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The subject of Dr . Kenealy ' s complaint appears to have been some remarks of Mr . E . Ashley , member for Poole , for which , in the end , the latter expressed his regret at having made . After which the House , on the motion of Mr . Disraeli , who echoed the objection aboveref erred to , passed

to the Orders of the day . On the motion , that it go into Committee on the Regimental Exchanges Bill , Mr . Goschen moved an amendment , which , however , was resisted by the Government , and defeated . A motion for adjournment was afterwards made , and , on being renewed , was acceded

to by Mr . Disraeli . Three elections are pending—for Norwich , for St . Ives , and Tipperary . Severe contests are anticipated at the first mentioned places , especially at Norwich , where Mr . Tillett , a former representative , is one of the candidates . Mr .

Praed , who was unseated , is again a candidate for St . Ives , while for Tipperary , there will be not only a contest , but doubtless , if Mitchell be returned , a petition by his rival ,

Mr . Stephen Moore , who has already served the Sheriff with a protest against his allowing the candidature of Mitchell , and claiming the seat under the circumstances described , in such protest .

Shoe Lane must be rather an unpleasant neighbourhood to pass through , at certain times of the day . Hard by are two large printing establishments , one that of Messrs . Spottiswoode , the other Messrs . Kronheim ' s , and each , it seems , has in its employment about 200 boys . Between the

youngsters in these two houses a feud appears to have sprung up , and during mealtimes conflicts are engaged in , some 40 or 50 , armed with sticks , stones , and other formidable weapons , taking part on each side . This practice is attended with no little danger , not only to the combatants ,

but to passers-by , and at length Police Constable 252 captured two of the number , and brought them before Alderman Cotton . No fight had actually taken place , but the prisoners were caught lying in wait , with others , for the Spottiswoode boys , one armed with a sword bayonet , the other with a

stick . The youngsters were dismissed with a caution as to their future conduct , the Alderman stating his intention , if any more were brought before him for fighting , of sending them to prison . We hope the threat will be effectual in putting down this nuisance .

On Saturday last Sir Charles Lyell was buried in Westminster Abbey . Among the pall-bearers were Professor Huxley , Mr . Justice Grove , the Duke of Argyll , and Dr . Hooker , and among those present were Lord Airlie , Dr . L . Playfair , Right Hon . T . E . Headlani , Dr . Carpenter

( Registrar of the University of London ) , Mr . Cameron , of Lochiel ( representing the Queen ) , the Hon . C . L . Wood ( on behalf of the Prince of Wales ) , & c , & c . We regret that any unseemly contention should have arisen just prior to the funeral . The Coroner for Middlesex , Dr . Hardwick ,

insisted on holding an inquest on the body , and for this purpose the coffin had to be re-opened . Expostulations and certificates were useless to satisfy this official , whose conduct appears to have been in the highest degree indecent . Questions were put on the subject in the House

of Commons , to the Homo Secretary , who very properly expressed his opinion that " the holding of the inquest , under the circumstances , was a great outrage against decency and common sense . " Mr . Cross further stated

that the Home Secretary had no j urisdiction over Coroners , but that the Lord Chancellor had ; the circumstances had therefore been referred to his lordship , who , we trust , will indicate , even more strongly still , his opinion of this " great outrage against decency and common sense . "

On Saturday the annual meeting of the members of the Newspaper Press Fund was held at the offices , No . 55 Strand , under the presidency of Mr . C . L . Gruneisen . The report for the past year represented the condition of the Fund as highly and increasingly prosperous . The

number of members was 320 , of whom 244 reside in London , and 94 in tho provinces . The grants during the year amounted to £ 509 12 s , the number of recipients being 39 . The funded property had been further increased by the purchase of £ 700 India 4 per cent , stock , the aggregate

of stock and securities being thus raised to £ 9 , 000 . The income of the coming year was estimated at somewhat over £ 728 , and there was an available cash balance on 31 st December last of over £ 584 . Votes of thanks to

Lord Houghton for his valuable services , and to the Chairman for presiding on the occasion , were carried uem con . It was further announced that the anniversary festival will be held on the 5 th June next , when Dean Stanley will preside .

