorkshire and Notts , the former being left drawn , the rain coming clown in torrents
and stopping the play ; while in the latter Notts proved victorious by eight wickets . The result of the season is , that Gloucestershire is at the top of the list among the
counties , thanks , of course , to the wonderful powers of tbe Grace family ; while among individual players the highest average , we fancy , must fall to Mr . W . G . Grace . At all events , his performances this year have exceeded anything previously recorded in the annals of cricket . On
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three different occasions has this leviathan or championas he is variously called—exceeded the grandest achievement of former days—the well-known 278 score of Mr .
Ward . In one case he made 400 against a twenty-two of Grimsby . At Canterbury he compiled a total of 346 in a match between the M . C . 0 . and Kent , But the grandest of all was his 3 IS nob out in the return match between
Gloucestershire and Yorkshire , against the bowling of Hill , Emmett , Ulyett , Clayton , Myers—among the best bowlers to be fonnd in England . On other occasions Mr . W . G . has made his nineties or his hundreds , or hundred and fifties , but such scores as these will cease to be of any
account now that he has taken to scoring over three hundred . Certainly he and his brothers , and his cousin , Mr . Gilbert , have raised Gloucestershire to a height never before attained by any county . By way of contrast to these brilliant perfoi'mance 3 of
Gloucestershire , we note that in the return match between Surrey and Notts , the whole of the former team were out for 26 , of which one was an extra , the highest individual score being seven . At the time of writing , Notts had lost one wicket for 39 runs .
The authorities at Chatham appear to have received warning that an attempt was about to be made to release some of the convicts detained there . Accordingly , all possible precautions have been taken to prevent improper communication with the prisoners . The warders are all armed ,
and a cordon of troops by night and day is drawn round the prison , no one under any pretence whatever being allowed to approach within a certain distance , so that no preconcerted signal can be given , as was done at the time of the Clerkenwell explosion .
In our early days—we regret to say how long since—we remember to have made the acquaintance , at the Egyptian Hall , of certain Ojibbeway Indians , brought over to this country under the auspices of a Mr . Catlin . A year or two later , we saw another set of the same interesting
people , who went through a series of performances at Vauxhall Gardens . And yet a third group of these uncivilised fellows has arrived , and is now on view at the Alexandra Palace , where we presume they will for some time to come be held out as one of the chief attractions .
The party are eight in number , four men and four womenj with , we believe , a papoose thrown in as a kind of makeweight . A Captain McDonald has brought them over ,
and he puts them through a number of military exercises , all of which are performed with marvellous skill and dexterity . The rehearsal was applauded , and no doubt the exhibition will prove highly attractive .
Murad V . has been deposed , and Sultan Abdul Hamid reigns in his stead . The event has long been expected , and has created , therefore , no great excitement . In a country like Turkey , where the sovereign plays an important part in the conduct of public affairs , the retention
on the throne , for any length of time , of an imbecile was clearly impossible , Whether the new Sultan will be any improvement on Abdul Aziz remains to be seen , as news of his proclamation has only just reached us . As regards news from the seat of war , there is little additional matter
to record . If we are to put any faith in Servian advices , the Turks ought , by this time , to have been , if not annihilated , at all events , driven back , pele-melc , into their own country . On the other hand , the Turks say they are still in the neighbourhood of Alexinatz , and aro gradually
pressing closer and closer upon that j > lace . Servian entrenchments and redoubts , almost without number , have been stormed and carried , and if these advices are to be credited , the destruction of the chief Servian army must be nigh at hand . On the Montenegrin frontier , Turkey
has been concentrating fresh forces , and is formidable , both as regards men and guns . Meanwhile , an attempt is being made , or said to be in contemplation , to bring about peace . The Great Powers have indeed been invited , by Prince Milan , to use their good offices with Turkey , and
there is talk of an armistice having been proposed , but the Turkish Ministry is unwilling to accept it . It is desirous of terminating the struggle—there are obvious reasons , indeed , why this should be the case—but she objects to stay tier warlike operations , till a proper basis for negociacions has been settled . We thiuk this conduct not
unreasonable . Other foreign news is of comparatively little importance . Marshal McMahon is on a tour of military inspection , visiting Chalons and other military centres , while Spain is on the point of dispatching heavy reinforce * ments to Cuba , mtb . a -new to putting clown the insurrection .