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The second Levee of the season was held on Monday afternoon , at St . James ' s Palace , by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , on behalf of Her Majesty . The Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge , Prince Christian , Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar , and the Duke of Teck were present .

The diplomatic and general circles were numerously attended , and presentations to the number of about 150 were made to His Royal Highness on behalf of the Queen , having been previously submitted for Her Majesty ' s approval .

The Cambridge and Oxford Crews are in the full swing of training for the great event of the year . Both are being coached by old 'Varsity oarsmen , Messrs . Darbishire and Willan acting as mentors to the Oxonians , Mr . Goldie doing ditto at Cambridge . Changes seem still to be the

order of the day m the latter s crew , and as only a fortnight remains ere the race must , be pulled off , the prospect does not seem very encouraging for its winning . At Cambridge also , the University Athletic Club have been holding their annual meeting preparatory to the

Inter-University meeting at Lulie Bridge on the 19 th inst . The result is the election of representatives for the several events at the latter . The weight was " put" a distance of 36 ft . 8 | in ., while Hales , of Trinity , threw the hammer a distance of

116 f ft . While on this subject we may state , for the information of our readers , that the Champion Amateur Athletic meeting will be held on Monday , the 22 nd , the day following , as the Inter-University Athletic meeting ia held the day preceding the boat race .

The weather we have had lately has been cold enough i We are enjoying , indeed , just now , about our third instalment of winter . But the American correspondent of the Standard , writing under date of the 17 th ult ., speaks of unprecedented cold having prevailed in the State of

New-York and in New England . In evidence , he mentions that several persons have crossed and re-crossed the ice in the Hudson on the same day . Such a feat of f oolhardiness has not been known since 1835 . As to the extent of the cold ) he reports that in several localities in the Northern portion

of the State , in the mountains , the thermometer has fallen to 41 degi ^ ees below zero , and New England accounts report even a lower temperature than this . At Concord , New Hampshire , the Mercury congealed a few days before , and at several places in the west spirits froze when exposed to

the open air . However , " it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good . " The Americans are consoling them * selves for this excessive coldness , and stich discomforts as the bursting of water-pipes and other usual accidents induce , with the reflection that the ice-crop for the

approaching summer will prove a superabundant one . In 1873 , one million and a half tons of ice were consumed . This year there are already stored over two and a half millions of tons . Per contra , we hear , of course , of increased suffering among the poor and destitute .

A whole family poisoned is a terrible catastrophe , and may well be said to have caused the utmost consternation throughout the village—Elstead in Surrey—in which it occurred . The landlord of the Woolpack Inn , by namo Henry Chandler , his wife , and their four children , appear

to have eaten of a pudding in which arsenic had been accidentally mixed . The man and woman are already dead , and the children are in such a helpless condition that more deaths are expected . The man appears to have mixed the arsenic with some flour and put it on a plate for the

purpose of poisoning rats . The daughter-in-law , thinking it was all right , used it in making a suet pudding , of which she , happily for herself , partook not . Nor is this the only calamity there is to record . Advices from Melbourne , of the 3 rd instant , report the wreck of the Steamer

Gothenburg on Flinder ' s Island , Port Darwin . She had on board 85 passengers , 35 crew , and 3 , 000 ounces of gold . Only four men are known to have been saved , while three boats full of persons are adrift , and the greatest fears are entertained for their safety .

The even quietness of Oxfordshire circles has been somewhat rudely disturbed of late . Not long since , it was rumoured that a middle-aged farmer had eloped with an heiress , a young lady considerably his junior in the matter of age , in fact not yet of age . The rumour proved to be

quite true , and in the cud H . limms , aged 56 , was placed ou his trial at the Oxford Assizes on Tuesday for feloniously and fraudulently , and from motives of lucre , detaining Annie Sophia Timms , formerly Annie Sophia Turner , Spinster , she being under tho age of 21 years , to wit , of the age of 15 year ?; , against the will of her father , Mr , Jelf led for the